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Co-Founder of Fraud Guarantee, the Company Rudy Giuliani Advised, Has Been Arrested at JFK Airport
by Matt Naham | 11:24 am, October 16th, 2019
David Correia, one of four co-defendants charged last week in the Southern District of New York and the co-founder of the company Fraud Guarantee, was arrested at JFK Airport on Wednesday morning. That company was also co-founded by Rudy Giuliani's Ukrainian-Floridian client Lev Parnas. Parnas and Igor Fruman were arrested last week at Dulles Airport in Virginia while attempting to leave the country via a one-way ticket.
Parnas and Fruman were each hit with two counts of conspiracy, one count of making false statements, and one count of falsification of records. The charges are related to alleged campaign finance violations. Also named in the indictment unsealed last Thursday were defendants Correia and Andrey Kukushkin.
Correia, pictured above in a photo op with President Donald Trump back in 2018, was charged with one count of conspiracy. The same was true for Kukushkin.
JUST IN: David Correia, 1 of the 4 people indicted in an alleged scheme to funnel foreign money and violate FEC laws was taken into custody at New York's JFK airport this morning; the case includes Giuliani associates Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman – @Tom_Winter
— NBC News (@NBCNews) October 16, 2019
The defendants are scheduled to be arraigned on Thursday afternoon.
Giuliani has said that Parnas and his company Fraud Guarantee retained the services of his management and security firm, Giuliani Partners LLC, in August 2018 to consult on business technology and provide legal advice on regulatory issues. Parnas and Fraud Guarantee reportedly paid Giuliani the $500,000 in two installments.
While Giuliani has said publicly that he doesn't need a lawyer at this time — despite his friends' apparent concerns — it does appear that federal prosecutors are trying to get to the bottom of his dealings. Giuliani is a subject of the SDNY investigation.
As for Correia, his bio is still up on the Fraud Guarantee website. It says:
A lifelong entrepreneur, David worked in the commercial mortgage and lending industry. He was part of a team that worked to bring the first "actively traded" commercial mortgage based ETF (exchange traded fund) to market, on the NYSE. David also contributed to the re-structuring of the IR (investor relations) department for one of only 10 publicly traded medical staffing companies.
Early in his career, David owned, operated and successfully sold nationally acclaimed restaurants. After selling his restaurants, David became intimately engaged in the Philadelphia residential real estate market as an investor. This began his career in the industry before moving to the commercial sector.
Prior to his business endeavors, David played professional golf for over 6 years.
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A few good Khasi tales
In the beginning of things, there was vast emptiness. God created two beings out of it – Ramew, the guardian spirit of Earth and her husband Basa, the patron god of villages. They had five children, the Sun, the Moon, Water, Wind and Fire. The family provided for Earth, giving it rich soil, fruits and trees and flowers. All it lacked was a caretaker and so God called upon seven families from Heaven and told them to take care of the Earth and planted a divine tree that served as a golden ladder between Heaven and Earth. Every day, these seven families would climb down from Heaven to Earth to till it and cultivate crops. However, soon humans were discontent and began to steal, swindle, cheat and even kill for gain. Angered, God decided to pull up the Golden Ladder and so the seven families were stranded on Earth and had no option but to make it their home.
The story rings true as I look over the endless emerald of the rolling hills of Meghalaya's Cherapunji-Mawsynram Reserve Forest. We've stopped at a roadside tea kiosk to sip on sweetened black tea. For a split second, as you see the sun peeping through laden clouds, you can also see a ladder from the skies to earth, the golden light its beams.
Like this origin myth, Khasi people have many stories. Their language didn't have a script before the missionaries, when they adopted Roman script.
For centuries, oral stories have carried forward Khasi traditions, their collective knowledge and their ideas, generation to generation. There is a story for everything in Khasi legends. Thunder and lightening, a gigantic boulder that looks like an overturned conical basket, the name of a waterfall, a hill, a forest, a village…everything. They even have a story on how they lost their script. The story goes that once a Bengali and a Khasi scholar had to cross a river. The Bengali tied the books to his hair, while the Khasi put it between his teeth. When crossing, the Khasi, a mountain person, almost drowned. Instinctively he opened his mouth and took a deep breath, swallowing his text by mistake. The Bengali script remained intact. However the Khasi script was lost, though the knowledge remained in people's minds.
One of my favourite stories is about a dragon spirit called thlen. Legend goes that thlen was born near the village of Rangjyrteh, an abandoned village which stood on top of the famous Dainthlen waterfalls. According to the legend, whenever a group of people passed up their way to the village, the dragon-demon would attack and devour half of them. The only way anyone could escape was to walk alone as the thlen couldn't devour a half of a single person. The people of the village approached U Suidnoh, a brave and devout keeper of the grove to get rid of the monster.
U Suidnoh befriended the dragon demon by feeding it goat's flesh daily. After gaining its trust and confidence, he heated a bar of iron in a huge furnace, went to the cave and called out to thlen to open its mouth. When the dragon opened its mouth, he shoved red-hot-iron down his throat. Taken unaware, the thlen violently choked and died. The carcass was cut up and distributed to all for a public feast. A strict instruction was issued that the meat should be ingested at the site and even a single scrap should not be left uneaten as that will allow the monster to spring back to life.
However, an old Khasi woman saved a piece of it to take home for her grandchild. When she reached home, she forgot to give it to the child and lo, the thlen came to life again. In exchanged for sparing her life, the thlen demanded shelter in her house and a regular diet of human blood. It also promised increase of wealth for its keeper. Ever since then, keeping a thlen makes you wealthier, but for that you have to provide sacrifice humans and feed it blood.
It's a tale that cautions against human greed and private ownership of land. Decades before the government made private land owning possible, the land in Meghalaya belong to the community and not individuals. In case the owner died, within a few years, the land would go back to the community, ensuring that a single person's greed didn't destroy the resources meant for all. Something all the more relevant as mining, both legal and illegal, is fast devouring these iron, coal and limestone rich hills, leaving chipped and ravaged empty shells behind.
First published in Discover India. Credit for a few images go to FolksFestival.in
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Home Arabic Digging up the dead in El Salvador to find the truth
Digging up the dead in El Salvador to find the truth
Editor's note: This article contains graphic images.
San Salvador, Salvador – When Israel Ticas isn't in the field, he is doing most of his work in a cold, dimly-lit office with images of often disfigured homicide victims plastered on the wall.
In one image, the skeleton of a woman's body that has been unearthed lies on her grave. Another shows the body of a man who had his mouth sewed shut before being suffocated.
It is here, where Ticas conducts most of his research.
Ticas says that as the country's forensic archaeologist, he has solved more than 500 homicide and missing persons cases.
In his office, he works with his assistant, trying to piece together the cases he has worked on, and keeps in touch with the families of victims that have been either assassinated or have disappeared.
"I have all I need," he says.
Masks, caps, metric tapes, machetes, big and small brushes, cleaning instruments and lamps line the walls.
Ticas's second office is wherever a crime took place or a body has been found. There, he wears a special blue and white suit that protects him from polluting the bodies and is suitable for digging up decomposing corpses.
"My work is not to only take the victims out, I process the scene, I find more information, I understand how was the victim buried, what took place, I'm also a criminologist," he says.
It's a dangerous and daunting task in a country with one of the highest homicide rates in the world. An estimated 10,800 people have disappeared in El Salvador since 2010, according to police reports. Homicide rates peaked in 2016, with nearly 5,300 killed.
"Many of the cases in my country go unpunished, and the families of those victims are secondary victims," Ticas says.
"They are unable to close the cycle of suffering and they will stay in that cycle forever."
Everything Ticas does is captured in photographs, diaries and agendas [Ali Rae/Al Jazeera]
Unusual route to forensics
The 55-year-old got his start in forensic archaeology in 1989 after entering the police force during the Salvadoran war.
After the signing of the peace accord in 1992, Ticas became part of the Division of Scientific Technical Police and the National Civil Police. He also acquired some of his skills in the United States and South Africa.
"I might not have a certification or a degree, specialising in criminology, but I have 20 years of experience," Ticas says.
In 2006, Ticas returned to El Salvador from South Africa with victim identification techniques that were unknown in the country.
Ticas dug his first grave the same year.
The difference between his method, and others, is that he makes an effort to rebuild the scene.
"The other experts, just dedicate their time to find the bodies, and when they find the corpse, they grab it, and pull it out so that Forensic Medicine can identify it," he explains.
"This can be done in 25 minutes, but you lose the body language, you don't understand what happened to it."
Everything Ticas does is captured in photographs, diaries and agendas.
"If you open one of those books you will find the photograph of corpses, describing the methods I used," he says, pointing to a table of stacked books, all of them tell the stories of hundreds of victims.
In recent years, he has developed a technique to preserve both the crime scene and the corpses.
He digs in parallel so that its structure remains untouched.
"When I started working on this, I observed how the cases were processed. They stepped on the corpses, and there wasn't scientific proof of anything," Ticas says.
"So, I started to develop an alternative. I have fused criminology, archaeology and anthropology," he adds.
"As an anthropologist I knew I couldn't step on the corpses, as an archaeologist, I developed a technique to be able to work on the site without touching the crime scene, and as a criminologist I knew, I needed to preserve and recover evidence and micro-evidence to identify the victims as well as the perpetrators."
Some experts in the forensic anthropology field in El Salvador say that Ticas damages the crime scenes because he carries out "aggressive" excavations in which he prioritises the way things look in the tombs and not the conservation of the remains.
According to Legal Medicine, a medical institution supported by the government, the techniques used by Ticas prolong the excavations for too long, and are not practical.
They calculate that it would take a day to recover the remains that the criminologist extracts in three, according to local reports.
But in 2017, Jose Luis Perez Castro, the director of the Latin American Forensic Research Institute, praised Ticas and his work calling him "the maximum exponent in El Salvador and in Latin America when it comes to corpse exhumation".
The Institute of Legal Medicine in El Salvador did not respond to Al Jazeera's request for comment.
"For many, I am a farce. I am a madman, a person who alters and ruins everything. But, in other countries, I am Professor Ticas, the scientist, the engineer who has managed to merge techniques," Ticas says.
In El Salvador disappearances are as much of an everyday phenomenon today as they were during the civil war [Ali Rae/ Al Jazeera]
'No humanity'
Having done the job for more than a decade, Ticas has seen how murder has transformed in the country.
He says in 2006 bodies weren't mutilated and dismembered as they are now.
"One of the new methods is removing the skin from the victim. I think that comes from the movie Hannibal. It's the way the gangs try to show their power by cutting all the pieces and the parts of the bodies," he says.
The bodies he finds are victims of gang violence, robberies and other crimes. Often they are women who were subjected to the most severe forms of torture.
Ticas tries to separate the science of what he does from the emotional toll it can take.
"I do not get into feelings, this is science, this is matter, and this is the shield I use not to break down emotionally," he says.
"I see a body of a child, and while cleaning it, start thinking about how much he probably suffered, my heart begins to feel, and my human side comes in. That's why I'm forced to use my shield," he explains.
But when he does find a body that he wasn't necessarily looking for, he publishes his findings, including a description of the person and a photo, on his three Facebook pages, hoping that a relative will see it.
"This is my human side, my other self, the person looking for missing people," he says.
Reporting for this story was supported by the International Women's Media Foundation as part of the Adelante Latin America Reporting Initiative.
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In spite of all this noise about the bad economy, dwindling market capitalisation and poverty, customers are still definitely buying what they need and more importantly, what they don't need.
Therefore, failing to attract new customers is most likely a failure of business strategy or the absence of one in the first place.
Blaming it on anything else won't get you anywhere. You have to admit that there is a more excellent way of marketing your business and increasing the stream of new customers that find their way to your doorstep.
Zero or little Marketing effort: "For a business not to advertise is like winking at a girl in the dark. You know what you are doing, but she doesn't."Stuart H. Britt, US advertising consultant. Why set up a business if you are unwilling to tell people about your products. You have to make noise about what you sell. Create a buzz. If possible, a nuisance. Be desperate. Practice face to face marketing. Spend if you can.
Bad location: Operating from a hard-to-reach or find location can be the reason why your business fails to attract new customers. Despite your best marketing efforts, you might not be able to attract new customers in your present location. Find a solution or simply change that location.
No online presence: Can you imagine a company in the 21st century without a website or a social media presence? The answer is yes. Probably your company! Gotcha. Your business must be a mouse click away. New customers are on the hunt for your products. But the rules have changed. Hunting is done on phone and tablets and the new bullets are credit cards. Get listed on online directories like TrustOrRun (If You stay in Nigeria). Let the search engines point straight at your business. Use social media such as Facebook to promote your business. It is free. You better get online today and take a bullet.
No recommendations or referrals: Know one is talking about you. Obviously, customers will not stick out their necks for you after a series of disappointing encounters with you. For some customers, one episode of disappointment is all they need. BUT when you offer Quality service and customer care, you make brand evangelists out of your customers. They get to stick out their neck for your product or service because they are sure you won't disappoint. If you know your service is good enough, ask your customers to tell their friends about your business.
Sad but true. You have come to the end of the product lifecycle. Worse still, there is no market for what you offer in that locality. More like selling ice to the Eskimos or fire to hell. Remember, customers' taste change with time or you simply arrived a little too early or too late.
Don't be surprised at this. Actions speak louder than words and your customers sure know how to read them. You might be under the impression that your customers love you, but would they agree? It might have been one of your employees that spread that bad message through an unruly or disrespectful attitude to a customer.
Bad news spread fast. Bad reputation, even faster. Also, solve the problem of not having enough change to give your customers after they have paid you. You don't want to be the business owner "that never has change".
Finally, there are other reasons your business could not be progressing as you anticipated. The key is not to give up. Re-evaluate your business model. Network with those who have succeeded in what you are doing and above else, believe in yourself and seek help.


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The Law Firm of Michael J. Feigin, Esq. handles domain name disputes. Domain name registrations and trademark registrations are separate systems. Owning a trademark does not necessarily mean you have the exclusive right to own a domain name, and owning a domain name does not necessarily mean that you can sell a product sharing a trade name with the domain. Therefore, in certain circumstances, a trademark will entitle you to stop another party from having their domain name and may allow you to gain control over it.
According to ICANN's Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy and based on the licensed arbitrator that you decide to use, a domain name can be taken from another, for example, if:
(i) the domain name is identical or confusingly similar to a trademark or service mark in which the complainant has rights; and
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Tetra Tech: Energy Engineer
Debra Fiakas CFA
by Debra Fiakas CFA
In the coming years power generators will be under pressure to meet new standards for lower carbon emissions embedded in the EPA's Clean Power Plan. Each state has to meet a set of standards set by the EPA based that state's particular circumstances in electrical generation. The carbon pollution limits begin in 2022 and ramp to full effect by 2030.
Power generators could meet standards by reducing harmful emissions from existing fossil fuel-fire plants. Unfortunately, that may prove too costly at some of the older plants. It is logical that power generators will look increasingly to renewable energy sources, creating a welcome boost in demand for firms that serve that sector with design, engineering and other consulting services.
Tetra Tech, Inc. (TTEK: Nasdaq) is a leading provider of engineering, construction and technical services to the energy and infrastructure markets. They also provide a diverse menu of product management and consulting services for resource management, water conservation and environmental improvement. The company has completed projects around the world and appears to have a solid reputation in both developed and emerging markets.
Tetra Tech has a successful track record in all types of power generation, including conventional fuel-powered plants. In my view, its stature is higher in the wind energy market. Indeed, at least one engineering publication ranked Tetra Tech as number two in the world in wind energy project engineering. The company claims to have worked with twenty of the top twenty-five wind power developers and a majority of the wind equipment manufacturers.
One of the reasons the company may have gained such a large presence in wind is its environmental expertise. Tetra Tech personnel working on wind projects know their birds and bats, giving them the extra knowhow to help their clients resolve environmental objections.
Tetra Tech showed other valuable qualities in its work as the prime contractor for the Fire Island Wind Project near Anchorage, Alaska. The 17.6 megawatt project eliminates the need for burning about 500 million cubic feet of natural gas. The location is an uninhabited island where the turbines are the least disruptive. However, the location also posed significant logistical and safety challenges during the construction phase. The company completed construction of the eleven 1.6 megawatt wind towers, turbines and connecting facilities ahead of schedule and with no incidents or injuries.
Interestingly, Tetra Tech itself sees other opportunities as better growth markets. The company is targeting the coal ash problem created by fossil fuel-powered plants. Likewise, management has identified the conventional oil and gas industry as low risk because the oil majors typically have strong spending budgets for environmental management. Indeed, Tetra Tech really shines when it comes to cleaning up the 'nasty by-products' of the energy industry as we know it today.
Tetra Tech reported $1.75 billion in revenue in the twelve months ending June 2015, providing $93.4 million in net income or $1.49 per share. The company is a consistent generator of cash, delivering $147.2 million in operating cash flow in that same twelve month period. As a solidly profitable company, it is surprising that its stock is trading at 13.6 times the consensus estimate for the fiscal year ending September 2016. A forward dividend yield of 1.3% and a $200 million stock buyback program make the stock even more interesting.
Debra Fiakas is the Managing Director of Crystal Equity Research, an alternative research resource on small capitalization companies in selected industries.
Neither the author of the Small Cap Strategist web log, Crystal Equity Research nor its affiliates have a beneficial interest in the companies mentioned herein. Crystal Equity Research has issued a Buy rating on TTEK.
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When Cherry Tucker's invited to paint the "kill portrait" for the winner of Big Rack Lodge's Hogzilla hunt, it seems like a paid vacation. Back home in Halo, a Hatfield-McCoy-style standoff builds between Luke and Cherry's families. She's ready for a weekend away, hobnobbing with rich and famous hunters, where she can forget her troubles and nobody knows her name.
As Georgia sunshine turns to bleak December rain, Cherry's R&R goes MIA when she finds a body in the woods. While the police believe the local drunk took an accidental spill, Cherry has her doubts, particularly when a series of malicious pranks are targeted at the rifle toting contestants. With loyal companions at her side—sort-of-ex-husband Todd and a championship bayer named Buckshot—Cherry tracks suspects through a forest full of pitfalls and perils. And all the while, a killer's stalking the hunt party with a bead on Cherry.
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'Five Days at Memorial' limited series heading to Apple TV+
Evan Selleck ∙ September 1, 2020
Apple TV+ officially announced yet another limited series coming to the streaming service in the near future. This one's based on an award-winning nonfiction book.
It's called Five Days at Memorial, and it's based on the National Books Critics Award winner nonfiction title of the same name. This limited series is from John Ridley (12 Years a Slave) and Emmy Award winner Carlton Cuse (Locke & Key). The pair will be serving as show runners and executive producers, while Ridley will also be handling directing duties.
Based on the novel by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Sheri Fink, "Five Days At Memorial" chronicles the first five days in a New Orleans hospital after Hurricane Katrina made landfall. When the floodwaters rose, the power failed and the heat climbed, exhausted caregivers were forced to make life-and-death decisions that haunted them for years to come. Sheri Fink will executive produce alongside Ridley and Cuse.
There isn't a trailer to go along with the news, and there isn't even a first look just yet. That's to be expected, considering it was just announced. We don't have a release date for the limited series, either. But all of that should come in short order, now that it's officially official.
Did you check out the novel the series is based on? If so, looking forward to seeing it recreated on the screen?
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"For the surest way to prevent Seditions is to take away the Matter to them. For if Fuell be prepared it is hard to tell whence the Spark shall come that shall set it on Fire. The Matter of Seditions is of Two kindes–Much Poverty and Much Discontent."
EVENTS moved fast. Already the Moslems suspected that Constitution was an attack on their religion. Throughout Ramazan they ran through the Christian quarters at night, yelling, beating on doors, breaking lamps. The Young Turk Committee when appealed to was powerless. The old troops had all left. Their pay, by the way, was "borrowed" from the Christians, who "lent" it lest their shops be looted. The new recruits had but just come in, and were all undrilled. Police force there was none sufficient. A crowd of Moslems demanded the closing of the club the Christians had just opened. The Young Turks admitted the club's right to exist, but ordered its closure, unable, in truth, to protect it.
Austria annexed Bosnia. This still further incensed the Moslems both against the Catholics (who are nominally under Austrian protection) and against the Young Turks for submitting to it.
Three times rumours came in that war had begun. "Let it come," said every one, "no matter where or with whom." War might smash up the new regime. On one point Christian and Moslem agreed; Albania had never yet entirely accepted Turkish rule, and would not be cheated out of its rights by Young Turks. "It would be a second Turkish conquest."
It was hoped at first the Constitution really meant some reform. When the Christians found things worse than before, their hopes faded. One special "reform" hoped for was that among those to be arrested and made to disgorge their plunder, would be Ezzad Bey, called the "tyrant of Tirana," of whom in the neighbourhood of Tirana I heard much complaint. He was "abroad for his health." Folk said he would not dare return. When the revolution had been effected, however, he returned and announced that he was on the Young Turk side, and was put on the Committee of Union and Progress. This shook folks' faith as to the beneficial nature of the progress to be made.
The elections drew near. The electoral district of Scutari includes nearly all the Christian tribes, and, at a moderate computation, there are two Christians to one Moslem. When this transpired, the authorities proceeded to disqualify Christians in numbers. The mountain men then sent deputies to the Archbishop. He called a large meeting of town and mountain Christians, which debated two days. He then telegraphed to the Grand Vezir and the Djimiets at Constantinople, Saloniki, and Monastir, asking only for a fair count. He received no reply at all. But a telegram was sent to the Vali, bidding him proceed with the election. The Archbishop asked to see the telegram, and was refused. He called to speak with the Vali, and was not admitted.
Next day a ballot-box was sent to the Cathedral grounds, and the Christians were told to vote. They replied that as the result was a foregone conclusion, and the electorate had not been chosen according to the rules of the Constitution, they would not. Also all notices about the election had been given out in Turkish–understood by very few, and not in the language of the people, as set forth by the rules. Two Moslems were elected. I asked why further protest had not been made, and was told: "This is the first election, and will be the last. Why trouble?"
Others lamented bitterly, saying, "But a few weeks ago we were so happy. We thought at last justice would be done. Fools that we were. Cursed be he that putteth his faith in a Turk. The wolf can change his hair, but not his habits."
National development and fair play had been hoped for. But when Dervish Hima, a well-known Albanian literary man, returned to Scutari after a long absence in Europe, he was arrested for speaking of the hopes of Albania and thrown into prison. There was no Albanian nation, said the new Government; all were Ottomans.
No Albanian will call himself an Ottoman. Dervish Hima made such an admirable defense that the court could not convict him. He was sent to Saloniki for re-trial, and finally, after much delay, acquitted. But the affair made a very bad impression.
About this time the Greeks pointed out that, according to the broken Berlin Treaty, certain lands round Janina should be Greek. The Turks then called on the Albanian nation, whose existence they had before denied, to defend their lands.
Meanwhile the unlucky fifteen Shala and Shoshi men, arrested in the first week of the Constitution, had been over two months untried in prison. Appeals to the Djimiet, pointing out they had broken no law, elicited only the reply, "No time to attend to it."
Finally the mountain men, furious, threatened to descend on the town and force their release. They were then set free. But it was too late to restore the shattered faith of the tribes.
"Why," I was asked on all sides, "do the English people, who have a hundred times declared the Turk unfit to rule, believe he has changed his whole nature in twenty-four hours? Why, after holding out hopes to the Balkan peoples, do they now rejoice to nail us once more under the Turk? Why should we suffer because it suits British politics that the Turk should remain?"
"The Constitution is but a temporary affair that will not ultimately upset our plans," said Bulgaria sweetly.
"We shall support it till we are quite ready to move, and not a moment longer," said Greece decidedly.
"Its existence would be the ruin of all our national hopes," said Servia and Montenegro sadly.
"England has betrayed us!" cried all the Balkan peoples aghast: "where are those Liberal friends in whom we believed, and who urged each of us in turn 'to go in and win'?"
"We have the whole German army behind us, and shall take what we please. You (England) can do nothing!" cried Austria jubilant.
It was not until I came to London in December (1908) that I met people who really believed in "Konstitutzioon."
In the Balkan Peninsula, as elsewhere, the fittest survive in the struggle for existence. The next few years should be interesting.
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Jamaica's Ambassador to the United States, His Excellency Stephen Vasciannie, has lauded Jamaican student, Tajaun Gibbison, on his performance in the just concluded 2014 Scripps Spelling Bee competition.
Tajaun, Jamaica's 2014 Spelling Bee winner, performed creditably to finish among the top 10 of the 281 participants in the Scripps competition.
His Excellency Stephen Vasciannie pointed out that Tajuan's display demonstrates that Jamaica has evolved into a formidable "academic powerhouse."
Tajaun, Jamaica's 2014 Spelling Bee winner, performed creditably to finish among the top 10 of the 281 participants in the Scripps competition, which was held in the U.S. capital, Washington, D.C.
"We see young Tajaun's performance as a vindication of the quality of education that is available in Jamaica, and an affirmation of the sterling contribution of the Gleaner and coach, Rev. Glenn Archer, to education enhancement over the years," the Ambassador stated.
His comments were made during a courtesy call paid on him by Tajuan, and his mother, Yvonne Gibbison, at the Jamaican Embassy, on May 30, ahead of their return to the island.
They were accompanied by Rev. Archer; and Business Development and Marketing Manager at the Gleaner Company Limited, main sponsor of the local Spelling Bee competition, Nordia Craig.
In commending Tajuan, Ambassador Vasciannie told him that: "all members of the Embassy team, and Jamaicans all over, watched the competition on Thursday night, May 29, with great pride as you placed Jamaica among the top 10 in the Scripps National competition. Your performance was of the highest standard, making you an excellent ambassador for Jamaica."
Mr. Vasciannie pointed out that Tajuan's display demonstrates that Jamaica has evolved into a formidable "academic powerhouse."
In his response, Tajaun expressed satisfaction with his performance, and credited God, his parents, and coach, for the preparation which enabled him to advance and place among the competition's top 10 participants.
Tajuan said he was proud to represent his country, adding that "my wish is that next year's champion will do well, and even supersede me."
Rev. Archer paid tribute to the Gleaner Company's facilitation of Jamaica's Spelling Bee programme, which, he contended, bodes well for the country's academic advancement.
He pointed out that Jamaica's Spelling Bee programme has produced 26 national champions, adding that "our spellers have performed excellently over the years."
"When our Spelling Bee entrants can enter the USA and do well among those who excel here, it says a lot about our country," he said.
Jamaica's first and only Scripps National Spelling Bee champion is Jody-Anne Maxwell, who won the competition in 1998.


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Source: In: Burns, R.; Robinson, K., comps. Proceedings of the 2006 Northeastern Recreation Research Symposium; 2006 April 9-11; Bolton Landing, NY. Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-P-14. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station: 597-600.
This study explores perceptions of wilderness recreationists in the eastern United States, with a focus on definitions of wilderness areas and factors that may decrease enjoyment of the wilderness experience. The eventual aim is to compare these data with information collected from wilderness users in the western United States. The few studies performed on this comparison over the past 25 years have produced inconsistent results and indicated a need for more research. This survey was conducted at wilderness areas in the Allegheny National Forest in Pennsylvania.
Palso, Nicholas; Graefe, Alan. 2007. Eastern wilderness users: perceptions from two small wilderness areas. In: Burns, R.; Robinson, K., comps. Proceedings of the 2006 Northeastern Recreation Research Symposium; 2006 April 9-11; Bolton Landing, NY. Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-P-14. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station: 597-600.


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Hammerfest or Hámmárfeasta is a town that is also the administrative centre of Hammerfest Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. It is located on the northwestern coast of the island of Kvaløya, just north of the village of Rypefjord and southwest of the village of Forsøl. The  town has a population (2017) of 8,052 which gives the town a population density of .

The town has an ice-free harbor, including the nearby island of Melkøya which is home to a natural gas processing station. It processes gas from the Snøhvit gas field in the Barents Sea. Rypefjord is a suburb to the south of the town. The main church for the town and municipality is Hammerfest Church. The "midnight sun" is above the horizon from 15 May to 31 July, and the period with continuous daylight lasts a bit longer. Polar night, on the other hand, lasts from 23 November to 19 January. The town is visited by cruise ships from all over the world each summer. In 2016, there were about 19,000 tourists who visited the town of Hammerfest.

Hammerfest is the northernmost town in Norway with a population above 5,000 people.  Towns in Norway must have a population above 5,000 for that legal distinction. The nearby town of Honningsvåg in Norway is further north, but it has fewer than 5,000 inhabitants (it was declared to be a town due to a technicality in the law at the time). This is a point of contention between the two towns who both claim to be the northernmost town in Norway.  Hammerfest also claims to the world's northernmost "town" with over 5,000 inhabitants, although there are many smaller "northernmost settlements" in the world.

History
1684: Hammerfest gets its first church: Hammerfest Church.  The population is around 60 people.
1764: Russia begins to send ships with grain to Hammerfest, the so-called Pomor trade.
17 July 1789: Hammerfest receives "town status"
1792: The first doctor arrives in Hammerfest.
1807–1814: The city is ravaged by plague and wars. The blockade by the British vessels during the Napoleonic Wars lead to major food shortages.
1809: The city is looted by two British brigs.
1839: Hammerfest's first firefighter is employed.
1859: The first lighthouse in Finnmark is constructed: Fuglenes Lighthouse.
1868: The first water plant in the town is built.
1870: A telegraph station, which is used by all of Finnmark, is built.
1890: Two-thirds of the city is destroyed by fire.
1891: Reconstruction of the city begins. A Methodist chapel is opened.
1891: Hammerfest becomes the first town in Norway and Northern Europe with electric streetlights.
1940: After the German occupation of Norway the German Navy used the harbor of the city as a base.
14 February 1944: A Soviet aircraft bombed the city for the first time, but the damage was small.
29 August 1944: A similar, but far more powerful air assault, a number of buildings and streets in the city and ships on the harbour were destroyed. When the Germans retreated, they finalized the destruction.
November 1944: the Germans began systematically burning all the settlements in Finnmark, including Hammerfest.
February 1945: citizens are forcibly evacuated by the German authorities. Only one building was left standing, a burial chapel. This was built in 1937 and is the oldest house still existing in the town.
1989: Hammerfest celebrates its 200th anniversary as a city.
2003: Melkøysund Tunnel is completed connecting the town to the island of Melkøya.
2007: The Snøhvit plant on Melkøya becomes operational in September. It is the biggest industrial development in Northern Norway.

Municipal history
The municipality called Hammerfest by og landdistrikt was established on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). It included the town of Hammerfest and the vast rural district surrounding it.  The law required that all towns should be separated from their rural districts, but because of low population, and very few voters, this was impossible to carry out for Hammerfest in 1838. (This was also the case in the towns of Vadsø and Vardø.)  In 1839, the northern district (population: 498) was separated to become the new municipality of Maasø.  This left Hammerfest by og landdistrikt with 2,024 residents.  On 1 January 1852, Hammerfest was divided.  The rural district outside of the town (population: 1,256) became the new municipality of Hammerfest landdistrikt.  This left just the town remaining in what was once a vast municipality of Hammerfest.   The town at this time had 1,125 residents. (The rural district was later divided into two municipalities with Sørøysund in the north and Kvalsund in the south.)  On 1 January 1992, the town of Hammerfest (population: 6,909) was merged with the neighboring municipality of Sørøysund (population: 2,341) to form a new, larger Hammerfest Municipality.

Climate

Media gallery

See also
List of towns and cities in Norway

References

Cities and towns in Norway
Port cities and towns in Norway
Populated places of Arctic Norway

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Connect To A Counselor
An individual whether a man or a woman has similar psychological needs but how active any need is in a woman depends on how society has shaped her. Whether she is capable of acknowledging her needs and to act in order to fulfill them depends on the conditioning she has. Earlier the notion of a woman being merely someone's daughter, wife or a mother has been long challenged and women of the 21st century see themselves a lot more than this. They are individuals first, who have a set of needs, goals, and aspirations of their own.
The female population makes up almost half of the world's population. It is of utmost importance that women also enjoy equal opportunities in all walks of life and have true freedom to make their own choices and decisions. However, due to social constructs such as gender roles, patriarchy, stereotypes and prejudices against women, many women in our society are still making compromises of their true choices. Letting go of what one really wants in his or her life can be mentally distressing.
Social barriers still do not let a large population of women to be themselves. This may include not being able to study enough, getting married by a certain age due to societal or family pressure, not being into professions that are male-dominated, making a choice between career and marriage, facing gender discrimination at work, wage-gap, and many more.
According to WHO, gender is seen to be a critical determinant in mental health concerns as per substantial research body and women are at greater risk of clinical disorders such as depression, anxiety, and somatic complaints when combined with gender-based roles, stressors, and negative life experiences and events in their lives.
Due to changing trends, women have been constantly trying to break stereotypes in the context of job types, interests and hobbies. The gender roles are less rigid, women are not just nurturers now, they are providers too. In the era of women earning for themselves and their families, they are facing certain concerns too. They have to juggle multiple roles and this can put a lot of pressure on them risking them to mental health concerns.
There could be multiple factors behind the vulnerability of women. Be it cultural inhibitions, lack of financial support, lack of opportunities, gender-based discrimination or personal responsibilities, women often give up on themselves, their passions, dreams, and aspirations. Women empowerment in society facilitates to bring equality for both genders and helps women by providing them strength and courage to become the decision maker of their own lives.
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Women Self Empowerment
Want to pursue a career but the world says you're not meant for it?
Finding it difficult to adjust to motherhood
Struggling with equality for women at home or work?
It can be challenging to adjust to new lifestyle post marriage
Factors that adversely affect women's mental health
STEREOTYPES-
There are things considered right or wrong for women by the society. These arise out of the social constructs and gender characteristics. Stereotype leading to poor mental health of women may include pressure to take up a career they don't like because it is considered a respectable profession for them such as teaching or medical. Expectations to be a good cook and homemaker can be other examples.
GENDER ROLES-
Include the roles that are put on an individual due to his or her gender identity, for example, a woman is considered to be a caregiver, she is expected to become a mother someday. A woman who let's say is an entrepreneur and wants to nurture her start-up instead of children at a certain point in time in her life. She feels she is not ready to be a mother, she is looked down upon. Family, relatives, society put pressure on her, questions her choice. This can be a major source of stress for women and risk her for mental health issues.
PREJUDICES-
Even stereotypes, gender roles, social barriers such as patriarchy, develop prejudices against women. Gender discrimination in the professional front is one of the biggest examples of prejudice. Women are not given job roles that can be physically challenging as they are not considered 'Manly' enough. Women are not considered good leaders in the work front. They are considered bad drivers, technologically backward. These are all prejudices.
CHANGING ROLES-
A woman faces psychological distress a lot of times in her life. When there is any transition from one phase to another, it requires psychological adjustment. For women, it may involve getting married, going to in-laws house, becoming a mother, maintaining a work-life balance. Whenever there is a new role adding on to her life there can be stress and conflicts, the environment shall provide support to her or it may become mentally exhaustive for a woman.
PHYSIOLOGY OF A WOMAN-
A woman's body too, goes through a lot of changes. Starting right from adolescence to late adulthood. When puberty is attained there are a lot of hormonal changes, contributing to a lot of emotional and mood changes. There is a need for adult support at this time. When a woman goes through pregnancy and childbirth there are again a lot of physical and emotional changes that happen. Many women after childbirth are also at risk of Postpartum Depression due to these changes. Many women are not even aware of the emotional changes and all this is manifested in their professional and personal lives as mood regulation issues.
How Can Counseling Bring Women Empowerment?
Empowering women psychologically by Counseling process would include working on building their self-esteem and self-efficacy by focusing on how they see themselves.
Counseling can help you develop self-awareness so that you can understand and address your physical as well as emotional needs in a better way.
It can help you enhance self- confidence and gain positivity about who you are, be proud of what your journey has been and the battles you have fought.
Counseling can ultimately lead to the overall wellbeing and happiness of women. Through counseling, you can be the woman who has the capacity to increase self-image and conquer stigma.
Gain awareness and cope with the stress and trauma of the past, present as well as future.
Session Structure
HISTORY TAKING-
In the beginning, two sessions are required to form a rapport with the client as this is the base of a therapeutic relationship between the counselor and client. This includes listening to your concern in detail, providing an environment where you can freely share the challenges you are facing. The main focus is given to you as a person, your individuality is explored.
EXPLORING YOUR LIFE EVENTS-
Since the therapy aims to work on your empowerment that would include working on the person you are, initial 3-4 therapy sessions, therefore, try to understand what life events have shaped you and your identity. How your ideas and viewpoints are different from those around you, these differences cause interpersonal as well as intrapersonal conflicts leading to extreme sadness, mood disturbances and loss of interest. Based on these therapy goals are .
INSIGHT BUILDING AND WORKING ON BELIEFS-
After discussing the 'why' aspect of the problems, thought patterns, core beliefs, regarding your gender identity and behaviors leading to low self-perception, self-fulfilling prophecies and confused ideas of self are working upon. Certain core beliefs may be discovered such as "I am not capable", "I am not good enough", "I am bad at Maths, Driving, Direction, etc" are challenged and changed using therapy techniques such as CBT, REBT. Many tasks here are to change your narrative of what and how you are.
FOLLOW UP-
Follow up sessions help the counselor to understand how you are implementing the insight and techniques taught to real-life situations. Any challenge you encounter are then addressed in these sessions.
Adolescence can be a very challenging time for girls as they are undergoing so many physical and hormonal changes. There are a lot of female specific issues that are considered taboo and are talked about in a hushed manner, which makes it very difficult to get the right guidance. At this stage it can be very healthy to have someone to talk to in an open and safe space.
Most women are still not encouraged to give their careers top priority and are supposed to have a job mostly as a hobby or as a source of extra income. They are primarily supposed to take care of the family's needs, which can be especially stressful for women who love their jobs and choose to focus on their careers. These are personal choices which should be accepted and respected.
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Marriage is a big change in a women's life as they have to adjust in a completely new family and take many new responsibilities. And for some working women getting married is added pressure from family and society. Through understanding and communication we are able to find some common grounds and create amicable atmosphere around us .
Childbirth is nothing short of a miracle and can be a life altering experience for a lot of women but for some, pregnancy can be quite distressing as well. And unplanned pregnancies within as well as outside of marriage can be particularly stressful. By keeping a positive and rational outlook towards life decisions we are better able to handle such stressful situations.
Gender Based Discrimination
We hear so much about women empowerment and how it is the need of the hour but still women all across different strata of society encounter some or the other form of gender based discrimination. It happens at home, school, college and even in offices. It can be very helpful to have a strong support system and we as a community need to acknowledge women as equals.
Pregnancy is a beautiful yet challenging journey and hence it is necessary to be mentally prepared for the physical as well as emotional changes that accompany this phase. Undoubtedly having a baby is a beautiful gift but it's important to set realistic expectations from this experience to better prepare oneself for the onslaught of changes that a woman undergoes.
Conflicts are commonplace and occur when there are disagreements or clashes about ideologies, beliefs etc, and families are no exception to it either. In a society like ours, where we mostly have joint families, such situations are nothing new, especially among -in. Positive conflict resolution and open communication are the pillars of healthy, happy relationships.
Feeling Beautiful
The definition of beauty is quite subjective. As it's said that beauty lies in the eye of the beholder, the idea is not to view yourself from other people's eyes but to see yourself through your own perspective as a unique individual. No matter what size one wears, or what color our skin is, we are beautiful just the same. Let's not other people's perspective of beauty diminish our self esteem and sense of self-worth.
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As a full-time graduate student, you are automatically opted in to the York University Graduate Students' Association (YUGSA) health & dental plan.
The YUGSA plan is mandatory for all full-time graduate students and optional for part time students. The health plan fee appears in your student account as 'GSA Healthcare' in September.
What Should I Know About the Health Plan?
Your coverage period is September 1, 2018 to August 31, 2019.
Your plan provider is Claim Secure.
You should review all of your plan details (such as drug coverage, dental, vision and plan extensions) here.
But I already have health coverage.
Students with comparable coverage are allowed to opt out and family members are allowed to opt in to the plan through THIS LINK.
The deadline to opt out of the plan is September 30, 2018.
The deadline to opt in is November 30, 2018.
If you have questions, please email the Health Plan Coordinator at health@yugsa.ca.


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Bear Reports at Table Rock Picnic Area
Pisgah National Forest staff report several recent instances of bear encounters in the Table Rock Picnic Area on the Grandfather Ranger District. Please exercise caution in this area, and always be aware of your surroundings.
Black bears in the wild are opportunistic, feeding on whatever is readily available. Food odors and improperly stored garbage will attract bears to campsites and picnic areas, even when humans are around. Though bears are naturally afraid of humans, bears habituated to human food can begin to associate human scents with the reward of food. Due to this, bears can become a threat to humans, property, and themselves. Remember, a fed bear is a dead bear.
You can protect yourself and protect bears by storing trash and food in safe locations during your visit. This can be done by keeping items in bear-proof canisters, inside trailers, and in the trunk of a vehicle. Food and trash left in passenger areas of vehicles can still attract bears and potentially lead to property damage. Do not leave food or coolers unattended. Never store scented items in your tent, including toothpaste, deodorant, beverages, or snacks. Pick up all garbage around your site, including inside fire rings, grills, and tables and properly store with your food or dispose in a bear-proof trash receptacle.
If a bear is observed nearby, pack up food and trash immediately and vacate the area. If necessary, attempt to scare the animal away with loud shouts or making noise. If a bear approaches, do not run, but move away slowly and get into a vehicle or building. In the event of a bear attack, do not play dead. Try to fight back and act aggressively. Carrying EPA registered bear spray is another way to combat bear attacks.
If you encounter a bear while on the forest, please inform the district office. You can find more information by visiting fs.usda.gov/nfsnc
Armed Suspect Search Closes Portions of Pisgah Ranger District
On Saturday, July 22, 2017, Transylvania County Sheriff's Deputies received a BOLO from Henderson County in reference to a suspect vehicle in a breaking and entering in Mills River near the Transylvania and Henderson County Line. Later this same morning, Patrol Deputies with the Transylvania County Sheriff's Office located a vehicle matching the description in Pisgah National Forest, just off U.S. Highway 276 North. When a patrol deputy attempted to initiate a vehicle stop on Avery's Creek Road, the suspect refused to stop and a vehicle pursuit ensued.
The suspect continued on Avery's Creek Road, and at one point quickly exited his vehicle, and stole a mountain bike, while pointing a firearm (unknown handgun) at the victim / owner. The suspect placed the stolen bike in his vehicle, and the vehicle pursuit continued. TCSO Deputies were unable to make contact at that instance due to the crowded nature of hikers and campers on the roadway. The suspect then blocked the roadway, parking his vehicle sideways, got on the stolen mountain bike, and fled into the woods.
A perimeter was established in the area, and the Transylvania County Sheriff's Office Special Response Team (SRT) was called out to attempt to locate the suspect. Other agencies assisting in the manhunt include the Brevard Police Department, the U.S. Forest Service Law Enforcement, the NC State Highway Patrol (including helicopter support), the Henderson County Sheriff's Office (including a Special Response Team), the NC State Bureau of Investigation, and the Buncombe County Sheriff's Office. At the time of this press release, the suspect has not been located.
The suspect has been positively identified as Phillip Michael Stroupe II (photo and updates here), Date of Birth 7/25/1978 (38 years old), with a last known address of Weaverville, NC. He is described as a white male, approximately 5-feet 8-inches tall, with a small build; he has a shaved head and a large distinct tattoo on his neck just under his chin. HE IS CONSIDERED ARMED AND DANGEROUS. The suspect has a history of violence and resisting law enforcement. He has outstanding warrants in Buncombe County for kidnapping, and he also has pending charges in Yancey County.
If anyone has any information, please contact the Transylvania County Sheriff's Office at (828) 884-3168.
The latest closure information:
Highway 276 on the Pisgah Ranger District and Davidson River Road (#475) have now reopened.
Attractions along Highway 276 are now open except for the Cradle of Forestry. Sliding Rock is open but restrooms are closed and no lifeguards are on duty today. Regular operations will resume tomorrow.
Remaining closed are North Mills River Campground, Wash Creek Group Horse Camp, Yellow Gap Road, and Wash Creek Road due to continued law enforcement activities in those areas.
Numerous law enforcement agencies led by Transylvania County Sheriff's Office are engaged in a search for a suspect who is known to be armed and dangerous.
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Pisgah National Forest issues Warning about Black Bears in the Pink Beds Vicinity
The Pisgah National Forest is warning visitors going to the Pink Beds in the Pisgah Ranger District to be on the look-out for black bears.
The warning comes after a recent bear encounter was reported by campers in the Pink Beds. The encounter resulted in minor property damage and no injuries. The campers reported that the bear rummaged through their belongings after they heard the bear and left the site. The campers also reported that their food was stored in the trunk of their car.
This time of the year black bears are opportunistically looking for food that campers and trail users bring on their trips. While black bear attacks on people are rare, such attacks have resulted in human fatalities.
To avoid bear attacks, experts recommend the following:
* If you notice a bear nearby, pack up your food and trash immediately and vacate the area as soon as possible.
* If a bear approaches, move away slowly; do not run. Get into a vehicle or a secure building.
* If necessary, attempt to scare the animal away with loud shouts, by banging pans together, or throwing rocks and sticks at it.
If you are attacked by a black bear, try to fight back using any object available. Act aggressively and intimidate the bear by yelling and waving your arms. Playing dead is not appropriate.
Visitors are encouraged to prevent bear interactions by practicing these additional safety tips:
* Do not store food in tents
* Properly store food and scented items like toothpaste by using a bear-proof container
* Clean up food or garbage around fire rings, grills, or other areas of your campsite
* Do not leave food unattended
* Never run away from a bear—back away slowly and make lots of noise
The large number of bear sightings and encounters in the past few years has led to required use of bear-proof canisters in the Shining Rock and Graveyard Fields areas. Backcountry users must use commercially-made canisters constructed of solid, non-pliable material manufactured for the specific purpose of resisting entry by bears.
Join Park Rangers for Smokies Service Days
Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials are excited to announce a new opportunity for the public to participate in service projects across the park. Park staff have coordinated ten Smokies Service Days on Saturdays beginning July 22 through October 28. Individuals and groups are invited to sign up for any of the scheduled service projects that interest them including unique opportunities to help care for park cemeteries, campgrounds, trails, roadsides, rivers, and native plant gardens.
This new volunteer program will help complete much needed work across the park and is ideal for those seeking to fulfill community service requirements including students, scout troops, civic organizations, visitors, families, and working adults with busy schedules. Each project will provide tasks appropriate for a wide range of ages. Volunteer projects will begin at 9:00 a.m. and last until noon on Saturday mornings. In addition, each project will be followed by an optional enrichment adventure to immerse participants in the abundant natural and cultural resources of the park.
Tools and safety gear, including gloves and high visibility safety vests, will be provided by park staff. Participants will be required to wear long sleeve shirts, long pants, closed-toe shoes, and bring water. Volunteers planning to stay for the optional enrichment activity must also bring a sack lunch.
Those interested in volunteering need to contact Project Coordinator, Logan Boldon, at 865-436-1278 or logan_boldon@partner.nps.gov at least three days prior to the scheduled event date to register.
Service opportunities include:
July 22: Litter Patrol on the Spur
August 5: Gardening at Oconaluftee
August 12: Cemetery Rehabilitation at Elkmont
August 26: Campground Clean-Up at Elkmont
September 9: Campground Clean-Up at Smokemont
September 30: Trail Rehabilitation for National Public Lands Day
October 7: Farm Maintenance at Oconaluftee
October 14: Vegetation Management at Twin Creeks
October 21: Historic Preservation and Campground Clean-Up at Cataloochee
October 28: Litter Patrol and Stream Restoration at Deep Creek
Smokies Reminds Visitors about Clingmans Dome Road Closure for the Solar Eclipse Event
Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials are reminding visitors that Clingmans Dome Road will be closed to all access beginning at 11:00 p.m. on Saturday, August 19 through the evening of Monday, August 21 following the event. No overnight parking will be allowed at Clingmans Dome Parking Area or pull-offs, parking areas, and trailheads along the road during this time period. The road will be closed to all motorists, pedestrians, and bicyclists.
During the closure, all trails, campsites and shelters in the backcountry will remain open, but backpackers should carefully consider the road closure when planning their itineraries. All vehicles must be clear of Clingmans Dome Road by 11:00 p.m. Saturday, August 19. An interactive map is available on the park website at http://go.nps.gov/GRSM_ECLIPSE where backcountry users can view which backcountry campsites are within the path of totality.
Clingmans Dome Road is the only park road closed for the solar eclipse event, but park visitors should be prepared for high volume traffic across all park roads on Monday, August 21. Vehicles cannot stop in the roadway and must be parked in designated parking areas. If roads become congested or cause a safety concern, rangers may temporarily close them to additional inbound traffic until after the eclipse to reduce traffic congestion and allow access for emergency response. Visitors should expect temporary road closures throughout the day.
While the western half of the park lies within the path of totality, there are limited roads and parking areas available for travel. The risk of traffic jams and road closures is likely to increase throughout the morning of August 21. Managers suggest that visitors plan ahead to find the right eclipse experience for their situation. Many communities outside of the national park are hosting special events to observe and celebrate the celestial phenomena and those locales may be a great alternative for locals or travelers not wanting to risk traffic congestion in the park. Visit the park website for more information at www.nps.gov/grsm/planyourvisit/2017-solar-eclipse.htm.
Partnership Rekindled Between Smokies and the Oconaluftee Job Corps Center
Great Smoky Mountains National Park and U.S. Forest Service officials gathered to announce the re-establishment of an important partnership between the Oconaluftee Job Corps Civilian Conservation Center (JCCCC) and the park. The two organizations signed an agreement establishing a pathway for career developmental opportunities for youth.
"We are fortunate to have the Oconaluftee Job Corps Center in our backyard," said Park Superintendent Cassius Cash. "This partnership will allow hard-working youth an opportunity to acquire important, trade skills as they work alongside park staff. These skills can help them transition into the workforce of tomorrow."
This partnership will provide robust training opportunities for students which will enable them to support the National Parks commitment to the preservation and conservation of our public lands. Students will receive on-the-job training and hands-on experience by working jointly with national park staff in the protection of resources, prescribed fire, facility maintenance, and administration.
"We are truly elated to partner with the National Park Service," said Oconaluftee Job Corps Center Director Jimmy Copeland. "This partnership brings education, awareness, and training opportunities to our youth thus creating pipelines for employment and resource awareness in their future. Great Smoky Mountains National Park is an integral part of the success of our center and we are excited to work more closely with them in serving our communities."
Over the past 30 years, students from the Oconaluftee JCCCC have assisted the park in the removal of exotic plant species, treatment of forest insect pests, facility construction, and wildland fire fighting. Some students have gone on to receive seasonal and permanent employment with the National Park Service. This renewed partnership will allow students to receive important certifications along with job training.
The Oconaluftee JCCCC is nestled within Great Smoky Mountain National Park in Cherokee, NC. The Job Corps program is the nation's largest residential, educational, and career technical training program that prepares economically disadvantaged youth, ranging in age from 16 to 24, for productive employment. Job Corps Civilian Conservation Centers (JCCCCs) are associated with national forests or grasslands and are operated by the Forest Service under an inter-agency agreement with the U.S. Department of Labor, which has the overall management of the Job Corps program.
USDA Forest Service operates 26 JCCCCs that span seven Forest Service regions, 23 national forests and grasslands and 17 states with a capacity to house, educate, and train over 5,000 enrollees. In addition to offering enrollees the opportunity to earn their high school diploma or general equivalency diploma, and enroll in college classes, JCCCCs offer vocational training in more than 30 occupations, many of which are pre-apprenticeship programs managed international trade unions.
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Is the Expropriation Bill an effective tool for land tr...
Is the Expropriation Bill an effective tool for land transformation?
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By Zukiswa Pikoli
Land activists say that the only way the Expropriation Bill will be effective in redressing spatial apartheid is if there is political will from the current government after having failed to do so for 27 years.
On Thursday, 4 March, the Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies hosted a webinar discussion on the Expropriation Bill, which is up for public comment, with representatives from civil society organisations Ndifuna Ukwazi, Vulamasango and the Tshwane Leadership Foundation.
Setting the context for the Expropriation Bill, Michael Clarke from Ndifuna Ukwazi said South Africa was a grossly unequal country and that "a large part of this is because of the skewed system and patterns of ownership that exist in South Africa and our exclusionary housing markets, and of course a lot of this has its origin in apartheid and colonial spatial planning, and also with various other issues like exclusionary land and property markets".
Section 25.5 of the Constitution states that "the state must take reasonable legislative and other measures, within its available resources, to foster conditions which enable citizens to gain access to land on an equitable basis". This section also provides for the state to expropriate land without compensation if it is for public use.
However, 27 years later, not much had been done by the government to achieve this, said the activists.
"One of the places and one of the big concerns that I think a lot of people have with the bill is the fact that it doesn't really specify how to address the issue of what is just and equitable compensation," said Clarke.
"Two big concerns that we [Ndifuna Ukwazi] have with the bill, and that I think are important to reflect on, is that the bill does not provide any guidance on who the beneficiaries will be of this bill and that there are serious concerns about the state's capacity to be able to fulfil its obligations in terms of this… We know from land reform processes and from the very extreme burden, that those processes have placed a need to be able to provide sufficient human capacity, time, resources and funding for these processes. Otherwise, there's simply a pipe dream," said Clarke
Bonani Loliwe from Vulamasango said that historically black people had been forced to live on only 15% of the country's land as a result of colonisation and apartheid.
Loliwe stressed that what needed to be considered in the Expropriation Bill was whether "'unregistered rights' are really protected. The answer is no. They will only be protected if contested in court" which, he said, poor people who were often the bearers of these "unregistered rights" could not afford to do and would be reliant on the help of civil society organisations.
"We feel that the bill is actually quite ambiguous when it comes to expropriation of this prime land and property, especially when it belongs to the municipality or the state," said Shakira Qwabe from the Tshwane Leadership Foundation.
She said the state would seemingly rather auction land to raise revenue for itself than use it to address spatial injustices. She was basing this example on the City of Tshwane selling pieces of land where an informal settlement had been located without making alternative housing arrangements for residents. Lawyers for Human Rights intervened on the residents' behalf and successfully obtained a court order stopping the city from doing this.
"This Expropriation Bill actually has a chance to lend credence to the fight for social and economic inclusion for the majority of people who were displaced from the land and then put on the peripheries of these metropolitan areas," Qwabe said. DM/MC
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