Now the hurly-burly’s done and the people have resoundingly elected the Coalition in what
As well as terminating the carbon tax, the annual costs of which rise to $13 billion by 2020, and the $2 billion a year subsidy to uncompetitive green energy schemes, the Coalition has already announced $1 billion a year in savings from other measures. These include the Cleaner Environment Emissions Reduction Fund, Carbon Capture and Storage, a pared-back Murray Darling water buy-back and ensuring renewables pay their own connections to the electricity grid as is the case with other electricity supplies. Including its own Direct Action measures, the Coalition is budgeted to remain spending at least $1-2 billion a year on green subsidies.
Labor and the Greens left institutional bulwarks intended to make it difficult for a Coalition government to implement the policies for which it now claims a mandate. Among these is closing the Clean Energy Finance Corporation’s $2 billion a year in subsidies to uncommercial green ventures. The CEFC’s chief executive,
Climate change gravy train
Doubtless other bodies set up to pursue the carbon emission restraint agenda will also seek to stay on the gravy train. Among these is the six-member (none of them climate scientists) Climate Commission under
Then there is the “independent" Climate Change Authority chaired by
A not so trivial sop to wind lobbyists
The government is also hostage to the partisan CCA in addressing the remaining elephant in the carbon-policy room. This concerns the Renewable Energy Target’s (RET) requirement that electricity retailers incorporate green energy, which is 3-20 times the cost of conventional energy sources, into their supply mix. Having originated under John Howard as a trivial sop to wind lobbyists and green idealists, this form of electricity is now on course to impose $5 billion a year in damage to the consumers and the economy by 2020. Ostensibly planned in its current form to comprise 20 per cent of 2020 electricity supplies, the actual 45,000 gigawatt hour target is more likely to be 25 per cent. The RET raises the wholesale cost of electricity by some 40 per cent and undermines the natural comparative advantage of Australian consumers and firms in low-cost energy. At the very least, the government needs to terminate any additional expenditures but the Spanish government provides some precedent for actually clawing back funding previously committed – often for 15 years – to these high-cost projects.
All surplus to requirements
Managing the various commissions and departmental agencies addressing carbon emissions programs are several thousand people, whose work is surplus to the new government’s requirements. These include about 1000 public servants from the former climate change department now embedded within the industry department. That department also houses other green program managers and the 2700 strong CSIRO, dependent on climate change for a large proportion of its work. Other agencies like Resources Energy and Tourism, Agriculture, Sustainability, Treasury and Foreign Affairs also have tumescent climate-change fiefdoms within them.
The Coalition will seek ways to neutralise the poison pills bequeathed by the Labor-Greens alliance if the Senate refuses to pass amending legislation. One approach would be for the government to cut off funding of the CCA and CEFC, including funding for salaries. The Greens have received advice that this may leave the government subject to legal recourse. It would, however, be difficult for investors to argue that subsidised dependent expenditures in this area were made unaware that a new government would seek to unravel their funding.
The Australian Financial Review


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The ingredients needed to cook AMIEs PORK ADOBO:
- Take of pork belly or spare ribs.
- You need of garlic, minced.
- You need of vinegar.
- Prepare of soy sauce.
- Provide of water.
- Use of fresh ground black pepper.
- Use of salt to taste.
Instructions to make AMIEs PORK ADOBO:
- Combine the spare ribs or pork belly, soy sauce, and garlic then marinade for at least 1 hour..
- Heat the pot and put in the marinated pork then cook for a few minutes..
- Add water, and bring to a boil. Simmer for 40 minutes to 1 hour..
- Put-in the vinegar and simmer for 12 to 15 minutes..
- Add pepper and salt to taste..
- Serves hot. Share and enjoy. Serves 6..
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Film as transformative play in the art of Tracey Moffatt
This paper explores Gadamer's concept of transformative play in the context film. It relates Gadamer's discussion of the work of art as play to Gregory Bateson's idea of play as experimental, communicative behaviour and to Victor Turner's concept of liminality and film as a liminoid phenomenon. These ideas are used to analyse Tracey Moffatt's film beDevil (1993). With this film, Moffat challenges racial stereotypes in Australian society. She presents a narrative that consists of three 'ghost...[Show more]
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Late actor Sushant Singh Rajput lived with his character Ishaan for 4 months earlier than getting on the units to shoot Kai Po Che. As his debut Bollywood movie completes 8 years on Monday, we glance again on the making of the Abhishek Kapoor directorial that launched on at the present time in 2013.
Also starring then newbies Amit Sadh and Rajkummar Rao, Kai Po Che is tailored from Chetan Bhagat’s bestselling novel The 3 Mistakes of My Life.
In the behind-the-scenes video, Sushant shared how he acquired immersed in enjoying the position of Ishaan, a failed cricketer within the film. (*4*) Sushant shared within the video.
He additional defined his character as, “My character of Ishaan is a cricketer, impulsive, transparent, and not a hypocrite. So you’ll find very less people like him who are clean at heart. He’s a very interesting character and I loved playing him.”
Sushant, who died on June 14, 2020, entered Bollywood with Kai Po Che, after enjoying the fan favorite position of Manav in hit TV present Pavitra Rishta.
Sushant went on to do motion pictures like Shuddh Desi Romance, PK, Detective Byomkesh Bakshy, Raabta, M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story, Kedarnath, Chhichhore and Sonchiriya. His final onscreen look was in Dil Bechara which launched put up his demise on Disney+ Hotstar final 12 months.
Sushant was conferred the critic’s greatest actor (male) on the Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Festival Awards, posthumously for his excellent contribution to Hindi cinema.


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NAIROBI - The International Crisis Group says Somalia is getting behind schedule on conducting parliamentary and presidential elections. The Brussels-based research organization says the process is threatened by disagreements and the lack of a mechanism to handle disputed election results. It’s calling for term extensions to avoid political conflict.
MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) – Former Prime Minister Hassan Ali Khaire announced his presidential bid for Somalia elections in 2020, 50 days after he was ousted by parliament in a no-confidence vote following a long-standing dispute with the incumbent President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo.
Somalia joins the league of country’s that cannot hold elections – not because of the coronavirus as in the case of Ethiopia but because of preparatory challenges, the elections chief has disclosed.
Al menos cinco supuestos miembros del grupo yihadista Al Shabaab murieron el martes en un nuevo bombardeo ejecutado por el Ejército de Estados Unidos cerca de la ciudad de Janale, situada al sur de la capital, Mogadiscio.
Los gobiernos de Somalia y Kenia han acordado este jueves crear un comité conjunto para intentar rebajar las recientes tensiones en la frontera, un día después de que Nairobi denunciara una violación de su soberanía por parte del Ejército del país vecino.
MOGADISHU, Nov. 30 (Xinhua) -- The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) has reiterated its commitment to ensuring that Somalia holds peaceful parliamentary and presidential elections in 2020/2021.
Augustine Magnus Kailie, AMISOM police commissioner told members of the civil society, political party representatives and the National Independent Electoral Commission (NIEC) on Friday evening that AMISOM, in partnership with key Somali stakeholders, was ready to secure the upcoming one-person-one-vote elections so that the process is free and fair.
El presidente de la Asamblea Nacional de Kuwait, Marzouq Ali Al-Ghanim, envió hoy jueves dos telegramas de condolenciasde al Presidente de la Cámara de los Comunes, Mohamed Sheikh Abdulrahman, y al presidente del Consejo Federal, Abdi Abdullah, en los que expresó sus sinceras condolencias por las víctimas del atentado terrorista, que tuvo como objetivo un puesto de control en la capital Mogadiscio.
Cinq personnes au moins, dont un vice-ministre du gouvernement somalien, ont été tuées dans une attaque lancée samedi par les insurgés islamistes shebab contre un complexe administratif de la capitale Mogadiscio.
« J’ai vu les cadavres de quatre personnes, l’un d’eux en uniforme de la police », a dit à l’AFP un témoin, Abdulahi Mohamed. Le sénateur Ilyas Ali Hassan a ajouté que le vice-ministre du Travail et des Affaires sociales, Saqar Ibrahim Abdalla, avait également été tué.
Why is there so much excitement around the former prime minister's surprise appointment as Somalia's new president?
On 8 February, the protracted Somalia elections finally came to an end to widespread celebrations and surprise as Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo was appointed as the new president.
Somalia has elected new president Abdullahi Mohamed Farmajo in an indirect selection process. Work towards one-person-one-vote elections must begin right away.
Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed’s victory prompts celebrations and the hope that he can get to grips with Somalia’s multiple challenges
Celebrations have erupted on the streets of Somalia after parliamentarians elected a new president, with crowds chanting songs and firing automatic weapons into the night sky.
The election of Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, a 55-year-old former prime minister and dual US-Somali national with a reputation for independence and competence, has raised the hopes of millions of people in the poor and violent east African state.
El exprimer ministro de Somalia, Mohamed Adbullahi Farmaajo, ha sido elegido nuevo presidente del país en las elecciones llevadas a cabo hoy en la capital, Mogadiscio, según ha informado la agencia Efe. La Asamblea Nacional le ha designado como nuevo dirigente del país con 184 votos, sustituyendo al presidente de transición, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, quien ha recibido 97 votos durante la segunda ronda de votaciones.
L’ex primo ministro Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo è stato eletto presidente della Somalia. I candidati erano una ventina e tra loro c’era anche il presidente uscente Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, che ha riconosciuto la vittoria del rivale al secondo turno, rinunciando al ballottaggio. I parlamentari somali hanno votato all´aeroporto di Mogadiscio, ritenuto il luogo più sicuro della città. Martedì 7 febbraio la capitale somala era stata colpita da diversi attacchi organizzati dai militanti di Al Shabaab
Mogadishu and surrounding areas are on lockdown after increase in al-Shabab attacks in lead-up to election.
Somalia's capital is on lockdown a day before the parliament meets to elect a new president, with ongoing security concerns and warnings of famine expected to top the agenda for the incoming administration.
Roads in Mogadishu were closed, businesses asked to shut, and schools and universities gave students a two-day break.
Somalia is heading to the polls on Wednesday to pick a president in an electoral process that has been marred by allegations of corruption and intimidation.
President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, who came to power in 2012, is seeking a second four-year term.
Twenty-four candidates are in the running.
Presidential hopefuls on Monday held for the first time a televised debate which was dominated by pledges to fight corruption as well as plans on how to tackle insecurity and the armed group al-Shabab.
In the run up to the Somalia’s presidential election slated for February 8th 2017, I am afraid we would have more of the same as in previous elections: greed, selfish interest, and unqualified pack of candidates, with the exception of perhaps one candidate.
The Somalia presidential electoral committee has cleared 24 candidates to vie for the top seat.
The committee, composed of members of the Lower and Upper houses, also announced that the election will take place in Mogadishu on February 8.
The candidates include incumbent President Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud, Prime Minister Omar Abdirashid Sharmarke, former transitional president Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed and former transitional PM Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo.

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They shall be like a tree planted by water, sending out its roots by the stream. It shall not fear when heat comes, and its leaves shall stay green: (Jeremiah 17:8)
Green Leaf Press, Inc. is a non-profit Christian publishing company committed to promoting the truth claims of the Christian faith since 1981. Books published by Green Leaf Press, and carefully chosen books from other publishers, are selected for their significance and readability. The areas of emphasis are primarily Bible Study, Evangelism, Church History, and Christian Evidences.
Dr. Foster H. Shannon is the founder & CEO of Green Leaf Press. After receiving his degree from the University of California, Berkeley in Political Science, Foster went on to obtain a Masters of Divinity at Fuller Theological Seminary and a Doctorate of Ministry from San Francisco Theological Seminary with emphasis on church growth. His fifty years of ministry have given him a keen awareness of the literature needs of both churches and people.
His first book, The Growth Crisis in the American Church, was published in 1977. In 1981, along with two other pastors, Foster founded Green Leaf Press. He wanted to fill a niche that he felt was missing in publishing. As the ministry has evolved, it has focused on the four headings mentioned above. Some of the books originate with Green Leaf Press; many others come from a variety of publishers. Green Leaf Press is a ministry that wants to encourage Christians and others to watch less TV, and read books that will be enjoyable, informative, and upbuilding.
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Your Questions Concerning CBD, Addressed
BD remains in everything currently: skin treatment, food, and regrettably, even tights. Folks possess honored its efficiency for addressing an entire host of issues, from assisting stress to handling ache.
But is CBD an all-powerful, magical healing ingredient, or is it only a sugar pill? Or even something between? There is actually still plenty of researchentrusted to be carried out. ” The interest for cbd oil has actually clearly exceeded the determined scientific proof of what it really carries out,” ” says Peter Grinspoon, instructor at Harvard Medical College as well as a panel participant for Medical professionals for Marijuana Rule. ” A lot of the researches our team have are actually based on creature researchstudies, and also several less are actually based upon human researchstudies.”
Still, there ‘ s plenty that we perform know about CBD. Below’ s the be-all, end-all manual to all of your inquiries regarding CBD, answered throughGrinspoon.
What precisely is actually CBD?
CBD, or even cannabidiol, is among the cannabinoids discovered in cannabis. Grinspoon clarifies that THC as well as CBD are bothcannabinoids. CBD may stem from weed or hemp, or it can be segregated in a laboratory. Researchstudy has been slow on CBD, considering that it’ s still under Plan One of the Dangerous Drug Action. ” Even thoughCBD has no addictive or misuse responsibility – you couldn’ t receive highfrom it or even possess any fun using it’if you desired to- it ‘ s still very difficult to carry out researchstudy on it, ” claims Grinspoon.
What ‘ s the variation between CBD and THC?
On a molecular level, the 2 cannabinoids are quite similar. However when it pertains to how they work, they couldn’ t be actually “muchmore various. ” THC creates a bliss as well as a high,” ” mentions Grinspoon. ” CBD functions more not directly. CBD carries out certainly not create the high, it’ s nonintoxicating.”
Is there a difference in between hemp as well as weed?
” There ‘ s one basic difference, ” describes Grinspoon. ” Hemp is defined as possessing less than.3 percent of THC. Practically, that’ s the only variation.”
What are actually the effects of CBD?
” In creature researchstudies and some human researches, there is documentation that THC assists withchronic discomfort, anxiousness, sleeping disorders, and also dependence, it ‘ s an antimicrobial, and it assists withyouthepilepsy. The best clear-cut analysis is for childhood epilepsy,” ” states Grinspoon. In a placebo-controlled researchstudy in people, CBD was actually likewise discovered to be a successful tool to soothe performance anxiety for public speaking.
Grinspoon forewarns that just because something functions in an animal researchdoesn’ t indicate it is going to work withhumans. And also it’ s frequently toughto tell why individual topics disclose traits operating. ” Anecdotally, there’ s a phenomenal quantity of evidence for CBD assisting withstress and anxiety, however you don’ t know how muchof that ‘ s inactive drug and also how much” is actually the CBD “, ” claims Grinspoon. ” It ‘ s really hard to tell, however it ‘ s hard to imagine that every one of this could be placebo.
Is it a great alternative for stress and anxiety or even distress monitoring?
Grinspoon presumes it ‘ s wortha try. There are actually a few points to look at when getting CBD. To start with, it can get expensive. The dosages likewise have a tendency to become low matched up to what the animal researches have discovered to become successful. The most significant concern when acquiring CBD, however, is actually that it’ s not a moderated compound. ” You need to perform your due persistance and also make sure that you understand the place you get it from has outdoors individual researchlaboratory testing, thus you’ re really getting CBD, as well as just CBD, and also the correct amount of CBD.
Are there any kind of possible adverse effects?
Grinspoon mentions that CBD could potentially cause GI upset and also diarrhea. Ensure that your medical professional knows you’ re taking CBD’if you ‘ re on a blood stream thinner or even any other drug, since CBD socializes along withmedicines similarly that grapefruit extract does. A researchlikewise found that younger computer mice offered highvolumes of CBD showed liver poisoning.
In basic, Grinspoon assumes CBD is actually a low-risk, secure option for points like anxiety and discomfort monitoring. As well as once again, perform your investigation before you start to ensure that you’ re taking pure CBD, without any THC or added pollutants in it. ” The last trait you desire is THC when you’ re not anticipating it, Grinspoon says. ” You could drive home, that could be a disaster.” ” As well as put on ‘ t take excessive- Healthline.com suggests that restorative CBD doses vary from 0.5 mg/kg per day to twenty mg/kg per day.
Does CBD turn up on a medication examination?
Unfortunately, maybe. Everything depends upon how sensitive the medication test is actually. Always remember, hemp possesses.3 per-cent or even muchless THC in it, however that doesn’ t suggest it ‘ s not there certainly. And also marijuana-derived CBD has slightly additional THC in it. ” Depending on just how strong your pee is, just how muchyou’ ve made use of, it could turn up on a drug examination as favorable for THC.” ” If testing for THC would certainly be harmful to your work, CBD may not be your best bet.
Can you take CBD if you’ re pregnant or breastfeeding?
No. The FDA lately warned against this. There is actually a capacity for CBD to be polluted withTHC. CBD can easily also be transferred throughbreast dairy. They likewise indicate a study whichaffirms that highvolumes of CBD in expecting test animals have resulted in concerns in the procreative body of ” cultivating male unborn children.”
What ‘ s the greatest procedure to take CBD?
” Definitely certainly not the cbd pills breast support or even the CBD pillowcase,” ” states Grinspoon. He recommends pills, gummies, casts, or even pills. And if recent information hasn’ t currently convinced you, you need to definitely avoid CBD vape pens.
What concerning Instagram-worthy techniques, like CBD flat whites?
Save the $10 you’d devote. Certainly not just is going to it probably be an extremely low dose of CBD, but you additionally have no way of knowing what you’ re obtaining. ” I understand it ‘ s type of exciting,’ – Hey, permit ‘ s receive some CBD,” ‘ but who understands what ‘ s actually in it, ” warns Grinspoon. ” If it ‘ s actually CBD, that doesn ‘ t feel like the most constant, reliable technique to obtain CBD.”

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Wittus Witt’s gewitzte Zauber-Spiele (Witty Magic Tricks)
These are tricks in a matchbox designed and produced by Wittus Witt. Copyright 1991. There are two versions: one with instructions in English and the other with instructions in German. Special thanks are given to John and Anne Davenport for help with the translation.

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The underdogs needed another big performance to make a surprising return to the 9th Region baseball title game.
But the Newport Central Catholic Thoroughbreds (15-20) could not put together another solid performance against the Ryle Raiders (21-16) in the semifinals Tuesday at University of Cincinnati Medical Center Stadium. The Raiders exposed some weaknesses to pull away for an 8-2 victory.
"I told the guys they put us back on the map," said Jeff Schulkens, NewCath Head Coach. "I'm proud of you. (The six seniors) are alumni now and I hope they want to come back and stay involved in the program."
Mainly, Ryle had better pitching depth and ran well on the bases. The Raiders scored three runs in the second inning to take the lead for good.
Right fielder Jarrod Billig did most of the damage for the Raiders. He went 3-for-3 at the plate to go with a walk, two runs batted in, a run scored and three stolen bases.
One other Ryle had two hits in first baseman Colin Craven. He scored twice.
Ryle recorded eight hits total and stole eight bases. The Raiders also took advantage of four NewCath wild pitches and a passed ball.
"We did our homework and felt we could run a little bit," said Pat Roesel, Ryle Head Coach. "So we did. Until they stopped us, we were going to continue to do so."
Offensively, NewCath had eight base runners on three hits. The Thoroughbreds also had no stolen bases, three walks and six strikeouts against Ryle pitcher Zach Kirschler.
"He was money," Roesel said. "He wanted the ball the whole way. There was no way I could take him out. He threw strikes. He got ahead of guys."
NewCath did have the lead twice in the first two innings. Zack Pangallo tripled with one out in the first before scoring on a Spencer Pangallo ground out. After Ryle tied the game at 1-1 in the second, the Thoroughbreds took a 2-1 lead in the second. Josh Schneider singled, moved to second when Griff McHugh grounded out before advancing to third on a Ryle throwing error and scoring when Bryson Hightchew singled.
But the Raiders tied the game at 2-2 in the second when Marshall Rich singled home Billig. Max Lonnemann then singled in Rich and Drew Jackson to give the Raiders the lead for good at 4-2.
"I think we were so emotional starting off playing five good innings (in the 11-1 run-ruling of Dixie Heights on Monday)," Schulkens said. "When they took the lead, it really hit us hard. I don't think we ever recovered from that."
Ryle added three runs in the fourth to go up 7-2. Nathan Roe scored on an error and Craven scored on a wild pitch before Billig singled home Jake Ziegelmeyer.
The Raiders added one insurance run in the sixth inning. Craven reached on an error, stole second and scored when Billig singled.
Owen Workman started the game for NewCath. He pitched into the second before Clint Bartels took over and finished the game. The two combined for six strikeouts.
NewCath graduates Grant Moeves, Zack Pangallo, Bartels, Nate Enslen, Brandon Gray and Leo Barth. During high school, the senior class appeared in the region tournament three times winning it in 2012 and advancing to the state quarterfinals. The Thoroughbreds also won the All "A" State Tournament in 2013.
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Frank W. POZAR, Petitioner, v. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, Respondent.
Petitioner seeks a writ of mandate from this court (Code Civ.Proc., § 1085) to compel respondent (Caltrans) to follow its published procedure for resolving discrepancies in bid figures. We shall issue the writ.
The facts are not in dispute. On March 23, 1983, petitioner submitted a proposal on Contract No. 09–071004, a highway construction project in Mono County. The proposal included a list of required products and services and an estimated quantity for each item. Petitioner supplied a price per unit and a total price for each item. One of the 37 required items was “Binder (Dust Palliative).” The estimated quantity was 90 tons. Petitioner proposed a unit price of $20 per ton and a total price of $18,000 for binder. One of the figures is obviously incorrect. If the correct unit price is $20, the total price would be $1,800. If the $18,000 total is correct, the correct unit price would be $200 per ton.
The discrepancy between the unit and total price is critical in this instance. If petitioner's bid is calculated at $1,800 for binder, he is the lowest bidder on the contract. His total bid (the sum of 37 item totals) of $1,689,780 is $2,423 less than the next lowest of the eight responsible bidders. If the $18,000 total figure for binder is used, petitioner's bid is $1,705,980, and he is not the lowest bidder.
The form Caltrans supplies for bids or proposals contains the following language as to discrepancies between per-unit and unit price totals: “In case of discrepancy between the item price and the total set forth for a unit basis item, the item price shall prevail, provided, however, if the amount set forth as an item price is ambiguous, unintelligible or uncertain for any cause, or is omitted, or is the same amount as the entry in the ‘Total’ column, then the amount set forth in the ‘Total’ column for the item shall prevail and shall be divided by the estimated quantity for the item and the price thus obtained shall be the item price.”
Following its established practice and the provision quoted above, Caltrans calculated petitioner's total bid using the per-unit price ($20) times the estimated quantity (90 tons). Thus calculated, petitioner's total bid was the lowest received. The bid was then referred to the Caltrans legal office for an opinion. The legal office concluded the entire bid was uncertain because of the discrepancy and that application of the item price priority rule would be arbitrary. Noting that the Caltrans engineer had estimated binder cost at $300 per ton, the legal office concluded petitioner could not have intended to bid $20 per ton and the total bid should include $18,000 for binder and be $1,705,980. Caltrans accepted the opinion and decided to award the contract to another bidder.
Petitioner's application to the superior court for relief was denied, and the instant petition was filed in this court. We issued a stay of the contract award pending consideration of the merits of the petition.
Petitioner's assertions of urgency, uncontradicted by Caltrans, establish that he has no adequate remedy at law (see Code Civ.Proc., § 1086; 5 Witkin, Cal.Procedure (2d ed. 1971) Extraordinary Writs, §§ 91, 92, pp. 3867–3868). The contract award is pending and the work is presumably to be performed this summer.
This court has no power to direct the award of a public contract to any individual. (Judson Pacific-Murphy Corp. v. Durkee (1956) 144 Cal.App.2d 377, 381, 301 P.2d 97.) We can, however, direct an agency to follow its own rules when it has a ministerial duty to do so or when it has abused its discretion. (Glendale City Employees' Assn., Inc. v. City of Glendale (1975) 15 Cal.3d 328, 344–345, 124 Cal.Rptr. 513, 540 P.2d 609.) Here, as in the Glendale case, we are concerned with a ministerial duty. Caltrans' own rules obligate it to accept the per-unit price in the absence of specified circumstances, none of which are here present. The per-unit price of $20 is neither ambiguous, unintelligible, uncertain, nor otherwise within any exception to the rule.
The instant petition has been served upon respondent and it has filed opposition to the petition. Under these circumstances, this court is empowered to issue a peremptory writ of mandate without first issuing an alternative writ. (Code Civ.Proc., § 1088; Central & West Basin Water etc. Dist. v. Wong (1976) 55 Cal.App.3d 191, 196, 127 Cal.Rptr. 448; Goodenough v. Superior Court (1971) 18 Cal.App.3d 692, 697, 96 Cal.Rptr. 165.)
Let a peremptory writ of mandate issue directing respondent Caltrans to compute petitioner's bid in Contract No. 09–071004 using the $20 per ton figure for item 13. The stay heretofore issued will be dissolved upon compliance with or finality of this decision, whichever is earlier.
PUGLIA, Presiding Justice.
EVANS and BLEASE, JJ., concur.

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Monument to multiculturalism sits outside close to the columns of Union Station in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
A bronze statue of a nude man with his hands raised holding a metal rod that encircles him. Several birds are flying around him. Metal rods extend to form a bottom section of a globe with a bird at the end of the rod.
Immigration and ethnic diversity is an adopted policy of Canada's multiculturalism.
Monument to multiculturalism outside Union Station in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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It’s been almost a year since the empire founded by Bernardo Paz began to crumble. In September 2017, the former mining mogul-turned-art collector was convicted to nine years in prison for money laundering and tax evasion. He was found guilty of using Inhotim, the contemporary art museum he envisioned, to avoid paying taxes. His illegal money transfers amounted to at least USD 95 million, according to prosecutors.
Mr. Paz’s debts with the authorities neared BRL 2 billion – between the BRL 470 million owed to the state government of Minas Gerais and the BRL 1.5 billion due to the federal revenue service. Bit by bit, his art legacy is being scrapped to pay for his crimes. Back in May, he signed a contract transferring the property of 20 Inhotim artworks to the state of Minas Gerais. Now, Mr. Paz has reportedly offered authorities the land on which Inhotim was erected.
Inhotim is a half-museum, half-botanical garden located on the outskirts of Belo Horizonte, the state capital of Minas Gerais. Newsweek called it “an Eden for contemporary art.” Its lush botanical gardens are spread across 5,000 acres and were designed by the late landscape architect Roberto Burle Marx, who was involved in the construction of Brasília. Inhotim is arguably home to the world’s largest collection of palm trees – over 1,500 different species – which serve as the backdrop for 500 works of art from 100 artists coming from 30 countries. Since 2006, the art complex has attracted roughly 250,000 visitors each year.
Employing some 1,000 people, Inhotim represents the region’s largest economic matrix, after the decline of iron-mining activities. It was also, as Bloomberg said, “a monument to the ubiquity of dirty money in the art market.”
A history of misdeeds
Mr. Paz’s rise to billionaire status started back in the early 1970s, when he went to work for his father-in-law at Itaminas, a failing iron ore exploration company. Mr. Paz grew his fortune by incorporating other mining companies and by selling eucalyptus, a fast-growing tree, on land located in northern Minas Gerais that was previously occupied by 60 families that relied on subsistence farming for their survival. These communities raised cattle and grew corn and manioc.
The tree’s impressive thirst is well-known. The main argument against planting eucalyptus is that they have such a high consumption of groundwater that they can dry up water sources such as rivers and springs. And that’s what happened in northern Minas Gerais. The area was once dominated by the cerrado, a savannah-like biome, but now the soil is impoverished and the community which once lived there now has to purchase water for USD 160 a tank, as Bloomberg reported.
In 2009, state prosecutors found that Mr. Paz’s eucalyptus company had committed several environmental crimes, planting at streams’ headwaters and failing to set aside 20 percent of the land for preservation – a legal requirement in Brazil. Replasa, Mr. Paz’s eucalyptus company, has even faced accusations of using child labor, which the company vehemently denies.
Another scandal around Mr. Paz happened in 1986, when seven workers died as an iron ore residue dam owned by Itaminas collapsed. Regulating authorities said Itaminas had overloaded the dam with tailings, and an employee went to the press to accuse the company of operating without a proper engineering plan.
If one does a consultation of Bernardo Paz’s name with the Minas Gerais Justice Tribunal, one will find 98 lawsuits against him, personally – without counting any of his 30+ companies. Most of them relate to unpaid debts and taxes (and there is, of course, his money laundering and tax evasion conviction).
Like many big business owners, Mr. Paz has benefited from numerous amnesty programs created by state and federal governments. Such as the one that passed 20 artworks to the Minas Gerais government. The deal came after Mr. Paz joined an amnesty program for fiscal debtors, and lowering his dues from BRL 470 million to BRL 111 million would have not been possible if the governor’s office hadn’t passed a very timely law allowing fiscal debts to be paid with artwork.
As economist Bruno Carazza wrote, “it is difficult not to suspect that the law had a specific beneficiary in mind: Bernardo Paz.”
Soon after the law was passed, Mr. Paz struck the deal – which was highly advantageous to the creator of Inhotim. First, the government is not allowed to sell the pieces, and they must be displayed at Inhotim. As far as Mr. Paz’s museum is concerned, nothing changes.
Yet another example of Brazil’s crony capitalism.
Even if Inhotim is a truly amazing museum in a country with so few of them, being a patron of the arts should not place him above the law.

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Purported raids of the state's clean energy fund and unclear policy goals have left New Jersey lagging behind neighboring states in energy efficiency, a regional advocacy group contends in a new report.
The study by the Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships says the state was an early leader in energy efficiency, but has "suffered greatly" over the past two years, preventing New Jersey from realizing the level of savings called for in earlier energy master plans. The group also cites concerns like the pending shift of the Office of Clean Energy duties, currently overseen by the Board of Public Utilities, to a third-party administrator.
A BPU representative did not immediately return a request for comment.
The second annual report by the Lexington, Mass.-based organization groups New Jersey with states like New Hampshire, Maine and Pennsylvania, where "anti-regulatory interests threaten states' efforts to harness efficiency as the most cost-effective energy resource." Conversely, in states like Massachusetts, New York and Vermont, "major efficiency commitments are helping to drive down utility costs for all, as states build the clean-energy economy and make progress on their emissions reductions goals."
New Jersey officials' use of clean energy funds to plug state budget shortfalls has been a frequent target of critics and efficiency advocates. Last year, Gov. Chris Christie announced plans to take another $279 million from the fund to help balance the budget.
"This report confirms the trend we've seen over the past few years here: New Jersey has gone from clean energy hero to zero," New Jersey Policy Perspective spokesman Jon Whiten said in an e-mail. "New Jerseyans are increasingly seeing the negative consequences of climate change, an enormous problem whose solution requires government action on multiple fronts."
Whiten added that New Jersey is using clean energy funds "as a political football to shore up state budgets built on increasingly shaky foundations," rather than energy-related jobs.
State officials in recent months have again discussed reducing New Jersey's clean energy fund budget, which is generated by surcharges on utility bills. The fund is supposed to support incentives like energy efficiency rebates and green job training.
All told, the Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships report gives New Jersey a grade of "struggling," while determining that states like New York and Connecticut are "going the distance" with its energy policy. The group urged the state to rebuild with an eye toward energy efficiency as it recovers from Hurricane Sandy.
The organization, however, also credited New Jersey for preparing to adopt standards known as the 2012 International Energy Conservation Code.


Firefighters and rescuers in Russia’s Far East extinguished three forest fires over the past 24 hours and continue battling 11 more forest fires, a spokesman for the regional emergencies ministry said on Sunday.
“Satellite monitoring and aircraft surveillance registered a total of 14 forest fires in the last 24 hours. Three of them covering an area 43 hectares were extinguished,” the spokesman said.
He added that the remaining 11 wildfires had spread over the area of 519 hectares.
Wildfires in forested regions of Russia are common during the dry and hot summer season. Most of the time, the fires start because of the careless behavior of local residents in the woods.
Wildfires devastated a number of regions in central Russia last summer, killing 62 people and leaving thousands homeless.


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Anyone that knows me knows that I love all things French. And when it comes to French fashion, no one captures the culture of Parisian streets like Isabel Marant.
A woman after my own heart, she is single-handedly responsible for the worldwide revival of high-tops. Making women who wouldn’t be caught dead wearing sneakers outside of the gym pay upwards of $800 for their chance to don the ultimate must-have shoe. What has made her sporty wedges such a sensation is how effortless they make putting an outfit together.
As you can imagine, the rest of her designs embody the same no frills ease that the French are so famous for. And just when you thought you couldn’t love Isabel Marant any more, here comes her collab with H&M. In Isabel Marant’s own words, she created “something real, that women want to wear in their everyday lives, with a certain carelessness, which (she) think is very Parisian.” “You dress up, but do not pay too much attention and still look sexy.”
Now a clothing line that is inspired by my favorite city is definitely worth getting excited about, collaboration or not. And even though I have until November 14th to get my hands on some of her coveted H&M pieces, there’s a lot to look forward to.
Her full collection will include clothes and accessories for both men and women, and will be available in 250 stores as well as online. And with H&M’s US online store launching in August, timing could not be better. In the meantime, as I count down the days until the collection becomes available I get to admire the sneak peek photos that H&M tweeted earlier this week.
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Whether you require new storage cages for your building or you’re looking for machine guarding options, the experts agree: wire mesh is the best option.
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Balenciaga, a brand synonymous with pushing fashion boundaries, has once again stirred controversy with the unveiling of its latest creation, the towel skirt. This innovative yet polarizing piece debuted as part of its Spring 2024 collection, causing a frenzy across social media platforms.
Priced at a staggering $925, the unisex terry cotton towel skirt has gathered mixed reactions from fashion enthusiasts worldwide. The knee-length skirt, designed to fit at the mid-waist, boasts two buttons and an adjustable belt with a buckle. Further, it elevates the ordinary towel into a high-fashion statement.
Despite the amusement it sparked, many critics and social media users expressed disbelief at the price point set by the luxury fashion house. Some took to platforms like TikTok and Instagram to share their thoughts. One commentator suggested, “I’m convinced that Balenciaga is a social experiment,” while another likened the fashion world to “living in the Zoolander world.”
This bold Balenciaga skirt release for pre-order further fueled debates on its practicality and value. Alongside its hefty price tag, the skirt’s requirement for dry cleaning added another layer to the ongoing discussions.
The towel skirt marks another addition to Balenciaga’s history of unconventional products. Basically, it is to join the ranks of previous eyebrow-raising releases like the $1,800 Balenciaga bag and shoelace earrings.
Despite past controversies, the brand continues to challenge traditional fashion norms, drawing both admiration and skepticism from industry insiders and consumers alike.
Amidst the reactions, fashion commentators such as Diet Prada took to Instagram to express surprise at Balenciaga’s return. It aimed to create attention-grabbing pieces, commenting, “But I thought Balenciaga was over making viral clickbaity fashion after their scandal, lol.”
With widespread skepticism and amusement, the luxury brand remains undeterred. Surprisingly, it offers enthusiasts the chance to pre-order this innovative garment. Interested buyers can access the pre-order option on Balenciaga’s official website.
The towel skirt’s release signifies Balenciaga’s unwavering commitment to challenging conventional fashion norms and continues to spark conversations. Moreover, it blurs the lines between art, luxury, and everyday wear.


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Following Monday's decision, Kitatta and his co-accused will now have to defend themselves.
KAMPALA - The army court decided Monday that embattled BodaBoda 2010 patron Abdallah Kitatta and co-accused have a case to answer.
The decision came after the defence team Sanywa Shaban and prosecution by Maj. Raphael Mugisha had made their final submissions on ‘no case to answer'.
The submissions were made before a seven-member panel led by Lt. Gen Andrew Gutti last week.
Following Monday's decision the General Court Martial, Kitatta and his co-accused will now have to defend themselves.
Meanwhile, the army court acquitted Jonathan Kayondo, Hassan Ssengoba and Sunday Ssemwogerere.
The three were battling charges of unlawfully being in possession of military stores.
When making their final submissions, defence lead lawyer Sanywa argued that Kitatta and 12 others have no case to answer because the four prosecution witnesses had failed to adduce evidence incriminating them accused on five counts of unlawful possession of firearms and ammunitions and one count of unlawful possession of military stores.
The offences, according to Uganda People's Defence Forces (UPDF) Act, 2005, attract a maximum penalty of life imprisonment, on conviction.
The military equipment includes two pistols, SMG rifle and 50 rounds of ammunition for the firearms, among others.
Sanywa also told court that there is no evidence that connects the accused persons with the items recovered.
The arrest of Kittata followed a crackdown on suspects linked to the murder of Francis Ekalungar, the former accountant of Case Clinic. Most of the suspects are BodaBoda 2010 members.
Ekalungar was kidnapped on January 2 this year by unknown assailants on his way to Dfcu Bank to deposit over sh15m belonging to the hospital.
A day later, his burnt body was found at Kajjansi off Entebbe Road.
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A US woman has been forced to defend the deeply unfortunate 'anti-mask' tattoo she received early last year, before the full effects of the COVID-19 pandemic took over the world.
Twenty-five-year-old Lee Holland says she dreamed of her tattoo for at least two years before finally getting it done: an inscription on her arm that reads, "courageously and radically refuse to wear a mask".
Holland says it references her viewpoint that it's pointless to pretend you're something you're not.
She finally got the tattoo in March last year - only two days before her state of Kentucky received its first case of COVID-19.
Holland recently got the chance to show off her tattoo to the world thanks to a new TikTok trend asking people to show off the "dumbest tattoo they've ever gotten".
She told Buzzfeed she's been continually worried about people thinking she was anti-mask during the pandemic - which she says she's absolutely not.
"I spent the entire summer wearing cardigans so that could not be misconstrued," she said. "For most of the summer, I was mortified."
Her mother even posted a photo of Holland wearing a mask, jokingly labelling her "a hypocrite".
Luckily Holland says she can laugh about it now - as could the amused commenters who watched her TikTok.
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Hawaii Pacific University files draft EA for Big Island feed mill
The Hawaii Pacific University Oceanic Institute’s long-planned $5 million Feeds Research and Pilot Production Facility to be developed at the University of Hawaii at Hilo on the Big Island is finally getting some traction with the filing of a draft environmental assessment.
Noted as the first of its kind in the Pacific Region, the planned facility, which will be located at the Paneawa Agricultural Park in Hilo on a one-acre parcel, would support the testing and evaluation of feed production for Hawaii’s aquatic and terrestrial agricultural industries on a commercial-scale.
The facility would include a research and pilot production building in which feed process-testing would take place, a separate office trailer, storage containers and other improvements such as a short access road from the agricultural farm gate to the facility.
The Oceanic Institute, which recently merged with HPU to become a part of the state’s largest private university, currently has a 25-year lease with UH Hilo that began in 2000 for a fee of $1 each year.
The facility’s estimated total project cost is about $5 million, including $3 million for construction and $2 million for equipment costs.
Funding for the project has been obtained from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources and the Hawaii Department of Agriculture as well as other private donors.
Final design and permitting is scheduled to begin in early spring and will take six months to complete with construction of the facility expected to begin as soon as this fall.
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i finally realized you and i were never meant to last
if we were, we never would have had to try this bad
but i still write you love letters on paper plates and napkins
and on paper from cigarette cartons at work when no one’s looking
i still look back on when we were sixteen and nothing mattered
when i told you i’d have your back no matter what happened
and now i’m telling you to leave and i don’t think it hurts you as much as it hurts me
now it’s all bruised and tired and ugly
but what’s never been ugly was the space you filled in me
and it’s still filled
there’s still a place in my heart that you will always inhibit
i still think you’re a magical human who just happened to make a few mistakes
(that really fucking hurt more badly than i can say)
and i know now that i never deserved what you did to me
but i always deserved you in your sun-kissed glory
and i guess i’m finally at the point where i really do wish you well
i hope you end up happy
but i am so jealous of the girl who will end up with you
because she will be so lucky
You wear your heart on your sleeve not in sensitivity, but with bravery. You come as you are; always ready to fight for what you love.
In the 2nd: Dionysus
The melody in your heart oozes out of you as a siren song, taking pleasure in all you feel in your heart. You let the richness take over your very being.
In the 3rd: The Hummingbird
Ever-flitting, ever-flying; so envied and admired. You move impossibly fast, it takes focus to see your wings oh but we hear the beautiful music they make as you pass us by with your jeweled feathers.
In the 4th: The Envelope
Your lover is your letter, you the envelope. You carry them safely to their destination, recognizing precious words and beauty as the truth. Oh but how easily battered you can be, please bubble-wrap your loving heart.
In the 5th: The Leather Jacket
You wear your heart as a coat, whether worn or new or real or fake. You exist as a symbol of yourself you create out of your own fabric. Expression is your savior, savor it.
In the 6th: The Furrowed Brow
The worrier, the servant, the loyal. You do not let it all show, you stand poised and sure but that one little crease, that only little wrinkle expresses it all. You do not have to stand impossibly tall, sit down. It’s okay.
In the 7th: The Nymph
Either fairy or seductress, you walk lightly and nervously about. You are sweet, whispered nothings in the sunset fields; whether they mean something or not…
In the 8th: The Taxidermist
You sculpt around you in stillness and a resistance to trust and to allowing the world to move around you. Your taboo necromancy is intense and even scary, but if they looked beneath they’d see that you simply create out of what is before you.
In the 9th: The Wanderer
The free spirit full of self-destructive flightiness, unwilling to fully let go for what else is out there? You feel yourself on the precipice, not sure whether to let go and fall down down down into the wind or continue to resist.
In the 10th: The Willow
The wise beauty of movement and stillness wrapped together in harmony with all around you. That surprising snap and wit lurking in your calming vines, it haunts and provides all at once.
In the 11th: The Amphibian
Master of water and land, you can go in and out with ease, but can’t quite seem to choose which you truly want. Perhaps the company around you is enough, but maybe if you dive down deeper or climb up higher you’ll find something better than you recognize.
In the 12th: The Saved
They fall into the hot spring in the middle of the night with you, sipping wine and sharing kisses and admissions of vulnerability that drift into the night. But don’t let them drown, for they so easily can if they are not wary.
They told me “home is where the heart is.”
But maybe they were wrong.
Maybe home holds its own heart, mind, body.
Maybe it’s walking amongst the crowed, waiting to house anyone who comes looking for a place to stay.
Some are merely a bed and breakfast, while others are mansions full of luxuries unseen to most.
Some are just homes.
Three bedroom houses with a spacious backyard and enough room for a swing set.
Others have large porches for evening lemonade and trampolines for star gazing.
Everyone can find a home.
They see them pass and watch couples move in, each one an apartment, but building their dream house together.
We search until we find the perfect fit.
From broken down homes to abandoned buildings.
Two story homes to cabins.
Home isn’t wood trapping us inside,
But a safe haven we’ve found inside the arms over an individual.
“And I know it’s all poetry, know they’re just lies
But I’ll still scavenge on what I find in between those lines
I’ll pretend there was happiness, fake to have felt pain
Just to feel there’s a reason to read it again.”


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Reports are clear. Over the past two years, extremists calling themselves Islamists have killed at least 49 people, among them bloggers, authors, publishers, teachers, members of the Hindu and Christian minorities, gay activists, supporters of secularism and at least two foreign NGO workers. These were people attacked because of what they said or wrote, or their social activism. These were individual murders often carried out in the middle of the day using knives and machetes, usually by attackers who then fled on motorbikes; crude, brutal and effective methods. Nowadays critics, intellectuals and minorities live in a climate of increasing insecurity.
The latest attack, involving a hostage-taking in a restaurant patronised by the élite, certainly marks a change of gear: now we see firearms and grenades, hostages and proclamations, not to mention the high visibility target – a diplomatic enclave, western victims. Even the identities of the attackers caused a sensation. If the photographs published on Islamic State’s social networks are accurate (and it appears that they are), these are youngsters belonging to Dhaka’s upper classes, students at the capital’s most exclusive schools. One is even the son of a former representative of the political party now in government, Sheikh Hasina’s Awami League. (One can fully understand the shock experienced by many upper class families, even though this is not the first time that the sons of the élite have embraced extreme causes: after all, even in the Middle East the Islamic State’s recruits do not only include the poor and the marginalised).
There will be discussions about whether this bloody attack should be attributed to the Islamic State (which has claimed responsibility) or to some al-Qaeda off-shoot, or whether it was the work of local groups as claimed by the government led by Mrs. Sheikh Hasina. The fact that IS is trying to expand to Bangladesh is clear in the emphasis present in its videos and in the propaganda circulating on social networks. Al Qaeda too has recently intensified its campaign to strengthen its presence in the whole of South Asia. Islamic extremism naturally also has “native” roots. There is a traditionalist religious right (the Jamaat-e Islami party, formed before India was partitioned early in the 20th century), an influential party although it has never been a powerful electoral force. More extreme factions have emerged over time. It is from the more radical mosques of Bangladesh that volunteers have left for the various “holy wars” in Afghanistan (with the anti-Soviet mujahidin of the Eighties and later with the Taliban or al Qaeda). Here too, albeit to a lesser extent than in Pakistan, the fighters returned from their Afghan adventures reimporting more extremist and “jihadist” interpretations. It is not strange that new generations of extremists, in Bangladesh as elsewhere, have found first in al Qaeda and now in IS a source of inspiration. According to the Bangladeshi government the responsibility for the attack in Dhaka lays with the group called Jamaat-ul-Mojaheddin Bangladesh, JMB. It is precisely this group that recently announced it was Islamic State’s representative in Bangladesh, although the government denies there is any evidence of organisational links. Could the attack on the restaurant have been a gesture to improve their credentials? An episode in the competition between IS and al Qaeda? Many experts on “Islamic terrorism” believe that the key to recent events lies precisely in the rivalry between the two groups, with IS attempting to establish a presence in Bangladesh, and al Qaeda feeling threatened by its presence (which dates back to the Nineties and runs parallel to their establishment in Afghanistan and Pakistan).
Whatever the organisational links between the terrorists and international networks they belong to may be, it is, however, the attack on the restaurant clearly has revealed the vulnerability of security apparatuses in Bangladesh. For months Prime Minister Hasina and Interior Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal have denied the presence in Bangladesh of any group in any way linked to Islamic State. The attack in Dhaka proved them wrong.
And yet, all this is more of a consequence than a primary cause. More than a terrorism problem, be it domestic or international, the crisis experienced by Bangladesh is one of democracy.
Let us take a step back in time. In the course of its brief history, Bangladesh has experienced a bloody war of liberation (from Pakistan, in 1971), a coup d’état (in 1975, when the first president and founder of the Awami League, Mujibur Rehman, was assasinated), then a long military dictatorship and various waves of social and political violence. Since 1991, when the country returned to parliamentary democracy, two parties have alternated in power, the Awami League, led by Sheikh Hasina (daughter of the murdered premier) and the Nationalist Party led by another woman, Khaleda Zia, the widow of the general who came to power following the coup. Hatred between these two women is profound and personal and has engulfed the entire country. When one party is in power the other boycotts parliament and vice versa; each party in power would puts on trial (usually for corruption or other various abuses of power) the leaders of the party in opposition and vice versa.
In this vindictive cycle the real victim has been democracy, as it was clear in 2009 when the army took power while the country was in chaos, and organised the transition to new elections. The cycle, however, started again. In 2011 voters brought to power Sheikh Hasina, who in just a few years had dozens of opponents imprisoned and changed the electoral law in her own favour, so much so that in 2014 her rival boycotted the election.
There are of course political and ideological differences, especially in the traditions of these two parties: the Awami League has a popular base and proclaimed secularism, democracy and socialism its core values, while the BNP is conservative. But even these differences pale, also because in the meantime (second half of the Nineties) Bangladesh had embarked on economic liberalisation and tried to enter the globalised economy – finding for itself a niche as the supplier of very cheap labour in the global textile and clothing industry, which has become the country’s leading industry and its top export (it is not entirely a coincidence that many of the Italian victims at the Holey Artisan Bakery where entrepreneurs dealing with fashion; Italy after all absorbs about a quarter of Bangladesh’s garment and textile exports). This happened at the cost of tragedies such as the earlier mentioned collapse of Rana Plaza, in 2013, in which 1,200 workers died when the building housing the spinning mills collapsed. All this because competitiveness is achieved cutting costs of both labour and safety.
All this – messy politics and greedy entrepreneurship – is balanced by an active and organised civil society, for which an excellent example is set by the many NGOs that work in the social sector, bringing health care to the most remote villages, organising networks of women workers (for example in the textile and clothing sectors) or microcredit (the famous Grameen Bank was created here). Women’s activism is widespread even in rural contexts; hence the more conservative mullahs have for some time been preaching against the NGOs and social activists who have become the favourite targets of fanatics with machetes.
And so we come to the present. For at least a decade, Bangladesh has seen the growth of fierce fundamentalist extremism, on each occasion underestimated, tolerated or even encouraged. Between 2001 and 2006, the then premier Khaleda Zia allowed the religious right significant freedom, to the point of including in her government ministers from the Jamaat Islami party, in particular three men known for having cooperated with the Pakistani Army against the 1971 independence movement; a real provocation. So since returning to power in 2011, Sheikh Hasina has pressed charges against the “BNP-Jamaat Islami gang” and has had tried and sentenced for war crimes a number of the religious party’s historical leaders. Both women, however, ignored the mullahs thundering against the NGOs and female emancipation, as well as more recently the men bearing machetes who “execute” secular bloggers and authors as well as Hindu and Christian priests.
For the moment Sheikh Hasina’s government has dismissed the attacks on bloggers and intellectuals as isolated incidents and all talk of Islamic State’s penetration as an opposition plot. Only rarely are those guilty of these attacks charged. Even worse, Interior Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal has commented that bloggers “should be careful what they write”, and “not offend religious sentiments”: as if to say they were asking for trouble. The premier herself, Mrs. Sheikh Hasina, has condemned more the contents of the blogs than those who used machetes.
Underestimation? It will now be impossible for the Hasina government to ignore the threat posed by Islamic extremism. It would, however, be appalling to rely only on arrests and police operations. In June, after many protests and appeals to pursue those responsible for attacks on bloggers and writers, the government indeed launched a security operation, with 11,000 people arrested between June 10th and 16th, as observed with alarm by Human Rights Watch, which reported the risk of indiscriminate arrests.
In the meantime, the attack on the elite restaurant in Dhaka is a rough awakening for those Bengalis who still felt safe. “For months, I and many of my fellow Bangladeshis have wanted to believe that the targeted assassinations (…) did not mean that Bangladesh was necessarily on a road to destabilization by violent extremists!” wrote the Bengali author Tahmima Anam (in New York Times). “We felt sure that things must eventually go back to normal — normal being a Muslim-majority country with a secular Constitution and a robust tradition of social justice, diversity and pluralism”, wrote Anam. Instead it is precisely this that is experiencing a crisis.
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Scientists from the University of Münster (Germany) followed the fate of Gadolinium-based contrast media from the hospital through the waste water treatment plant by speciation analysis using HILIC-ICP-MS.
Gadolinium chelates are used as contrast agents for medical magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) since the 80's. About 20,000,000 patienst per year are investigated by this diagnostic tool, each one receiving typically around 1.2 g of gadolinium. Most of the Gd is extreted by the patients within the first day after application with urine entering the environment via waste water.
Gd is one of the rare earth elements (REE) that normally show a characteristic distribution pattern within the environment. Anthropogenic emission of Gd into the aquatic environment can therefore relatively easily be detected via the disturbance of the characteristic natural REE distribution pattern.
Since Gd-based contrast agents are very stable complexes, they are excreted in unmetabolized form and are suspected not to be biodegradable in the aquatic environment. In order to study the fate of these compounds within waste water treatment plants, Gd speciation analysis at ultratrace levels would be helpful.The new study:Researchers from the University of Münster
developed a new method based on ICP-MS detection to follow the Gd-contrast agents through the waste water treatment plant.
In order to allow the separation of the different Gd-based contrast agents, the ICP-MS was coupled with a hydrophilic interaction chromatography (HILIC) system.
Waste water and sewage samples were taken at different stations of the Münster central waste water treatment plant. The hyphenated system consisted of an Agilent 1200 series HPLC system coupled to an PerkinElmer Sciex ELAN 6000 quadrupole ICP-MS. The detection limit of the hyphenated system was around 1x 10-9 mol/l, while the detection limit for total Gd was around 2 x 10-10 mol/l. Sorption losses of Gd-chelates to container walls were significantly reduced by using silanized glass in most steps of sample preparation and sample storage.
The method was able to detect different Gd-based contrast agents at the primary clarifier of the wastewater treatment plant. The most often applied macrocyclic Gd- based agend Gd-BT-DO3A could be traced even to the outlet of the plant. The researchers conclude their report by expressing their hope that the newly developed method will help to investigate the behaviour of Gd-contrast agents during wastewater treatment. The Original study
Jens Künnemeyer, Lydia Terborg, Björn Meermann
, Christine Brauckmann, Ines Möller, Andy Scheffer, Uwe Karst, Speciation Analysis of Gadolinium Chelates in Hospital Effluents and Wastewater Treatment Plant Sewage by a Novel HILIC/ICP-MS Method
, Environ. Sci. Technol., 43/8 (2009) 2884-2890. DOI: 10.1021/es803278n
Michael G. Lawrence, Christoph Ort, Comment on "Speciation Analysis of Gadolinium Chelates in Hospital Effluents and Wastewater Treatment Plant Sewage by a Novel HILIC/ICP-MS Method
", Environ. Sci. Technol., 2009, asap. DOI: 10.1021/es901406g
Jens Künnemeyer, Lydia Terborg, Björn Meermann
, Christine Brauckmann, Ines Möller, Andy Scheffer, Uwe Karst
, Response to Comment on "Speciation Analysis of Gadolinium Chelates in Hospital Effluents and Wastewater Treatment Plant Sewage by a Novel HILIC/ICP-MS Method"
, Environ. Sci. Technol., 2009, asap. DOI: 10.1021/es901550c Related studies
Michael Bau, Peter Dulski, Anthropogenic origin of positive gadolinium anomalies in river waters
, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. , 143/1-4 (1996) 245-255. DOI: 10.1016/0012-821X(96)00127-6
Klaus Kümmerer, Eckard Helmers, Hospital Effluents as a Source of Gadolinium in the Aquatic Environment
, Environ. Sci. Technol., 34/2 (2000) 573-577. DOI: 10.1021/es990633h
Françoise Elbaz-Poulichet, Jean-Luc Seidel, Clara Othoniel, Occurrence of an anthropogenic gadolinium anomaly in river and coastal waters of Southern France
, Water Research, 36/4 (2002) 1102-1105. DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1354(01)00370-0
Peter Möller, Giulio Morteani, Peter Dulski, Anomalous Gadolinium, Cerium, and Yttrium Contents in the Adige and Isarco River Waters and in the Water of Their Tributaries (Provinces Trento and Bolzano/Bozen, NE Italy)
, Acta Hydrochim. Hydrobiol., 31/3 (2003) 225-239. DOI: 10.1002/aheh.200300492
Andrea Knappe, Peter Möller, Peter Dulski, Asaf Pekdeger, Positive gadolinium anomaly in surface water and ground water of the urban area Berlin, Germany
, Chem. Erde Geochem., 65/2 (2005) 167-189. DOI: 10.1016/j.chemer.2004.08.004
Serkan Kulaksiz, Michael Bau, Contrasting behaviour of anthropogenic gadolinium and natural rare earth elements in estuaries and the gadolinium input into the North Sea
, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 260/1-2 (2007) 361-371. DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2007.06.016 Related EVISA Resources Link Database: Toxicity of Gadolinium compounds Materials Database: Gadolinium Materials Brief Summary: ICP-MS: A versatile detection system for speciation analysis Brief Summary: LC-ICP-MS: The most often used hyphenated system for speciation analysis Related EVISA News (Newest first) March 14, 2016: Tracing Gadolinium-based Contrast Agents from Wastewater, via Surface Water to Drinking Water
March 4, 2015: Detection of Gd-based contrast agent in the skin of a patient eight years after administration October 29, 2012: Identification and quantification of potential metabolites of Gd-based contrast agents October 18, 2012: The behavior of Gd-based contrast agents during wastewater treatment September 15, 2010: US FDA Announces Gadolinium-Based MRI Contrast Agent Warning March 25, 2010: Publication on the separation of Gd-based contrast agents awarded May 4, 2009: Gadolinium speciation analysis in search for the cause of nephrogenic systemic fibrosis (NSF)
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To the Editor:
Re “Where Homelessness Can Be a Crime” (news article, Jan. 10):
The issue should not be the criminalization of homelessness. The waging of public campaigns claiming “the right to rest” as a new civil right for the homeless further impedes serious efforts to address the homeless problem.
I agree with the Denver City Council president, Albus Brooks, whom you quote as saying, “It’s immoral for a community to accept folks on the street.”
The solution to the homeless problem is inescapable: more housing at affordable rates and treatment for those homeless people who need it. It requires serious efforts by federal, state and local governments, and public support for their efforts.
JOHN A. VITERITTI

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When Hugh Dancy made his Broadway debut in the 2007 revival of “Journey’s End,” it was as a British Army captain down in the trenches of World War I. When Mr. Dancy returns to Broadway this fall, he won’t be taking on the Central Powers – he’ll face off against Nina Arianda in Manhattan Theater Club’s coming production of “Venus in Fur,” the David Ives comedy-drama about an ever-shifting audition encounter between a director and an actress, the production’s press representatives said on Monday.
So is preparing for war more or less demanding than preparing to take on the formidable Ms. Arianda?
“I’ll have to go for option C,” Mr. Dancy said in a telephone interview. “Demanding in a different way. The difference, obviously, is that in ‘Journey’s End’ I was in the middle of a thick ensemble and it was a three-hour night in the theater. This is essentially one constantly evolving 90-minute scene between two actors, which was the appeal, really.”
Mr. Dancy, who has also appeared Off-Broadway in “The Pride,” in films like “Adam” and on television in “Elizabeth I” and “The Big C,” said he did not see the original Classic Stage Company production of “Venus in Fur,” which won rave reviews for Ms. Arianda and co-starred Wes Bentley in the role he is about to take on.
But having read Mr. Ives’s script, Mr. Dancy said, “The writing turns on a dime. It seems like it goes through so many evolutions, so many twists and turns. But I haven’t actually started yet. I’m in that state of ignorant bliss, I suppose.”
Mr. Dancy said he has so far only encountered Ms. Arianda in meetings with the “Venus in Fur” director Walter Bobbie and Manhattan Theater Club executives. But their future showdown was not the most pressing of his concerns.
“I’ve not been in the situation before of jumping into a production that’s already had a previous incarnation,” Mr. Dancy said, “so I don’t how that’ll go. I hope it’s not just three weeks of them waiting for me to catch up.”
The Broadway production of “Venus in Fur” will be presented at the Samuel J. Friedman Theater, with previews to begin on Oct. 13 and an opening night planned for Nov. 8.