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Maryland Asbestos Exposure
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Maryland Asbestos-Related Deaths from 1999-2017
Mesothelioma Deaths
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Asbestos Exposure in Maryland
Maryland's location along the coast means it is home to multiple shipyards which are known to use asbestos. Boilers and pipes on ships were covered in asbestos insulation to minimize heat and nearly all of the insulation on ships contained asbestos.
Manufacturing and Power Plants
The state also has steel mills, manufacturing plants, and power plants where workers were potentially exposed to asbestos. Power plants frequently used asbestos-containing materials to insulate wires from electricity and heat. Workers in these facilities may have been exposed to asbestos while operating or repairing machinery that contained asbestos materials. When asbestos fibers are disturbed they can become airborne and then inhaled by nearby individuals. Inhaling asbestos fibers can lead to the development of deadly asbestos-related diseases, such as mesothelioma, asbestosis, and lung cancer.
Asbestos in Buildings
Buildings in Maryland constructed before the 1970s contained asbestos materials. Some schools in Maryland were built with asbestos materials in insulation, flooring, and ceilings. Schools in Maryland are continually monitored and inspected to ensure there is no risk for asbestos exposure.
Partial list of work sites in Maryland with known asbestos exposure
Aberdeen Proving Ground Chemical Plant
Anchor Asbestos Packing Plant
Baltimore Gas & Electric Steam Plant
Baltimore Marine Industries Shipyard
Bethlehem Shipyard
Bethlehem Sparrows Point Steel Mill
Crown Cork & Seal Canning Plants
Curtis Bay Shipyard
Eastern Steel Rolling Mill
Fairfield Shipyard
Foreign Motors
Fort Meade Military Base
Kaiser Aluminum Plant
Key Highway Shipyard
Maryland Drydock Shipyard
Patuxent River Naval Air Station
Porter Hayden Asbestos Distributor
Potomac Electric Steam Plant
U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis
W.R. Grace Chemical Plant
Statute of Limitations to File Mesothelioma Claim in Maryland
There is a limited amount of time to file a lawsuit for mesothelioma that varies for each state called the statute of limitations. This means if you do not file within the time limit, you will never be able to pursue legal action or obtain compensation. It's important that you take legal action within this time frame so you do not miss out on receiving the compensation you may deserve. Contact us here to learn more about how we can help.
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Mesothelioma is a deadly and rare form of malignant cancer that is caused by asbestos exposure. The most common forms of mesothelioma are: pleural and peritoneal. Pleural mesothelioma is a cancer that affects the lining of the lungs and peritoneal mesothelioma is a cancer that affects the lining of the abdominal cavity.
Victims with pleural mesothelioma may have respiratory symptoms, such as coughing, shortness of breath, chest pain, and fatigue. Victims with peritoneal mesothelioma may have abdominal swelling, stomach pain, nausea, vomiting, and weight loss.
The latency period for mesothelioma is very long. The average latency period is about 30 years, but can be shorter than 15 years or longer than 40 years. This means individuals with mesothelioma may take decades to present symptoms from the time they were exposed to asbestos.
What is asbestosis?
Asbestosis is a chronic lung disease caused by asbestos exposure. When asbestos is inhaled the fibers irritate and scar the lining of the lungs, making it difficult to breathe. The lungs become stiff and cannot expand and contract normally. Symptoms of asbestosis are shortness of breath, chest pain, and a dry, persistent cough. Like mesothelioma, the latency period for asbestosis is very long. Symptoms may not present for 10 to 40 years after asbestos exposure.
Military Asbestos Exposure
It is extremely important to know that our attorneys do not sue the military. We seek accountability from the asbestos companies that sold dangerous asbestos products to the military.
Members of all branches of the military may have been exposed to asbestos before it became more restricted in the 1970s. The U.S. military used asbestos products in many areas because of its low cost, durability, and heat resistant properties. The common use of these asbestos products put many U.S. veterans at risk of developing asbestos related diseases, such as mesothelioma, asbestosis, and lung cancer. Below is a list of the military branches and common asbestos exposure sites:
Navy – shipyards, boiler rooms, submarines
Army – barracks, shipyards, construction
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Coast Guard – inside ships, ships, boiler rooms
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Chicken Pancit Medley is an easy chicken pancit recipe that I made using 2 types of noodles: bihon (also known as rice sticks) and sotanghon (also called green bean thread). This dish is quick and easy to make and it is also budget-friendly.
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The part of the digital computer which stores information is called storage or memory. The computer's memory stores: the numbers to be operated on; intermediate results that are generated in the course of computation and final results.
The time required to transmit one computer word out of the memory to where it will be used is called the memory access time. It usually amounts to a few millionths of a second or less in modern fast computers. The speed of modern computers is the speed of access to their memories. The capacity of a computer is the quantity of data that its memory unit can hold.
There are many ways of memorizing the information in memory cells of a digital computer. External memory or storage units may use magnetic drums, magnetic tapes, magnetic disks and floppy disks. The magnetic drum and the magnetic disk are called a Direct Access or Random Access Storage Device.
The magnetic disk is very similar to a magnetic drum but it is based upon the use of a flat disk with a series of concentric circles of magnetizable material, one read/write head for each track.
Information inside the computer is stored in registers, electronic units of hardware. Each register holds one machine word consisting usually of 32 bits or 4 bytes. Registers hold information temporarily during processing.
Most computers use floppy disks. Floppies conform to a standard and you can use them to carry data from one place to another. They are also very cheap, but they are slow and have a limited capacity.
Almost all desktop computers have hard disks. They are fast and can store much greater than floppies, but they are fixed inside the computer and you cannot use them to transfer data.
You can move data from place to place using removable hard disks. They are almost as fast as fixed hard disks and also have high capacities, but they are relatively expensive. They do not all conform to a standard and they are not very common.
CD-ROM disks are very common and conform to a standard. They are removable and can hold about 640 MB. They are also cheap to make. However, they are usually read-only. You can't change the information on them. They are also slow compared to hard disks.
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You can find all you need to know about the Western & Southern Open from Cincinnati including the entry list, draw, schedules, results, prize money, and more on tennisuptodate.com.
Every year the best players from the ATP & WTA circuit gather in Cincinnati for the Western & Southern Open. In 2020, the situation was a little bit different as the tournament takes place in New York but with the Coronavirus situation improving, the 2021 edition returned to Cincinnati.
Date: 16 - 22 August 2021
Category: Masters 1000 (ATP) / Premier 5 (WTA)
Draw Size: 56S/32D
Prize Money: $7,151,135 (ATP) / $1,950,079 (WTA)
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Entry List (ATP & WTA)
ATP Draw
WTA Draw
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The tournament in Cincinnati was played for the first time already back in 1899. During the decades, the tournament developed and is now known as the Western & Southern Open or also Cincinnati Masters.
It is the highest category on the ATP circuit and the 2nd highest on the WTA circuit. Therefore, every year, fans can expect the best tennis players in the world to compete at the tournament.
You can see all of the news about the Western & Southern Open from Cincinnati below and read more about the tournament below the headliners.
The Western & Southern Open is played at the Linder Family Tennis Center in Cincinnati. The center features 17 courts with four stadiums – Center Court, Grandstand Court, Court 3, and Court 10. These have a total capacity of more than 20,000 people.
During the long history of the tournament, some of the greatest tennis players of all time triumphed in Cincinnati. From the ATP Tour, the champions include John McEnroe, Andre Agassi, Pete Sampras, Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer, and Novak Djokovic.
The women's champions include notable names like Margaret Court, Lindsay Davenport, Kim Clijsters, Maria Sharapova, and Serena Williams. The WTA tournament was not held from 1974 – 1987 and 1989 – 2003.
In 2020, the Western & Southern Open moved to the Flushing Meadows to Billie Jean King National Tennis Center due to the Coronavirus. Also, a lot of top players withdrew from the tournament including players like Rafael Nadal, Gael Monfils, Ashleigh Barty, Simona Halep, and Elina Svitolina.
But in 2021, the top names returned and it was Alexander Zverev and Ashleigh Barty who took the respective titles defeating Andrey Rublev and Jil Teichmann in the final.
Results Men's Singles Western & Southern Open:
2021 Alexander Zverev d. Andrey Rublev 6-2, 6-3
2020 Novak Djokovic defeat Milos Raonic 1-6, 6-3, 6-4
2019 Russia Daniil Medvedev Belgium David Goffin 7–6(7–3), 6–4
2018 Serbia Novak Djokovic Switzerland Roger Federer 6–4, 6–4
2017 Bulgaria Grigor Dimitrov Australia Nick Kyrgios 6–3, 7–5
2016 Croatia Marin Čilić United Kingdom Andy Murray 6–4, 7–5
2015 Switzerland Roger Federer (7) Serbia Novak Djokovic 7–6(7–1), 6–3
2014 Switzerland Roger Federer (6) Spain David Ferrer 6–3, 1–6, 6–2
2013 Spain Rafael Nadal United States John Isner 7–6(10–8), 7–6(7–3)
2012 Switzerland Roger Federer (5) Serbia Novak Djokovic 6–0, 7–6(9–7)
2011 United Kingdom Andy Murray (2) Serbia Novak Djokovic 6–4, 3–0 (ret.)
2010 Switzerland Roger Federer (4) United States Mardy Fish 6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–1), 6–4
2009 Switzerland Roger Federer (3) Serbia Novak Djokovic 6–1, 7–5
2008 United Kingdom Andy Murray Serbia Novak Djokovic 7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–5)
2007 Switzerland Roger Federer (2) United States James Blake 6–1, 6–4
2006 United States Andy Roddick (2) Spain Juan Carlos Ferrero 6–3, 6–4
2005 Switzerland Roger Federer United States Andy Roddick 6–3, 7–5
2004 United States Andre Agassi (3) Australia Lleyton Hewitt 6–3, 3–6, 6–2
2003 United States Andy Roddick United States Mardy Fish 4–6, 7–6(7–3), 7–6(7–4)
2002 Spain Carlos Moyá Australia Lleyton Hewitt 7–5, 7–6(7–5)
2001 Brazil Gustavo Kuerten Australia Patrick Rafter 6–1, 6–3
2000 Sweden Thomas Enqvist United Kingdom Tim Henman 7–6(7–5), 6–4
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Is there an increased risk of coronavirus for BAME older people?
What does the evidence suggest?
Emily McCarron and Elizabeth Webb examine whether there's an increased risk of coronavirus for BAME older people, and what factors may be contributing to it.
By: Emily McCarron and Elizabeth Webb
Published: 22nd July 2020
There's also lots of evidence that coronavirus presents higher risks for black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) people, who make up 17% of the English population, but what can we say about the risk for BAME older people? Emily McCarron and Elizabeth Webb look into the available evidence.
Since the beginning of the coronavirus epidemic in the UK there have been indications that our BAME populations have been more at risk of the worst consequences of coronavirus than the white population. The Office for National Statistics recently revealed that in England and Wales, from the start of the coronavirus epidemic until 15 May 2020, 4,326 BAME people died from coronavirus, and that almost three quarters (73.5%) of those people were aged 65+.
Most BAME populations are younger on average than the white population, and when this is taken into account, the chances of BAME people dying of COVID-19 have been shown to be even higher. By 15 May 2020, 256 black males and 120 black females of every 100,000 died of COVID-19, compared to 87 white males and 52 white females.
But what has caused these greater losses among BAME communities? The evidence suggests that it's due to BAME people having greater chances of catching coronavirus and greater chances of the worst outcomes once they have caught it. How might this impact upon BAME older people in particular?
Is there a greater chance of BAME older people catching coronavirus?
Most of the evidence of greater risk from coronavirus for BAME people has focussed on risks for working age people, in particular the greater chances BAME people have of being in a key worker occupation. However, as most of the people who go on to sadly die of coronavirus are older, the majority of BAME people who have died will not have been working. What might the risks be that are specific to older people?
Having family members in key worker roles
Although most of the BAME older people who have been severely affected by coronavirus are pensioners, they are more likely than white older people to have family who are in key worker roles: 20% of the people working in the jobs that put them at highest risk of catching coronavirus are BAME, compared to 11% of people who work overall.
For instance, 28% of doctors, 19% of nurses and 28% of dentists are BAME, as well as 19% of care workers, 19% of bus and coach drivers and 44% of taxi drivers [1]. The younger family members of BAME older people are more likely to have been doing the essential work outside of their homes that puts them at greater risk of catching coronavirus.
Living with more people, in multigenerational households
New evidence from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) suggests that people living in households with fewer other people may have been less likely to catch coronavirus than people living in larger households [2]. While the majority of older people in the UK either live alone or with a partner, older people from most BAME groups are more likely than white older people to live in larger, multigenerational households.
For instance, less than 2% of white people aged 70+ live in multigenerational households, while 56% of Bangladeshi, 35% of Pakistani, 13% of Indian, 11% of Black African and 6% of Black Caribbean people aged 70+ do [3]. Living in a multigenerational household means older people are more likely to be living with someone who is going out to work, and so at higher risk of catching coronavirus.
Living in overcrowded housing
BAME older people are also more likely to live in overcrowded households than white older people: about 37 in every 1,000 older BAME households is overcrowded, compared to 2 in every 1,000 older white British households [4]. This may mean that these BAME older people were more likely to have been living in a household where a person with coronavirus symptoms would have been unable to self-isolate to prevent the spread of the virus to other household members.
Living in densely populated, urban areas most affected by coronavirus
The areas of England that were initially the hardest hit by coronavirus outbreaks – London and the cities of the West Midlands and the North West – are also places where higher proportions of BAME people live.
For instance, 36% of Asian people and 58% of black people who live in the UK live in London, and 97% of Asian and 98% of black people, compared to 79% of white people, live in urban areas [5]. Living in the densely populated urban areas where the first outbreaks happened has put BAME older people at higher risk of catching coronavirus.
Is there a greater chance of the worst outcomes for BAME people?
As well as being more likely to have been at risk of catching the virus than white older people, the available evidence suggests that BAME older people are also more likely, once they've caught the virus, to die from it.
The Intensive Care National Audit and Research Centre (ICNARC) collects information on people in hospitals across England, Wales and Northern Ireland who are seriously ill with coronavirus. They have found that 34% of people who have been admitted to critical care in the UK with coronavirus were BAME. The chances were much higher for BAME people than expected: if BAME and white people had the same chances of being admitted to critical care, only 22% of those admitted would have been BAME. They also found that BAME people were more likely to die in critical care: 39% of white people died compared to 45% of Asian people and 42% of black people. [6]
These differences must at least partly be due to the inequalities in health we see across the population. BAME people are more likely to have some of the underlying conditions, including obesity, diabetes and heart disease, which increase the chances of the worst outcomes from coronavirus. These health inequalities, which are exacerbated by coronavirus, are due to experiences of social and economic inequalities, and racism, across BAME people's life courses.
During the coronavirus epidemic there has been a significant loss of life for care home residents. As of 12 June 2020, 19,394 care home residents had died of coronavirus. The Care Quality Commission has found that, during the peak of the epidemic, higher proportions of deaths among black (54%) [7] and Asian (49%) than white (44%) people in care homes were attributed to coronavirus [8]. However, because the information the CQC has is limited, it is not possible to get a full picture of the ethnic inequalities in risk of coronavirus for care home residents. The true impact may in fact be much larger.
Is this the full picture?
Despite not telling the full story, the evidence available so far shows clearly that BAME older people are at higher risk of catching coronavirus than white older people, and suggests that they are at greater risk of dying from it once they have caught it. At the same time as the Black Lives Matter movement has drawn attention to racism both in the UK and around the world, the coronavirus epidemic has revealed the structural racism and health inequalities facing BAME older people. Age UK is committed to tackling the inequalities and exclusion experienced by many BAME older people, and promoting equality and inclusion of older people from diverse backgrounds in all areas of our work.
Last updated: Jul 23 2020
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Singapore has many areas where it is worth investing the time in simply wandering the streets. So many of the inner city districts have a distinct culture. Except for the curious, I do not recommend visiting the malls along Orchard Road (where most tourists head first). Just how many international shopping malls can a traveller take?
This city/state/country has been investing heavily in various aspects of the arts and is taking a key role in Southeast Asian arts. My focus has always been on the visual arts and with Singapore I have enjoyed the growth of the visual arts sector over the last decade or more.
Whenever we visit we enjoy a wealth of exhibitions and associated events and along with catching up with colleagues usually have a very busy time.
Singapore is hot. It is hot every day of the year. This can slow you down and you need to develop strategies to deal with this. Part of that is easy given their wonderful Mass Transport System (MRT) and light rail that spreads out throughout the whole country. You need to get to know this, buy a pass, and use it often as besides getting you to your next destination it provides some time out from dealing with the heat.
In some areas of the inner city you can also walk between key areas using a series of underground malls and underpasses. It all helps.
When it comes to the visual arts there is so much on offer. In and around our favourite part of the city there is the Singapore Art Museum (SAM) that concentrates on contemporary art. It operates from two buildings near each other (use MRT Bras Basah). Also note that there is a café next door that is a branch of the WA firm Dome–with reasonably good coffee.
SAM is presently hosting the Biennale with contemporary artworks by more than 60 artists across Southeast Asia, and East and South Asia.
Across the road is the National Museum of Singapore that hosts all manner of historical and visual arts. And while you are in the area, check out the National Library. The building itself speaks heaps of how they value their culture and is a wonderful building to explore just for the architecture.
In fact you could easily make an architecture tour of the city. There is so many good examples of contemporary architecture as well as lots of heritage sites to take it. But that's another story for another day.
Not far from SAM are other examples of the country's commitments to the arts. Nearby and near to the MRT junction, Dhoby Ghaut, is the School of The Arts Singapore (SOTA). SOTA is a pre-tertiary arts school with a six-year integrated arts and academic curriculum that leads to the International Baccalaureate Diploma or Career-related Program for 13-18 year old students. Not far from there is the architecturally wonderful Lasalle College of the Arts– worth a visit to see the building and exhibitions –and a great student café that does good coffee and snacks.
Way down the other end of Singapore is the wonderful Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts – a special MRT/bus journey is required for that.
The big star these days is the brand new National Gallery Singapore (NGS). Opened last year in a massively renovated high court building, it is the stand out showcase of the city's commitment to the visual arts across Southeast Asia. Apparently the biggest problem for the NGS is that too many visitors spend their time taking in the architecture and then dealing with the six options of where to eat, then they run out of time and overlook the exhibitions. The National Gallery is a must do destination.
Nearby is another, the Asian Civilizations Museums (ACM). As you can gauge by the title, it is the place to visit to have a first understanding of the cultures of the region.
Another important destination is the Peranakan Museum. Peranakan culture is Singapore. It is the Straits Chinese with the mix of other races that have come together to make up country. This museum showcases these cultural mixes. I would need much more space to explain it all here – so use this link and read about it.
To understand the basics of Singapore, you need to first understand what Peranakan culture means.
Another key visual arts site is Gillman Barracks. It is an ex military site now hosting a range of galleries. Only in Singapore!
There are heaps of other galleries and venues. I have not mentioned the great urban development sites, the parks, the masses of greenery, the food and more food, the ease with which you can get around, the friendly people, and some of the good value apartments you can use (rather than hotels). Then there are areas such as Little India and the cafe strips of Peranakan food. I have also not mentioned the numerous visual arts festivals, the special photography festival, the popular tourist sites, such as Gardens by The Bay and so much more. And yes – so much new and old architecture.
There is so much to recommend about Singapore. A couple of years ago I approached some bureaucrats in our Chief Minister's and recommended they make contact with some of the visual arts people in Singapore and set up some exchange exhibitions. The opportunity exists for Canberra to be the agent for the visual arts of Australia and work up all manner of exchanges with the very active Singapore visual arts communities. Local businesses at both ends would be easily convinced to be supportive (and have many photo opportunities).
Sadly those particular bureaucrats did not get it. Glazed eyes are all I saw. The idea sits out there for someone with an entrepreneurial eye to the future relationships between the cities.
Meanwhile, given the direct flights, I do urge anyone with an interest in urban issues, architecture, with an eye to observing people and cultures and with a love of the visual arts, to consider time away in Singapore.
And no – I do not work for their tourism board–just someone who has enjoyed regular visits and catching up with friends who live and work there.
All yours to enjoy! Do your research and check when there is a lot on – which is often. And remember it is always hot.


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Sleepy Hollow - a popular, tried-and-tested story - is now on TV.
Picture: Tom Mison - FOX Summer TCA 2013 All-Star Party - Arrivals - Los Angeles, CA, United States - Thursday 1st August 2013
Fox's new drama Sleepy Hollow appears to have come out of nowhere. It premiered this week to rave reviews from critics, though can it maintain the quality and eclipse - or at least match - the likes of Game of Thrones?
It stars Tom Mison as Ichabod Crane, who wakes up over 200 years in the future and meets Sleepy Hollow police lieutenant Abbie Mills (Nicole Beharie). Together, they attempt to stop the headless horseman who is actually a very famous horseman - the fourth horseman of the Apocalypse from the Book of Revelations to be precise.
Viewers of the first season premiere will already know that Sleepy Hollow tells a very different story to Washington Irving's classic tale.
"It's been done," executive producer Len Wiseman said dismissively at TCA Summer TV Press Tour 2013, when asked why Fox didn't just repackage Irving's Ichabod. "We knew from the beginning we really wanted to show a different version. He's tied to the apocalypse and part of a greater war. Yes, Ichabod will still be a professor but our version is like the Clark Kent."
Sleepy Hollow seems to have hit at the right time, following the success of Game of Thrones. Different eras, though the audience will be similar.
"Obviously, the success of the fantasy of stuff recently has whet the appetite of people," executive producer Mark Goffman told Deadline.com. He insisted that the team are simply "revising" the Icabod Crane story "in a way that's really new and fresh."
The Sleepy Hollow story is a popular one - everyone loves the idea of a headless horseman. Tim Burton's 1999 big-screen movie, starring Johnny Depp as Ichabod, was relatively well received and holds a solid score of 67% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Reviews of the TV version are stronger.
"Sleepy Hollow works because it approaches everything with a relatively straight face, yet never seems to be taking itself too seriously," said David Sims of The A.V Club.
"It's fun, it's entertaining, it's got some scares and some action and plenty of secrets to unveil," wrote Tim Goodman of the Hollywood Reporter.
Neil Genzlinger of the New York Times continued the praise, writing, "Plenty of places for this series to take its engaging leads, one of the odder crime-fighting pairs on TV, doing battle against one of TV's creepier-looking if expressionless bad guys."
In Monday at 9.00pm, Sleepy Hollow has a perfect time-slot. The direction and acting appears to be in-place, let's just hope the writers don't lose their heads.
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Larry Bird, in full Larry Joe Bird, (born December 7, 1956, West Baden, Indiana, U.S.), American basketball player who led the Boston Celtics to three National Basketball Association (NBA) championships (1981, 1984, and 1986) and is considered one of the greatest pure shooters of all time.
Bird was raised in French Lick, Indiana, and attended Indiana State University, where he helped revive the basketball program and led the team to a 33–1 record in his senior season. That season ended with a loss to Michigan State University in the NCAA championship game (1979), which was the first meeting of Bird and Magic Johnson, a rivalry that would become the centrepiece of the NBA's popularization during the 1980s. Bird was drafted by the Celtics after his junior year at Indiana State (1978) but did not play professionally until the 1979–80 season, when he won the Rookie of the Year award after contributing to one of the largest single-season turnarounds in NBA history (a 32-win improvement).
Over the course of his 13 seasons with the Celtics, the self-described "hick from French Lick" cemented his legacy as one of the greatest players in NBA history. A 6-foot 9-inch (2.06-metre) forward, he was known for his unflappable confidence and clutch shooting ability, which together created an intimidating presence on the court. The Celtics won their first NBA title with Bird (and 14th overall) in 1981; they repeated with title wins in 1984 and 1986. Bird was a 12-time All Star and won three consecutive league Most Valuable Player awards (1984–86), the first noncentre to do so. He averaged 24.3 points, 10 rebounds, and 6.3 assists per game over the course of his career, and his 21,791 total points scored was the 11th highest in NBA history at the time of his retirement. At the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona, Bird was a member of the NBA-superstar-laden "Dream Team," which won a gold medal in basketball. He was elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1998.
Bird retired in 1992 and moved to a front-office position with the Celtics. He became the head coach of the Indiana Pacers (despite having no previous coaching experience) in 1997 and was named Coach of the Year after his first season. Bird resigned in 2000 after guiding the Pacers to an appearance in the NBA finals during the previous season, and he became the Pacers' president of basketball operations in 2003. In June 2012 he resigned from the Pacers' front office, just weeks after winning the previous season's Executive of the Year award. After a year away from the sport, he returned to his position as the Pacers' president of basketball operations in June 2013. Bird again stepped down in May 2017, having constructed teams that qualified for the play-offs in 8 of his 13 seasons in that position, and then took a role in the Pacers organization as a scout and consultant.
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HomeOpinionMaking an ideological compromise: How Maharashtra's Shiv Sena-Congress-NCP govt can survive
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Shiv Sena's Hindutva politics is different from NCP's commitment to secularism. "Too many cooks spoil the broth" is what describes the Maharashtra government.
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NCP chief Sharad Pawar, Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray and other leaders during a meeting of the Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress alliance, Mumbai | Photo: PTI
I'm sure many people may have heard of the saying "Too many cooks spoil the broth". This proverb suggests that if too many people are involved in a task, they will end up ruining it. A clash is bound to arise because everyone will prefer to take their own approach. Now place this exact same context in Maharashtra's current politics, which looks nothing less than an unlikely alliance stitched together to form the 'Maha Vikas Aghadi' government.
While I do not necessarily say that the Shiv Sena-Congress-Nationalist Congress Party alliance is bound to fail in the responsibilities that have been handed over to it by the BJP government, it is quite likely that the distinct ideologies of the three alliance partners will lead to some sort of clash among them in their five-year term.
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Why NCP, Shiv Sena joined hands
The Shiv Sena is popular for having pursued Hindutva politics since its inception in 1966, but the NCP has historically stood for liberalism and secularism. As one can clearly point out, these two ideologies are starkly different. The two political parties came together only so that the BJP could be prevented from coming back to power or because the Shiv Sena was adamant to have a chief minister from its own party, a demand that the former had categorically turned down.
It can very easily be assumed that the contrasting beliefs of these parties may lead to their downfall sooner or later, but is it wise to assume that the Shiv Sena in a way sacrificed its ideologies just to acquire the CM's post? Since being sworn-in as the chief minister of Maharashtra on 28 November, 2019, Shiv Sena leader Uddhav Thackeray has not displayed any signs of being a Hindutva supporter, which was the case earlier when he frequently wore orange apparels. While Hindutva was once Shiv Sena's foundation and core strategy to appeal to its Hindu vote bank, the party has now seemingly adopted a more diluted version of that radical ideology. One prime example of this is the Supreme Court's Ayodhya verdict in November 2019. The Shiv Sena pushed for the construction of a Ram Mandir in Ayodhya all these years, but when the judgement was announced, Uddhav Thackrey chose to make a cryptic comment. He had said that Hindus should celebrate but not in a way that hurts "anybody's sentiments".
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New age politics
The question that comes to my mind is even though the Shiv Sena seems to have watered down its Hindutva politics, are there any tangible changes actually being made? We can't be sure as yet on whether Maharashtra is witnessing a new era of Shiv Sena politics, or whether the party is putting on a temporary façade just to stay in power and retain the CM's chair.
The unlikely alliance in Maharashtra can only stand the test of time if all the three political parties involved make individual sacrifices. It cannot be completely expected of the Shiv Sena to abandon policies that it has so far stood for because that could hurt its vote share in the next assembly election. The NCP and the Congress, on the other hand, cannot and should not force the complete enforcement of their party ideologies.
If the alliance partners in the government are able to reach a compromise in terms of finding an ideological middle ground, it is quite likely that this could usher in a new age of politics in Maharashtra, where public welfare is the only objective of the parties in power.
Aadhya Venkatesh is the winner of the opinion writing contest on the sixth edition of Democracy Wall, Season 2. This was in response to the question asked by ThePrint: Can the unlikely NCP-Cong-Shiv Sena alliance in Maharashtra survive a full 5-year term?
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Vivek 11 January, 2020 At 1:00 pm
Amit Shah will be the downfall of BJP. He has the backing of Modi so there is nothing anyone can do to get him out. If Modi has any sense he should curb Shah's politics of splitting our society. By and large we have had no problems with our minorities getting hyperactive using violence but if his policies continue there is no guarantee we will enjoy communal peace.
Unfortunately the Opposition is worse while there is no cohesion among themselves. In Maharashtra they did achieve some success in co operating to share power but it remains to be seen how long they last. Sena which was always violently opposed to Congress and NCP have compromised so that Thakeray can become the CM. Sad that our country is ruled by power hungry politicians who have no ethical standards at all.
Jai Hind!!!
Satya 9 January, 2020 At 8:44 am
"NCP has historically stood for liberalism and secularism"
You must be on some serious kind of medication.
NCP always been a chameleon, corrupt to the core.
India is Great 9 January, 2020 At 2:13 pm
True. Power is the main objective for these parties. Ideology doesn't matter. NCP can swing whichever way it wants – Cong or BJP because it's vote-base in western Maharashtra votes for NCP due to local politics – sugar factories, educational institutions not due to "pseudo-liberalism" or "sickularism".


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Anchor Section (SY 1 to 3)
Junior Section (SY 4 to 6)
Company Section & Seniors (SY 7 to 13)
1st Lye Boys' Brigade
For information on how the Company operates today and how to join, please see our Joining us page.
This page meanwhile deals with the history of our Company, plus the Object, Motto and Mission Statement of The Boys' Brigade. It also provides links to websites where you can find out about The Boys' Brigade within the UK & RoI and around the world.
We're the 1st Lye Company of The Boys' Brigade, based at The United Church Lye, which is a local ecumenical partnership between the Methodist Church and the United Reformed Church.
Our Company belongs to the Worcestershire Battalion of The Boys' Brigade.
A condensed history of the Company between 2006 and present-day will be produced in the future, but in the meantime please see our Joining us page as well as our pages for Camps and other Events.
1919-1950s and 1982-2006
The Boys' Brigade in Lye has a very long history. The present Company, at The United Church Lye, was formed in January 1982 but has connections going back as far as the First World War.
After the fighting had come to an end in 1918 a group of men who had been out in the battlefields of the Western Front had come to know the work of Talbot House (Toc H) and were greatly influenced by the Christian principles Toc H had placed within them. A branch of Toc H opened in Orchard Lane in Lye in 1919.
Later on in 1919 those Christian gentlemen saw a need to instil the same Christian influences upon boys and young men of Lye, so the began, what was then, a Boys' Life Brigade Company, whose motto was "To save life".
After a number of years The Boys' Life Brigade, 1st Lye Company was transferred to St. John's Wesleyan Methodist Church in Chapel Street, Lye. During their time at St. John's the BLB was amalgamated with The Boys' Brigade (1926) and eventually became The Boys' Brigade 3rd South Staffs Company (part of The Boys' Brigade South Staffs Battalion). It remained as part of St. John's Methodist Church until its closure, due to lack of staff, some time during the 1950s. During the Company's time at St. John's a Life Boy Team was formed under the leadership of Miss Iris Hamblett, her brother, Kenneth being Captain of the Company for many years.
In the early 1980s a Girls' Brigade Company was formed at The United Church Lye. By this time all the Methodist Churches and the United Reformed Church in Lye had come together as a Local Ecumenical Partnership, and were all worshipping together in one new building. It seemed that there was a need for The Boys' Brigade to be established alongside The Girls' Brigade, so a group of people got together and formed what we now know as The Boys' Brigade 1st Lye Company (part of the Worcestershire Battalion).
All our trophies, Anchor Boys, Junior Section and Company Section awards have all been presented to the Company in memory of Mr Kenneth Hamblett, former Captain of the old Company from St. John's Methodist Church. Our most prestigious trophy was presented by and named The Iris Hamblett Trophy and is presented to those individuals who have done and achieved the most for the Company as a whole. Miss Iris Hamblett was the Life Boy Leader from the former 3rd South Staffs Company who dedicated her life to the work of young people in the Church. Both Boys' Brigade and Girls' Brigade mounted a 'Guard of Honour' at her funeral in recognition of her work among young people.
In 1996 as part of the 18th Birthday celebrations of the Company, new Company Colours were bought at a cost of £400 by fundraising and donations. In 1998 a Friends' Association was formed, which, by their efforts the Company was able to buy a much needed minibus. The minibus was replaced by a much newer model in 2005. The Company celebrated its 21st birthday in January 2003 and hosted a party for boys and young men of the Company and former members which culminated in a Thanks Giving service that was attended by so many people the Church was packed to capacity.
Parties, Church Services, Camps and Competitions alike, the work of The Boys' Brigade 1st Lye Company continues week by week with a group of dedicated Officers, staff, boys and young men, all learning from one another what the BB is all about. We aim to stick to the words of the BB object like glue, because the BB object is The Boys' Brigade.
- a history of our Company until around 2006, by former Captain Jonathan Salter
The Object, Motto and Mission Statement of The Boys' Brigade
The Object is:
The advancement of Christ's Kingdom among Boys, and the promotion of habits of Obedience, Reverence, Discipline, Self-Respect, and all that tends towards a true Christian manliness.
Taken from Hebrews 6:19, the Motto is:
Sure & Steadfast
Adopted by Brigade Council in September 2012, the current Mission Statement is:
Faith in Young People
The Boys' Brigade history, national and international links
The Boys' Brigade is the oldest Christian uniformed youth organisation in the world, with the first Company founded on 4th October 1883 in Glasgow by Sir William Alexander Smith.
Website of The Boys' Brigade within the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland (UK & RoI)
History page of the website of The Boys' Brigade UK & RoI
Wikipedia's article regarding The Boys' Brigade UK & RoI
Website of the Global Fellowship of Christian Youth (which represents The Boys' Brigade and kindred Christian youth organisations around the world)
Wikipedia's article regarding The Boys' Brigade from a global perspective
© 1982-2020 1st Lye Company, The Boys' Brigade Staff Login


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20 years after 9/11, Biden faces uncertain path to closing Guantánamo Bay
Sep. 11, 2021 at 9:40 am Updated Sep. 11, 2021 at 1:54 pm
Missy Ryan
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden faces major obstacles to achieving his goal of closing the prison in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, including abiding opposition in Congress and a dysfunctional military trial process that has failed to yield a verdict — or even a trial — for the men accused in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.
This week, the five men charged with helping to plan those attacks, including self-described mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, appeared in a pretrial hearing at the prison, the first such occurrence since the coronavirus pandemic largely halted the already slow-moving court process.
That their trial, delayed by years of initial proceedings, is not expected to begin until at least 2022 is a stark example of the problems and dark detours that have characterized the detention operation since the first terrorism suspects arrived there after the 9/11 attacks.
The high-security facility, located at a U.S. naval base in Cuba's southeast, has receded from the headlines as its population has dwindled from over 700 at its peak to just 39 today, but Guantánamo remains a global symbol of U.S. excesses after 9/11, including the brutal mistreatment of prisoners and the detention of suspects for two decades without charge.
"The actual practicalities of closing Guantánamo are easier than they've ever been," said Michel Paradis, a law professor who has represented Guantánamo detainees, many of them now aging and infirm. "That doesn't mean the politics are any easier."
Biden administration officials say they are taking steps toward closing the prison, citing the repatriation this summer of a Moroccan man. But eight months into Biden's presidency, officials have yet to reveal specifics about how they intend to navigate legal and political challenges that stymied an earlier closure effort by the president's former boss, Barack Obama.
Neither has the administration answered questions about how it intends to handle a small group of prisoners who have never been charged but are seen as posing ongoing threats; where it proposes to house prisoners winding their ways through the glacial military commission process; or how to account for the fact that convictions by the commission have been overturned by U.S. courts.
On Thursday, State Department spokesman Ned Price said the White House was leading a review of the "state of play" on Guantánamo. "This is a facility that is costly not only in the literal sense, but it is costly in terms of our international standing," he told reporters.
The administration's low-profile handling of Guantánamo — an issue to which Biden, unlike Obama, has referred only infrequently — may be a nod to the trade-offs officials face between their goal of winding down this part of the 9/11 era and the political costs and legal challenges it is likely to entail.
Republicans including Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky and James Inhofe of Oklahoma, the ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, have charactered a closure of the prison as a threat to U.S. security.
Attorneys, former officials and advocates say the administration has yet to demonstrate that it is prioritizing the closure effort, for example by reviving a high-level Guantánamo envoy position eliminated by President Donald Trump. Critics note that closing the prison could become more difficult for Biden as time passes, especially if Democrats lose their narrow majorities in Congress.
"This problem will not solve itself," said one former official who worked on detention issue during previous administrations and, like others, spoke on the condition of anonymity to comment candidly. "They have to focus on it."
The little that White House officials have said has centered on their hope of finding new overseas homes for the 10 detainees already approved for transfer by an interagency review board.
"The Biden administration is actively engaged in deliberate, thorough interagency efforts to reduce the detainee population responsibly and closing the Guantánamo facility," a senior official said.
The politics of transfers could be especially difficult for Biden after the chaotic U.S. military withdrawal from Afghanistan, which has intensified Republican criticism of his handling of national security.
Four of the five detainees released in a 2014 swap for an American seized by militants in Afghanistan have been appointed to senior positions in the Taliban's new interim government there. One of the men, whom the United Nations has described as responsible for war crimes against minority groups in Afghanistan, is now a top security official.
Officials say they are exploring all legal means for handling the remaining prisoners, who they say represent the most challenging cases and might not obtain the approval of the government clearance board for transfer. Some advocates suggest that officials should find a home for them anyway in a country that can provide security oversight.
Unlike during the Obama administration, Biden aides have not voiced interest in trying to move detainees into civilian or military facilities in the United States for pre- or post-trial detention. Such a step would require changes to laws, passed in response to Obama's closure campaign, prohibiting the executive branch from spending money to relocate prisoners to the U.S. mainland or to certain unstable foreign locations, such as Yemen.
Cliff Sloan, who was a high-level envoy for Guantánamo's closure during the Obama administration, said the Biden administration needed to establish a similar position, someone who could steer deliberations between government agencies and liaise with senior officials abroad.
No one in the State Department's counterterrorism bureau, the lead office for negotiating transfer deals, is assigned to work exclusively on Guantánamo. A State Department official said a number of transfer negotiations are underway.
It is essential, Sloan said, to have "someone who is focused on this 24 hours a day."
Hina Shamsi, director of the national security project for the American Civil Liberties Union, called successive administrations' failure to close the prison a "disgrace."
"It is both necessary and possible for the Biden administration to responsibly end indefinite military detention and unfair trials in order to close Guantánamo," she said.
Potentially an even more vexing challenge than resettlements is the prison's military commission process. Although the trials of about half a dozen detainees have resulted in convictions over the years, most of those have been overturned on appeal, one of the many problems that have plagued the ad hoc trial system from its start.
Because of draconian security requirements and the toxic legacy of harsh interrogations that included waterboarding and "rectal rehydration," defense lawyers have had to battle for access to basic evidence and persistent fears that even their conversations with their clients are surveilled.
A revolving door of judges and officials overseeing the trials has further slowed the proceedings. In 2019, a federal court threw out more than three years of proceedings in a capital case, the trial of a Saudi man accused in the deadly 2000 bombing of the USS Cole, because of an apparent conflict of interest on the part of the presiding judge.
Guantánamo's remote location, making proceedings and access to clients possible only via periodic military flights, has been another impediment. Those challenges grew worse during the pandemic, when visitors and attorneys were required to quarantine for two weeks after arriving at the base.
Despite the ever smaller population, the cost of operating the prison and court remains $230 million a year. With the oldest prisoner now in his early 70s, more detainees are likely to begin experiencing health problems that require care beyond the scope of facilities at the base.
Those issues intersect most dramatically in the case of the suspected 9/11 plotters. Administration officials have not said they will try, as Obama did, to move that or other trials to federal courts, which have convicted hundreds of terrorism suspects since the 2001 attacks. Neither have officials said where they would plan to detain the men after any convictions if the commissions can run their course and the prison is closed.
Advocates have called on Biden to consider alternatives to commission trials, including plea deals that could give prisoners credit for time served. Already, one prisoner, Majid Khan, is set to be released as early as next year as part of a plea arrangement that required his cooperation and headed off proceedings that could have revealed new information about his mistreatment by the CIA.
In a statement, the office of military commissions declined to speculate about when trials could end, citing the complexity of the cases.
Khan's lead defense attorney, Wells Dixon, of the Center for Constitutional Rights, is among the lawyers who have characterized the military commissions as broken beyond repair.
"If you believe the military commissions were established in order to provide justice for terrorist attacks like 9/11, they have been a complete failure," Dixon said. "But if the military commissions operate to provide a veneer of legal process to maintain the status quo, they've been a tremendous success."
The Washington Post's Abigail Hauslohner contributed to his report.
This story was originally published at washingtonpost.com. Read it here.


Veganism is on the rise. In 2006, 150,000 people in the UK opted for a plant-based diet. Today, 542,000 do. That's a 350% increase. The movement is driven by the young – close to half of all vegans are aged 15-34 (42%), compared with just 14% who are over 65. When the Guardian asked people about being vegan, 67% of the 474 who replied were under 34, and more than one-sixth were teenagers. We heard from people as young as 14 espousing the purported virtues of quitting meat and dairy.