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United Pasokmomogun Kadazan Organisation
Pertubuhan Kebangsaan Kadazan Bersatu
|Dissolved||28 December 1967|
|Merger of||Reunite of United Pasok Momogun Organisation (UPMO) to form United Pasokmomogun Kadazan Organisation (UPKO) - 1964|
|Split from||Breakaway of United Pasok Momogun Organisation (UPMO) - 1962|
|Preceded by||Formation of United National Kadazan Organisation (UNKO) - 1961|
|Succeeded by||Consolidation into United Sabah National Organisation (USNO) - 1967|
|National affiliation||Sabah Alliance (1963-1967)|
The United Pasokmomogun Kadazan Organisation (Malay : Pertubuhan Kebangsaan Kadazan Bersatu; abbrev: UPKO) was a Kadazan-Dusun-Murut (KDM) based political party in North Borneo and later Sabah at the time it became a state of Malaysia in the 1960s.
The party was initially started as the United National Kadazan Organisation (UNKO) which was founded by Donald Stephens in 1961, with its core constituency of indigenous Sabahans.UNKO modeled after United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) in Malaya; was the first indigenous party in Sabah formed to represent the interests of the Kadazandusun community in Sabah. At the time of its founding it had approximately 20,000 members.
The new party UNKO has members which does not support the "Malaysia project" and disagrees with Donald Stephens, hence they split to form a new group led by G. S. Sundang going on to form the United Pasok Momogun Organisation (UPMO) in January 1962.
Upon the formation of Malaysia in 1963, UNKO entered into a Sabah Alliance coalition with the United Sabah National Organisation (USNO), a Muslim party, and the Sabah Chinese Association (SCA) to form a consociationalism new Government of Sabah;with its president Stephens became the state's first Chief Minister. In May 1964, the breakaway UPMO party, eventually reunited with its parent party. The merger saw UNKO renamed itself as the United Pasokmomogun Kadazan Organisation (UPKO) in June 1964.
After Stephens was forced out of the chief ministership in 1964 and became a federal minister.,the party was dissolved on 28 December 1967 and absorbed into United Sabah National Organisation (USNO).
Kadazan-Dusun are two indigenous peoples of Sabah, Malaysia—the ethnic groups Kadazan and Dusun. The Kadazandusun is the largest native group of Bumiputra in Sabah. They are also known as "Mamasok", which means "originals" or "indigenous people", respectively. Most of the Kadazan-Dusun tribes believed they are descendants of Nunuk Ragang people. Kadazan-Dusun has been recognized as an indigenous nation of Borneo with documented heritage by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) since 2004.
Tan Sri Datuk Seri Panglima Joseph Pairin Kitingan is a Malaysian politician who served as the 7th Chief Minister of Sabah from April 1985 to March 1994 and Member of Parliament (MP) for Keningau from August 1986 to May 2018. He is founding President of the United Sabah Party (PBS) and brother of Jeffrey Kitingan, the Deputy Chief Minister II and State Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries of Sabah and President of Homeland Solidarity Party (STAR) as well as uncle of Maximus Ongkili, the Minister in the Prime Minister's Department in charge of Sabah and Sarawak affairs and President of PBS.
Datuk Seri Panglima Shafie bin Apdal is a Malaysian politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Semporna since April 1995 and Member of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Senallang since May 2018. He served as the 15th Chief Minister and the State Minister of Finance of Sabah from May 2018 to September 2020, Minister of Rural and Regional Development from April 2009 to July 2015 and Vice-President of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition. He has served as the 1st and founding President of WARISAN, the opposition party of Sabah that is allied with the Pakatan Harapan (PH) opposition coalition, since October 2016. He lost the power as Chief Minister of Sabah following the defeat of his coalition, Sabah Heritage Party + in the 2020 state election.
Muhammad Fuad Stephens, was a Malaysian politician who served as the 1st and 5th Chief Minister of Sabah from September 1963 to December 1964 and again briefly from April 1976 to his death in June 1976, 3rd Yang di-Pertua Negeri of Sabah from September 1973 to July 1975, 6th High Commissioner of Malaysia to Australia from 1968 to 1973. In addition, he also served as the 1st Huguan Siou or Paramount Leader of the Kadazandusun community. He played a role in bringing Sabah into the Federation of Malaysia in 1963. While he was initially against the idea of Sabah joining in the Federation, given British concerns about the stability of the region and their move to relinquish all their colonies in the post WWII era, he was gradually convinced to work towards it. He held the chief minister's post from 16 September 1963 until 31 December 1964 when he was forced to resign; and again in 1976 for 54 days from 15 April.
Sabah People's United Front or in Malay Parti Bersatu Rakyat Jelata Sabah is more commonly known by its abbreviation BERJAYA, was a political party based in the state of Sabah, Malaysia. BERJAYA was formed by former United Sabah National Organisation (USNO) secretary-general Harris Salleh who was later joined by Fuad Stephens, who served as the first Chief Minister of Sabah as well as president of the United Pasokmomogun Kadazan Organisation (UPKO). Stephens became the fifth Chief Minister after BERJAYA won the 1976 state election in April but died in June the same year, being succeeded by Salleh. The party had been a partner of Barisan Nasional (BN), the then ruling coalition of Malaysia since its inception on 15 July 1975.
The United Sabah National Organisation was a political party in North Borneo and later Sabah, Malaysia. The widely known Sabah's Muslim indigenous especially Suluk-Bajau ethnic based party was founded by the third Chief Minister of Sabah; Mustapha Harun in December 1961.
The Alliance Party was a political coalition in Malaysia. The Alliance Party, whose membership comprised United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA) and Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC), was formally registered as a political organisation on 30 October 1957. It was the ruling coalition of Malaya from 1957 to 1963, and Malaysia from 1963 to 1973. The coalition became the Barisan Nasional in 1973.
The United Pasok Nunukragang National Organisation is a regional political party in Malaysia based in the state of Sabah. It was established in 1978. Before its deregistration, it was the oldest political party in Sabah that was currently still in existence. Despite being a party that maintains a Kadazan-Dusun ethnocentric platform, membership is opened to all ethnicities and the party's leadership has multi-ethnic representation.
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The Sabah Democratic Party was a political party based in Sabah, Malaysia. It was an ethnically-based party striving to voice the rights and advance the development of Kadazan-Dusun-Murut (KDM) populations of Sabah and the Orang Asli of Peninsular Malaysia.
The 2018 Sabah state election took place on 9 May 2018 in concurrence with the 14th Malaysian general election. This election was to elect 60 members of the 15th Sabah State Legislative Assembly. The previous Assembly was dissolved on 7 April 2018.
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The United Progressive Kinabalu Organisation is a multiracial political party based in Sabah, Malaysia. The party was rebranded from its previous party's name, United Pasokmomogun Kadazandusun Murut Organisation using the same UPKO acronym; which was a widely known Kadazan-Dusun-Murut based party in 2019. The party had earlier been renamed once before in 1999 from its initial 1994 formation name of Sabah Democratic Party.
United Pasok Momogun Organisation is an ethnically-based political party in North Borneo. It was a splinter party of United National Kadazan Organisation (UNKO); founded by Donald Stephens earlier in 1961. The breakaway UPMO formed by Orang Kaya Kaya (OKK) Datuk G.S. Sundang, in January 1962 to fight for the interest of Kadazan-Dusun-Murut (KDM) races; with the supports and encouragement of the Chinese in Sabah. The split was in reaction and protest to the suggestion of the Prime Minister of Malaya, Tunku Abdul Rahman to create a new federation country named Malaysia, dubbed Projek Malaysia.
The 2020 Sabah state election took place on 26 September 2020 to elect all 73 elected members of the 16th Sabah State Legislative Assembly. The previous Assembly was dissolved on 30 July 2020.
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While Thursday night’s Slaughterhouse concert at the Best Buy Theater in New York City was to be a celebration of the group’s new single and upcoming album, things quickly changed prior to showtime. Joe Budden was arrested for a parking ticket dating back to 2007, and the sold out crowd got a show without one member. Today, the full group made a visit to Fuse TV and spoke with Jason Newman on their run-in with the New York Police Department last night.
“I got arrested before the show for an unpaid traffic ticket in 2007. If I would’ve known about the situation, it would’ve been cleared up. But I didn’t; it had never popped up before and I’ve gone through the system a few times. When there’s a bench warrant, they catch you when they can catch you and it just so happens that we had a sold-out show at Best Buy Theatre.”
“It was hurtful to me because we were in the process of doing a meet and greet and fans flew in from Europe,” says Budden. “One girl flew in two months ago and stayed just for this show. So I was disappointed in that aspect, especially in your hometown.”
Read more reaction from the group after the jump…..
Our friend Tim Westwood always brings out the best of the people he interviews. While Drake made his London stop on his Club Paradise tour, he sat down with Westwood to discuss bodacious women, the middle finger to ex-girlfriend Ericka Lee while performing “Marvin’s Room,” and Westwood’s customized ‘YOLO’ sneakers … “These shoes only live once.”
Hit the jump to read Drake’s explanation on why he wasn’t on VIBE’s February/March 2012 issue.
Remember when Yeezy was in his DJ mode back in late December? Tweeting from London proclaiming to call him DJ Yeezy World Peace and then debuting his skills by playing Cassie’s “King of Hearts” at Le Baron nightclub, it looks he did end up putting his own spin on the track. Listen to Yeezy’s version below that our friends over at Hot 97 sent to us.
* The only difference we hear in the two versions is the upbeat clapping rhythm and some added background vocals. Compared the two tracks after the jump.
New Music: Cassie Feat. Kanye West “King of Hearts (Remix)”
Hit the jump to hear the original “King of Hearts,” and footage of Yeezy DJ’ing at Le Baron nightclub.
Hahah, I never thought I’d see Young Jeezy doing a Nardwuar interview. Jeezy is definitely a serious dude, but like the almighty interviewer that he is, the Human Serviette sticks to his guns. Even when Jeezy gives him a little heat about being like the FBI, Nardwuar goes in. Watch it happen, above
Iggy’s new single came out to some mixed reviews. It seems to be love it or hate it with this one. Last night, Azalea and Tip gave a live demonstration on why “Murda Bizness” is a song to be replayed at a high volume. Thanks to @Cam_Kirk for scooping this footage at The Basement in Atlanta.
Watch fellow newcomer female MC, Snow Tha Product, rap over Iggy’s track…after the jump…
After announcing his upcoming lecture at New York University, many are puzzled as to what the Based God will cover during his appearance. Lil’ B talks with Fuse TV to explain how the speaking engagement came about, and what the selected group of people will hear from him come April 11.
“They reached out to me via email. Respect to NYU because they really see what I give to the world and they really believe in me. Respect to [NYU President] John Sexton. I got swag like Sexton. Spread the positive. I wanna keep that super secret until we get there, but what I will tell you is that I specialize in the progression of humans. It’s gonna be a real progressive talk and when everybody leaves, their lives will be changed.”
After the jump, Lil’ B speaks on Madonna playfully singing “Hoes on my d*ck ’cause I am Madonna” in-studio recently….
With her new album set to drop in five days, Nicki Minaj continued her promo run appearing on American Idol earlier this evening. While the song’s received various lukewarm responses on the internet, the Harajuku Barbie performed her now top 10 single “Starships.” Safe to say the video should be dropping very soon, watch her performance above as Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded drops next Tuesday.
In support of their show at the Best Buy Theater in NYC, Slaughterhouse popped into the Angie Martinez for a quick chat. First, the guys & Ang, goof around a bit and clown on Joe Budden for posting pause-worthy pics of his body on Instagram. In fact, Budden admits the trill OG Bun B hit him up to let him he had to unfollow him because of it… lol.
Audio: Slaughterhouse visits Hot 97’s Angie Martinez (3-29-12) (Part 1)
UPDATE: Looks like Slaughterhouse’s show at Best Buy Theater didn’t go as planned. It was reported and confirmed by the group members that Joe Budden was arrested prior to Thursday night’s show. Why you may ask? For an outstanding warrant dating back to a parking ticket from 2007. Really NYPD? You couldn’t wait until after the show to tackle the issue. Instead plenty of fans were robbed and didn’t get to see the full group they paid money to see. “We love Joey too, chanting for him ain’t gonna get him outta jail.” said Royce Da 5’9″ to fans chanting Joey’s name. All is fine now as Joe is free according to the label’s Twitter, who also provided the photo above after he was released.
Listen to part 2 of their interview with Angie, plus BTS footage of their “Hammer Dance” video after the jump…
Things are finally in motion for Roc Nation star Rita Ora. The singer/songwriter takes us behind-the-scenes of her first official video for the single, “R.I.P.” featuring Tinie Tempah. The video, directed by Emil Nava takes place in an abandoned warehouse where the two stylish U.K. artists give us several performance shots in the unknown location, that also features various vintage cars on set. Rita’s debut is set to drop later this year as “R.I.P” and “Party & Bullshit” steadily rises up the charts.

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With just four games remaining in the regular season, Sporting Kansas City is closing in on clinching a spot in the postseason, although the possibility still remains that they would not get in. However, a much more real concern for the team is holding off the Chicago Fire for the top spot in the Eastern Conference.
Just two points behind Sporting KC, the Fire could take the top spot in the conference with a win when the two teams face each other on Friday night. Conversely, the home team can secure a playoff spot for themselves with a win over the Fire.
It's no easy task for Sporting KC though, as they have lost each of their first two matches to the Fire in 2012 and face a Chicago team that has wins in seven of their last nine matches.
Sporting KC has done for themselves too recently, avoiding a loss in each of their last 10 matches, with five wins and five draws during that span.
Game Date & Time: Friday, Sept. 28, 7:30 p.m. CT
Location: LIVESTRONG Sporting Park, Kansas City, KS
TV: NBC Sports


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Micronutrients deficiency are often common in elderly people due to a number of factors like reduced food intake and lack of variety in foods they eat. To study the food habits, food pattern, dietary intake and their effect upon nutritional profile of elderly males belonging to rural and urban area. This was a cross sectional study done among 100 elderly males, 50 each belonging to HIG and LIG in various villages of district Ludhiana in the age group of 60 and above. A pretested, semi- structured questionnaire was used to collect the data. The data was analyzed by using different statistics formulas. The result shows that the average daily intake of energy by the elderly male respondents of HIG ranged from 1565 kcal to 1818 kcal and for respondents of LIG ranged from 1432 kcal to1660 kcal which was below the energy requirements given for 60+ age group based on their body weights. Significant association was found between knowledge and occupation, education, marital status and income. This study shows that the diet of the respondents of HIG were adequate in protein, fat, calcium, iron, vitamin C but were inadequate in energy, carbohydrates, fibre, carotene and riboflavin. The diets of elderly of LIG respondents were inadequate in all the major nutrients leading to nutritional deficiencies and making them more susceptible to diseases.
Nutrients, food intake, elderly males, LIG, HIG, ICMR
FOOD, NUTRITION AND DIETETICS
Jelliffe, Derrick Brian, The assessment of the nutritional status of the community (with special reference to field surveys in developing regions of the world), WHO, 1966, 20.
ICMR. Nutrient requirement and recommended dietary allowances for Indian. Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi. 2017.

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Mumbai is home to an estimated 20 million people ... and 21 leopards. The 250,000 residents with homes inside the boundary of Sanjay Gandhi National Park find a way to live with their big-cat neighbours.
Dabbawalla: Fast, efficient, and proud, Mumbai’s teams of home-to-work lunch couriers connect families through meals cooked with love. [more inside]
Taxi Fabric - connecting designers with taxi drivers – turning seat covers into canvas’ for young Indian designers to show off their design talent and storytelling skills. [via Art Radar]
He was a prophet without imprimatur in his own city. Charles Correa, who passed away late on the night of 16 June, was among the great architects of our times. His institutional buildings across the world are all iconic. Yet, Mumbai, his lifelong home, boasts just one* residential tower designed by him – an irony as much as a travesty. Though the cubist Kanchanjunga is eye-catching, it’s still high-rise: a genre caustically savaged by this patron saint of low-slung architecture.[more inside]
Tour the mega-slum Dharavi, one of the most materially deprived places on earth, transformed by TED-like pundits into a "most inspiring economic model" that gels quite well with their vision of a world without public aid and guarantees to needy.
Upping the Aunty, a photography project by Indian-born, Toronto-raised artist Meera Sethi [more inside]
Poor Little Rich Boys: The Art of the Mumbai Circulating Library, by Ryan Holmberg, The Comics Journal's resident Indian comics specialist.
Men in Saris: Mumbai's new lavani dancers Lavani is a folk dance, traditionally performed by women for men. The popularity of Bin Baykancha Tamasha (or Performance Without Women) and other female-impersonation groups in Mumbai suggests that the city may slowly be getting comfortable with flamboyant expressions of male sexuality.
The Mumbai Parsi community is hoping to return vultures to their traditional and religious role of eating the dead by building aviaries near the Towers of Silence where the Zoroastrian dead are laid out to be stripped clean by vultures. For the past fifteen years, there have been barely a dozen vultures in Mumbai, and members of the community have increasingly turned to cremation (especially during the rainy season), which the religion considers unclean. The community hopes to have vultures return to eating the dead by February 2014. [more inside]
Mapping Toilets in a Mumbai Slum. As part of an initiative by the Harvard School of Public Health, a team of students is researching life in the Mumbai slum, Cheeta Camp. They started by studying sanitation and water use. Their results? This map of toilets.
Once Upon a Time in Bombay "It is said that Bombay is the Alexandria of India. Its geographical position and commercial relations bear evidently some resemblance to the great eastern entrepot of the Mediterranean. As the swampy Rhakotis, a mere fishing village which Alexander the Great transformed into the splendid city of Alexandria, the desolate islet of the Bombay Koli fishermen was changed into the present capital of Western India." -- J. Gershon da Cunha in Origin of Bombay (google book) [more inside]
"Uniforms have been stolen in the past for this kind of thing." An update on the investigation into the Mumbai terrorist attacks of November 2008. (Previously)
The newest and most exclusive residential tower for this city’s superrich is a cantilevered sheath of steel and glass soaring 27 floors into the sky. The parking garage fills six levels. Three helipads are on the roof. There are terraces upon terraces, airborne swimming pools and hanging gardens in a Blade Runner-meets-Babylon edifice overlooking India’s most dynamic city. There are nine elevators, a spa, a 50-seat theater and a grand ballroom. Hundreds of servants and staff are expected to work inside. And now, finally, after several years of planning and construction, the residents are about to move in. All five of them. [more inside]
Follow that Dabbawalla For nearly 130 years, Mumbai's Dabbawallas have been delivering lunches from customers' homes to their workplaces and taken the empty tiffin boxes back again. The service, with its origins in the mid 1880s when a single textile mill worker paid an errand boy to bring him his lunch from home, is a complex system with in which color coded lunch boxes are passed from Dabbawalla to Dabbawalla to reach their destination, creating a network that, in many ways, resembles the Internet itself. [more inside]
It has been nearly a year since the Mumbai terror attacks. Journalist Jason Motlagh has written a four part article about them for The Virginia Quarterly Review. The first part is about the initial attacks and the history of Lashkar-e-Taiba, the terrorist organization responsible. Part two continues describing the events of the first night as well as police and media responses. The third is about the events of the second day and includes intercepted phonecalls between the gunmen and their handlers as well as recounting the initial interrogation of the sole terrorist captured alive. The last part is about the last day of the attacks and the aftermath. The article has a large number of photographs and is a harrowing read.
Even if you're one of the richest persons on the planet, there ought to be a limit to your ostentatiousness.
First, a bit of an introduction to the game of Cricket (youtube) for those of us who may not be familiar with the sport. Next, a few clips (1, 2, 3, 4) on how awesome the Gentleman's Game can be (and you thought we didn't do anything but roam around in our white pants and cotton shirts...). But, if that wasn't enough for you, then here's a taste of Twenty20 Cricket (the fast, fast paced version of the game), and the new DLF Indian (pdf) Premier League. (This is in addition to the One Day Matches, which were instituted to bring in a bit more excitement into the game during the 1970's, prior to which the match only consisted of Tests. However, some purists still maintain that the game would've been better served had it not been commercalized to the extent that it has, and still prefer the leisurely pace of the original format to its current incarnation.) [more inside]
The Traffic Police of Mumbai (formerly Bombay, India), one of the most densely populated and traffic-ridden cities in the world, are becoming media savvy. They post billboards, answer traffic complaints sent via sms and have even started a scare campaign against drunk driving that places bloody drink coasters in bars. They are definitely taking their jobs seriously. And so far, some Mumbaikars seem pretty happy with their work.
Tuesday, July 26th, 2005, was a wet day for the city of Mumbai, India (formerly Bombay), to say the least. Within 12 hours, it rained more than half the average annual rainfall. Upwards of 400 people are believed to have died, with more in adjacent regions. In many regions, the water rose as high as five feet. All transportation links to the rest of India were severed. Within the city, many commuters who left work, for home, on Tuesday evening, didn't reach home till Wednesday night. There have been substantial financial and ecological damages. The state apparatus was caught offguard and proven unprepared; the police were nowhere to be found, and the meteorological department found wanting with their warnings. The rumour-mongering of an incoming tsunami or cyclone also didn't help, as 24 people died in the resulting stampede. Alas, just as one is relieved that the ordeal is over, it appears there's yet more to come.
The Bombay(Mumbai) blasts. Why detonate two car-bombs in Bombay? Destabilize the economy creating a climate for terror. Terror attacks have become commonplace in parts of India. The US condemned the Bombay attack- Powell called Indian officials. But, it seems like India should do more before if it wants broader US support. As the WSJ editorial page put it- "We think India could have helped build even closer U.S. ties had it decided to send troops to Iraq. The U.S. has driven a wedge into the center of Muslim terrorism with its occupation of Iraq, and it is looking to see who its friends really are." What is the lesson from all of this to the Indian government? What would you do if you were running India?
About 2, if not more blasts rocked Mumbai on Monday afternoon. About 40 people are dead, and numerous injured. The bombs were apparently placed in taxis, and the two confirmed explosion sites are the historic Gateway of India, a huge tourist spot and the Mumba Devi temple, after which the city get its name. The city has been prey to a string of deadly bomb attacks since December last year, with the most recent, on a bus, killing three in July, and suffered a simliar serial blast back on March 12th, 1993.
Brown Cloud threatens SE Asia Having flown into Mumbai a couple of times over the past years, and to Singapore once, I thought I saw this, but passed it up to gunk on the windows. Turned out it was gunk in the sky.
From the You Learn Something New Everyday file: I had no idea there was such a huge move industry in Bombay, India, known worldwide as Bollywood. I need to get out more, I'm becoming quite the ugly american lately...

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The death penalty in America is a failed, expensive policy defined by bias and error.
It is a direct descendant of lynching. More than eight in ten American lynchings between 1889 and 1918 occurred in the South, and more than eight in ten of the more than 1400 executions carried out in this country since 1976 have been in the South. Modern death sentences are disproportionately meted out to African Americans accused of crimes against white victims. African Americans make up less than 13 percent of the nation’s population, but 42 percent of the 2905 people currently on death row are black, and 35 percent of those executed since 1976 have been black. The victim was white in over 75 percent of the cases resulting in execution since 1976, although only 50 percent of murder victims nationwide are white. The chief prosecutors in death penalty states are overwhelmingly white; only about one percent are black.
Mounting evidence shows that innocent people have been sentenced to death and that serious legal errors infect the administration of capital punishment: 156 people have been exonerated and released from death row. For every nine people executed in this country, one innocent person on death row has been identified and exonerated. In response to growing concerns about reliability, many states have suspended executions or experienced a decline in the use of capital punishment, but most Southern states have continued to condemn and execute large numbers of people who disproportionately are poor and racial minorities.
Policymakers are increasingly recognizing the death penalty as a prohibitively expensive policy that does not contribute to public safety. The evidence is clear that executions do not lower homicide rates; indeed, the South has the nation’s highest murder rate despite carrying out 81 percent of executions. (The Northeast, which has less than 1 percent of all executions, has the lowest murder rate.) Executions cost millions of dollars more than imposing life sentences, and polls show that a majority of Americans prefer life over death sentences. Seven states have abolished the death penalty since 2007, the governors in four states have halted executions, and the death sentencing rate has dropped dramatically from 277 death sentences imposed in 1999 to just 49 in 2015 nationwide.

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text: The County Financial Management Committee consists of seven (7) members elected by the Commission. The committee consists of the County Mayor, Road Superintendent, Director of Schools and four (4) members elected by the Commission at its September meeting of each year for one (1) year terms. The four (4) members elected by the Commission may or may not be members of the Commission. The committee shall elect its own chair, and the Finance Director shall serve as secretary of the committee. The committee shall establish and approve policies, procedures and regulations for implementing a sound and efficient financial system for administering the funds of the county. The committee shall be elected by the Commission under the provisions of Rule 17.1. (TCA 5-21-104, Quarterly Minutes Book #24, dated November 19, 1984).

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The Court's verdict was delivered on 20 September, almost two years after the European Commission opened legal proceedings against Denmark. The Commission was joined in the case by the UK.
The Danish drinks packaging law was introduced in 1981. It requires beer, soft drinks, mineral waters and lemonade to be marketed only in returnable bottles - effectively imposing a ban on plastic containers. Each bottle type must be approved by the aut


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The dust jacket of Nnedi Okoraforâ€™s new book, â€œWho Fears Deathâ€ is artistically illustrated with a young woman profiled against a desert scene. Are those angel wings sprouting from her or are they something a little darker? Look closer, the wings will give you a hint about what lies inside the pages of this sci- fantasy thriller.
This is the first adult novel for Okorafor and although it is a coming of age story of a young African girl, Oneyesunwu, there are enough grisly depictions to make it adults only.Â
Horrific scenes of rape, genital mutilation and genocide are played out against a battle by a young woman to create a world worth living in. Oneyesunwuâ€™s name was chosen carefully by her mother. It means â€œwho fears deathâ€.
Oneyesunwu, a product of genocidal rape, is different and not just in a physical sense with lighter skin and facial characteristics which show her cross tribal parentage. Her mother recognizes that she is special in a magical way and destined to confront the genocidal holocaust of Africa. In many ways the book, set sometime in the future, is an alternate gender-bender Star Wars with a female protagonist out to change a much grimmer world. It has a pure science fiction quest mixed in with magical realism in large doses.
Okorafor is writing professor at Chicago State University, a graduate of the University of Illinois and a graduate of MSUâ€™s School of Journalism Masters program. She is the daughter of Nigerian-born parents and has written two previous young adult novels, â€œZahara the Windseekerâ€ and â€œThe Shadow Speakerâ€.
She recalls while at MSU pondering whether to pursue a career in journalism or to be a fiction writer. She had applied for both an internship with a Chicago daily newspaper and a slot in the prestigious Clarion Science Fiction Workshop. She was not chosen for the internship, but was accepted for the Workshop which at that time was held in East Lansing. It has since been moved to the West Coast.
She said it was the workshop that thrust her into the role of a writer and one she embraced full tilt. But it was the death of her dad that pushed her to write her newest book.
Â â€œThe workshop introduced me to Octavia Butler (African American science fiction writer who was an author-in residence) and while working on my Masters I did a lot of writing.
I admitted to myself that I was a writer and came out of that closet.â€
Okoraforâ€™s science fiction writing may have been strongly influenced by Octavia Butler, but her writing style and dark thematic approach is comparable to horror-master Stephen King.
The author says about her new book, â€œThis one was differentâ€.
â€œI felt it was dictated to me-it just came.
It was as if I wanted to find out what happened next.â€
She said she had â€œnightmaresâ€ about some of the themes as she edited them.
Also while on campus she has fond recollections of working for Ray Walsh at Curious Book Shop in East Lansing. The bookstore is noted for their collection of the science fiction genre.
â€œI still have my t-shirts from the store.â€
Â At MSU she credits her discovery of the MSU Special Collections and the Africana Collection of the Library with influencing her writing which complemented the African folk tales she heard from family members while growing up.
Okorafor will be at Schuler Books and Music in the Eastwood Towne Center, Wednesday, June 2 Â at 7 p.m.

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Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., said his concern with President Donald Trump's firing of FBI Director Jim Comey is the FBI probe into potential Russian interference in the U.S. election could have been coming closer to finding out the facts.
"The FBI investigation is picking up speed, and my concern, and the concern of many of my colleagues, is that the FBI director was fired because he was beginning to get too close," Coons said Thursday on CNN's "New Day," according to The Hill.
The senator said the firing could have been an attempt to impede the investigation.
"This is a deeply concerning moment where either the president has fired the FBI director because he didn't like how he treated Hillary Clinton, or there's a real attempt at obstructing justice going on here," Coons said.
While Attorney General Jeff Sessions had recused himself from the Russia probe, he appeared to be involved with Comey's firing, as President Trump sought his advice.
"My concern is that this looks like a politically motivated firing: where an attorney general, who had recused himself, interjected himself; where a president who had personal motivations to try and end an investigation into collusion between his campaign and the Russians, took a politically motivated action," the senator said.
Concerns remain an FBI investigation will not be impartial, Coons added.
"If we can't clear that cloud, how will the public, how will those of us in the Senate, have confidence in whatever conclusion the FBI reaches?" he said.
At another point during the "New Day" interview, Coons said a special counsel is a must in the White House/Russia investigation.
"The most important thing here is for all of us in the Senate to get to the bottom of why Comey was fired," Coon told CNN. "If President Trump doesn't nominate as the next director of the FBI someone who is independent, someone who is a career federal prosecutor, then I think the questions are only going to get louder, and the demands for an independent counsel are only going to get stronger and more bipartisan."
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Featuring Jenelle Esparza
Contemporary at Blue Star Art Museum announces “Ancestral Archetypes,” an exhibition by San Antonio, TX based artist Jenelle Esparza, from July 2 through August 3, 2014. An Opening Reception will take place Wednesday, July 2nd from 6:00 to 8:00 pm and is open and free to the public. A First Thursday reception will be held the following evening, July 3rd from 6:00 to 8:00 pm.
Jenelle Esparza is an artist originally from Corpus Christi, TX. She received a BFA in photography from UTSA in 2010 and continues to exhibit annually. Though primarily a photographer, she also works in multi-media installation and creates abstract photo-based pieces. Her work was recently included in the inaugural exhibit Contemporary Latino Art: El Corazon de San Antonio at Texas A&M University San Antonio-Educational and Cultural Arts Center. She currently manages her photography studio and works for local artists and arts organizations.
Currently I work with the inherent textures of humans and nature to show their archetypal qualities that are encrypted in everything natural. There are stories written in the lines of our palms and in the tree trunks, leaves, and mountain ranges of the world. As I work with this subject I find myself studying the ancestry and identity of people, land masses, and other organic forms of life through their inherent textures and recognizing their connectedness. In this series, Ancestral Archetypes, I continue this ongoing theme using the silhouetted figures of real people paired with the gardens, plants, and natural surroundings near their homes and attempt to tell the stories of a few women subliminally through their enigmatic shadows.


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2019 Infiniti Q60 Red Sport Awd - The newest era of the games vehicle 2018-2019 Infiniti Q60 model year is exhibited in Detroit as a characteristic of the North National Global Auto Show 2016.The newest 2019 Infiniti Q60 was noted for curiosity about the vehicle exhibition alongside the surviving overhaul of the sub-stage vehicle Infiniti Q50 and the hybrid Infiniti QX60.The newest model Q60 from Infiniti will go reduced in America in late-spring this year, and to Russia the awareness are certain to get closer from the pre-winter of 2016. The price of still another era of Japanese two-entryway roadster advanced class is likely to be known quickly prior to the begin of offers. Meanwhile, we offer you to get at know the particular features and packages of the newest Infiniti Q60 , determine the look and within the oddity with the help of authority picture and movie materials.
During a recently available meeting, it had been proved that the world should expect the discharge of more Infiniti vehicle models. One of them could be the 2019 Infiniti Q60 which will be redesigned to suit the requirements of the contemporary generation. Equally the outside and interior is likely to be revamped as can the technological features. Over all, this model is likely to be labeled as a luxury sedan which will be superior to the prior editions. This sharp and stylish model may have the next to offer.
In regards to exterior of the 2019 Infiniti Q60 , this model is going to hit the market as a luxury sport coupe with an original human anatomy design. As we've mentioned previously, the newest Q60 is likely to be really contemporary and beautiful, especially for young buyers. This two-door coupe will appear greater in dimensions, but it may also be lighter that'll also improve its velocity, performance and over all performance. It will undergo some significant changes and changes when it comes to exterior style and appear far better than its predecessor. Its restyled human anatomy can display some sharper and curvier features. The newest Q60 can seem physical and powerful, especially in the leading fascia. You will detect its trapezoidal grille with chrome facts and greater chilling system. It will also get renovated LED headlamps with LED day running lights. This stylish coupe can stand on 19-inch aluminum wheels as standard.
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This luxury coupe gets an EPA-estimated 19 mpg in the city and 28 mpg on the highway. The Red Sport 400 earnings related estimates of 20 mpg in the city and 27 mpg on the highway. Those rankings are subpar for the class, as much rivals including the Mercedes-Benz C-Class and Lexus RC cost less at the pump. But, that is because most of the Q60's rivals have common four-cylinder engines. Rivals with six-cylinder motors tend to have similar estimates.
This coupe has a twin-turbo V6 engine that creates 300 horsepower in most trims nevertheless the Red Sport 400, wherever it creates – you got it – 400 horsepower. A seven-speed automated indication is standard. Without heart-racing, the base engine is perfectly great for town and road driving. The more powerful version in the Red Sport model produces only a little added punch. The beds base Infiniti Q60 gets gasoline estimates of 19 mpg in the city and 28 mpg on the highway. Those numbers are substandard for the class.
Infiniti provides the Q60 in three cut degrees: Pure , Luxe , and Red Sport 400. Each cut gives exactly the same twin-turbocharged V6 engine , though it makes 100 more horsepower in the performance-oriented Red Sport model. The four-cylinder engine provided in earlier types has been concluded for the 2019 model year.
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The Infiniti Q60 Pure has an MSRP of $40,750, and it comes common with a 300-horsepower twin-turbo V6 engine. Inside, you'll receive a dual-screen infotainment program having an 8-inch touchscreen and a 7-inch one, a six-speaker stereo, HD Radio, satellite radio, two USB slots, Bluetooth, and a rearview camera. Push-button begin, closeness keyless entry, dual-zone automated environment control, synthetic leather seats, and an eight-way power-adjustable driver's seat will also be standard.
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The Infiniti Q60 Luxe has a starting MSRP of $44,900. It builds down the Pure's equipment number with a 13-speaker Bose stereo, a moonroof, ahead collision caution, automated emergency braking, and pedestrian detection.
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So ok—let’s talk about illegal logging.
The logging trade in general, of course, is a booming industry, and there are ways in which trees can be cut down and harvested while keeping a close eye on the effects. Many systems within the logging business involve carefully choosing how many trees can be harvested from areas without too drastically or negatively affecting the ecosystem, often even repopulating the trees by planting saplings in the place of the trees that had just been cut. These systems also identify which types of trees can be harvested— avoiding the ones that are rare, endangered, or take 70 years to grow and reach their prime.
One of the biggest problems with illegal logging is that, well—no one is keeping track of it. By the simple fact that it is ILLEGAL (that is, happening under the radar) there’s no way to regulate how many trees are being cut down and sold, no way to step in and say ‘that’s way too many, you guys, you’re really messing with the way this rainforest is functioning as a unit.’ Not to mention the fact that illegal loggers are often cutting down trees that are endangered, rare, or that take almost half a century to re-grow back to the state in which they are functioning in their maximum capacity.
Now, to be perfectly honest, the legal ways of doing this are not perfect (and we will discuss this in much greater detail in future posts)—but at least with SOME degree of regulation, scientists and government agencies and other outside watchdog groups can keep a close eye on whether or not too many trees (or the wrong kind of trees) are being cut down.
There’s also the economics of it. If the market of logged trees is over-saturated with these black-market, poached trees, the value of the legally harvested trees goes down. That’s not good for anyone—the loggers who are trying to just do their job, the local and federal governments of the countries with these rainforests, the locals in these rainforest areas and the logging/wood industry in general.
According to World Resources Institute—
"A recent report by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and Interpol, estimates that illegal activity accounts for 50 to 90 percent of all logging in these key areas – a criminal trade worth $30-100 billion annually worldwide."
But wait, there’s more! This quote comes from the Orangutan Foundation International, citing the 1998 G8 on forest management:
“Illegal logging robs national and subnational governments, forest owners and local communities of significant revenues and benefits, damages forest ecosystems, distorts timber markets and forest resource assessments and acts as a disincentive to sustainable forest management. International trade in illegally harvested timber including transfer pricing, under invoicing and other illegal practices, exacerbates the problem of illegal logging.The magnitude of illegal logging is significant. Research indicates that over 70 per cent of timber processed in Indonesia comes from illegal sources.”
Illegal logging is a big problem. And up until now, the systems in place for trying to stop/combat it have been pretty ineffective. There have been satellites that zoom in on the top-view of the rainforests, but the problem is that they have only been able to identify the areas being cut down AFTER they’d been cut down. At that point, the damage has been done—those trees are now logs, the rainforest is that much smaller, the ecosystem has been damaged, and the logging market is again filled with these poached trees lowering the value of all the other trees being exported.

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Discussion in 'Games, Jokes, and Fun!' started by kittykittykitty, Oct 15, 2011.
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At a glance
THE BRITISH EMPIRE AND THE SECOND WORLD WAR
by Ashley Jackson
Hambledon Continuum £25 pp622
It’s easy to forget that, in the summer of 1940, Britain didn’t stand alone against Hitler’s forces. Across the world there were 500m people in the British Empire and they were also at war, however reluctantly in many cases, with Germany. Ashley Jackson’s vast and ambitious narrative is an attempt to place the second world war in an imperial context and show how men and women from sub-Saharan Africa to New Zealand, drawn into a truly global struggle, played their parts in eventual victory. Winston Churchill always saw the war in imperial terms. The fact that the empire, apart from a few scattered islands, no longer exists means that today we find it difficult to do so. Jackson’s well-researched and wide-ranging book goes some way towards redressing the balance.
by Roger Moorhouse

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The UK’s emergency services are at risk of a major cyber-attack. This is the finding of a new landscape analysis, issued by intelligence provider Anomali. The UK Threat Landscape report, which explores the UK’s Critical National Infrastructure (CNI) against threats and possible vulnerabilities, points to a number of weak spots in the UK which could attract an attack. One of the most notable, in addition to the emergency services, is the Defence Equipment and Supply … More
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The Bayelsa State Government has condemned the dumping of newborn babies at refuse dumpsites within Yenagoa and its environs.
Commissioner for Environment, Gbaranbiri Iselema, made the condemnation while featuring on the public affairs programme of Rhythm 94.7FM in Yengaoa on Saturday.
Iselema said that the ministry had buried no fewer than nine dead newborn babies picked from various refuse dumpsites between January and this month.
He vowed that the government would punish severely anyone caught, warning those who engage in the unfortunate act to desist from it.
Iselema said, “We have this challenge of some unscrupulous people turning the Prosperity Administration into a burial committee.They drop dead newborn babies at our dumpsites.
“I want to tell Bayelsans that we have put a machinery in place and once they are caught, they will meet us in court and explain why they are killing our babies and dumping them at receptacles. That we will do.
“Since January till this month, the ministry has buried nine dead newborn babies dumped at dumpsites within the Yengaoa metropolis.”
The Environment Commissioner also said his ministry had stopped the menace of the use of tyres by some operators of abbatoirs to roast goat, ram and cow meat for consumption by members of the public.
He said the present administration was determined to make the state capital the cleanest city in Nigeria.


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Responding to changing notions of cultural identity
How should the UK cultural sector respond to changing notions of identity, ownership and access across the world? This document considers issues such as ownership of cultural items and restitution of objects in museum collections, access in the context of a culturally diverse society, and what it means to form partnerships outside the cultural sector - including corporate social responsibility (CSR).
The Museum of London is notable for its unilateral programme of the reburial of human remains in its collection. In November 2004 the museum was expected to bury 350 human remains in the City of London Cemetery atManor Park. The bones came from the burial ground of St Nicholas-by-the Shambles, Newgate Street and are disarticulated bones of “no scientific value.” The Museum’s Director holds strong views on this subject and has further plans for reburial. However, reburial or storage on a religious site would not take place before a scientific survey of the bones has been conducted. The museum recently established a Centre for Human BioArchaeology, which is being funded with a £435,000 grant from the Wellcome Trust. Details of all the bones will be recorded.


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- signed and unsigned Quality Ship Portraits and Marine Art from the 18th and 19th and early 20th century (until appox. 1920), exceptional Maritime Antiques
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By Ha’penny Bridge
A group of friends wait to cross the street on the approach to Ha’penny Bridge which is a pedestrian footbridge over the Liffey. They have just left the area of Dublin known as Temple Bar where you can explore narrow streets full of old pubs, cafés and galleries.
The place I always head for first of all is Meeting house Square for the National Gallery Photographic Archive, and the Photographers Gallery. Along Essex Street can be found a couple of small galleries selling photo books. Apart from which, Temple Bar is perfect for street photography.

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Red Velvet balayage-- dark roots with vibrant burgundy ends. Done by Renée Spinale at The Dollhouse.
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Thursday, 01 December 2022 04:39 PM
July 29, 2018 19:42 pm
NEW ORLEANS, July 29: Two armed individuals wearing hoodies walked up to a crowd gathered Saturday evening outside a strip mall in New Orleans and opened fire, killing three people and wounding seven more, the police chief said.
October 29, 2016 17:40 pm
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have sold their home in the New Orleans’ French Quarter.


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Lately at work I have been daydreaming about how I could get myself fired. I never thought I would want to be fired before this job.
My answer to most things in my life right now “I don’t give a fuck”.
I have seen so many posts on here about social justice and equality, and honestly half of the content makes me extremely angry. I find it supremely wrong to categorize any type of people in any negative way. People are who they are and should be able to express themselves openly, but some need to learn where the line is of their thoughts and others. People do not always agree, and it doesn’t need to become a huge debate. Accept that that is their beliefs or feelings, even if they are not yours, and move on. That one person is not going to destroy the world with their beliefs. And honestly you creating an internet fight isn’t going to change anything either. As for the whole how one dresses situation: if you dress a certain way you will be perceived a certain way. It’s a simple truth. Do you wear sweats to a job interview? No. Because it sets an impression. If you are ok with knowing how people will perceive you and you feel hot; more power to you, but both men and women will be judge on what they are (or are not) wearing in some way by every person they encounter. In connection rape is never ok for any gender no matter what the person is wearing, and one can never be blamed for that occurring to them. There is a difference between prejudice and discrimination that people need to learn. It is not ok to discriminate against any person based on race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, or age. Your actions are what define you not your private thoughts. No one wants to hear your hate speech, so keep it to yourself. People need to stop being so sensitive and take responsibility for themselves. End rant.

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Niklas Backstrom will start for the first time since October 27 when the Wild meet the Flames in Calgary Tuesday night. Josh Harding has started in goal and led the Wild on their current four game winning streak. Harding says he understands because Backstrom is Minnesota's "go-to-guy."
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With my own failed attempt at a bushcraft paddle this past summer, I was inspired by this nearly century old bushcraft paddle on display at the Canadian Canoe Museum that has a bit of significant history. It was carved by George Douglas, who led an Arctic expedition in 1911 to search for minerals in the Coppermine River watershed. His book about the journey entitled, Lands forlorn : a story of an expedition to Hearne's Coppermine River, is noteworthy for its attention to detail and superb photographs. An online copy of the book is available at Archive.org. The paddle carved from knotted spruce is quite weathered but still looks functional. Curious to note an absence of any grip.
I'm an avid canoeist and general "outdoorsy type" guy with a bit of an artistic side. Recently started this hobby of making custom canoe paddles after my disappointing experience with most commercial brands. This site documents various styles of single blade canoe paddles I've made or researched as well as other canoe related info I've stumbled across on my internet wanderings. Hope you enjoy your visit.


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Villa in Isle sur la Sorgue in the Luberon.
Natural area marked by a diffuse residential housing and characterized by the protection of natural areas, the villa sits on a plot of 30 acres approximately, wooded, fenced and beautifully landscaped multiple Provencal plants.
Close to shops and joyous summer vibrant city center, it is with pleasure that you will find your villa in an environment devoid of all nuisances, including noise. Only the cicadas will accompany you in your dreams
An electric gate opens on the property, which has a neat parking area to park several vehicles and a complementary space under shady pines.
In the park, shaded at any time of day, a forest table welcomes you; depending on your mood you can relax, you drink, read, watch the kids playing in the pool. The latter (12 x 5 x 5. 1. 5) secured by an electric cover is surrounded by a beautiful paved beach travertine which continues with a lawn (automatic watering system).
Other shaded areas on different levels held up by carved stone walls offer to favor the space you want to occupy.
In raised with respect to the pool, enjoy the large terrace of 38 sqm south facing with a barbecue and a pizza oven. Sheltered from the sun by an arbor covered with canisse, you can enjoy a beautiful view of the Petit Luberon massif and the Alpilles.
Inside, in a neat setting, take pleasure in relaxing in the bright living-dining room opening onto the terrace (flat screen TV, box Internet with Wi-Fi), testing recipes from Provence in the open kitchen fully equipped (American fridge-freezer, 4 induction homes, oven, microwave, dishwasher, small appliances).
4 rooms are available: a master suite with 160/200 bed and ensuite bathroom (basin, shower, toilet), 1 bedroom with bed 160/200, 2 twin bedrooms with 2 beds of 90/200. Beds are made on arrival.
All rooms equipped with mosquito nets and ceiling fans, enjoy plenty of storage space
A second bathroom with double sinks, shower, tub and toilet.
A third toilet located in the lobby.
Laundry room with washing machine, additional fridge, ironing board and iron, vacuum cleaner.
2 car garage.
An ideal base to enjoy the beauty of Provence: Gordes 12 km, 7 km from Fontaine Vaucluse, Roussillon 20 km, 25 km Avignon, Les Baux de Provence 22 km, 40 km Ventoux.


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Shimla (April 16): A Himachal Day chopper flight conducted yesterday and arranged by State General Administration Department, landed in controversy following an allegation leveled by opposition Congress leaders on a minister for using it for personal purpose.
Himachal Pradesh Panchayati Raj and Rural Development Minister Jai Ram Thakur, who had yesterday attended a district-level Himachal Pradesh Day function at Keylong along with his two daughters, has been dragged into controversy following scarcity of chopper flights to snowbound tribal Lahaul-Spiti district after protest lodged by a local Congress leader over use of government chopper for the minister’s kin while people in the mountain-locked tribal were in trouble due to lack of air connectivity.
Talking to HimVani, state GAD secretary Ajai Bhandari said that a complaint has come to his notice on the basis of media reports that the minister allegedly used the government chopper for personal purpose while it was meant for VIP visit to Keylong on Himachal Pradesh Day. He said that department would look into the matter whether chopper fare could be charged from the minister.
Talking to media persons over this controversy, Jai Ram Thakur expressed his willingness to bear the chopper fare as it was also used by his two teenage daughters besides him to attend the Himachal Pradesh Day function in which he was invited as chief guest on behalf of the district administration.
District spokesperson of the state government Sher Singh said that no one from the Congress lodged protest during the function but some activists did raise the issue later on.

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What is superficies utility right? In the past, building rights have often been established for the construction of utilities. A building and planting right allows you to own or acquire buildings, plants or other things in or on someone else's property. Another word for building rights is right in rem. Utilities are the costs concerning the consumption of gas, water, electricity or other energy for which the tenant has its own meter. Find out all about superficies utility right here.
The reason that building rights have been established for utilities is to prevent sewer pipes, water pipes, power lines or gas lines from becoming the property of the landowner.
For example, when you build a house on someone else's land, that house becomes the property of the landowner. This is called "natrekking" (5:20(1) jo 3:3 jo 5:3 BW). The law states that ownership of land also includes buildings and works on or in this land.
If you want to prevent accession, you must establish building rights. The building rights prevent the landowner from becoming the owner of a house or other property built on the land. The ownership of the property is separated from the ownership of the land.
Because a provision was included in the law in 2007 that regulates the ownership of networks (5:20 paragraph 2), fewer utility building rights are established than before. The reduction in utility building rights is because nowadays a network operator owns his network if he can prove that he has authority to build the network. In other words, whether he obtained permission to carry out and maintain the work. Nevertheless, it is still quite common for network operators to legally regulate the construction and maintenance of their facilities through a building lease.
If a building right has been established on a plot where you want to perform work, it is important to consult the relevant notarial deed. This is because the work to be performed may conflict with the right of the encumbrancer. Read more about the building rights to utilities on part of a plot in the knowledge article.

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Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press
Republicans in Congress are making the politically brazen bet that it’s more advantageous to oppose President Joe Biden’s ambitious “Rebuild America” agenda than to lend support for the costly $2.3 trillion undertaking for roads, bridges and other infrastructure investments.
Much the way Republicans provided no votes for the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill, they plan to stay on the sidelines for this next big lift by the White House, forcing Democrats to take full ownership of the massive package of spending and corporate tax hikes that Biden wants approved over the summer. Both sides are digging in this week as Biden shows no signs adjusting to satisfy Republican leaders, instead appealing directly to their constituents.
“They know we need it,” Biden said of the Republicans Monday as he returned to Washington.
The president did not close the door on negotiations but vowed to “push as hard as I can” for the plan. “Everybody around the world is investing billions and billions of dollars in infrastructure, and we’re going to do it here,” he said.
That leaves Biden and congressional Republicans on a collision course, the outcome of which could define the parties and his presidency. The GOP strategy is reminiscent of their Obama-era stance that helped sour voters on the Democratic president and his Congress more than a decade ago. Then and now Republicans are intent on saddling Democrats with responsibility for all the taxes and spending to come, much as they did the 2009 rescue after the economic crisis, framing it as government overreach that piles on debt.
Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell declared plainly on Monday that Biden’s plan is “something we’re not going to do.” Speaking to reporters in Kentucky, McConnell said Republicans could support a “much more modest” approach, and one that doesn’t rely on corporate tax hikes to pay for it. But it’s not at all certain the GOP playbook that worked more than a decade ago will produce the same political gains this time around. Voters appear tired of the partisan stalemate in Washington. Many live in the country’s run-down areas and are signaling they are initially supportive of Biden’s approach to governing, at least on the virus aid package.
Sen. Roy Blunt a member of Senate GOP leadership, said Sunday a smaller infrastructure package of about $615 billion, or 30% of what Biden is proposing, could find bipartisan backing from Republicans if the White House did way with the new tax and relied on user fees or other ways to pay for the spending.
Under the Biden plan, the corporate tax rate would rise back to 28% — not fully reversing the Trump-era GOP tax cut on big business but settling on a middle ground from what had been a 35% rate before Republicans approved the 2017 tax overhaul. It’s now at 21%,
Rather than shy from a new era of bigger government, Democratic leaders in Congress are embracing it, believing they can bypass the GOP blockade on Capitol Hill and make the case directly to Americans hungry for investments in homes, communities and livelihoods, especially as China and other rival countries make advancements.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi compares Biden’s plan to the far-reaching aims of presidents before him — from Thomas Jefferson’s efforts to build the Erie Canal to Teddy Roosevelt’s designs on a national park system.
Progressives want Biden to go even bigger. Sen. Bernie Sanders said Sunday he expects more funding to combat climate change and is pushing to include his own proposal to expand Medicare with dental, vision and hearing aid care for seniors.
As Congress hunkers down to begin drafting the legislation for Biden’s proposal, both parties will be put the test.
When voters narrowed House Democrats’ 35-seat majority to just nine in last year’s election, Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s job got harder. Conventional wisdom had it that she’d have to tread carefully with Democrats’ famously restive caucus,
Joe Biden wants to help us all, although he hasn’t figured out how to do it yet. Of course, it’s early in his presidency and maybe he will learn if he refuses phone calls from Sen. Bernie Sanders. But, in a unifying, civil way, this Neanderthal
The launch by US Democrats of a long-overdue impeachment investigation into the current occupant of the White House has also resulted in a scandal which could force their
The UAE’s handling of the coronavirus crisis has been exemplary, to say the least. Unlike countries such as America, India or Brazil, it has succeeded in keeping a lid on further infections. The total number of deaths are less than 1,600, which is a creditable achievement.
For many, life in New Zealand’s capital Wellington is largely back to normal. Its windswept streets are crowded with maskless shoppers and office workers, bars are packed and the economy is humming along. In the distinctive “Beehive” parliament
When he launched his campaign to become Florida’s governor in January 2018, few expected Ron DeSantis to prevail in America’s toughest political battleground. The 39-year-old congressman was largely unknown outside his Daytona Beach district.
“I just can’t wait to speak to her teacher once they’re back in. I want to know how my daughter’s doing. I want to know how she compares to the rest of her class.” This is a quote from a focus group that I ran last month to find out how parents had got on as


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Quidditch, the real-life “sport” based on the made-up sport, is seeking to move away from associations with its creator, superstar Harry Potter author-turned-widely despised TERF-y tweeter J.K. Rowling. Two official Quidditch organizations announced last week that they were seeking a name change for the sport in the hopes of securing more sponsorship and broadcast opportunities, as well as to “distance themselves from the works of J.K. Rowling … who has increasingly come under scrutiny for her anti-trans positions in recent years,” per a news release joint-published by US Quidditch (USQ) and Major League Quidditch (MLQ).
“Our sport has developed a reputation as one of the most progressive sports in the world on gender equality and inclusivity, in part thanks to its gender maximum rule, which stipulates that a team may not have more than four players of the same gender on the field at a time,” the organizations wrote in the statement. “Both organizations feel it is imperative to live up to this reputation in all aspects of their operations and believe this move is a step in that direction.”
As a refresher for those who do not have the rules of real Quidditch — that is, the imaginary version — burned into their brains from participating heavily in the Harry Potter fandom during their formative years, this is a team sport played on flying broomsticks, in which Chasers shoot Quaffles through goal-hoops for points, Beaters send Bludgers hurling at opponents, and Seekers hunt for the elusive golden Snitch. The real-life version is basically like that, except it is played on the ground, with regular broomsticks clenched between players’ thighs.
And as a refresher for those who have not spared a single thought toward J.K. Rowling since the last time she did something of literary significance (revealing that Dumbledore is gay), the author has burned through a remarkable amount of fan and public goodwill in the past few years as her flirtation with “gender critical” feminism has morphed into a fixation on “biological sex” and a full-blown panic about trans activism.
USQ and MLQ are apparently only entertaining new names that will allow them to keep their current acronyms. Potential names they listed on an open survey include Quickball, Quadball, Quicker, Quidball, Quidstrike, and Quadrabell. May I suggest, instead, Broomyball? Sweephoop? Seekersweeper? Snitchass? FKA-JKR-stan-ball? I’m not a naming expert. My point is, don’t feel married to “Q.” In fact, in today’s environment, there are few letters I would recommend less for a rebrand.


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The Dow Jones added 251 points or 0.9% to 28,838, up from a deep decline. The S&P 500 climbed 57 points or 1.6% to 3534. The Nasdaq jumped 296 points or 2.6% to 11,876. The current prospects are that Dow Jones will decline in 2021.
The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the United States was worth 21,427 billion US dollars in 2019, according to official data from the World Bank and projections from Trading Economics. The GDP value of the United States represents 17.65 percent of the world economy.
GDP per capita PPP in the United States is expected to reach 59,770 USD by the end of 2020, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the United States GDP per capita PPP is projected to trend around 60,500USD in 2021 and 61,100 USD in 2022, according to our econometric models.
Wage Growth in the United States is expected to be -2.00 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. Looking forward, we estimate Wage Growth in the United States to stand at 2.80 in 12 months time. In the long-term, the United States Wages and Salaries Growth is projected to trend around 5.80 percent in 2021 and 3.60 percent in 2022.