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BUPA TASMANIAN STATE LEAGUE
Jordon Roberts (Lauderdale) was referred for rough conduct (dangerous tackle) on Wade Wall (Clarence)
The Match Review Panel determined that the tackle was careless, with low impact to the body. The Match Review Panel also gave strong consideration for the potential to cause serious injury.
Player Roberts was offered a base sanction of two matches, reduced to one match with an early guilty plea. Player Roberts’ base sanction included a one-match loading due to a poor record.
Player Roberts rejected the offer and the matter was heard at the Tribunal on Wednesday 4th April 2018 at 6:00 pm.
At this evening’s TSL Tribunal Hearing, Lauderdale’s Jordan Roberts entered a not guilty plea to the charge.
The tribunal considered a number of factors presented by Roberts’ advocate which included:
· Player Wall’s evidence described the action as ‘lifted me up off the ground’
· Player Wall sustained no injury from the incident and played out the game
· Player Roberts argued that the tackle was not a dangerous tackle and was more of asling motion and the action was more of a roll than a lift motion.
· Player Roberts also raised the fact the incident occurred at speed and there was a difference in the height of the two players.
· Player Roberts argued there was no malice or intent to injure within the tackle
· Player Roberts’ did acknowledge the smarter option was probably to carrel him and not tackle player Wall.
· Player Roberts’ advocate was also granted permission by the TSL tribunal chairman to show vision of a similar incident from the 2017 round 18 AFL match between Isaac Heeney (Sydney Swans) and Jarryn Geary (St Kilda), where Heeney was not cited by the AFL match review panel.
In considering a verdict, the Tribunal took into account the inherent dangerous nature of the tackle and the potential to cause serious injury.
In providing a sanction, the Tribunal found that Player Wall had disposed the ball prior to impact and the action was considered a dangerous tackle in the circumstances – which included lifting Player Wall off the ground.
As per the Tribunal guidelines:
· the tackle is of an inherently dangerous kind, such as a spear tackle or a tackle where a Player is lifted off the ground;
· the Player being tackled is in a vulnerable position (for example their arms are pinned) with little opportunity to protect himself; or
· an opponent is slung, driven or rotated into the ground with excessive force.
The Tribunal took into account the similarities of the Heeney incident but felt there were two points of difference in the fact Player Wall had disposed of the ball, whereas Geary was in possession of the ball and Player Geary contributed to the action by jumping off the ground.
After considering all of the evidence including the points above, Player Roberts was found guilty and the incident assessed as careless, to the body and with low impact.
SANCTION: TWO MATCHES
Lauderdale FC has until 5 pm tomorrow (05/04/2018) to decide if they will appeal the decision to the TSL Appeals board.

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Thursday 24 November 2017
How Ocean Grabbing is Threatening the Livelihoods of Women Fishworkers
Making a living from selling fishes is getting harder as the seas are now dominated by huge corporate fishing vessels.
By Surangya Kaur
(Credits: I for Detail/Flickr)
With climate change and rapid privatization of the seas and oceans, small-scale fisherpeople are being denied food sovereignty and their right to livelihood. As this happens, fisher-women are suffering even more. They already face discrimination and lack of access to basic facilities, and as ocean grabbing increases, women are burdened further.
Women traditionally do not go deep into sea waters for catching fish. They are involved in fishing in lakes and nearshore waters in some countries and islands. A majority of women fish workers, however, engage in pre-harvest and post-harvest work. This includes collecting and preparing bait, mending nets and boats before the harvest, and processing and selling of fishes after they are caught.
Fish vending employs more women than men in India. According to Marine Fisheries Census of 2010, nearly 81.8% of the fisherfolks engaged in marketing of fish were women.
But making a living from selling fish is getting harder. The seas are now dominated by huge corporate fishing vessels, making it hard for the small-scale fisherfolk to access fish. The women who are making a living by selling procured fish are not able to get fish anymore, taking their income away.
Fish-working women in Kenya and other African countries involved in selling fish often face violence when they go out to harbours for procuring. In many cases, men demand sex in exchange for fish, a practice known as “sex-for-fish”.
Video: Sex-For-Fish Trade in Kenya - Christiana Louwa, World Forum of Fisher Peoples
Women also procure fish such as prawns from shores around mangrove forests. But mangroves are increasingly facing destruction. In Sunderbans, there was an oil spill in 2014, which killed aquatic life in the waters around it. Many aquaculture grounds are being constructed around mangroves which pollutes them. This leads to fish dying or migrating. As mangroves are being destroyed, the livelihood of women who rely on them is being threatened.
Video: Women Contribute to Half of All Production in Fisheries, But Not Recognised by Governments
Women constitute about 47 percent of fish workers, accounting for around 56 million jobs along the fisheries supply chain.(World Bank, 2012). But they are still facing great obstacles in getting recognition for their contribution. The work they perform in fisheries is mostly disregarded as an extension of housework, and not recognised in official statistics.
The fight for better rights for women has been a part of the larger struggle for the conservation of small-scale fisheries. In the 7th General Assembly of the World Forum of Fisher Peoples held in Delhi last week, the problems affecting women fish workers were discussed. Delegates from more than 40 countries came for these discussions and demanded national and international attention.
14th November 2017
(sister-hood is an award-winning digital magazine spotlighting the diverse voices of women of Muslim heritage)
Also at: Sunday November 19 2017
Flickr / Jeanne Menjoulet
A letter to young feministsby Nawal El Saadawi
I was asked to write a letter to younger generations of feminists and to give them my advice. I hate to give advice. I think nobody can 'advise' anybody else. We learn from our own experiences in our own lives. We pay the price of knowledge and awareness through physical and intellectual pain. We cannot learn without pain. We cannot liberate ourselves without paying the price of freedom. We cannot be creative without paying the price of creativity. The price may be high: prison, exile or even death.
But I do not advise young women or men to die or go to prison in order to be free and change the system of oppression. We can minimize the price of freedom by working and fighting together. Collective efforts through social and political organisations give power to powerless people, who are facing organized military, political and economic powers, at the state level and internationally.
1. Unveil your mind
We live in a world governed by power (not justice) under the capitalist, patriarchal, racist, religious system. The most oppressed sectors of society are women and the poor, who have refused to submit to slavery since the beginning of history.
Reading history illuminates and helps us to discover the origin and roots of patriarchy and other types of oppression and aggression. We need to undo what official educational systems did to us and unveil our minds by re-reading the ancient civilisations of Egypt, Iraq, Greece and others, to understand that the oppression of women and slaves is neither natural, divine nor eternal, but political and economic, and that therefore these can be changed through our collective organised efforts, locally and globally.
Revolutions of women and slaves were able to undermine the power of the patriarchal-class-religious system in every country: West and East, North and South. Every revolution faces a counter-revolution. The struggle goes on. The Egyptian revolution of January 2011 was composed mainly of young men and women. They were able to remove Hosni Mubarak, the head of state. They could not, however, change the capitalist-patriarchal system ruling the country. They did not undermine the power of the Islamic fanatic terrorist groups, and the global colonising powers which were supporting them, openly and secretly.
2. Connect, link and challenge
We need to link the global to the local. I like the new word 'glocal' which shows that we live in one world, not three or four, and that the global and the local are inseparable. I was born, and live in Egypt, but I have travelled all over the world during my years of exile to speak at conferences and teach my course, 'Creativity and Dissidence' at universities. I made the link between creativity and dissidence. You cannot be obedient and creative. I changed the concept of exile from a punishment to a reward. I gained knowledge from living in different countries and different cultures. We can overcome any hard or painful situation by making it fruitful and pleasurable, by changing the negative experience into a positive one.
I was able to survive prison. Every day, the jailer would inspect my cell and shout 'If I find paper and a pen in your cell, it will be more dangerous than if I find a gun.' I was able to smuggle a small eyebrow pencil and some toilet paper into my cell. I was able to hide them underground in a tin can. Every night, I brought them into my cell and wrote. In three months of being in jail I finished my book entitled Memoirs From The Women's Prison which I published after I was released. I felt as if the walls of prison vanished through the challenge and power of creative writing. If I have to give advice to younger generations I can tell them this: if you can transform a negative experience into a positive one, you can survive any torture or oppression.
I am living surrounded - physically and intellectually - by young women and men who read my books or attend my lectures inside and outside Egypt. They write emails to me, or phone me, or visit me at home. With their support I gather the energy to continue fighting and writing, and, above all, to continue to be happy, active, optimistic and productive. Hope is power and I never lose hope. Even in prison I was full of hope, and sure that I would come out alive, healthy and even more creative, and that Anwar Sadat, the president of Egypt who had put me in jail, would soon fall. My prison-mates did not believe it. He was powerful, wealthy and healthy. But he was shot dead just one month after putting us in jail.
I feel young amongst young people, although I am now seventy-eight years old. You can change the concept of age, and of time and place, of loneliness and divorce, of disease or even death.
3. Lose the fear of hellfire
We have illusions and fear inherited from early childhood. I lost the fear of hellfire because my father and mother told me there was no hellfire. Many children lose their common sense because of the fear of hellfire. Most children are born intelligent and creative. They look up to the stars and ask who created them. Parents reply, 'God created the stars'. The child then asks automatically, 'And who created God?' But nobody answers this question. Another child asks, 'Who created the sky and the earth?’ The teacher replies, 'God created the whole universe.' The child then asks automatically, 'And what did God do before creating the universe?' Now the teacher gets angry and says, 'He was preparing hellfire to burn whoever asks that question'. Many children stop asking questions after that.
My daughter and son asked questions from a very young age. I never stopped them. Some schoolteachers discouraged them with threats of hellfire, but I talked to the teachers and they stopped threatening my children. We should not leave the brains of our children to be crippled by fear. My daughter, Mona Helmy, gained a PhD in political economy but she resigned from her post to become an independent writer and poet. She published many books and led a youth campaign to give due respect to mothers in family naming traditions. Her campaigning helped to change the law. My son, Atef Hetata, graduated with honours from the college of Engineering but left this career to become a film director. He wrote and directed the feature film The Closed Doors which has won many prizes nationally and internationally. Both my son and daughter have paid a high price for their creativity and dissidence - but they continue to struggle, and they never give up.
4. Don't give up
This is my advice to younger generations, men and women all over the world. Many young feminists were disappointed after Donald Trump came to power in the USA, and after many other fiercely capitalist, patriarchal and racist figures like him took power in Europe and other places. We hear about terrorist attacks everywhere. In Egypt, some of the young feminists who participated in the January 2011 revolution in Tahrir Square are disappointed and have lost hope. They think the revolution has failed because of the backlash against women and progressive and feminist ideas and activities. But if we read the history of revolutions in France, Britain, Russia, America and other countries, we learn that the dreams of any revolution may take many years (or even centuries) to come true. In spite of the increasing counter-revolutions everywhere, and the growth of Salafi and Islamist groups, the daily attacks of Daesh and the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, people never give up. Those who fight for justice and freedom will succeed in the end.
We need to change the conception of success. It is not money, nor fame, nor power: it is the ability to make the world a better place to live in. It is the ability to fail, to fall to the ground, but to stand up again and again, and continue the struggle. Failure is not a negative experience; it can be positive, if we can learn that failure is the first step to success.
Nawal El Saadawi is an internationally renowned Egyptian writer, novelist, medical doctor and fighter for women rights.
Wednesday November 15 2017
Why all Australians had a stake in the postal vote on same-sex marriage By Penny Wong
Wednesday's "yes" vote is a momentous statement for LGBTIQ Australians – that we are accepted for who we are. That we, too, belong. That our love is equal.
Same-sex marriage: Political support
Federal politicians in favour of same-sex marriage have reacted with emotion to Australians voting yes to marriage equality.
Australians have recognised that our relationships have as much worth and commitment as everyone else's relationships. Our desire to make a public and lasting commitment to the person we love is as important and meaningful as everyone else's.
For those of us fighting for equality, this has been a deeply personal debate. The stubborn legislative discrimination excluding us from the institution of marriage was a clear statement about how our relationships were regarded.
This has been a very hard time for our community, the LGBTIQ community across Australia.
The worth of our relationships has been questioned. Our love and commitment to our children has been questioned. Our identity has been denigrated.
And when a part of our community is diminished in this way, whether it on the basis of ethnicity, language, religion, sexuality or other attribute, we are all diminished.
Those attitudes have been resoundingly rejected.
The Australian people have declared we belong, our love is equal, and those who argued for division and intolerance have been rejected.
So this campaign wasn't just important for LGBTIQ Australians. It's important for all Australians.
Celebrations at Prince Alfred Park in Surry Hills on Wednesday morning. (James Brickwood)
Thank you to the millions of Australians who stood up for fairness. Thank you for standing up for equality. Thank you for standing up for gay and lesbian Australians, the LGBTIQ community everywhere. Thank you for standing up for my family and for all our families. Thank you for standing up for the sort of Australia we believe in, one that is decent, one that is fair, one that is accepting and one that turns its back on exclusion and division.
We have now seen an outpouring of love and support from our fellow Australians. I hope we can all take from this a message of solidarity, of support, of decency from our fellow Australians.
Senator Penny Wong hugs Senator Richard Di Natale after the result in the same sex marriage survey at Parliament House (Andrew Meares)
All of us have been lifted by the support from unions, from business leaders, from farmers, miners and professionals; from the ordinary working men and women of Australia; from the national sporting clubs and their leading stars to the local clubs in towns and cities across Australia.
We have been lifted by support from the local cafes with "Vote Yes" signs in the windows, from the airlines and airports decorated with rainbows.
Woodleigh School students Cas Baptist and Indigo Rule react to the same-sex marriage survey result. (Simon Schluter)
I have seen it also in the thoughtful messages my partner Sophie and I received, in the kindness of strangers stopping me in the street to ask after our family and those who tell me in the lift or the airport terminal that they were voting "yes".
And as much as these interactions lift my spirits, I can also I see how much it means to our fellow Australians that they are able to show their support in millions of individual ways, to bring an end to discrimination imposed upon us by the changes to the Marriage Act in 2004.
Happy responses at Prince Alfred Park to the majority yes vote. (James Brickwood)
So the "yes" vote is not just a statement for the LGBTIQ community: it's a statement about the kind of nation we are.
A nation where the values of fairness and equality grow ever stronger.
A nation where acceptance and respect mean that all members of our community are made to feel safe and welcome.
Australians have voted for equality. They have done their part.
Now it is time for us to do ours.
The bill we will now debate is the 23rd marriage equality bill to be introduced into the Australian Parliament. And it is the first I have co-sponsored.
I have chosen to put my name in support of this bill because I believe it is the right bill to pass this Parliament.
The Australian people voted to remove discrimination – not to extend it.
It's time for us to get on with it.
It's time to remove discrimination from our Marriage Act.
It's time to legislate for marriage equality.
Senator Penny Wong is the leader of the Opposition in the Senate
Thursday October 26 2017
Amateur historian Catherine Corless honoured with Human Rights Award for Tuam Mothers and Baby work Catherine Corless
By Saidhbh O'Callaghan
The Bar of Ireland has presented Catherine Corless its Human Rights Award relating to the discovery of the remains of 796 children on the site of a former mother and baby home in Tuam, Co Galway.
Amature historian, Catherine Corless has spent years searching through the records of the former Saint Mary's mother and baby home. Her research showed that 796 children, mostly infants, had died from 1925 and 1961 in the home run by Bon Secours.
Two local boys, Frannie Hopkins and Barry Sweeney, were playing in the field, 14 years after the home closed, where they discovered a hole covered by a concrete slab "full of skeletons... of children". After telling a local priest the site was covered over again, without any investigation into who was buried there or what had happened to them.
Corless had heard about the story, and began to investigate who had been buried there. After contacting countless people (Bon Secours Headquaters in Cork, Western Health Board, Galway County Council), and getting nothing, she finally began to get information when she contacted the registry office Galway.
Between 2011 and 2013, Corless paid €4 per death certificate of the children who had died while in the home.
She eventually came to a number of 796 children, whos deaths had been caused by a range of diseases, including tuberculosis, measles and pneumonia, as well as neglect and malnutrition. This meant that the child mortality rate at the home was extremely large compared to the rest of Ireland at that time.
After using a site map, she concluded that the most likely site where the children would have been buried was the sewage tank, which has been out of use since the 1930s.
Corless and some fellow local historians began to appeal to put a permanant memorial there for the children who had died. Despite a local paper (2013) and the Connact Tribune (Feburary 2014) running the story, it was not brought to national attention until May 2014 when, focusing on the mass grave mostly, journalist Alison O'Reilly interviewd Corless.
Without Corless's tireless and, until now, thankless work, this tradegy may have never came to light. Later today she will receive the Bar of Ireland Human Rights award, which she undoubtedly deserves for fighting for the 'forgotten children', who couldn't fight for themselves.
Accepting the award, Corless said; “I am truly honoured to receive The Bar of Ireland Human Rights Award. My work campaigning on behalf of the survivors of mother and baby homes continues and I hope that this special award will give even more survivors the strength to come forward to tell their story. With each and every testimony the truth is uncovered further and our campaign for justice to prevail is strengthened. I share this Award with the all survivors, this is for them.”
The Irish Times ~ Thursday October 26, 2017,
Galway historian Catherine Corless receives Human Rights Award
Children’s bodies found at Tuam mother and baby home should be exhumed, says Corless
By Olivia Kelly
Catherine Corless after receiving the Bar of Ireland’s Human Rights Award in recognition of her work in relation to the Tuam mother and baby homes. ( Brian Lawless/PA)
Galway-based historian, Catherine Corless has called for the exhumation of the bodies of all children buried at the mother and baby home in Tuam, Co Galway.
Ms Corless was speaking in Dublin on Thursday where she was presented with the annual Human Rights Award from barristers’ organisation the Bar of Ireland, for her work in relation to the home.
Her research led to the discovery of the remains of hundreds of babies on the site of the former institution for unmarried mothers run by the Sisters of the Bon Secours, and she continues to advocate on behalf of survivors.
A “terrible injustice” had been done to “innocent children” at the home she said, “both the people who went through the home and survived it and also . . . the children who died there” .
The Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes earlier this year announced that “significant” quantities of human remains had been found buried under the Tuam home site. The commission was set up in February 2015 after Ms Corless, published research that revealed death certificates for 796 children home with no indication of their burial places.
“I couldn’t get my mind around how the sisters could leave that home in 1961, close the gates when it closed down, with 796 children buried beneath in the tunnels in coffins, a lot of them in the sewage tank area as we now know,” she said. “What kind of mentality would leave that place without acknowledging that so many burials were there, so many precious lives were lost?”
She said she hoped the commission would make recommendations which would restore some dignity to the dead.
“The ideal would be to exhume those little bodies and just show them some dignity and reverence and to perhaps reinter them in the main Tuam graveyard which is only across the road.”
The commission must also provide justice for the survivors, she said.
“Hopefully the commission of inquiry will give them justice. All they want is an apology and an acknowledgment of what happened to them and their mothers.”
Paul McGarry SC, chairman of the council of the Bar of Ireland said Ms Corless had shown “incredible courage and determination” in her advocacy work on behalf of survivors of the home.
“She has worked tirelessly on their behalf and has shone a light on a dark period of our history, passionately represented the victims and their rights at all times, often in the face of adversity,” he said.
“She epitomises the very essence of a humanitarian and is a very deserving recipient of this award.”
The Bar of Ireland’s Human Rights Award is presented to a person or organisation who has shown exceptional humanitarian service. Last year it was awarded to the Irish Naval Service for its work on the migrant crisis in the Mediterranean Sea.
March 08, 2017
Tuam “chamber of horrors” – babies starved, sold, experimented on
By Niall O'Dowd
The horrors of Mother and Baby Homes. Children sit in a tea room with a nun posing for a photo (Adoption Rights Alliance)
At least 6,000 Irish children died in the now notorious mother and baby homes throughout Ireland, but the nightmare doesn't end there. Eighteen children, mostly girls, mostly mentally handicapped, were starved to death.
Details are emerging of the horrific stories behind some of the 796 deaths at the Tuam mother and baby home.
Irish leader Enda Kenny made an impassioned speech in the parliament yesterday calling Tuam a “Chamber of Horrors.”
He stated. “No nuns broke into our homes to kidnap our children.
“We gave them up to what we convinced ourselves was the nuns’ care.
“We took their babies (unmarried mothers) and gifted them, sold them, trafficked them, starved them, neglected them or denied them to the point of their disappearance from our hearts, our sight, our country and, in the case of Tuam and possibly other places, from life itself.”
Twelve of the 18 who starved were girls and there is a suspicion that some were mentally retarded. Bridget Agatha Kenny was two months old when she died as a result of marasmus, child malnutrition, on August 23, 1947. She is described as having been ‘mentally defective.'
She was one of 18 children whose cause of death was listed as child malnutrition or the official term “marasmus.”
Marasmus is a form of severe malnutrition characterized by energy deficiency. A child with marasmus looks utterly emaciated with ribs protruding. Body weight is reduced to less than 60% of the normal body weight for the age.
The new details raise the shocking specter of children dying of starvation in Ireland 100 years after the Famine.
Photo: Children in a playroom at a Mother and Baby Home (Via: Adoption Rights Alliance).
In 2014 it was revealed in a report compiled by Michael Dwyer of Cork University’s School of History 2,051 children from state-run homes were used as medical guinea pigs for the pharma giant Burroughs Wellcome during the 1930s. He came to this conclusion after trawling through tens of thousands of medical journal articles and archived files.
Dwyer told the Daily Mail in 2014, “What I have found is just the tip of a very large and submerged iceberg.
“The fact that no record of these trials can be found in the files relating to the Department of Local Government and Public Health, the Municipal Health Reports relating to Cork and Dublin, or the Wellcome Archives in London, suggests that vaccine trials would not have been acceptable to government, municipal authorities, or the general public.
“However, the fact that reports of these trials were published in the most prestigious medical journals suggests that this type of human experimentation was largely accepted by medical practitioners and facilitated by authorities in charge of children’s residential institutions.”
Children taking the air, accompanied by nuns at a Mother and Baby home (Via: Adoption Rights Alliance)
There were nine homes in all and it is now also a confirmed fact that between 1940 and 1965 Saint Patrick's, on the Navan Road in Dublin, and its sister hospital, Saint Kevin’s, “donated” the bodies of at least 461 deceased babies for routine dissection practice in all the major medical teaching institutions in the state, including Trinity College Dublin, The College of Surgeons and University College Dublin’s medical school.
No questions were asked where the baby bodies came from.
Following the excavation of “significant quantities of infants' remains” at the Tuam site of the Bon Secours’ Mother and Baby Home the case has been handed over to the gardai (police). The case of the mass grave, homed in two underground sewerage structures, was referred to the north Galway coroner by the Mother and Baby Home Commission of Investigation.
As more widespread investigations into burial plots and Mother and Baby Home records across Ireland are called for the Coalition of Mother And Baby home Survivors released a statement, a rundown of facts already known about the Catholic Church’s Mother and Baby Homes. Among them is the fact that the children in the church’s care were used for medical experimentation and drug trials.
In 2011, RTE’s investigative current affairs show, "Prime Time" revealed that hundreds of the bodies of babies born in Ireland’s Mother and Baby were sent from the homes to Irish medical colleges. They also reported that other children were vaccinated in the homes with experimental drugs and closely monitored for side effects.
According to Dwyer’s report from 2014, no consent was ever sought by the Mother and Baby Homes for these medical procedures. These vaccine trials were carried out on Irish babies before the drugs were eventually made available for commercial use in the United Kingdom.
Nun sits with young boy and other children at a Mother and Baby Home. (Via: Adoption Rights Alliance)
Among those homes listed were Bessborough, in County Cork, and Sean Ross Abbey in Roscrea, County Tipperary. Both of these homes are included among the mass grave investigations being sought by survivors and campaigners.
The report states that other institutions where children may also have been vaccinated include Cork orphanages St Joseph’s Industrial School for Boys, run by the Presentation Brothers, and St Finbarr’s Industrial School for Girls, run by the Sisters of the Good Shepherd. Dublin trials may have involved children from St Vincent’s Industrial School, Goldenbridge, St Joseph’s School for Deaf Boys, Cabra, and St Saviour's Dominican Orphanage.
A spokesman for GSK – formerly Wellcome – told the Irish Daily Mail: “The activities that have been described to us date back over 70 years and, if true, are clearly very distressing.”
Children at the Bon Secour Mother and Baby Home, in Tuam, County Galway.
At the time of the report Ireland’s Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Enda Kenny called for a countrywide investigation into these practices and the burial plots at Tuam, and other Mother and Baby Homes.
According to the 2011 "Prime Time" documentary, the Polio vaccine was developed during the 1950s. While this led to a decrease in such diseases as diphtheria, tetanus, and whooping cough, however this new drug brought on an increase in the amount of child research performed. Much of the research was consequently performed in children’s institutions through the 1960s. There are no records that show consent from the mothers in the homes. “It was clear from the report that there was no parental consent,” reports the documentary. “There was a violation of the physical integrity of the children.”
Before Dwyer’s 2012 report, a damning report by the Irish government’s Health Service Executive (HSE) found that the Irish Catholic mother and child homes had an infant mortality rate of 68% in 1943. The report shows that, according to the Register of Deaths, Bessborough Mother and Baby home during certain months in the 1940s the death rate among children living in the home amounted to a child dying roughly every second day.
More than 80 of the 472 infant deaths have malnutrition listed as the cause of death.
The reports also showed that as time went on, the standard of the death records kept decreased dramatically. It is the case that for hundreds of children listed it was unclear when exactly the death took place and it appeared that many were recorded at the same time.
The Guardian ~ Wednesday 8 March 2017
The Catholic church is ‘shocked’ at the hundreds of children buried at Tuam. Really?
By Emer O'Toole
The discovery of remains at a former home for unmarried mothers shows that Ireland is still in denial over a horrific legacy
Engineers use ground-penetrating radar to search the mass grave at the former mother and baby home in Tuam, County Galway. (Aidan Crawley/EPA)
It has been confirmed that significant numbers of children’s remains lie in a mass grave adjacent to a former home for unmarried mothers run by the Bon Secours Sisters in Tuam, County Galway. This is exactly where local historian Catherine Corless, who was instrumental in bringing the mass grave to light, said they would be. A state-established commission of inquiry into mother and baby homes recently located the site in a structure that “appears to be related to the treatment/containment of sewage and/or waste water”, but which we are not supposed to call a septic tank.
The archbishop of Tuam, Michael Neary, says he is “deeply shocked and horrified”. Deeply. Because what could the church have known about the abuse of children in its instutions? When Irish taoiseach Enda Kenny was asked if he was similarly shocked, he answered: “Absolutely. To think you pass by the location on so many occasions over the years.” To think. Because what would Kenny, in Irish politics since the 70s, know about state-funded, church-perpetrated abuse of women and children? Even the commission of inquiry – already under critique by the UN – said in its official statement that it was “shocked by this discovery”.
If I am shocked, it is by the pretence of so much shock. When Corless discovered death certificates for 796 children at the home between 1925 and 1961 but burial records for only two, it was clear that hundreds of bodies existed somewhere. They did not, after all, ascend into heaven like the virgin mother. Corless then uncovered oral histories from reliable local witnesses, offering evidence of where those children’s remains could be found. So what did the church and state think had happened? That the nuns had buried the babies in a lovely wee graveyard somewhere, but just couldn’t remember where?
Or maybe the church and state are expressing shock that nuns in mid-20th century Ireland could have so little regard for the lives and deaths of children in their care. The Ryan report in 2009 documented the systematic sexual, physical and emotional abuse of children in church-run, state-funded institutions. It revealed that when confronted with evidence of child abuse, the church would transfer abusers to other institutions, where they could abuse other children. The Christian Brothers legally blocked the report from naming and shaming its members. Meanwhile, Cardinal Seán Brady – now known to have participated in the cover-up of abuse by paedophile priest Brendan Smyth – muttered about how ashamed he was.
It may be time to stop acting as though the moral bankruptcy and hypocrisy of the Catholic church are news to us
The same year, the Murphy report on the sexual abuse of children in the archdiocese of Dublin revealed that the Catholic church’s priorities in dealing with paedophilia were not child welfare, but rather secrecy, the avoidance of scandal, the protection of its reputation and the preservation of church assets. In 2013, the McAleese report documented the imprisonment of more than 10,000 women in church-run, state-funded laundries, where they worked in punitive industrial conditions without pay for the crime of being unmarried mothers.
So you will forgive me if I am sceptical of the professed shock of Ireland’s clergy, politicians and official inquiring bodies. We know too much about the Catholic church’s abuse of women and children to be shocked by Tuam. A mass grave full of the children of unmarried mothers is an embarrassing landmark when the state is still paying the church to run its schools and hospitals. Hundreds of dead babies are not an asset to those invested in the myth of an abortion-free Ireland; they inconveniently suggest that Catholic Ireland always had abortions, just very late-term ones, administered slowly by nuns after the children were already born.
As Ireland gears up for a probable referendum on abortion rights as well as a strategically planned visit from the pope, it may be time to stop acting as though the moral bankruptcy and hypocrisy of the Catholic church are news to us. You can say you don’t care, but – after the Ryan report, the Murphy report, the McAleese report, the Cloyne report, the Ferns report, the Raphoe report and now Tuam – you don’t get to pretend that you don’t know.
Two members of my family were born in the Tuam home, lived short lives there, and are likely lying in that septic tank – sorry, in that structure that “appears to be related to the treatment/containment of sewage and/or waste water”. Their mother died young, weakened from her time in the custody of the church. Because of this I understand that otherwise good, kind people in Ireland handed power over women and children’s lives to an institution they knew was abusive. And I wrestle with the reality that – in our schools and hospitals – we’re still handing power over women and children’s lives to the Catholic church. Perhaps, after Tuam, after everything, that’s what’s really shocking.
Key Thinkers on the Environment [Edited by Joy A. Palmer Cooper and David E. Cooper] Description
Key Thinkers on the Environment is a unique guide to environmental thinking through the ages. Joy A. Palmer Cooper and David E. Cooper, themselves distinguished authors on environmental matters, have assembled a team of expert contributors to summarize and analyse the thinking of diverse and stimulating figures from around the world and from ancient times to the present day. Among those included are:
? philosophers such as Rousseau, Kant, Spinoza and Heidegger Lucid, scholarly and informative, the essays contained within this volume offer a fascinating overview of humankind’s view and understanding of the natural world.
? activists such as Chico Mendes and Wangari Maathai
? literary giants such as Virgil, Goethe and Wordsworth
? major religious and spiritual figures such as Buddha and St Francis of Assissi
? eminent scientists such as Darwin, Lovelock and E.O. Wilson.
Table of Contents
Alphabetical list of contents
Notes on Contributors
Confucius, 479-551 BCE by Yue Zhuang~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Buddha, fifth century bce by Purushottama Bilimoria
Zhuangzi, c.370-c.286 bce by David E. Cooper
Aristotle, 384–322 bce by David E. Cooper
Virgil, 70–19 bce by Philip R. Hardie
Saint Francis of Assisi, 1181/2–1226 Andrew Linzey and Ara Barsam
Wang Yang-ming, 1472–1528 by T. Yamauchi
Michel de Montaigne, 1533–92 by Ann Moss
Francis Bacon, 1561–1626 by Paul S. MacDonald
Benedict Spinoza, 1632–77 by Paul S. MacDonald
Bash , 1644–94 by David J. Mossley
Jean-Jacques Rousseau, 1712–78 by Paul S. MacDonald
Immanuel Kant, 1724-1804 by Emily Brady
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 1749–1832 by Colin Riordan
Alexander von Humboldt, 1769-1859 by Nicolaas A. Rupke
William Wordsworth, 1770–1850 by W. John Coletta
John Clare, 1793–1864by W John Coletta
Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1803–82 by Holmes Rolston III
Charles Darwin, 1809–82 by Alan Holland
Henry David Thoreau, 1817–62 by Laura Dassow Walls
Karl Marx, 1818–83 by Richard Smith
John Ruskin, 1819–1900 by Richard Smith
Frederick Law Olmsted, 1822–1903 by R. Terry Schnadelbach
John Muir, 1838–1914 by Peter Blaze Corcoran
Anna Botsford Comstock, 1854–1930 by Peter Blaze Corcoran
Rabindranath Tagore, 1861–1941 by Kalyan Sen Gupta
Black Elk, 1862–1950 by J. Baird Callicott
Jacob von Uexküll, 1864-1944 by Carlo Brentari
Frank Lloyd Wright, 1867–1959 by Robert McCarter
Mahatma Gandhi, 1869–1948 by Purushottama Bilimoria
Albert Schweitzer, 1875–1965 by Ara Barsam and Andrew Linzey
Aldo Leopold, 1887–1948 by J. Baird Callicott
Robinson Jeffers, 1887–1962 by Michael McDowell
Martin Heidegger, 1889–1976 by Simon P. James
Eve Balfour, 1898-1990 by Erin Gill
Rachel Carson, 1907–64 by Peter Blaze Corcoran
Lynn White, Jr, 1907–87 by Michael P. Nelson
Maurice Merleau-Ponty, 1908-61 by Bryan E. Bannon
E.F. Schumacher, 1911–77 by Satish Kumar
John Cage, 1912-92 by Peter Jaeger
Arne Naess, 1912–2009 by David E. Cooper
John Passmore, 1914–2004 by David E. Cooper
Judith Wright, 1915-2000 by Nicholas Birns
Barry Commoner, 1917-2012 by Peter Dreier
James Lovelock, 1919- by Michael Allaby
Mary Midgley, 1919- by Elizabeth McKinnell
Murray Bookchin, 1921–2006 by John Barry
Thich Nhat Hanh, 1926- by Elli Weisbaum
Edward Osborne Wilson, 1929– by Phillip J. Gates
Yi-Fu Tuan, 1930- by Paul C. Adams
Paul Ehrlich, 1932– by Ian G Simmons
Holmes Rolston III, 1932– by Jack Weir
Seyyed Hossein Nasr 1933- by Sarah Robinson-Bertoni
Wendell Berry, 1934- by Jason Peters
Jane Goodall, 1934- by Marc Bekoff
Rudolf Bahro, 1935–97 by John Barry
Roderick Nash, 1939- by Gregory Graves
Val Plumwood, 1939–2008 by Nicholas Griffin
Patriarch Bartholomew, 1940- by John Chryssavgis and Frederick W. Krueger
Wangari Maathai, 1940-2011 by Mia MacDonald
J. Baird Callicott, 1941– by Michael P. Nelson
Bob Hunter, 1941-2005 by Thomas E. Hart
Susan Griffin, 1943– by Cheryll Glotfelty
Chico Mendes, 1944–88 by Joy A. Palmer Cooper
Barry Lopez, 1945- by Diane Warner
Peter Singer, 1946– by Paula Casal
Al Gore, 1948- by Thomas E. Hart
Vandana Shiva, 1952– by Lynette J. Dumble
Bill McKibben, 1960- by Thomas E. Hart
Pavan Sukhdev, 1960- by Paul Knights and Stijn Neuteleers
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Vocal powerhouse Jessie J will be bringing her big tunes, lively personality and eclectic fashion to O2 Academy Brixton at the end of the month.
The Price Tag singer, who was a mentor on BBC 1’s The Voice, will end her 2015 UK tour in London before jetting off to America.
She’s hit the number one spot in 19 countries world-wide selling 11million singles and more than 2.5million copies of her multi-platinum début album Who You Are.
The songstress also teamed up with rapper Nicki Minaj and Ariana Grande to produce summer hit Bang Bang that topped the iTunes sales and Billboard Streaming charts.
Jessie J will play at O2 Academy Brixton on January 28.
For more information or to buy tickets, click here.
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Good Sleep Is Linked To Good Leadership: Study
The sleep pattern among global leaders not only varies but is also highly debatable. Take for example the tech industry where the stress levels are very high. While successful leaders like Twitter founder and Square CEO Jack Dorsey and Yahoo! CEO Marissa Mayer, among other have claimed they only need 4-5 hours of sound sleep in the night, others like Bill Gates is known to sleep for 7-9 hours each night.
A recent study from McKinsey finds a link between adequate sleep and quality leadership. Nick van Dam, the global chief learning officer at consulting firm McKinsey, and Els van der Helm, McKinsey sleep specialist, surveyed of 180 business leaders for a study and found that 43 percent said they do not get enough sleep at least four nights a week. The researchers stated that not getting sleep between 7-8 hours each night can have negative affects on your leadership ability.
Those senior business leaders who skillfully and consciously manage their sleep, emerging refreshed and alert after crossing multiple time zones or working late into the night. Yet we all know caffeinated and careworn executives who, after hours of wakeful slumber, struggle to recall simple facts, seem disengaged and uninspired, lack patience with others, and can’t think through problems or reach clear-cut decisions.
According to McKinsey researchers, while sleep or lack of it could be an individual issue, there could also be other forms of mental relaxation, such as mindfulness and meditation, as well as nutrition and physical activity. “In an increasingly hyperconnected world, in which many companies now expect their employees to be on call and to answer emails 24/7, this is also an important organizational topic that requires specific and urgent attention,” they said.
“There’s a very strong correlation between restfulness and leadership,” according to Jessica Payne, associate professor and director of the Sleep Stress and Memory Lab at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana. “The majority of people need seven to nine hours of sleep and the majority of people don’t get that much,” cites Payne. It’s as important as diet and exercise, she added.
Lack of sleep is also having a long term damage on CXOs. Payne stated in her article, “Memory problems, issues with decision-making, lack of creativity and regulating personal emotions are some of the first areas to be diminished by lack of sleep.”
One effective way for senior leaders is taking a “power nap”, stated Payne stressing on the importance of naps as one of the most significant steps in becoming a successful individual and leader.
Experts also noted that sleep-awareness programs can produce better leaders. The most famous example of a company embracing this advice is Google, well-known for their nap parties and pods where employees can go in and curl up.
For senior leaders in tech who are still wondering how to manage sleep in their daily schedule, the researchers recommend incorporating a “mindfulness period” or “restful wakefulness” that will help relieve stress and rejuvenate the brain, in turn making leaders more effective and better at their jobs.
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Les produced the cover art for no fewer than eleven titles, including such classics as Demons of the Deep, Daggers of Darkness and Return to Firetop Mountain.
He also produced the cover art for Keith Martin's two blood-sucker adventures, Vault of the Vampire and Revenge of the Vampire.
When Wizard Books republished the Fighting Fantasy series in the new millennium, Les was asked to produce a new piece of cover art for Steve Jackson's House of Hell and Creature of Havoc.
He even got to revisit the artwork he originally produced for both Ian Livingstone's Caverns of the Snow Witch and Crypt of the Sorcerer.
“I enjoyed doing them,” Les said, when asked how his work for Fighting Fantasy differed from other illustration jobs. “I always liked using that kind of material as it wasn’t anywhere as commonplace as it is now. We seem to have Fantasy-like material wherever you look now.”
Les sold the original paintings of his FF art long ago, but you can still purchase prints of said pieces direct from his website.

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Monday, November 13, 2006
Mojo Magazine Presents - Blues Power
I have been a late listener to the blues. The recording quality always seemed so poor and all the rich (and generally white) people who lauded it's virtues always seemed to me to be disingenuous. I also realized that, like any genre, it has piles of crap to sift through to find the few gems that justify it's lip service from it's most notable fans. So, imagine my genuine delight when finding this little disc here with what I have found to be some of the best and most broadly-appealing gems of the blues. I have never read Mojo magazine but they have put out some awesomely well-done compilations and it makes me want to take a trip to Barnes & Noble to check the magazine racks. I have also significantly filled out my blues collection, so fear not if you are a fan - you will not be left out!
1 - John Lee Hooker - Boom Boom
2 - Jimmy Reed - I Ain't Got You
3 - Bo Diddley - Who Do You Love?
4 - Little Willie John - Fever
5 - T-Bone Walker - Stormy Monday
6 - Odetta - Midnight Special
7 - Howlin' Wolf - Spoonful
8 - Guitar Slim - Things That I Used To Do
9 - Freddy King - Hide Away
10 - Sonny Boy Williamson - Fattening Frogs For Snakes
11 - Otis Rush - I Can't Quit You Baby
12 - Muddy Waters - Mannish Boy
13 - Hound Dog Taylor & The House Rockers - Let's Get Funky
14 - Son House - John The Revelator
15 - Lead Belly - Where Did You Sleep Last Night?
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Hello all ttt players i'm 13 years old and from Sweden so English is my second Language. With that in mind I want to talk about multiplayer. I'm on ios and there is never someone online. So i'm wondering if there is a possibility to have a in game platform where you can play against everybody. Some suggestions i have are that you can play competive matches and get som More rating if you win and enter tournaments if you have high enough rating.
I'm new to this forum but a Long time player so if this alredy been posted about i'd love to read about it.


Call of Duty leaker Tom Henderson has revealed a mock-up image of the playable battle royale map in the upcoming release of Warzone 2.
Henderson’s new post on TryHardGuides claims that he’s seen the Warzone 2 map, and the mock-up image is his depiction of what it currently looks like, featuring a general idea of the map’s layout, including some rivers and roads, and the locations of named points of interest.
“As shown, the Warzone 2 map features a decent amount of water which is because Warzone 2 will introduce a swimming mechanic into the Warzone series for the first time,” Henderson said. “Of course, a basic map drawing does not give justice to the scale of the map, but from my impressions it does seem bigger than that of Verdansk and Caldera, especially considering if the grid reference is accurate.”
In previous leaks, Henderson has said that classic Call of Duty maps make up several of the locations. He said that Highrise is found in Modern City, Quarry is at Quarry, and Terminal is found at Airport.
Henderson also says that Warzone 2’s battle royale and Modern Warfare II’s Escape From Tarkov-like “DMZ” mode will share the same map.
“It has been suggested that the entire map will not be playable all at once for the DMZ, instead, it seems that only portions of the map will be playable as sub-levels,” Henderson said. “There’s still a lot of mystery still surrounding the DMZ, but with Warzone 2 leaks revealing a new armor system, bag system, and even strongholds guarded by AI, it’s not hard to see how these Warzone 2 features and map could be used for the DMZ.”
Activision revealed yesterday that Modern Warfare II will be released on Oct. 28. The new Warzone does not have a release date scheduled yet.


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The new venture sees First Milk launch a franchise on-farm milk, dairy and produce vending operation under the Golden Hooves brand. Initially working with First Milk members, the business will launch in late April with the first site in Derbyshire and long-term plans to have sites across the UK.
Golden Hooves allows people to buy food from self-serve machines based on the farms where the milk is produced.
Shelagh Hancock, chief executive, said consumer interest in food provenance is growing and the launch of Golden Hooves builds on this.
“It will also offer members that are interested an opportunity to diversify their farming businesses in an easily accessible, supported way and will provide returns for all members as we start to sell our products to a wider audience,” Hancock said.

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If your lawn’s spring rebirth is less than glorious thanks to weeds, dead spots and lackluster color, now is the time to shape it up. During your lawn’s spring growth spurt, it responds quickly to your improvement efforts. But don’t wait: You have about six weeks until grass growth slows way down when summer turns hot and dry. That’s true whether you live in the northern US and have a cool-season grass like Kentucky blue or fescue, or live in the Deep South and grow a warm-season grass like Bermuda or St. Augustine.
Feed Your Grass
Applying half the yearly fertilizer amount now gives your lawn a quick boost at a critical time (apply the other half in early autumn). Use an organic lawn fertilizer—organics are so widely sold now that there’s no excuse to use a synthetic one.
To take feeding to the next level, apply a micronutrient treatment. Liquid seaweed contains a host of trace minerals (warning: it’s stinky). Or for a deep green lawn that will make your neighbors green with envy, try an iron supplement.
Control the Weeds Organically
The safest option is to dig or pull up weeds. Even if you don’t get the whole root, you’ve weakened the weed and kept it from producing seeds.
If pulling isn’t enough firepower for your weed problem, spot treat existing weeds with a weed killer spray, which is safer than dousing the whole lawn. Look for an organic week killer that contains concentrated iron—the ingredients will list either iron HEDTA or FeHEDTA. The iron controls or suppresses broadleaved weeds such as dandelion, white clover and plantain, but doesn’t kill the grass. Brand names as of this writing include Ortho Elementals Lawn Weed Killer, Whitney Farms Lawn Weed Killer, Natria Lawn Weed Control and Fiesta Turf Weed Killer.
To control broadleaf weeds before the seeds sprout—and to feed your lawn—apply corn gluten meal. Garden centers carry corn gluten meal labeled for weed control, in both dry and liquid forms. Corn gluten meal keeps the seeds of crabgrass, dandelions and some other weeds from growing. The trick is to apply it before seeds start to sprout. In spring, that’s usually around the time the crocus and forsythia start blooming.
Repair Dead Spots in the Lawn
All sorts of mishaps can kill spots in the lawn—spilled fertilizer, dog urine, insect damage. Patch small areas with sod cut from an inconspicuous part of the yard.
Reseed larger areas and keep the soil surface moist until the grass fills in—deep watering isn’t needed, you just need to keep the grass seeds from drying out. Depending on the temperature and wind, you might have to spray water on the area twice a day at first.
Remedy Trampled Areas
Grass grows poorly in compacted soils, giving less finicky weeds the chance to move in. Hot spots are the well-used shortcuts across the lawn or the strip next to the driveway that you drive on when backing out. You have two options:
Fight it. Loosen compacted soil to about 6 inches and reseed. Then train people to take the sidewalk and learn how to use your car’s side mirrors.
Don’t fight it. Make a path of bark chips or stepping stones where everyone walks. Replace the grass strip adjacent the driveway with a wide band of bricks or pavers, or cover it with bark mulch.
Mow More Often
Grass grows fast in spring; even faster if you fertilize it. Don’t try to get away with a once-a-week scalping. Cutting off more than about 1/3 of the lawn’s height forces the grass to deplete the food stored in its roots to replace its lopped top. And depleted roots lead to a weaker lawn that’s ill-equipped to cope with heat and dryness. If you’re truly committed to a better lawn, be prepared to mow twice a week in spring.
You do not live in a fertilizer ad. You do not have servants. No one has found a way to add hours to the day. Until you remedy any of these situations, you’re never going to have a lawn that is utterly and eternally perfect. But with this six-week program, you’ll have a greener, healthier lawn.


For the past few weeks we’ve been previewing the 2014 season. Here, in handy one-stop-shopping form, is our package of previews from the American League Central.
The Tigers always start the season as big favorites, but always seem to go down to the last week before clinching. Same script this year? Who’s their biggest challenge this year: the Indians or the Royals? The White Sox got better, but did they get relevant? The Twins, alas, are the Twins. Anything at all to look forward to there?
Below are our team-by-team previews for the AL Central as well as our HBT Extra feature on the division:
Kansas City Royals
Chicago White Sox
Editor’s Note: Hardball Talk’s partner FanDuel is hosting a one-day $100,000 Fantasy Baseball league for Opening Day’s games (March 31). It’s $25 to join and first prize is $15,000. Starts at 1:05pm ET on Opening Day. Here’s the FanDuel link.
Jake Arrieta‘s bat is in midseason form already. The Cubs’ ace swatted a solo home run to center field off of Zack Greinke in Thursday afternoon’s Grapefruit League exhibition game, his first homer of the spring.
The blast went 465 feet, according to MLB.com’s Daren Willman.
Arrieta has hit two home runs in each of the past two seasons. Madison Bumgarner (eight) and Noah Syndergaard (four) are the only other pitchers to match or exceed his output in that department.
Greinke, meanwhile, is hoping to bounce back after a miserable 2016 season. He finished with an uncharacteristic 4.37 ERA in 26 starts in his first year with the Diamondbacks.
Angels first baseman Luis Valbuena will miss the next four to six weeks with a strained right hamstring, Pedro Moura of the Los Angeles Times reports.
Valbuena, 31, signed a two-year, $15 million contract with the Angels in January and was on track to get the lion’s share of the playing time at first base. While he’s out, however, C.J. Cron will handle first base on a regular basis. When Valbeuna returns, the two will likely form a platoon.
Last year with the Astros, Valbuena hit a solid .260/.357/.459 with 13 home runs and 40 RBI in 342 plate appearances.


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Faidherbia albida – inverted phenology supports dryzone agroforestry
NFTA 95-01, January 1995
A quick guide to useful nitrogen fixing trees from around the world
The African winterthorn is famous for its unusual phenology. It sheds its leaves with the rains and is green during the dry season, favoring crop production beneath its canopy and re ducing the need for a fallow period on poorer soils.
Faidherbia albida (Del.) A. Chev. (syn. Acacia albida Del.) is a monotypic genus in the legume subfamily Mimosoidae. Normally a deciduous tree to 15m it can reach 25m or more in southern Africa, with a large rounded crown and spreading branches, and trunk diameters of 1m or more. It is distin guished by its phenology, whitish twigs and paired thorns, blue green bipinnate leaves lacking a petiolar gland, but with glands between nearly all its 2-12 pinnate pairs. The inverted phenology does not occur in seedlings until their tap roots are well into the water table.
Flower buds appear soon after leaves on current season’s growth. About 100 creamy white flowers occur on spikes up to 16 cm long, but most abort and normally 5 or less mature into pods 3-4 months later (Zen-Nlo & Joly in Van Den Beldt 1992). Pods (11-30 cm long x 1.4-6.7 cm wide) are orange to reddish brown, often coiled or twisted, and contain up to 30 seeds. Seeds are dispersed by herbivores eating the indehis cent pods or by the pods floating down rivers. Populations in Cameroon show levels of outcrossing from 50-100%, with variation in a population throughout the flowering season. It is a diploid species (2n = 26) over most of its range; a poly ploid (2n = 52) has been recorded from Israel (Halevy 1971).
Distribution and Ecology
Its natural range extends throughout dry tropical Africa into the Middle East and Arabia, from 270 m below sea level in Palestine up to 2500 m in Sudan (Wickens 1969). It has been introduced into India, Pakistan, Nepal, Peru, Cyprus, Cape Verde and the Ascension Islands. It grows in a wide range of climates and habitats, either scattered or gregarious, in closed canopy woodland or open savanna and in cultivated lands. It is usually a pioneer on alluvial flats but can form part of a fire climax vegetation in the west African savannas, where optimal conditions are between 500-800 mm annual rainfall. In east Africa it grows well with 1800 to 8 mm or less, provided it taps underground water. It is susceptible to frost damage.
The species develops into large populations on deep sands and alluvia in the Sahelian belt, heavy vertisols in the Ethiopian highlands, and around many of the rift valley lakes or riverine and valley bottoms in east and southern Africa. It withstands flooding for a number of months along the Zambesi and Nile rivers and in paddy fields.
Agroforestry. The mulch created by falling leaf litter and the canopy shade at planting time creates as improved microclimate (better rainfall infiltration, reduced evapotranspiration and temperature extremes) resulting in increased crop yields (Charreau & Vidal 1965 and Poschen 1986 in CTFT 1988). Geiger et al. (in Vandenbelt 1992) argue that the fertility effect may in part be due to the tree developing on more fertile microsites rather than creating them. Animal dung and urine commonly accumulate under these shade trees.
In Zimbabwe, average leaf fall was calculated at 0.73 t/ha/yr at 11 trees/ha (Dunham 1989) compared with 0.58-0.97 t/ha/yr at 10 trees/ha in Senegal. Small leaflets rapidly decompose and increase the soil organic matter. In sandy Senegalese soils, mineralized carbon increased by 73%, and total N and available P almost doubled under the canopy com pared with open fields (Charreau & Vidal 1965 in CTFT 1988). The species is well suited to subsistence farming when the crop is a cereal (millet, sorghum and maize). Groundnuts yields can be depressed under the canopy from increased vegetative growth due to excess N in relation to P & K. Trees also integrate well in the rice paddy fields and are used as shade for coffee. Analysis of economic returns from cereal cropping under F. albida in the eastern highlands of Ethiopia showed an income gain of 82% was possible where cropping was under 65 trees/ha compared to treeless fields (Poschen
1986 in CTFT 1988).
Fodder. The nutritional value of leaves and fruit is well documented. Pods fall towards the end of the dry season when fodder is scarce; leaves and branchlets are lopped around this time. Fruit production is highly variable be tweentrees and between years. Average pod production ranges from 6 to 135 kg/tree/yr in the Sudanian zone. In Zimbabwe (Mana pools) 2 trees averaged 161 kg/tree/yr (Dunham 1990), and a single tree varied from 40-339 kg/yr. Average pod production in the Mana woodland was 590 kg/ha/yr at 11 tree/ha. The pods fall over a period of months. In west Africa pods are sometimes shaken down, collected, and fed to animals or sold in markets or at roadsides.
Trees are lopped in a number of countries for leaves and fuelwood, but this in turn affects the pod production and can extend foliage retention into the rainy season. Leaves, pods and seeds contain 200, 150 and 260 g total protein/kg of dry matter; total protein digestibility can reach 73%. Tannins limit digestibility, but incorporating pods into low quality fodder enhances ingestion without reducing digestibility. Milling the pods increases digestion of seeds.
Other uses. While the wood is used for fuel, it is lighter (specific gravity 0.6-0.7) and less suitable than many African acacias. Because of its size, the wood is locally used for dugout canoes, mortars, doors and some light carpentry but it is susceptible to borers. Cooked seeds are eaten as a human famine food both in Ghana, Nambia, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Flowering later than most plants, it is a useful source of pollen and nectar for honey bees, and log beehives are made from its bark. Widely used for local medicines, Ovambo Namibians use its bark for toothbrushes and is reputed to contain Fluorine. Thorny branches are used for fencing.
Establishment and Growth
Hard coated seeds store well under dry conditions, and are often extracted by pounding the pods in a mortar. Pretreatment is needed for rapid uniform germination. Mechanical scarification works best for small lots. Dipping seed for 5-15 minutes in conc. sulphuric acid or covering the seed with boiling water then allowing to cool for 24 hours are also effective. There are 7,000-20,000 seeds/kg, the seeds are smaller in west Africa than those from the east and south. Seeds can be sown directly or nursery planted, ideally using long poly tubes (30×8 cm), with regular watering and frequent mechanical root or air root pruning (CTFT 1988). Seedlings can be transplanted 3-6 months later. Spacing at 10×10 m is common, but varies with moisture availability and local farming traditions. Establishment in farmers’ fields affords protection and weeding as the species is vulnerable to competition. Tractor ploughing between mature trees can promote coppicing from damaged roots.
Extremely variable growth rates have been recorded because of genetic and site variation. Isozyme studies at OFI & CIRAD-Fôret indicate a large genetic diversity within the species, distributed into 3 major areas, west, southern and north eastern Africa with the latter being a key area of diversity. Larger seeded east and southern African provenances initially grow faster than the west African provenances and have a higher shoot/root ratio, but can collapse after a couple of years in the more arid west Africa where water tables are deep.
On average 1-1.5m annual height growth has been recorded on favourable sites in Africa. Clonal propagation from shoot and root cuttings and from callus has been developed although elite stock needs to be identified. Seed from a broad range of provenances is available from members of the African Acacia trials network (OFI, CIRAD-Fôret, DFSC, FAO).
Faidherbia albida nodulates with Bradyrhizobium bacteria, common in tropical soils, and has VA mycorrhizal associa tions. It develops both surface and deep tap roots and in sandy Sahelian soils the highest densities of Bradyrhizobium were found at the water table 30-35 m below the surface. In moister sites abundant nodules can be found near the surface (Dupuy & Dreyfus in Van Den Beldt 1992).
Apart from damage from foraging animals and rodents, the principal pests and diseases are insects and nematodes. Bruchid beetles can destroy up to 50% of the seeds. Seedlings are attacked by sap sucking insects or cochineal bugs, and nematodes (Meloidogyne javanica, M. icognita) favored by the moist nursery conditions. Caterpillars of the moth Crypsotidia conifera can defoliate adult trees by up to 50% in Nigeria and Zimbabwe. For control methods see CTFT (1988). Insect galls (leaf and flower) and parasitic plants occur sporadically in its native range. It is less susceptible to fungal diseases due to its inverted phenology, but leaf blight (Rhizoctonia solani) has been recorded on nursery plants in India. Felled timber is susceptible to a variety of wood borers. It is vulnerable to competition in establishment. The thorns can be deterrent to farmers not used to them.
Centre Technique Forestier Tropical (1988) Faidherbia albida A. Chev. (syn. Acacia albida Del.) Monographie. CTFT/CIRAD Nogent-sur Marne. France. 72pp. (English version 1989).
Dunham, K.M. (1989) Litterfall, nutrient-fall and production in an Acacia albida woodland in Zimbabwe. Jour. Of Trop. Ecol. 5, 227-238.
Halevy, G. (1971) A study of Acacia albida in Israel. La-Yaaran 21 (3/3) 97-89, 52-63.
Van Den Beldt, R.J. (Ed.) (1992) Faidherbia albida in the West African Semi-arid Tropics Proceedings of a Workshop, 22-26 April 1991, Niamey, Niger. ICRISAT & ICRAF, Patancheru, A.P. 502324, India. 206pp.
Wickens, G.E. (1969). A study of Acacia albida Del. (Mimosoidae). Kew Bulletin, 23 (2): 181-202.
Written by CW Fagg, Oxford Forestry Institute, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3RB, United Kingdom.
A publication of the Forest, Farm, and Community Tree Network (FACT Net)

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Every Year Have Your Child's Teachers Sign the Book "Oh the Places You'll Go" by Dr. Seuss - Give It As a High School Graduation Gift
Explore some of the best things to do in Ireland. Home to craggy cliffs and windswept valleys, to ancient castles and modern cities and roads that unfurl like ribbons, Ireland is uncommonly rich with both natural wonders and manmade attractions.

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(This is the page for the book titled "Moon Rising." You may be looking for the graphic novel instead.)
Moon Rising is the sixth book in the New York Times bestselling series Wings of Fire, as well as the first book of the second arc. The main protagonist is Moonwatcher. The book was officially released in the United States on December 30, 2014.
Peace has come to Pyrrhia … for now.
The war between the tribes is finally over, and now the dragonets of the prophecy have a plan for lasting peace: Jade Mountain Academy, a school that will gather dragonets from all the tribes and teaches them to live together, perhaps even as friends.
Moonwatcher isn't sure how she feels about school, however. Hidden in the rainforest for most of her life, the young NightWing has an awful secret. She can read minds, and even see the future. Living in a cave with dozens of other dragons is noisy, exhausting — and dangerous.
In just a few days, Moon finds herself overwhelmed by her secret powers and bombarded by strange thoughts, including those of a mysterious dragon who might be a terrible enemy. And when someone starts attacking dragons within the academy, Moon has a choice to make: Stay hidden and safe? Or risk everything to save her friends?
Quote on Back of Hardcover
Moon's head snapped up. This voice — it was unlike anything she'd ever heard before. It sounded crisp and clear like it was talking to her.
I am talking to you.
Another telepath — how was that possible? Moon tried to push back. She imagined reaching out with her talons, trying to grab on to the voice and open up what was happening in the mind behind it.
"Who are you?" Moon demanded. "How are you doing that?"
You really have no idea, the voice mused. Hmm. Let me think about that.
Moon listened, but the voice didn't come back.
Did I imagine it? Maybe I imagined it. But if it was a real mind reader, maybe they could teach me how to use my powers.
Or expose me to everyone.
For all the FanWings and everyone who reads these books — I hope you love the new dragonets as much as I love you guys!
A Guide to the Dragons of Pyrrhia
The book begins with a description of the new school and the winglets. The winglets were groups of dragons attending the school: the Jade Winglet, Gold Winglet, Silver Winglet, Copper Winglet, and Quartz Winglet. Each winglet had seven dragonets in it, one from each tribe. Starflight had updated and edited what is now A Guide to the Dragons of Pyrrhia.
The book began four years before the events of Moon Rising with Moonwatcher's mother, Secretkeeper, who was hiding Moon's egg in the jungle to keep her safe. She thought about her partner, who was confirmed to be Morrowseer. Moonwatcher hatched from a silver egg under two full moons and got her name when she tilted her head up to look at the moons. Secretkeeper had to go almost immediately because Preyhunter called her, but Moonwatcher had to stay hidden. She was quite scared of the images of the volcano and danger that her mother left in her mind when she left.
Part 1: Welcome to Jade Mountain
Moonwatcher was very nervous about going to school. She thought everyone would do something bad to her and hate her if she revealed her powers. Secretkeeper, who was there, spotted (and Moon identifies) Coral with Anemone and Auklet. Tsunami, greeting them, boomed in delight when seeing Anemone and another SeaWing named Turtle, who was one of Tsunami's thirty-two brothers. Tsunami appeared to be shocked at the fact that she had thirty-two brothers. Anemone was put in the Silver Winglet, and Turtle was put in the Jade Winglet with Moonwatcher. Then Queen Coral left with Auklet, followed by Secretkeeper. Moon went into Jade Mountain Academy, where Fatespeaker greeted her excitedly, commenting on Moon's teardrop eyes scales and how shiny and big they were compared to hers, and asked Moonwatcher her name. She kept on repeating the NightWing's nickname, looking for her cave on a scroll. She found it exclaiming, "You're going to love your clawmates." As Moon went to find her cave, she read several minds and wondered how she would cope with other dragon's thoughts constantly bombarding her. She then noticed a scroll rack on the wall and one by the door. The sign above the one above the door said, Free reading! Hope you like them. In her cave, she heard a voice in her mind (Darkstalker) who later often speaks to her during the day, while she was asleep, and even when she was in the middle of her visions. Moon shared a cave with Carnelian, a grumpy SkyWing, and a RainWing named Kinkajou who she quickly became friends with. They were both in her winglet, the Jade Winglet, along with Turtle, his clawmate Umber, a SandWing named Qibli, and an IceWing named Winter. Later, in the library, Moon borrows the scroll The Animus Histories from Starflight and finds out that the mystery voice is Darkstalker.
Part 2: Stay Hidden
The bracelet that had put Darkstalker into a deep sleep so that he could not wake up broke when the comet came by, six months before the story. He asked Moonwatcher to help him escape and told her that he could see all the possible futures. Moon heard someone yelling, "The SkyWing! She's here to kill us all!" and Starflight immediately told her and Kinkajou to hide because he thought it was Scarlet. Instead, Moon went to the source of the commotion and saw a SkyWing that was not Queen Scarlet. Icicle came up from behind her and saw that it was Peril.
Moon learned that the comet apparently woke Darkstalker from the enchanted slumber and that he had enchanted himself to be immortal, which was how he had stayed alive for 2,000 years. Moon then went to Mightyclaws in the art cave to try to learn more about NightWing powers. Darkstalker then learned that legends about him had been extremely exaggerated, and Moon learned that NightWing powers come from the three moons. Darkstalker asked for Moon to set him free from being trapped underground; he claimed he could not use his animus powers to free himself because he did not want to lose his soul. Due to this fear, he had put all of his power in an object, later revealed to be a scroll. Moon then was struck by a vision of dragons dying in a mysterious fire, which caused her to try to stop Winter, Qibli, Kinkajou, and almost anybody else from going into the history room, but Carnelian was too stubborn to listen and was killed by the explosion. The NightWing named Bigtail also died from the blast, and Tamarin and Moon were injured. Winter became suspicious of Moon, wondering how she knew about the explosion and gave her until the end of the next day to provide him with an explanation of how she knew. Turtle guessed about her powers, and Moon admitted that this was true to Turtle, Qibli, and Kinkajou (Winter had stormed off and so he was not around to hear about her powers). Moon learned that a cactus caused the explosion called dragonflame cactus, which explodes when it comes in contact with fire, something Turtle recognized because it was used for bombing the SeaWings' Summer Palace. Overnight, Moon heard the dreamvisitor conversation again, a weird, ominous voice saying that someone must be killed in Jade Mountain Academy, or there would be consequences.
Part 3: The Darkness of Dragons
Moon decided to use her mind-reading powers to help find the killer, aided by Qibli. Moon discovered that Onyx wore a stone that could block mind reading. The stone was called skyfire. Both Onyx and Turtle had them, so she was unable to read their minds. When she and Qibli went back to the prey center, someone attempted but failed to kill Icicle by causing a sharp stalactite to fall on her. The malicious IceWing realized that she was the target and that it was Sora, a MudWing assigned to be her clawmate, who tried to kill her and who was the one who caused the explosion. Qibli and Moon rushed to tell Sora that Icicle was aware, and she wanted to kill her. As a result, Sora and her brother Umber fled the academy.
Moon realized that Icicle was the one who dreamt about the strange, evil voice (who happened to be Ex-Queen Scarlet) and that she was going to kill one of the dragonets of destiny. Realizing that Starflight would be her first target because he was the most vulnerable, she and Qibli dashed to the library before Icicle could kill Starflight. Qibli rushed to stop Icicle before she could manage to get away with killing the blinded NightWing, attempting to stab her with his barbed tail, but he got knocked out by the large IceWing. Then Icicle charged at Moon, choked her, and threatened to kill her. Winter suddenly arrived and attempted to get her to release Moon. When Icicle told him he should be helping her because she was trying to save their brother, Winter faltered. However, he smashed his tail across Icicle's head to save Moonwatcher from his older sister, despite his and his tribe's hatred of NightWings. He questioned how Icicle could work with Queen Scarlet when she was the one holding their brother captive in the first place. This caused Icicle to flee to the rainforest in another attempt to kill a dragonet of destiny, Glory. Hailstorm was Winter's older brother, and because of an incident with the SkyWings when they were both looking for scavenger dens, Hailstorm was captured, leaving Winter to hate himself more than anybody else. Winter had suspicions that Hailstorm was killed by the NightWings when they raided the SkyWing arena to save Starflight. Later that day, Moon gave the skyfire to her friends through Turtle with his bracelet, which contained the skyfire stones. Qibli noticed that Winter had left to find his brother, Hailstorm, who Icicle had said was alive. The Jade Winglet followed him. Winter said that he was going back to the Ice Kingdom for Icicle. Qibli deduced that Icicle probably went to the rainforest to kill Glory, and they (except Turtle) decided to go with Winter to stop Icicle, despite his protests. After Moonwatcher delivered the Jade Mountain Prophecy, it ended with Moonwatcher ready to tell Winter about herself and her powers.
Scarlet was seen with a dreamvisitor and a NightWing tapping something against his talons. Scarlet asked why she was unable to get to her (likely referring to Icicle). The mysterious dragon replied that she must not be asleep, so Scarlet went into Peril's dream. She asked Peril who died today, and Peril said nobody was killed, but several dragons had left Jade Mountain. Scarlet left the dream out of frustration and asked the dragon with her what he was carrying. In response, he held up an ancient scroll in the moonlight that later turned out to be Darkstalker's talisman.
- On the back cover of Moon Rising, Turtle is shown in the water.
Click here to see the cover gallery.
- Chinese: 火翼飞龙. 龙族学院里的复仇暗影 (July 2016)
- French: Les Royaumes de Feu. La montagne de jade (February 2017)
- Russian: Драконья сага. Восхождение Луны (March 2018)
- Polish: Skrzydła ognia. Przebudzenie Pełni (May 2019)
- German: Wings of Fire. Moons Erwachen (November 2020)
- Korean: 불의 날개와 떠오르는 달 (June 2022)

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The Best Materials for Men's Big and Tall Coats
Down Winter Coats
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Wool Jackets for Big and Tall Men
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With the IIHF World Junior Championship back in British Columbia for the
first time in 13 years and B.C. Hockey celebrating its 100th anniversary,
we asked the question … what are the best performances by B.C. natives in
World Juniors history?
NO. 1 – CAREY PRICE
Hometown: Anahim Lake, B.C.
Minor Hockey Association: Williams Lake MHA
2007 IIHF World Junior Championship
Statistics: 6GP 1.14GAA .961SV% 2SO 6-0-0
Result: gold medal
After golden performances in Grand Forks and Vancouver, Canada headed
across the Atlantic to Sweden for the 2007 IIHF World Junior Championship
in search of its first gold medal on European ice since finishing its run
of five consecutive world titles in Switzerland in 1997.
Price brought an already-decorated résumé to Leksand and Mora – the
fifth-overall pick by the Montreal Canadiens in the 2005 NHL draft, the
Anahim Lake product won gold at the 2005 Junior World Cup to go along with
silver medals from the World Under-17 Hockey Challenge and IIHF World U18
He was lights out at the World Juniors, bookending the preliminary round
with shutouts of Sweden and Slovakia before turning away 34 of 35 shots –
12 of them in overtime – in the memorable semifinal shootout win over the
U.S. en route to a gold medal, MVP and Top Goaltenders honours and a spot
on the all-star team.
What are your memories of the 2007 IIHF World Junior Championship?
“I got to meet a lot of great guys; it’s a pretty special tournament
because you bring together guys from all over Canada and you have to bond,
so you make some pretty good friendships. You have to bond quickly in that
tournament; that’s the whole name of the game, to be able to have good
chemistry out there.”
After surviving the shootout, what were your nerves like heading into
the gold medal game?
“I actually didn’t feel as bad as the shootout, believe it or not. When we
got off to that quick start [Canada led 3-0 after one period] it was a lot
easier for me to play. When I’m playing behind a [defensive] group like
that … they just let me play my game.”
As a player, what makes the World Juniors special?
“It’s your first real exposure to the hockey world; it’s where you make
your mark, whether it’s to impress the team you were drafted by, or even to
impress the teams you wish to be drafted by. Obviously it’s a little bit
bigger of a deal in Canada than it is in other countries, there is a lot
more coverage, and it’s a cool experience to be able to play for your
hometown and have everyone see you on TV for the first time.”


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Washington: The US is examining comments
including from India that a new law, which aims to raise funds
for border security through a hike in select workers` visa
fees, was not WTO compliant.
"Yes, we are reviewing a suggestion that this bill
(Border Security Bill) is not WTO-compliant. I am not aware
that we`ve reached any final judgment, but we`re not sure
that necessarily any WTO issues are triggered," State
Department Spokesman P J Crowley told reporters.
The US is in talks with Indian officials about the bill,
which has triggered a wave of protest by Indian multinational
companies who have termed it discriminatory, and also claimed
that this would undermine the growing US-India relationship.
The hike in fee of H-1B and L1 visas is expected to cost
Indian companies, mainly IT outsourcing firms, about USD 200
India`s Commerce Secretary Rahul Khullar said in New
Delhi today that India "cannot keep quite" on an issue that
hurts its commercial interests. He made it clear that moving
the WTO on the matter is being considered seriously.
The border security bill signed by President Barack Obama
into law last week raises some USD 600 million to tighten the
security along the US-Mexico border by deploying some 1,500
national guards, and aerial drones among others.
Most of the money for this would be raised ? about USD
550 million ? by increasing the fee for certain categories of
H-1B and L1 visas over the next five years.
Business in both India and the US say that legislation
was targeted at Indian companies ? which are being denied by
the authors of the bill.
India`s Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma has
already written to the US Trade Representative Ron Kirk,
expressing his concerns.
"Congress has passed the law and the President has signed
it. Now we`re trying to understand, you know, its potential
implications. We will work closely with India as we implement
it," Crowley said in response to a question.
"As we work to administer this law, which Congress passed
and the President signed, we will try to understand fully the
potential impact that it has on individual companies in
India," he said.

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“Standing side by side, Democratic Reps. Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar forcefully denounced the controversial decision by the Israeli government to deny them entry into the country, casting the travel restrictions as part of a broader effort to suppress voices of dissent against the treatment of Palestinians in occupied and disputed territories.
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…which is why in Europe they call them trams, apart from ‘light rail’ which is associated with those clunky, boxy trains you see in the U.S. The tram in the video above debuted in November 2007 in Nice, France.
The Strasbourg, France line pioneered the sleek look in 2006 and has been an overwhelming success ever since, not to mention a favorite photo subject for tourists – now how often does that happen? Notice in the video above how its futuristic silhouette contrasts with the historic fabric around it, in effect enhancing the buildings around it. Other countries, like Dublin, Ireland, have followed with modern versions of their own.
Trams are expensive and justified at 10,000 people/hour, but for higher densities subways are the newly hot trend and ultimate urban status symbol, while for lower densities you’ll start to see the rise of BRT, which are essentially rubber-tired trams with electronically-guided lines replacing steel tracks, the same quiet ride and the freedom to go ‘off the lines’ at any time.


- To clean the rivers, tunnels aren't the only solution (Washington Post, 10/13/2011)
- D.C. Officials: Sewage Project Will Raise Rates, Bring Jobs (WAMU-FM, 10/13/2011)
- D.C. Breaks Ground On $2.6 Billion Sewage Tunnel (WAMU-FM, 10/12/2011)
- The Biggest Infrastructure Project You've Probably Never Heard Of (Huffington Post, 10/12/2011)
- D.C. Water Breaks Ground on Massive Tunnel Project (DCist, 10/12/2011)
- DC Water Press Release
Friday, October 14, 2011
Clean Rivers Project, a 20-year, $2.6 billion project to reduce combined-sewer overflows in the District by 96 percent. Senator Benjamin Cardin, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton, Mayor Vincent Gray and others joined the ceremony.


As we discussed in our last post, mobile app localization and internationalization of your mobile app can bring significantly higher download rates throughout international markets. The key is to find the right way to incorporate your localizing efforts into your mobile app. Our team of Vancouver app developers wants to help ease the transition for you and your business, read on to find out where to start. Just as a refresher, as per this article “internationalization entails the entire, overall process of tailoring an app to a foreign market. Localization is the specific item-by-item translation and customization of each app asset”. So let’s take a look at some specifics when it comes to starting these processes.
Assess Your Localization Strategy
The very best place to start when figuring out if this strategy is useful for your app, try a test period to see if localizing your mobile app profile on the app stores proves useful. This process consists of solely updating and localizing your metadata on your app profile, which in turn will show you if this is the way to go. This involves translation of your app’s name, images, and keywords. Hopefully, this will boost your rankings on the international market and show you key markers and areas of popularity. That said, without localizing all your app data can leave your international users frustrated, if they encounter issues throughout the parts of your app that have yet to be translated. This can be mitigated by running the trial for a limited amount of time – just enough to see popularity trends. If you do see a rise in downloads for a specific location, make sure you make efforts to notify your users of a pending update and finalize the localization efforts for that region as quickly as possible. Another possibility is that you create a similar app that following your original structure, allowing you to feel out the foreign markets and gain insights before committing your brand and reputation.Whichever route you choose to take, never forget that correct translation is so important – always hire a professional team of app developers to get the job done right, to avoid any mishaps or negative reviews about your mobile app functionality.
Start The Process
Internationalization covers all of the areas within your app that needs to be translated, updated and tailored for international markets. Examples of what needs to be changed are things like language patterns, punctuation and interpretations, correct number and date formatting. A lot of the time people rely on translation software to complete these tasks, but as we mentioned above making sure you have the right team to make sure all translations are true and correct is a key factor in keeping your users content with your app. Once you have completed the mobile internationalization process, the next step is to identify where localizing your app makes sense as well. Changing images and layouts throughout your app is another important part of this process, along with figuring out user behaviour and how to adapt your ease of use for each region you’re looking to introduce your mobile app to. Another very important thing to remember, as it is with deploying any app, make sure you have an appropriate round of testing with native users before you upload to the app stores.
When thinking about localizing your app, make sure you think of the entire scope – investment and time are key factors to ensuring a successful localization process for your mobile app. As always, contact us with your questions or concerns about how to localize your mobile app, we would love to chat about how we can assist you and your business with mobile applications and custom software. Do you have an app idea, or have questions about enhancing your mobile app? Our Vancouver app development team strives to share our knowledge and answer any questions you may have. At Vog we build more than apps, we build businesses.
Source: https://www.martechadvisor.com/articles/geolocation/mobile-app-localization-and-internationalization/ & https://www.daytranslations.com/blog/2016/08/a-simple-app-localization-test-that-boosts-app-dowloads-7740/?utm_source=mta&utm_campaign=10413&utm_term=rilindelezaj


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Lines at some metro grocery stores are bananas today
It's know of a tradition here in Iowa, before the storm hits you head to the grocery store.
Metro grocery stores are reporting brisk sales on Thursday.
"I'm on a mission," said Kali Ryan, of Des Moines. "Hearing about weather was a very big surprise for me."
Ryan was grabbing the necessities like bread, eggs and milk.
KCCI Meteorologist Jason Sydejko said the latest forecast shows about 5-7 inches of snow possible in Des Moines and across a big swath of the state. Snow is expected to intensify Friday afternoon into the evning hours.
"When we pulled into the parking lot, I mentioned something about, I was like, 'there's a lot of people here," said Ryan.
Scott Benter at Price Chopper on Ingersoll said crowds grow largest early afternoon and late evening the day before snow.
After looking at the weather, Benter said the decision was made to add more cashiers for Thursday evening.
"Just the customer flow, we've already seen coming into our stores. The first snowstorm since our remodel, our associations, employees in the store are really excited about it," said Benter.
Hardware stores are also reporting brisk sales of winter items from snowmelt to snow shovels.
Did you shop today, what did you see? Add your comments in the box below or on the KCCI Facebook page.