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Smallholder farmers pave the way for food security
26 September 2014 | Story by Newsroom
Participants in the Seed and Knowledge Initiative workshop held at Mont Fleur, Stellenbosch in September.
How can we sustain the diversity of seeds that feed us? This was the central question at a workshop convened from 4-5 September at Mont Fleur, Stellenbosch by the Seed and Knowledge Initiative (SKI) '" a long-term collaboration focused on securing food sovereignty for smallholder farmers in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region, one of the core objectives of which is to interrogate the assumptions underlying the promotion of a 'green revolution', or technology-based agricultural intervention, as the solution for Africa. The partnership involves the UCT's Bio-economy Chair Assoc Prof Rachel Wynberg and two NGOs, Biowatch South Africa and the Mupo Foundation, and will grow to include other organisations in southern Africa over the next five years.
The workshop, supported by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, the National Research Foundation and PROGRESS, a European Commission project focused on responsible research and innovation, was a first step towards exploring knowledge exchange, collaboration and innovation between so-called formal and farmer-led seed systems. Uniquely, it brought together over forty different actors from Kenya, Ethiopia, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi, South Africa and the UK, ranging from gene-bank managers, government and academic researchers and breeders, through to civil society organisations, as well as NGOs working with farmers and a group of UCT postgraduate students working on topics relating to SKI.
Seed sovereignty is a human right
An array of distinguished speakers attended the two-day workshop, including Dr Melaku Worede, founder of Africa's first gene bank in Ethiopia and recipient of the Right Livelihood Award. "He is not just a hero for us in Africa, but also globally," remarked Liz Hosken of the Mupo Foundation. Patrick Mulvany, chair of the UK Food Group, reminded participants that small farmers still constitute the bulk of food supply in the world, with the industrialised system feeding only 30% of the world's population. Agribusiness, he informed the audience, is interested in things other than providing food to people and maintaining diversity. "Seed sovereignty is not a request, it is not a demand, it is a human right which needs to be protected not violated," remarked Dr Regassa Feyissa of Ethio-Organic Seed Action in Ethiopia.
Bioethicist Professor Doris Schroeder, who heads PROGRESS from the University of Central Lancashire, introduced delegates to the concept of responsible research and innovation, emphasising the need to interrogate any innovation in terms of its ethical acceptability, its environmental sustainability, and its societal desirability.
Subjects of vibrant debate
Presentations made sparked much discussion amongst the participants, as various worldviews were made explicit. Vibrant discussions were held on topics ranging from community seed banks, the role of gene banks, and the conflicting policy frameworks that exist that can both support and undermine diversity and knowledge. Dr Isaiah Mharapara of the Zimbabwean Agricultural Research Council (ARC) spoke passionately about efforts to use research to promote participatory breeding and support smallholder farmers. In contrast, South Africa's strong emphasis on industrial agriculture has led to a neglect of research focused on the needs of smallholder farmers, which the South African Agricultural Research Council (ARC) is slowly beginning to address.
Inspiring stories were shared by organisations such as the Chikukwa Ecological Land Trust in Zimbabwe, Biowatch South Africa and the Mupo Foundation, about how communities had transformed their farms into models of agro-ecological practice, and had significantly increased the number of varieties of seed planted. Biowatch recounted how the traditional varieties of smallholder farmers in KwaZulu-Natal were threatened by hybrid and genetically modified crops. Civil society organisations such as the African Biodiversity Network, La Via Campesina and the Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa explained how their campaigns for seed sovereignty had made demonstrable strides in putting this agenda on the table of international organisations such as the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO). Discussions between government officials and civil society organisations were particularly engaging as they sought to reach a common understanding about how smallholder farmers can best be supported.
"It's not about us and them," observed Dr Kingston Mashingaidze of the ARC in South Africa, while Dr Julian Japhta, chief director in the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries affirmed the South African government's commitment to support small-scale farmers, already expressed as a target in its medium-term strategic framework.
The need for collaborative problem solving and action
Some of the challenges and solutions were mapped out in closing remarks from Assoc Prof Rachel Wynberg, who heads up the UCT component of the SKI consortium: "Solving social and environmental problems of the kind we have discussed is simply beyond the capabilities and resources of a single organisation. We need collective knowledge, expertise, innovation, energy and resources. We need integration and collaborative problem-solving '" across western and local knowledge systems, across different sectors and different disciplines, across 'blue skies' and applied research, and across the academic faculty and community members."
Overall, the workshop was a successful first step towards these goals, and for the region to start engaging on this important topic. On the last day, there was a brainstorming session about how the different sectors could move forward with an agenda to create more sustainable farmer-led innovation systems that can maintain the diversity of seeds we have in the region. As Biowatch Director Rose Williams reminded the group, such systems are critical not only for ensuring food security and increased resilience to wider environmental and climatic change but also for "embracing entire cultures and identities". It is high time that they receive the attention they demand.
Story by Laura Pereira. Photo supplied.
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Title: Is There Anybody Out There?
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Land Of Opportunity 3:26
This Is The New Year 3:15
I Don't Wanna Love Somebody Else 2:44
Shorty Don't Wait 4:12
Say Something 3:49
Already Home 3:50
You'll Be Okay 3:58
Everyone Is Gay 2:10
I Really Want It 3:22
Cheer Up! 2:11
There Is An Answer 3:42
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Is There Anybody Out There is the debut album from American pop duo A Great Big World. Its single Say Something achieved considerable success after Christina Aguilera heard the song, decided to collaborate and a re-recorded version was released. The reception to the album has been mixed. With nods to the sunny synths of Owl City Cheer Up and the theatrical cadence of The Rocket Summer Rockstar , Is There Anybody Out There is snappy and dynamic, able to find shape between its stark contrasts of boisterous pop and morose melodies. There are certainly moments on Is There Anybody Out There that don't quite work or would benefit from some subtlety. The well-intentioned, but poorly executed Everyone is Gay really misses badly and several of the ballads can't seem to recover from their lack of personality. Still, if you're willing to drink their kool-aid, A Great Big World will deliver you to a pretty happy and hopeful place on this debut. Track Listing. A Great Big World, Christina Aguilera. Ian Axel, Mike Campbell, Chad Vaccarino. There Is an Answer. A Great Big World. SME от лица компании Epic LatinAutor, CMRRA, UMPI, LatinAutor - SonyATV, BMI - Broadcast Music Inc. 8 февраля 2015 года группа A Great Big World вместе с Кристиной Агилерой Christina Aguilera выиграли премию Грэмми за свой сингл ''Say something'' в категории ''Лучшее дуэтное, групповое поп исполнение''. Songs in album A Great Big World - Is There Anybody Out There 2014. A Great Big World - Rockstar. A Great Big World - Land Of Opportunity. A Great Big World - Already Home. A Great Big World - I Really Want It. A Great Big World - Say Som. A Great Big World - There Is An Answer. The album itself managed a number three peak on the Billboard 200. Is There Anybody Out There Q&A. Featuring Christina Aguilera. Producers Chad King, Dan Romer & Ian Axel. Writers Allie Moss, Chad King, Honey LaRochelle & 2 more. Composer Chad King, Ian Axel & Mike Campbell. A Great Big World is the new incarnation of Ian Axel and Chad Vaccarino. Teaming up with longtime collaborator Chad, hes expanding his horizons immensely into A Great Big World. The seeds for the partnership were planted early, even before Ians solo career took off. While both studying music at NYU, Ian tracked Chad down in the schools practice rooms. Chad smiles, I kept blowing him off, and then I hear read more. If anything, Big World's full album debut takes the dorkiest elements of Fun and intensifies them. Is There Anybody Out There pivots on the kind of reedy, sexually unsure, and over-articulated vocals that scream bad Broadway. The music shows just as little sensuality in the arrangements or the beats. Axel and Vaccarino, who both sing, seem engaged in a to-the-death contest to see who can sound the most shrill. Their voices squeak over piano chords that plonk like an even-more-ham-fisted Billy Joel. There Is an Answer 3:42 Tabbed by: NBA96. F I am just a sailor in a great big sea Searching for what's meant for me And I thank my lucky stars every single day I'm exactly where I'm supposed to be. Bb When the storm begins to blow. When I've lost my way back home F Oh, there is an answer Oh, there is an answer. F There is no difference between you and me It lies beyond our history And if we only take the time to see we're all we need Just take my hand, and see me as a brother. Bb Look inside, and you will find Love exists in every kind F Oh, there is an answer Oh, there is an answer. Features Song Lyrics for A Great Big World's Is There Anybody Out There album. A Great Big World - Is There Anybody Out There Album. Artist: A Great Big World. Album: Is There Anybody Out There 2014
Listen to music from A Great Big World like Say Something, Fall On Me & more. Find the latest tracks, albums, and images from A Great Big World. Learn more. Recent Listening Trend. Saturday 25 January 2020. A Great Big World is an American musical duo from New York made up of singersongwriters Ian Axel and Chad King and signed to Epic Records. The group is best known for their singles This Is the New Year, which was performed by the cast in an episode of Glee and reached the Billboard Mainstream Top 40 chart in May 2013, and their international hit Say Something, particularly after recording it as a duet collaboration with Christina Aguilera. A Great Big World - FOUR TIME International Award-Winning Song - Mary Ann Young. Лента с персональными рекомендациями и музыкальными новинками, радио, подборки на любой вкус, удобное управление своей коллекцией. See actions taken by the people who manage and post content. Page created - July 10, 2012. Слушать бесплатно и скачать в Mp3 все треки, песни и музыку исполнителя A Great Big World в высоком качестве, на компьютер или телефон. 2019 American Music Awards 2019 TV Special performer: Fall on Me. 2019 The Greatest Dancer TV Series performer - 1 episode. Episode 1. 2017 Путеводная звезда performer: Life Is Good. 2016 Британия ищет таланты TV Series performer - 1 episode. 2016: Auditions 2 2016. 2014-2015 Поздней ночью с Сетом Майерсом TV Series performer - 2 episodes. 2013 Big Morning Buzz Live TV Series Themselves - Musical Guest. Mark ConsuelosA Great Big World 2013. View and download A Great Big World music notes. 105 music sheets for any instrument in our online catalog for free. In our catalog, you can find A Great Big World Sheet music for piano, drums, flute, saxophone, trumpet, guitar and almost any other instrument. Most popular A Great Big World Sheet music. Say Something. A Great Big World Фото исполнителя A Great Big World. United States. A Great Big World - американская инди-поп группа состав - Ian Axel, Chad Vaccarino, место - Нью-Йорк, США, 2012 - по сей день. Группа была основана Иэном и Чадом в то время, когда они проходили программу The Steinhardt Music в Университете Нью-Йорка. Во время учёбы Ваккарино довелось сыграть небольшую роль в оскароносной ленте Монстр. Услышав пение Экселя, Ваккарино принял его предложение сочинять песни вместе. Check out the official music video for Hold Each Other by A Great Big World ft. Futuristic Download When The Morning. 50 видео. Complete list of A Great Big World music featured in tv shows and movies. A Great Big World music featured in movies and TV shows: I Really Want It. Play on YouTube - I Really Want It. About a Boy S1 E8 About a Slopmaster 15 Apr 2014. Marcus buys things at the mini-society
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THE ENTRANCE TO PORLOCK
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THE TYRANNY OF THE DARK
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EVIDENCE OF LOVE (First Edition Society)
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HOME FROM THE HILL
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EARTH'S ENIGMAS
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The Trump Administration Wants to Roll Back Health Care Protections for the Most Marginalized
7/25/2019 by Rachel Kennedy
Section 1557, or the "Final Rule" of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), sometimes referred to as the Title IX of the landmark law, prohibits discrimination based on race, color, national origin, sex, age and disability in health programs receiving federal financial assistance—and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is intent on dismantling it.
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New proposed revisions to the ACA from HHS include stripping Section 1557 of its protection of termination of pregnancy, allowing insurance providers to seek blanket religious exemptions from covering the procedure. Using "religious freedom" as a cover for discrimination, this revision would extend the Trump administration's attacks on women's reproductive rights, which have included expanding such exemptions for birth control coverage. The proposed rules change also lowers standards for language assistance provided to people with limited English proficiency and hearing aids given to people with disabilities, citing the cost of printing notice pamphlets, notices and brochures.
These new plans from HHS put women, people with limited English proficiency and those with disabilities at risk—and most dangerously, they would extend the administration's efforts to block trans and non-binary people from Title IX protections.
The ACA was one of the first federal laws to interpret the "discrimination on the basis of sex" as including gender identity, with an original goal of ensuring that the 780,000 trans Americans living in states without anti-discrimination laws have access to routine coverage and hormonal therapies, but HHS' proposed changes would instead embolden providers who wish to discriminate.
Many transgender people already avoid receiving medical care out of fear: In a study cited by the Human Rights Campaign, over 70 percent of transgender people said they have been victims of discrimination during medical exams and appointments
The Trump Administration wants Section 1557 to apply only to a biological definition of sex—upholding a decision made in a continuing 2016 Indiana case that argued "the Department had adopted an erroneous interpretation of 'sex,'" according to a Federal Register notice published in June.
LGBTQ+ and health care advocates warn this policy change could have even more dire consequences. "Should President Trump and his administration follow through with this new rule," GLAAD said in a statement announcing its submission of a formal comment on the proposed rules change, "blood will be on their hands."
The American Medical Association (AMA) agreed. "Section 1557's protections assist some of the populations that have been most vulnerable to discrimination," AMA CEO Dr. James Madara said in a statement, "such as lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals and those suffering from mental illness, including substance use disorders, and help provide those populations equal access to health care and health coverage… The AMA stands behind Section 1557's gender identity protections and opposes any modifications to the rule that would jeopardize the health and wellbeing of vulnerable populations."
"No matter what the Trump Administration does," the National Center for Trans Equality wrote in its formal comment, "the Health Care Rights Law is the law of the land, and most courts have said it protects transgender people. Only Congress has the power to change the law by repealing the ACA."
Take Action! The comment period for the change ends on August 31. Make your voice heard now by submitting an official comment.
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I have this obsession to keep my house/desk clean and tidy. That way I am a wee-bit mad in my own way. Today I realized that this madness is indeed helping me sort out things while I work with my teams. Especially when it comes to product backlog management things are quite often messier than we could imagine. Most teams try their best to focus on the importance of Acceptance criteria, User Story format and Story Points (?) during their grooming exercise. Which is appreciable, but the sad part is they miss on the fundamentals like the importance of semantics, clear and concise messages, collective intelligence and many other aspects of clear communication. It might seem like a simple/mundane issue , but it does make a huge difference in the way how we think and operate. Especially in the case of distributed teams this leads to miscommunication and inefficiency. Again we are not looking at any detailed documentation or an elaborate plan of that sort. However, some method-in-the-madness might really help us streamline our thoughts.
Templates are boring and not so cool things to use. However, they do serve a purpose. They ensure that human errors are avoided during any repetitive exercises. They are definitely not a replacement to human intelligence. However, in certain circumstances when the intelligence is questionable, templates may be a good idea. I hate myself for saying this, but missing 'Acceptance Criteria' is a crime and we cannot afford that.
Well, it's not just enough to have a placeholder, but it is also logical that we put the right things at the relevant placeholders. A detailed description of the user story at the title section doesn't make sense.
Avoid having too many orphaned user stories. We all agree that there are special cases, but that cannot be the norm. There has to be solid reason why and how a story is not related to particular theme. Especially if we are looking at maintaining a lean product, this is an absolute must.
Product Owners are also figuring out things along the course of the product like how the teams figure out their implementation details as they progress. This is only natural. Be kind and help your PO by providing suggestions and improvements in the AC's if required. Do not expect your PO to be your only guiding light. Unleash your creative potential to increase your product's value.
It is OK to change your backlog items, especially when they are not picked for a particular sprint. Thankfully we are in the digital era and it costs nothing to change/modify the user stories. So do not spend much time creating a perfect backlog, but make sure you create something that is logical.
Most of these items are easily manageable and one could do all these in no-time. A lousy job is not being lean.
This was a wonderful read, especially because no one really pays attention to the project logs & the format/template would be one that is obsolete in more aspects than just being an eye sore.
When an alien sees the log the spreadsheet should be a self explanatory, with appropriate tags or notes.
An enthusiastic team members suggestions should not be suppressed – and a helpers suggestions should not be shrugged off saying 'we have been doing it this way, we will stick to it' — that's criminal.
Where we lack behind is in innovation (try new templates) and an unwillingness to evolve into a team that can better than the one 3-4yrs ago.


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Thököly Imre, the husband of Zrínyi Ilona
Before the work of Szibler Gábor in which he described the Battle of Zernyest, let me tell you a few words about the circumstances. Prince Thököly Imre has always been a dividing figure in Hungarian history. He is called sometimes an adventurer, a hero, a great military leader, or a footnote in history. Some people think he was a traitor to Hungarians while others say he was a hero who fought against the Habsburgs. Let us take a superficial look into the situation…
Military moves in 1686-87-88 in Transylvania
Following the death of Zrínyi Miklós in 1664, the Wesselényi Conspiracy was strictly put down by the Habsburgs. The Habsburg Emperor jumped on the possibility to take away the wealth of the richer Hungarian noblemen, regardless of their involvement in the plot. It was just oil on the fire: the Hungarians were getting more and more rebellious against Vienna and in 1678 broke out the Thököly-uprising in Upper Hungary. Thököly was one of those high-ranking Hungarians who were deprived and alienated by the Habsburgs.
Indeed, King Leopold I (1657-1705 ) had intended to crush the remnants of the Hungarian feudal constitution and privileges as well as Protestantism with one blow. He dismissed two-thirds of the Hungarian Frontier-castle warriors in 1671 and stopped governing Hungary by calling together the Diet. Moreover, he ceased to give the highest feudal offices to Hungarian nobles as it had been the custom, finishing the tolerance of religions according to the Treaty of Vienna, 1606. No wonder Thököly became more and more popular.
Emperor Habsburg Leopold I
This high-born general, who later became Prince of Transylvania and of Hungary, put up a fierce fight against the Austrians and he was not shy to ask for the Turks' aid. Thököly thought the Habsburgs were a bigger threat than the Ottomans; he speculated to get bigger freedom from the weakened Ottoman Empire than Transylvania had enjoyed. Since the Turks saw that Thököly had been quite successful to tear great territories out of Habsburg's hands, decided to attack Vienna. Without Thököly, they would not have even thought of it.
The Siege of Vienna, 1683 by Frans Geffels
He was helping the Ottomans to get a safe passage to Vienna in 1683 by opening a path at Pozsony (Bratislava, Pressburg). Previously, during that summer the majority of the western Trans-Danubian counties of Royal Hungary had sworn fealty to him.
Thököly didn't directly take part in the siege of Vienna but without his involvement, the Turks couldn't have reached Vienna at all. Also, without the Hussars of the Polish King Sobieski, the Turks would have taken the Austrian capital.
King John Sobieski III of Poland
In exchange for his service, Thököly would have been given higher privileges by the Sultan than any previous princes of the Transylvanian Principality had ever gained. Some historians say Thököly would have gotten rid of the Turks shortly afterward but others say the Ottomans would have swallowed the entire Hungary and Transylvania at the same time. We will never know the answer for sure.
Sobieski meets Leopold
I know it is just a wishful thought but I can't escape it: what if King Sobieski had not come that year and Vienna would have temporarily fallen to the Ottomans? What if Vienna would have been liberated next year by the allied forces of Sobieski and Thököly? Then, Hungary could have been liberated without the Habsburgs and perhaps our Polish friends would not have experienced so much trouble because of them in the centuries to come…
Thököly defeated the Imperial and Transylvanian armies at Zernyest on 21 August 1690
Bánlaky's map about the campaigns in 1689-90
Prince Apafi Mihály of Transylvania died on 15 April 1690 and his son was just a child yet. It was why the Sublime Porte sent an athnámé to Thököly Imre and appointed him as the ruler of Transylvania on 8 June 1690. The Sultan sent Crimean Tatar, Turk, and Wallachian troops to aid the "kuruc" (rebel, anti-Habsburg) Hungarians and appointed Pasha Ahmed of Silistra as a Serdar of the army.
Prince Apafi Mihály I of Transylvania (ruled 1661-1690)
Wallachian Voivode Constantin Brancoveanu was not very eager to join the campaign and in secret, he was sending information about the military moves in his letters written to Vice-General Donat Johann Heissler who was leading the Imperial Habsburg troops in Transylvania.
*My note: To find out how much the Transylvanian Principality was a sovereign state, please read my article here:
https://www.hungarianottomanwars.com/essays/transylvanian-principality-a-vassal-state-of-the-turks/
Heissler had 7,000 soldiers who were mostly guarding the passes of the Carpathian Mountains while the Transylvanian field army was led by Court Captain Gyulaffi László, appointed by the Military Council of Vienna. When the news about Thököly's coming reached Transylvania, everybody was called to arms, nobles and commoners alike. Heissler had the passes blocked, especially the Vulkán and Vöröstorony passes were heavily guarded as he anticipated Thököly's attack from there.
Vice-General Donat Heissler
The Transylvanian troops got under the leadership of the aged Chief-General, Teleki Mihály. He wanted to symbolize the sovereignty of Transylvania by leading the army in person. On the other hand, it was a message to his enemies who tried to accuse him of cowardice.
Teleki Mihály
Thököly was informed that Heissler took a position in the Bodza Pass so instead, he tried to cross via the Törcsvár Pass. His way was blocked between Törcsvár (Bran) Castle and the border by a trench and a fortification but he attacked and took it with 200-300 kuruc troops in the early hours of 15 August. The guards (100 men) were either slaughtered or captured.
Törcsvár aka Bran castle that WAS NOT the nest of Dracula (Photo: Civertan)
Hearing the attack, Heissler moved his forces to the Törcsvár Pass. In secret, Voivode Brancoveanu betrayed the number of Thököly's army and was asking Heissler not to hold a battle. Yet, Heissler didn't take his advice as he trusted in the lay of the land at the pass. Moreover, he didn't take Teleki's advice who told him to deploy cannons at the pass.
The Battle of Zernyest, 21 August 1690
Thököly didn't risk a frontal attack but decided to get around the pass with his Turk, Crimean Tatar, and Kuruc (rebel Hungarian) forces through a 1,300-meter-high mountain path. In the meantime, the Imperial troops were made busy by the Wallachian and Turk forces. Although Heissler was asking about the possible mountain paths his Transylvanian allies reassured him that no armed men could get through those steep paths.
Thököly Imre, the "Kuruc king"
There was a small German unit guarding the road between Tohány and Zernyest, they were scattered quickly by the Crimean Tatar vanguard. Then, the Tatars burned the village of Tohány. Heissler came to know about this maneuver only in the afternoon of 21 August. He sounded the alarm at once and hurried towards Zernyest with his entire army. When he got there, Thököly had deployed his whole army in front of him. While a Wallachian lord called Balaceanu succeeded in chasing the Crimean Tatars away from the village with his Wallachian and Hungarian soldiers, Heissler could also deploy his own army.
a Wallachian rider (by Somogyi Győző)
Heissler had hardly 2,000 Germans and the Imperial army, including the Transylvanian troops. His army was numbering less than 6,000 men. He deployed them in two lines, the Hungarian Székely border guards were in the first line. He positioned 8 cannons in front of them.
The so-called Red Székelys (by Somogyi Győző)
Thököly had 15,000 men: the Crimean Tatars were in the front, the Kuruc soldiers stood in the second line and the third line consisted of Janissary troops. The Székely soldiers wanted to rush headlong at Thököly's army but Teleki and Heissler managed to hold them back. Thököly wanted to get around the Imperial army but Heissler noticed his move and sent Colonel Johann Baptist Doria with 6 companies and 13 battalions of Székely soldiers.
German "White" and "Green" Riflemen in 1671 and 1680 (by Somogyi Győző)
They could beat the Crimean Tatar and the Hungarian Kuruc units back but they could not return to their original location. Then, the Turk-Tatar army rushed at the Imperials whose rifles could not stop them. Now, the Székely soldiers who had been so eager at the beginning of the battle fled without any resistance. The fleeing soldiers had been chased for hours and even Teleki was cut down (he was wearing black clothes, still mourning the death of Prince Apafi). His scribe could hardly identify his body. Thököly had the corpse dressed up in his own clothes and sent it back to his widow. Those two Jesuit monks also died who had been encouraging the Imperial troops with crosses in their hands.
A Crimean Tatar archer (by Somogyi Győző)
Heissler could have fled but instead, he bravely set out to free his officer, Doria who was surrounded by the enemy. Finally, he was captured along with Doria. They were the chief officers who were sent to Vienna as in exchange for Thököly's wife, Ilona who was imprisoned in Vienna. It was how Thököly could get his wife back (remember: it was Ilona Zrínyi, Thököly's wife who had been heroically defending Munkács Castle for years against the Imperial army).
Zrínyi Ilona aka Jelena Zrinska (1643-1703), mother of Prince Rákóczi Ferenc
Voivode Brancoveanu sent the severed head of Lord Balaceanu to the Sultan in Constantinapolis. The attackers have suffered great losses, too. Even Pasha Ahmed died in the battle. Yet, Thököly won and marched in Transylvania. The Diet of Kereszténysziget (Grossau, Cristian) voted him as the Prince of Transylvania on 22 September. You can read more about Kereszténysziget here:
https://www.hungarianottomanwars.com/transylvania/keresztenysziget/
Kereszténysziget (Photo: Roamata)
In the meantime, the young son of Apafi Mihály called also Mihály, fled to Kolozsvár (Cluj, Klausenburg), helped by his Chief Marshal Naláczy István. They asked for help from Emperor Leopold whose general, Prince Louis of Baden managed to force Thököly out of Transylvania before soon. Until, the Habsburgs had lost the forsts of Vidin, Belgrade and Nis…
Source: Szibler Gábor
Thököly Imre (1657-1705)
My note: In my opinion, eventually, Thököly would have rebelled against the Turks, too, thus bringing about the liberation of Hungary, without the help of the Habsburgs. Unluckily, after the Siege of Vienna, he lost lots of his reputation and many of his warriors sided with the Habsburgs, trusting that the Habsburgs would be good masters after having liberated Hungary. Also, it didn't help to increase Thököly's fame that he was the one who quite bloodily put down the Bulgarians' uprising against the Ottoman Empire. When he finally got reunited with his wife, Zrínyi Ilona, it was told that the lady was hardly able to recognize her husband: Thököly was an aged, bent man, though he was younger than his wife. They both died in Turkey but Zrínyi Ilona's son, Rákóczi Ferenc returned in 1703 to settle the business with the Habsburgs…Have I told you that he hated Thököly, his step-father?
Rákóczi meets Esze Tamás in 1703 (by Veszprémi Endre)
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Fire in Pine Nuts grows to 100 acres
A wildfire burning in the Pine Nuts grew to 100 acres by Friday afternoon, according to the Sierra Front Interagency Dispatch.
The Holiday Fire generated a smoke plume that was visible from across Carson Valley.
Emergency dispatchers said residents were reporting the fire through Friday morning.
First reported by a resident of Pinenut Creek Road at 7:10 p.m., the fire is located on the side of a mountain between Ray May Way and Buffalo Canyon Road.
East Fork firefighters tried several routes to gain access to the fire.
Firefighters walked into the scene supported by a Nevada Division of Forestry helicopter.
The fire is on Bureau of Land Management territory, and that's who will be in charge of fighting the blaze.
Hand crews are on order to fight the fire, according to a statement issued by Douglas County spokeswoman Melissa Blosser.
While there is no date for containment, estimates are it could take three days to bring the fire under control.
Two juveniles whose vehicle had broken down in the vicinity were transported out of the wilderness by Douglas County Sheriff's Search & Rescue.
The cause of the fire is being investigated by the BLM.


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Denial Esports in Trouble? CWL Panel Share Their Thoughts
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Denial Esports entered yesterdays match with a 0-5 record, going up against the first place team Splyce. Looking like the weakest team at the CWL Pro League, many CoD competitive fans are questioning whether changes need to be made in the organization. Here's what the CWL Panel thought about the situation.
Denial Esports in Trouble? CWL Panel Gives Shares Their Thoughts
Denial Esports is one of the newer teams in this years CWL Pro League. Although the organization isn't a stranger to Call of Duty Esports; having a Denial Esports North American team which actually won a Call of Duty Championship back in 2015. The NA team disbanded, however, the team has resurfaced this year with a European team. Denial Esports had 6 players join the roster in late January consisting of:
"Wailers" – Wailers Locart
"ZeeK" – Ryan Lapierre
"rizK" – Lucas Derambure
"Breszy" – Paul Breszynski
"Natshay" – Nathan Dupuis
"France" – Staan Thibaud Gounod (Sub)
Al the players are from France. Many fans had doubts as how this team would perform. Despite the players being familiar with each other since they all came from Overtime Esports (team disbanded), they haven't had much practice going into the CWL Pro League. Ond only one of the 5 players on Denial have ever been in the Pro League.
Read more: Upcoming CWL Open Event Dates [Call of Duty]
Denial Esports 0-5
Denial Esports started off poorly, going 0-5 at the CWL Pro League before yesterdays game. Alarm bells were ringing in the organization and many fans were assuming a slow and painful death for Denial Esports who were out-matched in every single game leading up to yesterdays match against Splyce. The CWL Panel weren't exactly convinced that Denial Esports would turn things around. Chance gave his thoughts before the start of the game against Splyce.
 Chance, who was one of the analysts on the panel said that he didn't expect much from Denial in the first two weeks as he was expecting them "to get smoked". But he wants Denial to look decent in the league and this is the best practice they've ever had. He said he's not looking at the games before Fort Worth and the cross divisional play to judge Denial Esports, and he's on their side in terms of making things work out in the Pro League.
Read more: CWL Pro League 2019 Guide: Schedule, Teams, Updates
Chance mentioned two things for Denial to start doing. If they start playing compeitivily, if they start having great performances then moving forward they everyone can start having hirer expectations. The only issue is, Denial Esports was going up against Splyce who were 4-1.
Pacman has different thoughts
Pacman, who was sitting between Katie and Chance at the CWL desk said to give them to the end of this week to see what will happen. Yesterday the CWL desk was fairly harsh with their assessment of Denial Esports roster. And Pacman wasn't going to give them any room for pitty. He wasn't going to give Denial Esports till Fort Worth to turn things around. Chance then stepped in and he said he knows Denial Esports is not in a good position right now, but stated that it's still very early on to give harsh assessments to Denial Esports. Pacman then asked Chance, "You're running an organization how long do you give that team?".
"Me personally? I would give them well past Fort Worth. I would give them the entire Pro League." – Chance
Pacman's reaction said it all, as he was shocked that Chance would give Denial Esports the rest of the CWL Pro League season to bounce back.
"If you're running a business you'd give the team who can't win a match an entire year?" – Pacman
Is Pacman being too harsh? Or is Chance being too lenient? Could they perhaps be the biggest disappointment in Esports history like Shanghai Dragons were in Overwatch?
Let the Result do the Talking
Splyce and Denial Esports started their match, with Splyce going up 2-0. At this point, it seemed that Denial Esports was on the road to lose six straight matches and go 0-6 at the end of the second week in Division B. However, the Call of Duty Gods answered, and gave Denial a break as they were able to bounce back and win two straight matches in a row to tie the series up.
Read more: CWL London Update: Schedule, Results [Call of Duty World League]
Splyce, who was looking good and had a 2-0 lead against the team with the worst record now found themselves in a similar position as in the CWL Vegas Open. Was a reverse sweep going to happen just like OpTic Gaming did to them?
 The last match was Search and Destroy in which Denial Esports took control from the get-go. They dominated the entire match and won their first game at the CWL Pro League. Did they hear the discussion at the CWL desk during the pre-game? Did they read all the criticism online to get motivated? It's hard to tell, but they pulled an upset and beat one of the top teams at the CWL Pro League.
Denial gave the CWL desk something to talk about now as Chance was definitely happy to see Denial come through and pull something out of their camp. Denial is now 1-5 and playing Excelerate GG today. Will they continue a hot streak now? Stayed tuned.
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Pan happens upon Psyche who tried to pull an Ophelia in the river and passes on some rather misguided advice.
In the "Metamorphoses of Apuleius," or the more amusing title "The Golden Ass," there is one of the strangest love stories in Greek mythology. Psyche is beautiful and mortal so she falls into the typical fate of beautiful women in Greek mythology: having the gods repeatedly mess up her life.
Pan's role in the story is basically a cameo, and this image aptly captures their whole interaction. Psyche tried to kill herself but the river literally denied her death. Yes, nature conspired to make her live and it wouldn't be the last time either. Pan spots her washing up on the shore and seeing how haggard, worn, and downright miserable she looked, he concludes that she must be a maiden suffering from love.
First a few headpats and then he tells her not to commit suicide before he gives the advice to pray to and worship Cupid, for he would surely help solve her love problems. Though Pan hints that he's in the know of the gods' business, it is unclear if he knew that he was telling her to worship the husband that just dumped her.
Though the story of Psyche originates from "The Golden Ass," this image is actually based off the poem version by William Morris in "The Earthly Paradise." Our artist Edward Burne-Jones completed thirty-seven sketches for a illustrated version of the book that sadly never saw publication. Luckily this image attracted a fan and was commissioned into this lovely painting.
In the poem version, Pan's role goes on a bit longer, but only for him to ramble a bit about how she'll meet a new fella and he'll probably be dull in comparison to her but she'll find happiness nonetheless.
To give more context let's rewind to when the gods first started messing with Psyche. To say she was beautiful would be an understatement, she was so absolutely gorgeous that she was unknowingly stealing worshippers away from Venus. Venus did not take kindly to the idea of a human who was more beautiful than herself so she orders her son Cupid to kill her.
Asking the god of love to perform a hit on someone is as terrible an idea as it sounds. Instead of killing her he hits himself with one of his arrows and falls in love with her. Venus was oblivious to this and changed her focus to getting her married off to some horrible monster. There were no suitors to contend with because Psyche was so gorgeous that no man dared try to court her. Upon hearing that she was doomed to marry a horrible monster, Psyche accepted her fate saying that she knew this was what the gods had in store for her.
But Cupid disobeyed Mommy dearest for a second time and marries Psyche instead. For a long time, no one knew of their marriage. Not even Psyche. They were married, had an active sex life, and she got pregnant all without her ever seeing who her husband actually was.
Their strange arrangement was working, sort of, but this didn't sit well with Psyche's sisters. They were basically Cinderella's stepsisters and jealous of the beautiful palace that Psyche was living in. Instead of being happy for her, they wanted to ruin it. They assumed that her husband had to be a god and wanted whoever it was for themselves. They convinced Psyche he must be a monster and she should catch a glimpse of him when he's sleeping, and then kill him. Terrible marriage advice.
Psyche, trusting and a little gullible, decides to do as they say. Seeing Cupid's image she became awestruck by his beauty and ashamed of her intended actions, so she tried to stab herself with the dagger. The dagger wasn't having that and fell from her hands. Unfortunately, a drop of wax fell from Psyche's lantern and hit Cupid in the shoulder, waking him to an awkward scene.
Cupid completely lost it, and was so absolutely upset that she dared see his identity that he rants for a while of how much rebellion against his mom he's done for her and then decides to punish her by leaving. It is at this point that Psyche takes her trip down the river and meets Pan.
She doesn't follow Pan's advice, instead she goes after revenge and tricks both of her sisters into killing themselves. Shortly thereafter, she tries to kill herself a third time, when given an impossible task by Venus to earn her approval. But the tower she tries to jump from stops her and then gives her a step by step explanation on how to do said task. Inanimate objects apparently love Psyche so much that they become sentient to save her life. So where's Cupid during her multiple suicide attempts and torture at the hands of Venus?
Supposedly he's recovering from his wounds, but the only wound mentioned in the story is the drop of wax that burned him. How that incapacitated a god for weeks, I have no idea. The couple does get their happily ever after eventually though and Psyche is made immortal so objects don't have to come to life to save her anymore.
Pan may not have known what he was talking about, but he was at least correct that things would work out for Psyche. It just took a few impossible tasks, ambrosia, and an overall lack of logic in any part of her journey.
Apuleius, and Harold Edgeworth Butler. The Metamorphoses, or Golden Ass. Oxford: Clarendon, 1910.
"Ashmolean − The Elements of Drawing, John Ruskin's Teaching Collection at Oxford." The Elements of Drawing, John Ruskin's Teaching Collection at Oxford. Accessed February 16, 2019. http://ruskin.ashmolean.org/collection/8979/object/13898.
Morris, William. The Earthly Paradise: A Poem. Longmans, Green, 1923.
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Muradpur is a village situated in union council Malikpur, Mansehra District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. The major language spoken there is Hindko or Pashto. Rtd Lt Gen Khalid Rabbani Corps Commander of Peshawar belongs to the Malik family of this village. The post office of Muradpur located there. The people are very friendly and religious.

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Vétiver Fatal is a perfume by Atelier Cologne for women and men and was released in 2012. The scent is fresh-green. It is being marketed by L'Oréal.
At the beginning of the day you can taste typical citrus fruits from this house, then the vetiver with the plum take the body of the perfume until the end.
It is not the typical vetiver spicy and green, if not fresh, fruity, we could say that it is a different vetiver but good for the beginnings in this note.
Good longevity and good projection.
Vetiver Fatal by is a wonderfully sweet, plummy vetiver. It's not dry or too harsh like a lot of other vetiver fragrances, instead it's lush and sweet and fruity. Very nice!
It opens with a beautiful mix of citrus and violet leaf, giving a very "wet" impression, but is swiftly joined by a very sweet, juicy, almost "stewed" plum accord. The use of plum here is very nice as I don't see this note a lot in fragrances. It combines with the vetiver and stops it becoming too dry or too green. The greenness is still there, but it's sweeter (like a sweet, ripe plum), and in no way is it artificial.
Basically the impression I get is of a field in May where plum trees are growing nearby, and you can smell the grass and earth and hay, before going over to the tree and picking the fruit, which is full of (natural) sweetness, no artificial sugar, just a pure natural one... and it's like closing your eyes and smelling the plum, before putting it in your mouth and tasting the sweetness. This is the impression I get from this one. The smells of the sweet fruits of nature.
I think that maybe if you dislike very sharp, green fragrances and are looking for something a little "sweeter", then try this one out. I also think that if you have been trying vetiver fragrances and didn't find the right one for you, then give this one a try. I think that even a vetiver lover would like this one as it is a very playful, casual fragrance, but which can be worn in formal occasions too (basically anywhere). A lovely fragrance which reminds me of nature at it's finest. Good stuff!
Vetiver Fatal. The images that spring to mind are quite like those offered by the sample postcard: a silver pistol, leather gloves, film noir, high-end writing instruments -- aggression and a timeworn class. And that's how it begins, with the confident, rooty, earthen aroma of vetiver. Then waddles in a baby, shining head-to-toe with the sheen of baby oil. No, you have not wandered into outtakes from a David Lynch movie; instead you have just experienced the not-so-beautiful letdown of Vetiver Fatal. Baby oil does not connote anything fatal, unless you believe that the marriage bed is the grave, but to quote James Joyce is how far you have to stretch to make this association work. Baby oil is the wrecking ball, and it dominates the vetiver, laying waste to it until a third incongruous element appears: a soapy-citrus accord. Maybe the grimy detective feels the need to eat a peach, and then take a bath after his long hard day pounding the pavement and taking odd cases from femme fatals? The name of this fragrance is accurate in one way -- it slayed me with a maul of disappointment. Longevity is eight hours, and silage is average, at a foot or so.
Vetiver Fatal is somewhat a fruity vetiver.
This scent has a wonderful development in my skin.
Opens with a blast of citric tones with a sweet plum note that remains for about 1 hour.
Then it slowly turns into a fresh vetiver, that's in the middle of Tom Ford's Grey Vetiver and Sycomore.
Not very sweet, neither so dry, but actually a creamy vetiver.
Also Vetiver Fatal is far away from those dark vetiver scents like Encre Noire and Guerlain's Vetiver Extreme.
It's a very well balanced blend, with medium sillage and soft projection.
Deserves at least a try.
Say what you will, but I'm a gal who can really appreciate a good vetiver frag. Atelier Cologne was off my radar until only recently, when I acquired the limited edition purse spray set of their first seven creations (available only at Sephora) and then was sent samples of both VETIVER FATAL and ROSE ANONYME by the house itself the very same week. I believe that I received the samples for signing up at Cafleurebon in response to a feature on this house. In any case, the stars all aligned now, shining down upon me with a bright clarion message: Clearly, it's time to give this house's wares a sniff, and now more than ever, given that a few reviewers have compared VETIVER FATAL to Byredo BAL D'AFRIQUE, which I only just tested today.
The moment I donned VETIVER FATAL, I was impressed. It smells very natural and with the perfect amount of vetiver mixed in with a variety of other notes, none of which appears to be iso-E-super! Miracle of all miracles. Or is it that most current men's fragrances contain so much iso-E-super, that my poor nose is unable to discern anything else? All I know is that, if there are such aromachemicals in this composition (and I presume that there are...), they are applied judiciously with the result that it comes off smelling much better than most of the men's colognes I've smelled of late.
I prefer VETIVER FATAL to both BAL D'AFRIQUE and Hermessence VETIVER TONKA because it is a touch less sweet and has a bit more vetiver. This creation really seems like vetiver is the centerpiece, although calling it "fatal" is probably going too far. It's definitely not vetiver overkill. No, it's just the right amount of vetiver and one step back from BAL D'AFRIQUE and VETIVER TONKA in sweetness, bringing it a smidgeon closer to (though still at a distance from) Prada INFUSION DE VETIVER.
I honestly believe that all of these vetiver creations are 100% unisex and should be marketed as such. This does not smell masculine to me at all--it just smells very good. Yum. I could see buying the large bottle of this one. I was wondering why the fragrances of this house, strangely named Atelier Cologne--with all that that implies--appear to come in only two sizes: 30 ml or 200 ml. This is the sort of fragrance which I could see myself applying quite liberally, so the 30 ml bottle would not be a good idea in my case. Maybe those little bottles exist as extended testers? Well, in any case I am now very interested in working through my purse sprays of the original seven fragrances from this house. If the quality is this high, I'll be adding some of these to my collection at some point. In fact, VETIVER FATAL is already on my wish list. Bravo!
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A leader's work does not end after single cases of sexual harassment are resolved. This is when preventing the next case of harassment begins. Corporate leaders cannot delegate the continuous and deliberate efforts needed to create cultures of ethics and respect that not only responds to, but also prevent sexual harassment in the workplace.
Remediation has to do more than just resolve an issue for the people involved. It has to send a message to potential perpetrators that this behavior is not tolerated in the workplace, as well as confirm to employees that the organization is committed to creating a working environment of civility and respect. There are standard operating procedures for processing and resolving isolated sexual harassment incidents; however, we have to be more astute when it comes to conveying the greater meaning of those actions throughout the entire organization.
In any organization, especially multinationals, a number of subcultures exist.
To do this we must get to know our corporate cultures deeply, as well as all the various subcultures that exist throughout our organizations. This is a unique point. We often use the term "culture" as a catchall for anything in the workplace that is driven by human momentum. On the issue of sexual harassment, we need more specificity. In any organization, especially multinationals, a number of subcultures exist. These can fall along lines such as region, tenure, age, seniority, and even one-on-one dynamics.
For example, the sexual harassment prevention actions and communication used with U.S. employee population may lead to cynicism for other counterparts around the world. Similarly, what triggers a sexual harassment allegation for one generation, may not even register for another. We need to go beyond finding a single best practice, and instead employ multifaceted approaches that prevent bad behavior enterprise-wide.
Marketers, product developers and any profession that requires targeted messaging has benefitted from the use of focus groups. Ethics and compliance can learn from these teams. Gather informal groupings of employees from different cross sectors of your business, and get their thoughts on your organization's sexual harassment climate as well as their perception of the organization's handling of that climate.
Creating systemic change on sexual harassment requires your zero-tolerance policy to go beyond the words on the page and come to life for your employees. For this you will need to enlist the right individuals to your cause. Simply put, some people are better at communicating than others. Malcom Gladwell, author of The Tipping Point, identifies these individuals as "connectors" and defines them as people who can effectively influence large numbers of people organically. These are the folks you need to get on board with your culture of prevention so that they can translate the message across the unique demographics in which they have influence.
Nothing is more harmful to your work of changing a culture than employees thinking that certain individuals get special treatment. If a senior leader is caught up in a scandal and the issue is swept under that rug, or at least appears to be to the larger employee population, cynicism sets in.
These are the cases that have the most impact on employee perceptions, and the ones they will be watching attentively to see if their organization really practices what is preaches.
Not every sexual harassment case allows for quick processing and resolution. But we need to do our best to ensure swiftness for those that do. Employees need immediate gratification to believe that things are actually changing.
As Matt Kelly wrote recently, "only 26 percent [of employees] believe their employers can take swift action to address a workplace misconduct scandal." This is a stat that needs to change to ensure the preventive effects of speak-up cultures can thrive. Speak-up cultures drive corporate transparency. And corporate transparency ensures bad behavior like sexual harassment isn't allowed to fester in our dark corporate corners. This illuminates the gray areas of sexual harassment at all levels of the organization.
Any mature ethics and compliance programs ensure their zero-tolerance policy is translated into all the native languages represented by its employees. The actions of senior leaders need to resonate in the same way. This is how we go beyond righting one wrong to preventing these wrongs in the first place.
Sexual harassment is morally repugnant. Unfortunately the immorality of the act alone has not eliminated the behavior from the workplace or even elevated the issue to many of the top echelons of corporate America. So let's approach the issue from another angle and discuss sexual harassment's negative effect on business decision making.
Let's take a look at the current state of cyber security and compliance's growing role in enterprise-wide prevention. Whether it's the proliferation of data and devices, increase in cyber attacks, or adoption of the NIST Framework, ethics and compliance programs can and should play an integral role in their organization's cyber security efforts.


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Afghan war waste: $500k, adobe-style police base melted in rain - report (PHOTOS)
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A $500,000 Afghan police training center contracted by the US fell apart four months after completion based on faulty construction, the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) said in a report on money wasted amid the war effort.
The adobe-style brick buildings were built to emulate an Afghan village in order for police to train for search operations. Yet, four months after its completion, the roof and walls began "melting" in the rain, according to the report by John Sopko, the US government's special inspector general for Afghanistan reconstruction (SIGAR).
"Therefore, although this project may have been well intentioned, the fact that the Afghans had to demolish and rebuild the DFR (dry fire range) is not only an embarrassment, but, more significantly, a waste of US taxpayers' money," the inspector general's office said, according to AFP.
The report alleged that the US did not adequately supervise or hold to account the selected Afghan contractor -- Qesmatullah Nasrat Construction Company -- which failed to follow contract and building requirements.
The watchdog's report is the latest in a string of accounts of American taxpayer dollars wasted on Afghanistan war projects, including expenditures like a $34 million unused base and patrol boats for use in the landlocked nation.
Sopko said previously that "billions of dollars" of the more than $100 billion spent to rebuild the nation have been wasted or stolen.
The amount the US has spent to reconstruct Afghanistan has, adjusted for inflation, cost more than the Marshall Plan that rebuilt western Europe after World War II.
"Time and again, I am running into people from USAID, State and the Pentagon who think they are in Kansas [not Afghanistan]," he said. "My auditors tell me things [about spending plans] and I say, 'you have to be making this up, this is Alice in Wonderland'."
Sopko's office reported in October that 16 planes that were bought for the Afghan Air Force, costing almost $500 million, were turned into scrap metal valued at just $32,000.
'Disintegrating' walls
The police training center in eastern Wardak province was awarded for nearly $500,000 in May 2012, and the construction company was paid in full when the buildings were finished in October of that year.
The police center "was not constructed according to contract requirements, and our analysis showed that, as a result, water penetration caused its walls to begin disintegrating within 4 months of when the US government accepted the project..." the SIGAR report said.
The report offered photos of the complete buildings just after construction, and then of the dilapidated structures a few months later, ravaged by leaks and disintegrating walls.
The roofs, the report stated, were installed without gravel and asphalt, and without a slope that would allow water to drain properly. The also company used smaller, weaker bricks than the contract demanded, "made mostly of sand with little clay content and that the lack of adequate clay material caused the bricks to fail when water penetration occurred."
The US eventually deemed the structures unfit for use. The Afghan government has since demolished the buildings with plans to rebuild the training center.
The inspector general called on US Central Command to try to retain the funds if possible, to determine how the construction was so badly botched, and to take disciplinary measures against contracting officials. Central Command said it would take actions to correct the mistakes.


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The British Film Institute (BFI) is a film and television charitable organisation which promotes and preserves film-making and television in the United Kingdom. The BFI uses funds provided by the National Lottery to encourage film production, distribution, and education. It is sponsored by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, and partially funded under the British Film Institute Act 1949.

Purpose

It was established in 1933 to encourage the development of the arts of film, television and the moving image throughout the United Kingdom, to promote their use as a record of contemporary life and manners, to promote education about film, television and the moving image generally, and their impact on society, to promote access to and appreciation of the widest possible range of British and world cinema and to establish, care for and develop collections reflecting the moving image history and heritage of the United Kingdom.

BFI activities

Archive
The BFI maintains the world's largest film archive, the BFI National Archive, previously called National Film Library (1935–1955), National Film Archive (1955–1992), and National Film and Television Archive (1993–2006). The archive contains more than 50,000 fiction films, over 100,000 non-fiction titles, and around 625,000 television programmes. The majority of the collection is British material but it also features internationally significant holdings from around the world. The Archive also collects films which feature key British actors and the work of British directors.

Cinemas

The BFI runs the BFI Southbank (formerly the National Film Theatre (NFT)) and the BFI IMAX cinema, both located on the south bank of the River Thames in London. The IMAX has the largest cinema screen in the UK and shows popular recent releases and short films showcasing its technology, which includes 3D screenings and 11,600 watts of digital surround sound. BFI Southbank (the National Film Theatre screens and the Studio) shows films from all over the world, particularly critically acclaimed historical and specialised films that may not otherwise get a cinema showing. The BFI also distributes archival and cultural cinema to other venues – each year to more than 800 venues all across the UK, as well as to a substantial number of overseas venues.

Education
The BFI offers a range of education initiatives, in particular to support the teaching of film and media studies in schools. In late 2012, the BFI received money from the Department for Education to create the BFI Film Academy Network for young people aged between 16 and 25. A residential scheme is held at the NFTS every year.

Festivals
The BFI runs the annual London Film Festival along with BFI Flare: London LGBT Film Festival and the youth-orientated Future Film Festival.

Other activities
The BFI publishes the monthly Sight & Sound magazine as well as films on Blu-ray, DVD and books. It runs the BFI National Library (a reference library), and maintains the BFI Film & TV Database and Summary of Information on Film and Television (SIFT), which are databases of credits, synopses and other information about film and television productions. SIFT has a collection of about 7 million still frames from film and television.

The BFI has co-produced a number of television series featuring footage from the BFI National Archive, in partnership with the BBC, including The Lost World of Mitchell & Kenyon, The Lost World of Friese-Greene, and The Lost World of Tibet.

The BFI has also produced contemporary artists' moving image work, most notably through the programme of the BFI Gallery, which was located at BFI Southbank from March 2007 to March 2011. The programme of the gallery resulted in several new commissions by leading artists, including projects which engaged directly with the BFI National Archive, among which: Patrick Keiller's 'The City of the Future', Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard's 'RadioMania: An Abandoned Work' and Deimantas Narkevicious' 'Into the Unknown'. The Gallery also initiated projects by film-makers such as Michael Snow, Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Jane and Louise Wilson and John Akomfrah.

The BFI also operates a streaming service called BFI Player. This streaming service offers a variety of niche and art films.

Organisation

History

The institute was founded in 1933. Despite its foundation resulting from a recommendation in a report on Film in National Life, at that time the institute was a private company, though it has received public money throughout its history—from the Privy Council and Treasury until 1965 and the various culture departments since then.

The institute was restructured following the Radcliffe Report of 1948 which recommended that it should concentrate on developing the appreciation of filmic art, rather than creating film itself. Thus control of educational film production passed to the National Committee for Visual Aids in Education and the British Film Academy assumed control for promoting production. From 1952 to 2000, the BFI provided funding for new and experimental film-makers via the BFI Production Board.

The institute received a royal charter in 1983. This was updated in 2000, and in the same year the newly established UK Film Council took responsibility for providing the BFI's annual grant-in-aid (government subsidy). As an independent registered charity, the BFI is regulated by the Charity Commission and the Privy Council.

In 1988, the BFI opened the London Museum of the Moving Image (MOMI) on the South Bank. MOMI was acclaimed internationally and set new standards for education through entertainment, but subsequently it did not receive the high levels of continuing investment that might have enabled it to keep pace with technological developments and ever-rising audience expectations. The museum was "temporarily" closed in 1999 when the BFI stated that it would be re-sited. This did not happen, and MOMI's closure became permanent in 2002 when it was decided to redevelop the South Bank site. This redevelopment was itself then further delayed.

Today
The BFI is currently managed on a day-to-day basis by its chief executive, Ben Roberts. Supreme decision-making authority rests with a chair and a board of up to 14 governors. The current chair is Josh Berger, who took up the post in February 2016. He succeeded Greg Dyke, who took office on 1 March 2008. Dyke succeeded the late Anthony Minghella (film director), who was chair from 2003 until 31 December 2007. The chair of the board is appointed by the BFI's own Board of Governors but requires the consent of the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport. Other Governors are co-opted by existing board members when required (but if one of these is appointed Deputy Chair, that appointment is subject to ratification by the Secretary of State).

The BFI operates with three sources of income. The largest is public money allocated by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. In 2011–12, this funding amounted to approximately £20m. The second largest source is commercial activity such as receipts from ticket sales at BFI Southbank or the BFI London IMAX theatre (£5m in 2007), sales of DVDs, etc. Thirdly, grants and sponsorship of around £5m are obtained from various sources, including National Lottery funding grants, private sponsors and through donations (J. Paul Getty, Jr. donated around £1m in his will following his death in 2003). The BFI is also the distributor for all Lottery funds for film (in 2011–12 this amounted to c.£25m).

As well as its work on film, the BFI also devotes a large amount of its time to the preservation and study of British television programming and its history. In 2000, it published a high-profile list of the 100 Greatest British Television Programmes, as voted for by a range of industry figures.

The delayed redevelopment of the National Film Theatre finally took place in 2007, creating in the rebranded "BFI Southbank" new education spaces, a contemporary art gallery dedicated to the moving image (the BFI Gallery), and a pioneering mediatheque which for the first time enabled the public to gain access, free of charge, to some of the otherwise inaccessible treasures in the National Film & Television Archive. The mediatheque has proved to be the most successful element of this redevelopment, and there are plans to roll out a network of them across the UK.

An announcement of a £25 million capital investment in the Strategy for UK Screen Heritage was made by Secretary of State for Culture Media and Sport at the opening night of the 2007 London Film Festival. The bulk of this money paid for long overdue development of the BFI National Archive facilities in Hertfordshire and Warwickshire.

During 2009, the UK Film Council persuaded the government that there should only be one main public-funded body for film, and that body should be the UKFC, while the BFI should be abolished. In 2010, the government announced that there would be a single body for film. Despite intensive lobbying (including, controversially, using public funding to pay public relations agencies to put its case forward), the UKFC failed to persuade the government that it should have that role and, instead, the BFI took over most of the UKFC's functions and funding from 1 April 2011, with the UKFC being subsequently abolished. Since then, the BFI has been responsible for all Lottery funding for film—originally in excess of £25m p.a., and currently in excess of £40m p.a.

The BFI Film Academy forms part of the BFI's overall 5–19 Education Scheme. The programme is being supported by the Department for Education in England who have committed £1m per annum funding from April 2012 and 31 March 2015. It is also funded through the National Lottery, Creative Scotland and Northern Ireland Screen.

On 29 November 2016, the BFI announced that over 100,000 television programmes are to be digitised before the video tapes, which currently have an estimated five-to-six-year shelf life, become unusable. The BFI aims to make sure that the television archive is still there in 200 years' time.

The BFI recently announced that it is teaming up with American diversity and inclusion program #StartWith8Hollywood founded by Thuc Doan Nguyen to make it global.

BFI Trust
The BFI is Chaired by Tim Richards and run by CEO Ben Roberts. Its trustees include Caroline Michel, Pat Butler, Eric Fellner and Trevor Mawby.

BFI Chair

 George Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 5th Duke of Sutherland (1933–1936)
 Sir Charles Cleland (1936–1937)
 Sir George Clerk (1938–1939)
 William Brass, 1st Baron Chattisham (1939–1945)
 Patrick Gordon Walker (1946–1948)
 Cecil Harmsworth King (1948–1952)
 S. C. Roberts (1952–1956)
 Sylvester Gates (1956–1964)
 Sir William Coldstream (1964–1971)
 Sir Denis Forman (1971–1973)
 Lord Lloyd of Hampstead (1973–1976)
 John Freeman (1976–1977)
 Enid Wistrich (Acting) (1977–1978)
 Sir Basil Engholm (1978–1981)
 Lord Attenborough (1982–1992)
 Jeremy Thomas (1993–1997)
 Sir Alan Parker (1998–1999)
 Joan Bakewell (1999–2002)
 Anthony Minghella (2003–2007)
 Roger Laughton (Acting) (2008)
 Greg Dyke (2008–2016)
 Josh Berger (2016–2021)
 Tim Richards (2021–)

BFI directors

 J. W. Brown (1933–1936)
 Oliver Bell (1936–1949)
 Denis Forman (1949–1955)
 James Quinn (1955–1964)
 Stanley Reed (1964–1972)
 Keith Lucas (1972–1978)
 Anthony Smith (1979–1987)
 Wilf Stevenson (1988–1997)
 Jane Clarke (acting, 1997)
 John Woodward (1998–1999)
 Jon Teckman (1999–2002)
 Adrian Wootton (acting, 2002–2003)
 Amanda Nevill (2003–2020)
 Ben Roberts (2020–present)

See also
 BFI The Top 50 Greatest Films of All Time
 BFI 75 Most Wanted – the most sought-after films currently missing from the BFI archive
 BFI Flipside – the DVD/Blu-ray collection dedicated to telling the alternative history of British film
 BFI Top 100 British films
 BFI TV 100 – a list of the best British television programmes
 Fellows of the British Film Institute
 Cinema of the United Kingdom
 Independent Cinema in the United Kingdom
 Screenonline – a history website run by the BFI
 List of film institutes
 Association of European Film Archives and Cinematheques
 Sutherland Trophy annual BFI award for "the maker of the most original and imaginative film introduced at the National Film Theatre during the year"

References

External links

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1933 establishments in the United Kingdom

Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Film archives in the United Kingdom
Film organisations in the United Kingdom
History of television in the United Kingdom
IMAX venues
Non-departmental public bodies of the United Kingdom government
Organisations based in the London Borough of Camden
Organizations established in 1933
Television organisations in the United Kingdom
Television archives in the United Kingdom


For instance, newspapers these days and petitions to the government are cases in point. Although restrictions on publishing are not so strict, there is no criticism against the government. Moreover, when the government does something good, they praise it with exaggeration, as if they were prostitutes flattering their customers.
And speaking of the petitions, their writing styles are always extremely humble as if they worshipped the government like a fierce god or they were criminals. They use hollow compliments which should not be used in equal human society and nobody feels ashamed by that. Reading such things, I cannot help but think that they are insane.
However, almost all who publish the newspapers or make the petitions are scholars of Western studies now. When I watch them in person, they are not necessarily prostitutes or insane. Nevertheless, they are incredibly unfaithful. It is because there is no person who advocates civil rights, and they are controlled by the spirit of servility, follow the spirit without thinking and cannot exercise the rights as the people.
In a word, there is only the government but not the people in Japan. So, to clear up the spirit of the people and develop the civilization, you cannot rely on the scholars of Western studies of today.
As an example, almost of all scholars of Western studies have become governmental officers and only a few of them are doing their job in private sector. However, it is not because they look after their own interests, but because they were educated to aim at only the government, think that they can do nothing if they are not in the government and aspire to accomplish their longstanding ambition by relying on it.
Even a prominent scholar is no exception to this rule. Although his conduct seems despicable, you don't have to blame his intention. It is not because his intention is bad, but because he cannot realize that he is influenced by the spirit of this country. Even a famous great person is like this, so it is natural that the people in this country follow the example.
Young students aspire to the government soon after reading a few books. Townspeople with ambition begin their business under the government's name if they have some money. You have to get the government approval to build a school, preach a sermon, raise cattle and rear silkworms. About seventy to eighty percent of private business are related with the government. Therefore, the people in this country are increasingly influenced by the government and they worship, rely on, fear and flatter it. Nobody expresses his spirit of independence at all and I cannot endure this shame.
In the light of these things, to develop the civilization of this country, you must clean up the spirit which is widespread among the people beforehand. To clear it up, you cannot depend on government ordinances or the people's speech. You must conduct yourself before others and make yourself a good example for the people. But when you look for a person who can be a good example for the people, there is none in farmers, merchants or scholars of Japanese and Chinese studies. Only scholars of Western studies can fulfill the task.
However, there is also the reason that you cannot depend on these people. Recently, they have been increasing gradually. Some translate Western books and some read the translated books and they look they are doing their best. But from my point of view, they look they can only read books but cannot understand them or they can understand books but don't have conscience to practice them, and I cannot help but suspect them.
I suspect that these scholars know there are jobs in the government but don't know jobs in private sector and know how to succeed in the government but don't know the way to stay in private sector. In other words, they cannot avoid bad practices of scholars of Chinese studies as if they wore Western clothes on Chinese body.
For example, I cannot say that there are few good people in the government. When I hear their words and watch their deeds individually, most of them are so generous and good that I think they are not only blameless but even respectful. On the other hand, not all the commoners are spiritless and ignorant. There should be one fair, honest and good person in ten thousand.
However, when these good people gather and govern the county, I cannot appreciate a lot of their political results. And the fair and honest commoner, when he associates with the government, also compromises his principles at once and deceives the officers with lies shamelessly. Why do these good people govern the country like this and why does the good commoner become despicable like this, as if they had two heads with one body?
They are wise individually and foolish as government officers. They are intelligent when they are separated and imbecile when they gather. I must say that the government is the place which wise people gather and act as a fool. What a strange place it is. After all, I suppose that's because they are controlled by the "spirit" and cannot exercise their individual ability. This is why the government hasn't accomplished the developments of academic disciplines, the law and commerce since the Meiji Restoration.
Nevertheless, someone says "the government should use a tentative maneuver to control the ignorant people until they have improved their wisdom and virtue." This should be either to compel the people to civilize or to deceive them into being good. If the government compels the people, they will respond with lies. If the government deceive the people, they will obey it only superficially. You should not call this a good idea. If you could govern the people well, there would no benefit from the standpoint of civilization. This is why I say you should not rely on only the government if you develop the civilization of the country.
Someone says, "The government should use a tentative maneuver to control the ignorant people for a while. After they have improved their wisdom and virtue, it should make them progress to the civilization stage." This is easy to say, hard to do.
Our people around the country had been under the control of tyrannical governments for hundreds or thousands of years. They had not been able to express their opinions, had stolen their safety by cheating and escaped punishment by lying. Cheating and lying have become their necessities for life and faithlessness has become their daily routine. Nobody feels ashamed and has doubts about it. Their sense of shame has all gone away. Under these circumstances, how on earth can they care for the country?
To solve these problems, the government has become more arrogant and been threatening and blaming the people. It has been trying to force them to be faithful. But they have been becoming more faithless on the contrary, as if it were adding fuel to the fire. Eventually, the people have been separated from the government and both of them have produced a kind of formless atmosphere respectively. The atmosphere is called "spirit" in English and you cannot change it easily.
Recently, the government has drastically reformed apparently, but its tyrannical spirit still exists. The people also has gained a few rights seemingly, but their servile and faithless spirit is still the same as before. This "spirit" is formless and invisible. So you cannot illustrate it with one person's one deed. But its influence is very strong and you should clearly recognize its existence by seeing what goes on in the world.