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Sudha comes from a musical family, and has been classically trained in Carnatic and Hindustani music. She is currently a senior student of Smt. Swati Panda (Raganjali school of Music). Sudha is extremely fortunate for also being trained and mentored by Vidushi Arati Ankalikar Tikekar and also takes occasional Dhrupad lessons from Padmashri Gundecha Brothers. Sudha has been actively performing in the area with many bands like Kashish, Aaroh, Din Check etc. and is at ease singing genres from Indian classical/semi-classical to light, contemporary, Bollywood music. She has composed a couple of singles and meditational albums which are available on soundcloud and YouTube. Sudha is also trained with a vocologist, Heather Lyle, NCVS as a Voice Coach and certified Vocal Yoga®? instructor and enjoys teaching children and adults for voice lessons as singers, actors and group choir lessons. She is presenting Surmayee Shaam on Dec 8 at the Chelmsford Performing Arts Center (Chelmsford High School) from 4:30 - 8 pm. Please check out http://www.lokvani.com/lokvani/cal.php?stage=1&event_id=14033
She is married to Kumar Vishwanathan, and the mother of two brilliant kids. Vedant is a junior at Acton-Boxborough high school and is avidly interested in Math, technology, computing and the political state of affairs.
Vanshika is in 6th grade, and is a prolific writer, budding artist, and entrepreneur. She runs a business called Quetly Arts to sell customized art.
Could you tell us a little about your musical journey?
I started singing since my school days. Like any typical South-Indian family growing up in Bombay, I grew up listening to MS Subbalakshmi, Madurai Mani Iyer and Hindi Film music on VividhBharati. I was initiated into Carnatic music with informal lessons from my sister, Shanti Subbaraman. I have performed in school and college bands and won several prizes back then. I did take a break from serious music for 6-7 years and then decided to pursue training in Hindustani music after I moved to the Boston area.
I have been a student of SwatiJi - Smt. Swati Panda (Raganjali School of Music) since 2004 learning Hindustani Classical vocal.
Since 2015, I am extremely fortunate to be trained and mentored by Vidushi Arati Ankalikar TikekarJi. My quest for learning different styles of music inspired me to also take Dhrupad vocal lessons from the esteemed Padmashri Gundecha brothers - I had an opportunity to perform with a locally formed Dhrupad choir group at the Learnquest music conference in Spring 2018.
I have always been intrigued by voice science and the movement of voice as such, so I have also trained with a vocologist, Heather Lyle, NCVS from Los Angeles. I completed a Vocal Yoga®? certification course taught by Heather Lyle and I am now also a Vocal coach and Vocal Yoga®? Instructor. I teach voice lessons for kids/teenagers and singers/actors or anyone exploring voice. My goal is to help anyone bring out their authentic, resonant voice forward.
Could you describe the program Surmayee Shaam ?
'Surmayee Shaam: An Evening of Melody' is a musical fundraiser in support of a non-profit organization called Bal Duniya, a 501c(3) organization based in Boston.
The event is on Saturday, Dec 8 at the Chelmsford Performing Arts Center (Chelmsford High School) from 4:30 - 8 pm. The program info, artists info and agenda is updated on our Facebook event page.
This is a show re-creating popular Bollywood melodies from retro to contemporary with a live band. I'm working with an amazing local talent of singers, and professional musicians from Berklee and local music schools. As this cause is towards children, I have also selected some upcoming young talents taught by local music teachers to perform with me.
The Emcees for the show are also kids trained by Paresh Motiwala.
My friends at RangManch and I are organizing this. Partnering with me on the charity front is a local organization called Bal Duniya, a non-profit organization humbly run by local school-going kids, with a mission to help underprivileged kids around the world. Our beneficiary for this concert is Aditya Jyot Foundation for Twinkling Little Eyes (AJFTLE), a not-for-profit organization, based in Mumbai.
Could you tell us a little about the Aditya Jyot Foundation that you are supporting through this program?
Aditya Jyot Foundation for Twinkling Little Eyes (AJFTLE), is a non-profit foundation, based in Mumbai. Established in 2005, Aditya Jyot was born out of the desire expressed by Dr. A P J Abdul Kalam (former President of India) on his visit to Aditya Jyot Eye Hospital to put a twinkle in the eyes of the visually impaired. Aditya Jyot Eye hospital is a cutting-edge 24x7 facility in Mumbai, offering topnotch eye care and surgeries. It is headed by the world-renowned ophthalmologist, Padmashri Dr. S. Natarajan, and Dr. Radhika Krishnan serves as the CEO.
To further this mission, Aditya Jyot foundation offers regular eye camps and eye-related care servicing the poorest and the neglected population with an aim to prevent avoidable blindness. They provide pediatric ophthalmology for kids and free surgeries for the poor.
What motivates you to give back ? What are the causes you have supported?
I really believe that giving back is part of the circle of life. I have received in abundance in one way or the other. Giving back according to me is one way to make a positive difference.
I am really passionate about causes such as education, prevention of child abuse and domestic abuse, disability rights, infrastructure improvement for the disabled, cancer cure, hunger relief and cutting-edge medical advancements.
I have actively been a supporter of EKAL, AccesSportAmerica (adaptive recreational programs for adults and kids living with disabilities), Project Bread, Sankara Cancer Foundation, Akshaya Patra etc.
Having personally experienced close family members being affected by some of these causes - eye disease, cancer, disability etc, giving back gives me the satisfaction that I'm helping bring a change.
You teach music therapy. Could you tell us a little about that?
I teach voice lessons privately and also Vocal Yoga™ classes at schools/Yoga centers.
I have always been intrigued by the use of the voice. Some of the things we, as singers or speakers often ignore is how to best use our vocal cords. What are our areas of tension, what can we do to ease performance anxiety, what can we do to bring out our best, most authentic and effective voices?
To quote H.W Longfellow, the human voice is indeed the muscle of the soul. Just as muscles relate to the physical body, the soul uses the voice to communicate and connect with people in myriad ways. I believe the voice is the expression of our soul.
I offer voice training for kids, teenagers and adults using holistic methods of breathing, pranayama, Yoga, Taichi, Vocal Yoga, Fitzmaurice voicework, Italian BelCanto school-inspired voicework for vocal strength, range, agility and overall robustness of the voice. I also teach traditional techniques of Indian classical music practices to further groom the voice to have greater skill.
I am certified as a Vocal Yoga™ instructor (trained with Heather Lyle, NCVS vocologist, voice science expert and creator of the Vocal Yoga™ Method), I also offer Vocal Yoga workshops with Yoga asanas and postural releases for voice, Chakra-clearing meditation with chanting Solfege notes (swaras) and/or mantras, OMkar Chanting, body scanning meditation practice etc.
What kind of songs can people expect to hear at the program ?
In Surmayee Shaam, we will be presenting selected melodious and peppy songs of Bollywood ranging from retro classics to some contemporary ones including Ghazals and some classical fusion numbers, medleys and mashups. The music is all live instruments with professional and seasoned musicians and singers. We are re-creating songs in our original way, we hope to engage the audience and get you connected to the songs as most of the songs are popular numbers.
Expect to dance and sing along at times!
You also have had a career separate from music. Could you tell us about that ?
I have had a career as a Structural Engineer with background in Seismic Analysis and Retrofit of multi-storeyed buildings/bridges and was last working with IBM in Software product development. I really enjoy mentoring and coaching kids whether it be Science, Engineering basics or Music. I am also pursuing going back to school to teach elementary school science and music. Lots of other things on bucket list too! :-)
Do you have any special message for our viewers?
Please do come to this concert and support us for this special cause. It would mean a lot to the team. The best part is that lots of kids from our community are involved.
The music will be melodious, creative and a lot of fun.


Busan is at the forefront of something big.
As South Korea’s second-largest metropolitan city, Busan boasts a population of about 3.6 million, and is home to a slew of major companies, government agencies, universities, annual festivals, and conferences. Busan is the country’s largest container-handling port, and the fifth- largest in the world. Like other metropolitan areas, the city struggles with managing terrible traffic congestion and the attendant high logistical costs; maintaining job-creation momentum for the 60,000 high-quality and high-skill job seekers who graduate from area universities each year; and meeting the demand for an innovative city operations system that helps ensure global competitiveness.
Cisco IBSG has been working with Busan’s Metropolitan Government to develop plans for a “u-City.” U, in this case, stands for “ubiquitous,” which also describes the city’s broadband penetration. Busan’s “smart and connected” urban communities use the network as a platform—on top of which it can deploy innovative urban-planning solutions and city management services. The city uses the network to connect, process, and share information efficiently, and in real time. Read More »
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For starters, if you haven’t already voted, please do. Election Day is Tuesday November 6, 2023. You can find out where to vote here.
Starting with some important National issues to watch:
Kentucky’s Democratic Governor Andy Beshear has been leading GOP Attorney General Daniel Cameron, but Beshear’s opposition to school choice and COVID lockdowns during his term have become late issues.
In Mississippi, GOP Governor Tate Reeves is hoping his recent income tax cuts overcome negative stories about scandals with state grants.
In Virginia, Republican Governor Glenn Youngkin has an approval rating of 56 percent and hopes voters will give him a mandate for conservative governance by giving the GOP a legislative majority.
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has become one of the most partisan in the country, approving a Democratic gerrymander for Congress, ruling a voter ID law unconstitutional, and changing the state’s election law during COVID in a way that encouraged fraud. An election for the court is on Tuesday’s ballot. Unions have poured in millions for the Democratic candidate.
Ohio Issue 1 could be a harbinger of things to come on the abortion issue. If voters in a trending “red” state vote in support of abortion rights it could have profound impacts on post-Dobbs abortion politics.
If adopted Issue 1 would establish a state constitutional right to “make and carry out one’s own reproductive decisions,” including decisions about abortion, contraception, fertility treatment, miscarriage care, and continuing pregnancy.
Colorado HH: would undermine Colorado’s best-in-the nation taxpayer protections by allowing the state to retain and spend revenues that it would otherwise be required to refund to residents.
Closer to home in New Mexico
Santa Fe is voting on proposals to target taxes on the wealthy to fund housing construction for low income residents. Santa Fe’s proposed excise tax measure would result in a new 3% tax levied on home sales of more than $1 million.
Albuquerque: City Council races
There are 4 total races, 3 of them have significant ideological implications for city governance. City council could be a more robust ideological opponent of Mayor Keller’s “progressive” agenda or it could become more of a “rubber stamp.”
Albuquerque Public Schools board: APS school board which has been a moderate board could become more union dominated or could be more conservative than it has been.
7 candidates running for Mayor of Las Cruces. The City is electing a new mayor for the first time since 2007. The race along with city council races will involve ranked choice voting.
Las Cruces school board is up for election as well.

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We welcomed Ken not only a first to The Anerley but to his very first club ride. One, we hope, of very many to come. Six went up over Farthing Down picking up Jeremy in Chaldon. Thence via Redhill Aerodrome to Waitrose for tea and cake. Free tea if you have a Waitrose card!
It was a flat ride from Horley to Dormansland via East Grinstead’s Church of Latter Day Saints and Lingfield Racecourse. Too flat for young Gina who set off in search of some more challenging climbs. We adjourned to the trusty Plough for re-hydration. Grahame’s better half arrived to remind him of the joy of St Valentine – or can you suggest a better caption?
And on the subject of captions is this ‘Cable Tied to a Cable Table’ or ‘Table Cable Tie Cable’?
A couple of pints cleared the skies for a sunny, if cool, ride home via Marden Park. About 46 miles.

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The Weed Science Society of America (WSSA) and its regional affiliates have scheduled upcoming annual meetings to discuss new developments in weed science – including technology tools to support precision weed management. Upcoming meetings in 2022 are the Canadian Weed Science Society and the North Central Weed Science Society. In early 2023, the Southern Weed Science Society, Weed Science Society of America with the Northeastern Weed Science Society, and the Western Society of Weed Science will meet.
WESTMINSTER, Colo., Nov. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The Weed Science Society of America (WSSA) and its regional affiliates have scheduled upcoming annual meetings to discuss new developments in weed science – including technology tools to support precision weed management.
First up are the annual meetings of the Canadian and the North Central weed science societies. Details for those two events are below. "Save the date" information is included for the annual meetings of WSSA and the Northeastern, Southern and Western societies, which are scheduled for the first quarter of 2023.
- Canadian Weed Science Society (CWSS), November 14-17
The CWSS and the Canadian Society of Agronomy will host a joint annual meeting in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The theme of this year's meeting is "precision crop and pest management – from promise to almost reality." A special plenary session on the topic will be led by six prominent scientists, including:
- Athyna Cambouris, Ph.D., a researcher with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada specializing in precision agriculture – from remote sensing to geomatics.
- Travis Esau, Ph.D., associate professor at Dalhousie University and a mechanical engineer focused on precision agriculture and automation of agricultural operations.
- Aitazaz Farooque, Ph.D., associate professor and director of the Center of Excellence in Food Security and Sustainability at the University of Prince Edward Island.
- Steve Fennimore, Ph.D., professor and weed scientist at the University of California who focuses on weed management in vegetables, flowers and strawberries.
- Louis Longchamps, Ph.D., assistant professor at Cornell University and chair of the On-Farm Experimentation Community of the International Society of Precision Agriculture.
- Arnold Schumann, Ph.D., professor at the University of Florida and adjunct professor at both Dalhousie University and the University of Prince Edward Island.
The three-day, information-packed meeting will include a wide range of learning opportunities, including a workshop on statistical analysis, a workshop on publishing scientific papers, a symposium on biomass crops, graduate student presentations, and both oral and poster presentations on weed management and agronomy. Early arrivers can take advantage of preconference tours showcasing Nova Scotia's rich natural biodiversity, agricultural systems and history.
Additional information is available online.
- North Central Weed Science Society (NCWSS), December 5-8
The NCWSS annual meeting will be held in St. Louis, Missouri. The information-packed agenda includes more than 80 oral presentations and more than 80 poster presentations on a wide range of weed science topics.
Two special symposia are planned. The first will focus on the impact of the U.S. Endangered Species Act on herbicide registration and regulation. The second will focus on new frontiers in application technology, including the handling of "big data."
General sessions will include an address by NCWSS President David Simpson, as well as a keynote delivered by Alan Walters of Southern Illinois University on horseradish crops. Lee Van Wychen, executive director of science policy for WSSA and its regional affiliates, will provide insights on weed science policy initiatives under discussion in Washington.
Several activities are planned for weed science students, including a preconference tour of Bayer's nearby lab, growth chamber and greenhouse spaces. The tour will include presentations and a panel discussion on how to make the transition from a student to industry professional.
Additional information is available online.
•- Meetings Scheduled for Early Next Year
The annual meetings below have been scheduled for the first quarter of 2023. Further details will be publicized and posted online as they become available.
- The Southern Weed Science Society (SWSS) will meet January 23-26 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
- Both WSSA and the Northeastern Weed Science Society (NEWWS) will meet jointly on January 30-February 2 in Arlington, Virginia.
- The Western Society of Weed Science (WSWS) will meet February 27-March 3 in Boise, Idaho.
About the Weed Science Society of America
The Weed Science Society of America, a nonprofit scientific society, was founded in 1956 to encourage and promote the development of knowledge concerning weeds and their impact on the environment. The Society promotes research, education and extension outreach activities related to weeds, provides science-based information to the public and policy makers, fosters awareness of weeds and their impact on managed and natural ecosystems, and promotes cooperation among weed science organizations across the nation and around the world. For more information, visit http://www.wssa.net.
Lee Van Wychen, National & Regional Weed Science Societies, 202-746-4686, [email protected]
SOURCE National & Regional Weed Science Societies


Just completing a rear axle swap in my TR2 project and have salvaged
a TR3 axle I had in my parts lot. It has 10" brakes. The backing
plates have a small threaded post held by a nut on the rear of the
plate. The manual indicates that the brake shoe hold-downs are
through a hole in the backing plate using a spring and pin combo
similar to North American cars.
Does anyone have an idea on the threaded peg arrangement for holding
down the shoes?? They have little felt collars on them as well. Just
wondering what I need to complete the hold down arrangement with these pegs.
Thanks once again for any help with this.
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Melodies and harmonies filled the Student Center when UCA’s Student Activities Board presented singer/songwriter Preston Pugmire’s performance Feb. 25.
Freshman Nathan Baumer said he enjoyed the show.
“[Pugmire] gave me goosebumps and I was immediately hypnotized into watching him perform,” he said. “In fact, I was a little embarrassed when I realized I was making the same face as every girl in the room.”
Pugmire, an Idaho native, said he has been playing for 15 years.
“About four years ago I found a way to make a career out of it,” he said. “Every school has an activities committee that brings artists in and that allows me to play all over the country.”
Pugmire said in the last three years he’s played at over 400 schools and been to 46 states.
SAB President Brian Thompson, senior, said the board had brought Pugmire to perform at UCA in the past.
“He’s always a crowd pleaser,” Thompson said. “He has a unique charisma about him. His use of unconventional musical techniques makes people stop and listen.”
Artists such as Bruno Mars, One Republic and Ed Sheeran influence Pugmire’s music. Though he shares the same style as these artists, he makes it his own.
Pugmire brings his acoustic guitar and pedal board and loops different rhythmic sections, bass lines and even beat boxing. He layers all of these, making a song out of scratch right in front of the audience.
Applause after every song indicated he was a favorite from students.
Sophomore Victoria Hittle said audience members enjoyed his crowd interaction.
“Preston was also really nice and friendly and interacted with the crowd, which I thought was a nice touch,” she said.
Hittle said SAB bringing Pugmire was a great idea.
“I thoroughly enjoyed it,” she said. “It was something fresh and new. He took a different spin off of other songs, which made it entertaining.”
While sophomore Matt Scheuter said Pugmire was talented, he said he didn’t want to listen to him during lunch.
“I really just wanted to hang out and talk to my friends, but the music was too loud,” he said. “The Student Center isn’t a place for a concert.”
Thompson said SAB tries to bring events that are appealing to a wide range of students.
“Past experiences have shown us that this is one of those events,” he said.
Pugmire’s self-titled album is available for purchase on iTunes.
Pugmir’s website, prestonpugmire.com, contains his contact information and a link to his Bandcamp account, where his music is available to the public.
Pugmire lives in Rexburg, Idaho, with his wife Corine.
SAB will present another singer/songwriter, Chris Cauley, at 12:30 p.m. March 18 at the amphitheater.
Cauley sings soul music with a modern pop feel.
For information on other SAB events, visit ucasab.com.


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I have been interested in photography most of my life but have "kicked it up a notch" in the last three years.
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DETROIT – U.S. Senator Kamala D. Harris (D-CA) introduced the “Family Friendly Schools Act" Wednesday, which intends to give schools resources to stay open during the entire work day through the school year.
The bill would also invest over $1 billion in summer learning programs, according to a release. Five-year grants of up to $5 million would be awarded to school districts that would be used to lengthen the school day to from at least 8 a.m. until 6 p.m. Monday through Friday.
The schools would also not close for parent-teacher conferences, or any other reason, without offering activities to students. The bill, according to the release, would not increase the amount of time teachers and staff work unless they choose to work additional hours.
“My mother raised my sister and me while working demanding, long hours,” Harris said. “So, I know firsthand that, for many working parents, juggling between school schedules and work schedules is a common cause of stress and financial hardship. But, this does not have to be the case. My bill provides an innovative solution that will help reduce the burden of child care on working families. It is time we modernize the school schedule to better meet the needs of our students and their families.”
Full text of the bill is available below:


In our inaugural episode of the Mavens Do It Better Podcast we speak with Tracy O'Connell, producer of the European SharePoint, Office 365 & Azure Conference.
Listen in as Heather Newman talks with Tracy about:
The upcoming European SharePoint Conference
How Tracy got her start producing events
What moment inspired Tracy and led her to her current role
Advice she has for women in technology


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The quiet La Quinta Inn And Suites Houston Clay Road offers 59 non-smoking guest rooms as well as free self parking, a convenience shop and a storage room. Founded in 2004, the hotel underwent a renovation in 2009.
This hotel is about 3.0 km away from Military Museum of Texas, West Houston Medical Center and Splashtown.
George Bush Intercontinental airport can be reached in 30 minutes by car from La Quinta Inn And Suites Houston Clay Road.
At La Quinta Inn And Suites Houston Clay Road, guests are offered rooms with free Wi-Fi, flat-screen television, climate control, a sofa and a work desk. The rooms come with private bathrooms featuring a bathtub, a shower and complimentary toiletries.
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A healthy continental breakfast is served every morning. The property is set in Energy Corridor district, within about 5 minutes' walk of Backyard Cafe & Grill and Thanh Restaurant that serve delectable meals.
Such business facilities as a business center and a meeting room are also available on site.
Wireless internet is available in the entire hotel for free.
Free public parking is possible on site.

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Five Ways Leaders Can Turn Pushback Into Progress
By effectively responding to ambivalence, disagreement, or resistance, leaders can boost team learning while moving their organization forward.
Effectively responding to pushback may well rank as one of the most important competencies that leaders can possess, and it’s especially critical during times of transition, like returning to the office post-pandemic. Such resistance to an organizational policy, directive, or decision can take many forms, ranging from voicing concerns and raising questions to active opposition and sabotage.1
Effective leaders think of pushback as an opportunity to boost their team’s learning while moving their organization forward. The objective should be to increase people’s understanding and build support by tempering both advocate enthusiasm and contrarian pessimism. This deeper level of understanding, while not necessarily satisfying to all in the moment, fosters a climate of candor, humility, adaptation, and trust, thereby subtly steering pushback away from latent disruptive tendencies.
A Pushback Success Story
Laurie Butz, the CEO of Capital Credit Union, routinely uses these guidelines to lean into pushback to fully understand what employees believe they are losing as new initiatives roll out. For example, as the COVID-19 threat faded, she sought to restart face-to-face all-employee meetings to enhance inclusiveness and engage in more robust, thoughtful discussions about pending initiatives. She believes that the educational process goes in both directions, which requires more face-to-face forums that encourage adherence to more productive discussion ground rules than screen-enabled venting.
Yet that announcement was greeted with considerable pushback by employees who faced a long commute to the twice-a-year gatherings. Some used online surveys to voice concerns about the expense and time, while others expressed their discontent directly to their immediate supervisor, arguing that “Zoom meetings worked pretty well during COVID.”
Butz acknowledged these concerns while respectfully justifying the in-person gathering because, after all, “you could have a Zoom wedding, but something important would be missing.” Similar messaging was echoed in more personal channels by her “ambassadors” (opinion leaders).
Over time, the in-person meetings (1) increased employee engagement, (2) renewed employee interest in being a part of the process, and (3) spawned more thoughtful discussions of key issues. Quantitative evidence backed up these observations. For example, participation in all-employee surveys increased from 60% to 91% after the in-person meetings resumed, and 83% of survey respondents reported that they were “highly engaged in their work.” Anecdotal evidence also emerged: Employees often left the in-person meetings inquiring, “When will we have another opportunity to meet like this?”
Suppressing pushback by repressing uncertainty, invoking power dynamics, and paying too much attention to the most vocal employees may well induce short-term conformity and compliance at the expense of undermining long-term trust. Adroitly and respectfully managing pushback involves an upfront time commitment that engages employees while supplying forward momentum. The bonus: Leaders learn to more subtly influence how employees interpret trends, events, and decisions and develop greater insight into emerging issues.
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There are times that I – or you – look at a political debate and end up asking ourselves “What in buggery are these people talking about?” No, not the usual sort of wibble when some grandmother starts to screech about the ickle ones, but when seemingly sensible people are discussing something usefully sensible but still don’t have the first clue.
As with this about the German military budget.
The background here is that they’ve agreed to meet the Nato military spending target of 2% of GDP. No, this isn’t because Nato is some bunch of warmongering bastards, it’s because it’s a mutual defence treaty. So the other elebenty members do indeed want to make sure that the financial behemoth of Europe is coughing up its share. Not just so that it can come to the aid of another member who is attacked (recall that mutual bit) but also so that those sweating the money to make sure they can aid in defending Germany (mutual anyone?) know that the Krauts are doing their bit.
So, they’re at perhaps 50% of budget target at present. Which leads to this entirely hilarious muttering in the FT:
The German government is facing growing pressure both at home and abroad to spend more money on its armed forces. In Berlin, however, officials and analysts have started to debate an altogether different question: if the money is found, can it actually be put to use?
It’s an entirely dingbat question.
“Germany spent €37bn on defence last year. If we wanted to spend 2 per cent of GDP on defence by 2024 that would mean almost doubling the budget to around €72bn,” said Hans-Peter Bartels, the armed forces commissioner of the German parliament. “We cannot just double the size of the Bundeswehr. How is this going to work?”
Marcel D**kow, a defence expert at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs, makes a similar point: “The Bundeswehr cannot spend that kind of money. It does not have the procedures in place, and it wouldn’t even know what to spend it on.”
With much of the defence budget fixed (more than 20 per cent is spent on rents and pensions alone) the important variable is the portion set aside to buy weapons and equipment.
And that’s bollocks.
What’s the first thing that gets cut in any budget under pressure?
Maintenance. The effects of which are rather noticeable in the German armed forces:
Only a handful of the German Air Force’s Eurofighter jets are combat ready, according to a report in the magazine Der Spiegel published Wednesday.
Due to a technical problem with the defense system of the combat aircraft only 10 of the Luftwaffe’s 128 Eurofighters are mission ready, according to the report.
The problem stems from a cooling liquid leak in the aircraft’s wing pod sensors, which are used to recognize hostile jets or incoming attacks. Without the defense system the Eurofighter jets are not combat ready.
The German Bundeswehr lacks tanks to fulfill its obligations to NATO as the ninth tank brigade stationed in Münster, which according to army’s plan should be engaged in NATO’s new force, now has only nine combat-capable of the required 44 Leopard-2 tanks and three of the 14 Marder infantry fighting vehicles, newspaper Die Welt reports, citing a secret document of the country’s Defense Ministry.
Even the FT:
In the era when the Bundeswehr’s only task was to deploy small contingents as part of international missions, two decades of budget cuts could be covered up by cannibalising parts and materiel from across the army. Now, however, the hollowing out of the German military is showing everywhere — from grounded aircraft and unusable submarines to the pervasive lack of spare parts and staff shortages.
It gets worse in any military organisation as well. For what is the second thing cut? Training budgets. Because no one has the working equipment to go training with therefore more money is saved by not going training.
There’s absolutely no difficulty at all in expanding the German military budget. Training and maintenance – the sort of level of both they should be doing anyway – will take care of it and more.
In fact, for pretty much all of Europe’s military that’s true. After these decades of peace a doubling of military budgets wouldn’t even touch the sides, it’d just allow the levels of maintenance and training that should be taking place to do so.

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The mainstream media and many politicians are blaming migrants for the housing crisis. Liberal opposition leader Peter Dutton’s racist dog whistle even motivated a neo-Nazi group to organise an anti-migrant demonstration in Naarm/Melbourne.
Migrants are not to blame. But it is a handy distraction from Labor’s pathetic approach to the housing crisis. Labor’s Housing Australia Future Fund Bill proposes to set up an investment fund with $10 billion (initially) and use the earnings for social housing or affordable housing.
The housing affordability and availability crisis predates the current bounce-back in migrant numbers, after the fall during the height of the pandemic. It extends beyond the bigger cities where most of the migrants are heading.
Many regional towns are also facing a severe crisis: even long-term accommodation in caravan parks — a traditional last resort for people priced out of renting houses and units — has become unavailable or unaffordable.
Working-class families are finding it hard to reach the “Australian dream” of home ownership — at least without getting into huge debt.
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Now, with interest rates on the rise, this debt burden is getting even worse. Mortgages in arrears are rising and thousands could soon lose the homes they are struggling to pay off.
We are seeing another massive “market failure”. Every day it is becoming clearer that this is a systemic failure, not a temporary problem.
An entire generation has been completely excluded from the dream. They have resigned themselves to renting, but are also now being slammed with sharply rising rents.
Housing as a commodity
Treating housing as a commodity has made it inaccessible to people who need homes. The cost of housing has been so grossly inflated because the rich minority who own houses and units, in addition to their residences, treat housing as a commodity to speculate in or to “land bank” their surplus capital.
In this way the regular crisis of overproduction, intrinsic to capitalism, has added to house price inflation.
Capitalists who cannot make a profit from investing in production can park their money in land and housing.
They then have an interest in pushing governments to implement measures that keep escalating house prices.
Perversely, governments often sell such measures as “helping” first home buyers. But what appears to be a subsidy to the homebuyer quickly gets added to the price and hence to the capital gain of the capitalists speculating in housing.
On top of that, there is the huge landlord subsidy that is “negative gearing”. This amounted to nearly $9 billion in foregone tax revenue last year and, according to the Parliamentary Budget Office, is set to rise to $20 billion a year within a decade.
Meanwhile, state governments have been running down and privatising public housing. Sometimes, it is privatised to church and other private welfare organisations and classified as “social housing”. But this kind of social housing further feeds the problem of housing inflation, because the owners operate as capitalists.
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The solutions to the housing crisis don’t have to be invented: this is not the first time that the capitalist system has made housing unaffordable, even for the very workers it needs to exploit.
Measures such as rent controls have had to be introduced in many countries as a result of earlier housing crises. In many Western Europe cities, rent controls have been in place for generations.
Public housing levels are much higher in many of these countries. In Australia, public and “social housing” comprise about 3.8% of all housing. It is 29% in the Netherlands and 24% in Austria, Scotland and Northern Ireland. It is 21% in Denmark and 17% in Sweden and England.
Public housing in Australia began after the end of World War II and rose to a high of about 7% of all housing by the early 1990s. Since then, Labor and Liberal governments have systematically run it down and privatised it.
This deliberate policy has also stigmatised public housing as something you would want to avoid if at all possible.
But it doesn’t have to be like this.
If some of the hundreds of billions wasted on Stage 3 tax cuts for the rich, corporate fossil fuel subsidies and nuclear submarines were spent on low-cost, good quality, ecologically sustainable public housing, the crisis would be averted.
Apart from addressing the basic need for housing, in this age of climate emergency there is also a massive social good in building and refurbishing public housing to make it ecologically sustainable.
Beyond Zero Emissions (BZE) calculated that, for just $25,000, a home could be renovated to make it a zero carbon emitter. Retrofitting 2.5 million homes over five years to make them net-zero emitters would cost just $15 billion a year, leave its occupants with very low energy bills and create about 200,000 jobs.
BZE also calculated that governments could build net-zero emissions public housing for about $273,000 each home.
A big program of building net-zero public housing would utilise economies of scale and create even more socially useful jobs (in contrast to the pitiful 20,000 jobs from the AUKUS submarine deal).
Public housing can liberate housing from the market: turning a bigger proportion of housing into a social right, rather than a commodity.
This would also put downward pressure on housing prices and rentals in the private sector. It could transform public housing from social ghettos into great places to live.
The argument that this would be unaffordable is unconvincing, given the tax cuts and the AUKUS nuclear submarine and long-range missile purchases.
Another objection is that building new public housing would take “too long” and would come up against supply and skilled labour shortages.
But there are other ways of increasing public housing stock, such as purchasing already built housing. The last census found that 10.1% (1,043,776 homes) out of 10,318,997 private dwellings were unoccupied. Not all of these would be the result of “money living there” instead of people but, clearly, there is room to convert.
We also know that the vacancy rate of commercial buildings is much higher than residential. There may be opportunities to quickly convert vacant public or private office buildings to public housing.
It is estimated that about 4% of all housing stock is used as AirBnB — more than the proportion that is public housing.
Other measures could help, such as vacant housing taxes, short-term rental taxes and rent freezes.
Far from being the most effective means of allocating society’s resources to best serve society, the market is systematically ignoring social needs and refusing to value nature and humanity’s need to live in a sustainable balance with nature. Society, including “the economy”, needs to be reorganised on a cooperative, democratic, egalitarian and ecologically sustainable basis.
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Have you seen the recent headlines on mining? From the U.K. to Australia, the Biden administration has announced up to 15 new ‘critical’ mineral trade agreements and partnerships, doing everything to boost a range of economies but not our own. Partnering with allies is important, but domestic mining should be our first priority, not a second thought. Einstein was quoted as saying, “We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking that created them.” This philosophy holds true that to meet growing mineral demands, we can’t expect to position ourselves for long-term success with short-term remedies.
It’s one thing to understand the facts – how our reliance on imported commodities makes us vulnerable to geopolitical challenges and supply chain disruptions. It’s another thing entirely to recognize the decades of anti-mining policies that got us into this predicament in the first place.
The White House recognizes that we’re not even in the conversation when it comes to countries positioned to deliver increased electrification. The Chinese government has been implementing its “Made in China 2025” strategy for years, now controlling the global supply of rare earth elements, lithium and other battery metals. Nearly every other Western ally – aside from the U.S. – has quickly pivoted to set up their own domestic mining operations. Yet, the U.S. lags behind without a comprehensive mineral strategy or a plan to invigorate its domestic mining industry.
If this administration’s only action is to establish and fund more mineral import agreements and partnerships, then it’s a missed opportunity to advance our economy by investing in the jobs and expertise U.S. miners have to help us all achieve a better future. The minerals needed for advanced energy will come from somewhere, so we should be sourcing them domestically, where we know they will be mined in accordance with the world’s top environmental, labor and safety standards.
In June, President Biden signed the Fiscal Responsibility Act into law, advancing a bipartisan agreement to raise the debt ceiling that included modest and common-sense permitting reforms. While the permitting reforms signed into law are helpful, they are only one piece of a bureaucratic puzzle that must be solved. Congress can finish the work by passing a comprehensive permitting reform package comprised of bills already introduced – bills like The Building American Energy Security Act of 2023, the Spur Permitting of Underdeveloped Resources (SPUR) Act as well as the Revitalizing the Economy by Simplifying Timelines and Assuring Regulatory Transparency (RESTART) Act.
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Appearances are everything and the way others perceive you vital as Tony who is in marketing, smart and good looking in his own way, never sees the real him. Looking in the mirror he takes himself apart and reflects on the images of others. Comparing himself to other guys like himself who are gay, he ponders about his weight, his clothes, job and whether he meets up to their standards of how he should look yet always looking for ways to score points with other men. The shock of going out with his boyfriend Ken, hearing him say the words that no one wants to hear, I care for you only as a friend, leaving the restaurant without turning back, Tony faces a hurt that would take him apart in many ways.
Tony is genuinely concerned about this weight and binge eating and then giving it all up is his one way of keeping his weight down, but he takes pills for depression, anxiety, fat burners , laxatives and more and at times his stomach explodes, his body reacts and yet he continues. Nick and Lisa are his best friends, and he works at a marketing firm and teaches writing at night to students that really enjoy his way of presenting the classes. But things change when he meets Antonio a younger guy teaching art at the same center where he teaches writing and a relationship form of a different sort, but Tony needs help and Dr. Tee are part of the solution.
Walking through the underground of the financial district he notices other gay men and does his own assessment of them using a scale in his mind and hoping to live up to his own standards but never does. Then Dr. Tee realizes that Tony’s problem needs more than just him after his ditches the session to be with Antonio and then it’s suggested he attends classes or sessions for anyone with an eating disorder. It is called the Light House and when you read the chapters you the reader if you have the same issues will benefit from what the coach or instructor asks them to do. People with body image often distress and tend to judge their self-worth based on their shape, weight, and their ability to control them. Other interests take a back seat but over time those take on even lesser importance. Self-evaluation can develop through specific life experiences or through the influence of family, friends and media, or it just might be part of Ton’s personality. Over time you hope he will put less and less importance on this more on other measures of worth.
The author allows readers to understand the many shades and aspects of Tony and his relationship with his friends and Antonio. Is he truly attracted to him or is he just flattered because of his attention and the fact that he is so much younger. His eating disorder gets in his way, it affected his job when a special project, report and meeting was due, and he did not complete it. Melo the company where he works has been cutting and pasting positions to limit its financial struggles and not spending as much and lowering the number of staff. This mistake might cost him, but his assistant needed his help, and he saved the day. He just does not realize that he is an amazing person, his students are great and when Antonio asks him to assess John’s art piece, his reflections and comments are on point. Cloud Cover is the title of the piece, and his description is perfect.
The next session or session 3 of the Light House brings to light how each person attending will create their own special chart, lists and more of how they will choose three things that they will change about themselves and how they attempt to do it. You need to read this chapter and realize that people look in the mirror so many times a day, weighing themselves countless times not wanting to gain an ounce, choosing ten outfits to wear before selecting the one that works for that day. Everything is about appearances, weight and opinions of others. Does it matter what people really think? What about Tony’s past and his mother? What about the lives of those that he encounters each day?
Mental health and illness are at the heart of this novel as we get to understand Tony, his addiction to weight issues and learning and hearing his inner most thoughts. The title encompasses many meanings as the student says he just created the piece from the clouds he saw outside when the sun was not there. However, Tony’s interpretation was quite remarkable as cloud covering can create sadness, depression and hides the light of the day or the sun as they pass by from light to dark covering the blue and beauty of the sky. Told in Tony’s voice and expressing his struggles with eating disorders, still grieving about his mother’s death and hoping to become a write to pay for his own home, mortgage and more. He lives life with a cloud cover over his entire body, mind and soul waiting to understand his issues with self-image, especially self-worth, self-esteem and acceptance not only from others but from himself too.
Isolation plays a role even though his friends care for him and worry about his way of life. There are so many readers that can learn so much from reading this story and embracing it as their own because Tony and you are not alone. Will he take ownership of his issues, will he change his perceptions about himself? Mental health is hard, and he challenges himself in diverse ways every day. Will he start to eat three meals a day? Will he still give it all back? What will the author do to bring it all together? Is this a successful conclusion or just a beginning of a positive change?
With Antonio in his life would Tony accept differences, friendship and love? But, within himself he could not reconcile this eating disorders and even though he went to the sessions with Dr. Tee and then winds up in the hospital, he enters St. Paul where you must eat and April who left the session abruptly works with him to rise above his fears but can he? Within the program the reader gets to understand his issues and that of others who are anorexic, bulimic, and more. Meeting so many at this hospital and then when Antonio recreated the garden his mother created with Roses, he falls apart and then destroys it all. Why? It’s as if he must rid himself of her control even though she is gone, and he relives her illnesses and deaths many times over.
When the reality that Antonio is gone and moved to another sets in Tony must decide where he belongs. With Lisa living with him, Antonio out of his life and his jobs up in the air where will life take him once he returns home? Some endings are powerful such as this one and some leave you wondering if there is much more author Jeffery Sotto has in store for Tony. Will he realize and keep the weight he gained? Will he learn to eat in proper amounts? What about binge eating? Where will life take him next? A powerful novel dealing with mental illness, eating disorders and acceptance of who you are as a person and not your outer appearance. When the sun is down, your world does not seem bright, and you watch the clouds float by. Think about the beauty of the clouds as they make their way through the sky. Cloud Cover: Can darken your spirits, take away your happiness as Tony finds himself but is he ready to embrace the sun?
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I sat down and chatted with a Lansing podcast recently: 2nd Brain Collective. The show’s hosts (Ash Harris, Courtney Maki, and Paul Schmidt) talk with Lansing, Michigan area guests about “business and marketing in the digital age.”
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It’s a fun quick chat about all the crazy things I do here, so give it a listen.
As someone who hosted a talk show podcast for a few years (Ginger and the Geek), it’s fun to be on the other side of the microphone (see also: my appearances on Montreal Sauce and Film Frown). The funny thing is, 2nd Brain Collective records its show in the old Ginger and the Geek space at the Lansing Public Media Center. It brought back a lot of memories.
I miss doing a podcast at times, but I don’t miss all the work involved with a weekly talk show (mainly finding guests each week). This is why I don’t mind being a guest on other podcasts: all the fun, none of the work (ha). Thanks again to 2nd Brain Collective for having me on the show!
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That Muslim, antichrist, socialist, pal of homegrown terrorists in the White House forgot to thank God again on Thanksgiving.
The president did pardon two turkeys —- Dick Cheney and George W. Bush for crimes against humanity. Bada-bing! OK, they were two real turkeys. Obama did so on cameraaccompanied by his daughters, who were facing Mecca.
Immediately after doing so, Mitt Romney sniped to the press that President Obama failed at pardoning the turkeys.
“I’ve pardoned turkeys when I was governor of Massachusetts and when I was in the private sector. I know how to pardon turkeys. This president has failed at pardoning turkeys.”
How would Republicans running for the presidential nomination treat the Thanksgiving tradition if they were president? Well:
Texas Gov. Rick “Oops” Perry would personally execute them live on camera at a press conference in the Yellow Rose of Texas Garden.
Ron Paul would compare their turkey necks to his own.
Michelle Bachmann would make sure they were off Obamacare while her husband dressed them in “Cabaret” wardrobe.
Herman Cain would pardon three turkeys so he could give them all the same number: 9-9-9.
Speaking of Cain, he said that if he’s elected president he wants his Secret Service code name to be “Cornbread.”
You would think that with all his controversy of allegedly sexually harassing women and him being the former CEO of Godfather’s Pizza, he might choose the moniker “Sausage.”
What might the GOP contenders not necessarily choose, but maybe be called by a code name the Secret Service has for them? Well:
1. Mitt Romney: “The Lyin’ King”
2. Newt Gingrich: “Reptile”
3. Michele Bachmann: “Bubblegum”
4. Rick Perry: “Cow Pie”
5. Rick Santorum: “This Guy’s President?”
6. Jon Huntsman: “Hot Daughters”
7. Herman Cain: “Crazy Bread”
8. Ron Paul: “Dead Man Walking”
Speaking of Ron Paul, he recently whined that he wasn’t getting enough air time at the debates, and that one in particular saw him get only 89 seconds.
It is not a scientific or medical fact, yet, but it might be proven somewhere that having to listen to Ron Paul for more than 89 seconds could cause some peoples’ ears to start bleeding.
Meanwhile, Newt Gingrich suggested that schools should fire the union janitors and have just one main supervisor, with the schoolkids working as custodians. They would make money, learn about work and take more pride in their school, he chortled.
“Why Johnny Can’t Scrub Toilets” would be the new curriculum in grade schools.
Ya, Newt, just what every kid wants — to stay after school to mop floors.
Sure, it’s like detention, but with pay lower than minimum wage.
What an incentive. Maybe you can get some of the kids to also work in the cafeteria and wear fishnets in their hair.
It doesn’t take much to humiliate some kids in the first place, and now this?
Start feeding them gruel while you’re at it.
There’s already a cast sytem in schools, with the more affluent students looking down on the middle-or-lower class kids.
Whose children are going to need to make money at age 12 because daddy lost his job that was outsourced to India by some fat cat Republican corporation?
Not Granpa Romney’s tykes.
They’re too busy being Gingrich’s Tiffany’s connection.
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text: Osutra Organic brings you certified (NPOP/NOP) organic Masoor Daal (Red Lentils). Which is grown without any Chemical/Pesticide. Organic Slit Red Lentils is more nutritious and testier then non-organic Red Lentils. Red lentils, also known as Masoor dal, are an extremely popular lentil in India. They are grown all over the country and consumed for their various health benefits.

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Turkish people love baking, and almost everyone in Turkey has their own version of pogca. These delicious pies are so easy to prepare, and are fantastic for breakfast or lunch. You can also slip them into kids’ lunchboxes, like my Mama used to do. They can also be frozen to keep on hand.
Serves: 10-15 people
- 25g butter, melted
- 60ml olive oil
- 30g yoghurt
- 1 egg, separated
- 225g plain flour
- 1/2 tablespoon baking powder
- 75g feta, crumbled
- 1 handful chopped flat-leaf parsley
- 1-2 tablespoons sesame seeds or nigella seeds (see note)
Preheat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius.
Mix the melted butter in a bowl with the olive oil, yoghurt and egg whites.
Add the flour, baking powder and a pinch of sea salt, then knead the mixture until the dough feels like your earlobe. Cover the dough and let it rest at room temperature for one hour.
Mix together the feta and parsley and set aside.
Break off small pieces of the dough and roll them into walnut-sized balls. Flatten them into 10cm rounds, about 5mm thick.
Put about two tablespoons of the feta mixture in the middle of each round. Fold the dough into half-moons and pinch the edges together with your fingers.
Lightly stir the egg yolks with a fork, then brush over the pies to glaze them. Sprinkle with the sesame seeds or nigella seeds, or both.
Bake for 20 minutes, or until the pastry is golden brown.
Serve hot or cold – if you can resist them while they’re hot!
Note: Nigella seeds look like tiny black sesame seeds. They have a unique aromatic flavour, and are often sprinkled over baked goods. You’ll find them in spice shops.
Recipe taken from Turkish Meze by Sevtap Yüce
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The Ministry of Health and Medical Services has confirmed that they are investigating the deaths of two United States citizens who arrived in Fiji on the 22nd of May. According to a statement from the ministry, the couple presented with an illness while in the country on holiday in the Western Division.
The statemnt says although they were provided medical treatment as standard of care, their illnesses progressively worsened and despite best efforts, they died within a few days of each other. At this stage the Ministry is conducting investigations into the possible causes and has also put in place necessary public health measures.
The Ministry is also working with the Fiji Police Force’s forensics department, the World Health Organisation, and the United States Centre for Disease Control and Prevention on determining the cause of death.


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An environmental consulting company conducted tests around the roughly 200-acre site of the ex-plant for trichloroethylene and trichloroethane. Both are potentially hazardous substances and can lead to health problems.
The ex-Visteon Corp. plant formerly was known as Ford Utica Trim. Officials estimate cleanup costs at up to $150 million.
Another company owns the site, but Ford is responsible for soil remediation.
Ford says it's conducting an investigation and working with the state to determine possible cleanup actions.


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Qatar's QGPC and its term contract customers have agreed to keep the priceformula for April liftings unchanged from March at Oman's assessment price(so-called PDO or MPM) plus 5 cents for Qatar Marine and plus 10 cents for QatarDukhan.
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SOCIAL Welfare Secretary Corazon Soliman admitted Friday that recipients of government doles can suffer deductions from their stipends if they do not meet the 4Ps conditions, but denied that this was used to coerce them into joining nationwide rallies in support of administration candidate for president Manuel Roxas II.
Under the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps), the government’s dole program, beneficiaries can be penalized for failing to attend “Family Development Sessions [FDS],” Soliman said.
Soliman was responding to accusations that the Liberal Party was using the 4Ps to drum up a show of support for Roxas, who has been on the tail end of most opinion surveys.
Some beneficiaries said they were told if they did not attend the “unity walk” for Roxas, they would get deductions from their stipends.
But Soliman said since the 4Ps is a conditional cash transfer program, beneficiaries are subject to penalties should they fail to meet the program requirements: check-ups for pregnant women and children aged zero to five, deworming of schoolchildren aged six to 14, enrollment of children in daycare, elementary and secondary schools, and attendance at the monthly FDS.
Leftist groups said Thursday the rally was being passed off as an FDS.
But Soliman denied the Department of Social Welfare and Development coerced beneficiaries to attend the pro-Roxas rallies, which advocated the legislation of the CCT under the next administration.
“As far as I understand, civil society organizations organized the event and we had nothing to do with it. We did not organize it,” Soliman said.
She did not say how the organizations were able to get a list of the 4Ps beneficiaries, however.
On Thursday, militant group Bagong Alyansang Makabayan claimed that the beneficiaries of the government’s flagship poverty reduction program were threatened with a P500 deduction of their monthly support should they fail to attend the “unity walk” in Luneta.
“We have received information that CCT-4P’s members in Manila are being required to attend a “unity walk” for Mar Roxas in Luneta tomorrow under the guise of the monthly Family Development Session of the 4Ps. The event is being billed as a unity walk to push for the legislation of the 4P’s,” Renato Reyes, Bayan secretary-general said.
On Friday morning, beneficiaries of the government’s dole program across the country marched to major streets advocating for the legislation of a law for the CCT.
Wearing white shirts and carrying banners, the beneficiaries said they were told that attendance was compulsory.
Another beneficiary said if they failed to attend, they would be removed from the 4Ps.
Lito Villocero, a 4Ps beneficiary, said on his Facebook page that he even had texts to prove that they were told that attendance was compulsory.
Soliman also scored opposition candidate for president, Vice President Jejomar Binay, for claiming that the unity walk was a tool to promote Roxas’ candidacy.
“Isn’t he the one who is saying that he will expand it to 5Ps? Who is saying that they’re notusing Pantawid? They’re all using Pantawid,” Soliman said. “He even advertised it on TV.”
In a speech at the Club Filipino on Thursday, Soliman hit the rivals of the ruling party with their flip-flopping of support for the dole program, pointing out that Roxas and Robredo’s rivals—once staunch critics of the program—immediately changed tune when the survey came out showing that most Filipinos favored the 4Ps.
“Many promise to continue the 4Ps. Who are they? These are the critics, those who don’t understand... they said Pantawid is alms,” Soliman said.
A recent survey revealed that majority of Filipinos—about 80 percent—would vote for a candidate who promises to continue 4Ps.
All presidential aspirants vow they will continue or expand the 4Ps program.
“All of them are promising that Pantawid will be continued. All of them are promising that they will be continuing Pantawid and are saying they will continue but only Mar Roxas has concrete plans of doing so,” Soliman told The Standard.
“Pantawid has made it where it’s now because of the people themselves. Of course with the help of the Aquino government. Let’s not insult the people. They know how to vote,” she added.
The House of Representatives, voting 127-8, has approved on third and final reading a bill seeking to institutionalize the 4Ps.
The approved measure, House Bill No. 6393, was endorsed for plenary approval by the House Committees on Poverty Alleviation and Appropriations.
On Wednesday, senatorial candidate and Leyte Rep. Martin Romualdez called for a growth that is inclusive, not one that widens the gap between the rich and the poor.
The Leyte lawmaker issued the call following the release of data from the Philippine Statistics Authority showing that the income growth of the richest Filipinos, or those at the top 10 percent of the income bracket, was 11.35 times more than that earned by the poorest, or the bottom 10 percent.
“We must reduce income inequality in this country and accelerate poverty reduction as part of sustainable development efforts,” Romualdez said.
“The next administration should hit the ground running and strive to create and more jobs in the next six years,” he said.
The National Economic and Development Authority earlier reported improvements in poverty reduction nationwide to 26.3 percent in the first semester of 2015 from 27.9 percent in the same period of 2012.
Neda attributed the expansion largely to the government’s social services spending, most notably the CCT.
Romualdez vowed to continue the CCT program to help the poorest of the poor cope with daily survival, but stressed that creating employment should go hand-in-hand with the dole program.
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Cathaoirleach of Leitrim County Council, Cllr Enda Stenson signed the Dublin Declaration on Age Friendly Cities and Communities in Europe 2013 at an international event held in the King’s Inns, Dublin on Thursday, June 13
The historic Declaration aims to future-proof County Letrim by creating a community that is suitable for both old and young generations.
The Dublin Declaration expresses the clear and strong commitment of political leaders to make their communities more age-friendly and commits signatories to undertake a continuous cycle of improvement through a planning process supported by participation in the WHO’s Global Network of Age Friendly Cities.
Cllr Stenson was among 22 Irish Mayors, Deputy Mayors and Cathaoirligh who signed the Declaration. Representatives from Croatia, France, Spain, Lithuania, Norway, Portugal, the UK, and Austria also signed the Declaration.
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Last month in New Jersey, Iraq war veteran Leonard Cottrell Jr, who served multiple tours fighting overseas for “Operation Iraqi Freedom” for the U.S. Army, was confronted by local police officers who tried to confiscate his guns without a warrant.
Mr. Cottrell has a shot gun, and a hand gun in which he has all legal papers to own them.
This all started with a comment his son, 13 year old who attends Millstone Middle School, said about the security at his school. Due to his son’s comment the New Jersey police wanted to confiscate Mr. Cottrell’s gun as part of the investigation.
At the time the Officers arrived at their residence, his wife was home and allowed police to search their sons room, in which nothing of any suspicious nature was found.
Mr. Cottrell said that, “No one from the state was going to take my firearms without due process,”
The attempt by police to confiscate Cottrell’s firearms comes after Democrat Governor Phil Murphy signed into law a bill that makes it easier for police and other law enforement to confiscate firearms without due process.
Cottrell said the officers “danced around the issue” when he confronted them about the new law.
A New Jersey State Police spokesman declined to answer questions about whether this incident had anything to do with the new gun laws.
In an email, Sgt. First Class Jeff Flynn said, “Troopers responded to Mr. Cottrell’s residence in reference to the report of a possible school threat. Based on their investigation, it was determined that Mr. Cottrell’s weapons did not need to be seized.”
His son is clearly upset by the situation, stating he did not do anything wrong, and that the situation is being blown up into something it was not.
Mr. Cottrell also stated that, “He didn’t do anything wrong, and he doesn’t understand why it happened — he was just having a conversation with nothing as far as threats,” Cottrell said. “It shouldn’t have blown up the way it did. But he understands it happened, there are consequences and there’s fallout from his actions.”

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A new chapter is dawning in Eternia as “THE BLOOD OF GREYSKULL” begins! As an ancient evil from Eternia’s past returns, Princess Adora must continue on her road to redemption. But when she is confronted with tragic news by her brother He-Man, brother and sister must unite to fight against The Horde and find the secrets of the Greyskull legacy.
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To boost the tourism industry in the country, the Cabinet approved Monday three laws to regulate the activities of the Saudi Society for Tourist Accommodation Facilities, Saudi Society for Tourist Gui
The Saudi Commission for Tourism and Antiquities (SCTA) has approved a comprehensive plan to develop 28 tourist destinations and sites across the Kingdom in addition to offering several of them to the
There was a massive increase in the number of tourist trips made within the Kingdom in 2013 thanks to the extensive revamp given to the country’s tourism infrastructure.
There is a growing trend among Middle Eastern tourists to move eastward in recent years, many of them have found Indonesia as an ideal place to spend their vacation with family.
Away from my legal work and the constant traffic jams in Jeddah lies a splendid paradise in the east with a unique history, beautiful mountains and rivers and great modern architecture.
Families residing in Riyadh’s various district tend to gravitate toward various locations in the city to spend time, exercise or simply to get a whiff of fresh air.
Saudi Arabia's tourism industry is set to boom in the next two years with the completion of multibillion-riyal hotel projects, new local facility developments and the creation of thousands of jobs for
Around 20 seating enclosures are being built on the Al-Uqair beach in the Eastern Province.
The Saudi Commission for Tourism and Antiquities (SCTA) will launch a number of summer tourism events in Abha on May 14.
The Saudi Commission for Tourism and Antiquities (SCTA) has pledged to make Asir a major tourist destination with an allocation of SR10 million in the first year.
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MLB is not at all happy with A-Rod over this stuff. No word on whether part of that unhappiness has anything to do with his presence at Mohegan Sun somehow interfering with Major League Baseball’s extensive advertising relationship with Mohegan Sun. Awwwwwk-ward!
I’m willing to bet all of the canned goods on New York bodega shelves in advance of this hurricane that A-Rod gets no discipline out of this. I’d make the same bet even if they hadn’t already been looted bare.
Update: Rodriguez was quoted afterwards as saying that the two-hour meeting “went well.”
“They asked questions and I answered them,” he said. “I’ll let them review it, chew on it and then let them come back to us.”
Rodriguez also indicated that he denied much of what has been written about his participation in underground poker games.
“All the lies, you just can’t put up with that kind of stuff,” he said. “You just want facts and you always want to be treated fairly and I think I have been.”
- Blue Jays sign Dayan Viciedo to a minor league deal 8
- Chris Sale will be sidelined for three weeks with foot fracture 11
- Aramis Ramirez says 2015 will be his last year 32
- Francisco Rodriguez re-signs with the Brewers 9
- If addiction is an illness — and it is — Josh Hamilton shouldn’t be suspended 305
- Pirates open to massive extension for Andrew McCutchen 18
- Report: Josh Hamilton had a relapse this offseason that “involved at least cocaine” 86
- Yankees don’t plan on having to pay A-Rod’s $30 million in home run milestone bonuses 52
- If addiction is an illness — and it is — Josh Hamilton shouldn’t be suspended (305)
- San Francisco — and all of California — will consider a smokeless tobacco ban that includes MLB parks (131)
- Brian Sabean says that California taxes are a hindrance to the Giants signing free agents (102)
- Ichiro is happy to be away from Joe Girardi (88)
- Report: Josh Hamilton had a relapse this offseason that “involved at least cocaine” (86)