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Asset Rationalisation for Easemore Road - Pre-Decision-Scrutiny (Report to follow)
The Head of Legal, Democratic and Property Services presented the report in respect of declaration of land surplus to requirement at Community House, Easemore Road.
Officers reported that following a recent detailed condition survey and report, it was envisioned that over the following 5 years a minimum sum of £340,000 needed to be spent on planned preventative maintenance. Members were informed that the tenants, mainly from Voluntary and Community Sector (VCS) organisations, would be displaced and that alternative properties had been located for all the tenants.
Officers also informed members that Where Next, which occupied the site adjacent to the property, had been encroaching substantially on the site. Where Next were aware of this and understood the need to vacate this encroached area. To assist with this, Officers had agreed to work to improve accessibility to their entire site from their main entrance on Wellesbourne Close.
Following the presentation of the report Members queried the following areas.
· The financial details, which Members suggested could have been improved in the report and members asked for further information about the financial data.
o Officers confirmed that income for the Community centre was £17,000 in total, which was well below the market rate. In some cases, this was because tenants had originally taken up a lease as a meanwhile use, or temporary arrangement, that had subsequently been extended over the years.
o The sum of £350,000 would be for repair work and was not intended for modernising or improving the building.
o Officers confirmed that the capital receipt from the sale of the land would be far greater than the income for the building.
The current tenants and if they had been found alternative accommodation. Officers replied that all tenants were VCS organisations and had all been found alternatives. The tenants included Talking Newspapers, Blue Whale Community Transport, Gemini Dance Studio and Home-start.
The reasons why the building had been allowed to deteriorate to such a level with no intervention sooner. Officers replied that they had only recently undertaken a survey to assess the building. There was a planned assessment of the whole of the council's portfolio of buildings to identify which buildings to retain and which to dispose of. This would be to ensure there was a manageable portfolio for maintenance purposes.
Reference was made to the climate change implications listed in the report and the energy performance certificate rating. Members enquired if that would be an A rating or a lower rating. Officers clarified that they would attempt to obtain the highest rating, however, until proposals had been made for the site it was unknown what would be possible and practical in terms of the energy rating.
How many other properties had received a low level of income for their size. Officers informed members that they were reviewing other assets in the financial year to find other such properties.
That there was very poor accessibility for disabled users to the community centre, especially access to the upper floors which was only possible via a staircase.
The importance of the community centre to the local community.
Members commented that commercially sensitive information, regarding the anticipated capital receipt for sale of the site, should have been included in the report as an exempt appendix, rather than be omitted from the report altogether.
Some Members expressed the view that a better solution would be to sell part of the site and use that income to improve the existing building.
During consideration of this item, Councillor Michael Chalk moved the recommendation as printed in the report and he also proposed the following additional recommendation:
"The Executive Committee consider the financial and social implications of using the land for social housing"
These recommendations were proposed by Councillor Chalk and seconded by Councillor Brandon Clayton.
In making this proposal, Members were asked to note that it would be helpful to explore the potential for the land to be used for social housing as part of the Council's Housing Growth Programme. There was general agreement amongst Members that there was a need in the Borough for more social housing, including more Council houses to meet the needs of Redditch residents.
However, Members were advised that the site did not fall under the Housing Revenue Account (HRA), and the funding arising from sale of the land could not be vired from the general fund to the HRA. In addition, Officers working in the Housing Department had been consulted about the potential for this land to be used and had advised that this was not considered suitable for social housing. Officers had therefore concluded that the land would be more suitable for commercial development.
Members subsequently commented that it would be ideal if the council performed a survey of all the authority's property assets and brought this forward as a whole rather than piecemeal. Members commented that it was difficult to make an informed decision when taking items one at a time. Instead, Members suggested that they needed to know where the properties and the communities they served were located.
In this context, Councillor Hartnett made the following proposal:
"that the Executive Committee defer making a decision on the disposal of the land at Community House, Easemore Road, until a full review of Council assets had been completed."
The recommendation was proposed by Councillor Hartnett and seconded by Councillor Altaf.
Officers informed members that it was important to understand that stock condition surveys could be financially costly. The Community Centre received a very low rent and the £350,000 maintenance costs would just be for emergency repairs and not investment in improvement works. Officers also reminded members that the tenants themselves were reporting that the building was not fit for purpose. Sale of the property would result in a capital receipt for the Council.
Some Members raised concerns that it would not be wise to postpone whilst reviewingall other assets due to problems with the building. However, other Members raised concerns that it would be inappropriate to make a decision on the disposal of the building at this time until further information regarding the review of the Council's assets was available.
On being put to the vote, the recommendation proposed by Councillor Hartnett and seconded by Councillor Altaf was carried.
Following the vote, Councillor Chalk raised the potential for a minority report and a majority report to be put forward by the Committee in respect of this matter. Officers advised that, as the Overview and Scrutiny Committee had not prepared a report but was, rather, making recommendations, this would not be possible on this occasion. However, it was agreed that a detailed minute should be drafted, to include reference to the proposals that were not taken forward.
RECOMMENDED that
the Executive Committee defer making a decision on the disposal of the land at Community House, Easemore Road, until a full review of Council assets had been completed.
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Reducing ACL Injuries Among Female Athletes Target Of New PSA
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From the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons and National Athletic Trainers' Association
ROSEMONT, Ill. and DALLAS, March 3, 2009
To stem the rising tide of ACL injuries [1] [1]among young female athletes [1], the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) and the National Athletic Trainers' Association (NATA) are launching a joint public service announcement (PSA) campaign to educate athletes, coaches, parents, health care professionals and media on prevention and treatment. The PSA will feature a "Most Vulnerable Player" trophy of a female soccer player on crutches next to a headline reading "Too many female athletes are getting put on the shelf."
"We're pleased to partner with AAOS on this much-needed campaign to raise awareness of ACL injuries among female athletes," said Marjorie J. Albohm, MS, ATC, president of NATA and a certified athletic trainer. "We're hopeful that by shedding more light on the topic, and as more girls are taking part in sports including soccer and basketball, that athletes and those who work closely with them on the playing field will take the necessary steps to reduce or eliminate these types of injuries."
The ACL is one of four ligaments necessary for proper knee stability and function.
Rigorous exercises or activities, such as basketball or soccer, that require sudden pivots or stops can significantly increase the chances of an ACL tear, a common injury among athletes - especially females.
Recent studies reveal that young female athletes are up to eight times more likely than boys to tear their ACLs.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention more than 46,000 female athletes age 19 and younger experienced a sprain or strain of the ACL in 2006.
Nearly 30,000 of the injuries required reconstructive surgery.
"While there is no single exercise that can prevent ACL injuries, the chances of such an injury happening can be lowered by performing training drills [2] that emphasize power and agility and by improving muscular reactions with jumping and balance drills," said Letha "Etty" Griffin, MD, PhD, a board-certified orthopaedic surgeon specializing in sports medicine at the Peachtree Orthopaedic Clinic in Atlanta and AAOS spokesperson. "This is especially true for female athletes who are more vulnerable to ACL tears."
Both non-surgical and surgical treatment [3] options are available for ACL injuries. After an ACL injury or ACL reconstruction, an exercise and rehabilitation program to strengthen the muscles and restore full joint mobility of the knee may include the following:
Range-of-motion and stretching exercises designed to restore flexibility.
Braces to control joint movement.
Exercises to strengthen the quadriceps and other leg, hip, pelvic and trunk muscles. (Muscle strength is needed to provide the knee with as much support and stability as possible.)
Additional exercises including balance training, agility and aerobic conditioning like stationary cycling.
An athletic trainer or orthopaedic surgeon can recommend more advanced programs designed to improve technique, strengthen muscles and further decrease the chances for an ACL injury.
Source: American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons and National Athletic Trainers' Association
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New PSA Campaign Targets ACL Injuries Among Female Athletes
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To stem the rising tide of ACL injuries [1] [1]among young female athletes [1], the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) and the National Athletic Trainers' Association (NATA) are launching a joint public service announcement (PSA) campaign to educate athletes, coaches, parents, health care professionals and media on prevention and treatment.
Increased Risk of ACL Injuries for Female Athletes: Reasons Unclear [4]
PEP Exercise Program Reduces ACL Injuries in Female Soccer Players [5]
ACL Surgery: Return to Play Not Guaranteed [6]
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[1] https://www.momsteam.com/node/802
[2] https://www.momsteam.com/node/2481
[4] https://www.momsteam.com/team-of-experts/acl-injuries-in-female-athletes
[5] https://www.momsteam.com/health-safety/PEP-exercise-program-reduces-acl-injuries-in-female-soccer-players
[6] https://www.momsteam.com/health-safety/acl-reconstructive-surgery-return-to-play-not-guaranteed

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La World League maschile di pallanuoto 2014 (FINA Water Polo World League 2014) è stata la 13ª edizione della manifestazione che viene organizzata annualmente dalla FINA. Il torneo si è svolto in due fasi, un turno di qualificazione e la Super Final, che si è disputata per la prima volta negli Emirati Arabi Uniti, a Dubai, dal 16 al 21 giugno 2014.

La competizione è partita ufficialmente il 12 novembre 2013 con i gironi di qualificazione europei, mentre il torneo intercontinentale di qualificazione si è giocato nel maggio 2014.

Turno di qualificazione

Europa
Le 10 squadre europee sono state divise in tre gironi disputati con gare di andata e ritorno dal 12 novembre 2013 al 15 aprile 2014. Si sono qualificate alla Super Final le prime in classifica dei gironi A e B (da tre squadre) e le prime due del girone C (da quattro squadre).

Gruppo A

Gruppo B

Gruppo C

Torneo intercontinentale
Il torneo di qualificazione intercontinentale si è svolto dal 27 maggio al 1º giugno 2014 a Shanghai, in Cina. Le squadre sono state divise in due gironi all'italiana; le prime due di ciascun girone e la migliore terza hanno ottenuto la qualificazione per la Super Final.

Gruppo A

Gruppo B

Super Final
Le otto squadre qualificate sono state divise in due gironi all'italiana: in base alla classifica dei due gruppi, si sono stabiliti gli accoppiamenti per la fase a eliminazione diretta.

Fase a gironi

Gruppo A

Gruppo B

Fase a eliminazione diretta

Classifica finale

Note

Voci correlate
 FINA Water Polo World League 2014 (femminile)

Collegamenti esterni

Sport acquatici nel 2013
Sport acquatici nel 2014
Edizioni della FINA Water Polo World League maschile

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Brochant è una stazione della metropolitana di Parigi sulla linea 13, situata nel XVII arrondissement.

La stazione
La stazione è stata inaugurata nel 1912.

Il suo nome è un omaggio ad André Brochant de Villiers (1772-1840) che fu direttore della Saint-Gobain e membro de l'Académie des sciences.

Accessi
 Da Rue Brochant Marché des Batignolles: scale al 32, rue Brochant e al 127, avenue de Clichy
 Da Avenue de Clichy: scale al 47, rue Brochant e 129, avenue de Clichy

Collegamenti

 Bus RATP 31, 54, 66, 74
 Bus notturno N15, N51

Voci correlate
 Stazioni della metropolitana di Parigi

Altri progetti

Stazioni della metropolitana di Parigi


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MainAll NewsInside IsraelTaking the patient into account - even in emergencies
Taking the patient into account - even in emergencies
Over thirty haredi women graduate United Hatzalah course to serve their communities as first responders.
Arutz Sheva Staff, 19/03/18 20:59
The graduation ceremony
Shira Hershkopf/United Hatzalah
Thirty-four haredi women graduated a United Hatzalah EMT course on Thursday, joining the Women's Unit of the organization. The newly trained EMTs will be tasked with providing emergency medical care as first responders to women in the haredi communities of Jerusalem and the surrounding areas.
Director of United Hatzalah's Women's Unit Gitty Beer said, "This amazing group of 34 women that graduated on Thursday evening will be responding to all types of emergency medical calls, but their primary task will be providing the much-needed response to particularly delicate calls in which women are involved and providing an extra element of care to an already traumatic medical emergency."
"We've found that having women respond to help other women allows the patients to feel more comfortable and gives them a greater sense of ease during their medical ordeal. The patient feels more comfortable and feels that the EMT understands her a little better if she has a woman treating her."
Beer, who has been running United Hatzalah's Women's Unit for almost two years now added, "This idea of the comfort of the patient is something that holds especially true within the haredi community."
Currently the Women's Unit numbers some 150 volunteers who serve in the communities of Jerusalem, Beitar Illit, Beit Shemesh, Modi'in Illit and Bnei Brak. The Unit is looking to expand to other communities in which this extra level of sensitivity is requested by the community.
Ephraim Feldman, the Chapter Head of United Hatzalah in Bnei Brak spoke about the Unit's effectiveness in his city.
"We have members of the organization's Women's Unit here who respond to emergencies when other women in the community are suffering. Medical emergencies in our community are very sensitive and people do not want to broadcast that it is happening," he explained.
"Therefore, members from this unit often respond to emergencies without lights and sirens, and even without wearing vests outside in the streets. They arrive, take their medical kits with them and treat the patient with the highest level of care both for the patient's medical condition as well as their privacy."
Feldman added that the project has met with general approval from even the most religious sectors.
"The Rabbis of the city are very much in favor of this project and the Women's Unit in general and how effective it is at protecting the privacy of the patients," he noted.
Overall, United Hatzalah has close to 500 female volunteers in various projects spread throughout the country. The Women's Unit forms one of those projects and is run specifically in cities with a large haredi population.
Women's unit drill
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Carex flexuosa, commonly called flexuous white-edge sedge, or Rudge's white-edge sedge, is a species of flowering plant in the sedge family, Cyperaceae. It is native to the eastern North America, where it is found in eastern Canada, the northeastern and midwestern United States, and southward in the Appalachian Mountains. Its natural habitat is in upland forests, rock outcrops, and Appalachian balds. It is typically found in areas with acidic soil.

Carex flexuosa is a clumping perennial. It is similar to Carex debilis, of which it is frequently considered a variety, as Carex debilis var. rudgei. Carex flexuosa can be distinguished from C. debilis by its smaller perigynia that are broadest near the middle. It is also similar to Carex allegheniensis, from which Carex flexuosa can be distinguished by its glabrous (hairless) perigynia.

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flexuosa
Flora of North America
Plants described in 1805
Taxa named by Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg


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More Californians are dying at home
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A work-from-home culture takes root in California
November 23, 2022 at 7:46 a.m.
New U.S. Census Bureau data shows a large segment of Californians are working from home for part or all of the week. Researchers say the shift will ripple through the...
COVID still kills, but the demographics of its victims are shifting
In California, the number of people dying from COVID-19 — and the demographics of those falling victim — has shifted notably from the first two years.
California lost more residents to other states than it got last year
About 130,000 more residents left California for other states last year than came here from them, as high costs left many residents without a college degree looking for an exit,...
$100,000 pension club of public retirees in California is booming
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Seberuang is a Malayic Dayak language of Borneo.

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Ibanic languages
Languages of Indonesia
Agglutinative languages


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"Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika" is the national anthem of Zambia and Tanzania, part of the South African national anthem, and a popular traditional hymn in Namibia and Zimbabwe. Over the years, it has also transformed into a dance song, a kwaito song (a variant of house music with African sounds), a love song, and so much more. Enoch Sontonga, born in 1873, wrote the lyrics and composed the music to what he thought of as a Xhosa hymn in 1897. At the time, he was working as a teacher at a Methodist school in Nancefield, near Johannesburg, though he was raised in the rural southeastern province of Eastern Cape. He passed away in 1905, at the age of 32, and was buried in the non-white section of the Braamfontein cemetery. After years of deterioration, it was very difficult to track down this talented man's grave, but on September 24th, 1996, Sontonga's resting place was commemorated. The site is now a much-visited national monument and the date is now celebrated as Heritage Day.
"Enoch Sontonga, born in 1873, wrote the lyrics and composed the music to what he thought of as a Xhosa hymn in 1897."
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Gary Graden was born in the USA and studied at Clark University, the Hartt School of Music, the Aspen Summer Music Festival, and with Eric Ericson at the Royal Academy of Music in Stockholm. He is a former member and tenor soloist with the Eric Ericson Chamber Choir, as well as the vocal ensemble Lamentabile Consort. Graden is presently choral director at S:t Jacobs Church and the Stockholm Cathedral. He has also been on the faculty of Stockholm´s Musikgymnasium where founded and conducted the Stockholm Musikgymnasium´s Chamber Choir. With this choir and the S:t Jacobs Chamber Choir he has won grand prizes and first prizes in many of Europe´s most prestigious competitions, including the European Grand Prize. He has also participated in a wide array of national and international festivals including the IFCM World Symposium in Minneapolis and Kyoto, and the ACDA National Convention in USA.
With his trio WÅG (Wager Åstrand Graden) he is developing and exploring improvisational music for voice and instruments. With the Stockholm Cathedral Vocal Ensemble he performs repertoire from all periods for solo and small ensemble. Graden has commissioned and premiered more than 90 works, and performed such larger works as Handel´s Messiah, Mozart´s Requiem and Mass in c-minor, Bach´s passions and Mass in b-minor, as well as the Requiems of Brahms, Duruflé, Fauré and Michael Haydn.
Gary Graden is a frequent guest as conductor, teacher and adjudicator throughout the world. He has guest conducted many international choirs including the Swedish Radio Choir, SWR Vokalensemble, Slovenian Philharmonic Choir, Hungarian Radio Choir, Kodaly Choir Debrecen, Orpheus Vokalensemble-Ochsenhausen, Jauna Muzika-Vilnius, Pro Coro Canada, Formosa Singers-Taipei, Singapore Ensemble Singers, IFCM World Youth Choir, and Coro Giovanile Italiano.
His work as conductor and singer is documented on many radio and more than 30 CD recordings (BIS, Carus, Proprius, Caprice, Phono Svecia, Gehrmans, nosag, Camerata Tokyo, a.o.), including recordings of the Bach Motets and St. John Passion, and Handel's Messiah. Graden is the recipient of the "Johannes Norrby medal" for his contribution to Swedish choral music, and was elected Sweden´s Choral Conductor of the Year in 2005. In 2009 he was awarded the Guidoneum Award from the Fondazione Guido D´Arezzo in Italy, in 2015 the S:ta Cecilia Prize awarded by the Stockholm diocese of the Swedish Church, and in 2020 the medal Litteris et Artibus awarded by the king of Sweden.
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Liberty, bird and cage, sterling silver, wax seal inpression, sterling necklace, freedom.
Sterling silver antique wax seal necklace.
This seal features the image of a bird outside a cage, the text states 'Liberty'.
The pendant measures approx. 16mm across the middle . This may alter slightly due to the fact that each one is made individually by hand.


0%98°70°Night - Clear. Winds WSW. The overnight low will be 70 °F (21.1 °C).Sunny with a high of 98 °F (36.7 °C). Winds variable at 1 to 7 mph (1.6 to 11.3 kph).
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Did I mention mountains? Upwards of 3,600 feet worth of mountains. Compared to the coastal area we've become used to, the Maya Mountains seem almost huge.
I know Dianna was apprehensive about this as she has claustrophobia - But, What a trooper! She came through in fine fashion. We all had a great time.
We're on our way. Our guide, Fernando, one of seven licensed guides for the park, was a wealth of knowledge about the geology and other wildlife in the area. There was even a termite nest down low enough we could look at it in detail (still couldn't see that much).
Dianna Ready to Do It!
Me Ready to Do It!
We actually had a bit more hiking to do, some of it underground, where we got our first good look at stalactites and stalagmites.
Hike, hike, hike. Ahh, it was a blast. It was really a pretty easy hike.
Now, we're actually ready to get going. We get in the water of the Caves Branch River and into our tubes. We linked our feet under the armpit of the person in front of us to form a train, so Fernando could pull us through the shallows. And probably cause we were a bunch of old farts, but he was too polite to say so.
Stalactites or stalagmites, hangy-down thingies anyway.
Here's a shot of Fernando pulling us through one of several shallows. The water was really low as it hadn't rained in a couple of months.
Fernando issued each of us headlamps. it turns out to be necessary. There's plenty of places in the caves where darkness is so complete you can't see your hand in front of your face without them.
We saw bats by the hundreds. This shot is up a crevace where they're nested and just packed in together waiting for nightfall. They were all fruit bats.
We passed and were passed by a couple of other groups of tubers. They cheated, using their flip-flops as paddles.
One of the commands heard as we approached the shallows, was "Butts Up"! That meant for you to stretch out on your tube as horizontal as possible, not because of low ceilings, but high floor... So you didn't whack your tail bone on a rock in the shallows.
After about a half-hour to forty-five minutes unground, we saw our first daylight. Wow. It was so bright it hurt our eyes, and to me, it looked surreal. It took me a while to realize what I was looking at. Strange experience.
I thought these formations looked like something out of Lord of the Rings. I wouldn't have been surprised to hear someone whispering "My Precious" as we passed by.
It's hard to say just how large the cave rooms or galleries are, but suffice to say, they are big. If there was somewhere to stand, you could do so with no fear of banging your head on any of the hangy-down bits. And, I guess the galleries in some cases are 10-15 feet across, some even larger. None of them made you feel closed in at all.
We even came across an underground waterfall. It was hard to get a decent picture of it. This compact camera just doesn't have the greatest zoom. But I did manage to get a couple decent shots of the waterfall.
We came across a couple other tubing groups while we were underground. One, we passed, the other passed us. Kinda fun meeting total strangers in dark caves!
As we came to the end of the journey, This was the scene that greeted us first. More surreal light and a person on shore. No idea who it was. He never said anything.
Civilization on the approach. This is where we put out and had a short walk back to the parking area and turned in our tubes and lights.
After turning in our gear, we decided to take a look at the Jaguar Paw Resort (http://www.jaguarpaw.com/). It's located inside the Caves Branch Archaeological Reserve, it's an upscale place to stay. We went to the bar, had a beer and some snacks, then headed back to town for dinner.


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Kyle Kirkup
Dr. Kyle Kirkup is an Associate Professor at the University of Ottawa Faculty of Law (Common Law Section). His research explores the role of constitutional law, criminal law, and family law in regulating contemporary norms of gender identity and sexuality.
Kyle's work has appeared in the University of Toronto Law Journal, the Canadian Journal of Law and Society, the Ottawa Law Review, the Supreme Court Law Review, the Osgoode Hall Law Journal, the Windsor Review of Legal and Social Issues, the Canadian Journal of Education, and the Journal of Race, Gender and Ethnicity. He is currently working on a book length manuscript, under contract with UBC Press, titled Law and Order Queers: Respectability, Victimhood, and the Carceral State.
Kyle holds a doctorate from the University of Toronto Faculty of Law (SJD 2017), where he was a 2013 Trudeau Scholar and a SSHRC Canada Graduate Scholar. He also studied at Yale Law School (LLM 2012), the University of Ottawa Faculty of Law (JD 2009), and the College of the Humanities at Carleton University (BHum 2006).
In 2010-2011, Kyle served as a law clerk to the Honourable Madam Justice Louise Charron at the Supreme Court of Canada. He also taught advanced constitutional law in the Faculty of Law at Western University and worked at McCarthy Tétrault LLP in Toronto. He was called to the Bar of Ontario in 2010.
Kyle is a frequent media contributor, most recently publishing editorials in The Globe and Mail, the National Post, Policy Options, and TVO on topics including same-sex marriage, solitary confinement, the Court Challenges Program, judicial complaints, sex work, and HIV non-disclosure. He has also been interviewed by media outlets including the CBC, The Globe and Mail, Le Devoir, Global News, the Toronto Star, the National Post, TVO's The Agenda, BBC Canada, CTV Your Morning, The McGill Law Journal Podcast, and Torontoist about his research.
Kyle has appeared before the House of Commons Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights as an expert witness on the criminalization of HIV non-disclosure and sex work. He has appeared before the Standing Senate Committee on Human Rights as an expert witness on human rights in Canada's federal prisons. He has written expert reports on LGBTQ human rights issues in policing and corrections settings for the Office of the Correctional Investigator and the Ontario Human Rights Commission. He also served as the principal investigator and author of Best Practices in Policing and LGBTQ Communities in Ontario. He previously served as a member of the Egale Canada Legal Issues Committee, along with the Board of Directors of MAX: Ottawa's Health Connection for Guys into Guys.
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Q: Как удалить строчку в БД не по ID Есть ListView.
БД из 10 строчек пронумерованных по ID от 1 до 10.
Если выбрать в listView 0 элемент, то данные из БД выберутся из 1 строчки с ID==1.
Так вот, если удалить в БД строчку с ID==3 и заново запустить ListView то строки в БД сместятся вниз. Короче будет вот так

Вопрос такой.
Если я в ListView нажму на элемент индексом 2, то в БД должна удалиться строка с ID==4, Но как мне удалить если я не знаю какое там будет ID,
Если бы в БД ID обновлялись после удаления, я бы удалил по ID==3, НО ID==3 ВЕДЬ УЖЕ НЕТ, И ЕЕ ТАМ НЕ БУДЕТ БОЛЬШЕ, в этом и вся проблема моя. Вся позиция сбилась из - за этого

A: Вы не озвучиваете самого вопроса, точнее, как это связано с удалением не по ID. В принципе, SQL-синтаксис (у вас же SQLite, верно?) предполагает возможность удаления произвольных стрко по совпадению условий:
DELETE FROM table_name WHERE a = b AND (c = d OR e = f)

Однако это в любом случае неправильно. ID - это идентификатор, уникальная ссылка на единицу данных, которая и позволяет его идентифицировать и работать с ним. Он и существует для того, чтобы вы не позиции в списке считали, а имели уникальную ссылку на данные, не зависящую ни от чего. Вы должны всячески избегать любого другого способа создания ссылки на строки в таблице. Ваша задача (скорее всего) состоит не в насилии над базой данных, а в нахождении идентификатора элемента, закрепленного за строкой (я верю, что в терминах android это называется binding). После этого вы сможете удалить элемент, используя полученный идентификатор.

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LAvinguda de la Riera de Cassoles, coneguda com a Avinguda del Príncep d'Astúries entre 1939 i 2019, és un carrer de la ciutat de Barcelona que va des de la via Augusta amb plaça de Gal·la Placídia fins a la plaça de Lesseps.

Història etimològica

Antigament l'avinguda fou la riera de Cassoles. Més tard, entre 1931 i 1939 s'anomenà avinguda d'Enric Prat de la Riba, anteriorment ja s'anomenava en castellà "avenida del Príncipe de Asturias" i, amb la normalització passà al català avinguda del Príncep d'Astúries. L'any 2016 diversos veïns de Sant Gervasi i Gràcia constituïren una plataforma per reivindicar el canvi de nom de l'avinguda del Príncep d'Astúries pel de Riera de Cassoles, amb el suport de l'Associació de Veïns del Farró i dels partits BComú, CiU, ERC i CUP, que el setembre de 2015 aprovaren una moció a l'Ajuntament de Barcelona que instava a revisar i canviar 12 noms de carrers de la ciutat referits a simbologia monàrquica. El juliol de 2018, els plens dels districtes afectats, Gràcia i Sarrià-Sant Gervasi, van aprovar la proposta de canvi de nom, que a continuació es traslladà a la ponència de nomenclàtor de l'Ajuntament de Barcelona.

Font de Santa Rita
A la cantonada amb el carrer de les Carolines hi havia hagut una font d'aigua carbonatada anomenada font de Santa Rita per les seves propietats curatives. Quan va formar part del jardí de la casa Vicens de Gaudí, se li va construir una capella, que es va enderrocar el 1963 per a construir-hi un edifici d'habitatges.

Referències

Vegeu també
 Història de Barcelona
 Urbanisme de Barcelona
 Hodonímia de Barcelona
 Arquitectura de Barcelona
 Art públic de Barcelona

Riera de Cassoles


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An Inside Look at Jack Tocho's Skill-Set
Photo: NC State University
The Vikings used their final pick of the 2017 NFL Draft to select NC State cornerback Jack Tocho. Daniel House discusses why Tocho might challenge a few incumbents for a roster spot at safety.
The Vikings used their final pick of the 2017 NFL Draft to select NC State cornerback Jack Tocho. He'll make the transition to safety with the Vikings, which should be a rather seamless move for the 6-foot, 202-pound defensive back. Tocho battled injuries during his junior season, but played in 13 games last year, tallying 37 tackles and two interceptions. He didn't test well at the combine and flew under the radar as most of the hype centered around his teammate, Josh Jones.
Tocho has great size to pair with excellent physicality. Not to mention, he has above average ball skills and tracks passes extremely well. He uses his body to makes plays on the ball by being physical and getting into position. In the press conference following the NFL Draft, GM Rick Spielman raved about Tocho's intelligence. It is clear to see he is an extremely natural and confident player. He has a very muscular frame, but he plays smooth and tracks the ball with ease in all situations. In the multiple games I watched, Tocho was most impressive defending intermediate routes. He was able to redirect routes by engaging with the wide receiver and out-muscling him at the top of the route. The clip below shows Tocho redirecting the route, making a play on the ball, and displaying impressive concentration to haul in the interception.
I was really impressed with Tocho as a boundary cornerback because his footwork, above average ball skills, and physicality allowed him to be in the correct position to make plays. He played against premier competition in the ACC Conference, performing well against Zay Jones and Mike Williams. This work against high quality competition will help Tocho make a more swift transition to the NFL level. Where Tocho struggles is against receivers that have more top-line speed. Tocho plays with more quick burst speed and lacks impressive wheels down the field.
When receivers win within the first five yards, Tocho has trouble recovering. However, as a safety, I think his role will be perfect. He'll be asked to sit in the box and play as a single-high safety. His excellent ball tracking abilities and diagnosis skills will serve him well in the single-high looks. He plays very fundamentally sound and with physicality too, which puts him in a position to make plays on the ball. Tocho also is a reliable tackler in run support. He can be placed around the line of scrimmage to use his muscular build to fight through blocks. Tocho showed an ability to force runs inside when around the line of scrimmage. He also can fight off a block and make a tackle in space, as the clip below shows. He is a very fundamentally sound tackler.
I'm most excited about Tocho's awareness and his focus on the details of the game. He did an excellent job on the outside and forced wide receivers hard to the boundary. After doing that, he doesn't get grabby like so many defensive backs. He turns his head quickly to track the ball and doesn't face guard. His ball skills and ability to be in the correct position at all times illustrate his impressive awareness.
Tocho plays with confidence and it shows on tape. This clip below illustrates how he can force a wide receiver to the boundary and track the ball, while running step for step with the wide receiver. Tocho will effectively diagnosis and react to plays. His coverage skills and intelligence are added traits for a player with future potential. As I stated earlier, he matches up better with slow, physical wide-outs. However, this won't be a problem in his role at safety. He plays with more explosive bursts than straight line speed, which should fit well in his system role.
I've been consistently discussing Tocho's ball skills on Twitter and how they separate him from many defensive backs. When he is in traffic, he'll win jump ball battles because he turns his head and makes a play on the ball. So many defensive backs try to face guard and it leads to a plethora of penalties at the next level. He is super instinctive and discplined for a young cornerback entering the NFL. He simply doesn't give wide receivers room to work. What's more, I never seen him drop a ball he got his hands on last year. The Vikings don't have a coverage safety next to Harrison Smith that can consistently make plays on the ball right now. In addition, it seems like it has been difficult to find a safety that can cover, without jeopardizing run stopping ability. Tocho can do both of these things as he transitions to safety.
Head coach Mike Zimmer has always preferred players who have versatile skill-sets. Jack Tocho will play safety, but could play cornerback if injuries strike. In fact, Zimmer held onto Shaun Prater a few years ago because of his hybrid capabilities. Tocho can be a similar type of player with starting upside in the future. With his past experience at cornerback, he could provide insurance at that position as well. Tocho is a tough, smart, and physical player who fits the brand of defensive backs Mike Zimmer actively pursues. This is a make it or break it year for Anthony Harris, who might be challenged by Tocho in training camp.
In fact, I'm going to go out on a limb and say Jack Tocho will be one of the most surprising rookies in training camp.
silverwheaton June 22, 2017 at 4:59 PM
Great read!
Todd June 25, 2017 at 3:19 PM
That was a great read. What confuses me is despite all the physicality, balls skills, and ability to fight off blocks and tackle, the guy almost didn't even get drafted. You sight his teammate as the reason, but a guy with the skills you mentioned looks like a third round selection, at worst. So, what in your opinion was the reason he slid so far. Thanks for the informative article. I'm gonna watch him more closely come camp.


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Two longtime CSO members have retired
Thu Jul 02, 2020 at 12:40 pm
J. Lawrie Bloom gave the world premiere of Nicolas Bacri's Ophelia's Tears in February. Photo: Todd Rosenberg
*Two Chicago Symphony Orchestra musicians have retired
J. Lawrie Bloom, bass clarinetist, retired at the end of the scheduled 2019-20 season. A stalwart member of the clarinet section for four decades, Bloom joined the orchestra in 1980. He soloed most recently in the U.S. premiere of Thea Musgrave's Autumn Sonata in 2011 and the world premiere of Nicolas Bacri's Ophelia's Tears this past February.
Paul Phillips Jr. also retired last month. A longtime member of the CSO first violin section, Phillips joined the CSO in 1980 as well.
Both musicians will be presented with the Theodore Thomas Medallion for Distinguished Service at a future date.
*In other CSO news, Cristina Rocca will be leaving the CSO to take up a new post in November as artistic director of the London Philharmonic Orchestra.
The Bologna native joined the CSO in 2015 as vice president of artistic planning. Under Riccardo Muti, the CSO remains the most conservatively programmed of top American orchestras, but Rocca deserves some credit for nudging the CSO toward more commissions and premieres, including the excellent Bacri concerto referenced above.
The CSO did not indicate whether they would hire a successor or eliminate the position.
UPDATE: A CSO spokeswoman said July 6 that the artistic planning position would be retained.


The island of Cyprus is situated in the eastern part of the Mediterranean sea, between three continents: Europe, Asia and Africa. It has a strong international character which it has retained since the medieval and renaissance periods, when it emerged as a colony for three different empires – the Venetian, the Ottoman and the British Empire. Cyprus combines a fascinating cultural background with a laid back, fun lifestyle. It is, therefore, ideal for people seeking relaxation and education.
Limassol, where our school is located, is the second largest city in Cyprus and offers a range of activities.
Limassol Wine Festival: (End of August – beginning of September). Located in the Municipal Gardens just across from the coastal promenade, the wine festival initially began as a tribute to the island's long winemaking tradition.
Santa Marina Retreat for archery, golf, wall climbing.
Curium Ampitheatre, a Graeco-Roman theatre originally built in the 2nd century BC which is now fully restored and used for musical and theatrical performances.
Amathus ancient site. This used to be one of the ancient city-kingdoms of Cyprus and is also where a very important cult of Aphrodite flourished.
The pre-historic Choirokitia settlement which, since 1998, has been included in the Unesco World Cultural Heritage official list.
The Tourist Area is full of trendy cafés, bars and discos which stay open until 3am. Most of these have big screens for watching major sports events. For the more sophisticated, there are elegant piano bars, fine wining and dining in very selective restaurants and luxury hotels.
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AG suit puts company that scammed foreclosed homeowners out of business
AG Ferguson prevented company from illegally taking funds from customers
OLYMPIA — Attorney General Bob Ferguson today announced that, as a result of his lawsuit, Kirkland- and Portland-based Real Estate Investment Network, LLC (REIN) will be required to dissolve and pay up to $85,000 for scamming foreclosed homeowners out of equity in the form of surplus funds remaining after the sale. These surplus funds can amount to tens of thousands of dollars.
In the consent decree filed today, REIN is legally required to stop its deceptive scheme. The key players in REIN's scheme are prohibited from engaging in similar conduct in the future. REIN is also required to pay $50,000 in attorneys' costs and fees and $35,000 in penalties, $27,500 of which is suspended as long as the company does not violate the terms of the consent decree.
In the course of its scheme, REIN approached 35 consumers. It signed contracts with 16 of those consumers. Ferguson sought and received an injunction before REIN could collect on its unlawful contracts. On May 30, 2018, a judge ordered the company to halt its deceptive practices while the state's lawsuit progressed. This blocked the company from collecting surplus funds from Washington homeowners.
"This company preyed on people facing foreclosure," Ferguson said. "Foreclosure is stressful enough without scammers taking money rightfully owed to homeowners. My office will continue to be a watchdog for these consumers."
In May 2018, Ferguson filed a lawsuit in King County Superior Court against REIN, asserting it charged excessive fees, often more than 50 percent of the surplus funds homeowners are entitled to following the foreclosure of their home, much more than the 5 percent allowed under Washington law. Kerry Hemmingsen, Daniel Stack and William Gastineau, who all played key roles in REIN's scheme, are also named as defendants in the case.
All costs and fees will go toward further enforcement of the Consumer Protection Act.
With the real estate market booming, more and more foreclosure sales bring in more money than is owed on the mortgage. These additional funds are called surplus funds.
Any surplus funds are deposited with the county superior court. Homeowners can recover the surplus funds through a relatively simple process that most consumers can handle themselves or with minimal assistance from an attorney.
REIN approached foreclosed homeowners soon after the foreclosure sale, before they received notice that surplus funds are available. REIN told consumers that surplus funds may be available, but that action must be taken quickly or they may not be able to recover them at all.
According to the lawsuit, the company violated the Consumer Protection Act when it deceived homeowners with a high-pressure sales pitch that created a false sense of urgency and misrepresented the process for recovering surplus funds. REIN's sales tactics included repeated calls and visits to the homeowner, talking to neighbors, and in at least one instance, approaching the nine-year-old child of a foreclosed homeowner as she got off the school bus.
In one example, REIN told a Buckley farmer his family was entitled to $44,000 from the foreclosure sale of their parent's home. The company didn't tell him that the sale made more than $134,000 in surplus funds. "We were getting scammed," he told a KING 5 reporter.
Under the consent decree, the defendants, including the key players in REIN's scheme, are required to:
Dissolve REIN
Amend any previous contracts with consumers that violate the law
Ensure any contracts with consumers charge no more than 5 percent of surplus funds
Stop misleading consumers about the amount of surplus funds available or the process to obtain surplus funds
Stop any other acts or practices that violate the Consumer Protection Act
The defendants are also required to pay:
$50,000 in attorney's costs and fees
$35,000 in civil penalties, $27,500 of which is suspended as long as the defendants follow the terms of the consent decree
If you are struggling with your mortgage or facing foreclosure, the Attorney General's website lists resources you can trust and tips on how to avoid foreclosure scams. Consumers who signed an agreement related to surplus funds from foreclosure are encouraged to both file a consumer complaint with the Attorney General's Office and contact Northwest Justice Project.
Assistant Attorneys General Heidi Anderson and Mina Shahin handled the case.
The Office of the Attorney General is the chief legal office for the state of Washington with attorneys and staff in 27 divisions across the state providing legal services to roughly 200 state agencies, boards and commissions. Visit www.atg.wa.gov to learn more.
Brionna Aho, Communications Director, (360) 753-2727; Brionna.aho@atg.wa.gov


Cardif Pinnacle's recent sponsorship of the Arsenal X1 match Vs Boreham Wood at Meadow Park helped to raise over £5,000 for The Peace Hospice. Among the crowds watching on 29th July were Hertsmere's Mayor, Peter Knell and Mayor of Borehamwood, Sandra Parnell, plus Head of the Council, Morris Bright.
Local insurance firm Cardif Pinnacle is sponsoring the Borehamwood Athletic Club's 10K Race and Fun Run for the 17th year running, under its online insurance brand helpucover.co.uk.
Cizi, the budding young miniature Dachshund, nearly blew his future last weekend.


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Africa Should Bargain Hard for COVID Vaccine Equity: Lessons from Indonesia during Avian Flu
By Victoria Fan and Steve Kuo	Reprint | | Print |
The Republic of Congo received just over 300,000 doses of the COVID vaccines through the COVAX Facility in August 2021. The international COVAX initiative aimed at guaranteeing global access to the vaccines, recently announced that it was being forced to slash planned deliveries to Africa, by around 150 million doses this year. The scheme is now expected to deliver 470 million doses through the end of December. These will be enough to protect just 17 per cent of the continent, far below the 40 per cent target, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Credit: UNICEF/Aimable Twiringiyima
MANOA, Hawaii / TAIPEI, Taiwan, Dec 6 2021 (IPS) - Many countries around the world have punished most of the African continent for the scientific discovery of the Omicron variant through the imposition of travel bans.
These travel bans are more injury upon the injury of low vaccination in Africa. Even well-intentioned rallying phrases such as "vaccine apartheid" or "vaccine equity" still lack the moral weight, indignation, and urgency that we should all feel, no matter which country we live. Words fail us.
How can it be that—even now—vast swaths of a continent go without access to these lifesaving vaccines? How is this situation even possible, let alone acceptable? For sure, there's not been enough vaccines arriving to African countries.
Flowery donor pledges gone unfilled are no better than empty promises. Some say it's the monopolized production from a vaccine company based outside of Africa or intellectual property issues.
Others cite supply chain and cold chain problems, the need for refrigeration, and lack of electricity. Still others note vaccine hesitancy and misinformation. Throw in "corruption" and "poor governance." Yadda yadda yadda.
Let us please transfer all the energy spent on the manufacturing of excuses to create ideas for how we'll get vaccines to Africa.
One thing we should have learned during COVID-19 is that so-called "leaders" are amazing at coming up with excuses for things not getting done. Let's remind ourselves of the HIV pandemic when world "leaders" were hesitating to distribute antiretroviral treatment to so-called "developing countries."
There was even an administrator of USAID, supposedly a leading aid agency, who conveniently came up with a racist excuse that the reason why Africans couldn't get treatment against HIV was because they couldn't tell time.
Excuses easily come out of the human mouth. Let us please transfer all the energy spent on the manufacturing of excuses to create ideas for how we'll get vaccines to Africa.
If Africa can't get the vaccines it needs, perhaps Africa should take a play from the Indonesian playbook during the 2007 avian flu.
The Indonesian Government argued that its decision in January 2007 to stop sending avian flu samples (H5N1 virus) to the WHO's reference labs was justifiable because the samples provided freely from lower-income countries were used by companies in higher-income countries to develop vaccines that the lower-income countries couldn't afford and couldn't benefit from.
Indonesia wanted a guarantee that it would benefit from the samples it provided. After months of withholding the samples, WHO and the Indonesian government eventually came to an agreement and changed the terms of reference for sample sharing.
As Sedyaningsih et al noted in 2008, "This event demonstrates the unresolved imbalance between the affluent high-tech countries and the poor agriculture-based countries." Their words still hold true more than a decade later.
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THE DIXON PLAN
Syed Mustafa Ahmad
When India took Kashmir issue to the Security Council in 1948 and the subsequent complaints by India and Pakistan, regarding the accession and plebiscite, produced a Resolution on 17 January 1948, which set the tone for the future shape of United Nations involvement in the dispute, the United Nations was simply offering its services as an honest broker to sort out a quarrel between two parties whose relationship could almost be described as 'domestic' Alastair Lamb wrote in his book "Kashmir: A Disputed Legacy (1846-1990).
The First Security Council Resolution on Kashmir did no more in effect than urge the disputants to get together and sort out their differences without making a public nuisance of themselves. After the First Resolution, it was followed by the formation of United Nations Commissions for India and Pakistan (UNCIP) with three members from States represented in the United Nations, one selected by India, one by Pakistan and the third jointly by the other two.
With instructions amplified by a Security Council Resolution on 6 February 1948, it was authorised to investigate the situation on the spot, endeavour to help India and Pakistan to bring about law and order in the State of Jammu and Kashmir and then try to arrange for a plebiscite to decide the future of the state. Its role from the outset was that of a mediator rather than enforcer of international law.
The original proposals for the UNCIP were greatly strengthened on April 21 1948, when a further Resolution emerged from the Security Council. The UNCIP was increased to five members. It was to make specific recommendations to the two parties in the dispute. Pakistan should be asked to arrange the withdrawal of both the tribesmen and troops who were Pakistani nationals from the State of Jammu and Kashmir. India should be urged to reduce its forces to the minimum needed to maintain law and order. An interim Jammu and Kashmir Government, a coalition of all the major political groups in the state, should be put in power. Refugees ought to be allowed to return and political prisoners to be released. In anticipation, Plebiscite Administrator with adequate powers to supervise the whole process of ascertaining the wishes of the people of the state.
The UNCIP reached the subcontinent in July 1948 and after talks with Indian and Pakistani leaders, on 13th of August, it produced its detailed plan of action. It called for a ceasefire to be followed immediately by the opening of negotiations for a truce agreement which would involve the withdrawal of the Pathan tribesmen and other Pakistani nationals – UNCIP, much to Nehru's annoyance, was very careful not to pass any moral judgements on the Pakistani side – followed by the withdrawal of the Indian forces. Once the truce agreement was signed, both sides could start working out the arrangements for a Plebiscite.
A feature of the UNCIP plan was the creation of a United Nations military presence in the disputed territory. Its function was mainly to observe and to report back to the United Nations Secretary General any violations of the ceasefire and it consisted of professional soldiers from member states of the United Nations commanded by a General Officer as Chief Military Observer. From the early days of the Kashmir dispute, therefore until today, there has always been a direct physical United Nations presence in the state of Jammu and Kashmir on both sides of the ceasefire to remind the various parties involved that the outside world is watching what goes on.
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In December 1949, when both India and Pakistan had rejected the proposals made by the United Nations Security Council, it came with a new approach to the Kashmir problem when it proposed that its President, General A.G.L. McNaughton of Canada, should endeavour to mediate directly between the Indian and Pakistani delegations at the United Nations. The McNaughton proposals, apart from touching upon the problem of the Northern Areas (both Gilgit and that part of Baltistan controlled by Pakistan which should now be considered part of the disputed territory along with the Vale, Poonch and Jammu, but in the run-up to the plebiscite should remain, subject to United Nations supervision, under the control of the local authorities, that is to say the current pro-Pakistani administration), modified somewhat the UNCIP position on the demilitarization of the State.
A distinction was now drawn upon between the forces of Pakistan and those of Azad Kashmir. While the Pakistan regulars should be drawn entirely, the Azad Kashmiri troops should merely be "reduced" by disbanding.
The McNaughton plan was rejected and was received with a measure of interest by Pakistan but rejected by India on the grounds, in effect, that it implied a legitimization of the concept of Azad Kashmir. Thus, the McNaughton mediation can only be described as a failure. It did give rise, however, to the appointment of Sir Owen Dixon, a distinguished Australian jurist, as a United healthcare Representative, in India and Pakistan, with many of the functions and powers of the UNCIP.
After a strenuous tour of the State of Jammu and Kashmir between late May and late August, 1950 and on the basis of long discussions with both Liaquat Ali Khan and Jawahar Lal Nehru, separately and jointly, Sir Owen Dixon presented his report to the United Nations on 15 September, 1950. It is a fascinating document, one of the very few pieces with claims to a measure of literary elegance and with to emerge from the sorry Kashmiri story. He concluded that it was extremely unlikely that any proposals for a plebiscite of the kinds and under the circumstances, which the UNCIP had suggested or might suggest on the basis of anything already on the table, would ever bear fruit.
As he observed: "Having come to this conclusion, I thought I must either abandon all attempt to settle the dispute or turn from the plebiscite by which the destination of the whole state would be decided to some different solution. I ascertained from the Prime Ministers… (of India and Pakistan) that they considered that with such a Plebiscite in view, there was no longer any hope of agreement upon demilitarization or upon conditions which follow demilitarization or upon any modified form of demilitarization or upon any course that would advance the position towards a settlement."
Dixon, with all the factors in mind, decided to explore a fresh approach to the entire problem face to face with the two Prime Ministers, Nehru and Liaquat Khan, whom he managed to persuade to meet with each other in New Delhi between 20 and 24 July, 1950. Dixon now advanced what came to be known as the idea of "regional plebiscites". It was either: "a plan for taking the plebiscite by sections or areas and the allocation of each section or area according to the result of the vote there in. Or, a plan by which it was conceded that some areas were certain to vote for accession to Pakistan and some for accession to India and by which, without taking a vote there in, they should be allotted accordingly and the plebiscite should be confined only to the uncertain area, which…. appeared to be the Valley of Kashmir and perhaps some adjacent country."
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The Indian reaction was to look with interest at the second plan. The following refinements emerged during the course of subsequent discussion between Dixon and the Indian side. There would now be only one regional Plebiscite. The State of Jammu and Kashmir would be divided into four main regions, Jammu, the Valley of Kashmir in its entirety (including the Muzzafarabad area in Azad Kashmir) and finally the Gilgit Agency and its dependencies along with Baltistan.
It would seem that the bulk of those districts of the old Poonch Jagir and Jammu which were now on the Azad Kashmir side of the ceasefire line would remain with Pakistan and not form part of the proposal. Of these four regions, two, Jammu and Ladakh, would go uncontested to India and one, Gilgit, Baltistan and the rest, what for inconvenience was now referred to as the Northern Areas, would go to Pakistan without further argument. In the Vale of Kashmir, however, a plebiscite would be held to decide if its future would lie with India or with Pakistan (the option of Independence does not seem to have been contemplated by Dixon at this time). There would then be an Indo-Pakistani boundary Commission to demarcate the new borders.
There were many obstacles in the peaceful settlement, both from Pakistan and India. India called Pakistan "aggressor" while Pakistan blamed India for other mismanagements. At this moment of arguments and counter arguments, Sir Dixon left the subcontinent on 23 August, 1950 with the concurrence of both Jawahar Lal Nehru and Liaquat Ali Khan, that "there was nothing further that could do now".
In his report to the United Nations, he observed: "the State of Jammu and Kashmir is not a unit geographically, demographically or economically. It is an agglomeration of territories brought under the political power of one Maharajah. That is the unity it possesses. If as a result of an overall plebiscite the State as an entirety passed to India, there would be larger movements of Muslims and another refugee problem would arise for Pakistan, who would be expected to receive them in very great numbers. If the result favoured Pakistan, a refugee problem although not of such dimension would arise for India, because of the movement of Hindus and Sikhs. Almost all this would be avoided by partition. Great areas of the State are unequivocally Muslim. Other areas are predominantly Hindu. There is a further area which is Buddhist. No one doubts the sentiment of the great majority of the inhabitants of these areas. The interest of the people, the injustice as well as the permanence of the settlement and the imperative necessity of avoiding another refugee problem, all point to the wisdom of avoiding partition as the principle of settlement and abandoning that of an overall plebiscite. But in addition, the economic and geographic considerations point in the same direction."
After the failure of the Dixon Plan, there came Frank Porter Graham with his own plan. However, like the Dixon Plan, it ended without leaving any long lasting effect on Kashmir issue. All the intellectuals failed in the peaceful settlement of Kashmir issue, due to one reason or another. United Nations has not been able to implement what it believes in. At the present, plebiscite is quite difficult.
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Hypnotherapy coupled with Neuro-linguistic programming can also be used to help remove the associations that trigger a phobic reaction. However, lack of research and scientific testing compromises its status as an effective treatment.
Antidepressant medications such SSRIs, MAOIs may be helpful in some cases of phobia. Benzodiazepines may be useful in acute treatment of severe symptoms but the risk benefit ratio is against their long-term use in phobic disorders.
There are also new pharmacological approaches, which target learning and memory processes that occur during psychotherapy. For example, it has been shown that glucocorticoids can enhance extinction-based psychotherapy.
Emotional Freedom Technique, a psychotherapeutic alternative medicine tool, also considered to be pseudoscience by the mainstream medicine, is allegedly useful.
These treatment options are not mutually exclusive. Often a therapist will suggest multiple treatments.
↑ 2.0 2.1 Wolpe, Joseph (1958). Psychotherapy by reciprocal inhibition., Stanford University Press.
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↑ Craske, Michelle; Martin M. Antony, David H. Barlow (2006). Mastering your fears and phobias,, US: Oxford University Press.
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↑ (16 February Fears are common in children and adolescents. However, for some youth, these fears persist and develop into specific phobias. A specific phobia is an intense, enduring fear of an identifiable object or situation that may lead to panic symptoms, distress, and avoidance (e.g., fears of dogs, snakes, storms, heights, costumed characters, the dark, and similar objects or situations). Moreover, phobias can affect a youngster's quality of life by interfering with school, family, friends, and free-time. It is estimated that 5% to 10% of youth will develop a phobia before reaching the age of 16. 2004) Clinical Manual of Anxiety Disorders, 1st, USA: American Psychiatric Press Inc.
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30-year-old San Juan Capistrano resident killed in assault
By Mona Darwish | mdarwish@scng.com |
A 30-year-old San Juan Capistrano resident was killed on Saturday, Jan. 14, authorities said.
First responders arrived in the 26000 block of Calle San Luis on a report of a man stabbed at 5:21 p.m., said Capt. Thanh Nguyen of the Orange County Fire Authority.
Jorge Marvin Guadarrama of San Juan Capistrano was found in the street with traumatic injuries, Sgt. Scott Steinle of the Orange County Sheriff's Department said.
Guadarrama was pronounced dead at the scene.
A search of the nearby area did not yield any suspects.
No further information was available.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the Orange County Sheriff's department at 714-288-6740 or submit an anonymous tip with OC Crime Stoppers at 1-855-TIP-OCCS.
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