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Senator Edgardo J. Angara called on the government to invest in water and sanitation projects as he expressed serious concern over the deteriorating state of sanitation in the country.
Angara said that poor sanitation remains a perennial problem in the Philippines as 26 million Filipinos, roughly 30 percent of the total population, still have no access to clean toilets and other sanitation facilities.
"Every person deserves access to clean water and sanitation facilities," emphasized Angara. "In the absence of such, people dangerously expose themselves to sickness and disease."
Stakeholders in the water sector from the public and private sectors applauded Senator Edgardo J. Angara for vowing not to harm or destroy players under the Water Sector Reform Act (WSRA) he authored.
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"We are trying to rationalize the industry, not to kill it. In fact, the WSRA is intended to strengthen the local water districts," Angara, Chair of the Senate sub-Committee on Water, explained during a recent public hearing.
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Senator Edgardo J. Angara called for the proper management of the country’s water resources and the active development of a national renewable energy energy during the the CleanEnviro Summit held in Singapore.
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Angara, who just arrived from Singapore, noted that 16 million Filipinos, or around 20 percent of the population, are without water, while another 15 million do not have ready access to electricity.
Senator Edgardo J. Angara today called on the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and other international organizations to more actively help in water sector reform in the Philippines as the 45th Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors of The Asian Development Bank began in Manila.
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Angara noted that according to Vicente Tuddao, Executive Director of the River Basin Control Office (RBCO) of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), around 112 billion cubic meters—roughly 70 percent of the total water resources available to the country—is either wasted or lost each year.
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Angara, principal author and sponsor of the proposed Water Sector Reform Act or WSRA (SBN 2997), highlighted that water policy in the country is highly fragmented—where around 16 government agencies have a say in various aspects of the sector—and therefore tends to be implemented in a piecemeal fashion.
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Angara, Chair of the Senate Sub-committee on Water, made the statement during a public hearing on the Water Sector Reform Act or WSRA (SBN 2977).

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Today on the 2nd of March, day of the Global Call to Action on Indigenous and Community Land Rights we, the members of the Federación por la Autodeterminación de los Pueblos Indígenas – FAPI (Federation for the Self-Determination of Indigenous Peoples) of Paraguay representing the indigenous community Cheiro Ara Poty, of the Mbya Guarani people, who have managed to legalize part of their customary territory after 34 years of struggles and claims, state as follows:
As Indigenous Peoples we continue to ask for the legalization and security of our territories and hence demand respect for our fundamental rights, in order to have them acknowledged through public policies and concrete measures to be implemented by government bodies.
We are committed to be Guardians of the Forests, not only with the communication campaign that we launched late last year but as a commitment to our own lives, our history and future generations, considering the terrible situation we are experiencing as a result of the accelerated deforestation and climate change that is heavily impacting on our traditional ways of life and weakening our security and food sovereignty.
The Global Call to Action is taking place today with the participation of several partner organisations around the world. This initiative urges to:
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Considering all of the above, we believe that the Paraguayan government should:
• Legalise all our genuine claims for the restitution of our lands and territories as Indigenous Peoples and communities of Paraguay who are in the midst of proceedings before national and international bodies.• Ensure the protection and enforcement of precautionary measures granted by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) in favour of the Ayoreo Totobiegosode.• Begin a serious process of historic reparation for the violations of territorial rights perpetrated against the Ava Guaraní and Mbya Guaraní peoples following the construction of the Itaipu and Yacyreta hydroelectric dams, as declared in September 2015 before the United Nations Human Rights Council.• Respect our right as Indigenous Peoples to decide, plan, and implement the actions which guarantee our own development.• Consult Indigenous Peoples before the promotion or development of action plans or projects which affect our lives, resources and traditional ways of live in order to obtain our free, prior and informed consent.• Strengthen positive actions and good practices in order to build a participative process for the effective juridical security of indigenous territories. • Not only give assistance to indigenous communities in states of emergency, but also build participatory processes to promote and ensure the full exercise of our fundamental rights.
This call is not an isolated act, it is the beginning of the actions which, once articulated, will make us visible as brothers and sisters who jointly defend and promote their fundamental rights.

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Coconut layer cake murder / Joanne Fluke.
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Bakery owner Hannah Swensen is leaving Lake Eden to help a friend in sunny California. But an unexpected phone call swiftly brings her back to a cold Minnesota winter--and murder... When Hannah learns that her sister Michelle's boyfriend, Detective Lonnie Murphy, is the prime suspect in a murder case, she goes straight from a movie studio sound stage to the Los Angeles airport. Back in frigid Minnesota, she discovers that proving Lonnie's innocence will be harder than figuring out what went wrong with a recipe. Lonnie remembers only parts of the night he went out to a local bar and ended up driving a very impaired woman home. He knows he helped her to her bedroom, but he doesn't recall anything else until he woke up on her couch the following morning. When he went to the bedroom to check on her, he was shocked to discover she was dead. Hannah doesn't know what to believe--only that exonerating a suspect who can't remember is almost impossible, especially since Lonnie's brother, Detective Rick Murphy, and Lonnie's partner, Chief Detective Mike Kingston, have been taken off the case. Before everything comes crashing down on Lonnie like a heaping slice of coconut layer cake, it'll be up to Hannah to rack up enough clues to toast a flaky killer." -- Provided by publisher.
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Talk about a father-son bond!
Kirk Douglas made a rare appearance at the 95th anniversary of the Motion Picture & Television Fund with his wife, Anne Buydens, on Saturday, Oct. 1. At the gala, his son, Michael Douglas, proudly honored the legendary actor just a few weeks ahead of his 100th birthday.
"My dad turns 100-years-old in a few weeks," the 72-year-old began, according to People. "It's an amazing personal century, filled with so many accomplishments and achievements that, if I recounted them all, we'd still be here for Kirk's 105th birthday."
Kirk and Anne on Oct. 1. (Photo Credit: Getty Images)
"My dad is an icon. He's a legend. He's a true movie star from an era when movie stars were looked at as our version of royalty, and Kirk earned that status," Catherine Zeta-Jones' husband continued. "Three Oscar nominations, two Golden Globes, over 90 films that spanned seven decades — and not one sequel."
Following the touching speech, the crowd sang "Happy Birthday" to Kirk before he took the microphone to address the audience. "I'd like to thank my son Michael," he said. "I always said to him 'Be a doctor or a lawyer' — but after hearing him tonight, I think he's a good actor!"

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Kate Kennedy Wikipedia, Comedy, Actress, Wiki, Height – Popular British actress, voiceover artist, television personality, theatrical artist, entrepreneur, and social media influencer Kate Kennedy has a wide range of talents. She was born in the United Kingdom in 1992. For her outstanding performances in numerous television programmes, Kate is well-known. Additionally, Kate has lent her voice to the animated characters in a number of video games.
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When meeting Taoiseach Leo Varadkar during the St. Patrick’s Day festivities in Washington, US Vice President Kamala Harris brought up Duleek’s Kate Kennedy.
It happened just a week after Claire D. Cronin, the US ambassador to Ireland, unveiled a bust to honour the extraordinary accomplishments of a local woman who made history at the turn of the 20th century when her tenacious campaigning convinced the San Francisco Board of Education to institute equal pay for equal work.
Kate Kennedy lived and died in Oakland, where Kamala Harris is from. The vice president noted that thousands of Irish emigrants travelled to California during the Gold Rush in the middle of the 19th century.
“The Kate Kennedy story is one of my favourites. She was born in County Meath and headed the Equal Pay for Equal Work movement in California in 1874. And of course, we here in the United States just celebrated Equal Pay Day last week — or last week,” she remarked.
And as many of you are aware, I spent the majority of my career in San Francisco, a city with a long history of Irish pride. And I’ll add that the history and culture of the United States have been influenced by the Irish and early immigrants.
A bus bearing Kate Kennedy’s name was unveiled in Duleek, where she was born, on International Women’s Day a week earlier. County Meath sculptor Betty Newman-Maguire of Carnaross created the bust.
For women, Kate Kennedy was a game-changer. She was the first woman to compete for public office in California, obtained equal pay for equal labour in 1874, and won a crucial legal battle that established the standard for when teachers could and could not be fired from their jobs.
She was decades ahead of her time, but until recently, her accomplishments were essentially unknown in Ireland, according to local journalist Ken Murray.
Kate Kennedy, who was born in 1827 in the township of Gaskinstown, west of Duleek, first attended the local national school, then briefly attended Loreto College in Navan County, Meath, before going to San Francisco in the early months of 1856.
She was hired in 1867 as the principal teacher at North Cosmopolitan Grammar School in San Francisco, where she later discovered that male principals received more pay. She eventually succeeded in getting the California State Legislature to modify the legislation in 1874 by tenacious and relentless campaigning, setting the stage for the legal precedent of equal pay for equal work. Ken Murray claims that there will be other public tributes to Kate Kennedy after this one.

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KIROV, July 19 (Itar-Tass) - Court of the Kirov region has mitigated the measure of restraint for the leading Russian off-parliament oppositionist, Alexei Navalny, and has authorized his release from custody on written recognizance not to leave before a sentence issued to him by the court of a lower jurisdiction takes legal effect.
By altering the measure of restraint to Navalny and his business associate, Pyotr Ofitserov, the regional court entertained an appeal by the Prosecutor’s Office.
Thursday, Kirov city’s Leninsky district court sentenced Navalny and Ofitserov to five years and four years in jail respectively for what guilty verdict described as property embezzlements in a local timber company. Both men were placed under arrest right in the courtroom.
The regional Prosecutor’s Office appealed the ruling later in the day, saying there were no grounds for placing them under arrest.
The presiding judge said Friday that the measure of restraint can be changed in case of apprehensions that a suspect may flee from the judiciary or continue engaging in criminal activities or put up obstacles to the investigation.
“There were no such grounds,” the judge said. “Navalny and Ofitserov have permanent residential licenses in Moscow and they didn’t obstruct the course of investigation,” he said
Besides, the Leninsky district court did not take account of the fact that Moscow City’s electoral commission had endorsed Navalny’s candidacy for the post of Moscow mayor in an election that will be held in early September.
“All the candidates /for elected positions - Itar-Tass/ have equal rights in conducting their electoral campaigns and they choose the form of campaigning independently,” the judge said.
“On the basis of the aforesaid, the judicial panel decided to endorse the appeal of the Prosecutor’s Office of the Kirov region and to revoke the sentence of the Leninsky district court in what concerns the placement of the two men under arrest,” he said.
This means that Navalny can freely move around Moscow City and Kirov and to make trips between the two destinations. As for trips to other places, he can make them only upon permission from the court.
Navalny was then set free in the courtroom.
Navalny and Ofitserov’s relatives and friends who were present at the court session applauded to the two men. The first thing Alexei did upon getting free was to embrace his wife.
“What happened here now is a thing without a precedent for the Russian judiciary,” he said.


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Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison cried during a press conference on the sexual harassment scandals that rocked his government, saying, “I am shocked.”
Amid accusations that he failed to understand women’s anger at the toxic male culture, Morrison pledged to “clean up Parliament,” saying, “We have to tidy up this house and put politics aside regarding these matters and we have to recognize and acknowledge this problem, and find a solution to it.” “.
He also promised to use his daughters, wife and mother as an incentive to fix the problem, stressing that “the time has come to address the culture in which men believe they can do whatever they want.”
Morrison was earlier criticized for his handling of the incident, and for his failure to meet with protesters last week. He had invited the leaders of the protest marches to meet him in Parliament, but they refused his invitation, saying that they would not meet with him “behind closed doors.”
Australia is witnessing a major sexual scandal related to a rape inside Parliament, and pictures and videos have been published showing employees of the conservative Australian government doing sexual acts in Parliament.
A woman accused an Australian Parliament employee of sexual assault, and another announced that she had been sexually harassed by the same employee of the Liberal Party in 2017. A former employee and volunteer told The Australian newspaper that they had been sexually assaulted by the same employee.
These accusations erupted after a former employee in Parliament, Brittany Higgins, announced that she was raped inside the Australian Parliament building, specifically in the office of the then Minister of Defense Industry, Linda Reynolds, after drinking alcohol with the same employee in March 2019.
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Its fair to say that FITs have changed the PV industry. They are simply the best way for a government to support the PV industry, surmises Goekhan Demirci, Research Analyst at pvXchange International AG. Chinas decision to put in place two tariff rates, 1.15 Renminbi per-kilowatt-hour (RMB/kWh), 0.18 U.S. dollars (USD), and one RMB/kWh (USD0.156/kWh), for PV installations without a cap and without installation size parameters, seems to be another step taken by the country in its pursuit of cementing its central place as a major PV industry player. But with many questions arising as to how the scheme will be implemented and which projects will be given the all clear, the announcement may have raised more questions than it has answered.
Global market: short-term impact
When looking for the short-term effects of the Chinese FIT schemes introduction on the international PV market, the first thing to consider is the two levels of tariff. The 1.15 RMB/kWh (USD0.18) tariff will be paid for projects approved before July 1 and completed before the end of the year with the one RMB/kWh (USD0.156/kWh) for projects either approved or completed after those dates respectively. The Chinese Governments Renewable Energy Development Fund (REDF) will fund the FIT.
The FIT policy was announced on August 1 and it is understood was effective as of July 24. As this was after the July 1 approval date for the higher tariff, a rush of installations jockeying for approval was avoided. The timing of the announcement itself seems also to indicate that pressure on Chinese module and equipment manufacturers was starting to show after a weak start to the year.
Chinese manufacturer Suntech was unable to discuss the announcements direct impact on module prices, however Björn Emde did indicate that it may be, helpful for pricing, in the short-term. Researchers Jefferies observe that the western province of Qinghais FIT scheme led to a jump in demand in the two to three weeks prior to the national FITs announcement. Only days after this announcement, a 20-megawatt (MW) plant was announced in the Qinghai region, which is expected to be completed by September.
There are other details to the scheme also worth considering. Introduced by the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), the Chinese FIT essentially creates a national benchmark PV tariff for on-grid installations, superseding regional tariff systems that may be in place. The exception to this is Tibet, where the rate for all installations will remain 1.15 RMB/kWh for installations approved or completed after the July 1 and December 31 deadlines.
As this national scheme is a unification of the regional programs, Citi reacted to the announcement by saying that it does not anticipate a steep increase in PV demand. Citi continued its estimate of one gigawatt (GW) of installed capacity for 2011, rising to four GW in 2013. Some analysts reacted more positively however, immediately revising up their predictions for 2011 installed capacity. IMS Research was one of the first, increasing its outlook for worldwide installed capacity by one gigawatt (GW), to 22 GW. IMS Researchs Ash Sharma explained, We were always expecting a FIT to be introduced but not until next year at the earliest, due to costs of PV. We expected it to develop in a similar way as the wind market but it was introduced slightly earlier than wed expected and modeled for, which is why we revised up our forecast. Other analysts reacted positively also including pvXchanges Demirci, who said that it should not be a surprise that some short and middle term forecasts have been increased as a result of the Chinese FIT announcement. It will create another market that will be a significant one. Earlier China was rated as a mid-sized market that would gain significance in 2015 more and more. Now after this announcement many have put China as one of the top markets. Lux Researchs Pallavi Madakasira was less impressed, I dont think it will significantly add to demand predictions [in the short term].
Lower FIT, lower costs
The tariff rates under the scheme as announced are not particularly generous when compared to existing European tariffs. Analysts Raymond James describe the Chinese FIT approach to creating domestic demand as, trying to do it on the cheap. Even after recent cuts in Italy and Germany, amongst others, average European FITs are usually greater than USD0.30/kWh, so in the Raymond James analysts words, everything else being equal, [it] should spur more demand than it would have in Europe (or North America for that matter). Citi has released its calculations as to the profitability of larger projects under the FIT rates: Using a FIT of 1.15/1.00 RMB and assuming an investor hurdle of eight percent levered internal rate of return with 80 percent debt; we estimate system costs need to approximate USD3.00/2.50/W around Beijing, USD2.50/2.20/W around Shanghai and USD3.50/3.15/W in areas with the highest solar radiation. With current tier-one Chinese modules selling for USD1.25 to 1.30/W and assuming balance-of-system (BoS) costs in the mid USD1/W for all but very large scale applications, this does not leave a lot of profit margin. However Jefferies was quick to point out that there are some hidden cost savings when it comes to installations in China. Free or cheap land could be provided by the government for projects, thereby subtracting the lease costs that must be built into European or North American projects, from profit viability equations. Lower financing costs may also occur as there is speculation that, as the FIT will be funded by the REDF, Chinese lenders will see the risk as being minimal.
Low and falling BoS costs, in part due to low labor costs, must also be factored in. Jefferies observes that falling inverter, transformer and wire costs could also play a role. At present, it calculates Chinese BoS costs are USD0.75-0.80/W with a possibility of falling to USD0.65/W in the future. In addition Demirci makes the point that Chinese modules are sold at lower prices on the domestic market than overseas.
Winners under the FIT
Where there genuinely appears to be no doubt is that Chinese tier-one manufacturers are the best leveraged to profit from the Chinese FIT, concludes Lux Researchs Pallavi Madakasira. Sharma agrees and adds that this is not restricted to module manufacturers: We will see local module and inverter companies and integrators benefiting the most from this new tariff. Jefferies also observes that in the Chinese Qinghai province a FIT helped to stabilize pricing and increase plant utilizations. On the day of the FIT announcement, Jefferies issued a statement specifying Yingli, JA Solar, Suntech and Trina as being the best-situated manufacturers.
From the manufacturers themselves, Suntechs Björn Emde responds to the announcement by saying that, we had been lobbying for this for quite some time, and that the scheme delivered, a lot of what was asked for. In this respect, facing a tight market and pressure on prices, the Chinese FIT will actually assist manufacturers to maintain levels of employment, which is important to the government.
ThinkEquity understands this as being the primary driver for the tariff: Details clearly point to a policy leveraged to ongoing job creation. Jefferies also makes this argument, saying that the NRDC could rubber stamp some projects when necessary to support manufacturers.
Lack of detail in plan
There remain a number of questions as to how the China FIT will work. In particular, the process by which projects will be approved by the governments REDF. In this respect government connections are key, according to Demirci, Chinese companies already do that, they know about it. IMS Researchs Sharma adds that overseas firms wont, however, be shut out, though he adds but I would say that the odds are stacked in the Chinese firms favor. Jefferies believes projects that use top Chinese brands, that are large employers, will be favored and that favorite sons, or those projects with links to local suppliers and industry, will also be well received.
The lack of detail worries Luxs Madakasira, who makes the case that more detail is crucial before major conclusions can be drawn from Chinas FIT: There are too many moving parts and more clarity is needed. Other uncertainties lie in the duration of the payment schedule, how and when FIT rates may be adjusted, whether a capacity cap will be introduced, and what installation types will be favored. However, Think Equity assumes a 20-year duration for payments for its projections and Citi writes that the tariff will reduce over time as BoS costs fall.
Predictions for Chinese installations now stand at around 1.3 GW to 1.4 GW in 2011, rising to 2.5 GW next year and eventually growing to a figure between five and ten GW by 2015. A Chinese National Energy Administration Official confirmed earlier in the year that an upward revision of installed PV capacity from five to ten GW is under discussion.
These middle-term projections span a very wide range, but with a FIT scheme for which there are many unanswered questions, in a country that is at-times accused of lacking governmental transparency, there is a large margin of error. What is certain and what many analysts agree on is that many parts of the PV industry are watching Chinas demand for PV closely.
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After nearly 20 years doing "The Late Show" on CBS and 11 prior years in late night on NBC, David Letterman is close to surpassing "Tonight Show" host Johnny Carson's 30-year record as the longest running late-night host in TV history, The New York Times reports.
Letterman signed a two-year extension of his contract with CBS in 2010, making August of this year the earliest date he could leave the show. The host has not indicated that he will be retiring, and according to an anonymous CBS executive's statement to The Times, a deal extending his contract to 2014 is "imminent."
Letterman's CBS compatriate Craig Ferguson, whose "Late Late Show" is also produced by Letterman's production company Worldwide Pants, is in the midst of similar talks, according to Variety.
"As would be expected at this time, we're having conversations with both Dave and Craig about future years," CBS said in a statement to Variety today. "There are no further details to announce at this time."
Letterman may have mellowed as he's gotten older. Last month, he went on record saying that he's ready to end his longtime feud with "Tonight Show" host Jay Leno. Letterman and Leno were involved a bitter feud over who would inherit "The Tonight Show" after Johnny Carson left in the early 90s.


Jeep Cherokee Problem Report
Jeep Cherokee Ticking Type Noise Due to Cracked Exhaust Manifold
A ticking type noise may be noted from the engine area due to an exhaust manifold that has cracked where the pipes are welded; cracked manifolds should be replaced.
Buy replacement manifold. parts about 150; labor 180; 350-400 dollars worth repair. - bankans
Had the ticking noise for a couple of weeks before the pipe snapped. The exhaust sytem, as well as a majority of the undercarriage is pretty rusted. In the shop now for repair. - Visitor
Ticking sound from engine - Visitor
ticking noise from cracked manifold that I was told was not uncommon for this year. No intention of replacing because of cost, but may try to patch cracks. - Visitor
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|A Vietnam Airlines aircraft. VNA/VNS Photo Huy Hùng
HÀ NỘI — Aviation firms appealed for Government support to overcome the difficulties caused by the COVID-19 pandemic at a seminar recently held by the Vietnam Aviation Business Association (VABA) in Hà Nội.
Nguyễn Khắc Hải, deputy general director of Bamboo Airways, told the seminar last week that private airlines needed the same support that was being afforded to State airlines.
“Bamboo Airways has asked the National Assembly and the Government to consider the same support packages for private airlines that have been approved for Vietnam Airlines.”
Hải said the pandemic had severely affected the operation of airlines, and Bamboo Airways had lost up to 90 per cent of its business at the peak of the pandemic.
Although the firm has not disclosed details of its business results in 2020, Hải said additional costs for quarantine and pandemic prevention had added to the airline's losses.
In response to this, Hải said Government financial support was necessary for firms to maintain cash flow alongside support policies such as tax breaks.
Considered a private airline with a strong financial foundation, VietJet Air is forecast to lose in 2020. Vietjet Vice President and CFO Hồ Ngọc Yến Phương told local media that VietJet Air needed VNĐ10 trillion in loans.
“Other domestic airlines want access to preferential loans over three to five years from the State to overcome the crisis,” she said, asking the Government to simplify procedures to disburse support packages in a timely manner.
Having been issued a support package of VNĐ4 trillion at 4 per cent interest recently, Nguyễn Tiến Hoàng, deputy head of the Development Planning Department at Vietnam Airlines, said the firm was still facing with difficulties, estimating the recovery would take three to four years.
Hoàng forecast that the local aviation sector would lose $4 billion in 2020, of which Vietnam Airlines’ revenue would fall $608-652 million.
“Although the domestic market has recovered, purchasing power remains weak and ticket prices have dropped sharply. The only international routes operating are repatriation flights. The pandemic has created a long term psychological concern that has halted the aviation industry.”
Hoàng said the Government and Ministry of Transport (MoT) should not consider licensing new airlines before the market recovered.
According to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), there were two scenarios for the aviation industry. The first was a freefall followed by rapid growth, whilst the second was a three- to five-month baseline.
The ICAO forecast the aviation market would decline 48-71 per cent depending on the pandemic.
Phạm Văn Hảo, deputy director of VABA, said the association was co-ordinating with research firms to submit a plan to the Government regarding reopening international flights.
Hảo said: "In the most positive scenario, the aviation market will take three years to bounce back to where it was in 2019."
Economist Trần Đình Thiên said given the Government held a 86 per cent stake in Vietnam Airlines, the support package was transparent and marketable. However, he said other airlines also needed refinancing interest rates from the Government to stand firm and bounce back when the global aviation market recovered.
Thiên said local airlines should focus on the domestic market as a means to survive and recover from the pandemic.
“The pandemic has changed the structure of the global aviation industry and created opportunities for local aviation firms to better serve local customers.”
According to the association, in 2019, local airlines carried more than 136 million passengers and operated more than 900,000 flights. However, the pandemic had disrupted economic activities, causing great losses to the aviation industry.
Deputy Minister of Transport Lê Anh Tuấn said the ministry would continue to monitor the situation and formulate policies to help the aviation industry recover. — VNS


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Review: Sarah The Spectacular Squirrel By Rory Ffoulkes, Illustrated By Irene Silvino
It’s blissful having two little bodies, freshly bathed and dressed in pj’s, cuddling up for story time, before bed. For a Grandma who lives some distance from her grandchildren, it’s a real treat when we go to stay and Mummy says, ‘Grandma will read to you tonight.’ The girls choose which book from the colourful selection on the shelves in the nursery, and whether or not they have heard it before, they usually settle quickly and we enjoy a very pleasurable fifteen minutes or so, delighting in the wonders of children’s fantasy. They have an amazing ability to suspend disbelief and accept all kinds of nonsense. How magnificent!
There is no end to the range of children’s books available. Little ones are never too young to be introduced to the riches of books and to appreciate reading time. Just like adult books, however, trends come and go. I cannot find the Puddle Lane
series so enjoyed by my own son, except on t’internet, and obviously, Blyton’s Noddy
from my own childhood was cast into the ether many moons ago. Thankfully, Peter Rabbit
remains popular, no doubt owing to some excellent marketing of goods other than books, and a couple of recent films which must have reinvigorated sales.
And so, I come to a new book, Sarah, the Spectacular Squirrel
by Yorkshire author, Rory Ffoulkes. It has the ubiquitous alliterative title we would expect and a brightly coloured front cover. It’s short and sweet with a message: don’t be mean.
Sarah the squirrel is a show-off: incredible, spectacular, amazing and awesome. She collects all the nuts from the forest and performs all kinds of gymnastic contortions to do so. She’s the star of her own tv show and just loves watching herself. But she is also selfish and doesn’t care about any of the other animals in the forest who go hungry because there are no nuts left - and she won’t share. Pride comes before a fall, literally and figuratively.
Sarah over-reaches herself, one day, and falls, breaking her leg, before she has gathered her store for the winter. The other animals teach her the best kind of lesson, however, and prove to be good neighbours, sharing their food with her. As a result, she learns how to be a nicer squirrel and ultimately, realises how much better she feels when she helps other people, too. On a deeper level, you could say ‘the story criticises those elements of society who put the pursuit of wealth and personal gain ahead of caring for others, fairness and helping the less fortunate’. But that might not entirely swing the five year old vote.
There’s plenty of dialogue and dramatic capitalisation of letters to guide the storyteller, and the stylised illustrations, by Irene Silvino, are bright and entertaining. It is not a book young children will quickly learn to read for themselves – the language, though relatively simple, is still beyond most early readers and the dimensions of the book itself are not easy for little hands to manipulate, but it isn’t hard to find activities within the pages such as identifying other woodland creatures and counting the nuts, to further engage young minds. And you may just wish to discuss what they might have done in Sarah’s situation and how they might have reacted when she was hurt.
Writing books for young children is as much an art form as any other kind of writing. A series is often a good idea; perhaps Sarah could discover other talents, or maybe this could be the start of a woodland series wherein Martin the Mouse, Bernie the Bear, Daisy the Deer and Bernie the Badger might all tell their tales, too. With an imaginative illustrator, it might be something to ‘bear’ in mind.
Sarah, the Spectacular Squirrel
is published by I&G Press

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(1) Limitations On Discovery
Rule 26(b)(1), which defines the scope of discovery, has been changed to clarify that discovery is limited to information that “is relevant to any party’s claim or defense and proportional to the needs of the case” (amended text in italics). Although safeguards similar to “proportionality”, e.g., burden, cumulativeness, and expense – have been traditionally available by court order under Rule 26(b)(2), “proportionality” now defines the scope of discovery itself. Also, a court may allocate the expenses of discovery. The amendments also delete the oft-cited language that discovery that is allowed if “reasonably calculated to lead to the discovery of admissible evidence.”
One can only assume that these change the scope of allowable discovery
These changes should provide a signal to courts that a party is no longer entitled to burdensome disproportionate discovery simply by showing relevance or arguing that the information was “reasonably calculated” to lead to admissible evidence. From now on, proportionality will also be part of the vernacular.
(2) Specificity in Responses to Document Requests
Responding to discovery must now state objections to document requests with specificity and identify whether documents have been withheld based on the objections. A party must now disclose when its production will be complete, if that differs from the time specified in a document request.
(3) Preservation of ESI
Several amendments deal with the preservation of electronically stored information (“ESI”). Rule 37(e) establishes a uniform, national standard for sanctions for failure to preserve ESI. The rule requires that a party take “reasonable steps” to preserve information once litigation is anticipated, and allows sanctions to cure any prejudice resulting from non-compliance. Severe sanctions – dismissal, default judgment, and even adverse presumptions in jury instructions – may only be ordered if the court finds that the spoliation was intentional.
(4) Acceleration of Early Case Deadlines
The new amendments also shorten two deadlines: service of the complaint and has 90 days – rather than 120 – to serve a complaint. The amendments similarly shorten by 30 days the time for issuance of a scheduling order. These revisions will likely accelerate the Rule 26(f) conference and the commencement of fact discovery.

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May 15th, 2014
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The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) presented a compilation of thirty publications and four videos on climate change in the region at an event held this Saturday as part of COP 22, which is taking place from 7 to 18 November in Marrakech, Morocco. The meeting was held under the aegis of EUROCLIMA, a European Union cooperation programme.
The Head of the Climate Change Unit of the ECLAC Sustainable Development and Human Settlements Division, Luis Miguel Galindo, attended the EUROCLIMA+: Perspectives and challenges for EU regional climate change cooperation with Latin America meeting, which was organized as a side event at the 22nd Conference of the Parties (COP) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
The meeting examined challenges and priorities for the adaptation and mitigation measures demanded by climate change in Latin America, and it also studied new paths forward for further cooperation between the European Union and Latin America in addressing the climate change phenomenon.
EUROCLIMA is a EU-funded cooperation programme within which ECLAC has been in charge of designing and establishing public-policy measures for adaptation and mitigation. A new phase in the existence of EUROCLIMA is to begin in January, as a result of which its name will change to EUROCLIMA+. During this new phase, it will continue to receive support from ECLAC in its capacity as one of the executing agencies.
The programme aims to build active support for the inclusion of climate action in national and regional public policies in order to encourage economic growth and social development in tandem with environmental protection and climate resilience.
The thirty publications produced to date by ECLAC as part of the EUROCLIMA programme include studies dealing with such topics as the paradoxes and challenges of sustainable development, inventories of greenhouse-gas emissions, financing for climate change, proposals for green fiscal reform and the distributive effects of public policies for mitigating climate change.
In addition, ECLAC also presented four videos dealing with the economics of climate change in Latin America and the Caribbean, the paradoxes of climate change and consumption patterns, adapting to climate change in the agricultural sector and climate change and green fiscal reform. These are all available on the commission’s YouTube channel.


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Friday’s unimpressive NFP release from the States dealt a sharp blow to the global markets which resulted in the renewal of investor concerns. Sentiment has weakened and this may ripple into equity markets as the prospects of a US rate hike in 2015 slowly diminish. A great deal of anxiety continues to cloud the financial markets including the slowing growth in China, emerging market weakness, stagnant growth in Europe and Japan and falling commodity prices. This unexpected lower number of jobs created in the United States will encourage anxiety that the US economy might be slowing down, which would weigh heavily on already continual concerns over the global economy.
With US interest rates being left unchanged in September and this NFP hurting investor sentiment, most participants think the ship has sailed for any US interest rate rise in 2015. The USD is now in a state of heightened sensitivity and any pushed US interest rate expectations will leave the USD exposed and vulnerable to further losses. The Dollar Index which has meandered around the 96.50 regions plummeted to the lows of 95.21 on Friday before clawing back some losses. Additional USD weakness may inspire a bearish move within the Dollar Index to trade to the next relevant support based at 94.00.
Gold was provided with a substantial level of bullish momentum as a result of the USD vulnerability on Friday. This precious metal which had previously been exposed to an extended period of pressures from the prospect of a US rate hike in 2015, surged with aggression clipping above the 1140.0 level. Investor anxiety and renewed concerns about the global markets may aid this yellow metal not only to regain some of its previously lost safe haven glimmer, bur provide a foundation for bulls to send prices to the next relevant resistance at 1154.0.
In the commodities arena, WTI continues to meander within a zone of consolidation with support at $44.00 repelling any attempt for a decline to the downside. The $44.00 support has held since the start of September as the market awaits the next major economic data release or theme. The elevated concerns over the global economy can lead to fears that there will be less demand for oil, which could act as the next major catalyst for a major selloff.
A weak NFP release on Friday has resulted in USD weakness. The EURUSD experienced an upsurge on Friday before gains were taken back before the end of the session. EURUSD must keep above the 1.1100 support for a bullish move to the next relevant resistance at 1.1400.
Dollar weakness resulted in an upsurge within the GBPUSD on Friday. GBPUSD remains technically bearish on the daily timeframe as long as prices can keep below the 1.5250 resistance. Prices still remain below the 20 daily SMA and the MACD trades to the downside.
The AUDUSD remains technically bearish on the daily timeframe as long as prices can keep below the 0.7150 resistance. Prices are trading below the daily 20 SMA and the MACD has crossed to the downside. The next relevant support is based at 0.6950.
The EURAUD currently trades within a range with support at 1.5600 and resistance at 1.6250. The MACD trades to the upside, but prices marginally trade between the daily 20 SMA. A breakdown below 1.5600 may open a path to the next relevant support at 1.5250.
The USDCAD is technically bearish on the daily timeframe. Prices are trading below the 20 daily SMA and the MACD has crossed to the downside. A solid daily close below the 1.3150 support may open a path to the next relevant support based at 1.3000.
The EURJPY remains technical bearish on the daily timeframe as long as prices can keep below the 135.50 resistance. Prices are trading below the daily 20 SMA and the MACD has crossed to the downside. The next relevant support is based at 133.00.
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As the science and education behind psychology continue to grow, so do the methods available to therapists. When trying to repair and improve someone’s mental health and well-being, there are many different routes that can be taken. While medication can help in some cases, most therapists’ goal is to reach the root of the specific problem and treat the cause through therapy sessions and self-help.
One of the methods that a behavioral therapist uses to treat mental health disorders is to identify and help to change potentially self-destructive, unhealthy behaviors or mental health conditions through mindfulness. One of the more common types of behavioral therapy is cognitive behavior therapy.
What Is Cognitive Behavior Therapy?
Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT)is a psychological treatment that has been known to be effective for a large variety of issues and problem-solving. There have been multiple studies into the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral therapy and they suggest this therapy typically leads to a significant improvement in function and quality of life for the patients.
Often cognitive behavioral therapy has proven to be just as effective, or even more effective, than other forms of psychological therapy and psychiatric related medication. There are four basic steps involved with cognitive behavior therapy as they are as follows:
- Identify the troubling situations and conditions: The first step is identifying what the problem is exactly. This can include a wide variety of answers as cognitive behavior therapy can be used to treat lots of different issues. Some examples would be a diagnosed mental health illness, a divorce, grief, anger, or a medical condition. This step will revolve around the patient and therapist identifying what issue or issues are to be solved and the ultimate goals of the therapy.
- Become aware of thought patterns, emotions, and beliefs In regards to the issues: Now that the issues have been identified, it’s time for the therapist to help guide the patient into sharing their thoughts. The therapist will observe what the patient has to say in regards to the problem or experience (called self-talk), the patient’s interpretation of the meaning of a situation, and general beliefs about themselves or other people and events. The goal here is to uncover the reasoning behind the issue or problem attempting to be resolved.
- Identify negative behavior or inaccurate thinking: In order to help the patient recognize flawed patterns of thinking and negative behavior, the therapist will focus their attention on the physical, emotional, and behavioral responses a patient has in various situations. This is where specific actions and thoughts can be identified in order to focus on. Often a patient will have no idea they have these negative behaviors and flawed thinking, and this is the attempt to show them.
- Reshape negative behavior or inaccurate thinking: This step can be quite difficult but this is where the therapist will encourage the patient to question their perception of a situation. The patient may have long-standing ways of thinking that are inaccurate or flawed, and here is where the goal is to help reform them. Essentially the goal here is to replace the negative habits that a patient has picked up and replace them with more positive ones. The process is goal-oriented through short-term goals that help alter thinking patterns through the cognitive behavior therapy.
The History of Cognitive Behavior Therapy
During the 1960s, a psychiatrist at the University of Pennsylvania named Dr. Aaron Beck designed and performed several experiments testing the psychoanalytic concepts of depression. What he discovered was that depressed patients experienced streams of negative thoughts that would seem to appear spontaneously. He would refer to these cognitions as “automatic thoughts,” and they fell into three distinct categories: self, the world in general, and the future.
Cognitive behavior therapy was born when Dr. Beck helped these patients to identify and evaluate these automatic thoughts, and as a result, they could function better emotionally. Once the patients were able to identify and change their underlying beliefs about themselves, the world, and the future, they enjoy long-lasting positive changes.
The thought process behind cognitive behavior therapy was basically that inaccurate or negative perceptions contribute to overall emotional distress. These thoughts and the emotional distress created will lead to negative or harmful behavior. This negative behavior will then help to influence the inaccurate or negative perceptions, thus becoming an endlessly repeating pattern. It’s only by changing the thoughts and behaviors of the patient that can stop the cycle from repeating. This is similar to psychotherapy or talk therapy as it uses a lot of the same systems as cognitive behavioural therapy.
What Conditions Does Cognitive Behavior Therapy Treat?
There are dozens, if not hundreds, of issues that cognitive behavior therapy can help to treat. Some of them may end up being much harder than others to solve, but there are few better options for a lot of them.
Some of the more common issues often treated by cognitive behavior therapy include:
- Anxiety disorders or social anxiety
- Antisocial behaviors
- Post-traumatic stress disorder
- Alcohol, drug abuse or substance use disorders
- Bipolar disorder
- Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)
- Marital problems
- Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
- Anorexia or other eating disorders
- Anger issues
- Phobias or Panic Disorder
Alongside treating symptoms such as the ones listed above, cognitive behavior therapy can also benefit patients in other ways. Some of the additional benefits are:
- Learning techniques for handling stressful situations
- Identifying new ways to manage emotions and responses
- Resolving conflicts in relationships
- Learning more effective ways of communicating with others
- Coping skills with grief or loss
- Overcoming emotional trauma from abuse or violence
- Managing chronic physical pain
- Coping with a medical or mental illness diagnosis
How to Get the Most From Cognitive Behavior Therapy
Any form of therapy will require the patient to put forth their best effort in order to enact real changes. Anyone that finds themselves engaged in therapy will have, on some level at least, admitted they have an issue that needs to be fixed. Here are some things that should be taken into consideration during cognitive behavior therapy:
- View it as a partnership: Instead of a therapist and patient, think of the relationship as more of a partnership. The two of you are looking for a problem and how best to solve it together. Being an active participant and sharing in the decisions making will help improve the effectiveness of any kind of therapy.
- Be as open and honest as possible: Lying or hiding from thoughts, feelings and experiences will severely impact the effectiveness of therapy and may render the whole experience pointless. Also, it’s important to remain open to new ways of thinking and doing things. Being closed off to new suggestions will negate any progress being made in eliminating negative habits.
- Stick with it: Therapy takes time, and even when motivation may be lacking, it’s important to maintain the plan and stick to it. Attend all sessions that you can and make the most out of them. Without the work, there can be no progress.
- It will take some time: When dealing with complex emotional issues and behaviors, the results won’t come overnight. This therapy is designed to reimagine your entire way of thinking and handling situations, so don’t stress out if that takes some time. It took a long time to develop these habits and it will take some time get the restructuring down for them as well.
One of the most common examples of CBT focuses on exposure therapy. This specific form is particularly useful for patients with phobias or obsessive-compulsive disorder but can serve to illustrate how cognitive behavior therapy works very well.
First, the phobia will be identified. For this example, we will say the patient has a fear of the dark or nyctophobia. Once the issue is identified then the exposure will begin. The therapy will involve placing someone around the item or situation that causes them anxiety (in this case, a dark room) but only for a tolerable amount of time.
The idea here is to start small (maybe a minute or two) and slowly work up to once the anxiety begins to subside. These exercises should be performed multiple times a day for weeks the duration of the therapy and increased as the tolerance builds up. All thoughts and feelings should be recorded and given to the mental health professional. This style of cognitive behavior therapy can be extremely challenging for a person to endure but studies have shown it can be very effective if completed.
Cognitive behavior therapy is one of the most well-known and utilized therapy methods worldwide. The potential effective treatments are almost endless and their effectiveness is rarely matched by other methods or medications.
Changing the way that someone thinks can be a grueling and challenging process but it can end up improving their lives dramatically. Having a qualified therapist or psychotherapist guiding their patient through the four steps of cognitive behavior therapy will no doubt improve the patient’s ability to function in day-to-day life. Replacing negative habits with positive ones will have a tremendously positive effect on the quality of life for anyone able to do so. Look into a CBT therapist with your healthcare provider.

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Amherst Street will be getting a new name on Indigenous Peoples Day Friday
The street's current name is that of an army general who promoted biological warfare
The City of Montreal will be announcing a new name for Amherst Street Friday morning, on National Indigenous Peoples Day.
The announcement comes two years after former Montreal mayor Denis Coderre promised to rename the street.
The street is currently named after Jeffery Amherst, a known advocate for biological warfare who distributed smallpox-contaminated blankets to Indigenous people in the 1700s.
Last year, the city announced they would be choosing the name of an Indigenous person, in the spirit of reconciliation. The new name will be chosen by a committee composed of Indigenous people.
Ghislain Picard, the regional chief of the Assembly of First Nations, is happy with the initiative. He says that Indigenous peoples have been asking for this name change for decades.
Some possible new names that were discussed included Huron Chief Kondiaronk, leaders of the Great Peace of Montreal and Chief Pontiac, who rebelled against Amherst.
They will be announcing the new name at a ceremony in Parc Miville-Couture.
With files from Radio-Canada

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The UN’s Central Emergency Response Fund allocates US$18.5 million for Ethiopia’s fresh drought. The fund is allocated through the Rapid Response Window to address the most urgent life-saving needs of communities affected by the new drought in Ethiopia, the UN announced on Tuesday.
The fund is released to enable critical aid for more than 785,000 people suffering from hunger, malnutrition and severe water shortages in Ethiopia’s Somali region – the worst drought-stricken part of the country, according to the UN news service.
“I was recently in Ethiopia’s Somali region, where I saw the devastating impact this drought is having on people’s lives, livestock and livelihoods,” said UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Stephen O’Brien.
“Time lost means lives lost so I am releasing CERF funding to provide urgent aid to people in need – now – when they need it most.”
This latest drought struck Ethiopia before it could recover from the effects of a devastating El Niño-induced drought in 2015 and 2016 which left millions in urgent need of aid.
The UN however said the grant covers only a small portion of what is required in 2017 to address rising challenges. Furthermore, according to current estimates more than 5.6 million people in the country are in desperate need of basic necessities.
The drought caused by failed 2016 autumn rains has left some 5.6 million people dependent on emergency food assistance to meet their basic food needs this year. Ethiopia’s Humanitarian Requirements Document seeks $948 million to respond to food and non-food needs, of which $598 million is targeted for relief food, according to humanitarian sources.


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Authors: Veronika Jorz*, University of Waterloo
Topics: Geographic Information Science and Systems, Remote Sensing
Keywords: UAS, UAV, drones, aerial imagery, Open Data
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Drones are increasing in popularity in recent years as they are becoming less expensive and more available on the global market. Their use is diversifying the way in which data, particularly aerial imagery, can be captured and recorded. The high resolution images from drone cameras offer a less expensive alternative to satellite imagery. They also allow people to collect and share their own data. In light of this, the creation of an open aerial image repository could be particularly useful. If there were many users contributing data on a regular basis, such a repository could be a source of current, high resolution aerial imagery that would be available free of cost. It could possess a lot of potential, especially if there was a way to collect all that information in a uniform format and stitch it together on the same map. It would allow for the creation of an up-to-date dataset of high resolution aerial images for the entire world. This paper seeks to assess the potential for creating such an open aerial data repository as well as examine the benefits and challenges presented by volunteered open aerial imagery. This research undertakes a qualitative approach that integrates stakeholder views on the value of open aerial imagery both for businesses as well as other non-governmental organizations. It focuses specifically on determining the practicality of using drones to contribute to an open aerial image repository. The project thus assesses the potential benefits and challenges of user-contributed aerial imagery.

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My grandfather recommended his short stories many years ago and they stayed in my mind for many years and i finally managed to pick up a copy via Amazon. His writing has a way-a style and is captivating, clever and original. Like all good works, they don't age with time.I would highly recommend his work. Bierce himself was an interesting man-a journalist by trade who managed to obtain recognition latterly for his work and ended up 'disappearing' in New Mexico, I believe. A strange ending to a man who engineered many strange endings in his numerous short stories.
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Marine experts issued a bulletin indicating that Hawaii, and countries crossed by the Pacific Ocean hit by a tidal wave threatened the powerful storm. Therefore, it is advisable to take action to save their lives and property, this warning is considered threatening and frightening. However, the predicted high waves after the devastating earthquake that occurred in Chile with a magnitude 8.8 force it never happened. On Sunday, February 28, the authorities withdrew the warning, after the prediction that only produces a wave that just tickled the coast of Hawaii and the tourists were again crowded the beaches and restaurants.
The experts acknowledge that their statements were exaggerated, but they defend their actions, saying that they are already taking steps that should be learned from the experience of what happened in 2004 when the tsunami hit Indonesia and killed thousands of people who do not get an early warning. "This is an important key to remember that we can not ignore the warning. Failure to give warning is not an option for us," said marine expert Dai Lin Wang at the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Hawaii.
On last Saturday, February 27, hundreds of thousands of people running from the shoreline looking for higher ground to escape, after a warning that some 53 countries and regions will be affected by the enormity of the earthquake in Chile. It was a massive evacuation that had happened in Hawaii. Emergency sirens sounded throughout the day, navy ships to move from Pearl Harbor, the residents stockpiling fuel, food, and water in anticipation of major disasters that would happen. Some supermarkets to limit purchases because of the panic from the buyer.
After the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center pull their warnings, some countries continue to place the viewer to watch. Monday morning, the Japan Meteorological Agency warned of possible tsunami in the Pacific along the peninsula and warned its citizens to stay away from the sea area. But then the warning is stopped several hours later.The researchers still insist on what they do and refuse to apologize, they argue that these false warnings could be made of the population eventually became a relief, because it protected from the possibility of impacts from an earthquake in Chile.
The same quake happened in Chile in 1969 creating a tsunami that eventually killed 140 people in Japan. The same wave also hit Hawaii and destroy the city toward Hilo, killing 61 people and washed away 500 houses and offices. "If you give too much warning and nothing happens at all, you just lost your credibility," said Wang. "That is something we had to face and we will be expanding again."Although the panic occurred in Hawaii, local officials said that the evacuation went "perfect" and said that it was a good test, meaning the system worked well.


Those who believe that ecological and moral grounds aren’t sufficient justification to protect elephants and other wildlife in Africa often tout tourism as the most important reason to do so.
Examined rationally, this is a narrow and risky premise, with a poor long-term prognosis for the survival of Africa’s wild animals.
While tourism undoubtedly earns significant revenue for host countries and plays a part in funding conservation, it is only one brick in the wall. To rely on it exclusively to justify the existence of our wildlife, or to pay for its protection, is neither realistic nor sustainable.
Tourism is a welcome but fickle business that can vanish overnight, leaving tourism-dependent conservation projects in dire straits. Take Kenya’s famed Mara Triangle conservancy, one of Africa’s finest game viewing areas, currently suffering from a tourism slump and desperate for funding, which once came more easily.
No matter how successful tourism might be, even in good times, it simply cannot provide enough funds to sustain conservation in Africa on its own. The needs are simply too great, particularly if we want to achieve enduring results.
And if we use tourism as the only justification for wildlife’s existence, are we not pronouncing worthless all the animals that live in areas of good habitat that isn’t viable for tourism?
In most cases across the continent, the people bearing the burden of living alongside wildlife aren’t the ones benefiting from conservation, be it through tourism dollars or otherwise.
The calculated economic value of an elephant to Africa’s tourism industry (estimated by a recentstudy to be $1.6 million) means nothing to a villager who has just lost his entire annual yield of corn to crop-raiding elephants and has no food left to feed his family for the rest of the year.
Neither does it mean anything to the disenfranchised youth growing up in a marginalized area, with few prospects, who is tempted into a life of wildlife crime. For him, the national loss of tourism revenue is irrelevant compared to the price he can command personally for poached ivory.
Paradigm Shift Needed
As we continue to lose elephants, rhinos, and other animals, we need to move away from endlessly re-packaging the same old justification for conservation. We must shift the paradigm. New thinking is required that puts a much higher value on wildlife and other natural resources than tourism dollars alone.
In making this shift, we should consider the apparently contradictory but true premise that wildlife conservation is not about managing wildlife. It’s actually about managing ourselves.
Without people, of course, wildlife would thrive. If we want conservation to succeed, we need to address the social dynamics that drive poaching and habitat loss.
No longer can we divorce conservation from human needs or from the global implications of the illegal wildlife trade: loss of biodiversity and ecosystem services, poverty, organized crime, small arms proliferation, even terrorism.
In response to these realities, Kenya’s TSAVO TRUST has developed the philosophy of “Stabilization through Conservation” (StabilCon) as a new approach to wildlife protection, to be implemented in Kenya initially but with potential for much wider application.
The brainchild of TSAVO TRUST’s cofounder, Ian Saunders, StabilCon is based on the premise that no one will protect wildlife or resist the temptation to engage in wildlife crime while their families go hungry, their own safety is threatened, or they have no real prospects for the future.
StabilCon seeks to build local capacity and thus ownership of long-term initiatives to promote safety of both human and wildlife populations, including elephants.
By using conservation as the catalyst for stabilizing vulnerable, marginalized areas—which are susceptible to spiralling poverty, crime, and extremist infiltration—StabilCon lends a greater value to conservation than the people living alongside wildlife and governments currently give it.
This approach is pre-emptive rather than reactive; it addresses the human factors causing the destruction of wildlife at source: physical insecurity, economic insecurity, and environmental insecurity.
Security: Key for People and Wildlife
Unless the causes of insecurity are tackled head-on—to make people feel safe and willing to invest their time, energy, and funds—future conservation and development initiatives will be compromised. We can’t make lasting progress against a backdrop of civil unrest and war, as proven by this year’s appalling elephant massacres in the Central African Republic and theDemocratic Republic of the Congo.
StabilCon therefore seeks first to enhance the physical security of wildlife and communities in at-risk areas by deploying professional anti-poaching units.
This has worked elsewhere: Well-trained conservancy rangers in northern Kenya have contributed significantly to improving the security landscape there, by showing how the deployment of skilled anti-poaching forces, trained to meet the specific challenges of their local area, can provide physical safety for both people and wildlife.
StabilCon efforts are information-led and therefore reliant on building and maintaining a deep understanding of the region, its environment, culture, and socioeconomic dynamics. Recruiting anti-poaching units from within resident communities taps into local knowledge while creating employment and goodwill.
Once people feel secure, efforts can then focus on strengthening the social fabric of the communities living alongside wildlife.
In Kenya, for instance, most wildlife lives in arid and semi-arid lands, where pastoralists face a daily struggle for survival. StabilCon seeks to build the economic resilience of these communities by making existing livelihoods, such as cattle ranching, more efficient. The Ol Pejeta Conservancyhas proved that managing cattle alongside wildlife can increase mutual productivity, bringing benefits to both biodiversity and bank balances.
Other nature-based industries compatible with the area, which may or may not include tourism, can also be introduced, such as intensive greenhouse agriculture.
Diversifying income streams in this way builds resilience against climatic shocks, economic downturns, and other unpredictable events. And it negates the temptation to poach elephants and other wildlife.
An improved economic base in turn provides opportunities for addressing other human needs, including better access to education and health care. Believing in a future when they can cater for the needs of their family with dignity and pride helps deter people from resorting to a life of crime, with all its destabilizing effects.
The third pillar of StabilCon seeks to safeguard the natural environment through holistic science-based management of protected lands. This includes zoning areas for different uses, appropriate to the local conditions and to the availability of natural resources and taking into account biodiversity protection and human development needs. This is critical for the success of conservation: To save species, we must protect the ecosystems where they live.
This first Africa-conceived, integrated conservation-stabilization approach is being launched to the world at the Royal United Services Institute, in London, on December 1, 2014.
At the event, a practitioners’ workshop will be followed by a conference open to the public.
Participants will include Kenyan conservation leaders, members of the Kenya government and judiciary, the British government, major international conservation donors, corporations, and conservation practitioners.
As Albert Einstein once said, “We can’t solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.”
Here in Africa, we have the opportunity to combat the destruction of our natural heritage and to prosper from our vast wild spaces, shared by people and wildlife. We can protect our natural ecosystems, which are the foundation stones for all life. But to do so, I believe we’d better leave our old thinking behind and embrace some new ideas.
Tanya Saunders is CEO of TSAVO TRUST, a Kenyan nonprofit securing wilderness to support wildlife and people in the Tsavo region and beyond through the development of Community Wildlife Conservancies and direct conservation projects, including the Big Tusker Project, which provides extra protection and monitoring of the world’s greatest tuskers.


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A.C. Green : Iron Virgin
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He played in a record 1,192 consecutive NBA games. As a power forward for the Los Angeles Lakers, he won two NBA championships. But what made A.C. Green even more distinctive was the courage of his convictions. As this ESPN 30 for 30 Short points out, Green was a devout Christian who says he maintained his virginity throughout his 16 years in the NBA, nine of them spent in the tempting, hedonistic atmosphere of LA. That didn’t stop him from being a fierce, passionate competitor on the court. It just meant that he was someone who, as teammate James Worthy says, “could stay strong and not be broken.” It was only after he retired after the 2000-01 season that Green got married.


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The project of late around my house has been painting Emma's bedroom (the boss lady has requested purple walls as a background and for me to paint goofy monkeys all around). Before she was born, I had it all decorated with baby Snoopy pictures and designs. I love Snoopy...always have and probably always will. For some reason that goofy little dog cracks me up when he is pretending to be the Red Baron while sitting on top of his dog house. When I was around 2 years old, my Dad bought my Mom a stuffed animal Snoopy, and apparently I decided to claim it for my own. I remember carrying that thing around with me all the time. I slept with him every single night. I brought him to sleepovers at friends houses. He was always there for me to cuddle with when I wasn't feeling well or when I woke up in the middle of the night from having a nightmare. He came to Florida with me on a family vacation. I even recall the parents of a friend of mine driving quite a distance to go to my house and pick up Snoopy when I forgot to bring him along to an overnight camping trip with school. I was panicked and afraid that I wouldn't be able to sleep without him. I vividly remember standing at the edge of a gravel driveway at this camp and seeing my friend Jane Ann's parents drive up to me with Snoopy sitting in the back seat...seat belt on and everything. I still have Snoopy actually. He currently resides on the shelf below my night stand. He is battered and not quite as fluffy and white as he once was. His nose is barely hanging on by a thread. The stitching on the back of his head is coming loose. His poor tail just sort of dangles there nowadays. Snoopy has really been through the ringer. He's been with me for 32 years now.
Sometimes I sit here and think about those past versions of myself. I sit her and wonder if I knew back then how my life would turn out, would I do anything different? Would I still make the same choices? Would I still make the same mistakes? Probably. Since diabetes came into our lives, I find that I am slowly but surely gaining confidence. For the longest time I would second guess my choices and decisions in dealing with Emma's diabetes. I would always feel this overwhelming fear that I was going to be making a mistake, so I would hop on the phone and seek out some confirmation from the nurse or dietician. I sort of felt like I was frozen with the fear of failing and somehow hurting Emma. As we are approaching our 3 year Anniversary of Emma's diagnosis, I honestly feel like I can say that I finally have a tiny shred of confidence in myself and the day to day decisions I make. I don't immediately go into panic mode when something stressful happens. I actually attempt to think it through and figure it out and make a decision and stick with it.
So, when I finally lay my head down on my pillow at night (assuming I actually make it to my bed instead of my "D-Mom induced pseudo-narcolepsy" striking again causing me to fall asleep on the couch and wake up at 4:00am to the TV blaring some Spanish soap opera that my husband turned on before he went to bed as a joke, or to the ear pounding waves crashing on the late late late night movie "Titanic" causing me to suddenly feel the urge to use the restroom...lolol), and I glance over at my scruffy looking old Snoopy doll...I can't help but smile and think of how far I have come and how much I have changed.

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