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William E. Walsh (December 25, 1869 – February 6, 1943) was a tailor from Milwaukee, Wisconsin who served one term as a Democratic member of the Wisconsin State Assembly.

Background
Walsh was born in Galway, Ireland. His father died when Walsh was 11 years old, and he was sent to Boston, where he lived with relatives for a year before returning to Ireland. He and attended school until the age of fourteen, when he became a tailor. In 1887, at the age of 17, he sailed for Rio de Janeiro and remained in Brazil for about one year, when he took passage for New Orleans. After remaining there a short time he went to Puerto Limón, Costa Rica; then moved on to New York City, to Boston, Massachusetts and to St. Louis, Missouri, working at the tailoring trade in every place visited. In 1893 he moved to Milwaukee, where he married Marie Murray, and he worked for other tailors until 1898, when he enlisted in Company G, Fourth Wisconsin Volunteer infantry and served in the Spanish–American War. He was mustered out in February 1899, and became the manager of tailoring departments in various Milwaukee retail stores.

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He was elected to the Assembly for the 9th district of Milwaukee County (9th ward of the City of Milwaukee) in 1912 (Socialist incumbent Edmund J. Berner was running for the state senate), receiving 1,209 votes against 1,035 for Socialist Herman O. Kent, 459 for Republican Eugene Herman, and 31 for Prohibitionist Frank F. Wolfe. He was assigned to the standing committee on printing. He was later named deputy collector of internal revenue, in which capacity he was assaulted in April 1914 while inspecting a saloon.

He does not appear to have run for re-election in 1914. He was succeeded by Kent, who defeated Republican and Democratic candidates for the seat.

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The body steadily grows old and weakens. Physical beauty fades. Disease slowly gains the advantage. The flesh rots.
Yet, the soul is eternally young. When the soul departs, of course the body crumbles to dust.
Staying "young at heart" is simply realizing that death is an illusion* and in each moment of life there is a chance for joy.
A neophyte asked Ramana Maharshi (d. 1950) how could he help the world, or help humanity. Ramana's answer went like this: if you want to do something for the world (i.e. help to make the world a better place) start by doing something for yourself. The meaning is that when we work to make ourselves better, more loving individuals we will be helping the world. Start within.


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I was very lucky that all my tables had run smoothly up until the last day. Everyone was pleasant and fun to play with, even in the very stressful and frustrating games. However, on my ninth hanchan, I had an awful experience.
I would like to stress that all of the players on that table are perfectly nice and reasonable people, and that the horridness was not as a result of their behaviour. I still don't quite understand what happened, but I think it's worth sharing as it opens up discussions on the way we currently score in EMA tournaments.
All of the players on my table were strong players and I have seen all but one play at previous tournaments. There is no doubt of their skill at riichi.
I am sitting in the North seat on this table. I am assigned score keeper (as I often was in this tournament). I hadn't had any issues up until then. Sometimes my math can go awry, but I usually spot my own mistakes and correct them (or if the game is going fast, ask a ref to fix it for me).
When I score, I'm always careful to say out loud the score as I'm writing it down and also say from who to who. I will then, while people are washing the tiles, hold up the score sheet for everyone to see even if they haven't asked for it. People usually glance or take it from me to check. I do this as a matter of principle as I think it's important for people to check that I've written their winning score down correctly and that everyone agrees. Sometimes someone will notice a mistake, either in the scoring of the hand or I've written something in the wrong column. We're all human after all and it's a big responsibility. Plus it's much easier to fix a mistake the moment it happens rather than later.
We're playing and we reach the South round. I'm really losing right now. But it's okay. I fed to others when I had reached on strong hands, and made one mistake when I really didn't notice that the guy was tempai. However, it's good to be in a game with strong players who are an excellent challenge.
Sometime after the start of the South round, the starting South player opposite me says that he thinks I didn't write down his mangan. So I pick up the score sheet and we all take a look to discover where the problem is.
However, it really isn't obvious where his mangan should have been. I'm starting to feel stressed as I don't personally remember his mangan happening (this isn't a total surprise as I don't remember every hand perfectly like some do). We have to ask the other two players if they remember his mangan; unfortunately, they don't either.
There has only been one mangan recorded and that was for the starting East player who I remember vividly feeding as I paid for it. He also remembers his mangan so I didn't write it in the wrong column.
We then check the number of lines versus the number of hands played (taking into account the continuances) to check I didn't neglect to record a game somehow, but there is no obvious issue there.
What do we do now? The referee was also looking at the score sheet to try and see something, but spots nothing. I called over the head referee and asked for her opinion. She said that if the other two players (excluding myself and the one claiming the mangan) do not remember and the hand was several hands ago, nothing could be done and we had to keep playing.
Of course, this was grossly unsatisfactory for the South player who feels he has lost his mangan. I am totally horrified that I could have made a mistake. In the end, we'll never know what happened. Whether it was misremembered by the player or a mistake on my part…
However, it really upset me. I do my best to score correctly, but I can't eliminate the possibility that I could score incorrectly. On the other hand, three other players were looking at the score sheet every round. Surely a missing 8000 points should have been spotted? It's not the sort of score you miss (a smaller hand it's more possible to miss). Either way, it couldn't be fixed anymore.
And this is where the current scoring method allows for human error. We already have a system where all players are supposed to aid in scoring a hand correctly, but the responsibility for recording of that score is then not shared accordingly.
There are a few possible solutions to this that I can see…
(1) Having more than one scorer per table so that if there is a disagreement, it can be understood.
(2) Not having any of the players score and when a hand is won, have another party actually write down the scores. The logic being that then they would be fully focused on getting it correct rather than also trying to play. This is how it was done at the World Series. It might be difficult for the EMA to get the manpower for something similar.
(3) Using scoring sticks. This means that at least the paying player and the receiving player both agree on the points being exchanged. It does open up the game to cheating if players collude. Without automatic tables, it is also difficult to keep track of your placing on the table. And, of course, without the bankruptcy rule, how do you keep track of minus scores? (You probably end up back on paper…)
(4) Finally, and probably most likely, make it the responsibility in the rules for every player to agree a score between each hand. If they don't check, it's their fault.
Anyway, let my tale of woe be a warning to people. If you're not scoring, make sure you check your scores on each hand, especially if you win. A cursory glance is enough to check that everything is in order usually, and certainly should be enough to see if you're missing 8,000.
I can't tell you how bad I still feel about that table, and how I keep replaying the game in my head to try and find that missing mangan. So make sure if you're scorekeeping that you say out loud the score, the payer, and the receiver. Even if people don't want to look at the scores, hold it out to them. It ensures that people know you are being transparent and not trying to cheat them out of points. In the end, we are human and there's only so much we can do…
[Edited: This was actually the first MERS tournament for the Starting South player. (26th Sept)]
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Progressives meet Eyman's push with their own initiative
A new effort aims to force closer reviews of tax breaks for businesses.
John Stang
Tim Eyman reacts to a state Supreme Court ruling in a case over one of his initiatives.
Matter and anti-matter collided Wednesday at the Washington Secretary of State's office in Olympia.
In that office, two groups announced an upcoming petition drive to scrutinize most of Washington's tax exemptions to see if they are worth it. That announcement came minutes after professional initiative promoter Tim Eyman and his allies submitted their new initiative ballot to the Secretary of State.
The groups supporting a look at tax breaks saw a complete contrast between their effort and Eyman's work. Steve Zemke of the organization Tax Sanity said of the tax-break proposal, "It's pushing back from the progressive side. ... We have a revenue problem in this state, and Eyman has made it worse."
"Tim Eyman loves corporations and corporate lobbyist love Tim Eyman," said Andrew Villeneuve of the Northwest Progressive Institute, referring to major corporate interests backing past anti-tax initiatives.
Their organizations are preparing an initiative proposal to send to the Washington Legislature early next year. The basic idea is for Washington's Joint Legislative Audit and Review Committee to study every one of the state's 640 tax exemptions that are not required by the feds and the state Constitution. The committee would then decide whether each should be kept, eliminated or changed.
Currently, JLARC is an advisory committee of legislators and others who review tax exemptions, but has no authority to actually decide to on exemption matters. That authority resides with the Legislature. The proposed initiative would switch that authority to JLARC.
Since 2007, JLARC has recommended terminating seven tax exemptions, allowing 12 more to expire and having 99 continue. And it has sought clarification from the Legislature about the goals for 40. The Legislature has eliminated only a handful of exemptions. This year, the House Democrats want to eliminate 11 tax exemptions with the Senate Majority Coalition Caucus equally adamant about keep all 11.
Zemke said the two organizations are floating this concept as a trial balloon to collect feedback to fine-tune their future initiative petition.
Meanwhile, Eyman, Mike Fagan and Jack Fagan filed their anti-tax initiative a few minutes prior to the two groups' announcement.
"This is protection against Olympia's propensity to raise taxes," Eyman said.
The proposed ballot measure would:
Require a statewide advisory ballot each year on whether the public supports a constitutional amendment to require two-thirds approval of new taxes and tax hikes.
Limit the time period of all tax increases, tax extensions and repeals of tax exemptions to one year.
Require that all legislators' votes on tax increases, tax exemptions and tax extensions to be noted on all state voters' pamphlets. The requirement would also apply to the governor's record.
Eliminate these requirements when the Legislature agrees to send a two-thirds-majority-for-tax-matters constitutional amendment to a public referendum.
The longtime anti-tax trio is undecided whether it will seek a November ballot or seek having the Legislature vote on whether to approve or take such a measure to a public ballot in 2014. A November ballot would mean they need to collect 246,372 signatures and turn them in to the Washington Secretary of State's office by July 5. The legislative route would give them all year to collect the signatures.
Eyman declined to say whether he has financial backers for this effort. Eyman also declined to say whether he believed new tax exemptions should be subject to the same one-year limit before being re-legislated as his initiative proposes for tax increases.
The proposed petition raises questions of whether a referendum binds future legislation to a one-year limit, and whether all the planks in this proposal are part of one measure or several measures. A public ballot can have no more than one issue on it. Eyman contends the measure is one item because all the planks address taxes. "It all has to do with state tax measures," Eyman said.
Eyman has pushed anti-tax public ballots since the 1990s. He has had several successful measures to require any tax increases to be passed by two-thirds majorities in both the House and Senate — measures that the Legislature always nullified after two years, which is legal.
Two months ago, the Washington Supreme Court ruled that the two-thirds requirement is unconstitutional, meaning only a public referendum can be used to add a two-thirds requirement to the constitution. And only the Legislature can set that process in motion.
Mike Fagan, a Spokane City Council member, said: "As one legislator to my state legislator colleagues, it is time."
The Washington Attorney General's office declined to comment on those legal questions Monday, citing its practice of not commenting on pending legislation or ballot measures.
Eyman pointed to efforts by Rep. Reuven Carlyle, D-Seattle, to vet proposed and existing tax exemptions on their effectiveness, as well as putting time limits for the exemptions to remain in effect before renewal. "That same level of scrutiny should apply to tax increases," Eyman said.
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John Stang is a freelance writer who often covers state government and the environment. He can be reached on email at johnstang_8@hotmail.com and on Twitter at @johnstang_8


"Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour." Exodus Chapter 20 – Verse 16.
Some nights ago the remnants of 'Storm Doris' hit the town of Thurles and the county of Tipperary. 'Doris' herself had indeed indicated her intentions earlier in the evening, by sending a series of scouts riding across the town and Shannon region in the form of short, sudden, gale gusts, each arriving some 15 minutes apart.
Having checked out the weaknesses in our small town's battle defences, 'Doris' herself would later rage her ferocity, under the cover of early morning darkness; travelling at speeds of 80 to 100 miles per hour; her intention to reek mayhem on our ageing trees, loose roof tiles, telecommunications and power structures.
When the first severe gusts arrived, disengaging his electrical supply, Fr Tom Farrer had been busy writing his sermon for this Sunday's Mass. In view of the recent false allegations of child sexual abuse revealed through the Sergeant Maurice McCabe scandal of last week; Fr Tom had come to a decision. In his wisdom, he had decided to radiate some hard hitting remarks on the ever present sin associated with the whispering of unconfirmed rumours; identified as plain gossip which so often poisons small rural communities.
Electrical power had not been reconnected at 8.00am the following morning, nevertheless Fr. Tom slipped the bolt on his front door to allow uninhibited access to his soon to arrive housekeeper. Having removed his newspaper from the postbox, he admitted to himself that today would bring added suffering to an area already destroyed by a lack of job opportunities.
Feeling he had made his point most effectively; Fr. Tom sat down to await the arrival of his 2 x 2 min soft boiled eggs, due to relax shortly in a saucepan of boiling water on his now warming open fire.
Of course this story also explains the fact that Fr. Tom never truly found out that young Peter Ryan had skimmed an envelope containing a €50.00 note from the priest's collection plate, to purchase a U2 concert ticket for the Joshua Tree Tour 2017, in Croke Park Dublin next July.


Preheat a grill to medium high. Cut 2 nectarines into wedges and toss with olive oil and a big pinch each of cumin, cinnamon, cayenne and salt. Grill until marked, 2 to 3 minutes per side. Chop and toss with 3 cups cooked rice, the juice of 1/2 lemon, a splash of olive oil, a pinch each of cumin and cinnamon, and 1/4 cup each sliced almonds and chopped dill.


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The pro-government Turkish newspaper Yeni Safak reported on Thursday that Syrian Kurdish fighters and Turkish soldiers traded "harassment" and "artillery fire" on the border of the two countries, a sign that the two sides may resort to openly attacking each other as tensions soar in the region.
The Turkish government has enthusiastically objected to the United States announcing training and other assistance for its longtime ally the Syrian Defense Forces (SDF), largely consisting of members of the Syrian Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG/YPJ). The YPG, which advocates for a free Kurdistan, cooperated significantly with the United States in operations against the Islamic State and has minimal contact with the Syrian dictatorship of Bashar al-Assad.
Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the president of Turkey, considers the YPG a terrorist group indistinguishable from the Marxist Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) terrorist organization. Washington has designated the PKK a terrorist organization but cooperates with the PKK.
Erdogan has threatened a full military operation in Afrin, a border territory in Syria, against the YPG if the United States does not cease assisting them. American officials have argued that further support to the militia is necessary to ensure that would-be Islamic State terrorists do not use Turkey as a land bridge into the former Islamic State and help the jihadist "caliphate" regroup.
At its peak, Islamic State foot traffic from Turkey to Syria was estimated to be at 100 jihadis per week.
Yeni Safak claims that the Turkish soldiers acted in "self-defense." Warning of a potential full-scale military operation in the region, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu used the same language on Thursday.
The foreign minister accused the United States of "threatening Syria's territorial integrity" by supporting the YPG. He did not elaborate on how a major Turkish force crossing the border into Syria to attack Syrian militias would not threaten Syria's territorial integrity.
The Assad regime has categorically rejected the potential of any Turkish presence within its borders.
"We warn the Turkish leadership that in the event of initiating hostilities in the area of Afrin, this will be considered an act of aggression by the Turkish army on the sovereignty of the Syrian Arab Republic's territories in accordance with the international law known to the Turkish side," Syrian Deputy Foreign and Expatriates Minister Fayssal Mikdad said in response to Ankara's threats of invasion.
Mikdad told reporters Assad forces are "ready to destroy the Turkish air targets in the skies of the Syrian Arab Republic" if Turkey attempts any military action in Syria.
The People's Democratic Union (PYD), the political arm of the YPG and all-female YPJ militias, issued a statement Wednesday warning of an imminent attack on their territories by Kurdish forces in Afrin.
Yeni Safak Editor-in-Chief Ibrahim Karagül, one of Turkish media's most effusive Erdogan fanatics, argued in a column that the YPG were somehow implicated in the July 2016 failed coup against Erdogan and that an invasion of Syria was "in some way, the continuation of the July 15 resistance" against Islamic cleric Fethullah Gulen, who lives in Pennsylvania. Gulen and the YPG have no overt ties, though various elements of the pro-Erdogan political landscape have blamed both for the failed coup.
The State Department has responded to the vitriol by asserting that the fight against the Islamic State is a paramount concern in the region. "The United States is in Syria to defeat ISIS. Any activities that we take part in with regard to the Syrian Democratic Forces is something that's internal only—internal only to Syria," spokeswoman Heather Nauert told reporters on Tuesday.


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Kavitha Cardoza is a Washington-based journalist who has covered children, education and poverty for more than two decades. She is the public editor of the Education Writers Association and coordinates programming and training opportunities for members as well as provides individualized reporting and writing help to journalists.
Kavitha is a frequent contributor to NPR, The Hechinger Report and previously worked as a correspondent for Education Week/PBS Newshour. She has also worked at NPR affiliates in D.C. and Illinois. Kavitha was a 2021-2022 Spencer fellow for education reporting at Columbia University. She has received more than two dozen awards for her reporting, including from the Public Radio News Directors Incorporated (PRNDI). Her documentary series 'Breaking Ground' aired on more than 150 public radio stations.
Kavitha has previously taught journalism courses at Berkeley, American University and the University of Illinois. She has published several academic papers on communication and has master's degrees from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and the Manipal Institute of Communication in India.


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«Янтарная звезда» — ежегодный открытый международный конкурс молодых исполнителей популярной музыки. Состоит из 3 конкурсов: эстрадный конкурс (от 20 лет), детский конкурс артистов эстрады (от 7 до 18 лет) и конкурс красоты (для девочек от 4 до 12 лет «Маленькая мисс «Янтарная звезда», конкурс красоты для женщин от 20 лет).

Первый конкурс проводился в российском городе Калининграде в 2001 году. С 2002 года стал проводиться в Латвии. Идея конкурса принадлежит Людмиле Полежаевой.

В разные годы победителями «Янтарной звезды» были: ансамбли «Полюшко», «Весень» и «Заряна», исполнители Анастасия Лобода, Анастасия Малышева, Карина Федосеева и Олеся Стасько, танцевальные коллективы «Джамп» и «Премьер», «Аквик» и «Бриз», солистки Люба Шевченко и Валя Третьякова, ансамбль «Партизанский сапфир», Театр песни «Поющие горошины» и солисты Лера Никитенко, Регина Каспарова, Мария Сабирова, Кристина Татур, Роксана Бабаян, Альмира Гуляйкина и другие артисты из разных стран мира.

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 Официальный сайт конкурса «Янтарная звезда»
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Mangalore is the main port city of Karnataka. It is the administrative centre of Dakshina Karnataka (South Karnataka). Mangalore is the largest city in South Karnataka and is a non-metropolitan, cosmopolitan city. The city is the leading commercial, educational, healthcare and industrial hub on the West Coast. Mangalore is ranked the 13th cleanest city in India and is Karnataka's second most favourable destination for business operations. Mangalore is being developed as a Smart City under Prime Minister Narendra Modi's flagship Smart Cities Mission. The city is nestled between rolling hills, coconut groves and the Arabian Sea. If you are looking to buy real estate in this city there are many unique and exciting projects being undertaken in this city, for this reason we have compiled a list of the best developers in Mangalore. The developers have been selected on the basis of the quality of their structures and the goodwill they have achieved in the market.
Mahabaleshwara Builders and Promoters is a subsidiary of the Mahabaleshwara Group, which was established in 1961. The company has seen great success in Mangalore and has taken on many successful projects in the city. The primary focus of Mahabaleshwara Builders and Promoters is residential housing. The buildings from this company are characterised by their trademark combination of spacious interiors, functionality and superior architecture. The projects from this company are reputed to be of a high quality and the company is known for its customer service and its timely completion of projects.
Top Projects: The biggest project undertaken by Mahabaleshwara Builders and Promoters in Mangalore is Mahabaleshwara Classique Gateway. This project is built on a total land area of 1 acre and houses 77 units. The units are available in 2BHK, 3BHK and 4BHK configurations. The floor area of the apartments ranges between 1,364 Sq. Ft to 2,694 Sq. Ft.
•Financing: Home loans for properties under Mahabaleshwara Builders and Promoters are available at most public and private sector banks, such as, SBI, ICICI Bank, PNB Housing Finance, Axis Bank etc. Interest stands at a standard 9.15% P.A.
The Prestige Group was established in 1986 and is now one of the leading land development companies in south India. The company has an extremely diversified portfolio including projects in hospitality, retail, commercial and residential sectors. It has successfully completed 199 projects, covering 73.70 million Sq. Ft. and has 65 ongoing projects spanning 65.68 million Sq. Ft. it also has 36 upcoming projects which will span 47.28 million Sq. Ft. Prestige Group became public listed company in October 2010, with an Initial Public Offering (IPO) of Rs.1,200 crore. Prestige Group is known for its innovative designs and its superior quality structures.
Top Projects: Presently Prestige Group is undertaking the Prestige Crest Valley project in Mangalore's Bejai area. The apartments are built on a total area of 4.75 acres and currently house 250 units. The units are available in 1BHK, 2BHK and 3BHK configurations. The floor area of the apartments will range between 677 Sq. Ft. to 1,713 Sq. Ft.
Financing: Home loans for projects under the Prestige Group can be availed from most private and public sector banks, such as, Axis Bank, ICICI Bank, SBI, HDFC etc. Interest on these loans will be charged at a standard rate of 9.15% P.A.
Land Trades Builders & Developers was established in 1992 by Mr. Shrinath Hebbar. The company has seen huge success in the south with an unbroken track record of successfully completed projects. The company has a diversified portfolio of gated communities, exclusive housing layouts, budget apartments, commercial complexes and high end business addresses. Land Trades Builders & Developers is primarily focused on building residential structures and is renowned for its high quality structures, highly desirable locations and timely completion of projects.
Pricing: Please contact developer for details.
Top Projects: Land Trades Builders & Developers completed the Land Trades Maurishka Palace in May 2015. The apartment complex is built on an area of 2.77 acres in Mangalore's Kadri area. The apartment houses 337 units in 2BHK, 3BHK and 4BHK configurations. The floor area of the apartments ranges between 1,005 Sq. Ft to 3,885 Sq. Ft.
Financing: Home loans for projects under Land Trades Builders & Developers can be obtained from Punjab National Bank, ICICI Bank, Axis Bank, SBI, Corporation Bank and Bank of Baroda. Interest will be charged at a standard 9.15% P.A. For more details please refer to the respective bank's official website.


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Are you or do you aspire to be a scientist? What field?
I still aspire to be a scientist even though I gave up my bio-chem major in college to do digital marketing. I love my job for sure (I am a marketing associate for a beauty company and I get to run a beauty content site) but, part of me really misses doing lab work!
well if history counts,yes,i wanna be a historian.specialize in middle ages and their architecture,with a little hint of photography and history of art.
so inspiring to me because i am a biologist! i work in immunology in a cell signaling lab where we see how the body reacts to disease. go ladies in science!
This is totally awesome! I did my undergrad in marine biology—now getting my master's in aquatic ecotoxicology!


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Болечица је кратка река у централној Србији, 12 -{km}- дуга десна притока Дунава. Целом дужином тече кроз приградски део Београда, а пролази кроз три београдске општине.

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Извор Болечице се налази у Врчину, и у народу је познат под именом Вир. Првобитно, река тече ка северу, по источним падинама Авале, прелазећи између општина Гроцка и Вождовац, кроз села Врчин и Зуце, где се спаја са потоком Врановцем. Потом улази у долину Бубањ Поток где чини источну границу шуме Степин Луг, окреће се на североисток и пролази кроз најјужнији део општине Звездара, где јој се са леве стране уливају још два потока - Бубањ Поток и Завојничка река. Болечица затим наставља кроз јужни део Лештана где јој се са леве стране улива Калуђерички поток и чини границу 4 београдска предграђа: Лештане, Болеч, Ритопек и Винча (где јој се са леве стране улива Макачки поток). У Винчи се Болечица улива у Дунав, на надморској висино од 68m, источно од археолошког налазишта винчанске културе Бело Брдо.

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Већина корита реке Болечице је бетонирана и усмерена ка западу, тако да је сада више удаљена од Болеча (који је добио име по овој реци). То је омогућило да током јаких киша не долази до тако великих изливања. Међутим, коначна три километра реке у Винчи нису бетонирана, тако да са порастом нивоа воде Дунава, вода из Болечице не може да се улије у Дунав и то често изазива велика изливања, понекад чак и по путевима.

Због тога што сама река има много већи утицај на Лештане него на Болеч, постоји тенденција да се река назове Лештанска река. Међутим, овај назив није прихваћен ни званично ни у народу.
Име реке дословно значи "вода која лечи (болест)" (од српског: бол (Болечица) + лечити (Болечица) + ца (од српског: речица (Болечица).

Упркос томе, река је данас врло загађена, и углавном служи као канализациони канал.

Флора и фауна реке

Раније је ово била чиста река, у којој су живеле мање рибе, као и многе друге животиње и биљке. Данас је стање значајно промењено, река је врло загађена и многи живи организми су нестали. Упркос томе, у првих неколико километара тока, река није загађена тако да се уочава велика разноликост у броју врста инсеката и биљака. У првих неколико километара тока река се на појединим местима излива и прави мочваре које су обрасле рогозом (Typha sp.) и трском (Phragmites communis). Такве мочваре насељавају многи водоземци и гмизавци, као и многобројне врсте птица и поједини сисари. Инскети су заступљени у великом броју врста из јако пуно редова. Биљни свет је такође изузетно разнолик у првим километрима тока.

Литература

Реке Србије
Београдски водотоци
Географија Гроцке
Географија Звездаре
Географија Вождовца
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PwC, Love Irish Food research shows optimism despite challenges
88% of Irish SME food companies expect revenue growth in 2020 – Love Irish Food/PwC Irish Food Barometer new research
PwC and Love Irish Food research reveals optimism among Irish SME food companies despite sectoral challenges
96% confirmed capital investment plans for 2020; 10% said that this would be ore than €3 million
However, just 6% of respondents are expecting a price increase to drive revenue in the year ahead; retailers' opportunities to grow margins must now lie in the use of innovative technologies and doing things differently
84% reported that they have an environmental sustainability plan in place to make improvements in 2020
31% delayed investment in their businesses in the last three years due to Brexit
Irish SME food companies are optimistic about the growth prospects for their own businesses, but are less certain about the future performance of the economy. With the vast majority focusing on the home market for growth, expansion into export markets is an area for potential development.
Business growth is set to continue into 2020, but softening expected in the Irish economy.
Very few Irish food companies (6%) expect to achieve price increases in current trading conditions indicating that margin improvements will be derived from advances in technology and operational efficiencies.
Sustainability is high on the agenda.
These are some of the key findings from the 2019 SME Irish Food Barometer, new research carried out by PwC and Love Irish Food launched today taking the pulse on business confidence, growth opportunities and challenges facing Irish SME food companies.
Optimistic about business growth
Showing they are confident about the factors within their control, over eight out of ten (88%) Irish food companies expect revenue growth in the year ahead, of which a third (34%) expect this revenue growth to be in excess of 10%.
Most of this growth is expected to be organic (rather than from external factors such as a merger or acquisition), with the key drivers being new product development and growth of exports in addition to operational efficiencies.
This optimism is reflected when it comes to projected capital expenditure. Almost all respondents (96%) confirmed that they are planning some form of capital investment in 2020 in order to develop their business. One in ten (10%) said that this would be in excess of €3 million.
However, just 16% are of the view that economic growth in Ireland will improve in the year ahead, 50% say it will remain unchanged and 34% say it will decline. As a small open economy, this is not surprising given external uncertainties and a softening in European and global growth.
Just 6% of respondents are expecting a price increase to drive revenue in the year ahead – an ongoing challenge for many Irish companies who are grappling with tight margins and cost competitiveness.
The growth of volume at the expense of value has placed huge pressure on the food manufacturing sector. With a price sensitive consumer, retailers' opportunities to grow margins must now lie in the innovative use of emerging technologies to better understand shopping habits and to create brand loyalty.
Highlighting the need for development into new markets, the survey confirms that Irish SMEs value the domestic market (the Republic of Ireland) as the greatest source of growth (78%) in the year ahead. 24% said that the US was their most important growth market in the year ahead; 12% said this was the EU and just 11% said it was the UK.
Investment stalled, but not stopped, by Brexit
Suggesting growth is very much on the agenda in the face of change, just 31% reported that they had delayed investment in the organisation due to Brexit. Any delayed investment was principally in areas such as production capacity, operational resources innovation and marketing.
At the same time, the majority (63%) of respondent companies are currently exporting some product to the UK including one in five stating that these exports represent more than 20% of their total revenue. In light of Brexit, time will tell if exports to the UK continue at their current levels. Brexit presents an opportunity for certain Irish food manfacturers who may benefit through import substitution. Irish SME food companies may look to grow business by offering alternatives to product ranges that are currently imported from the UK.
Speaking at the survey launch, Grace McCullen, Senior Manager, PwC Ireland Retail & Consumer Practice, said: "The survey highlights optimism about the future growth potential for Irish food companies. They are also keen to seek operational efficiencies through innovation and technologies to improve margins, cost competitiveness and satisfied consumers."
"With the domestic market being the priority for growth prospects, expanding into new markets and new products should not be ignored. The UK will exit the EU at some point and that will give rise to new opportunities for manufacturing food products in Ireland that may have been supplied from the UK."
Skills, potential trade tariffs and operational costs holding back growth
Key challenges curtailing growth prospects include: availability of labour (43%), trade wars and tariffs (37%), operational costs such as energy, insurance and rates (28%), volatile commodity prices (21%) and embracing the sustainability agenda (17%).
Sustainability is on the agenda
84% confirmed that they have an environmental sustainability plan in place to make improvements in 2020. Key areas for this investment are energy consumption, reducing plastics and water usage.
Irish consumers want to buy Irish
Three-quarters (77%) of survey respondents are of the view that the Love Irish Food endorsement is of recognisable value to consumers and retailers largely because it clearly identifies that the product is Irish and sets the brand apart from imported products.
Key reasons for buying Irish, cited by the participating food companies, are quality, supporting local suppliers, sustainability, food traceability and positive impact on the economy.
Kieran Rumley, Executive Director, Love Irish Food, the not-for-profit organisation established to help safeguard the future of Irish Food & Drink brands, said: "The survey highlights evidence of optimism amongst Irish SMEs around growth into 2020, notwithstanding a difficult trading environment. There are considerable challenges in areas such as availability of skills across the board from operational, to technical to management – which in turn highlights the need for a greater take-up of available apprenticeships in the industry."
"The survey also suggests that Irish food companies are taking the sustainability challenge seriously with many planning to invest in initiatives to improve the environment. This together with the strong regional dispersion of the food industry base contributes greatly to overall sustainability."
"It's also encouraging to see that the majority of survey respondents are now looking to invest in their companies in the coming year. For certain food sectors, this represents a significant growth opportunity, specifically for those import substitution sectors. However, behind these positive signals there remains the worrying inability of Irish food producers to recover adequate costs, forcing them to continue to operate on even tighter margins."
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Former Twitter employees say many in the company have long railed against its broken verification system.
Twitter wants to fix its long-broken verification process, according to the company's CEO, Jack Dorsey. The means by which users obtain "a blue checkmark" are nebulous and seemingly biased, and the system's flaws were exposed after Jason Kessler, organizer of the violent Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, was verified this week.
Kessler's new credential caused many to fault Twitter for tacitly endorsing the ideals he espouses—essentially, white supremacy. The verification process, according to Twitter, is supposed to authenticate a person's identity. But, instead, it's created a hierarchy of "Very Important Tweeters," or "VITs," as they are referred to internally by staff.
What does it mean when VITs include racists and bigots?
And while the process was never explicitly preferential, it engendered the belief that "it was a big deal for us to get a famous person verified, as if it validated that Twitter continued to be important," they said.
Twitter's own rules say that accounts of public interest may qualify for verification. Users must submit several ID types to receive a badge. That can include a government-issued ID, like a passport, and summary of why you deserve to be verified. Submissions are largely vetted by Twitter Support, which dumps applicants into various buckets: celebrity, journalist, athlete, business, politician, etc.
But some people claim the Twitter verification process hasn't worked that way for them. Rebecca Watson, a popular science podcaster and founder of Skepchick, who has been prominent enough for years to reasonably be considered an "account of public interest," claims she submitted multiple forms of ID to verify herself after people created fake accounts impersonating her. Still, at the time, Twitter refused to verify her.
Kessler, meanwhile, describes himself as a "freelance journalist" for far-right publications: "I must be the only working class white advocate [to be verified]," he tweeted.
The Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, VA, convened white supremacist and neo-Nazi demonstrators, and caused the death of 32-year-old Heather Heyer, when 20-year-old James Alex Fields Jr. intentionally drove his car into a crowd of counter-protesters.
While Twitter's official line has always been that verification isn't a value judgment by the company, in practice that hasn't been the case. For example, verified users can sort their mentions to only include tweets from other verified users. While Twitter claims that verification exists only as a means of identification, verified users are widely perceived to be more important or valued than unverified ones.
The former employee told me that the issue of problematic users asking for verification was regularly raised on Falquora, an internal forum where employees can pose questions to management.
"Leadership claimed that verification was working as intended. Every time it became a big issue, [the verification of white supremacist Richard Spencer, for example,] it would come up on Falquora as a thing," the former Twitter employee said.
A spokesperson for Twitter emphasized that verification has been a known problem, and directed me to Dorsey's tweet on the matter.
Despite Dorsey's claim, however, former Twitter staff insist that one fix was suggested repeatedly.
"I know people that deserve to be verified that definitely had a very hard time getting it, and some never did," they added.
Twitter leadership allegedly dismissed the colored badge solution, favoring a larger platform revamp. But when management was challenged on how that revamp would happen or help, exactly, staff were never given a satisfactory answer.
Regarding the existing verification process, some Twitter employees have taken steps toward transparency. Twitter's GM of consumer product and engineering, Ed Ho, questioned whether the company should even dole out a credential as authoritative as the checkmark.
This week's incident reiterates how unwilling Twitter is to discuss problems inherent to its platform—until it's forced to. Less than a week ago, a customer service contractor briefly disabled President Trump's Twitter account, compelling the company to acknowledge flaws with its admin privileges.
A spokesperson for Twitter declined to comment on how the company plans to improve the verification process.


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Kylie Nketiah: "I spend a lot of my time dancing, I think I started in the middle of quarantine. There's this song called "Kick It" by NCT 127, and the dance in there it's really really cool, so I've been trying to like perfect it, I guess. These days, I'm not able to dance as much as I would like to, because I had so much homework to do, but usually I find time during the evening, when I finish my homework. Dancing's like, extremely creative, and you get to like show off moves. And like, you get to, I guess, express stuff like your body in ways that like you can't put into like words, if that makes sense. I love the dance to this song, I think it's from BTS. Oh yeah, "Dynamite" or something like that. Yeah that's it, I think, yeah, the song is in English, and the dance is really cool. I mainly [dance to] K-pop songs, but I've been thinking about trying to find other types of songs. I remember earlier I had like a long list of goals that I had. And I never got to it, and dancing was like, continuing to dance, because I used to dance a lot when I was little, continuing to dance and on top of my list. And since we were really stuck inside our houses. I thought, Oh, this would be a good time to go ahead and start dancing. I guess it's like the result of how the dance looks like after putting like a bunch of hard work into it. "
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Update: After writing this post, I contacted the management of Ashford Castle outlining what had happened. I swiftly received a considerate, personal and detailed response – everything the preceding communication was not – and I appreciate and accept that what happened was an anomaly due to staffing issues, which was immediately and effectively addressed.
What I had previously presented as "A lesson in shoddy guest relationship management by Ashford Castle" must now, in fairness, be presented as what can go wrong if there is a breakdown in communication with new or temporary personnel.
I recently had the good fortune to dine and stay at the unique and beautiful Ashford Castle Hotel. The service all around was terrible, but this was nothing compared to the communication I received from them today.
During my 24-hour stay in Ashford Castle I found the food and bar service very poor – dirty dishes were stacked beside our dining table for over 30 minutes, the food was served ages before the wine in the restaurant… unacceptable service anywhere, but particularly difficult to take at over €530 for one night.
However, although we were clearly annoyed – we eventually had to ask the Maitre D' to remove the festering plates – we were not asked if everything was OK. Likewise on checkout, where I submitted the completed customer feedback card outlining our experience.
I fumed out of the place resolving to express my pent up frustrations instead on Tripadvisor, Twitter et al.
In the end, loyalty to the Irish tourism sector prevented me from doing so (until now).
I consider the person who was instructed to send this email entirely blameless; this is a management and process issue.
(b) Entitled "COMCADBAD". I kid you not.
During and after my stay in Ashford Castle I was somewhat annoyed at the poor service, given the astronomical cost of what for me was a once-in-a-lifetime experience. It was still very enjoyable, of course – it is privilege to walk the grounds, never mind dine and stay there, so as a supporter of Irish tourism, a loyal Mayo person and a generally peaceful soul, I did not rant on social media as I had planned.
Today's outrageous response has got me back on my soapbox; if nothing else, I hope the "how not to" checklist is useful.
What an insincere, bland, conveyor-belt response, it seems the GM hasn't heard 'complaints are a golden opportunity' ..he signed that letter lets not forget. It shows disdain for those who give of their time by contributing comments …and although you hammered through and eventually had your response looked into I expect the latter is clearly the exception rather than the rule.
Source of poor attention-to-detail you experienced during your stay is clearly higher up the chain !
did they offer to make good with a free stay ?
I do believe that the GM was unaware of the email I had received, as his response to my email was immediate and very contrite.
He also addressed the detail of my complaint comprehensively, so I felt it was sincere and I was satisfied with their response.


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BFI London Film Festival 2020 Review - SHADOW COUNTRY
In the years preceding and following WWII, a village on the Czech/Austrian border turns on itself.
Review by Eric Hillis
Directed by: Bohdan Sláma
Starring: Magdaléna Borová, Stanislav Majer, Bára Poláková, Csongor Kassai, Petra Špalková
Watching director Bohdan Sláma's Shadow Country is like observing an x-ray time-lapse of a tumour, one that quietly festers, then explodes before receding, only to return to cause irreparable damage. The tumour in this case is nationalism, which tears apart a small Czech village on the Austrian border in the years preceding and following World War II.
As the opening text informs us, the village of Tust was originally part of Bohemia, before becoming Czech in 1920. Sláma's film opens in the late 1930s, as the village is set to be swallowed into Germany by Hitler's expansion. This divides the villagers, with half of them happy with this coming arrangement due to their German heritage, and the other half, the Czech half, revolted by the idea.
[ READ MORE: BFI London Film Festival 2020 Review - The Disciple ]
Shadow Country introduces us to several characters, perhaps a few too many as we never quite get inside the heads of any of them to a fully satisfying degree. If there's a central figure it's Marie (Magdaléna Borová), an ethnic Czech whose ethnic German husband forces her to declare herself as German when the Nazis arrive in order to keep their home and farm. Marie is initially strident but we watch as she retreats within herself during the war, later accepting her fate when upon liberation in 1945 she is treated like a German and expelled to a refugee camp on the other side of the Austrian border. Borová's performance is striking in how subtly she conveys her character's arc from patriot to pragmatist. In Maria we see the brittleness of nationalism, and how identity is more often a burden, making you a convenient target for someone else's rage.
For the first half of Shadow Country we watch as the German community turns on its Czech neighbours, with many of the latter sent to concentration camps while the few that remain are subjected to daily degradations. Later the worm turns as the Czechs take their revenge on their German neighbours, some of whom deserve their fate, while others are simply marked by their heritage. Ironically, it's the village idiot who is the smartest resident of Tust, playing both sides, always aware of which way the wind is blowing. His arc is as fascinating as Marie's, as he goes from digging graves for the Germans to filling them with corpses for the Czechs. He's the most contemptible character, because he stands for nothing, but are the alternatives as presented here worth standing for?
[ READ MORE: BFI London Film Festival 2020 Review - Mogul Mowgli ]
Shadow Country refuses to take a side, instead dispassionately viewing both its German and Czech characters through a misanthropic lens. You might find yourself wishing it would get off the fence, as despite how nasty the Czechs behave in the latter sections, they are after all taking out their anger on people who played a part in one of history's greatest atrocities. Given the findings of recent polls among young westerners - many of whom are at best oblivious to the Holocaust or at worst, believe it was a hoax - you worry that they might come away from Shadow Country believing that both sides were as bad as one another in this conflict. The movie's portrayal of a family of Jews strays unfortunately close to anti-semitic tropes as they refuse to join the resistance and instead keep their heads down until the war blows over.
In attempting to give both sides their fair due, Sláma's film is often alienating. Aside from Marie, there are no characters we can readily anchor ourselves to. Sláma's camera is that of a wildlife documentarian refusing to intervene as a gazelle is taken down by a ravenous pride of lions. We're left to watch as this small village eats itself from within. There is little sense of hope. What is the lesson here? To listen to both sides? Neville Chamberlain tried that, and it didn't work out too well for the Czechs.
Shadow Country plays on BFI Player as part of the BFI London Film Festival from October 14th.
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#DontForgetGravityRush: One Year After the Closure of Gravity Rush 2's Online Services
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Exactly one year ago today Sony Interactive Entertainment shut down Gravity Rush 2's online services, less than 2 years after the game's launch. Since then, players are greeted with error messages whenever the game tries to access the online services, such as when they complete challenges or take a picture of a treasure chest they found. Worse still is that our request to patch the game so that players could still unlock all the in-game items tied to the online services fell on deaf ears. Even the game's online leaderboards are gone.
The closure was initially even scheduled to take place on the game's 1st anniversary, but was delayed by six months. Whether or not the #DontForgetGravityRush campaign was the reason for the delay is something that Sony hasn't officially commented on, but we'd like to think it played at least a part in their decision.
A challenge against 3 ghosts from other players at the same time. This was one of the things lost with the closure of Gravity Rush 2s online services
And despite the eventual closure, the #DontForgetGravityRush campaign didn't go by unnoticed. Despite the relatively small fanbase (compared to other PlayStation exclusive titles), fans supported the campaign and sent messages to various PlayStation social media channels and some of the key people working there, politely asking them not to take down the online services. Plenty of gaming media websites around the world also took note of our efforts and wrote articles about the campaign. And I'm especially thankful for the fact that the vast majority of fans remained respectful in their messages to Sony. At the very least, we've shown that Gravity Rush is a special franchise.
And while we lost Gravity Rush 2's online services, the good news is that both Gravity Rush Remastered and Gravity Rush 2 are still playable on the current-gen PS4. And in a recent interview, the game's director Keiichiro Toyama said that, if he got the opportunity, he'd like to work on a new Gravity Rush game. That makes it all the more important for the fans to spread the word about the franchise. With the confirmed PS4 backwards compatibility on Sony's next PlayStation console, the games will remain readily available on the PS Store for new people to discover in the foreseeable future.
As such, I'd like to ask people to join us for a brief campaign once more. Starting today and up until July 26th, use the #DontForgetGravityRush hashtag on Twitter and Instagram to share your favorite screenshots of the games and/or talk about what makes the Gravity Rush games so special to you. Between the unique world, the distinct artstyle, its endearing characters and excellent soundtrack, there's a lot to like about Gravity Rush and it's up to us to make sure people don't forget about the franchise.
As usual I'll collect the tweets and Instagram posts and post an overview after July 26th. You don't have to @ anyone from Sony this time around, this is simply about spreading the word about Gravity Rush. Thanks for reading, and I hope to read all your messages over the next few days!
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Keep Alameda County Waterways Clean!
Contaminants used in yards and debris discarded into streets are carried by rain and water runoff into storm drains, which in turn drain to San Francisco Bay. Pollutants—such as motor oil, garden and lawn fertilizers and pesticides, lightbulbs (containing mercury), plastic, and animal waste—end up in the bay, where they are affecting fish and other aquatic creatures. Unlike sanitary sewage, stormwater flows are untreated as they travel through creeks and channels. When these waters discharge into the bay, they carry the residue of the pollutants we use in our everyday lives.
The District, in partnership with 76 other regional agencies, is working to improve and protect water quality in Bay Area creeks through the Clean Water Program.
Please do your part to keep pollutants out of creeks, channels, and San Francisco Bay! See other volunteer activities.
The more trash, debris, and chemicals we can keep out of our creeks and waste dumps, the cleaner our creeks will be. Learn more about what you can recycle and where to take your used motor oil, paints, pesticides, cleaning products, batteries, fluorescent bulbs, leftover or expired medicines, and more.
Adopt a portion of a local creek or another spot in your community to maintain. Or join an existing group to help collect trash, pull weeds, plant new trees, and more.
The "Drains to Bay" signs on storm drains remind all of us not to pollute.


Dear Friends. Once again, it is that time of year when the Gertrudes want to play on Wolfe Island and swim off the dock.
This year, we'll be at the delightful General Wolfe Hotel on September 21. At 8 pm sharp, our honoured special guests, the Wolfe Island Revelors, will take the stage. We will play shortly after them. Please note that due to the recent arrival of a Gertrudes baby, we're actually gonna play roughly on time for once.
Advance tickets will be available at Brian's Record Option shortly, for 15$, or at the door for 20.
We hope to see many friendly and familiar faces there. We like you guys.


As frontline healthcare providers in Ontario, we often witness the impact of decisions made in the corridors of power on people's health and well-being. We witness how policy shifts may suddenly disrupt the lives of our patients, with severe consequences. Unfortunately, we see this once again with the Ontario Division Court decision last week to strip OHIP coverage for injured migrant workers.
Kenroy Williams and Denville Clarke are migrant farm workers from Jamaica employed in Canada under the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Program (SAWP). On Aug. 9, 2012, Kenroy and Denville were being driven to work in their employer's van with seven others when the vehicle had a terrible crash. One worker was killed and Kenroy and Denville, along with other passengers, sustained serious injuries that have required ongoing medical care.
The Health Services Appeals and Review Board ruled twice last year that sick or injured migrant workers should have access to ongoing medical care to facilitate recovery, regardless of their work permit status. It's a decision that we, as healthcare providers, applauded. The Ontario government has shamefully proceeded to appeal both rulings, leading to the Division Court decision last week that will effectively revoke OHIP coverage for Kenroy and Denville, who continue to require access to medical services for their treatment and recovery.
We want to sound the alarm over the unjust federal and provincial immigration and health policies that are based on the exploitation of human labour and xenophobia.
Migrants increasingly enter Canada to work under temporary foreign worker programs through which they are denied equitable access to services while still being required to pay taxes. The number of people being allowed access to permanent residency continues to be less than those entering under temporary work permits.
Ontario and Canada have been directly profiting from the labour and contributions of migrant farm workers on whose backs the agricultural economy has been growing. Kenroy and Denville arrived to work in Ontario under the federally administered SAWP.
It is a program that is rife with exploitation. Employees live in crowded housing accommodation with poor sanitation. They work long hours for minimal wages and are exposed daily to occupational hazards such as pesticides and other chemicals with substandard safety mechanisms. They are not allowed to unionize.
If employees advocate for safer work, transportation or living conditions, they are often threatened with being deported by employers to whom their contracts are tied. Migrant farm workers have died in Ontario from poor workplace safety conditions.
Many employers view migrant workers as a disposable pool of labour that is easily replaced. In fact, after surviving their accident, Kenroy and Denville's employer shockingly also attempted to send both back to Jamaica rather than help them access the urgent medical care they needed. Family members, a community legal clinic, and activists with grassroots community organizations such as Justicia for Migrant Workers intervened to help them remain in Canada, and access healthcare services.
In last week's extremely disappointing Division Court decision, the judges did however acknowledge the gaps in access to healthcare coverage for injured and sick migrant workers and urged the federal and provincial governments to arrive at an agreement to fill in that gap.
As healthcare providers, we strongly urge the Ontario government to take the right step and immediately provide OHIP coverage to Kenroy and Denville and others in a similar situation. Furthermore, if migrant farm workers are being injured at work, the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board should give these workers the choice and means to remain in Ontario and access all the necessary healthcare services to recover.
It is time that we see a fundamental shift in the policies of the provincial and federal governments to those that value first and foremost people and life. We call for changes that reaffirm the dignity and rights entitled to all people. Every person has a right to access healthcare when in need. As such we demand an end to and complete reversal of current policies that cut services, deny access to care, and block avenues to gain full immigration status.
Melanie Spence is a nursing student at the University of Toronto. Nanky Rai is a medical student at the University of Toronto. Dr. Nikki Bozinoff is a family medicine resident. Dr. Abeer Majeed is a family physician. Dr. Miriam Garfinkle is a family physician. Dr. James Deutsch works in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Toronto.


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The query is working fine and getting an ordered tree. But when the number of results get larger, the tree get distorted and some of the results are not shown. We did an analysis and found that this is happening when the number of results are more than 50 .
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The Hearing of Jeremy Hinzman (Foundry Theatre) 2012 SummerWorks Review
August 10, 2012 George Perry	Leave a comment
The Hearing of Jeremy Hinzman is a verbatim play currently on stage as part of SummerWorks. It is the story of a US soldier's attempt to claim refugee status in Canada as an objector to the war in Iraq.
A verbatim play uses "real life" words and transcripts. It is an excellent device for recounting historical events. Creators Josh Bloch and Oonagh Duncan do a remarkable job of condensing 7 years of transcripts, interviews and media coverage into 60 compelling minutes. It is fantastic courtroom drama.
There is a cast of six actors portraying several real people. Joris Jarsky plays both Hinzman and another US soldier who objected to the war, Jimmy Massey. Officially, there are about two dozen Iraq War resisters who have fled to Canada. There is estimated to be about 200 total resisters.
The Hearing of Jeremy Hinzman is has simple but effective use of technology. A video screen introduces characters and offers information. To stage left is a "side stage" where media coverage, including Fox News and BBC, is re-enacted. This is then projected onto the screen, and the words spoken are often as ridiculous of the nonsense Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart illuminate.
Speaking of media sideshows, Dov Mickelson does a great job as Brian Goodman, head of the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada. The character Goodman often reminded me of Rex Murphy. Goodman anchors the set as he conducts the investigation into the status of Hinzman.
Overall, the play is mature and thought-provoking. The Hearing of Jeremy Hinzman will have you reconsidering your beliefs. Bill O'Reilly's crazy comments are brought to light, but so is the sanctimony of the left's sacred cows.
The play is anything but anti-American. It questions Canada's habit of politely claiming moral superiority. It raises questions about Canada's refugee laws and explores the huge "grey area" between right and wrong. It helps us understand the role and mentality of soldiers. The Hearing of Jeremy Hinzman even dabbles in exploring non-verbal communication difficulties between cultures.
If you are a history buff, love thought-provoking entertainment or "just" great drama, I highly recommend Foundry Theatre's The Hearing of Jeremy Hinzman.
The Hearing of Jeremy Hinzman plays at Venue E: The Theatre Centre (1087 Queen Street West)
Show times: Thurs. August 9, 4:30 PM; Fri. August 17, 2:00 PM; Sun. August 12, 7:00 PM; Sat. August 18, 7:00 PM; Thurs. August 16, 4:30 PM; Sun. August 19, 4:30 PM
All individual SummerWorks tickets are $15 at the door (cash only). Tickets are available online at http://ticketwise.ca, By phone by calling the Lower Ossington Box Office at 416-915-6747, in person at the Lower Ossington Box Office (located at 100A Ossington Avenue) Mon. – Sun. 12PM-7PM (Advance tickets are $15 + service fee)
Several money-saving passes are available if you plan to see at least 3 shows
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