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The number of new coronavirus cases reported globally dropped by 16% in the last week, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
The WHO also said in its weekly conference that deaths due to COVID-19 had fallen by 10% globally.
A number of countries in Europe -- including Denmark, Sweden, and the UK -- have already lifted all COVID-19 restrictions, as vaccination rates continue to climb.
But the WHO has repeated that it is too early to declare the pandemic over and warned that the coronavirus could still mutate into more dangerous variants if it is allowed to continue spreading.
Here is our summary of the latest pandemic situation across the continent.
France to abolish facemasks and vaccine passes
French Prime Minister Jean Castex announced on Thursday that the country would soon remove further COVID-19 restrictions.
From 14 March, face masks would only be required on public transport while vaccine health passes would not be needed to enter most venues.
Proof of vaccination will still be needed to enter French hospitals, health centres, and retirement homes, Castex added.
The vaccine pass was introduced in France on 24 January amid a surge in coronavirus cases, due to the highly contagious Omicron variant.
But the country has slowly eased measures as infection rates continue to fall following the winter spike.
"The situation is improving thanks to our collective efforts, thanks to the measures we have taken," the French Prime Minister told TF1.
"The conditions are right for a new phase of easing measures," he added.
On Wednesday, France recorded 53,152 new COVID-19 infections, compared to more than 70,000 one week earlier.
The pressure is also easing on the hospitals, where just 2,329 people are in critical care, according to official figures.
Austria's health minister resigns over pandemic threats
Wolfgang Mückstein has resigned as Austria's health minister, stating that he is no longer able to carry out the role.
"In recent weeks I can't give 100 per cent," Mückstein told a press conference in Vienna on Thursday.
The 47-year-old was only appointed as health minister last April but says he and his family have received constant threats during the COVID-19 pandemic.
"It's not bearable for long that you can't leave the house without police protection," he said, adding that the situation was "extremely stressful".
According to the Austrian news agency APA, Mückstein will be replaced by another Green party MP Johannes Rauch.
The previous Austrian health minister Rudolf Anschober also resigned saying his role in handling the COVID-19 pandemic had left him "exhausted".
Turkey relaxes mask mandate amid a drop in cases
Turkish authorities have lifted a requirement to wear facemasks in open-air or ventilated spaces, where social distancing can be maintained.
But Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said citizens would be required to continue wearing masks on planes, buses, and trains as well as in theatres, cinemas, hospitals, and school classrooms.
But Turkey has also stopped shutting down classes when two or more students have tested positive for the virus.
Only those people who are displaying symptoms would now be tested for COVID-19, Koca told reporters.
The easing of restrictions comes amid a decline in coronavirus infections and hospitalisations, according to official figures.
But some physicians have warned that cases in Turkey are still high and not enough people have been fully vaccinated. By Wednesday, around 85% of the adult Turkish population has received two doses of a COVID-19 jab.
Spain exceeds 100,000 coronavirus deaths, says ministry
Spain has passed the grim 100,000 mark in deaths from COVID-19, the Health Ministry announced on Wednesday.
The EU member state was one of the worst hit by the first wave of the pandemic in Europe in 2020.
But authorities have since launched a vaccination campaign that has seen more than 91% of people aged over-12s fully inoculated.
Although Spain was also hit by a surge in Omicron cases earlier this year, the number of deaths and hospitalisations remained relatively low.
On Wednesday, the health ministry stated that it recorded 154 new deaths and 18,803 new cases in the previous 24 hours.
The Spanish government began easing anti-virus measures in December, before lifting all restrictions last month amid an improving situation.
Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said on Monday that facemasks could "very soon" no longer be mandatory indoors.


By Dan Kilbridge | | 4 mins
Biden Now Strong Favorite To Win Nomination On 1st Ballot
Things moved very quickly for Joe Biden and the Democratic party. The former Vice President was +1000 to earn the Democratic nomination last week. Not last month. Not last year. Last week. As in, seven days before a Super Tuesday primary that rocketed Biden to the top of the odds list and made him the overwhelming favorite to earn the nod at -500 at 888sport's UK-facing betting site. Political betting is legal in Europe.
This was beyond unexpected. Pulling a 180-degree turn in one week after months of debates and primaries and polls in such fashion was unprecedented.
Bernie Sanders was thought to have a wide-open path to the nomination after a blowout win in the Nevada primary. He was the -167 favorite in 2020 US Presidential odds last week with former New York City mayor Mike Bloomberg a relatively close second. Biden was even with Buttigieg, who has since dropped out, and Hillary Clinton, who never entered the race, at +1000.
Oddsmakers Don’t See A Brokered Convention
888sport set the odds at -180 that the Democrats would pick their candidate on the first ballot and not have a brokered convention and +130 that it would go to a second ballot. Those odds were taken down by late afternoon, but Ladbrokes had even longer odds for those thinking it would take more than one roll call for the Democrats to have their nominee: +175.
It makes sense. Sanders is still leaking oil. Everything is going against him and Super Tuesday was disaster. Sanders is now +450 to earn the nomination after taking just three states, plus a likely victory in California expected once full results are in.
Biden won 10 states and cleaned up in some where he never even tried to compete. He won Maine. Maine! Sanders was -2000 to win Maine less than a week ago. Biden was +1400. And this happened all over the country. Super Tuesday whittled this down to a definitive two-man race thanks to remarkable timing for Biden, with Bloomberg dropping out and endorsing Biden.
Three months ago, I entered the race to defeat Donald Trump. Today, I'm leaving for the same reason. Defeating Trump starts with uniting behind the candidate with the best shot to do it. It's clear that is my friend and a great American, @JoeBiden. pic.twitter.com/cNJDIQHS75— Mike Bloomberg (@MikeBloomberg) March 4, 2020
The South Carolina primary just days before Super Tuesday, the dropouts and ensuing endorsements. Candidates can run all the ads they want and establish well-executed ground games in key states, but they can’t create momentum out of thin air. Biden had momentum for days and just flipped the race on its head with one of the craziest political turnarounds of all-time.
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Clyburn Endorsement Turned The Tide
Biden’s resurgence started with promising polls in South Carolina, the state in which Biden went all in. He guaranteed victory in S.C. during the debate even if others thought Sanders would give him a serious run.
Democratic Majority Whip and South Carolina representative James E. Clyburn then endorsed Biden with an incredibly passionate address, tears welling in his eyes. As one of the most respected leaders in the Palmetto State, particularly within the black community, the importance of Clyburn’s wholehearted support cannot be overstated. It energized the community and might have saved Biden’s campaign.
Others piled on with endorsements and Biden won South Carolina with a whopping 48.4 percent of the vote. That boosted Biden’s odds to +175 to win the nomination as he established himself as a clear-cut second behind Sanders.
Endorsements from Pete Buttigieg and Amy Klobuchar at a Monday rally further propelled Biden and added to his base, with most Buttigieg/Klobuchar supporters presumably switching to Biden.


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The Time for Tuna
What’s better than a fat tuna steak just barely grilled on either side? Well, you might say Tuna Crackers or a nice cut of Yellowfin on a sandwich with wasabi mayo. It’s certainly open to debate.
Having the best and freshest fish is of upmost importance to us, across all of our restaurants and every type of fish, though tuna is perhaps the most important. It’s a trophy species for recreational anglers but also a main target of the longline boats that fish out of Viking Village and Lighthouse Marina in Barnegat Light.
As if September and October aren’t magical enough around Long Beach Island, it’s when we see the most pelagic fish come into the docks of Barnegat Light.
“Our local longliners bring in yellow fin, and big eye and Bluefin. Sometimes it’s as much as 25,000 pounds,” says Robbie Robinson of Cassidy’s Fish Market at Viking Village.
Robbie is the wholesaler for all of our restaurants. The best fish for our restaurants are usually the 40-60 pounders. Eateries in Philly and New York tend to like the bigger guys.
Viking Village is one of only a few commercial fishing docks in the Mid-Atlantic, an outpost that goes back to the first Scandinavian settlers on Long Beach Island. We don’t get all of our fish locally year-round, but when the bite is on, we’re all about it. Among the local longline fleet are the F/V Monica, Frances Ann, Showboat, Eaglet and the Alexandria Dawn. Captains usually go out for 5-14 days at a time. It’s a balance to fill the boat but get the fish back so it’s still the freshest possible.
What we call “local” are fish caught out at the Hudson Canyon, 80 miles offshore, which is a lot closer than fishing grounds like the Grand Banks. Dropping down to over 10,000 feet deep, it’s a pool of nutrients fed by the Gulf Stream full of food for tuna. Fish caught in the cooler pockets tend to be of better quality.
Longliners put out 25-miles of line with 700 baited hooks, let it set for 6-10 hours, and then haul it in. The fish that are caught are butchered onboard, bled and packed with ice in the hold as soon as possible. The crew will run five “sets” to fill the ice hold before steaming back to the dock. In terms of product, the handling is as important as the catching.
When the boat is “packed out” the tuna are loaded onto the dock and graded. Tuna grading is something of a science and Viking Village’s Chris Sprague is a veteran. He takes core samples and judges the fish based on the hue and fat content.
“It’s about quality, color and clarity,” says Robinson. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLIfLnuvVeM&t=5s
Our Sesame Seared Tuna with sliced avocado, pineapple, soy glaze, over a soba noodle salad has been popular since we opened. Mud City's Grilled Tuna is a longtime favorite, marinated in our house sesame ginger soy. The seared tuna has always been a crowd pleaser at The Black Whale, Mud City and Ship Bottom Shellfish. Beach Haven folks love Rich’s Tuna Spring Rolls at the Whale.
We cook tuna to order, but when we have an affinity for rare or raw – sashimi style or poke. Among the most sought after plates this summer on LBI was the Tuna Crackers at Parker’s Garage - raw yellowfin on a Lavash cracker with avocado, sesame and citrus mayo. We discovered Hawaiian poke on our first trips to the Islands. At the Old Causeway, we serve it Hanalei-style over won ton chips. At Shellfish, they can’t seem to make enough of the Poke Nachos over warm tortillas with spicy mayo.
You can decide what’s your favorite, but fresh tuna is always a great choice any time you dine at the OC.

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San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) March 31, 2013
Zion Health, an industry leader of natural minerals skin care products has announced today the launch of Adama Minerals ClayDry Natural Deodorants without aluminum– at Feel Rite Food Markets located in Hamburg at 6000 South Park Ave., and at 2141 Delaware Ave., Buffalo, NY. ClayDry Deodorants contain a unique type of detox clay called bentonite montmorillonite; a natural combination of more than 57 trace minerals that are known to detoxify and purify the skin.
Zion Health’s natural clay deodorant line contains pure Calcium Montmorillonite clay also known as Kanwa. Calcium Montmorillonite has been scientifically tested to naturally absorb harmful bacteria and balance pH on the skin and inside the body. This rare clay is a naturally occurring mineral compound that originates in the earth’s crust. It is richly deposited in its active form in only a few places on the planet.
Adama Minerals Natural Clay Deodorant without aluminum is available at health food stores in the U.S., and Canada and online at http://www.kanwaminerals.com. Zion Health provides consumers with the purest, natural skin care products that are both safe for consumers and the environment. All Zion products are free of parabens, aluminum, and are formulated using certified organic ingredients whenever possible.
To become a Zion Health retailer or for more information on Zion Health products, go to: http://www.zionhealth.com.

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IBNA Special Report
Pristina, November 14, 2014/Independent Balkan News Agency
By Elton Tota
The high level of corruption, dishonest competition, lack of efficient taxing policies and the failure of the legal system continue to be the main barriers of doing business in Kosovo.
Experts of economic developments say that Kosovo is facing many challenges in order to offer a favorable business climate. According to them, economic stagnation may be a source of instability and an obstacle for economic development.
“Kosovo is facing many challenges in order to offer a favorable business climate. Our economic policies have not prioritized the business and private sector. The entire relation between the state and business has been reduced to the collection of taxes. As a result, there are abnormalities in applying the law, unequal competition, informality, tax evasion, corruption, bureaucracy and high cost of financing. We cannot have economic development with these conditions, but only instability, which may have serious consequences for the citizens and the country”, declared the notable analyst, Lumir Abdixhiku.
According to him, lack of institutions or the political deadlock, which has been existing in the country for several months, is contributing to this situation even more.
“The latest political situation and the failure to form new institutions for six months in a row has seriously damaged business climate. Of course, economic situation in Kosovo is very serious and that this political gridlock contributes even more to this situation”, Abdixhiku says.
Abdixhiku also stressed that as a result of the political crisis, Kosovo risks a financial collapse of the state.
Thomas Gnocchi from the EU office, expresses his concern about the political deadlock, which according to him, seriously damages the functioning of businesses in Kosovo.
“What investors demand is political stability. The more we continue like this, investors may think that this is not the right time to do business in Kosovo. We have been worried about figures that were issued a few weeks ago which had to do with the fall of foreign investments here… You must have a state that functions well and the state must carry out a number of economic reforms and reforms in the public administration, as this contributes to a positive business environment”, says Gnocchi.
The serious economic situation is also a concern for representatives of political parties in Kosovo.
Avdullah Hoti from the Democratic League of Kosovo says that businesses must have the necessary attention by institutions and policy makers, who must be at the service of businesses and not just see them as a source for the collection of taxes.
“It’s been five months that the economic has come to a gridlock. The situation is worsening and this has had an impact on national and international businesses, our international partners and potential investors, offering an unclear institutional, political and economic message for the country. With such situation, nobody would invest with such insecurities. The economic situation is worsening, number of businesses going bust is rising and the number of unemployed people is not falling, but rising”, says he.
Meanwhile, Besnik Bislimi from Self Determination, says that the majority of barriers have been caused directly and indirectly by the political class that has operated in Kosovo in the recent years.
“We pretend that we have macro-economic stability in an environment where 40% of people are unemployed and where corruption is endemic. We pretend that there’s financial stability or monetary stability, when businesses claim that the high cost of financing is the main barrier. We pretend stability when there are sufficient monetary reserves to fund only two months worth of imports and where 75% of revenues are collected on the border. At the same time, we say that we have social stability with the highest level of poverty in Europe. What we need right now is at least stability”, says Bislimi.
Jan-Peter Olters from the World Bank declares that the level of unemployment and trade deficit are the two weakest elements of the economy of Kosovo, which must be improved with the next government. /ibna/

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“This is absolutely historic, an epic landslide for pro-democracy Michiganders.”
That was the assessment of Jeff Timmer, a former Michigan GOP executive director now with the anti-Trump Lincoln Party, after seeing the midterm election results Wednesday morning.
Democrats in Michigan have made history for the first time in four decades by taking back control of both chambers of the state Legislature. Voters also reelected the entire Democratic ticket for governor, attorney general and secretary of state — who beat a slate of Republicans who repeatedly denied the results of the 2020 election former President Donald Trump lost to President Joe Biden.
And the victories came even after most pundits predicted a national “red wave” that could even crash in Michigan, even though top Democrats had consistently led Republicans in polling here.
Many election experts and political strategists in Michigan pointed to the newly redrawn districts, the support for the pro-abortion rights Proposal 3 and Republican voters pulling away from Trump-style candidates for the big wins among Democrats.
How new maps created ‘competitive races’
In 2018, voters approved Proposal 2, which created the Michigan Michigan Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission to redraw the state’s gerrymandered state and congressional districts.
Election experts now are saying that played a role in Democrats’ wins, but not because the maps necessarily favored Democrats. In fact, many Democrats, especially African Americans, were critical of the new maps for not having enough seats that were representative of their communities.
Nancy Wang, the executive director of Voters Not Politicians, the group behind the 2018 Proposal 2, said the new maps “rebalanced the scale.”
Voters Not Politicians, as part of the Promote the Vote coalition, had another constitutional amendment proposal on the ballot in 2022. Proposal 2, which voters passed on Tuesday with about 60% support, requires nine days of early in-person voting, allows military or overseas ballots to be counted if postmarked by Election Day and provides voters the right to verify identity with photo ID or a signed affidavit.
“It’s a dramatic change for our state, because we’ve never seen a fair election like this before,” Wang said of Tuesday’s election with the newly redrawn maps.
This story was originally published by Michigan Advance. Read more here: https://michiganadvance.com/2022/11/11/in-michigan-red-wave-spin-gives-way-to-a-blue-blowout/

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Wednesday, March 11 @ 9:15 am - 10:15 am
Plenary Panel: State of the Border: An Expansion of Historical Efforts – A Transitional Approach – Transformational Change?
A One-on-One Chat: Border Policy, Border Dynamics, Operational Outcomes, Unintended Consequences, Election Impacts, Threats, and National Roles: U.S. – Canada – Mexico – Central America
Wednesday, March 11 @ 10:15 am - 11:00 am
Wednesday, March 11 @ 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Wednesday, March 11 @ 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Plenary Panel: Domain Awareness and the Evolving Role of Border Patrol and Air & Marine Operations in Opening up the Sky
This panel will focus on how Border Patrol and Air & Marine Operations are transforming domain awareness; how the operator will benefit; and, why the use of sUAS will continue to expand in the border environment. An industry representative will also discuss how they became an important partner in helping to shape this important effort as CBP redefines the future…
Thursday, March 12 @ 9:30 am - 10:45 am
What is new in the area of procurement? What does industry need to do to be more competitive? What are the common mistakes?
Thursday, March 12 @ 10:45 am - 11:30 am
Biometrics has changed the way processing is done for border security. From the use of fingerprints to verify apprehensions against IDENT and CJIS to the latest use of facial recognition to process travelers through the ports, biometrics have improved identification and expedited the flow. The panel will explore current uses of biometrics, challenges, and what is in store for the…


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This movement is about knocking all that I Love Lucy-era dogma, all those rules and restrictions on motherhood, on its antiquated ear.
Forget your mother’s model of what it means to be a mother. That woman labored under all kinds of nasty cultural constraints. She had to fit in to strict societal norms of motherhood, or face excommunication, straight outta town by the torch and pitchfork mob. None of us is June Cleaver, Carol Brady, or Clair Huxtable. I’m sure not. I especially reject the all-or-nothing mentality that insists stay-at-home-mothers have to hang up their working shoes forever. What?! Girls, you CAN have it all: Companion/Co-Parent, Kids, Career.
Now, is it gonna look like those perfect pictures we post on Pinterest, all cupcakes and cornucopia, dimples, and dandily dressed little angels? Hell no. Let’s embrace the imperfect, the flawed, the warts-and-all. Let’s allow space for the misfits and mismatched outfits that sing of no style. Let’s allow ourselves and each other the occasional hot mess we might be. Let’s acknowledge all the F-bombs dropped in pursuit of curating that image of Oh-This-Old-Thing and My-Kids-Shit-Cotton-Candy we publish on social media.
Ladies, let’s get real. Let’s start by supporting each other and the whole range of ways we find to make motherhood work for us. For our unique families and situations. Let’s stop judging and one-upping—and lend each other a hand. Let’s stop trying to fit in and realize the joy and freedom of fitting out. We all don’t have to ball at the bonding whenever we breast feed. We don’t all have to orgasm at the sight of the Target logo. Maybe we stop asking the non-working moms among us what they do all day. Maybe we stop assuming those of us with the means to have help with our kids necessarily have it so damn easy.
You know what? We all – no matter our methods and madness – we fucking rock.

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The current pay gap in Ireland between men and women is estimated at 14.1 per cent. The gap between the value of men’s and women’s pensions is more than two and a half times that, at 37 per cent*.
At its Celtic Tiger highest, pension coverage for women was 51 per cent. That has since fallen to 46 per cent, while 55 per cent of men have pensions. To put it more starkly, the Central Statistics Office (CSO) indicates that women are twice more likely to be impoverished at age 65 than men. Women aged 75 to 79 are three times more likely to be so.
"When it comes to women and pensions, things are not improving. If anything, they are getting worse," says Kristen Foran, national sales director of Zurich Life Assurance.
Traditionally there have been a variety of reasons why women’s pensions – both in terms of coverage and value – lag men’s. This includes women’s greater presence in the home, doing unpaid work there that leaves them reliant, perhaps, on their husband’s pension.
Some women experience gaps in their employment history when they have children. Such time out leads to gaps not just in private pensions, but in State pension entitlements too. While there is a scheme in place to provide State pension credits for homeowners, this was only introduced in 1994 and it is not retrospective and their are restrictions to this.
Even where women do have a pension, its performance over time typically lags that of men. Here research indicates that women are typically more risk averse in terms of how much they contribute to their pensions fund, and how they wish it to be managed.**
Women’s retirement prospects vary by sector too. Of women aged between 45 and 54 in the education sector, one in four (25 per cent) have no pension. In the health sector that rises to almost one in three (32 per cent). Surprisingly, women working in the financial and business sector, who might be expected to know more about financial security, fare even worse, with 39 per cent of women in this age group having no pension.*
That climbs to 62 per cent for women working in retail and wholesale. In the hospitality sector - a major employer – less than one woman in five of this age group have a pension. Given that these figures encompass private and public sector pensions, and we know that public sector coverage is 100 per cent, the actual private coverage is worse.***
What should really set alarm bells ringing for women is not the fact that things are this bad, but that, “if anything, they are getting worse,” says Foran.
Part of her job as national sales director at Zurich is to try and figure out why this might be. In truth, she only has to talk to her girlfriends to find out. “Part of it is that women don’t want to think about pensions because they typically don’t want to think about getting older. More than that though is the fact that they tend to have priorities other than themselves, typically children and family,” says Foran.
Any time she mentions the importance of pensions to her peers, she’s met with the same stock replies: “They’ll all say, ‘Sure who can afford it?’ And that all their money is going into their kids, so it goes on the long finger.”
It's important for women to start having that conversation about what kind of retirement they envisage. Women are living longer than men, so our needs are greater.
Marketing professionals know of the truth in the old adage that men buy for themselves and women buy for everybody else. This too may be part of the problem. “We don’t prioritise ourselves, and now we are the squeezed generation - women with both kids and eldercare commitments,” says Foran.
But there is another issue with the pensions industry that she also believes is preventing women from ensuring they have independence – in the form of financial security - in retirement.
Pensions are sold, not bought, she points out. “No one comes banging on the door looking to buy a pension. The value of it has to be explained, which means they have to be sold. Does the industry need to look at communicating better to women and developing pension plans designed to suit their needs? It would certainly help to increase engagement from women,” Foran says.
Consequently, one of the most effective ways to bridge the pension gender gap would be if more advisors were women. “The fact is, where women do advise on pensions, they are really good at it because they are strong on the empathy side and they understand women’s needs and concerns,” she says. “If we had more female advisors in the industry it would go a long way towards helping women’s status in relation to pensions.”
In the meantime, social media might help. “Women are the social junkies of the world and if you look at the top 100 digital influencers in Ireland, the majority are women. We can see social media as a really powerful way of getting this message out to women,” in a communications style that suits them, and that comes via a referral network they trust.
In many ways, for women of a certain age in Ireland, talk of pensions is almost as taboo as talk of menopause, she admits. "Yet if you think about it, on US TV shows like Friends you hear people talking about their 401K retirement plans all the time. It's a much more prevalent topic of conversation there. Here women don't want to talk about it. But it's important for women to start having that conversation about what kind of retirement they envisage."
The first step towards figuring out what those needs are is for women to visualise the kind of retirement they want. By her own estimate, Foran reckons she’d need the State pension and a minimum pension of €20,000 a year to be able to enjoy retirement.
"Wouldn't it be nice to feel financially secure and live the life you've always dreamt of in retirement," Foran asks? "Planning your pension now is the first and most important step to fulfilling this dream. There are lots of tools and advice to help you on the way including The Pensions Authority women and pensions checklist."
***Source: CSO QHNS 2015 Pension Coverage.

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A piece I wrote for The Omaha World-Herald. November 2011
It started as a normal all-staff meeting; mynearly 300 Haitian employees that are
J/P Haitian Relief Organization (J/P HRO) were filling the small parking lot outside our office in Port-au-Prince and taking their seats on therough wooden benches and mangled folding chairs we call office furniture.
Just as I bellowed my opening greeting into the megaphone, a
tap-tap slowly rolled through our office gates and right up to my side. This brightly-painted pick-up truck normally used for public transport appeared at first to be empty, but as I started to question the driver as to why he was both interrupting AND trespassing, a loud, labored cry from the back of the covered truck bed answered. I caught a quick glance of an agonizing, sweat-drenched woman nearly bursting-at-the-belly, and I snapped back to the crowd calling into the megaphone for our labor and delivery team.
Within seconds our Haitian OBGYN and his team were gloved-up and crammed into the back of the covered tap-tap, and in fewer than five minutes, the woman’s screaming ebbed, and the heart-warming shrill of a baby’s first cries to this broken world filled the tap-tap and spilled into the parking lot. My nearly-silent staff erupted incheers of joy.
After stabilizing both mother and child, the tap-tap pulled out of our parking lot and headed around the block to the field hospital that
J/P HRO has been operating at the top of an ad hoc camp that we also manage. At one time this camp was the only golf course in all of Haiti. At its peak after the earthquake, as many as 60,000 homeless people – somewhere between the population of Grand Island and the seating capacity of Memorial Stadium – were living at the camp, and
the golf course was completely covered from first tee to final turn. These days, the population of 20,000 is closer to the seating capacity of what I still know as the Qwest Center, and each week
J/P HRO staff help another 20-30 families return home. The difference is quite remarkable.
I have been on the ground here in Haiti since March 2010. When I arrived at this camp, it was simply beyond comprehension. People EVERYWHERE in such desperate need that never in my travels through nearly 30 developing countries had I ever confronted anything comparable. To put the earthquake in perspective, in less than 30 seconds, in a city the size of Chicago, fully HALF of all the buildings were structurally damaged or destroyed and a population larger than that of all of Nebraska was either rendered homeless or dead.
When I arrived, two months after the earthquake, most of the streets were still completely covered in rubble – in some neighborhoods like “Delmas 32” where most of our camp residents used to live, the streets were buried in up to ten feet of debris for as far as the eye could see.
But nearly two years have passed – and mountains have been moved, literally and figuratively.
J/P HRO has been on the ground in Haiti since the beginning providing emergency medical services, and we continue to treat 1,600 patients each week at our clinics. In addition to managing the camp and assisting families return, repair and rebuild their homes, we also providefree education to 400 beautiful children, community programming and small-business training to the residents of camp and the surrounding neighborhoods and we have begun the first phases of redevelopment by repairing clinics and schools and startingnew solar-powered safe water points and recycling kiosks. Our goal is to provide comprehensive support to help families get back on their feet so to take those first few, most difficult steps towards home.
In this vein, our most notable accomplishment has been the nearly 10,000 dump trucks of rubble and debris
J/P HRO has hauled out of the neighborhoods over the past 18 months. As we clear the streets and tear down the condemned buildings, we uncover where home once was and where it can be again for tens of thousands of families. We’ve recently ramped up this effort and will move 2x’s more rubble in the next year – and even then there will be mountains remaining.
And Port-au-Prince was never Chicago. It never had a sewage system, highways or a reliable power grid. It was the poorest capital city in the entire hemisphere BEFORE it was devastated by one of the largest disasters in all of human history. So yes, if you’re coming for the first time, you will be astounded, shocked . . . devastated. But if you had come the day before the earthquake, you would probably have felt about the same. It is not the earthquake or the delays or the politics or the coordination issues. It is the human face of injustice and poverty that leaves you so unsettled – and it should. It was all there before the earthquake –Haiti was twice as poor as any other country in our hemisphere BEFORE – and our heavy machinery is simply revealing it once again.
But for those of us who have been here for the two years since the earthquake, it is miraculous how far the Haitian people have come especially given all of the challenges since the earthquake – the most pressing today are the need for land tenure reform by the Haitian Government and the need to release dedicated funds held by the international community. Moreover, it is astounding how hardworking, happy and hopeful the people of Haiti are no matter how hot it is outside or how horrible the situation is at the surface. So much hope –infectious hope. Much of it is certainly merited given how far we have come since the earthquake, but for a Nebraska boy on a Caribbean island, the juxtaposition between where we are and how much hope I see is at times incomprehensible.
At around midnight I finally wrapped up my work and made my way to the field hospital to visit our newest arrival. I met baby Thierry and his mother resting peacefully in the temporary structure that is our maternity ward. Being born in a tap-tap may sound quite dramatic, but had Thierry made it to the field hospital, he would have been the 16th baby born this week in our make shift shelter – only a slight improvement from a truck bed. As I try to get Thierry to grab onto my finger, his mother tells me how happy and hopeful she is. How thankful and grateful and blessed she is. I certainly feel the same.
Next month, our maternity ward and field hospital will be relocated to
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Gewertz, D. B., & Errington, F. K. (2010). Cheap meat: Flap food nations in the pacific islands. Berkeley: University of California Press.
Cheap Meat follows the controversial trade in inexpensive fatty cuts of lamb or mutton, called "flaps," from the farms of New Zealand and Australia to their primary markets in the Pacific islands of Papua New Guinea, Tonga, and Fiji. Deborah Gewertz and Frederick Errington address the evolution of the meat trade itself along with the changing practices of exchange in Papua New Guinea. They show that flaps—which are taken from the animals’ bellies and are often 50 percent fat—are not mere market transactions but evidence of the social nature of nutrition policies, illustrating and reinforcing Pacific Islanders’ presumed second-class status relative to the white populations of Australia and New Zealand.
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Authorities said a 29-year-old Plymouth man was killed Saturday morning when his car hit a stalled freight conventional truck on Interstate 394 near downtown Minneapolis.
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Harissa Mackerel is a BBQ must-have! However, living in London can make BBQ season a little limited so we’d suggest using a grill for this recipe during the gloomy months.
Mackerel is relatively cheap, full of flavour and contains lots of healthy oils. It is a ‘fishy’ fish as far as taste goes, but we don’t see a problem with that. This recipe uses an entire mackerel but if you aren’t one for navigating around bones you can use fillets, however, you need to make sure the skin is on.
Fennel and fish go together beautifully, and provides an almost mediterranean element to this dish. We’d suggest making up a big batch of this salad and then a few other dishes such as our Porto inspired sardines and potato salad and serve this as a group meal for everyone to tuck in.
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For the mackerel
- 1 large whole mackerel (gutted)
- 1 heaped tbsp of Harissa
- ½ lemon
- Small bunch of parsley
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- 2 bulbs of fennel
- 5 sundried tomatoes sliced
- Handful of olives
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- Small pinch of saffron
- Gently score the skin of the mackerel making sure you don’t cut too deep. Do this on both sides of the fish.
- Rub the harissa into the skin on both sides.
- Stuff the fish cavity with a handful of parsley and slices of the lemon
- Place the fish onto a grill tray and put under the grill on a low heat. Keep an eye on the fish throughout as you don’t want the skin to catch.
- After 3 minutes or so, turn over the fish and proceed to cook on the other side. Depending on the size of the mackerel it shouldn’t take more than 10 minutes.
- Meanwhile, prepare the fennel salad. Start by removing the fennel stalks and then slice the bulb into thin strips.
- In a medium pan heat a little oil and add the fennel and saffron. Cook for a minute or so letting the fennel colour slightly. After this add the slices of sundried tomatoes, olives and the juice from the lemon. Mix it all together and let the salad warm through. Season to taste.
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The Packers earn the number one overall seed in the tournament after a great Super Bowl victory.
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Carolina will have the top pick in the draft, if there still is one, but probably won't be that much of a better team. They still have a long way to go.
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Joe Flacco is slowly turning into a veteran before our eyes, and his combination with Ray Rice make the Ravens a very dangerous team.
Buffalo will have a hard time every season as long as they play in the AFC East, and Ryan Fitzpatrick just isn't a franchise quarterback.
Matt Ryan, who was drafted in the same class as Flacco, has also become a veteran in this league.
"Matty Ice" has one of the best home records of all-time, and the Falcons proved that they are good enough to hang in the NFC South with the New Orleans Saints.
Cincinnati was a division winner only two years ago, and then they acquired Terrell Owens. So what happened since then?
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New England finished last season as the best team in the AFC.
They failed to make it to the Super Bowl, but they still have a good team, and will always be able to contend with Tom Brady and Bill Belichick leading the way.
Denver plummeted last season in the AFC after a great start in the season before. Tim Tebow looks like he's the future quarterback in Denver, and will hopefully change their luck around once he takes over the starting job.
Peyton Manning seems to still be the great quarterback he was 10 years ago.
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Washington played well at times last year, but were also very inconsistent. Quarterback troubles between Donovan McNabb and Mike Shanahan probably affected their play on the field.
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The New Orleans Saints failed to repeat as World Champions, but still made it to the playoffs with a Wildcard spot.
Drew Brees and co. are one of the most talented teams in the NFL, and will probably make the playoffs every year unless a team like Tampa Bay can really step up.
Cleveland lived and died by Peyton Hillis last season, and will probably do so again this season. Hillis was a monster, but I doubt that he is an elite running back in the NFL, just because of one good season. I wouldn't be surprised to see the Browns drop down to four wins or less once again.
The Pittsburgh Steelers made it all the way to the Super Bowl last season, even with Ben Roethlisberger missing the first four games of the season.
Next year should be no different, as the Steelers have one of the best defense in the NFL, and have a pretty young and talented squad on the offensive side as well.
Arizona needs to figure out their quarterback situation immediately. Whether it is acquiring Kevin Kolb, or drafting a player like Cam Newton, they need to do something. Derek Anderson or Max Hall is not the answer.
Rex Ryan guarantees every year that the Jets will win a Super Bowl, but the players have failed him each time.
I don't think next year, or any year in the near future will be the year of the Jets, but they are still a decent team. Especially with the amazing defense that they currently have.
The 49ers are another team who need to figure out their quarterback situation. Alex Smith is not the answer. Kevin Kolb, or Vince Young, or another rookie need to be on that roster to take the job away from Smith.
Eli Manning isn't an elite quarterback in the NFL, even if he tries to be.
He simply cannot lead a team like his brother, or many others. The Giants need to figure out how to not blow games, because they've screwed themselves over in the past couple seasons.
Seattle won a playoff game against the Saints in Pete Carroll's first season as head coach. That was great for the franchise, who hadn't been good since Shaun Alexander left. Plus, they play in the NFC West, which means they'll be able to compete every year, no matter how bad their team is.
Phillip Rivers and the San Diego Chargers barely made the playoffs last year.
With Oakland winning both its games against San Diego, and the surprising Chiefs winning games against everyone, the Chargers cannot run over that division now like they used to.
Minnesota probably has a rough road ahead. With the third retirement of Brett Favre, they are left with Joe Webb at quarterback, who is a long shot to be spectacular. Still, any team with Adrian Peterson can probably win a game or two on his skills alone.
Chicago looked great last season, until Jay Cutler hurt himself in the NFC Championship.
After that blew over, Cutler, and a lot of other folks, were left with a bad taste in their mouths. I don't think they can be as good as they were last year, but it will be interesting to watch.
Dallas played horribly last year, plain and simple. Once Romo got hurt, everything started to go even further downhill. If Romo isn't fully healthy, or has a nagging injury, the Cowboys will probably not have too much of a better season this year.
Hue Jackson signed to be the new Raiders head coach for whenever football starts again.
The Raiders looked better then they had in years last season, winning all six games in their division, and finishing with a record of 8-8. The future looks bright for once in Oakland.
Houston was a favorite to contend in the AFC South last season, but really struggled somewhere along the way. They had a horrible defense, and will need to address that in the draft, because teams will just continue to run through them if they don't.
David Garrard and Mike Thomas hooked up last season on a Hail Mary that was one of the best plays in football.
Maurice Jones-Drew continued to prove he is one of the best running backs in the NFL, and the Jaguars will be a tough team to beat if they play to their potential.
Tennessee had issues on and off the field, especially with Vince Young. Now that he is gone, the Titans can focus solely on football.
Kansas City came out of nowhere last season to win the AFC West.
Jamal Charles has emerged as an all-star running back, and if he can continue to play at an elite level, the Chiefs will have a chance to win that division every year.
Miami struggled with injuries last season at the quarterback spot, and I think they'll be better next year. They had one of the best road records, which shows that they have the talent to compete, but that they just aren't performing to their potential every game.
Tampa Bay finished the year at 10-6, but failed to make the playoffs.
Getting that record in the same division as the Saints and the Falcons is very impressive, and Josh Freeman is maturing as a quarterback with every game he plays. The Bucs may be a dangerous competitor very soon.
St. Louis was saved by Sam Bradford. They were absolutely horrible two seasons ago, but Bradford led them to a second place record in the NFC West in his rookie season. It won't be long before Bradford is considered an elite quarterback in this league.


Reflecting upon the historical development of global institutions, the first adventure that marked the beginning of a political world organisation was the formation of the League of Nations. Based on the four fundamental pillars for maintaining peace, viz. no general prohibition of war; war as a social wrong; no war without a settlement of dispute procedure and the guarantee of territorial status quo, the League experiment failed due to instability and betrayal by the great powers.
The geopolitical changes post World War II and horrendous human rights violations that followed, the need for a universal international architecture became unassailable for maintaining peace and to establish the principles of sovereign equality. Experience of the horrors of World War made it clear that the legal equality of states could not be generally maintained in practice as long as the Eurocentric international law allowed the use of force as an instrument of policy. The quadripartite conference at Dumbarton Oaks in 1944 attended by the Soviet Union, the United States, the United Kingdom and the Republic of China, paved way for discussions concerning the new world charter, global administrative law and establishing rule of law at the global level.
In 1945, forty-six more Allied Nations were invited to review and rewrite the Dumbarton Oaks Proposals. This new conference took place from 25 April to 26 June 1945 in San Francisco and resulted in the creation of the United Nations Charter. The United Nations has catalysed decolonization, promoted freedom, carved norms for international trade, stimulated inclusive development, promoted healthcare, disrupted technologies, advanced democracy and most importantly prevented wars. On 26 June 2020, the UN marked the seventy-fifth anniversary of the singing of the United Nations Charter.
To commemorate the 75th Anniversary, the organization stimulated a global dialogue on the role of international cooperation and proposed the declaration on the commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the United Nations. By a Modalities Resolution adopted by the UN Member States, the UN will mark its 75th anniversary on the theme, ‘The Future We Want, the UN We Need: Reaffirming our Collective Commitment to Multilateralism’. The declaration is set to be adopted by the world leaders this September as a renewed vision for collective global action and governance.
The responsibility for facilitating the intergovernmental negotiations was entrusted on Alya Ahmed bin Saif Al-Thani, Permanent Representative of Qatar and Anna Karin Enestrom, Permanent Representative of Sweden. Adding to the 2005 World Outcome document adopted to mark the United Nations’ 60th anniversary and the United Nations 70 Declaration in 2015, the UN 75 Declaration talks about structural reforms, climate action, women’s rights, terrorism, and the promotion of democratic values and the rule of law. The declaration also facilitates an opportunity to further bridge the gap between national governments and international civil society’s view of the “Future we want, the United Nations we need.”
However, the declaration faced several objections and was delayed. The third last paragraph of the Declaration says, “Through reinvigorated global action and by building on the progress achieved in the last 75 years, we are determined to ensure the future we want. To achieve this, we will mobilize resources, strengthen our efforts and show unprecedented political will and leadership. We will work together with partners to strengthen coordination and global governance for the shared vision for a common future.” The Five Eyes network consisting of the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand and Canada, objected to the use of a phrase “shared vision of a common future”. India too joined the bandwagon to express its resentment against the use of the phrase as it resonated with is the Chinese Communist Party’s articulation to describe its foreign policy aspirations. The phrase was used by former Chinese Communist Party General Secretary Hu Jintao in a 2012 report to the 18th Chinese Communist Party Congress.
The final draft of Declaration was circulated on June 17 and the initial deadline of raising objections and the silence period was stretched multiple times till 6 pm on June 26. According to the UN procedure, “Silence process” is a procedure by which a resolution passes if no formal objections are raised within a stipulated time. The United Kingdom Chargé d’Affaires informed the co-facilitators that they along with a group of member-states were breaking the silence on June 23.
The ‘silence’ process was broken at the request of the United Kingdom’s Ambassador to the United Nations, Jonathan Allen, who wrote a letter on behalf of the intelligence alliance the Five Eyes viz. the U.S., the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and India, to the President of the 74th General Assembly, Tijjani Muhammad-Bande, suggesting alternative wording. However, China’s geopolitical trade allies Russia, Syria and Pakistan raised objections to the silence being broken. China argued that the phrase “shared vision for a common future” was a part of the 2019 Modalities Resolution that had provided the framework for the commemoration of the 75th-anniversary celebration.
The objecting countries preferred the resolution to be replaced with, “We will work together with partners to strengthen coordination and global governance for the common good of present and future generations and to realize our shared vision for a better future as envisaged in the preamble of the UN Charter.” Following the disapproval by powerful international players, UN General Assembly President Tijjani Muhammad-Bande suggested an alternatively phrased declaration.
UNGA President Muhammad-Bande circulated the updated draft declaration to the UN Member States under silence procedure. On June 26, the Declaration of Commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the United Nations was finalised with no objections after the end of the “silence period”. The replaced wording of the Declaration with “We will work together with partners to strengthen coordination and global governance for the common good of present and future generations and to realize our shared vision for the common future of present and coming generations” was accepted by the six countries as the new phrase resonated the language in the United Nations Charter. The United Nations over the period has become a forum for China to use power politics. This strategic collaboration can be perceived as a major pushback to China’s diplomatic influence.
While this decade also signifies China’s amoral leadership in dealing with COVID-19, with its growing influence in international institutions, heavy militarisation, irresponsible sovereignty and growing territorial ambitions, China’s snowballing influence at the global level is also reckoned a threat to many. China has played a divisive role to exploit today’s crisis of the legitimacy of international institutions. China’s influence in the WHO and China’s transnational efforts to delegitimize Taiwan’s democracy are exemplars of China’s shrewd global influence. The United Nations is now the most acceptable institution in the domain of global governance. China has in the last few years has played a proactive role to influence the United Nations as an institutional tool to foster Chinese global ambitions. Today, China with its economic power controls 4 of the 15 UN specialized agencies and is the secondlargest monetary contributor to the institution.
Amidst the unrest in the western economic structure, at the World Economic Forum in 2017, China emerged as the defender of economic globalization and advocated going global. The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) which is largely perceived as an economic misadventure, has enabled China to emerge as a political voice in the Eurasian system. China’s geo-economic outreach in the region is also challenging the United States – Europe security tie-ups. This economic aggressiveness translates to military aggressiveness in the South China Sea. From a security paradigm, China with its ‘Blue Sea 2020’ Project is covertly securitizing the South China Sea under the guise of ‘special law enforcement campaign to enhance marine environmental protection’. In 2016, China blocked NGOs critical of China from receiving UN accreditation. China’s geopolitical and geo-economic expansion is chaperoned by an auxiliary programme for global administrative law.
To sustain a rule-based order of international law requires strategic collaboration in the participatory world order. India’s objection to the UN 75 Declaration was viewed with scepticism being the only non-western member to raise the issue. In the current multipolar and multicivilizational geopolitical realm, India’s diplomatic allegiance to the Five Eyes in the UN and Japan in the Asia Pacific Group can be sensed as an effort to block Chinese aggression at the diplomatic level amid the recent border tensions. After the violent clash in the area, China has illegitimately laid a formal claim to the entire Galwan Valley area that has been under the control of Government of India.
On 2 July 2020, Germany and United States intervened and blocked China’s antiIndia statement under the UNSC procedure denouncing the Karachi terror attack. There is a clear sense of solidarity in support of India and global political mood to push back China’s aggressiveness. Recently, the Government of India has exerted its ‘digital sovereignty’ by blocking 59 Chinese applications which were prejudicial to the security of the nation. The United States Federal Communications Commission on 30 June 2020 listed Huawei Technologies Company and ZTE Corporation as ‘national security threats.’ It is also amply clear that the Indian Government will not allow Chinese 5G project in India.
With India’s eighth term as a non-permanent member in the Security Council beginning from 1 January 2021, India’s efforts to promote global peace, resilience and equity will add impetus to its candidature for a permanent seat in the UNSC. South Asian region is geopolitically sensitive due to the absence of an Asian Union making space for many Asias within Asia. While China’s foreign policy is inexorably linked to challenging the legitimacy of global institutions, India’s newest foreign policy tools like New Orientation for a Reformed Multilateral System, Indian Ocean diplomacy and BIMSTEC can facilitate India’s emergence as an alternative leader to global economic affairs in the Asian region.
Adithya Anil Variath is a lawyer and researcher based in Mumbai, India.


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The first bank to enter the metaverse with much fanfare was JP Morgan earlier this year. The US investment giant took a large plot in Decentraland and boasts a prowling tiger as a feature in its Onyx Lounge.
Since then, South Korea’s Kookmin Bank has opened up its customer services options by providing one-to-one consultations in the metaverse.
HSBC then followed, opening a branch in the established Sandbox region of the metaverse, while the UK-based payments fintech Sokin recently announced its imminent foray into the augmented reality platform.
Launched in 2021 Sokin operates as a next generation payments provider rather than a bank, but the fintech is set to enable full ecommerce payments for the first time in the metaverse, allowing brands and businesses to grow from its physical store into the virtual world.
Currently no single metaverse world exists where consumers can shop their favourite brands, however, Sokin will launch its own metaverse community designed to process full ecommerce transactions.
According to reports, Sokin’s metaverse world will host a 3D community of brands and retailers – from sporting to fashion and beyond – and allow consumers to meet, communicate, transact, invest, and purchase in one all-encompassing ecosystem and virtual economy. Consumers will make purchases through Sokin’s accessible peer-to-peer mobile app within the metaverse.
“Sokin’s metaverse world will host different brands and businesses for visitors to access, for example, a football club, entertainment or fashion brand”, Vroon Modgill, founder and CEO at Sokin, who already partner with a number of global football clubs, explains.
He says, “We’ve seen campaigns by retailers in which an avatar models an item of clothing but then the experience abruptly stops there. So, we close the sales loop by ensuring a purchase can be made directly within the metaverse experience - this is never before seen innovation we are spearheading as we further bridge the gap between the metaverse and the physical world.
New virtual worlds attracting fintechs to the metaverse
Now, digital banks are developing their own worlds that will support financial services in the metaverse. Imagin is a digital services and lifestyle platform backed by CaixaBank that will be entering the metaverse by way of imaginLAND.
The project will enable the platform to launch and run initiatives in the virtual reality universe and will be available to its entire community of users. The initiative will offer immersive experiences through imaginLAND to the more than 3.7 million imagin users, who will be able to enjoy imagin's content in the metaverse. By creating imaginLAND, imagin becomes the first European fintech company with an active presence in the virtual world.
The gamification of financial services in the metaverse
However, many experts have expressed their surprise at the way fintechs are embracing the metaverse. While alternative realities in the gaming world are completely understood, many have questioned why an industry that is not entertainment based, would invest so much in establishing a presence in the metaverse.
Furthermore, there is the expectation versus reality aspect. The metaverse is far from polished - and falls short significantly when it comes to the aesthetics. Instead of a slick and polished luxurious virtual world that most current games offer, the metaverse in its current form is simplistic and unsophisticated. However, this will of course change in the not too distant future - which is the what fintechs are banking on.
David Urbano, Chief Marketing Officer at imagin, says the trend comes down to potential opportunity. “The metaverse concept is in its nascent stages and therefore it is difficult to know what the short-term impact, from a banking business point of view, will be. We truly believe that it marks an evolution of digitisation as we know it, and that in the future, it will become a significant business opportunity.”
He continues, “What is clear is that it is here to stay, and it will continue to rapidly add more activity and users. It is for this reason that we have decided to enter the key metaverses.”
Other industry voices point to four main aspects that attract banks and fintechs to the metaverse. They are;
- Early-stage opportunism - If businesses had known just how successful the internet was going to be in the late 90’s, most of them would have adopted it sooner.
- Branding opportunities - Just as fintechs such as Sokin are gathering up football teams to spread brand awareness in a new demographic, so banks and fintechs are doing the same thing with the metaverse. It’s not very likely that people will enter the metaverse to visit their bank because all processes are easily carried out online anyway, and visiting a bank - even a virtual one, just isn’t the height of fun. But by entering the metaverse, these institutions stay relevant and put their stamp on worlds that show growth potential, such as HSBC in Sandbox and JP Morgan in Decentraland, they will be placed at the heart of areas that do get a lot of virtual footfall.
- A new dimension to customer servicing - Bricks and mortar banks are dying out because online banking services are so good. But many institutions want to still be able to offer what they consider to be face to face human services and the metaverse offers that possibility.
- A haven for digital currencies - crypto is king in the land of the virtual - and many businesses in the metaverse are already trading with a number of different currencies. This trend looks set to continue.
Urbano says that only exploration of the augmented reality world will reveal its true capabilities, “Today, a vast amount of existing metaverses are in the beta phase. At this time, our role in the metaverse is one of exploration and learning, to be able to understand all the services that could be offered in the future.”
But he is fully optimistic about the future of the space and believes it will open up a raft of new and as yet unpredicted opportunities.
“The success of a financial institution in this new environment will rely on its ability to effectively offer its services and/or products in this new virtual world. We believe that services where we can mediate payments or financing products, could prove to be successful if adapted correctly. If the metaverse ends up becoming the meeting place for our potential clients, it could even become a new onboarding channel.”
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The International Monetary Fund has acknowledged the pressure on the Nigerian naira and indicated that Nigeria has the option to seek a loan from the IMF to stabilise its currency if deemed suitable.
The IMF also affirmed that recent exchange reforms and measures taken by Nigerian authorities were appropriate.
Furthermore, the Washington-based lender expressed its support for the recent decision by the Central Bank of Nigeria, led by Olayemi Cardoso, to lift an eight-year ban on foreign exchange for items including cement, rice, poultry products, and 40 others.
These statements were made during the World Bank Group/IMF Meeting in Marrakech, Morocco.
The IMF reported that as of August, inflation in Nigeria remained persistently high at 26 percent, while the naira continued to face pressure.
The domestic currency, which had depreciated from approximately 450 naira to the dollar to an average of 760 naira to the dollar after President Bola Tinubu’s exchange reforms, continued to decline in the parallel market, reaching 1045 naira to the dollar on a recent Thursday.
Additionally, the new central bank governor intends to set restrictions on the Central Bank of Nigeria’s fiscal interventions and is considering measures to tackle inflation and maintain price stability.
Cardoso said, “These problem statements need in-depth review by the new Central Bank leadership team to determine what mechanisms are currently working, what can be tweaked or dispensed with, and what new tools need to be introduced.”
On how the CBN can be refocused to support economic growth, he said, “The economic policy proposals of the administration identify a set of fiscal reforms and growth targets that will achieve $1 trillion in GDP within eight years.
When considering the reorientation of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to promote economic growth, he commented, “The economic policy proposals of the administration identify a set of fiscal reforms and growth targets that will achieve $1 trillion in GDP within eight years.”
A review of selected BRICS and MINT nations, which share large populations and similar development characteristics with Nigeria, highlights key macroeconomic indicators that could guide Nigeria’s economic path if the proposed reforms are diligently implemented. Economies exceeding $1 trillion typically exhibit indicators such as moderate inflation, substantial foreign reserves, and the ability to swiftly recover from cyclical economic downturns.


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In order to effectively intervene and prevent violence taking place it is first necessary to fully understand what violence is taking place, where and when. As a result, in 2015 the Commissioner engaged in a partnership approach to analysing violence across the South Wales area. Whilst this work had been going on for some years in the Cardiff area, the rest of South Wales had never considered violence data from multiple sources as a matter of routine. Whilst some work had been done in other areas to consider violence from a multi-agency perspective, this had generally been done as one off ad hoc pieces of work.
Data sharing agreements for depersonalised information sharing were initially drawn up to facilitate the smooth flow of information from Police, Ambulance and the three Health Boards covering the South Wales Police force area. Using this data a regular schedule of reporting was established, with monthly reports covering each Basic Command Unit with the force, and quarterly health board based reports.
In late 2016 a decision was taken to shift to quarterly reporting, on a Basic Command Unit geography. Personalised data sharing protocols were drafted and finalised moving from de-personalised data to personalised information sharing.
Through using the understanding element of the programme a number of interventions have been identified. The intention is to keep utilising the data, ensuring that interventions are effective, and using the understanding element of the programme to measure the merits of each intervention.
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