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World leaders lined up yesterday to promise to protect the planet’s forests. Boris Johnson and Joe Biden were followed on stage by indigenous leaders and Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, among others, to back the “Glasgow declaration” to save carbon by saving trees. The scale of the announcement took even committed forest-watchers by surprise, and it demonstrates momentum. Will it actually make a difference?
The context. The world’s old growth forests are being destroyed at a rate of around 42,100 square kilometres a year. An area the size of Sweden has been destroyed since 2010 and the rate of destruction of the Amazon is going up, not down.
The promise. 105 countries, including the stewards of 85 per cent of the world’s forest, signed a declaration promising to “halt and reverse forest loss and land degradation by 2030 while delivering sustainable development and promoting an inclusive rural transformation”.
- The declaration will be backed up by nearly $20 billion in public and private climate finance.
- $12 billion will come from 12 countries, including the UK, USA, Norway and Germany.
- That’s more money than has previously been given out to prevent deforestation through existing UN mechanisms – though it’s unclear how much of it is really new.
- 30 financial institutions covering over $8.7 trillion of global assets have also promised to eliminate deforestation from their supply chains.
Why money matters. Forests can store around 30 per cent of carbon dioxide emissions, according to the nonprofit World Resources Institute. But deforestation driven largely by the growth of agriculture means some now emit more carbon than they capture. Examples include parts of the Southeastern Amazon, the Yosemite national park in the USA and the tropical rainforests of Sumatra. More forests are expected to switch from sink to source soon. Governments need financial support to oust poachers and illegal loggers, and farmers need ways to make money that mean they have to chop down trees.
Yesterday’s announcement sounds promising, but Greenpeace called it a license to keep logging for nearly a decade. Also, we’ve been close to here before. In a 2014 declaration signed in New York, 37 governments plus companies, NGOs and others similarly promised to end deforestation by 2030 and halve it by 2020. The target was missed.
Rich countries have also failed to deliver the $100 billion per year they promised to help developing countries adapt to climate change and mitigate future impacts. Since the Glasgow declaration isn’t legally binding, there’s no guarantee it will be different this time round.
And yet there are reasons to be hopeful. The most compelling is who’s involved.
China, Russia and Brazil didn’t sign the 2014 deal, but did sign this one. That could make a difference because they are all home to vast areas of forest. China is also the largest importer of products linked to deforested areas in the world. If it now stops buying, the trees might keep growing. Satellite mapping shows ending deforestation can make a big difference in these countries:
- 80Mt of carbon have been stored in the past ten years in a carbon sink in southeast China following afforestation and restoration programmes.
- 100Mt of carbon every year from 2011 to 2020 have been stored through tree growth following the abandonment of farmland in five regions of western Russia – more than all EU forests combined.
- Meanwhile deforestation means Brazil has lost 40Mt per year of carbon to the atmosphere.
Indigenous voices. This deal hasn’t been hashed out between diplomats and politicians alone. An initial $1.7 billion will go to support the efforts of indigenous peoples – who are the stewards and often the best protectors of 36 per cent of the world’s large and intact forests.
Starting today, negotiators will get down to the grunt work of finalising how funds will be allocated and monitored, so they get to where they’re needed most. The declaration isn’t a solution but it is a step in the right direction. “It’s a good start,” says Chris West, Deputy Centre Director for Research at the Stockholm Environment Institute. “But more money is good money.”
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In the football match that is Boris Johnson’s contest with climate change, it was 5-1 to Team Warming at the weekend. At his pre-departure press conference last night he reckoned humanity had got a goal back – maybe two – in the first two days of Cop, and his audience was buying the metaphor if not the scoreline. Sky’s Beth Rigby reckoned Team World couldn’t equalise without China on the pitch. The Sun’s Harry Cole wondered if it was going to be Her Maj, Sir David Attenborough or “you” who pulled it level. Johnson said a team effort could “take this thing into extra time”. When this metaphor palls there’s Bond and the Doomsday machine and the “great chainsaw massacre” of deforestation – but there’s a logic gap in this sort of messaging. It presupposes nothing else cuts through. And yet in practically the same breath the PM speaks of the anger lapping at the door and round the world, ready to boil over if leaders fail in Glasgow. He knows a lot of people already care. He may also know how to get through to those who don’t, but it’s not clear he understands this isn’t just another 2012 Olympics.
engagement and activism
Cop’s organisers are facing accusations of elitism. Several Cop “observers” – people from NGOs and IGOs who monitor but don’t negotiate – have been expressing frustration that these talks don’t feel as open as previous Cops. “Normally, we are able to use corners or separate corridors to navigate space so that the VIPs can have all of the meeting rooms that they need,” says Sebastien Duyck, a senior attorney at the Centre for International Environmental Law. “This time, they have cordoned off the entire negotiating area.” The effect is to muffle civil society’s voice during the first two days of the conference, which are also the most important. Even getting tickets is hard: word is that Climate Action Network, a group that represents over 1,500 civil society organisations, has just two tickets allowing access to all of the negotiating areas. Limited access also poses a particular challenge for smaller nations and attendees from the Global South. Many have travelled huge distances in difficult circumstances, hoping to have a meaningful impact. Instead, Duyck says, observers only have access to a couple of restaurants, supermarkets, and the Climate Fair, but not the political process itself. It’s assumed that once world leaders jet off again the talks will become more transparent – but, by that point, will it be too late to make a difference?
30 by ‘30
In lieu of bolder action, President Biden and Ursula von der Leyen formally announced a Global Methane Pledge before they left Glasgow yesterday. A total of 105 countries have committed to cut their emissions of the potent greenhouse gas by 30 per cent in a decade. It’s a sign that many leaders – but not, crucially, Putin or Xi – have heeded the suggestion in the most recent IPCC report that methane reductions would make a quick win in the climate fight. The US and EU say their pledge could knock 0.2 degrees off total warming off by 2050. But that depends on effective execution. Joeri Rogeli, a lead author on the IPCC report, told Tortoise lower temperatures are not a given: “Our modelling shows that the global warming benefit of this pledge might lower warming over the next decades by a tenth of a degree – but [it] levels off over time. This points to the importance of tackling carbon dioxide and methane at the same time, for example, through deep overall emissions cuts and a phase-out of coal infrastructure.”
Science and tech
If there was a hare from Cop’s first two days, it would be India’s prime minister Narendra Modi. His 2070 Net Zero goal is later than most targets, but as mentioned yesterday it’s better than expected, and he wasn’t done. Yesterday he brought his One Sun, One World, One Grid initiative (OSOWOG for short), to the stage in alliance with the UK’s Green Grids Initiative. It’s a grand idea that’s been in the works since 2018: a worldwide solar power grid across 140 countries that “can ensure clean energy everywhere, every time” – because the sun’s always shining somewhere. But Aditya Valiathan Pillai, an associate fellow at the Centre for Policy Research in India tells Sensemaker the project could trip up in the “nitty gritty”. To build something like this India will also need to build trust and exercise some very patient diplomacy. Will that be quick enough to compete with emerging technological solutions for evening out the renewable supply curve? Big Solar, meet Big Storage.
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Additional reporting by Giles Whittell, Phoebe Davis and Barney Macintyre.
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We’ve recently seen numerous innovations designed to ease the tedium of pre-flight waiting. Take the ebook library at Taiwan’s Taoyuan International Airport, for example. This morning Schiphol airport in Amsterdam launched their own effort, with the world’s first airport park.
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Second Signing Day is in the books and nearly every great prospect is now signed, stamped, and about to be delivered—if they’re not already on campus. Here’s a look at the winners and losers from signing day in February.
Alabama He did nothing on his second signing day and the Crimson Tide still holds the No. 1 in the country and everything but a full lock—even if it’s a five-star. Dossie Robinson expires in Georgia – They will remain number one in the Rivals.com team employment rankings.
What an incredible race Nick Saban With Georgia coming off back-to-back national titles, there is a lot of talk about the transfer gate and the NIL. However, here is Saban being loaded again, not to be pushed aside Kirby SmartAnd Deion Sanders or anyone else yet.
The transfer portal was a crucial and effective focus for the first-year coach Kenny Dillingham Sun demons are also drawn Colorado For most gate extras however he is still a four star quarterback Jaden Rashad became available, Arizona Ran towards it and landed it on Wednesday.
A Pittsburgh, Calif., quarterback was involved in a mess of nothing with fl He exited the National Letter of Intent as ASU and TCU Make it a priority. After a visit to Tempe and plenty of interest – as well as calling his father into the school – the Sun Devils won when he joined the Gateway QBs Drew Bean (Our Lady) And Jacob Conover (BYU) In class.
After a busy December signing period, it’s been quiet for the 2023 Georgia class looking to finish second even if they end up with the five-star Bulldogs. Dossie Robinson. But the coach Kirby tasty And his staff landed a massive 2024 four-star defensive back Ellis Robinson.
He fits the mold perfectly in Athens as an aggressive, physical and strong player who won’t hold back. Alabama and many others were after former New Rochelle (NY) star Iona Prep, who now plays at Bradenton (FL) IMG Academy, but Georgia won. and a four-star tight end Walker Lyons Selection USCThis could be another good news for Georgia and Robinson once he’s ready to make a decision.
Let’s not get lost in a lot of big five-star news on Wednesday’s Solid Finish Mississippi I had to this class – as Bulldogs added perhaps one of the biggest sleepers of the entire group.
Three-star defensive tackle Jonathan Davis From monticello (miss) lawrence county hard TexasAnd flAnd Be a miss and others down the stretch but the Bulldogs won. They also added Theodore, Ala, Back Corner William James.
fact that Oregon Passenger coach Dan Lanning His staff went to the Gardena (California) Sierra and withdrew Roderick Pleasant Away from USC, he was one of the biggest recruiting coups of this recruiting cycle. Serra fielded several top players to play for the Trojans and many of them achieved great success.
Also, Pleasant was so close to several USC pledges already that it seemed like a foregone conclusion — until it wasn’t. It was an impressive win, but a loss to a five-star tight end Port Nichols to South Carolina It doesn’t hurt.
It was a fight to the end but South Carolina won the 5-star in a tight end Port Nicholsmainly postpone Oregon and Maryland Archbishop Carroll of Washington (D.C.) has also described the past few days as a “chaos”.
However, the Gamecocks held on, and now she’s the coach Shane Beamer He’s got a huge weapon for offense – and one with Olympic level speed to work with. Harbor’s commitment was arguably the biggest story of the day and another huge building block for Beamer and his staff as the Gamecocks are headed in a big way.
First year coach Alex Golish He put some nice finishing touches on his opening row at South Florida By adding three star quarterbacks Israel Carter of Corona (California) Centennial, who was committed to Arizona State, along with receivers Jiquan Smith And Terry Kelly.
Not only were these players added, but Carter and Smith talked about Gulch as a recruiter and his vision for the program as he convinced both of them to head across the country to help the Bulls.
It was a bit of a mixed bag for USC on signing day as a longtime favorite Roderick Pleasant Oregon ended up picking over the Trojans, but adding a four-star tight end Walker Lyons Huge for Trojan crime.
Folsom, Calif., four-star, who was once committed StanfordGeorgia was desperately chasing her. Utah and others, but USC was always in the back of his mind. He decided to pull the trigger on Wednesday after not signaling in recent weeks that he was ready to go. The Lions will do a stint but in the future, the four star could be a huge bonus in USC’s offense.
Late signing period
Don’t you feel like signing day in February has gone the dodo’s way?
Some college coaches prefer signing day to be only in February like the good old days, but now December has taken away all the glitz and glam with a few die-hards hanging on to making up their minds late.
It feels unnecessary. Almost everyone makes their picks in December and then two more at all-star events, and only a few make their final calls in January and make their final calls in February.
February could be activated if it becomes the only game in town again (or if the NCAA moves the early signing period to the summer), but right now it seems superfluous and nowhere near as important as the December signing period.
It’s not the biggest loss in the world but four stars Kendrick Gilbert He has been committed to the Boilermakers since the summer, and is an in-state prospect who has survived a coaching change. But when it came to signing, prospect flipped Indianapolis (Indian) Cathedral Kentucky.
He’d been flirting with the show for months but didn’t make the final choice to turn his time around until Wednesday. Purdue now has the second-to-last division in the Big Ten and is one of only two programs in the conference to join Rutgerswith no four-star commitments.
It was a tough – but somewhat predictable – day for Stanford as the Cardinals lost a talented three-star defensive lineman. Cameron Brandt to Michigan And strong hostility LJ Martin to BYU. Late January was very productive for the Cardinals as a first year coach Troy Taylor He took over, but losing particularly to Brandt, an in-state prospect from Chatsworth (California) Sierra Canyon, to the Wolverines wasn’t so perfect.

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for Pecos Country of West Texas
Wednesday, December 11, 2002
Eagles turn tables on Tigers with 46-43 victory
By JON FULBRIGHT
Payback came quickly for the Pecos Eagles' basketball team against
the Snyder Tigers.
The Eagles, who lost by 10 points four days ago to Snyder in the opening
round of the Gym Bice Tournament in Andrews, cut down on their turnovers
and their fouls Tuesday night at the Pecos High School gym, and were able
to cut down the Tigers, by a 46-43 final score to get back to the .500 mark
for the season.
Jose Reyes hit his third 3-point jumper of the night with 2½ minute
to play to put Pecos ahead to stay at 42-40, and John Parent followed with
a lay-up, both off passes from Joey Ortega, before the Eagles had to sweat
out some poor foul shooting over the final 30 seconds to get the victory.
Ortega and Parent both fouled out of last week's 58-48 loss to Snyder,
but the biggest change Tuesday night was probably from Eagles' point guard
Bino Barreno. The junior struggled with turnover problems in Andrews last
Thursday and still had a few Tuesday night, but was able to get the ball
inside other times for lay-ups and assists to teammates, something all of
Pecos' guards had problems with at the tournament.
"We made a decision to stick with one guy at point guard," said coach
Joe Flores. "Point guard is kind of like quarterback on offense. It's not
as good as it can be when you have more than one quarterback.
"We decided we're going to go ahead and stick with Bino, whether he gets
20 turnovers or not. He's our point guard and Genaro (Mendoza) is his backup
and that's going to be the show," Flores said.
In the opening period, the teams traded the lead three times and ended
with Pecos up 10-8. But the final two points came from Snyder post Jose Mendoza
on a buzzer basket off a steal, and in the second quarter Mendoza would put
in a dozen more points, including a 3-point jumper that gave the Tigers their
biggest lead of the night, at 25-17.
The Eagles were able to cut that to six just before the halftime buzzer,
when Isaiah Armendariz put in a missed halfcourt shot by Barreno, but spent
the entire third period trying to cut into the Tigers' lead. They would get
it down to one, at 30-29, on a Justin Lara lay-up, before Mendoza hit a lay-up
of his own to give Snyder a three-point lead entering the final period.
The Eagles finally did get the lead off a steal and lay-up by Barreno
and two foul shots by Parent. Snyder would tie it at 33-33 on a free throw
by Lee Scott, who would later hit from 3-point range to put Snyder by 38-37
with five minutes to play.
Ortega got Pecos back out in front at 39-38 on a short jumper, but was
unable to hit from the foul line after that. Scott then hit what appeared
to be a game-tying free throw, but it was wiped out after an appeal by Flores,
who told the officials that Reyes had fouled T.J. Jones trying to work through
a pick to guard Scott.
Jones then missed the free throw, but got a second chance at the line
with 2:48 to play and hit both shots, giving the Tigers their last lead,
After the 3-pointer by Reyes and Parent's lay-up made it 44-40, Mendoza
scored the last of his 24 points, hitting a lay-up off a pass by Jones and
getting fouled by Reyes. His foul shot cut the lead to one, and the Tigers
then had three chances to take the lead, the first off a steal by Jones,
and the last two following missed foul shots by Barreno and Parent.
But Scott missed from 3-point range with 24 seconds to play, Logan Hill
then missed a lay-up attempt off a baseline drive at the six second mark
and Mendoza saw the high rebound off Parent's second miss tip off his hand
and bounce out of bounds with four seconds to play. Snyder then fouled Jason
Sanchez with 3½ seconds left and he was able to hit his two foul shots,
and Scott's long attempt at a game tying 3-pointer fell short at the buzzer.
Mendoza finished up with only six points in the second half after 18 first
half points, and no other Snyder player scored more than six. "We decided
to go ahead and put three people on him _ one in the three-quarter position,
one in back and one in front," Flores said. "We decided we were going to
let the other guys go and beat us if they could."
Reyes led Pecos with 11 points, while Parent and Ortega had eight apiece
for the Eagles, who are now 4-4 on the season going into their opening round
game at the Monahans Sandhills Tournament on Thursday. The Eagles will face
Amarillo Caprock, and will then take on either Andrews or El Paso Riverside
in a tournament quarterfinal or consolation quarterfinal game at 1 p.m. on
"Those first two games are going to be tough no matter what, but we're
prepared," said Flores. "Amarillo Caprock is a physical team, they play similar
to Snyder, but they're beatable."
Snyder did win Tuesday's junior varsity game, 44-38. Saul Pina and Rashad
Terry had 10 points apiece to lead the Eagles.
McGaha 1 2-2 4; Hill 1 1-2 3; Jones 1 2-3 4; Clifton 0 0-0 0; Villarreal
0 0-0 0; Williams 1 0-2 2; Montoya 0 0-0 0; Scott 2 1-3 6; Mendoza 9 5-7
24; Early 0 0-0 0. Totals 15 11-19 43.
Sanchez 0 2-2 2; Parada 0 2-2 4; Armendariz 2 2-2 6; Mendoza 0 0-0 0;
Reyes 4 0-0 11; Barreno 3 1-6 7; Hinojoz 0 0-0 0; Lara 1 0-0 2; Parent 3
2-4 8; Ortega 4 0-4 8. Totals 17 9-20 46.
Snyder 8 17 7 11 _ 43
Pecos 10 9 10 17 _ 46
Three-point goals: Snyder 2 (Mendoza, Scott), Pecos 3 (Reyes 3). Fouled
out: Snyder, Jones. Total fouls: Snyder 19, Pecos 17.
Pecos shuts down Alpine scorers in 40-30 win
By JON FULBRIGHT
The Pecos Eagles and Monica Salmon scored the same amount of points
last year when the two teams met at the Pecos High School gym. Since
the Alpine Bucks had several other players on the court scoring points
besides Salmon, that was not good news for the Eagles.
Tuesday night at the PHS gym, Salmon ended up scoring far fewer points
than a year ago, and while the Eagles didn't score a whole lot more than
they did last December, they still went from a 52-point loss to a 10-point
win over Alpine, by a 40-30 final score.
Salmon hit twice from 3-point range last season, but scored 12 other baskets
on the way to a 32-point night in Alpine's 84-52 victory. Tuesday, Salmon
hit twice from 3-point range again, but was held to only two other baskets
and the Bucks as a team scored two points less than Salmon did by herself
last season, as the Eagles ended up winning for the fourth time in five games
to start the 2002-03 year.
Most of Salmon's points last year came on turnovers off steals from the
Bucks' full-court press. This time, Salmon scored once on a steal off the
press, but overall, the Eagles had little trouble getting the ball upcourt
against Alpine on Tuesday night.
"So far we haven't had too many problems breaking the press," said Eagles'
coach Veronica Valenzuela. "Our main goal was to keep Salmon from shooting
the ball. From the boxscores I've seen, she's scoring about 20 points a game
this season, and we held her to 13."
Alpine's best success with their press on Tuesday came at the outset of
the game, when they ran off seven straight points after a lay-up by Tiana
Terry opened the game. Salmon's first 3-pointer of the night put Alpine ahead
7-2, but after lay-ups by Terry and the Bucks' Mimi Fort made it 9-4 the
Eagles ended the period by scoring nine straight points, off a pair of baskets
and a foul shot by Stephanie Herrera and baskets by Jessica Martinez and
Alpine would spend most of the second quarter trying to catch up and finally
did, at 18-all on a jumper by Fort after the Eagles missed five of six free
throws earlier in the period. But a lay-up by Marissa Mendoza allowed Pecos
to go in at halftime ahead 20-19.
Neither team was able to find the range in the third period. Herrera got
the Eagles' first basket nearly three minutes into the period, but Alpine
wouldn't get their first one until Salmon hit a lay-up with 10 seconds remaining
in the quarter. The Bucks' only other points were two Maricela Garza free
throws, but the Eagles managed only three other baskets themselves, and led
just 28-23 going into the final period.
A couple of baskets by Alpine's Jesse Steen would help the Bucks climb
within three points early in the quarter, but after Madison Burns missed
a chance to cut the lead to one from the foul line with 5:03 to play, Danielle
Garcia and Herrera hit lay-ups and Natalia Ornelas hit a side jumper to make
it 36-27 with 2½ minutes to play.
Salmon hit her second 3-pointer to make it 36-30, but Frost missed the
front end of a one-and-one with 1:50 to play, and the Eagles were able to
clinch the victory with lay-ups by Terry and Herrera in the final minute
Terry and Herrera both finished with 14 points for the Eagles, while Salmon
was the only Alpine player in double figures. "I guess her teammates just
aren't up to her level yet, but our girls did do a good job defensively yesterday,"
The Eagles next game will be Thursday morning at 10:30 a.m., when they
face Midland Christian in the opening round of the Stanton Tournament. "I
don't really know what to expect, but they're going to be tough," Valenzuela
said, adding that District 4-3A rivals Kermit, Greenwood and Presidio would
also be in the tournament.
A win would put Pecos into a Friday game against Kermit or Reagan County,
while a loss would have them playing again Thursday afternoon against the
loser of the Kermit-Reagan County game.
Pecos' junior varsity also defeated Alpine on Tuesday, 30-29. Kristy Contreras
led the JV with five points.
Burns 0 0-2 0; Garza 1 3-6 5; Salmon 5 1-2 13; Ruiz 0 0-0 0; Fort 3 0-1
6; DelaO 0 0-0 0; Steen 3 0-0 6. Totals 12 4-11 30.
Rodriguez 1 0-0 2; Franco 0 0-0 0; Ornelas 2 0-2 4; Mendoza 1 0-0 2; Herrera
6 2-6 14; Martinez 1 0-1 2; V. Garcia 0 0-0 0; D. Garcia 1 0-1 2; Terry 7
0-0 14. Totals 19 2-10 40.
Alpine 9 10 4 7 _ 30
Pecos 13 7 8 12 _ 40
Three-point goals: Alpine 2 (Salmon 2), Fouled out: None. Total fouls:
Alpine 21, Pecos 18.
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Until last year I had no idea what Quick Breads were, but a Martha Mondays challenge meant that I made a wonderful quick bread involving pistachios. I turned to Martha again for the Daring Bakers challenge this month. A Polenta Quick Bread with Lemon and Thyme. It spoke to me as soon as I saw it. ‘Make me, make me’ it said. And make it I did!
The Daring Bakers’ February 2012 host was – Lis! Lisa stepped in last minute and challenged us to create a quick bread we could call our own. She supplied us with a base recipe and shared some recipes she loves from various websites and encouraged us to build upon them and create new flavor profiles.
As far as I can tell, quick bread is really, cake. Like pound cake. I didn’t really care for this recipe, it was a bit too sweet with the lemon and reminded me more of a lemon cake – which had gone wrong.
And now I have a box of polenta in the cupboard which is saying ‘use me, use me’ and use it I shall. Recipes to follow soon.
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Making The City Safe For Bikes
"...what's really needed is a new bike-safe network. As pedestrian traffic swells in Midtown Manhattan and families clog sidewalks throughout gentrifying neighborhoods, bikers ought to find room on the street. More two-lane buffers along arteries to parks and shopping strips would make a huge difference. So would broader bike parking, which Transportation Alternatives wants the City Council to require in office buildings. For now, two-wheeled New Yorkers rely on ingenuity..."

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GOP congressional nominee Katie Arrington received the support of multiple law enforcement leaders this week in her bid to keep South Carolina’s first congressional district in “Republican” hands.
The 47-year-old businesswoman – who nearly died two months ago when the vehicle in which she and a friend were traveling was struck by a drunk driver – was endorsed on Thursday by sheriffs Al Cannon (Charleston County), Duane Lewis (Berkeley County), R.A. Strickland (Colleton County), L.C. Knight (Dorchester County) and P.J. Tanner (Beaufort County).
“There is absolutely no doubt that Katie Arrington will always support our Law Enforcement Officers,” Cannon said. “From her time at the State House, she has shown that she stands with law enforcement and that she is committed to providing the necessary tools for LEO’s to do their jobs successfully and safely.”
Not only did these sheriffs back Arrington’s bid, they made it abundantly clear the party of her opponent – environmental lawyer Joe Cunningham – is out of line in attacking law enforcement, especially the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) division of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
“While the Democrats in Congress push to abolish ICE and insult the men and women who protect our community, Katie Arrington stands proudly with our men and women in uniform,” Knight said in his endorsement.
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As noted in our prior coverage, this issue has emerged as a lightning rod in the Palmetto State this year.
ICE officers – who are responsible for enforcing our nation’s immigration laws – have come under fire from politicians and mainstream media outlets loyal the far left, a cabal which supports perpetually open borders as part of a massive expansion of the American welfare state (and the swelling of Democratic voter rolls).
Arrington? She’s not down with that …
“The men and women who wear a badge are heroes who deserve our respect and appreciation,” Arrington said. “While DC Democrats may attack law enforcement, I wholeheartedly stand with our Lowcountry officers and their families.”
Arrington’s connection to law enforcement is even more personal in the aftermath of the accident that nearly took her life. Last month, she met with the officers and first responders who attended to her and her friend following that tragedy – creating a connection that transcends politics.
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Cunningham has generically claimed he supports ICE, but he has refused to say how he would have voted on H.R. 990 – a resolution supporting “the officers and personnel who carry out the important mission of (ICE).”
Most Democrats voted “present” on that resolution. Many voted against it, however.
Cunningham has also refused to say whether he would support proposed Democratic bills aimed at abolishing ICE. Nor has he repudiated radical anti-law enforcement rhetoric from ranking House Democrats like U.S. congressman Keith Ellison of Minnesota.
Arrington is clearly looking to make this a critical demarcation line in the November election, just as Cunningham (with an assist from the potentially conflicted newspaper of record in this race) is hoping to drive the narrative around the issue of offshore drilling.
Democrats are struggling to gain traction in a race that was supposed to be a referendum on Mark Sanford – the scandal-scarred former South Carolina governor who has held this seat since May of 2013 and was expected to cruise to reelection this fall.
Things didn’t work out that way, though, as Arrington vanquished Sanford in the “Republican” primary back in June.
Meanwhile the “blue wave” we keep hearing so much about just doesn’t seem to be materializing …
UPDATE: Well, well … Cunningham’s campaign strategist, Tyler Jones, just reached out to us asking us to “please update (our) story to include the fact that Joe Cunningham would have voted in favor of H.R. 990.”
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Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao (KCR) had narrowly escaped helicopter mishap. KCR was on tour in Karimnagar district. While his chopper took off to 100 feet from Pedappalli, CM’s office luggage caught fire. Security officials dumped the bags to the ground and averted the accident. DGP of Telangana confirmed the reports and that the CM and other CMO officials onboard are safe. Minister KTR also tweeted about the incident.
Just checked up with CMO team. All is well with Hon’ble CM and he is continuing his tour in Adilabad district https://t.co/DHkgptTBVh
— KTR (@KTRTRS) February 27, 2018
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Candid Moments on the Globes Red Carpet
Gerard Butler shows off! Sofia Vergara peaces out! See the stars cut loose at the awards show
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Updated: Sunday Jan 15, 2012 | 11:20 PM EST By: Janet Mock
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After more than a decade (14 years, to be exact) Missy Elliot is about to release a new album.
““I just finished a long project I been working on since last year,” Elliot announced in an Instagram post. Missy’s last major release was her 2015 single “WTF (Where They From)” with Pharrell. Back in January, Elliot became the first female rapper to be inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.
My generation remembers hits as “One Minute Man”, “4 My People”, “Lose Control”, “Pass that duch”, “I’m really hot”, “Work it”, “Get your freak on” etc. Today she is 47 years old and it’ll be fun hearing her new music.


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All Time Low just released their MTV Unplugged CD/DVD set last week and to celebrate the band's acoustic endeavor, J-14 chatted with All Time Low's lead singer Alex Gaskarth to get the scoop on their unplugged song choices, their contribution to the Alice in Wonderland movie soundtrack, and those rumors about ATL and Demi Lovato!
J-14: Why was it important to you to do MTV Unplugged and release the set on DVD?
Alex Gaskarth: Fist of all, Unplugged is legendary — Nirvana's played it, and all kinds of amazing bands that I consider legendary. So to even get the invite to come and do it was very cool. On top of that, it's always fun to strip down your songs and play them in a very honest way in an intimate setting like that. It was a good time. I think the kids that were there really appreciated it. We wanted to share that with anyone who didn't get to see it, so we put it on DVD.
J-14: Which song was the most important for you to play at that show?
Alex: I really enjoyed playing "Jasey Rae." It's one of our older songs but it translates to acoustic well. I think people really appreciate the lyrics and the sentiment of that song, so I'm glad that we got to squeeze it in there.
J-14: How did One Tree Hill's Kate Voegele get involved with singing on "Remembering Sunday?"
Alex: It was a very last minute thing. I wanted to do "Remembering Sunday," and I said is there anyone that we can get to come in and do that part, and she was the first person who came to mind. We spoke on the phone a couple times and planned it out and sure enough, she showed up and she's great. She's an awesome girl — a really great singer and a great artist. It was fun to do that collaboration.
J-14: What's the inspiration behind your song "Painting Flowers" off the upcoming Alice in Wonderland soundtrack?
Alex: It's about realizing who you are, questioning your beliefs, and truly finding and accepting what you believe, not for any other reason but because you want to believe. It's an awesome song, and I'm really glad we had the opportunity to contribute to the album. I'm a big fan of Tim Burton so I think he's probably done an amazing job with the movie, and Johnny Depp looks hilarious in it.
J-14: Which band has been your favorite to tour with?
Alex: I would have to say Fall Out Boy. They're a band we came up listening to. It was not only a dream come true to finally tour with those guys, but they're all great dudes and we befriended them pretty quickly. Every night was a party on that tour. Everybody got along and hung out all the time. Our bus sort of turned into the common area for hanging out after shows. Pete Wentz always tells us we're like the adopted brothers into the Decaydance family. We're not actually part of the family, but we roll with all those people. I have nothing but love and respect for all those bands.
J-14: Are the rumors true about All Time Low working on a song with Demi?
Alex: As of right now, no. We've never done anything as far as music goes. Her and I are becoming good friends – we're hanging out. She's awesome.
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Synetic Theater’s “Cyrano de Bergerac” is a gloriously silly, but tragic, romp based loosely on Edmond Rostand’s play of the same name which follows the life of Cyrano de Bergerac, the soldier and poet with a large nose of which he is ashamed. Cyrano falls in love with his childhood friend, Roxanne, only to use his wit to help one man win her love while defending her from another. This adaptation takes several innovative liberties. Rostand’s original narrative has been stripped down to its essential characters, Cyrano (Vato Tsikurishvili), Roxanne (Maryam Najafzada), Christian (Zana Gankhuyag), De Guiche (Philip Fletcher), and The Priest (Adrienne Elion). Their essential personas are transformed into clowns—Cyrano is a baggy yellow onesie and oversized shoes; Roxanne a ballerina clown, and the nobleman De Guiche in a cavalier hat with more medals than Gowron. They all exist in a narrative, temporal circus conducted by the black-and-white and bloody harlequin clown of Time (Ana Tsikurishvili).
…a well-conceived, well-executed, and refreshing production of a classic which goes in completely unexpected directions.
There were also some adaptations to the narrative. While Rostand’s play drops you right into the action at the beginning and takes care of all the backstory through dialogue, Synetic uses temporal bookends of the childhood and old age of its characters. It’s arguably a more effective structure that gives the chronological emotional development of the characters more impact. The performance begins with a hide-and-seek ballet between Cyrano and Roxanne as children. She gives him a flower that he tucks away in his onesie before Time appears and delivers us, and Cyrano, to the present.
Then the play picks up with Rostand’s story which begins in a theater during the performance of a play where Cyrano is in the audience and proceeds to pick a fight with an actor on stage. This leads to Cyrano fighting a duel with another member of the audience whom he dispatches in spectacular fashion. In Synetic Theater’s interpretation, Roxanne has become a Pavlova-esque dancer and Cyrano has come to this theater to see her dance the dying swan. Only someone in the audience is sitting in his seat. What followed was a 10 minutes of farcical, slapstick uproar as Cyrano was pursued around the house by the stage manager and the ushers, climbing over seats, and hiding behind audience members. He was sitting in my lap when the stage manager finally caught him and (quite forcefully) escorted him to a vacant seat at the side of the theater. I usually love a good theater sword fight, but in this case, I really didn’t miss it. Changing the stakes in the first act and putting Cyrano in the house with the rest of us made him, and the whole ensemble of clowns, more human rather than superhuman— clown avatars living out drama from the circus of the real world. The focus shifted from Cyrano’s bravado skill in rhetorical and physical combat to his inner emotional foibles. In this world, Cyrano is not the best fighter, he’s just the clown with the biggest heart. This made the mortal stakes brought by the second act land that much harder.
Some of the best comedic moments and choreography in the first act came with Cyrano teaching Christian to woo Roxanne. Cyrano and Christian both serve in the same military unit under De Guiche, and Cyrano knows that both Roxanne and Christian have fallen in love with each other. When Christian comes to him asking for advice, he agrees to help. Christian is hilariously played by Gankhuyag as a hunky, h***y himbo of a clown, flexing for, and flirting with, the audience only to be reminded by Cyrano that he is in love with Roxanne. Cyrano agrees to write Christian’s love letters to Roxanne and that works until she wants to meet him in person. Cyrano hides and tries to indicate what Christian should do, but he gets carried away beating his chest and flinging himself on the floor while Cyrano and Roxanne resolve to the same pose—sympatico even from a distance.
Throughout both acts, the whole cast also made impressive and very physical use of the set. With a high platform at the center and a wide staircase winding down each side, the performers were constantly leaping off, climbing on, and falling from every surface of the architecture. It was a hard hitting performance in more than one sense.
For those of you who are unfamiliar with the story of Cyrano de Bergerac I won’t spoil the ending, but Synetic Theater’s production follows the same beats as the original. It’s a well-conceived, well- executed, and refreshing production of a classic which goes in completely unexpected directions. If you like excellent clowns, emotional drama, and good storytelling, this one’s for you.
Running Time: Approximately two hours with one 15-minute intermission
Cyrano De Bergerac runs through August 13, 2023 at Synetic Theater, 1800 S Bell St, Arlington, VA 22202. For more information and tickets, go online.

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Man wanted for allegedly sexually abusing 13-year-old Harris County girl
Updated 4:27 pm, Thursday, February 16, 2017
Authorities are on the hunt for a 41-year-old man accused of sexually abusing a 13-year-old girl for nearly 20 months, the Harris County Sheriff's Office said Thursday.
The sexual accusations came to light after the now wanted man, Reynaldo Zepeda, was charged in another related case involving the teen's mother and 14-year-old brother.
After Zepeda and his common-law wife parted ways, she came home one night to find her ex in the house. She asked him to leave and he allegedly flew into a rage, hitting her repeatedly before grabbing a knife and stabbing her, according to a press release.
The woman's 14-year-old son tried to intervene and also got stabbed.
During the course of the investigation into the violence, the woman's 13-year-old daughter told her that Zepeda has sexually abused her.
Now, Crime Stoppers is offering a reward of up to $5,000 for information leading to Zepeda's arrest.


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Law in Literature: Legal Themes in Drama (Paperback)
Man's fascination with story-telling and with the law is nowhere more apparent than in the plays which are representative of any place or time in history. This anthology commences with the Greek plays The Eumenides by Aeschylus and Antigone by Sophocles, plays which give us a glimpse of Greek thoughts on justice and which offer insight into their contemplation of obedience to Divine and positive laws. These plays are followed by Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice and Measure for Measure, plays dealing with British concepts of justice. Massinger's The Fatal Dowry and Lillo's The London Merchant then provide a later look at English notions of crime and its causes. Finally Susan Gaspell's Trifles and Lou Rivers' This Piece of Land show 20th century America dealing with notions of equality and discrimination. Each play is followed by short comments and questions raised by the reading of these plays.

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By Daniel Stefanski |
Arizona Legislative Republicans are furious over President Joe Biden’s announcement about the Grand Canyon.
During his visit to Arizona on Tuesday, President Joe Biden established the Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni – Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument. In his signed proclamation, Biden stated, “Protecting the areas to the northeast, northwest, and south of the Grand Canyon will preserve an important spiritual, cultural, prehistoric, and historic legacy; maintain a diverse array of natural and scientific resources; and help ensure that the prehistoric, historic, and scientific value of the areas ensures for the benefit of all Americans.”
Arizona Republicans were quick to oppose the president’s action in their state. Senator Frank Carroll said, “Halting uranium mining in this region will only promote our country’s dependence on communist China for the minerals needed every day to support our energy supply. Even the FBI has sounded the alarm that China is the greatest long-term threat to our nation’s ideas, economic security and national security, yet President Biden is welcoming a greater reliance on this government with this action.”
Senator David Gowan also issued a statement: “There was entirely inefficient notice from the Biden Administration to the residents, business owners and elected officials of Mohave County. This is not how government should conduct itself within Arizona or within the United States. We don’t need the federal government coming in and dictating to Arizonans how to protect Arizona. We’ve been doing a fine job of conserving our precious resources and will continue to do so. This federal overreach is unacceptable and unconstitutional.”
Last week, Arizona House Majority Leader Leo Biasiucci and Senate Majority Leader Sonny Borreilli requested that an emergency, joint committee hearing be convened in Kingman in order to “hear testimony on President Biden’s radical proposal to circumvent Congress and unilaterally declare a new 1.1 million acre ‘national monument’ near the Grand Canyon in Mohave and Coconino Counties.”
The plea was directed to the Chairs of the House and Senate Committees on Natural Resources, Energy and Water (Rep. Gail Griffin and Sen. Sine Kerr) and the Chair of the House Committee on Land, Agriculture and Rural Affairs (Rep. Lupe Diaz).
The call for the emergency meeting was adhered to by the Chairs of the legislative committees, where Republicans met Monday night in Kingman and “voted to formally oppose the move that promises to adversely impact the state’s economy and our national security by devastating critical industries like mining and cattle ranching.”
Republican Representative John Gillette also chimed in, posting, “Arizona Democrats refuse to show up for public input on the Biden Land Grab. As Biden is planning to designate 1.1 million acres of AZ people land to build wind and solar via executive order 14008. Democrats call public comments a sham. We must vote them out!”
Senate President Pro Tempore T.J. Shope was at the hearing and shared his support for his fellow Republicans’ efforts to highlight this issue, writing, “Excited to be in Kingman today to discuss my strong opposition to the over 1 Million Acre land-grab in Northern Arizona that President Biden is expected to announce in the coming hours.”
After Biden’s establishment of the National Monument, Shope issued another statement, saying, “The Biden Administration is determined to halt mining across our country and here in Arizona, crippling our ability to meet demands. We must immediately open up mining in Arizona and address other national security risks here locally that are associated with China’s influence. Shame on President Biden for putting our citizens, our resources and our economy at risk.”
Daniel Stefanski is a reporter for AZ Free News. You can send him news tips using this link.


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W.Va.'s Drop in Report Cited in Tax Reform Push
Charleston Gazette -Launching the inaugural meeting of a new legislative interim committee on tax reform Monday, Senate President Bill Cole, R-Mercer, cited the American Legislative Exchange Council's "Rich States, Poor States" report, which in its most recent edition dropped West Virginia from 30th to 36th in its rankings. Read
In talking with the authors of the study, Cole said he was told the drop wasn't because of adverse changes in the state's tax code, noting, "It's more or less, the other states are moving forward in aggressively cutting taxes."
Cole added, "I think the time has come that we need to act."
House Speaker Tim Armstead, R-Kanawha, said of the mandate of the Joint Select Committee on Tax Reform: "We have a tax structure in West Virginia that's broken, that's burdensome, and that's bewildering to a lot of people."

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2022, Vol. 2, Issue 1, Part A
Importance of capacity to contractAuthor(s):
Praveen Kumar PandeyAbstract:
A Contract is a legally binding agreement. When discussing contract law, one of the most frequently used terms is ‘capacity.’ In today’s globalised world, it is critical for a party to have the ability to contract in order to engage in commercial transactions. This article will discuss how one person is or is not competent to enter a valid contract with another, with a focus on the Indian Contract Act, 1872 (hereinafter ‘the Act’), relating case laws, and a critical analysis of the subject in the Indian context.Pages: 39-42 | Views: 728 | Downloads: 432Download Full Article: Click Here
How to cite this article:
Praveen Kumar Pandey. Importance of capacity to contract. Int J Civ Law Legal Res 2022;2(1):39-42.


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ALEC sent out an SOS to Breitbart bloggers:
Shortly after issuing a press release announcing that it was disbanding its “Public Safety and Elections Task Force” after 30 years, the American Legislative Exchange Council(ALEC) held a training for the right-wing blogosphere.
ALEC Director of External Relations Caitlyn Korb spoke yesterday at a Heritage Foundation “Bloggers Briefing,” begging conservative bloggers for help while prepping “a very aggressive campaign to really spread the word about what we actually do.” Korb appears to be a new ALEC employee who recently worked for the Cato Institute. Both ALEC and Cato have received funding fromKoch family foundations. The Heritage Foundation is anALEC member.
ALEC’s new FAQ is riddled with errors, including:
- “The potential solutions discussed at ALEC focus on free markets, limited government and constitutional division of powers between the federal and state governments.” It is hard to discern what voter suppression bills, tax breaks for big tobacco, bans on unionization, protections for companies whose products injure or kill, and “Stand Your Ground/Kill at Will” laws have to do with free markets.
- “The organization respects diversity of thought; it is a non-partisan resource for its members, which include more than 2,000 Republican and Democratic state legislators.” Diversity of thought apparently refers to Republicans talking to Republicans. Although touted as “nonpartisan,” when CMD launched ALEC Exposed, out of 104 legislators in leadership positions in ALEC, only one was a Democrat. It’s hard to believe that ALEC phone briefs on redistricting are totally nonpartisan.
- “Unlike in many private sector groups that offer model legislation, elected state legislators fully control ALEC’s model legislation process.” As ALEC’s public “Task Force Operating Procedures” (PDF, p. 8) and other documents reveal, corporate members vote alongside legislators in ALEC task forces.
- “Each state legislator and their constituents then decide which solutions are best for them and their states.” For the most part, constituents have no way of knowing that corporations wrote or approved ALEC legislation behind closed doors.


Is the TAQ V meta in Warzone 2? If that’s a question you’ve been asking yourself, we’re here to give you some good news.
If you’re interested in rocking the TAQ V, Call of Duty Guru Marathon has you covered. He recently published a YouTube video going over the best TAQ V loadout.
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Kicking things off with the muzzle, Marathon chooses the Sakin Tread-40 for vertical and horizontal recoil control, allowing for much-improved accuracy.
For the underbarrel, it’s the FTAC Ripper 56 attachment. This one adds recoil stabilization, hip fire accuracy, and aiming idle stability at the cost of some speed.
When it comes to the optic, Marathon adds on the AIM OP-V4 thanks to its clear precision sight picture. Once again, the drawback is related to speed with a decrease in aim-down-sight speed.
Finally, he slots the 7.62 high-velocity rounds into a 30-round mag for the increased bullet velocity, however, you will look a bit of your damage range.
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|Muzzle||Sakin Tread-40||+0.39, +0.19|
|Underbarrel||FTAC Ripper 56||+0.59, +0.23|
|Ammo||7.62 High Velocity||-0.70, +2.61|
|Optic||AIM OP-V4||0.00, 0.00|
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Remember when the haters “celebrated” the tenth anniversary of the Texas ban on same-sex marriage? An anniversary which never came? Here’s some REALLY delicious cake for them:
The attorneys for same-sex couples who successfully challenged Texas’ gay marriage ban in federal court are seeking nearly three-quarters of a million dollars in fees and costs from the state. In a 27-page motion filed Friday, attorneys from Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld in San Antonio asked U.S. District Judge Orlando L. Garcia to award them $720,794 in fees and $20,203 in costs. Akin Gump represented two same-sex couples in De Leon v. Perry, which was filed in October 2013 and resolved pursuant to the U.S. Supreme Court’s June 26 ruling in favor of same-sex marriage. Under federal law, prevailing parties in civil rights cases are typically eligible for fees and costs.
By the way, that asshole cake ceremony happened back in February. The actual tenth anniversary of the ban would have been this November 9th. Remind us to send them a huge fucking rainbow cake on that day. (Tipped by JMG reader Mike In Texas)


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The government has come under attack for failing to announce an expected pay rise for NHS staff in England.
Unions representing NHS workers had been set to react to confirmation of a three per cent increase following months of delay.
But Health Minister Helen Whately made no mention of pay during her initial speech to the House of Commons on Wednesday.
The government was already under attack for recommending a 1 per cent pay rise despite the incredible pressure NHS staff have been under because of the pandemic.
Shadow health minister Dr Rosena Allin-Khan criticised the minister for failing to announce a pay rise, saying the government’s reaction to a recommendation from the NHS Pay Review Body (PRB) had “turned out to be nothing”.
‘Lack of respect’
Unions expressed anger and dismay at the lack of a decision on pay after stepping up their campaigns in recent weeks for the overdue increase to be paid.
Rachel Harrison, national officer of the GMB, said: “This is completely outrageous – virtually the last day of Parliament and the government has insulted hard-working NHS workers once again by staying silent.
“NHS workers who tuned in to watch the minister today will be rightly disgusted by this lack of respect
“NHS staff have put themselves in harm’s way throughout the pandemic and, as a health union, we cannot accept MPs swanning off on holiday leaving health workers in limbo.
“GMB has today written to the prime minister and health secretary to demand they intervene and set out their response on NHS pay before the summer recess.”
Pat Cullen, interim general secretary of the Royal College of Nursing, said: “This treatment of our NHS workers is shameful. Ministers are holding them in contempt and we have no choice but to condemn this behaviour.
“With tens of thousands of nursing vacancies and thousands more considering their future in the profession, the government is sending the worst possible signal with this political gameplaying.
“Ministers need to stop the wrangling and come clean about the pay rise they believe NHS staff deserve. Nursing staff will only accept this pay award if it’s significant, consolidated and fully funded with additional monies.”
Unison general secretary Christina McAnea said: “The government has behaved disgracefully towards NHS staff today. Health workers are on the cusp of another wave of the deadly virus and have already been through so much. They’ve been treated shabbily.
“Just as NHS staff thought ministers were at last to announce the pay rise they’ve more than earned, hopes have been cruelly dashed.
“The government has led health workers a merry dance. Ministers should hang their heads in shame and get a much-needed grip.
“Scottish NHS workers are already spending their pay rise that’s been backdated to December. The independent NHS pay review body report was delivered to the Prime Minister weeks ago and it’s more than 100 days since health staff in the rest of the UK were due a pay boost.
“This delay is unacceptable and could backfire badly. Many staff are ready to quit but held on in the hope the government would show it does truly value them.
“Now they may walk just when the public needs them the most. If that happens, the government will have no-one to blame but itself.”

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By Atonu Choudhurri Feb. 25, 2019
As the Lok Sabha elections approach and the industrial sector in West Bengal’s Asansol continues to dissolve, BJP MP Babul Supriyo’s chances of a second term look bleak. The problems facing Supriyo are symptomatic of the ones that have been haunting his party on a national level for some time now.
In Asansol, West Bengal, in the heart of the state’s industrial belt, the vikas that the whole country has been waiting for since 2014 seems even farther off than it does in other places. With a population of close to 12.5 lakh that is growing at a rate of 2.06 per cent compared to Kolkata’s growth rate of 1.73 (according to the 2011 census), Asansol is West Bengal’s fastest growing urban sprawl. But the widespread closure of industrial units here is also closing all avenues of employment for the local workforce, and this puts the local BJP MP Babul Supriyo, into something of a bind.
Though he made his name in playback singing, possibly his most memorable numbers are the songs of praise he sings for PM Modi. The Hooghly resident’s loyalty paid dividends as he got Asansol’s BJP ticket from PM Modi, who then made him Minister of State for Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises in 2014. As the Lok Sabha elections approach and the industrial sector in his constituency continues to dissolve, Supriyo’s chances of a return as an MP are bleak. Unfortunately for him, during his February 2 rally, the PM focused on the Union Budget, and said nothing about reviving industries in the once-thriving industrial belt.
But the problems facing “humara Babul” (as he insisted the locals call him) in his own constituency are symptomatic of the ones that have been haunting his party on a national level for some time now. A report from last month in The Caravan titled “Why Have Narendra Modi’s Job Schemes Led to High Unemployment” quotes data from the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE) that reveals as many as 1.1 crore citizens lost their jobs in 2018 alone. Even as Modi offers vague rejoinders about how the “traditional matrix of jobs is simply not good enough to measure new jobs in the new economy of New India,” there’s no denying that unemployment was one of the deciding factors during the state assembly elections last year, when the BJP suffered a string of upsets in five states. For a government that campaigned on the plank of job creation in 2014, the statistics as it comes up for re-election are not as favourable as it hoped they would be.
Back in Asansol, 45-year-old daily wage labourer Subodh Tarafdar’s story is much like the stories of the other 40,000 workers in the industrial units of the region who lost their jobs over the last 10 years. The purge hasn’t stopped yet. Another 50,000 fear to lose jobs after more units are likely to shut down operation, industry sources say. Tarafdar was a loyal employee at Asansol’s Rupnarayanpur unit of Hindustan Cables Limited (HCL) for 10 years. And then one day in 2016, as it happened in Bollywood movies of the ’80s, factory par tala lag gaya. Three years later, Tarafdar continues to do odd jobs – a part-time at a grocery store, some repair work in neighbourhood homes. And money is a constant concern for his family of five.
The response to protests and campaigns run by workers’ unions is such that Supriyo hasn’t appeared in his constituency since 2017.
For many like Tarafdar, the job loss came as a jolt. “We were repeatedly assured of the unit’s revival and job security. The government kept us waiting in the hope that our fortunes too will be revived. It never happened,” he complains. Under Supriyo’s watch, it’s not only Tarafdar’s unit which had to down its shutters – it was preceded by the closure of Burn Standard Company Ltd unit in 2015 and followed by Durgapur-based Refractory Industry in 2017. The closing down of these units, given Supriyo’s position as MoS, Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises has led locals and his political opponents to accuse him of failing to deliver on the campaign promises he made in 2014.
Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) leader and former Asansol MP Bansagopal Chowdhury drives the point home, saying, “Subsequent governments at the Centre ignored the plight of industrial workers in Asansol and Durgapur… Though it’s a collective responsibility of the Centre and the state for the lack of industries in Bengal, but if I speak about Asansol and Durgapur, I must blame the Centre. Babul as a representative of Asansol in the Parliament failed to convince the government to take timely measures to save industries. He rather remained busy with his showbiz.”
The response to protests and campaigns run by workers’ unions is such that Supriyo hasn’t appeared in his constituency since 2017. The workers’ anger is because the minister – who is often vociferous in his protests against Trinamool Congress’ (TMC) land acquisition policy and lack of conducive environment for industry in Bengal – never uttered a single word on the closure of these units. At the eleventh hour, Supriyo is hoping that promotional gimmicks like distributing blankets and organising sports meets in West Burdwan will win him Asansol’s Lok Sabha seat again. But it is counter-productively attracting more criticism as the numbers of those affected by closure of industries are adding up to those already in search of work.
With the general elections months away, no political party except the Left is speaking about reviving Asansol’s industrial potential. Instead, the BJP is passing the buck to the TMC for the closures. All that awaits Asansol and Durgapur now is rising unemployment and a bleak future, whatever the election outcome.


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This image is a section of the Chesapeake Bay that Cable shot in the hot summer months. The reflections color is natural and is common at this time of year with the color of the sun. This image was shot with a digital camera and telephoto lens and was published in the May 2008 issue of DSLR USER Magazine. The pigment print is printed on an archival matte paper using an state of the art HP printer with archival inks. This is an edition limited to 250 prints and will come signed and numbered. Dimensions refer to image size. There is a 0.25" border around each edge.


Arizona's success this season has been about predicting the opponents' reactions. The issue was always about having just one action to trigger those reactions.
From a wider perspective, the Wildcats were a run-first, run-second and run-third team to begin the 2013 season. Ka'Deem Carey -- and his opponents -- knew the touches would be piled on his shoulders, but his continued success despite loaded boxes eyeing him yet opened up opportunities elsewhere.
Of course, the passing game took a while. Against USC two games ago, Arizona began showing it would make teams pay. Quarterback B.J. Denker was hitting the quick, short passes and soon the defensive backs sneaking up would bite against double-moves. Arizona ended up giving the Trojans a late scare.
Last week against Utah, the Wildcats only built upon the success -- Denker's passing attack opened up even more as Carey continued to take on the heavy load.
Against Colorado in Boulder on Saturday, UA used the expected reactions of the Buffs against them, and Carey's past success made his game all the more easy.
Denker got going early and led Arizona to a quick 7-0 lead with an 88-yard drive halfway through the first quarter. Carey got touches early as usual, but then the zone read began to open up.
It was easy to predict the Buffs would focus all their energy on Carey after he rushed for 366 yards and five touchdowns against them last year. The Colorado defense worked initially, but Rodriguez knew how it would react and used it against CU. The zone read and CU's frantic rush to stop the running back ended with Denker's biggest rushing night of his career.
The Arizona quarterback rushed 15 times for 190 yards and had runs of 54, 46, and 18 yards.
Denker's passing game also caught fire, and by the end of the night he connected on 21-of-32 passes for 266 yards.. His continued development of chemistry with Nate Phillips ended with a perfect 44-yard touchdown sling just a minute before halftime to give the Wildcats a 24-13 lead at the half, not bad considering an interception by Denker and a fumble by Garic Wharton each led to CU field goals.
Arizona began the third quarter with a drive that set up Jake Smith's second made field goal of the day, and Colorado answered with a touchdown to bring it within seven points with the scoreboard reading 27-20. The Wildcats responded with a seven-play, 70-yard drive in just two minutes.
Colorado got desperate and made two questionable decisions late.
With a 1st-and-goal seven yards out, the Buffs couldn't punch the ball in the end zone as UA's defense held on a 4th-and-goal. On the next CU possession, it refused to punt after a three-and-out situation and didn't trick the Wildcats on a fourth down trick play from its own 17-yard line. Arizona would punch in Carey's fourth touchdown of the day to go ahead 41-20 and ride out Daniel Jenkins for the fourth quarter, which included another Smith field goal.
At the beginning of the season, the Wildcats weren't in position to react before the opponents could read them. That's because the opponents didn't have to read the Wildcats -- the gameplan was simply about stopping Carey.
It was the case against the Buffaloes Saturday, too worried and scarred Carey would make mulch of their defense like he did a year ago.
The numbers -- 119 yards on 23 carries -- were nice but not telling of the big picture, which included a mixed and versatile offensive attack. And the total was actually Carey's fewest in his last 10 games, a stretch dating back to Carey's Pac-12 record-setting night against the Buffs.
It came full circle. The Buffs were reacting to the past, and RichRod and company went to Denker's arms and legs.
They were a step ahead once again.