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The National Park Service Warns Border Wall Construction Could Destroy 22 Archaeological Sites
Posted by Melissa Cruz | Sep 23, 2019 | Border Enforcement, Enforcement, Immigration 101
In the Trump administration's rush to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, 22 archaeological sites could be damaged or entirely destroyed.
This warning comes from an internal National Park Service report that details how new border fencing, bulldozers, excavators, and Border Patrol four-wheelers could irrevocably harm ancient remnants of Native American tribes as well as endangered species in the Arizona region.
The administration announced that it will transfer 560 acres of federal land to the U.S. Army for border wall construction, the only time federal land has been transferred for this purpose.
Many advocacy groups, churches, and private landowners have long pushed back against the administration's plans to build more border fencing on this land. But this 123-page report is unusual since it comes from the government directly–the National Park Service is an agency within the U.S. Department of Interior.
Park Service officials say the archaeological sites contain well-preserved artifacts, like stone tools and ceramic objects. These belong to tribes who have occupied the desert for at least 16,000 years.
The report also warns that this earth-moving equipment could further endanger a type of pupfish, the Sonoyta mud turtle, the Quitobaquito spring snail, and the desert caper plant. This stretch of the border is one of the few places in the world–and the only area in the United States–where these species still live in the wild.
The isolated area was once part of the Old Salt Trail, a prehistoric trade route that originally catered to Mexican goods. It later became a popular spot for Spanish missionaries, Western settlers, and other travelers who needed to drink from the springs' water.
The former trade route's springs and surrounding wetlands are only 200 feet from where the administration will erect giant steel barriers. Scientists have cautioned that the springs could dry up if construction crews pump groundwater to secure the barrier's concrete base.
The Department of Homeland Security has been able to circumvent several federal requirements that would have otherwise slowed or even stopped the construction projects. A 2005 law enabled them to waive the Archaeological Resources Protection Act, the National Historic Preservation Act, and the Endangered Species Act to build President Trump's border wall.
The cautionary, internal Park Service report being made public appears to have done nothing to slow down those plans.
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Just in time for Christmas. What a great place to use a candle to illuminate my fireplace mantle for Christmas. I used 2 of my peices from treasures that Tibby sent me. Love them.
I used plastic / wire ties to use for a temperary way to place these two together.
Added a scoop behind the candy canes, and a old broach.
Added some pearls and bling bling as a added soft touch.
Just in time for Christmas, I received my Junk Market Swap package from a sweet lady that sent me wonderful treasures. And I wanted to use them now to decorate my mantle for Christmas. I love the end results.
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10 Things You Never Knew About Anjelica Huston
Anna Fletcher2021-03-29T13:39:45+01:00
From the Grand High Witch in The Witches to Morticia Addams in the Addams Family movies, Anjelica Huston's characters have chilled and charmed fans for decades.
This Oscar-winning actress comes from a star-studded family – but she made her own name in Hollywood with her often menacing characters. Here are ten things you may not know about Anjelica Huston.
10. Roald Dahl wanted Cher rather than Huston for The Witches
As Roald Dahl's novel The Witches was being adapted for the big screen, the author desperately wanted Cher to play the Grand High Witch. Unfortunately, Cher was working on Mermaids at the time and had to decline.
12 other famous actresses were considered for the role before Huston, including Sigourney Weaver, Jodie Foster and Vanessa Redgrave – but Roald Dahl was eventually glad that Huston took the part.
Undergoing eight hours of makeup for her most monstrous scenes, Huston's performance impressed critics, with Angeline Goreau describing her transformation as "deliciously vile."
9. Her father and grandfather were also Oscar winners
Anjelica Huston was born to Enrica Soma, the acclaimed ballerina, while her father John Huston was filming The African Queen in the Congo and Uganda.
One of the best-known filmmakers of the past century, John Huston won two Oscars for his work on The Treasure of the Sierra Madre in 1948.
John Huston's father, and Anjelica Huston's great-grandfather, was the actor Walter Huston – who also won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, directed by his son.
8. The wig she wears in Buffalo '66 cost $5,000
In the crime comedy-drama Buffalo '66, Huston plays a chaotic mother while wearing a striking $5,000 auburn wig.
Producer Chris Hanley felt Huston was worth every penny in the film, and he says he paid for the wig personally.
However, director Vincent Gallo complained that he had bought the wig, which he said had eaten up $20,000 of his $1.5 million budget.
Gallo and Huston reportedly did not get on well during filming, with Gallo saying that Huston had demanded this costly up-do and a personal stylist on-set.
7. She's played four different enchantresses
Alongside her famous roles in The Witches, The Addams Family and Addams Family Values, Huston also performed as two lesser-known magical women.
In the 2001 TV series The Mists of Avalon, a retelling of the women of Arthurian legend, Huston plays the Lady of the Lake.
And even before her Addams Family fame, Huston starred in Captain EO as the magical antagonist Supreme Leader, opposite Michael Jackson as the Captain.
6. PETA named her Person of the Year for her work with great apes
In 2012, the animal welfare charity PETA chose Huston as their 'Person of the Year' after she made a video about great apes being abused in the entertainment industry.
The ten biggest advertising agencies in the US pledged to stop using great apes in adverts following Huston's short film.
The star has also been a vocal opponent to fur farming and the use of horse-drawn carriages in New York City.
5. She likes to keep multiple animals as her housemates
Aside from her efforts to support animal charities, Huston also fills her homes with pets. In an interview with the Rosie O'Donnell Show in 1996, she confessed to keeping 11 cats at her properties in California.
More recently, Huston said she lives with four cats, two dogs and "more animals at [her] farm" near Bakersfield.
4. Huston was once told she was "too broad-shouldered" to be a model
While best known for her acting, Huston had a successful modelling career in the 70s and became one of the Halstonettes – the favourite group of models for the designer Halston.
Photographer Richard Avedon was a family friend during Huston's childhood, and once commented that Huston's shoulders were much too broad for her to ever work as a model.
Only a few years later, Avedon would photograph the 17-year-old Huston for Vogue Magazine.
3. She calls Ireland her real home
Despite her decades in Hollywood, Huston considers Ireland to be her real home. She was born in California, but while her father John Huston sought Irish citizenship, she spent a large portion of her childhood with him in County Galway, Ireland.
Although she and her father were atheists, Huston attended school in Kylemore Abbey, an enormous monastery deep in the Irish countryside.
2. She based her Morticia Addams on a real pair of rich eccentrics
Rather than turning to the TV version of Morticia Addams (played by Carolyn Jones) for inspiration, Huston was inspired in the role by a documentary called Grey Gardens.
This award-winning film followed the lives of mother and daughter Edith 'Big Edie' Bouvier Beale and Edith 'Little Edie' Bouvier Beale, the aunt and cousin of former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy.
The pair lived in a dilapidated mansion and were famed for their bizarrely isolated lives.
"I was fascinated by the way they'd found a certain serenity in their eccentricity," Huston said in an interview with the LA Times. "You realized that it didn't matter if everyone else thinks you're highly peculiar. You accept your own eccentricity."
1. She and then-boyfriend Jack Nicholson stayed apart while filming Prizzi's Honor
Huston won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for Prizzi's Honor, a 1985 black comedy directed by her father. Her character's love interest, a hitman named Charley, was played by her then-partner Jack Nicholson.
Under the pressure of filming with family, Huston insisted that she and Nicholson stay in separate hotels during the movie's production.
"I don't endorse the idea that actors should live their parts, but in spite of oneself, it sometimes does follow you home," Huston later explained. "There were elements of the hitman in Jack at the time and I didn't want to be around him too much."

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Q: How to check widget-cpt meta and display its custom css in the head? When dealing with a widget that is a custom post type, is there a way to detect when that widget is displayed, then check its post meta for any custom css and enqueue it in the head of the site?
This may sound a bit confusing so I will explain a little further.
I have a plugin that has custom post type 'widget'.
When I create a post from that custom post type widget, I can then load that post content from its widget, selecting the post content to display.
If my post has custom css that is stored in the post meta, the widget will display the css, but it is enqueued in the footer.
Is there a way to check for that widget, then check for it's post meta custom css, then enqueue that css in the head section of the website?
This is specifically for a Visual Composer plugin, but I see every author that enables Visual Composer post content to be displayed via a widget to enqueue the css in the footer. This gives errors in accordance to WC3 standards.
So I figured I would ask for for some expert help because obviously the authors collectively have not found a way to do so, but I just believe this has to be possible.
I believe it is possible for a couple reasons.

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*I see caching plugins grab any plugins css, in the footer, inline or enqueued and then enqueue it in the head of the site. So I know that such methods can be done maybe in the shutdown priority, etc. ... somewhere detecting right before page render if there is custom css enqueued in the footer, then grabbing that and forcing it to display in the head.

*This plugin Google Fonts Optimizer does just that, in a way, but I'm not sure how to tweak is methodology to do this for my plugin. I'm knew to the methods used by this plugin and php classes. But Google Fonts Optimizer will check for all the enqueued Google Fonts, then optimize them all into one request and strip it and force it to show in the head. @ https://github.com/sigginet/google-webfont-optimizer/blob/master/google-webfont-optimizer.php
Here's a gist of the css file I am trying to get to do this, but it might give the total look needed into the file @ https://gist.github.com/NoahjChampion/9329f7301eef9f2619b4

A: I think this is what you are looking for
You need to get the custom post meta and add it to the wp_add_inline_style( $handle, $data );, I advise using the "style" default handle. The position of your custom css will depend on the hook of your stylesheet.

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First of all- what is green cleaning? As I see it, green cleaning means using products that are not harmful to your health, the public's health, and the environment. It means using simple, natural, clean products that work. It means using products that you can feel confident about.
I know some people are hesitant about green cleaning- it's a big undertaking. It doesn't have to mean making all your own products, but it does mean considering the ingredients, the manufacturing, the packaging, and the long term environmental effects of the products you use. But trust me- it is simpler than it sounds!
I can't be the only one who has felt terrible when using conventional cleaning products. I used to have to take breaks and sit down when scrubbing my shower because the fumes from the products would make me dizzy and give me a headache. You (or your family) shouldn't ever feel worse because you want a clean home. There's something very wrong with that picture.
The not-so-great ingredients in conventional cleaning products can range from mild skin irritants, to endocrine disruptors, all the way to full blown carcinogens. You shouldn't have to wonder whether a cleaning product is going to give you cancer!
Green cleaning means using only products that will not negatively affect your health. In fact, some of them would even be safe to eat (although I wouldn't recommend it!). Healthy ingredients and healthy products can make you feel confident about what you have in your home.
There are so many different ways that conventional cleaning products can harm the environment- from the manufacturing process, to the way they are packaged, the way they are transported, their ingredients, and how they accumulate in the environment after you use them.
When it comes down to it, you want to be confident about what you are sending down your drain and out into the world. You're heard the horror stories- especially about aquatic life. Some cleaning products we use can really do a lot of harm to the environment. Simple alternatives are almost always better.
When it comes down to it- all the benefits of green cleaning are connected. If you're putting less harmful things in your trash and your water, your health will benefit. After all, there's just about nothing else as important as clean water. Humans, plants, and animals can't survive without it.
Green cleaning means using products and supplies that are not doing to damage the environment.
Green also represents money- and that's no accident. Becoming a green cleaning home can save you real money. Almost all of my green cleaning recipes cost significantly less than their conventional counterparts, like my awesome dishwasher detergent tabs that only cost 9 cents a load!
Cleaning supplies can be costly! They can really eat up a good portion of your household budget if you aren't careful. And companies that sell cleaning supplies are probably telling you that what you have isn't enough or that your home wont be clean if you don't use commercial cleaners. Honestly, it just all adds up.
What if I told you that you can clean pretty much your entire home with some dish soap, baking soda, and vinegar. Sure, I use more than that to make more effective cleaners- but simple is great. And so much less expensive! A little hot water and dish soap go a long way- for your wallet!
Green cleaning does NOT mean breaking the bank to keep your home tidy!
So- are you ready to make the switch?
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This may be a weird question, but where do you keep used microfiber cloths prior to washing them? I don't like to put wet rags in with my other dirty laundry, so used rags end up sitting on the counter until I pick them up to wash them.
I keep a separate laundry hamper downstairs for rags, kitchen towels, mop pads, etc.


Can You Pack a Laptop in Checked Baggage?
If you haven't flown in a while, it's easy to forget what you can and can't pack. One item many leisure travelers get confused about is the laptop. Do you check it, or can you bring it on the plane? If you do bring it on board with you, is it considered a carry-on? And then there's the question of laptop batteries. TSA regulations and your airline's policies will provide the answers to these questions.
Can you take your laptop on a plane?
Yes, you can take your laptop on a plane. You can check it or you can carry it on. Carrying it with you is recommended – baggage handlers aren't known for their delicacy when slinging luggage between the tarmac and the terminal. Also, your device is more prone to hacking and other security issues when it's not in your possession.
Is a laptop considered a carry-on bag?
Whether something is considered a carry-on bag is up to your airline, not the TSA. In general, most airlines don't count a laptop as a carry-on since it's considered a personal item like a purse. It can be packed inside a carry-on, but the TSA does require you to remove the laptop at the security checkpoint to run it through the x-ray machine. If you do pack your laptop inside your carry-on, make sure it's easily accessible because you'll have to remove it from its carrying case and place it in a separate bin.
Is it against regulations to pack my laptop battery on its own?
That depends on if you're checking it or carrying it into the cabin with you. You can carry a standard lithium ion laptop computer battery (up to 100 watt hours) with you onto a plane, but it's against TSA regulations to check an extra or spare battery in your luggage. It should be in a protective case with its terminals taped so the battery doesn't short circuit should it come into contact with metallic objects such as keys and coins.
Want to avoid having to remove your laptop?
If you're a frequent flier, consider joining TSA Precheck for a quicker, easier checkpoint experience. Precheck members are screened through their own line and don't have to remove their shoes, laptop, 3-1-1 liquids bag, belts or light jackets. It costs $85 every five years, and you must go through a ten-minute, in-person background check at a TSA office after applying online. After that, you and your laptop will be breezing through security in much quicker fashion.
On March 21, 2017, the Department of Homeland Security announced a ban on all carry-on personal electronic devices larger than a cell phone for U.S. flights originating from certain Middle Eastern countries. This restriction applies only to inbound international flights from certain airports in the Middle East and does not impact domestic travel or outgoing flights from the U.S. You need to worry about this only if you're traveling into the U.S. from one of the ten airports listed by the DHS.
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Generation: 1
1. George H. Stark was born on 15 Nov 1861 (son of Byron A. Stark and Elizabeth Cornelia Soule); died on 30 Oct 1945.
George married Mina A. Lilley on 11 Sep 1889. Mina (daughter of Alfred Emery Lilley and Betsey Maria Severance) was born on 18 Jan 1868 in New York; died on 1 Jun 1939. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
2. Byron A. Stark was born in 1840 in Edinburg, Saratoga, New York (son of John Stark and Emely Anderson); died on 3 Dec 1909.
Byron married Elizabeth Cornelia Soule. Elizabeth (daughter of William Soule and Emiline Landphere) was born on 15 Mar 1841 in Ellisburg, New York; died on 15 Oct 1918. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Elizabeth Cornelia Soule was born on 15 Mar 1841 in Ellisburg, New York (daughter of William Soule and Emiline Landphere); died on 15 Oct 1918.
Fannie Belle Stark was born on 14 Aug 1877 in Pulaski, Oswego, New York; died on 4 Sep 1955 in Pulaski, Oswego, New York.
1. George H. Stark was born on 15 Nov 1861; died on 30 Oct 1945.
William H. Stark was born on 19 Jul 1864; died on 26 Aug 1936.
4. John Stark
John married Emely Anderson. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
5. Emely Anderson
2. Byron A. Stark was born in 1840 in Edinburg, Saratoga, New York; died on 3 Dec 1909.
John S. Stark was born about 1830 in Saratoga, New York; died on 25 Dec 1889.
6. William Soule was born in in Ellisburg, New York.
William married Emiline Landphere. Emiline was born in in Ellisburg, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
7. Emiline Landphere was born in in Ellisburg, New York.
Lafayette H. Soule was born in 1839; died on 23 Nov 1914.
3. Elizabeth Cornelia Soule was born on 15 Mar 1841 in Ellisburg, New York; died on 15 Oct 1918.
Antoinette H. Soule died on 21 Apr 1852.
Albert W Soule died on 11 Mar 1910.
Melinda L. Soule died on 12 Oct 1911.


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And on the eighth day God said, "Okay, Murphy, you're in charge!"
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He awoke-and wanted Mars. The valleys, he thought. What would it be like to trudge among them? Great and greater yet: the dream grew as he became fully conscious, the dream and the yearning. He could almost feel the enveloping presence of the other world, which only Government agents and high officials had seen. A clerk like himself? Not likely.
Quite different from both film versions of Total Recall, though closer to the second than the first. But it does raise some interesting, intriguing questions.
This story was turned into a motion picture twice, under the title Total Recall: the Schwarzenegger/Verhoeven version in 1990 and the Farrell/Wiseman version in 2012. Oddly, the 2012 version is closer to this original story though the Total Recall title was kept, drawing inevitable comparisons to the 1990 film version.


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With just a few days left in launch, leaks regarding the AMD Kaveri A10-7850K and A10-7700K are pouring in from all corners of the internet. Japanese site Hermitage Akihabra has revealed the first pictures of the A10-7850 Box packaging which will be available on retail on Wednesday morning.
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The launch lineup will consist of two APUs, the A10-7850K and A10-7700K but the lineup would be expanded in the future with new SKUs. As for prices, the A10-7850K will retail at $172.99 US while the A10-7700K will retail for $151.99 US. AMD will bundle both products with a code of Battlefield 4 which is DICE's biggest FPS shooter this year and will soon be updated with the new Mantle API patch which would bring faster performance to the gamers.
Several PC makers are already shipping systems with Kaveri APUs but the DIY enthusiasts have to wait for four more days to get their hands on AMD's next accelerated processing units. Do note that a BIOS update on the FM2+ motherboards is compulsory to support Kaveri APUs. So make sure you update the FM2+ board while you have your Richland and Trinity APU running.
The A10-7850K as expected would be the flagship Kaveri APU of 2014 boasting 4 Steamroller cores, 4 MB L2 Cache and clock speeds of 3.7 GHz base and 4.0 GHz turbo. On the graphics side, the APU would feature 8 Compute Units resulting in 512 stream processors clocked at 654 MHz base and 720 MHz in boost. The APU is fully unlocked allowing users to overclock the chip past the limits and supports DDR3-2133 MHz and comes in a 95W TDP package. The A10-7850K would cost $173 US officially.
The A10-7700K is another unlocked chip featuring the Steamroller core architecture with a max boost clock of 3.8 GHz and base clock of 3.5 GHz. It features 4 MB of L2 cache while the GPU side ships with a GCN graphics die featuring 6 shader units equaling to a total of 384 Stream processors clocked at 720 MHz. The A10-7700K features a TDP of 95W so we may see one Kaveri APU part to feature 65W TDP. The A10-7700K would cost $152 US officially.


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Milwaukee District Office
310 West Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 1160
Mr. John Valko, President LM File Number: 036-604
Auto Workers AFL-CIO Local 180 Case Number: ||||||||||
3323 Kearney Ave
Racine, WI 53406-4320
Dear Mr. Valko:
This office has recently completed an audit of UAW Local 180 under the Compliance Audit Program (CAP) to determine your organization's compliance with the provisions of the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 (LMRDA). As discussed during the exit interview with Financial Secretary Craig Olsen, Richard Glowacki, ||| ||||||, |||| |||||, and you on November 17, 2009, the following problems were disclosed during the CAP. The matters listed below are not an exhaustive list of all possible problem areas since the audit conducted was limited in scope.
The audit of Local 180's 2008 records revealed the following recordkeeping violations:
1. General Reimbursed Expenses
Local 180 did not retain adequate documentation for reimbursed expenses you incurred totaling at least $1,691. The voucher you completed for these expenses stated that the expenses were for airfare, lodging, per diem, meals, mileage, and registration fees for the National CAP Conference. However, no receipts were found for any of these expenses.
As noted above, labor organizations must retain original receipts, bills, and vouchers for all disbursements. The president and treasurer (or corresponding principal officers), who are required to sign your union's LM report, are responsible for properly maintaining union records. Additionally, union records of meal expenses must include written explanations of the union business conducted and the full names and titles of all persons who incurred the restaurant charges. Also, the records retained must identify the names of the restaurants where the officers or employees incurred meal expenses.
2. Lost Wages
Local 180 did not retain adequate documentation for lost wage reimbursement payments to Financial Secretary Craig Olsen totaling at least $12,279. The union must maintain records in support of lost wage claims that identify each date lost wages were incurred, the number of hours lost on each date, the applicable rate of pay, and a description of the union business conducted. The OLMS audit found that most of the lost wages vouchers submitted by Mr. Olsen did not provide an adequate description of the union business conducted. The business purpose for most of Mr. Olsen's lost wage vouchers states, "financial secretary," "financial secretary treasurer," or "financial secretary's duties." A more detailed description of the union business conducted by Mr. Olsen that required the lost wages be incurred must be recorded on his lost wages vouchers.
Based on your assurances that Local 180 will maintain adequate documentation as discussed above in the future, OLMS will take no further enforcement action at this time regarding the above violations.
Reporting Violation
The audit disclosed a violation of LMRDA Section 201(b), which requires labor organizations to file annual financial reports accurately disclosing their financial condition and operations. The Labor Organization Annual Report Form LM-2 filed by Local 180 for fiscal year ending December 31, 2008, was deficient in the following area:
Local 180 did not include some reimbursements to officers and employees totaling at least $446 in Schedule 11 (All Officers and Disbursements to Officers) and Schedule 12 (Disbursements to Employees). It appears that the local erroneously reported these payments in Schedules 15 through 19 because descriptions entered in the purpose column of the union's disbursements journal for these disbursements include maintenance and repairs, postage, and office supplies.
Additionally, the union reported in Column E (Allowances Disbursed) of Schedule 11, a reimbursement of a profit sharing bonus not paid to officers by employer Case New Holland. Case New Holland paid a profit sharing bonus to all employees which was equal to 3%of total gross wages they were paid in 2007. To compensate officers whose total gross wages were reduced by the number of hours lost for conducting union business, Local 180 reimbursed each officer the amount they did not receive from the company because they lost wages. These payments are considered salary for LM reporting purposes, and should therefore have been included in the amount reported in Column D (Gross Salary Disbursements) for each officer.
I am not requiring that Local 180 file an amended LM report for 2008 to correct the deficient items, but Local 180 has agreed to properly report the deficient items on all future reports it files with OLMS.
I want to extend my personal appreciation to UAW Local 180 for the cooperation and courtesy extended during this compliance audit. I strongly recommend that you make sure this letter and the compliance assistance materials provided to you are passed on to future officers. If we can provide any additional assistance, please do not hesitate to call.
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Italian frigate arrives in Sri Lanka en route to Southeast Asia
Italian Navy's Bergamini-class frigate ITS Carabiniere docked at the Port of Colombo in Sri Lanka on December 11.
The FREMM frigate is on a deployment to Australia and South East Asia during which it will, among other duties, serve as a platform for promoting the Italian industry.
More specifically, Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri is financing this deployment as the company is looking to promote the frigate design to the Australian Navy.
The shipbuilder is currently bidding to design and build nine, new frigates for the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) and was short-listed by the Australian government together with two other European shipbuilders, BAE Systems and Navantia.
Apart from Fincantieri, Leonardo, MBDA and Telespazio are some of the Italian companies taking part in this promotion of the Italian industry.
ITS Carabiniere sailed out of La Spezia, Italy on December 20 and, after crossing the Suez Channel docked in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on December 27. The channel crossing was the third one for the frigate with previous two taking place during the frigate's deployment to the counter-piracy operation Atalanta off Somalia in 2015.
The ship is scheduled to stay at Colombo Harbour until January 14.
Posted on January 11, 2017 with tags Fincantieri, FREMM, Italian Navy, ITS Carabiniere, Royal Australian Navy.
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By now, everyone has read about a hundred lists covering why Idris Elba should be the next James Bond. Fans have been told over and over again that he's handsome, suave, and British, which are all standard criteria for any Bond. There are also a great number of people who seem to think the main reason Elba should be the next Bond is because he would be the first black Bond, a movement that seems to gain more traction (and attract more controversy) as time passes, though even Elba himself has said he would not want to take on the role solely for that reason. Personally, I believe that while having a non-white 007 would be great, the main reason Elba should be the next Bond is because he would bring something different to the character that has nothing to do with the color of his skin.
Seven actors have played Bond throughout the course of the series' 53 year history, and each one has brought something new to the role. Sean Connery as the originator mixed his macho bravado with stylish sophistication. For George Lazenby's lone film, the character became more of a romantic. Roger Moore turned Bond into a winking quipster by playing up the character's humor and irony, so much so that when Timothy Dalton took over the role, he went so far in the other direction that it looked like it pained him to even crack a smile. Pierce Brosnan was almost too handsome and charming to be Bond, as if he were created in a laboratory by Eon Productions, while Daniel Craig brought a brutish and menacing quality to the secret agent that fans had never seen before. Which brings me to what Elba could be.
Let me get this out of the way: Elba is old. OK, he's not that old, but at 43 now he's looking at a late start at playing James Bond. If Craig is indeed done and the series is in need of a new actor, there's likely going to be a four year wait before the next film, just like the gap between Brosnan's last movie and Craig's first. That would make Elba 47 years old in his debut, which would make him the oldest Bond to ever to take on the role, beating out Moore by two years. And although Elba obviously wouldn't be the first older Bond (Moore stayed on until he was 57), he could be the first to actually address his age in an interesting and realistic way. When Moore was hobbling around and bedding actresses whose mothers were younger than he was in For Your Eyes Only, no one in the film acted like it was out of the ordinary for a near-sexagenarian to be a lady-killing, thrill-seeking secret agent. But Elba is not Roger Moore. He makes for a much more intimidating on screen presence, and could do something really unique as an older Bond.
Picture this: Elba as Bond, a gritty, over-the-hill secret agent out to prove he still has something left in the tank. He's underestimated due to his age, and because of that is able to surprise his enemies. He could even be disillusioned with his job as a spy at this point after having seen so much, but something comes along that reinvigorates the fire he had when he was younger. And yes, he could even show a taste for women his own age. Elba's run could be Bond's version of Frank Miller's The Dark Knight Returns, where an older and more bitter Batman comes out of retirement to defend the streets again (it's this version of the character that's likely inspiring Ben Affleck's older take on the caped crusader).
Idris Elba as an older James Bond could be just what the franchise needs as it moves on from Daniel Craig, and it could offer Elba a chance to flex his considerable acting chops in a new and challenging take on the role. I just hope he gets the chance.


Social services providers who help refugees in Manitoba are bracing for a surge of newcomers, with at least two organizations not allowing vacation time for their staff until Canada's response to the Syrian crisis is complete.
Newcomers Employment and Education Development Services (NEEDS Inc.) and Welcome Place have made the move in response to an anticipated influx of refugees fleeing the conflict in Syria.
The new Liberal government says it plans to bring 25,000 Syrian refugees into Canada by the end of this year, honouring a promise it made during this fall's election campaign.
"People who work in this sector are always always committed to clients, and so we have taken the necessary steps and told staff we all need to be on standby, including myself," said Rita Chahal, Welcome Place's executive director.
Chahal said she learned on Thursday from the federal Immigration Department that Welcome Place, a refugee resettlement centre based in Winnipeg, is being asked to receive three refugee families on Nov. 18.
"That'll be a total of about 18 more that we had not expected," she said.
"We don't know whether these were people who had been pre-approved or was this as a result of this new announcement, or were they already in the pipeline before."
In the past year, Welcome Place received four government-sponsored refugees.
Chahal said the centre currently has 60 refugees living there, but it can accommodate up to about 120.
Welcome Place expects to be ready to receive refugees on weekends and well into the Christmas holidays. It generally doesn't receive clients after Dec. 15, but Chahal said she expects that to change this year.
NEEDS Inc. works with young newcomers age six to 18 to get them ready for the Canadian education system.
Refugee children and youth at NEEDS Inc., a Winnipeg-based organization that works with young newcomers to get them ready for the Canadian education system. (Chris Glover/CBC)"This is a great opportunity for them to come to Canada," Margaret Von Lau, executive director of NEEDS, said of the expected influx of refugees.
"We teach them about multiculturalism. We also have a component of integration into Canadian society, as well as crime prevention, which is extremely crucial for kids who are coming from war-affected countries," she added.
The program is running at capacity right now with 48 kids, Von Lau said. They have room for one more classroom, but that requires more funding, she said.
"To accommodate more children, we would definitely need to have more staff," she said. "If you want to have the quality services, you have to hire quality professionals. At the same time, you cannot only run programs on volunteers."
NEEDS operates with federal funding.
In response to the Syrian refugee crisis, the Manitoba government committed $1.2 million to resettlement services and another $200,000 to immediate on-the-ground aid in Syria.
Some local agencies are scrambling to secure a share of the provincial funding, none of which has gone out yet.
"I think it's going to flow very quickly, no question about it," Selinger said Thursday.
Selinger said usually, the province takes in about 1,500 refugees a year, "which is the highest per capita amount for any province."
He added, "We certainly do our share and we're prepared to do more. We've said we're prepared to double that up to 3,000, so we're working with the local organizations at how to gear up to that."
Selinger said that 3,000 may or may not come to Manitoba by the end of this year.


In less than two weeks' two public figures seemingly survived prosecution by the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA). But even though they might not be off the hook completely' gender activist groups have slammed the state of affairs.
The assault cases against former deputy minister of higher education and training Mduduzi Manana and suspended South African Revenue Service (SARS) commissioner Tom Moyane were withdrawn by the NPA' which said "there were no reasonable prospects for success".
Manana was charged with assault by his former domestic worker, while Moyane was charged with allegedly assaulting a 17-year-old girl, who is the mother of his grandchild.
NPA spokesperson Phindi Mjonondwane said the NPA's decision not to prosecute suspects did not mean all was lost. "The complainant has the right to appeal the decision with the NPA. There are checks and balances involved but they can still have their case reviewed by the national director of public prosecutions."
The news of the withdrawal of charges against the two men was not received well by gender advocacy groups' the #NotInMyName movement and Sonke Gender Justice' which labeled it problematic and said it "does not instil any sense of hope for women".


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The financial aid program provides for more than tuition. We also cover a portion of other expenses such as trip fees, student fees, and school t-shirts.
Financial Aid at The Willows is completely need-based. We do not give merit scholarships to students whose families can afford tuition. Instead, we seek to help families who have demonstrated need.
Now is the time to decide whether or not to apply for aid, not after your child is admitted. Please take the time to look at the FAQ section of this web site. There are specific criteria you will need to satisfy if you do not apply for aid at the same time as the original admission application to the school.
Important Note: Because of our program's scope, it is budgeted on a yearly basis, with careful consideration given each spring to the number of new financial aid students we can afford to accept. Although we do maintain sufficient contingency funds to assist full-pay families who experience significant adverse changes in circumstance once already at The Willows, we rely upon families of new applicants to disclose potential financial need at the time of original application to the school. Families that do not do so will not be eligible for aid consideration later, unless they can demonstrate major, post-admission reversals.
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Differences between Urban and Rural Lifestyles
Does it make a difference where you live? Do peoples lives change if they live in the city or the country? Can we generalize about differences between urban and rural lifestyles?
With no pun intended, this is a chicken and egg question – do lifestyles change because of the environment, or do urban and rural residents choose where they want to live based on their lifestyle preferences?
In the United States today, over 97 percent of the land is rural. But only 21 percent of the people live in rural areas.
Turn the equation around – 80 percent of Americans are jammed into urban areas that cover only 3 percent of the land.
We are an urban nation surrounded by sparsely populated rural areas.
"Rural" is defined by population density, that is, how many people are there in a given square mile. Urban areas are defined by the Census Bureau as "census blocks" that have a population density of at least 1,000 people per square mile.
As we've seen, the financial income of farmers has generally caught up with their urban counterparts. But there are still major differences in the lifestyles of urban and rural residents. Obviously, the physical landscape is different. In general, the demographics of rural and urban populations are different. There are differences in social and cultural identities. Rural radio stations more often play country music and read the farm market reports. There is a different level and kind of economic environment. And there is a different aesthetic experience between rural and urban lifestyles. Even the prepositions are different -- a farmer lives ON a farm; the urban cousin lives IN a city.
Here are some of the differences that researchers have pointed out between urban and rural life –
Rural areas are proportionately older than urban areas. In rural counties, almost 19% of the population is over the age of 65, while metro areas are just under 12% elderly.
The highest death rates for children and young adults are found in the most rural counties. In 2001, there were almost 80 deaths per 1,000 population in the most rural counties in the U.S. compared to a rate of around 43 per 1,000 in suburban counties for males between one and 24 years of age.
Rural residents generally have less education. In adults between the ages of 21 and 64, less than one-third of rural residents (31.4%) had more than a high school education, compared with 53.6% of metro county residents.
Residents in rural counties tend to earn less. Over one-quarter (26%) of those under age 65 in rural counties had incomes less than 125% of the poverty line. In comparison, only about 16% of urban residents were poor or near poor.
There are fewer minorities in rural counties. The population in metro areas is 31.5% minority but only 9% minority in rural counties.
Rural folks often have a hard time finding medical care, despite the fact that they tend to be older. While 20% of Americans live in rural areas, only 9% of the nation's physicians practice there. While patients in large metro areas can find over 30 doctors per 10,000 people, the most rural counties will find around 5. Rural patients are more likely to be self-employed or to lack health insurance. Nearly one in five of the 41 million uninsured in the U.S. lives in a rural area. In rural counties that are not next to urban ones, a full quarter (24%) of the non-elderly people do not have health insurance, compared with 18% in urban areas.
Women in rural areas tend to marry and have children at a younger age. They are likely to have more children than urban women. Yet, they receive less preventive medical care and have higher rates of chronic disease. They are less likely to find family planning resources, infertility treatments or tubal ligation. The rates for adolescent pregnancy are similar in urban and rural settings, but rural birth rates are high because abortion clinics are practically non-existent in most rural areas.
On the other hand, divorce rates in rural areas are generally lower, in part because couples don't move around as much.
While incomes tend to be lower in rural counties, the cost of living is also proportionally lower.
Researchers have found that people in rural communities share resources, know each other well and are a support system for each other. There is a sense of independence and self reliance in most rural residents, but they know who their friends and neighbors are and when to call on them.
Talk to rural residents and you'll find a fierce pride in living ON a farm.
For instance, Hank Kobza (left) from David City has always lived on a farm, and he chooses to stay. "It's awfully hard to take the farm out of you, if you've been out there," he says. "If you're brought up in it, you kind of have that feeling and that sense that, 'Boy, I don't know what I'd do if I had to go up to the urban area.'"
Troy Otte (right) made the decision to come back to farming after college because of the independence of the work. "There's probably a little bit more of a challenge to agriculture than some jobs," he says. "There's quite a bit to it. And it is a challenge to wrap your arms around everything."
Heather Derr (left) and her husband David chose to farm. She grew up on a farm; he did not. For a time, they worked in town to earn enough to get started farming. "Any little thing you could do to bring in a little extra money," she recalls. "We used to laugh and say, 'You know, you have to do something to support your farming habit.'"
Mark and Valerie Kaliff (right) are members of one of the largest family farming operations in Nebraska. Mark says he recognizes it's more dangerous on the farm. "I had a mess in that irrigation pipe," he recalls of the last time he was injured. "And it hit me right in the side of the head, and I had to have a couple of stitches." But Valerie says they stay for emotional and family reasons. "The lifestyle is probably one of the best in the world. You get outside. You work with animals and grow crops and you're kind of your own boss," she says. "There's a very family-oriented, very relaxed and loving environment. So, it make it hard to leave the farm."
Chris Ziegler (right) knows his girls are getting an education just by growing up on the farm. "On the tractor [when we're] planting or cultivating, we have a couple of pillows and a blanket. And they'll curl up on the floorboard and take a nap," he says. "We raised wheat for the first time this year… And my littlest one, she would have just turned four at the time, and Mom's unloading wheat on the auger wagon from the combine. And she goes, 'Dad, that's an awful lot of bread we're going to have to eat.' So, she knows at four that wheat's going to be milled into the bread for the masses."
Suzanne Ratzlaff (left) was a California girl (although she was born in Iowa) when she married her husband and knew they would be returning to Nebraska to pursue his dream of farming. "My whole high school was larger than the town of Henderson," she notes. "It was somewhat of culture shock… [But] I really think urban America should care about rural America because, truthfully, rural America is the foundation. It's the roots. It's the 'where you come from.' It's the 'who you are.'"
Written by Bill Ganzel, the Ganzel Group. First published in 2009. A partial bibliography of sources is here.
Life, 70s to Today
Urban vs. Rural Life
"Average" Farmers
Raising Kids for Export
Declining Towns
City Problems @ Home
Rural Recruits
Rural Pop Culture
TV & Satellites
Modern Immigration
The New Wave
Language, Ed. & Culture
The Political Debate


C# and .Net had IEnumerable and yield since its early versions. And I think its one of the most misunderstood features of C#. This is because of the pattern of deferred/lazy execution implementation. Before we delve deep into this let us understand the iterator model.
This is the foundation of the C# Iterator pattern and there are a number of detailed articles about this by Eric Lippert. The simple example is here.
There is a basket full of Oranges.
And if we have to consume oranges, we will have to peel each one of them. So we can use a simple iterator pattern on them.
But the problem is, we need not consume all the oranges from the basket at one go (I am not Hungry ;-).
So how can I get one orange from the basket at a time? or whenever I am Hungry?
Now the basket will provide one Orange at a time. ie when MoveNext() Method of the IEnumerator is called. In other words, we have paused execution of the "for" loop in GetOranges method till the time the next Orange is required.
Or in more technical words, until you Enumerate, the data will not be fetched and once Enumerated, there is no data. It all boils down to "when you Enumerate".
This is tricky for developers who are inheriting an existing code base. A developer might accidentally add an Enumeration before the place where it actually has to. The next time or When the original Enumeration happens, it can not find any new data and the iterator just completes without any looping. This can happen very silently without any exceptions. So care to be taken to see where we are yielding and where we are Enumerating.
"Yield return" is a great feature in C#, but use it with caution. Let me know your thoughts.


Defra resource minister Therese Coffey praised industry innovation and was cautious on the need for regulation to increase the recycling of disposable coffee cups and plastic bottles when quizzed by MPs.
She told the Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) that "industry is coming forwards with proposals" to tackle issues around increasing the recycling of drinks containers. She highlighted the work of Costa Coffee in rolling out an in-house recycling scheme in February, as well as a group of brands including Pret a Manger and McDonalds signing up to boost paper cup recycling in October.
Coffey noted that in her talks with industry, some brands had more of an issue with using recycled plastics from deposit return schemes (DRSs) than others. For example, Coca-Cola, which has previously lobbied against such a scheme and then made a U-turn on the issue earlier this year, said the dark colour of its product meant it did not necessarily need to have perfectly clear plastic whereas some of the bottled water companies insisted they needed very clear plastic.
Stressing that innovation was the best way to tackle the UK's on-the-go consumption habits, the Defra minister highlighted the Government's Litter Innovation Fund. This is a £500,000 pot aimed at helping to spur solutions to litter and fly-tipping issues, such as smart bin sensors and apps. She said Defra plans to make the awards before the end of the year.
The EAC repeatedly challenged Coffey over the lack of clear Government policy that could tackle the issue of disposable coffee cups and bottles.
Topics raised by the committee included DRSs for plastic bottles, levies for coffee cups that cannot be widely recycled, and other potential levers such as increasing the landfill tax above the planned rises in line with inflation, producer responsibility compliance schemes and setting out post-2020 recycling targets.
Brighton & Hove MP Caroline Lucas challenged Coffey on a leaked EU Commission report which stated that a better use of economic instruments and taxation was needed to improve recycling.
Although Coffey hailed the success of the plastic bag levy, she would not be drawn on any details for future policy. She said she was in the process of gathering data and evidence for policy formation. "We don't know that regulation is the best way to achieve it [improved recycling rates]," she said.
She did indicate that her aim was to have more recycling of coffee cups rather than more reuse, saying that, so far, discounts for bringing your own cup "had not moved the market". She declined to state a target for the increased recycling of cups, saying that was to come in future policy announcements.
On DRSs, Coffey mentioned a scheme launched by Tesco in the 1990s that did not work and, because the country has high rates of on-the-go consumption, it meant complexity to the issue of designing a DRS.
She said a post-2020 recycling target would be "higher than it is today" but that it would not be announced until next year.
Currently there are only two recycling centres in the UK that can process coffee cups with plastic liners and recycle them. Around 2.5 billion such cups are sent to landfill or incinerated each year – only 0.25% are recycled.
In the UK, around 15 million plastic bottles are sent to landfill or incinerated each day. The EAC inquiry runs alongside a consultation on plastic bottle DRSs for England, which ends on 20 November.


The GOP continues to push through horrendous federal judges at berserker-pace, making it hard to even keep up, and harder to fight since they have a death grip majority in the Senate. We still need to stand up against the worst of the horribles. And gee, here's one! In June 2018, Trump nominated Chad Readler to a lifetime judgeship on the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, one level below the Supreme Court.
As Trump's point man in the Department of Justice, Readler has attacked the Affordable Care Act, including protection for people with preexisting conditions, and has defended Trump's policy of separating migrant children from their parents at the border. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH), from Readler's home state, opposes his nomination. We'll go even further and say Readler should never be a judge — read more below about his record.
NOW's the time to make all of our voices heard to scuttle this nomination. Pick up your phone to call your Senators – and then stay on the phone to tell all of your friends, especially those who live in states with Republican senators, to call theirs! Pressure is working – Senator Collins announced on March 5 that she will vote NO based on Readler's role as a lead attorney and policy adviser in the Justice Department's decision not to defend the Affordable Care Act, including its provisions protecting individuals with pre-existing conditions. Send your friends this link with contact info for their Senators.
My name is ____. My zip code is ____, and I'm a member of Indivisible East Bay. Please do all you can with your colleagues in the Senate to fight Chad Readler's confirmation to the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. Readler has defended the Trump Administration's worst policies, including separating immigrant children from their parents, and he has spent his career working for causes and for policies that would hurt millions of people.
Readler has become a leader in the Trump Administration's fight to destroy the Affordable Care Act and the protections it offers to millions of Americans. As acting head of the Civil Division, Readler filed a brief to strike down the ACA, including its protections for people with preexisting conditions.
He has tried to undermine public education in Ohio; supported the efforts of Betsy DeVos to protect fraudulent for-profit schools; fought to make it harder for people of color to vote; advanced the Trump Administration's anti-LGBTQ and anti-reproductive rights agenda; fought to allow tobacco companies to advertise to children, including outside day care centers; sought to undermine the independence of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau; and advocated for executing minors.
Fired up to do more?
See the Indivisible East Bay Judiciary team's calls to action list and help fight other horrendous judicial nominees.
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Electricity bill reductions for low-income Ontarians
CELA is a founding member of the Low-Income Energy Network (LIEN). We were pleased that the Ontario Fair Hydro Plan will provide households with an average 25 per cent reduction on their electricity costs, while low-income, northern and rural households will receive an even bigger reduction. Under the enhanced Ontario Electricity Support Program (OESP), low-income families will benefit from a 50 per cent increase in the monthly on-bill credits. In addition, the OESP credit will be available to more households.
Agriculture Committee meddles with pesticides approval process
CELA and other leading environmental groups, health advocates and campaign movements issued a joint media release to raise concerns about MPs' one-sided review of the proposed phase-out of pesticides formulated with imidacloprid, one of three controversial neonicotinoid insecticides in widespread use. Canada's Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) proposed the phase-out due to diverse impacts in freshwater and marine ecosystems as well as impacts in terrestrial ecosystems. The Commons Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food sought to extend the comment period so they could hear from the pesticides industry. In response to our media release, this one-sided review was expanded, last minute, to include two environmental groups. CELA's senior researcher Kathleen Cooper blogged about this activity, noting that it was unusual, inappropriate, and smacked of political interference. CELA also provided comments on the PMRA proposal, expressing our strong support for the proposed phase-out and recommending that the three to five-year time horizon be reduced.
Urging Wal-Mart Canada to limit toxics in products
CELA and the Learning Disabilities Association of Canada urged Wal-Mart Canada to adopt the same approach to product safety as instituted by Wal-Mart in the United States to reduce or eliminate the use of chemicals of concern from the personal care, paper, cleaning, pet and baby products it sells. This policy is reported to impact roughly 90,000 items made by 700 companies. In April 2016, Walmart reported it had achieved a 95 per cent reduction, by volume, in use of a list of "high-priority chemicals" from certain products sold in U.S. locations. It also stated that use of a broader list of priority chemicals decreased by 45 per cent.
Strengthening Canada's position on upcoming international meetings on chemical agreements
CELA made a submission to the Minister of Environment and Climate Change with recommendations on Canada's position for the upcoming international meetings of Parties to key chemicals agreements to the Stockholm, Basel, and Rotterdam Conventions which takes place in April in Geneva, Switzerland. We suggested that public engagement should be strengthened and the Ministry add additional substances to the limitation list. We further suggested the Ministry commit to reviewing and reconsidering its position on pentachlorophenol (PCP), considering there are safe and economically viable non-chemical alternatives. We also joined with other organizations to urge the Minister to take action on the listing of chrysotile asbestos during the COP.
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Encouraging Radon Policy Advocacy in the Child Care Sector
CELA has prepared a briefing note for child care sector leaders on policy measures to achieve better radon protection in the child care sector. The briefing note and associated radon fact sheet will be discussed with child care leaders in a pilot project taking place in British Columbia this week. The briefing note discusses four policy areas that child care professionals can consider for law reform or better implementation in order to increase radon protection in child care facilities across Canada.
CELA retained by residents in landfill case
CELA has been retained by a residents' group opposed to the establishment of a proposed landfill in southeastern Ontario. In the 1990s, several municipalities jointly initiated an environmental assessment process that ultimately resulted in the 1998 issuance of approvals under the Environmental Assessment Act and Environmental Protection Act for a new landfill site known as ED-19. However, the landfill was never constructed over the past two decades. The two approvals remain unused and unchanged, and CELA's client is concerned that the landfill site may be sold to a private waste disposal company.
Raising concerns about Naturally Resilient strategy
CELA expressed our concerns with the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry (MNRF) about its "Naturally Resilient: MNRF's Natural Resource Climate Adaptation Strategy (2017- 2021)". We requested that the public consultation be halted, the Environmental Registry notice be withdrawn, and the Ministry reconsider their approach to the proposal. While CELA applauds the Ministry's efforts to embed climate change adaptation into their areas of operation, the current proposal does not meet that goal. We are disappointed that nothing in Naturally Resilient reflects the detailed recommendations of the Expert Panel on Climate Change Adaptation, particularly with respect to water resources.
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CELA's lead in drinking water webinar now online
CELA hosted a 45-minute webinar examining Ontario's response to lead in drinking water. Presenters included CELA executive director Theresa McClenaghan and speakers from the Drinking Water Management Division (Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change) and the Ontario Drinking Water Advisory Council. (The accompanying PowerPoint presentation is also available.)
Restoring fish habitat protection
The federal Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans recently released its much-anticipated report on how to update and strengthen Canada's Fisheries Act. Among other things, the Committee strongly criticizes the previous government's amendments to the legislation in 2012, including the ill-advised removal of the Act's long-standing prohibition against the harmful alteration, disruption or destruction (HADD) of fish habitat. The Committee correctly concludes that the preexisting HADD prohibition should be restored, and the report contains 32 recommendations intended to improve the Fisheries Act, particularly in relation to monitoring, compliance, enforcement, and public participation.
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Open letter to Trade Ministers in Chile
CELA, along with over 200 organizations from around the world, sent an open letter to a Trade Ministers Meeting that took place in Chile in March. "It is clear that the withdrawal of the United States means that the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement as previously negotiated is dead. As representatives of many millions of people in a wide range of unions, civil society groups and social movements, we believe that the TPP text, negotiated in secret, served the interests of large corporations at the expense of governments' rights to regulate in the public interest and of our fundamental rights as citizens," the letter stated. The letter urged the trade ministers not to use TPP rules as a model for future trade negotiations.
CELA critiques federal government paper on CEPA reform
On March 21st, CELA filed with the House of Commons Standing Committee on the Environment and Sustainable Development a critique of the federal government's proposals to reform the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999. The critique, the ninth CELA submission on CEPA reform filed with the Standing Committee since May 2016, concluded that while a number of the federal government's suggestions would improve the overall effectiveness of the Act, others only constituted limited improvements to the existing Act, and still others were a step in the wrong direction. Federal government suggestions falling in the last category included allowing the manufacture or import of a substance into Canada while data remained outstanding. CELA argued that this federal government suggestion was reminiscent of the problematic conditional registration program under federal pesticides law that the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development severely criticized in 2015. The Standing Committee has been examining the CEPA, 1999 with a view to its reform since March 2016.
Ontario Climate Consortium's annual symposium (May 12)
The theme of this year's Ontario Climate Symposium, "Just Transformations: The Next 150", aims to engage discussions across research disciplines and policy and practice communities about the future of Ontario's society and economy as we collectively address climate change through mitigation and adaptation strategies. CELA Counsel Barbora Grochalova will be speaking as part of a panel on "Addressing Challenges Faced by Low-Income Communities." More details here.
Low-Income Energy Network AGM in Kingston (May 17)
The LIEN Annual General Meeting will be hosted on May 17th in Kingston, Ontario, by the Sisters of Providence of St Vincent de Paul. This year's theme is Shedding Light on Ontario's Energy Sector. Each year LIEN's annual meeting provides an energy literacy opportunity helping to build knowledge and insight of essential energy issues. It empowers low-income communities by giving them the tools to engage more effectively with policymakers on energy issues. More details here.
CELA Spotlight: Kerrie Blaise
This month we caught up with Kerrie Blaise, a junior counsel with CELA.
What do you do at CELA?
For me, a day in the life at CELA can involve projects about water and its protection, nuclear power plants and their emergency response plans, and pipelines and their proposed approval or reform. Most recently, I began collaborating with First Nations in Southern Ontario to devise a legal framework to protect source water and alleviate threats. This spring, I will be in New Brunswick presenting before the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission, underscoring the need for greater emergency response plans for the public living around nuclear generation stations. And, I've been involved in the ongoing review of the National Energy Board and will be submitting CELA's comments on reform and ways forward in the very near future (stay tuned!).
What brought you to CELA?
CELA is highly regarded in the field of environmental law and therefore after articling with the Ministry of the Attorney General, Environment and Land Tribunals Ontario, I was exceptionally honoured to join the team. The path that brought me to CELA started years ago, first as a dedicated volunteer with many environmental non-profits and then, as a graduate student in environmental studies, living overseas and studying marine protection and energy regulation. After graduating with an MSc from the University of Edinburgh, I pursued a law degree from Osgoode Hall Law School and UBC, in their clinical environmental law program.
What inspired you to get involved in environmental law?
For me, environmental law came as a natural progression resulting from years of environmental campaign work and an education in environmental studies. From working with the Spirit Bear Youth Coalition to save Canada's spirit bear to collecting data on waterbirds (while sitting in a blind with a colony of 30,000 birds), I gained an acute passion for wilderness. I am very solution-oriented by nature and law, with its grounding in research and meticulous review, provided me with the foundation to propose solutions and contribute to ways forward.
What is the most important thing you've learned from working at CELA so far?
Dedication and hope: CELA has been in existence for nearly 50 years and with that, they have not only witnessed the wax and waning of our environmental laws, but the changing state of the physical environment. I have learned at CELA that through the dedication of many individuals and collective action over decades, positive change is indeed achievable.
When you're not at CELA, what do you like to do?
I love discovering new ecosystems and find new plant and animal life so intriguing. I'm an avid kayaker, and also a violinist who can be found playing J.S. Bach when I need to focus my mind!
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"What happened, why?" I asked, worried.
"It can be a difficult word to pronounce. But I think you're doing a great job," I told him.
I nodded. I knew too well what he was talking about. I'm a native Spanish speaker from Lima, Peru. I enrolled in a three year English program and I did great. But when I came to live in the United States, I realized that what I had learned on the books wasn't necessarily the way people talked in the real world.
My need to learn to speak English 'the right way', brought me to embrace the English-speaking world: We spoke Spanish at home, but outside the house we talked only in English. I watched TV shows in English with English captions. I read books only in English. After a while, I turned off the captions on the TV. Eventually, I started dreaming and thinking in English. My thoughts were fluent, but just as my son said to me, when I spoke, words wouldn't come out exactly the way I wanted.
Those words were resounding in my ears when my son was talking to me about his difficult time with Spanish. When my son was born, he was brought into that English-learning environment at home. Although I talked to him mostly in Spanish, the world around him was talking to him in English. He spoke in mixed sentences like, "Can I have agua?" or "Dónde es my car?" He had a hard time at preschool because the teachers couldn't understand half of his sentences.
We used to sit together to watch Blue's Clues and Sesame Street. I found that it was a great way for me to practice my English skills. But my son was slowly becoming a native English speaker. I knew he understood Spanish, and for me, that was enough. When our second son came into this world, the two brothers spoke in English to each other and in "Spanglish" to Mom and Dad.
At some point, other moms made me feel guilty about my kids not being fluent in Spanish. I remember a dinner party where I had to sit in front of a 'friend' bragging about her kids being fully bilingual. That wasn't the bad part: she actually told me how wrong it was that my children, being 'Peruvian', didn't speak Spanish, and how I needed to sign them up for an online school in Peru, because that's what she did with her children. She said that I was supposed to 'make them' talk to me in Spanish, that I should just turn my back to them whenever they spoke in English. That was not my parenting style, but I was stuck in my chair listening to her non-stop criticism. She wouldn't let go of the subject and I was annoyed, so I ended the conversation by telling her that I wasn't a bit worried about my kids not being fluent in our language. But I was lying. At that point I felt like a failure. I concluded that kids learn their maternal language when their parents are consistent. It was my fault: I wasn't consistent.
Time has taught me to not listen to free advice. Every person's circumstances are different. To me, it was hard enough being a mom in a foreign country, so I let go of the guilt. I asked myself, "Is it important to me that my children speak Spanish?" The answer was yes, but not because someone was shaming me into doing it. It's important because being bilingual is a tool for life. I'm proud to say that I'm chasing my dreams and taking matters into my own hands: I'm writing children's books in English and in Spanish. Most importantly, I'm showing my children that it's never too late to start from scratch and that talent and dedication don't have an accent.
My oldest son has decided to improve his Spanish speaking skills. And of course, I'm there to help. I've gathered books, videos, and lined up relatives to Skype with him. Every day I make a conscious effort to speak to him, and my other two children, in Spanish, even if I have to repeat myself twice. Am I being consistent? I don't know, but I'm doing my best.
Back to a few weeks ago, when my downhearted son was sitting in the back seat of my van, I could tell that his feelings had been hurt. I wanted to go and talk to those children. I wanted to tell them that my son was making a big effort. But I didn't. I have to let him fight his own battles.
Note: This post appeared originally on Speekee, a blog for bilingual families and Spanish learners. I modified its original content to audition to a live-reading show called Listen To Your Mother (LTYM), which celebrates motherhood. I was invited to audition, but my piece didn't make the cut. I wasn't given a reason, but I still wanted to share the story…I hope you enjoyed it!
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I thought your approach to your son was perfect. Your blog is fascinating and so candid. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you for your words, they mean a LOT!
I'm another one who really felt that your post resonated. I'm the other way round, moving from England to Spain, and yes I watched TV with subtitles, (I learned a lot from south American soaps eg Gata Salvaje) then graduated to without, read books and newspapers in Spanish, and talked to all my non-English-speaking neighbours. I knew I was improving when I could listen to the radio and speak on the phone, no subtitles, no facial expressions. And yes, dreamt in Spanish too.
I live in Gibraltar mostly which is officially English-speaking, but locals speak llanito/español. And rather than Spanglish, we have Gibberish. My partner has an amazing accent, originally from Wales, he's got some Australian in it, and speaks Spanish Andaluz from our pueblo. People comment on his accent, but not rudely, just that it's odd. Most importantly, they understand him because they choose to.
What I find odd here is that although locals are fluent in Spanish (more than I am) not all can read and write it, whereas I, the incomer, can. Spanish and English are two good languages to have, i learned French (and Latin) at school, but I'm really pleased to have learned Spanish in later years. The last time I was in France, I opened my mouth, and instead of French, out popped Spanish!
Thank you for sharing your experience. Learning other languages is such a wonderful(and useful) thing!
True, kids can be cruel at times, but it's also up to grownups to model tolerance and compassion. That's why it is so important to expose children to diverse cultures and languages from a young age.
In Texas. ALL regions everywhere have accents. There are regional differences in how words are said and which word is said to mean what. Most people in the US do not realize that while the Academy in Spain tries to hold a standard of Spanish usage, each country makes their Spanish a little different. Some kids here speak a Texmex Spanish which is very common, but their parents way when they travel home to visit relatives in MX the kids can't communicate. Even kids from Houston make fun of the kids from the TX valley area about their accent. I have a friend from South America who went to a meeting to sign up school volunteers and she was shocked and sadden to be told by other moms there (from Mexico) that she didn't speak the right Spanish and they were very rude to her. People are just odd.
Kid from the south, Texas, or the west are often ridiculed when they move east. And that's all English language.
Your advice to smile was great. Not reacting is a good tool. Changing the subject – like asking the other person a question – is also a good way to get past that. (That's a nice shirt/something, where did you get it? Want to play ball?) May end up with a friend. Communication is the object; language doesn't matter. Kids can get that.
Being bilingual will open many doors in the future. Kids who are bilingual (or multilingual here) do have larger vocabularies and often out perform monolingual students on state tests in language arts.
Don't stress over it, but converse in both languages when is seems right. Both people talking using multiple languages in the same conversation is fine. The tendency is to lean on the most familiar language. You have to make the effort to stretch the less familiar language. Spanish TV offers opportunities to hear other languages, too. Subtitles help if the conversation flows too fast to keep up sometimes. Work on standard Spanish syntax/word order which is what many kids from Spanish speaking homes here lose. Many can speak fairly standard Spanish, but are totally lost with reading and writing Spanish.
Here in the US when/where I was growing up, if people said no one was really educated if they only spoke one language. High school/colleges required students learn languages. Really sad that changed.
Spanish literature has such a rich sound and the writing is so beautiful.
Smiles work in all languages. Sending a few of those your way.
Oh, Maria, your post resonates so much with me. I'm French and live in the US where my children, but my oldest one, were born. Your son's struggles and yours and your family's at large echo my own. It is both a gift and a challenge to live between two languages and cultures. I regret not speaking Spanish but our mother languages are sisters! Best to you and I hope to see you on my blog where I also share about this and more. Cheers!
As always, thanks for your kind support!
That's a great article. Thanks for sharing!
Gracias! Asi me siento yo con mi hijo de 4 anios… Me das luz y animos!
This is so true for many bi/tri lingual people. Due to where my parents were brought up, they spoke their mother tongue, Punjabi, the language taught at school, English, and the national language of the country, Swahili, as they were both born in Kenya.
My brother and I grew up with a mish mash of all three, (Pun-gli-hili anyone?!) ne it took us an age to decipher why people outside of our whole family, didn't understand certain things.., still, it hasn't hindered our lives.. Enriched more like.
I recall my struggles to learn Italian while living in Italy. People would pat me on the head and say, "Ees okay. I speak Eenglish." The most difficult part was being able to understand more than I could communicate.
My mother, born in Canada but speaking only Ukrainian until she began to attend school at the age of seven, has an accent. I never noticed it until a friend commented on it one day. In those days, there were many jokes told in Western Canada about "stupid" Ukrainians, and I felt a bit embarrassed when this friend commented on my mother's accent. Now, having developed a love for languages, I wish she'd taught me Ukrainian as a child.
Connie, I think when we are that young, we don't always appreciate the richness of our multiculturalism, because we just want to 'fit in'. It's later in life that we realize how fortunate we where.