After completing a completely pointless task in L.A., The Amazing Race teams headed to Tokyo, where there were some laughs and fun moments, but nothing new.
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The Amazing Race 31 started today. Here are the teams from Big Brother, Survivor, and The Amazing Race competing for $1 million.
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Zopiclone 7.5mg belongs to a sedative hypnotic class. Due to its addictive nature it is recommended for short term period. You can buy Zopiclone online and it will help with difficulty of falling asleep, sudden wake up during the night and early morning wake up.
This medication is available in different brand name and several forms. Poor sleep or insomnia is usually common but it does not remain for long lasting period. If it is happening then you are suffering from a serious disorder that is called insomnia. You have difficulty getting off to sleep; you may wake up at late night or may wake up at early in the morning. Zopiclone can take you out from this disorder. May be it will be prescribed for a short time because it is very effective.
Zopiclone should not take from more than 7 to 10 consecutive days.
Formation of Zopiclone
Each table of 7.5 mg contain:-
Carnauba wax, dibasic calcium phosphate anhydrous, magnesium stearate, lactose anhydrous, maize starch, opadry blue dye (FD&C Blue No. 1/Brilliant Blue FCF Aluminum Lake, HPMC 2910/Hypermellose 5 cP, Macrogol/PEG 400 HF, Ponceau 4R Aluminum Lake, quinoline yellow Aluminum Lake, and titanium dioxide), and povidone.
How to use? Generally physician prescribed 7.5mg of one tablet to you. You should take care about the dose in a day. You should take only a tablet before going bed for sleep. Do not take more than one tablet if you are above 65 years, physician will prescribed only 3.75mg of tablet to you which is more suitable for you.
You should not take this medicine if you are suffering from:-
An allergic from Zopiclone
Having severe liver problem
Have sleep apnea
Have severe breathe difficulties.
There can be some normal or complex side effects of Zopiclone:-
Normal side effects like
Bitter taste in mouth
Some complex and very common side effects like
Sex while in sleep state
Sign of depression
If you are experiences these type of side effects. Sudden stop the dose of Zopiclone and consult with your doctors because these are serious side effects. May be doctors will change your tablet 7.5 mg to 3.5 mg or may decrease your dosage of Zopiclone 7.5mg tablet.
So you should consult each and every things which you are already suffered before taking Zopiclone and things which you are facing at the time of Zopiclone inhaling.

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Flu season is always unpredictable, but maybe even more so this year. We had little to no flu season at all in 2020, likely because of COVID-19 preventive measures like wearing masks and keeping our distance from one another.
For that reason, we don’t really know what an active flu season combined with widely circulating COVID-19 will look like, but there is a good possibility that getting both viruses at the same time could be very, very serious. That’s why it is so important to get vaccinated against the flu. The flu vaccine is recommended for everyone ages 6 months and older.
Health departments in the Coastal Health District will start giving flu vaccine on Monday, October 4th, by appointment. Some county health departments will also be holding drive-through flu vaccination clinics. Details can be found here: Coastal Health District Flu Vaccine Information.
More information about the flu & flu vaccine:
- Flu activity usually peaks between December and February, but flu season can last as late as May.
- Flu viruses spread mainly by tiny droplets made when people with flu cough, sneeze, or talk.
- It takes about two weeks after vaccination for the immune system to fully respond to the vaccine and provide the body protection.
- Children 6 months through 8 years old who getting vaccinated for the first time will need two doses of the vaccine.
- The flu vaccine might cause some mild side effects such as low grade fever, aches, or redness/swelling where the shot was given but it cannot cause the flu.
- People at high risk of serious flu complications include young children, pregnant women, people with chronic health conditions like asthma, heart disease, diabetes and lung disease and people 65 years of age and older.
- A flu vaccine is an easy way to help “flatten the curve” of flu illness. The more who are people vaccinated, the more people are protected.
- The flu vaccine has been shown to reduce the risk of flu illness, hospitalization, and death by about half.
- Call your local health department to make an appointment for a flu shot.
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We don’t know what kind of impact COVID-19 will have on this year’s flu season. COVID-19 and flu have several things in common, including symptoms and how the viruses spread.
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While getting the flu vaccine is the best way to prevent the flu, there are other things we can all do every day to prevent getting or spreading the flu viruses and other viruses.
- Avoid close contact with sick people.
- If you get sick with flu-like illness, stay home for at least 24 hours after the fever is gone except to get medical care or for other necessities. The fever should be gone without the use of a fever-reducing medicine.
- While sick, limit contact with others as much as possible to keep from infecting them.
- Try to cough or sneeze into the corner of your elbow and not your hand or cover your nose and mouth with a tissue when you cough or sneeze. Throw the tissue in the trash after you use it.
- Wash your hands with soap and water. If soap and water are not available, use an alcohol-based hand rub.
- Avoid touching your eyes, nose, and mouth. Germs spread this way.
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The United States, Australia and Japan on Saturday condemned Chinas launch of ballistic missiles and urged China to immediately cease the military exercises.
Tensions in the Taiwan Strait heightened soon with US House Speaker Nancy Pelosis trip to Taiwan. China has been increasing its military activities and even crossed the median line.
The Taiwan Defence Ministry said that its armed forces responded to such a situation accordingly with surveillance systems, CAP aircraft, naval vessels and missile systems.
"US Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken, Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong, and Japanese Foreign Minister Hayashi Yoshimasa met in Phnom Penh on the margins of the 55th ASEAN Foreign Ministers Meeting," the US State Department said in a statement.
The Secretary and the Foreign Ministers of the three nations expressed their commitment to deepening the trilateral partnership among Australia, Japan, and the United States to advance a free and open Indo-Pacific region.
"They condemned the PRCs launch of ballistic missiles, five of which the Japanese government reported landed in its exclusive economic zones, raising tension and destabilizing the region. The Secretary and the Foreign Ministers urged the PRC to immediately cease the military exercises," the State Department said.
The US Secretary and the Foreign Ministers also highlighted this partnership rests on the unshakable foundation of shared interests and values, including a commitment to freedom, rule of law, human rights, sovereignty and territorial integrity, peaceful settlement of disputes.
They reaffirmed their commitment to maintaining peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait. They appreciated ASEANs statement about the importance of deescalating tension in the Taiwan Strait.
The three sides share the regions desire for diplomacy to avoid the risks of miscalculation. The US Secretary and the Foreign Ministers expressed their concern about the Peoples Republic of Chinas (PRC) recent actions that gravely affect international peace and stability, including the use of large-scale military exercises.
They also stressed that there is no change in the respective one China policies, where applicable, and basic positions on Taiwan of Australia, Japan, or the United States.
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ARTICLES ABOUT THE TIMES SQUARE BOMB ATTEMPT (MAY 1, 2010)
Interviews with American officials suggest that Faisal Shahzad’s visits to Pakistan and the friendships he formed there were critical to his militant evolution.June 23, 2010, Wednesday
The suspect in the failed Times Square bombing pleaded guilty on Monday, an abrupt and expedited end to a terrorism case that extended to Pakistan and an Islamic militant group there. The defendant, Faisal Shahzad, 30, listened as each of 10 counts was read to him in Federal District Court in...June 22, 2010, Tuesday
The notion that the government can execute an American-born cleric far from a combat zone, with no judicial process, has set off a debate among authorities.May 14, 2010, Friday
Investing in schools abroad could be a significant way to fight terrorism in the homeland.May 13, 2010, Thursday
It is a sign of the gun lobby’s growing confidence that it feels free to keep up the pressure, public and private, after the near-disaster in Times Square.May 07, 2010, Friday
The group that investigators suspect in the Times Square bomb plot has combined forces with other militants to extend its reach and ambitions.May 07, 2010, Friday
A familiar group of politicians is cynically trying to use the Times Square bomb plot as an excuse to weaken the rule of law. It would not make us safer.May 06, 2010, Thursday
Mr. Shahzad faces charges including attempting to use weapons of mass destruction.May 05, 2010, Wednesday
It took investigators barely two days after the failed bomb attack to arrest a suspect in the case.May 05, 2010, Wednesday
The homemade bomb found in Times Square provided investigators with plenty of potential forensic clues.May 04, 2010, Tuesday
Authorities arrested a Connecticut man, Faisal Shahzad, at Kennedy Airport early Tuesday in connection with Saturday’s failed Times Square car bombing, people briefed on the investigation said.May 04, 2010, Tuesday
The squad has had to fight the Black Hand, anarchists, the Mad Bomber, Weathermen and anti-American terrorists.May 03, 2010, Monday
Since 9/11, as car bombs have wreaked varying degrees of havoc overseas, New York has been free of that particular menace. Eerily so, for many.May 03, 2010, Monday
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A former Secret Service agent gives a tour of Times Square in the aftermath of the failed car bombing.
Diagram showing the neighborhood where a car bomb was found Saturday night.
A naturalized United States citizen from Pakistan man was arrested in the failed car bombing in Times Square.
Investigators are combing through evidence to try to determine who left a car bomb in Times Square.
Authorities quickly evacuated Times Square in Manhattan after a street vendor alerted police to smoke billowing from the back of a vehicle.
A car bomb was discovered in a smoking Nissan Pathfinder in the heart of Times Square.
Faisal Shahzad, a Pakistani-American man living in Connecticut, was charged in the failed plot to detonate a car bomb in Times Square.
In the family village in Pakistan of the Times Square bomb suspect, relatives dismiss Faisal Shahzad’s involvement as a U.S. plot.
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It's tough being a new mum, but there are some things you can look forward to: cake. And lots of it. With a new little buddle of joy in your life there are things that need to be done, like feeding them every other hour as it seems. That means finding a café, sitting down and eating cake. You also need to contact other new mummies and sit in cafés and eat cake, whilst you chat about leaking boobs, nappy contents and sleep deprivation. But cake is the main focus (or maybe that's just me).
Luckily for the ladies of Beeston, Nottingham, there is Relish. A little gem hidden away on Chilwell High Road, (an absolute nightmare to get to with the current tram works) which always has the right cake to lift your day!
I recently persuaded Emma and Jenny to share their brownie recipe with me as I can't resist one with a coffee. I like them so much, I've never tried another cake! So now I can bring you a bit of Relish in the shape of their rich, chocolatey brownie - gorgeous!
Makes 1 tray of brownie
250g salted butter, softened
250g plain chocolate
10ml vanilla extract
335g caster sugar
135g plain flour
17g cocoa powder
Variation – choc orange brownies - add 1 tsp orange extract instead of vanilla and the zest of 1 orange
HOW TO MAKE:
Preheat oven to 160˚C and grease & line tin with baking parchment. Melt butter and chocolate together. Beat the eggs, sugar and vanilla in one bowl and put the flour and cocoa powder into another. When the chocolate mixture has fully melted, allow it to cool a little, then beat in the egg mixture, followed by the flour mix. Pour the mixture into the lined tin and bake for 25-30 mins. When it is ready, the top should be dried to a pale brown, but the middle should still be dark, dense and gooey. Leave to cool. Serve with sprinkle of icing sugar.
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ZUMA LIKELY TO PUT HIS INTERESTS ABOVE THOSE OF SA, AGAIN — DA
CAPE TOWN — The DA says President Jacob Zuma needs to clarify if the Heher Commission report on the funding of higher education will form the basis of his government’s policy.
DA MP Belinda Bozzoli described “bizarre rumours” that Zuma looks set to ignore the findings of the multimillion rand report in favour of a populist model developed by a student, as “chilling”.
City Press reported on Sunday that Zuma was looking to find the R40 billion shortfall by cutting social grant programmes and increasing Value Added Tax, against the advice of National Treasury.
“Ordinarily, these rumours could be dismissed with the contempt they deserve, but we have seen, time and time again, that President Zuma will put his own interests above the best interests of South Africans,” she said.
“If he sees it as being in his interests to give priority to a populist and unsustainable proposal, over a taxpayerfunded, professionally produced commission, he might well do so.”
The SA Communist Party for it’s part has criticised Zuma’s “appalling” conduct in waiting two months to release the report, and failing to share it with former Higher Education minister Blade Nzimande, while sharing it “according to undisputed media reports, with his alleged soninlaw or boy friend of his daughter”.
The SACP’s Nzimande was the only minister dismissed in Zuma’s recent cabinet reshuffle.
Cosatu meanwhile said it will reject the proposed ringfencing of R50 billion from the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) for TVET colleges.


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Crisis in India’s bread basket
How agriculture, capital and corporate investment have reshaped Indian Punjab, and brought about its current precarity
In the run-up to the general elections of 2014, Narendra Modi was hailed across mainstream quarters of journalism and policy-making as the crusader of economic reform and growth in India, a spirit that was only bolstered by the resounding majority the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) received. Almost a decade on, the spell has worn off. Contrary to his initial image as the "strongman" who can "unleash" India, Modi's economic interventions can only be described as policy misadventures. Overall, investment in the Indian economy has declined, while foreign capital inflows have increasingly come in the form of short-term private equity or venture capital. While industrial growth has been slow for decades, recent indicators suggest that the country may be actively deindustrialising. After two decades of "jobless growth," a record high unemployment rate suggests that the economy may be actively shedding jobs.
At the same time, agriculture's share in the country's GDP has been steadily declining, exemplified by the state of Punjab, where, between 2020 and 2021, protests erupted around three new farm laws that threatened to unsettle the existing agrarian regime. The mobilisations evoked agricultural land as a lifeline of last resort, a source of protection and security when all other ventures failed. Today, Punjab's political economy is at a crossroads: agriculture is not as stable or profitable as it used to be, and industry is incapable of providing employment and economic diversification.
The trajectory is symptomatic of what the development scholar Subir Sinha has termed a "sustained state of deferral" of "mature," competitive capitalism in postcolonial India. Defying the conventional development narrative, increased investment in the agricultural sector has not automatically led to industrial development or increased employment. Looking back at the long history of land and agricultural change in Punjab, it seems clear that the further privatisation pursued under the Modi government is unlikely to reverse course. The trajectory of regional development depends on many intermediating and contingent socio-economic and political factors, most significantly the links between corporations, farmers and landless farm workers. With more than half of the Indian population dependent on agriculture as their main source of livelihood, the nature of land investments offers important lessons for capitalist development and political change.
Complicating the bread basket
Modern Indian Punjab was carved out of the larger colonial province of Punjab in the aftermath of Independence. A large share of partitioned colonial Punjab went to Pakistan in 1947. The current political boundaries of the Indian state of Punjab were fixed in 1966 through linguistic reorganisation of state boundaries.
In the post-Independence years, the state experienced rising land investments in response to a consolidation of land holdings and resulting tenant evictions. The colonial government had treated Punjab as an agricultural frontier, commercialising land and experimenting with innovations in agricultural production. This groundwork was cultivated by central government policies in the mid 1960s, which guaranteed procurement of wheat and paddy, implemented a remunerative Minimum Support Price (MSP), and drew on the existing market network to extend research and technology adoption by farmers. Punjab's Green Revolution was arguably the most successful in the country, with astronomical growth in yield for wheat and rice following the 1970s. This was accompanied by a robust agricultural market infrastructure, good roads for connectivity, and a growing ancillary industry in agricultural inputs and machinery.
The triumph of the Green Revolution meant that Punjab's countryside was, and still is, routinely stereotyped through the image of lush green fields worked by tractors, irrigated by tube wells and owned by prosperous farmers. But this picture is incomplete. Green Revolution technologies were input-intensive; they demanded enormous amounts of water and led to the introduction of fertilisers and pesticides. Given the time-sensitivity of the production cycle, the early years of the Green Revolution increased labour costs and, in later years, led to growing mechanisation. As a result, the cost of production increased significantly. By the 1980s, yields had begun to stagnate and scientists had begun to warn about the dangers of the depletion of groundwater levels by the continuous cropping of wheat and paddy, the latter being especially water-intensive and unsuitable to the semi-arid ecological conditions of Punjab.
These developments were accompanied by the nationalisation of Indian banks in 1969, which, alongside cooperative societies, made formal credit for agriculture more readily available. This credit was unevenly distributed, however, and larger farmers gained more access to credit due to political connections and control over local cooperative institutions. Smaller farmers were increasingly pushed towards indebtedness and sometimes landlessness, leading to the present state of increased land concentration in the region.
As per the 2011 Agricultural Census of India, the most recent available, Punjab has a much higher concentration of what the Indian government defines as semi-medium (2-4 hectares), medium (4-10 hectares) and large (over 10 hectares) farmers (cultivating their own or leased land) than elsewhere in the country. In Punjab they make up 66 percent of all farmers, compared to the national figure of approximately 15 percent. In my research in Ludhiana district in 2014–15, I found that medium and large farmers were more likely than smaller farmers (operating on 0-4 hectares) to make capital investments – by purchasing tractors, tube-wells, pumps and other agricultural machinery – and to employ attached labour
These tendencies worsened with time. As the scale of production grew, the intensity of capital accumulation increased, while labour conditions deteriorated. At the same time, land holdings have fragmented over successive generations. The MSP too has not kept pace with the rising costs of production, and scholars have pointed to methodological flaws in its estimation, although it remains somewhat remunerative. Public agencies procuring crops like wheat, paddy and cotton have become more stringent in applying quality norms. Failure to meet these norms leads to price deductions. Together, these developments have led to a rise in informal land leasing or tenancy arrangements to increase profits. These strategies have had diverse outcomes – families who own land and have left farming charge high annual lease rates that significantly add to the costs and risks of tenant farmers. As a result, tenant farmers take on major debts as a result of drops in crop prices or damage due to unforeseen weather events or disease. The underestimation of land-lease rates is one of the ways in which the MSP is deemed inadequate by farmer unions.
Land and caste
Farmers and landowners in Punjab predominantly belong to the agrarian Jat caste, but the state also has a large Scheduled Caste, or Dalit, population – comprising 32 percent of the total, over a third of whom reside in rural areas, where they are largely landless farm workers. Even in the few areas they might have land, their holdings are quite small. Historically, rural Dalit men and women worked as agricultural wage workers, including under forms of attached labour, in Jat-owned farms. In the early years of the Green Revolution, the growth and the time-sensitive nature of labour demand led to higher agricultural wages. Since then, farmers have progressively mechanised their operations, reducing agricultural wage work. Harvesting of wheat and paddy is now entirely mechanised through the use of combine-harvesters, as is the sowing of crops like wheat and potato (but not paddy, yet). Manual weeding has been replaced by the application of weedicides using spraying machines. Some cropping operations such as paddy transplanting, cotton picking and cauliflower harvesting are entirely manual, while others such as potato harvesting involve a considerable amount of labour in picking, sorting and packing.
While the Green Revolution firmly established agricultural land as a space for enterprise for dominant-caste Jat farmers, it increasingly devalued it as a space for wage income for Dalit farm workers. This is not to say that land does not provide any sustenance to Dalit workers. My research indicates that Dalit women gather fuelwood for cooking and fodder for their animals from private farm land and common lands in the village. In a context where non-farm employment is also limited, many Dalit men and women continue to value any amount of agricultural wage work they might get.
The Green Revolution gave rise to the New Farmers' Movements in Punjab (and elsewhere) in the 1970s and 1980s, represented by the various factions of the Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU). Large Jat farmers, the prime beneficiaries of the deepened commercialisation of agriculture brought about by the Green Revolution, were the leaders of this movement. The demands of the movement thus focused on input and output prices and the timely sale of crops from wholesale markets. These issues were, and still are, relevant for smaller farmers who are also drawn into the circuits of commercial agriculture, even if often on adverse terms. But other issues like land reforms and equitable access to institutional credit were absent from the agenda. Nevertheless, the common Jat identity was crucial to maintaining farmers' unity.
The corporate turn
Corporate agribusiness investments in Punjab have not typically been directed into land ownership for agricultural production, but they have instead taken alternate forms. Overall, these investments have failed to generate employment opportunities or ensure stability for farmers and farm workers; in some cases, they have led to more precarity. But examining the specific nature of corporate investments offers a sense of the region's development trajectory. Given that land holdings are fragmented – for example, due to the division of landed inheritance among sons across generations, or, less commonly, land titles being held in the names of women of the household to avoid land ceilings or get tax concessions – any efforts to acquire a large area of land would require transactions with several landowners and potentially involve conflicts over dispossession and compensation.
Ownership of land can be less attractive for corporations that do not intend to make fixed investments. For these reasons, it appears that agribusiness companies are not interested in land ownership. The Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries Limited (RIL), for instance, entered into an agreement with the Punjab state government in 2006 to acquire over 1000 acres (404 hectares) for a "farm-to-fork" project. It was scrapped by the latter in 2009 as the company did not make any of the promised investments in the state. In 2021, it declared it had no intention of buying agricultural land in the state for contract or corporate farming. Although corporations less frequently employ direct control of land for production, there have been cases where they lease and purchase agricultural land for value-addition activities upstream or downstream.
In place of direct land ownership, Indian and multinational corporations have come to dominate the market for production such as seeds, fertilisers and pesticides. The share of the private sector in India's seed market was reported to have increased to almost 65 percent in 2020-21. Punjab is no exception in this – farmers purchase seeds from private companies like Bayer, Syngenta, Mahyco and Nuziveedu, and engage in contract farming to produce seeds of vegetables like cauliflower, carrots, peas and potatoes for private seed companies. The most obvious effect for farmers is in terms of the costs of cultivation. Seeds from private companies are, unsurprisingly, more expensive than those sold by public-sector networks. Moreover, the companies push hybrid seeds which need to be replaced every year, or at least once every other year, in order to have good yields, and often need to be supported with better irrigation and costly pesticides and fertilisers.
Some exceptions exist. For instance, a private seed company and farmers I interviewed in Ludhiana district explained that farmers resisted the use of hybrid seeds for cauliflower in the winter as they would not grow well. However, in the summer, hybrids ruled. Critics are right in pointing to the adverse effects for farmers (and the ecology) of being locked into expensive, corporate-led technological packages. But in my research, some farmers – especially (but not exclusively) those who can afford the costs and associated risks – pointed to the higher, more stable yields from such seeds.
Contract farming – where farm goods are sold to a company at a predetermined price – has also been a much-discussed and trialed strategy of corporate agribusiness expansion in Punjab's countryside. It began in the mid 1990s with PepsiCo contracting out tomato production for its processing plant in Hoshiarpur district. In subsequent years, a host of corporations, both Indian and multinational, followed suit and used contract farming to cultivate cereals, vegetables and oilseeds. Contract farming continues to be projected by the central and state governments as well as corporations as a promising strategy for agricultural development. The agrarian scholar Ritika Shrimali has argued that this should not be surprising as it allows companies to control land, exploit farmers and labour, and thereby accumulate surplus without making fixed investments in land, all without dispossession.
Yet many of these projects were abandoned, and contract farming remains a relatively marginal mode of crop production. Several studies have shown that companies prefer large farmers for contracted arrangements, as they are more able to invest in the expensive inputs and technologies required to meet the contracted standards, and this approach allows corporations to minimise their transaction costs in arranging for large volumes of produce. But this does not mean that companies would necessarily exclude small farmers. My research on potato contract farming in Ludhiana district showed how some large farmers were able to use contract farming to expand their surplus and invest in more land or other businesses like trading and cold storage. Still, the risks remain high, as companies could renege on contracts if prices in the open market fall lower than what they contracted for.
Where in operation, contract farming strongly shapes the possibilities of subsistence and accumulation from agriculture. At the same time, it should not be considered as the sole determinant of agrarian change as contracted crops may be one of two or three crops being cultivated by a differentiated group of farmers who are also hedging their risks and seeking opportunities as best as their circumstances allow. In fact, my research suggests that one of the ways in which farmers often hedge risk while contract farming for crops like potato (for which there is no MSP or public procurement) is making sure they also cultivate wheat (also their food crop) and paddy, or both – crops for which they can receive the MSP and thereby secure some stable income.
Punjab's relatively weak industrial development provides important context for the changing legal provisions around who can use, control and acquire agricultural land. Some commentators have argued that Punjab's land laws should be liberalised to facilitate long-term land leasing and enable the state to move towards industry. In line with the recommendations of the Niti Aayog, the Indian government's policy think-tank, they have called for the removal of land ceilings and upper limits on land holdings, which are applied to facilitate equitable redistribution of land holdings. In 2019, the Punjab government introduced a new land-leasing bill proposing a complete liberalisation of land leasing and allowing corporations to lease land for 15 years, but this has yet to become formal law. Two years prior, the government made provisions to allow non-agriculturalists to acquire agricultural land to develop industries or infrastructural works as long as they notify the district "within a year from the date of acquisition" – in other words, after acquisition.
These efforts can be read as what the anthropologist Tania Li describes as "assembling a resource" for corporate investments. The expectation that capitalist agriculture would lead to industrial development and employment was not realised in Punjab. At the turn of the century, Punjab was performing worse industrially than all its neighboring states. While the state has historically had a strong presence in textiles, liquor and malt beverages, and also steel, over the past few decades factory closures and capital flight to other states with better incentives have hindered the industrial sectors. Subsequent state governments have held "Investor Summits" to attract business and investment from the corporate sector, but these have failed to achieve the desired results. The lack of dynamism across the economy in turn has led to growing unemployment, especially among the youth, who are thoroughly disenchanted and in search of immigration opportunities.
Scholars have pointed to various explanations for Punjab's weak industrial development, including India's quasi-federal structure and the power of the state's mercantile castes in preventing agrarian castes from diversifying. In an earlier article, I discuss the electoral strength of the agrarian castes, which has forced the state government to make policies that favour agriculture at the expense of industry. These political factors have shaped the form of development in the region. Corporate investments in the post-Green Revolution era have magnified costs and risks for small farmers, as well as the precarity of landless workers. With agrarian capitalism defined by patterns of caste and land ownership, and political power held by dominant agrarian castes, much of the rural population is left dependent on a declining sector.
The agrarian crisis in Punjab has intensified, with severe socio-economic and ecological consequences. Industry has seen a reversal, and corporate investments in agriculture have been unable to catalyse sustained development, alternative forms of employment or economic diversification. The varying forms of these investments – namely, corporate domination of input markets and the uneven emergence of contract farming – have only heightened costs for small farmers. At the same time, they have facilitated the accumulation of profits for large companies while the risks associated with fixed land investment are borne by farmers.
In response to these trends, at the turn of the century, newer farmer-led BKU factions such as BKU (Ekta Ugrahan) and the Krantikari Kisan Union began raising issues specific to small farmers. Most of these unions are left-leaning, but they also draw on progressive Sikh values (sikhi). BKU (Ekta Ugrahan) in particular views redistributive land reforms as crucial to laying the foundations for a more equal society. Through alliances with farm labour unions like the Punjab Khet Mazdoor Union, BKU (Ekta Ugrahan) has attempted to build solidarities between small Jat farmers and landless Dalit labourers. While this unity is in fledgling form – and is certainly not pursued by all unions – it reflects a shared precarity. Both small farmers and landless workers struggle to earn a sustainable living through agriculture, experiencing chronic indebtedness, growing poverty, social stigma and increased rates of suicide.
The strains on agrarian accumulation and subsistence have led farmer unions to increasingly oppose land acquisitions for infrastructure projects that fail to award farmers fair compensation. In recent examples, unions have protested against acquisitions for a proposed economic corridorand a thermal plant. They argue that once dispossessed of their land, farmers are unlikely to gain alternative remunerative employment given the broader economic conditions. In these struggles, farmers also evoke land as the source of food for the nation, nurturing the nation's soldiers and workers. Nonetheless, landless Dalit farm workers face a distinct and often more difficult reality, even confronting extreme violence from dominant caste Jat farmers in efforts to claim village common lands.
The farmers' protests of 2020–21 reflected these caste and class dynamics, demonstrating that cross-sectional solidarity and joint mobilisations are necessary to confront the Modi government's authoritarian moves. While many unions avoid electoral contests, their leaders still oppose the Modi government, which they see as a threat to the very survival of an oppositional civil society space. More significantly, growing solidarities have sought to reclaim the welfarist function of the state, demanding protection from the vagaries of the market through economic support and social security. The potential of these emerging joint efforts remains unclear, but they ultimately reflect a deep dissonance between India's agrarian capitalism and its wider stagnating economy. With large swathes of the population facing diminished livelihoods and bleak futures, the current path can no longer be sustained.
This article is co-published with Phenomenal World.

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Poem by Ana Toma
It’s difficult to forgive and follow someone
Who simply cannot lead;
And keeps promising, promising more lies,
By changing map of dreams.
It’s difficult to love and be with someone
Who don’t know what he needs;
The sky got grays and covered pain,
All heartaches disappeared…
It’s difficult to think that you were made of stone,
It will break children’s heart in two;
For all she has left from past right now,
Are nightmares , when thinking of you!
It was difficult to live with a full time ghost
For over 20-years!
His brain was empty, and all his lies
Reflected in fake dreams …
Dec. 16, 2020
Cheshire, CT 🇺🇸

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If you want a new tattoo, you probably don’t want to go to Washington, DC to get it.
Politicians in DC have proposed a 24-hour “wait period” for all individuals hoping to get a new tattoo.
The proposal, which is being pushed by the District’s Health Department, says, “The licensee or operator of a body art establishment shall ensure that no tattoo artist applies any tattoo to a customer until after twenty-four hours have passed since the customer first requested the tattoo.”
The Health Department says the District needs their regulations, to make sure drunk people do not make stupid decisions.
A spokeswoman for the Department, Najma Roberts, said, “They can’t be responsible for themselves, as well as the person doing the work on them. We’re making sure when that decision is made that you’re in the right frame of mind, and you don’t wake up in the morning . . . saying, ‘Oh my God, what happened?’”
But as The Blaze points out, many disagree:
Paul Roe, who owns a D.C. based tattoo parlor called Britishink, told The Post the proposed rule is “honestly ridiculous.”
“Why not 24 hours’ waiting time before shaving your head?” he asked.
Another tattoo artist, Gilda Acosta, said the regulation would hurt her business.
“It would definitely be a direct hit to my income if I couldn’t tattoo people who come in and want work done on the same day,” she told The Post.
Do you think a forced waiting period for tattoos is fair? Or is it a mere power-grab by Washington bureaucrats? Let us know in the comment section below.


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A public accountant gave the City of Leesville’s audit report at Monday’s Council meeting, covering the 2017 fiscal year from March 1 through June 31.
C. Burton Kolder, of Kolder, Champagne, Slaven & Co., said, “The overall position of the city has improved.”
In 2016, the City had 120 days of funds available for operating costs – about four months’ worth. Currently the City has increased that number and has 143 days’ worth available.
One area for concern, which did at times lead to a loss in revenue, was due to computer problems. “During the year, the City experienced two computer system crashes in which substantial data was lost resulting from a failure of the backup system,” states a letter making recommendations to the City. “This lost data was re-entered by City personnel from hard copy reports.”
The letter suggests backup systems be put in place and regularly evaluated in order to safeguard City data.
Kolder recommended Leesville review operations to determine methods to increase revenues or reduce expenditures in the areas of Public Safety and Sewer Enterprise Funds – both of which experienced a deficit.
The Public Safety Fund’s deficit during the year was $814,074 increasing its balance deficit to $1,154,381.
The Sewer Enterprise Fund experienced an operating loss of $138,510.
One section of the audit report not discussed at the meeting refers to “an employee of the City, charged with processing payroll, attempted to commit payroll fraud.” She manipulated tax deduction from her pay in an effort to increase net pay.
“This payroll manipulation was not timely detected due to inadequate controls over the review and supervision of the payroll process,” the audit states.
The Leesville Police Department, District Attorney, and Legislative Auditor’s office were notified when the payroll irregularities were discovered.
An internal investigation was performed and disciplinary action was taken. The employee resigned her employment on Feb. 3, 2017, the report states.
After the meeting, Kolder said he did not include this incident in his summary before City Council because it had little to no impact on the numbers. In the employee’s attempt to commit payroll fraud, she was ultimately unsuccessful, hence no restitution was required.
“Even though there was a $1.5 million deficit this year, you are on the upswing,” Kolder said at the meeting. If things proceed the way they did in 2017, he believes it will take three to four years to remove or reduce the deficit. “You should be on target now,” he said.


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The song is based on the Sikh warrior Hari Singh Nalwa who ripped apart the mouth of a lion. It highlights the bravery of the Sikh people of being fearless.
Maan’s main target audience is the Punjabi-speaking population of the world. Since 1999, he has released eight studio albums and six compilation albums; has written screenplays for, acted in and produced Punjabi films; and has contributed significantly to regional and Bollywood film soundtracks. Maan is the ambassador for One Hope, One Chance, a non-profit organisation based out of Punjab.
Babbu Maan recorded his first album Sajjan Rumaal De Geya in 1997 but revised and re-released most of the songs in his subsequent albums. Maan’s first official debut album Tu Meri Miss India was released in 1999.
In 2001, Babbu Maan released his third album Saaun Di Jhadi, featuring songs such as Chan Chanani, Raat Guzarlayi, Dil Ta Pagal Hai, Ishq, Kabza and Touch Wood, and in 2003, he wrote and sang for his first film soundtrack Hawayein where he worked alongside Indian playback singers Sukhwinder Singh and Jaspinder Narula. Maan released his fourth album Ohi Chann Ohi Rataan in 2004, followed by Pyaas in 2005, one of the best-selling Punjabi albums of the time. In 2007, Maan released his first Hindi album entitled Mera Gham, and in 2009, his first religious album Singh Better Than King. A song from the latter, Baba Nanak, a reaction to fake saints and preachers in Punjab, caused various debates about the growing phenomenon in the state. In 2010 he won “Best International Artist” at the Brit Asia TV Music Awards.
On 4 July 2013, Maan released Talaash: In Search Of Soul, his first Punjabi commercial album after eight years. The album entered top 10 in World Albums chart by Billboard. In 2015, the album named Itihaas was released and in 2018 Ik C Pagal was released.
In addition to Hawayein, Babbu Maan has sung in Punjabi films Waagah and Dil Tainu Karda Ae Pyar as well as for Bollywood productions Vaada Raha, Crook, Saheb, Biwi Aur Gangster, Titoo MBA, and 31st October.
Babbu Maan has performed in shows across Asia, Australasia, Europe, North America and the Middle East. In 2014, Maan was a winner of four World Music Awards: World’s Best Indian Male Artist, World’s Best Indian Live Act, World’s Best Indian Entertainer and World’s Best Indian Album for Talaash: In Search of Soul.
Maan also won two daf BAMA Music Awards Germany in 2017. via: Wikipedia

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Today, more than 18 months after the press started ringing the recession alarm, they’re still at it! And we contrarian income seekers are still happy to take the other side of that argument.
After all, this overdone fear mongering has handed us an opportunity to “lock in” bigger dividend yields than we’ve been able to grab in years. Our buy window is still open—at least for now.
Even the banks are spreading fear these days. Like Société Générale, which recently warned that even a “hint” of a recession could cause a 1987-style crash in stocks. DC-focused sources are taking up the story, too, with Politico plaintively writing: “If the bond markets aren’t scaring you yet, they should be.”
But we contrarian income investors aren’t scared. Instead, we’re coolly going where the facts take us. And the data continues to tell us we should be buying, not selling. Our preferred play? Stock-focused closed-end funds (CEFs), as many of these income plays are paying Treasury-doubling 10% yields now.
Let’s look at what that data is saying today, then we’ll talk strategy.
Consumer Spending Holds Up, Setting Up Stock (and CEF) Gains
At their core, economies are about people, and when people are spending, economies are good.
Spending Exceeds the Norm
The above chart shows personal consumption expenditures, which the Commerce Department calls “the primary measure of consumer spending on goods and services in the US economy.” It’s a broad measure of how much Americans are spending on a variety of goods and services. It’s up 5.8% from a year ago, although inflation is higher than the long-term average, at 3.7%.
This means Americans aren’t just spending more because of inflation; they’re spending more because they have more money to spend and they’re confident in the economy. This, again, is reflected in our low unemployment rate (3.8%, an almost unthinkable number for the last decade) and constantly growing incomes.
When job openings start to fall, unemployment claims surge or we start to see a significant rise in corporate-debt defaults, we can move to a more cautious stance—but there’s no sign of any of those yet. Until then, going to cash or seeking refuge in US Treasuries won’t work—ask anyone who’s invested in the iShares 20 Plus Year Treasury Bond ETF (TLT), the benchmark for long-term Treasuries, lately.
Bonds Decline in ’23
Americans Are Getting Used to “Higher for Longer” Interest Rates
Recently, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said banks, businesses and households are fine with higher interest rates. “I haven’t seen any evidence of dysfunction in connection with the increase in interest rates,” she said.
If you’re a small business owner or are in the market for a house, you will scoff at this. How can she say we’re “fine” with 8% mortgages when you could have locked in a rate in the 2% range for three full decades just two years ago?
But, as insensitive as her words are, she’s not really wrong at a macro scale.
Total bankruptcies have fallen 4.9% in 2023, according to the Administrative Offices of the US Courts, and the total amount Americans have to set aside to pay down debt hasn’t gone to absurd levels, historically speaking, although it is a bit higher than the low-rate 2010s, when credit was cheap.
Low Growth in Debt-Servicing Costs
None of this data suggests there will be blood in the streets. Instead, it hints at the soft landing the Fed has been working toward and, at least so far in 2023, we’ve been experiencing.
What Do We Do Now?
With the economy humming along and the main stock exchanges taking a bit of a breather, the greatest value right now lies in US stocks.
And we’re going to skip the S&P 500 index funds the BlackRocks and Vanguards of the world are peddling and go straight where the big dividends are: equity CEFs, whose payouts have jumped, thanks to the pullback we’ve seen in the last couple of months.
Consider, for example, the Liberty All Star Equity Fund (USA), whose top holdings include S&P 500 mainstays like Apple (AAPL), Amazon (AMZN), Visa (V) and Microsoft (MSFT). This one yields 10.4% now, and it checks the past-performance box, too, delivering a 184% return in the last decade, with almost all of that in dividend cash.
Those are two reasons why USA is attractive, but here’s why it has even more potential:
A Sale Appears
With USA’s normal small premium turning into a discount, there’s a buy window open here, but since things are moving fast, that opportunity is closing, as you can see on the right side of the above chart. But our chance to get this 10.4%-yielding large cap stock fund at a discount is still available, because the fear mongering discussed above has kept plenty of folks on the sidelines for too long.
But that’s starting to change, and when folks really start to swing back in, it will change quickly, making now the time to make a move.
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In just a few months, we’ll likely look back at this pullback and realize it was a once-in-a-generation chance to “lock in” huge dividend yields at massive bargains.
Imagine booking yourself a 10% payout essentially forever! That’s what’s on the table here. And when Treasury yields (inevitably) decline, stocks (and CEFs) will soar, driving their dividend yields down. By then it will be too late!
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Shia leader Muqtada Al-Sadr has criticised Iraq’s Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki and his government, calling Al-Maliki a dictator who runs an authoritarian tyranny.
The cleric stated that Al-Maliki’s government violates the rights of the Iraqi people of all sects, as well as oppresses and detains its opponents in the name of Shiites. “The Iraqi government sheds the blood of Iraqis and steals the country’s wealth,” he said. Al-Sadr reiterated his earlier announcement that he will withdraw from political life and dissolve his political movement, but called on his supporters to still participate in the upcoming elections.
Iraq’s Hammurabi news agency quoted sources earlier as saying that Al-Sadr’s decision comes after learning of a conspiracy to oust him and his movement by Al-Maliki and his government.
At least 19 members of the parliamentary bloc affiliated with Al-Sadr have submitted their resignations following his announcement.
A member of the Shia coalition known as the National Iraqi Alliance, Ahmad Masari, told Arabiya news agency that Al-Sadr’s resignation will only serve the other political parties in the National Alliance and boost Al-Maliki’s position, allowing him to return for a third term as prime minister.
A member of the Al-Sadrist parliamentary bloc, MP Thafer El-Ani, noted that while Al-Sadr’s decision is unexpected, his critique of the Al-Maliki government is not a surprise. “We are appealing to the Al-Sadrist movement to convince him to reconsider his decision, which will lead to a significant imbalance within Iraq’s political process,” he said.


The No. 19 Oklahoma State Cowboys (4-0, 0-0 Big 12) bring college football's 20th-ranked rushing defense into a matchup with the No. 21 Baylor Bears (4-0, 0-0 Big 12), who have the No. 6 rushing offense, on Saturday, October 2, 2021. The Cowboys are 3.5-point favorites. The game's over/under is set at 47.5.
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Odds for Oklahoma State vs. Baylor
Odds courtesy of SI Sportsbook.
- Oklahoma State and its opponents have combined for 47.5 points just twice this season.
- Baylor's games have gone over 47.5 points in all four opportunities this season.
- Saturday's total is 21.1 points lower than the two team's combined 68.6 points per game average.
- This contest's total is 11.9 points more than the 35.6 these two squads combine to surrender per game this season.
- Cowboys games this season feature an average total of 52.0 points, a number 4.5 points higher than Saturday's over/under.
- The 47.5-point over/under for this game is 3.1 points below the 50.6 points per game average total in Bears games this season.
Oklahoma State Stats and Trends
- Thus far this season Oklahoma State has two wins against the spread.
- The Cowboys have covered the spread once this season when favored by 3.5 points or more (in two chances).
- Oklahoma State's games this year have hit the over on two of three set point totals (66.7%).
- The Cowboys score 25.8 points per game, 10.0 more than the Bears give up per matchup (15.8).
- Oklahoma State is 2-1 against the spread and 4-0 overall in games when it scores more than 15.8 points.
- The Cowboys rack up 82.5 more yards per game (372.8) than the Bears allow per contest (290.3).
- In games that Oklahoma State amasses more than 290.3 yards, the team is 2-1 against the spread and 4-0 overall.
- The Cowboys have turned the ball over five times this season, one fewer than the Bears have forced (6).
- Find the latest spread and moneyline odds for Oklahoma State at SISportsbook.
Baylor Stats and Trends
- Baylor has played four games, with three wins against the spread.
- The Bears have been underdogs by 3.5 points or more once this season and covered the spread.
- Baylor's games this season have hit the over in 75% of its opportunities (three times in four games with a set point total).
- The Bears put up 23.0 more points per game (42.8) than the Cowboys give up (19.8).
- When Baylor puts up more than 19.8 points, it is 3-1 against the spread and 4-0 overall.
- The Bears collect 489.5 yards per game, 178.0 more yards than the 311.5 the Cowboys give up.
- In games that Baylor picks up more than 311.5 yards, the team is 2-1 against the spread and 3-0 overall.
- The Bears have four giveaways this season, while the Cowboys have six takeaways .
- Head to SISportsbook to find the latest moneyline, spread and over/under odds for this matchup.
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It sounds like the 22-year-old Jessie alum was shot by her pal Cole Sprouse!
“@colesprouse wanted you guys to see my freckles. #postmoreportraits,” she captioned the photo. So so lovely!
Meanwhile, in case you missed the exciting news, Debby is taking a step behind the camera to executive produce the digital movie Jessica Darling’s It List!

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What was it all about?
A chronicle of the 2 Tone record label that was the focus of the late 70s musical movement of the same name.
What to say if you liked it
A worthwhile retrospective of one of the most musically innovative and socially important genres of the last century.
What to say if you didn’t like it
A forlorn dredging of long abandoned musical depths that sought to ascribe it social significance in order to delude viewers it was an epochal movement.
What was good about it?
• The fantastic music of the 2 Tone label, and much of that which was featured were classic Specials tracks like Gangsters, Ghost Town and Too Much Too Young.
• Garry Bushell talking sense, in a rare venture for the grizzled hack into the realms of common decency.
• The historical narrative that offered a glimpse of late-70s Britain in the grip of racial tension with riots in London, which also educated how much of an impact Enoch Powell’s notorious Rivers of Blood speech had contributed to authenticating the dumb tribalism of the racist skinheads.
• Interviews with some of those involved in the music such as Suggs and Pauline Black from The Selecter.
• Mark Lamarr’s narration, which fused his obvious knowledge for 2 Tone with an infectious enthusiasm.
Fine contributions from those affected by the 2 Tone movement such as author Paul Gilroy and film director Gurinder Chadha.
What was bad about it?
• Paul Gilroy was sat in front of a bookcase for his interview in the trend of so many talking heads who do so as if to scream: “I am erudite!”
• While there was plenty of music from the Specials, there was very little from any other band.
• No interviews with the Specials songwriter Jerry Dammers or former singer Terry Hall.
• The 2 Tone tour of Britain was illustrated with grainy black and white film of a coach on the motorway as if to suggest 70s Britain was hardly removed from Victorian life with sewage flooding the streets and a black and white TV in every house with only the Queen rich enough to afford a colour one.
• We didn’t find out what happened to many of the bands following the collapse of 2 Tone after the Specials split.


Oxford University should explain to Jewish students why it took money from the Mosley family, the Education Secretary has said – as he warned that anti-Semitism is not “simply a historic debate”.
Intervening for the first time in the row over “fascist” cash, Nadhim Zahawi said the university’s leadership must attempt to repair its relationship with Jewish students by “making sure they consult and explain the decision-making process” to them.
His remarks come amid growing pressure on Oxford University and some of its colleges after The Telegraph revealed that they have accepted more than £12.3 million worth of donations from the Mosley family trust.
Speaking from Auschwitz, where he was visiting Nazi death camps ahead of the 83rd anniversary of Kristallnacht, Mr Zahawi cautioned that anti-Semitism was “a present danger and a scourge” on British campuses.
Mr Zahawi urged universities to adopt the International Holocaust Rememberance Alliance (IHRA) definition of anti-Semitism, saying it sent a “clear and important message” that anti-Jewish hate would not be tolerated.
Nadhim Zahawi made the comments during a visit to Auschwitz
Asked how Oxford could repair relations with Jewish students over the Mosley money, he said: "By reaching out and making sure they consult and explain the decision-making process that took place for them to have landed on this donation."
Mr Zahawi said universities should consider the “ethical implications” of the donations they accept and should take into account the views of students and the wider community.
“I would expect our great seats of learning like Oxford to be quite capable of dealing with these issues in an appropriate and sensitive way,” he said. He added that it was “incredibly important” for universities to “carry the confidence of the student body”.
Oxford University’s Jewish society has said it is “distressed” to learn of the donations, adding that the Mosley family name is “synonymous with fascism and anti-Semitism in Britain”.
The society went on to point out that the university’s decision to dedicate a professorship to the family’s name “serves to commemorate and revere the Mosley legacy”. It added that the absence of any consultation with Jewish students was “inconsiderate and inappropriate”.
Mr Zahawi said that if universities failed to consider the views of Jewish students, the risk was “obvious”, adding: “Let me be very clear. Anti-Semitism is not simply a historic debate, it is a present danger and a scourge that exists, sadly, on our campuses.
“It is really important that universities take this very seriously, which is why the IHRA is so crucial as a tool for universities and other public bodies in rooting out anti-Semitism wherever it emerges.”
He said that universities accepting the IHRA definition was “only the first step” towards eradicating anti-Semitism from the education system.
‘Duty to protect safety of Jewish students’
Figures being released on Wednesday from the Office for Students show that 95 universities have signed up to the IHRA definition of anti-Semitism, up from 28 last September.
“I think universities have a duty to protect the safety of their Jewish students and make sure they are never targeted because of their religion or race,” Mr Zahawi said.
“No one in our society, least of all students, should have to deal with this insidious and unique form of discrimination.”
Last week, The Telegraph revealed that Oxford University was given £6 million from a charitable trust set up by Max Mosley to house the fortune he inherited from his father, Sir Oswald Mosley, leader of the British Union of Fascists.
St Peter's College, Oxford is one of those to have accepted money from the Mosley family
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Meanwhile two of Oxford’s colleges – St Peter’s and Lady Margaret Hall – have also accepted cash from the Mosley family trust totalling more than £6.3 million.
The university is now facing a donor backlash, with one benefactor vowing not to give St Peter’s College “another penny”.
Meanwhile, four British Nobel laureates have urged the university to reconsider endowing a professorship in the name of the grandson of Sir Oswald Mosley, saying that doing so "dishonours" their subject.
Mr Zahawi, who was in Auschwitz this week for an education symposium organised by the European Jewish Association, said that visiting the death camps was a “life-changing” experience for him.
He said: "You cant help but fall silent, it is just the sheer, industrial scale of murder and the atrocities. No film reel prepares you for … the systematic nature of the way they went about the extermination of the Jewish population."
Oxford University, St Peter’s College and Lady Margaret Hall all said that the funds they received from the Mosley trust were cleared by an independent committee, which reviewed donations in a “robust” manner, taking “legal, ethical and reputational issues into consideration”.
Police called to protest
On Tuesday, police were called to guard the entrance of the London School of Economics, where students were demonstrating against the Israeli ambassador, who was addressing the university’s debating society.
Israel’s UK ambassador Tzipi Hotovely is guided past protesters at the London School of Economics on Tuesday night
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Pro-Palestinian activists gathered outside to call for Tzipi Hotovely to be "no-platformed" and chanted that Israel was a "terrorist state".
Protesters carried Palestinian flags during the demonstration, with some students saying they were blocked from attending classes.
The debating society is next week hosting Husam Zomlot, the Head of the Palestinian Mission to the UK.


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Progressives and the Ron Paul fallaciesBy Glenn Greenwald
Jan. 01, 2012
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[...]Whatever else one wants to say, it is indisputably true that Ron Paul is the only political figure with any sort of a national platform — certainly the only major presidential candidate in either party — who advocates policy views on issues that liberals and progressives have long flamboyantly claimed are both compelling and crucial. The converse is equally true: the candidate supported by liberals and progressives and for whom most will vote — Barack Obama — advocates views on these issues (indeed, has taken action on these issues) that liberals and progressives have long claimed to find repellent, even evil.
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The Cuban people are faced with a difficult dilemma: continue to be subjected to an oppressive regime that limits their rights and freedoms, or risk being mercilessly punished for fighting for a democratic future. The theory of the prisoner’s dilemma, developed by mathematicians and social scientists, allows us to understand this dynamic, which reflects the tension between immediate personal interests and the mutual benefits that could be obtained in Cuban society. What cost does silence have in an authoritarian regime?
The basic assumption of the prisoner’s dilemma is that two people are arrested for a crime and are interrogated separately. Each has two options: admit the crime and betray the other, or remain in solidarity, refusing to betray. If they do not admit the crime, both will be released with a light penalty. If both admit to the crime, they will be sentenced to a more serious penalty. However, if one person admits and the other does not, the first will be released while the one who did not give in to the pressure of the police will be sentenced to a very serious sentence.
The basic assumption of the prisoner’s dilemma is that two people are arrested for a crime and are interrogated separately. Each has two options: admit the crime and expose the other, or remain in solidarity.
The ideal, clearly, is that both refuse to admit or betray, in which case the optimal solution is reached, in which the Police are left empty-handed while they escape punishment. However, the dilemma consists precisely in the fact that both individuals have a strong motivation to betray, since if one remains supportive and the other betrays, the second will be acquitted. The prisoner’s dilemma shows how, in certain situations, the individual search for benefits can lead to negative results, while cooperation, solidarity and trust can lead to much more favorable results for all parties involved.
This is precisely the dilemma facing Cuban society, which is faced with the dilemma of cooperating to overthrow a dictatorship that represses, manipulates and subjugates it, or betraying it, thus giving up its desire to live in a prosperous, just and democratic society. Although in a metaphorical sense, I say “betray” with all intention, because the lack of citizen action, solidarity, cooperation can be interpreted as a form of betrayal of their own interests, those of their children and fellow citizens, those of the nation. When a dissident is left to suffer the injustices to which the tyranny submits him, in a way he betrays a compatriot. When it is accepted that the system condemns a child to suffer hunger and needs, in some way the moral commitment that one has with him is disappointed. When one remains inert in the face of the tyranny that oppresses and mistreats, the dignity that constitutes us is betrayed, and with it the very essence of what is human is ceded, which is the search for freedom and well-being.
There is a gulf between the metaphorical betrayal of a people suffering in silence and the literal betrayal of the sinister accomplices of oppression.
It is true that political abstinence does not imply direct action against the interests of society. Nor is it comparable to the despicable and shameful betrayal of those who violently impose misery and those who support them, be it hypocritically applauding, betraying their compatriots or repressing in one way or another those who have the courage to confront the muscular totalitarianism that governs in Cuba. There is an abyss between the metaphorical betrayal of a people suffering in silence and the literal betrayal of the sinister accomplices of oppression, who crawl along mired in a dark dynamic of betrayal and submission. Betraying one’s own interests, for fear of being thrown into prison after a summary trial, is not comparable to the vile betrayal committed by those abject lackeys who diligently serve the dictatorial designs, delivering their compatriots into the jaws of the oppressive regime. Despicable executioners of the people, they are the personification of treason, cowardice and disloyalty. What I am suggesting is that the cost of the apathy of the people is the indefinite perpetuation of the dictatorship and the misery that comes with it. Such inaction has devastating consequences for the quality of life today and tomorrow and contributes to keeping the nation in a state of subjugation and poverty.
There is no doubt that the risk of retaliation is substantial. Nobody ignores that the repressors are capable of anything. Therein lies the nature of the dilemma. Because there is no doubt that if the majority of Cubans remain inert while a few are persecuted and tortured for defying the regime, the result will be none other than the perpetuation of the moral and economic misery that suffocates Cuba.
What this model shows is simply that the best options for a nation depend on a complex web of individual decisions.
The prisoner’s dilemma does not suggest that there are only two alternatives in reality or that the latter is dichotomous and simple. Between fighting and not doing it there is a range of possibilities, from leaving the country, to being loyal to the tyranny and defending it, even if everything collapses around you and you lose your soul with it. Nor does it establish a moral judgment on individual decisions. It is morally legitimate to flee from communism, to protect our physical integrity and to seek a life that gives us everything that tyranny has forcibly denied us. Similarly, it is understandable to avoid exposing oneself to the danger of facing a repressive apparatus that knows no ethical limits.
What this model shows is simply that the best options for a nation depend on a complex web of individual decisions. The Cuban people can remain powerless, abandoning to their luck those who prefer not to betray the ideals of freedom, democracy and prosperity. It can also rediscover the cohesion and citizen trust that the regime has undermined for decades, and choose to think as a nation to exorcise misery, helplessness and ruin once and for all.
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