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College of Pharmacy and Nutrition
3D01.8 Health Sciences
- Ph.D. (Pharmaceutical Sciences), University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA (2002)
- MSc. (Vet. Physiological Sciences), University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada (1997)
- DVM. Western College of Veterinary Medicine, Saskatoon, SK (1994)
- BSc. (Biology), University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada (1989)
Dr. Alcorn’s research interests encompass two principal areas. The first area involves investigations into the determinants of neonatal exposure risk when breastfeeding mothers require medications. Her laboratory focuses on the developmental maturation of drug elimination mechanisms and the elaboration of predictive models of drug elimination for a priori assessments of drug elimination capacity in the neonate. Research in the laboratory has moved towards investigations into drug-nutrient transporter interactions in the nursing mother-neonate dyad and the consequent outcomes of such interactions on breast milk nutrient composition and biochemical/ physiological development of the nursing neonate. Dr. Alcorn’s second principal area of research involves investigations into the health benefits of flaxseed lignans and their underlying mechanism(s) of action. Specifically, this laboratory evaluates lignan pharmacokinetics and conducts investigations into the pharmacological mechanisms through which lignans affect cholesterol and glucose homeostasis. Dr. Alcorn’s research utilizes a variety of pharmaceutical analysis, molecular biology and biochemical methods as well as cell culture systems and animal models in attempts to generate new understandings in these areas of investigation.
Mukker, J.K., Singh, R.S.P., Muir, A.D., Krol, E.S., Alcorn, J. Comparative pharmacokinetics of purified flaxseed and associated mammalian lignans in male Wistar rats(2015) British Journal of Nutrition, 113 (5), pp. 749-757.
Singh, R.S.P., Michel, D., Das, U., Dimmock, J.R., Alcorn, J. Cytotoxic 1,5-diaryl-3-oxo-1,5-pentadienes: An assessment and comparison of membrane permeability using Caco-2 and MDCK monolayers(2014) Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry Letters, 24 (22), pp. 5199-5202.
Sampieri, F., Alcorn, J., Allen, A.L., Clark, C.R., Vannucci, F.A., Pusterla, N., Mapes, S., Ball, K.R., Dowling, P.M., Thompson, J., Bernstein, L.R., Gebhart, C.J., Hamilton, D.L.Pharmacokinetics of gallium maltolate in Lawsonia intracellularis-infected and uninfected rabbits(2014) Journal of veterinary pharmacology and therapeutics, 37 (5), pp. 486-499.
Sampieri, F., Alcorn, J., Allen, A.L., Clark, C.R., Vannucci, F.A., Pusterla, N., Mapes, S., Ball, K.R., Dowling, P.M., Thompson, J., Bernstein, L.R., Gebhart, C.J., Hamilton, D.L.Pharmacokinetics of gallium maltolate in lawsoniaintracellularis-infected and uninfected rabbits(2014) Journal of Veterinary Pharmacology and Therapeutics,. Article in Press.
Mukker, J.K., Michel, D., Muir, A.D., Krol, E.S., Alcorn, J. Permeability and conjugative metabolism of flaxseed lignans by caco-2 human intestinal cells(2014) Journal of Natural Products, 77 (1), pp. 29-34.
Sampieri, F., Allen, A.L., Alcorn, J., Clark, C.R., Vannucci, F.A., Pusterla, N., Mapes, S.M., Ball, K.R., Dowling, P.M., Thompson, J., Bernstein, L.R., Gebhart, C.J., Hamilton, D.L.Efficacy of gallium maltolate against Lawsonia intracellularis infection in a rabbit model(2014) Journal of Veterinary Pharmacology and Therapeutics, 37 (6), pp. 571-578.
Ambros, B., Alcorn, J., Duke-Novakovski, T., Livingston, A., Dowling, P.M. Pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of a constant rate infusion of fentanyl (5 μg/kg/h) in awake cats(2014) American Journal of Veterinary Research, 75 (8), pp. 716-721.
Das, U., Singh, R.S.P., Alcorn, J., Hickman, M.R., Sciotti, R.J., Leed, S.E., Lee, P.J., Roncal, N., Dimmock, J.R.3,5-Bis(benzylidene)-4-piperidones and related N-acyl analogs: A novel cluster of antimalarials targeting the liver stage of Plasmodium falciparum(2013) Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry, 21 (23), pp. 7250-7256.
Berry, M.D., Shitut, M.R., Almousa, A., Alcorn, J., Tomberli, B. Membrane permeability of trace amines: Evidence for a regulated, activity-dependent, nonexocytotic, synaptic release(2013) Synapse, 67 (10), pp. 656-667.
Sultan, A., Ling, B., Zhang, H., Ma, B., Michel, D., Alcorn, J., Yang, J. Synergistic effect between sphingosine-1-phosphate and chemotherapy drugs against human brainmetastasized breast cancer MDA-MB-361 cells(2013) Journal of Cancer, 4 (4), pp. 315-319. Link
Billinsky J, Glew RA, Cornish SM, Chilibeck PD, Whiting SJ, Thorpe LU, Alcorn J, Paus-Jenssen L, Hadjistavropoulos T. (2013). No Evidence of Adverse Effect on Blood Glucoseor Blood Pressure in Middle Aged or Older Adults Following 6 Months of Flax LignanSupplementation in a Randomized Controlled Trial. Pharmaceutical Biology
Singh RS, Das U, Auschwitz JM, Leed SE, Hickman MR, Dimmock JR, Alcorn J. (2013). From a cytotoxic agent to the discovery of a novel antimalarial agent. Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters 23(2).
Sultan A, Ling BB, Zhang H, Ma B, Michel D, Alcorn J, Yang J. (2013) Synergistic effect between sphingosine-1-phosphate and chemotherapy drugs agains human brainmetastasized breast cancer MDA-MB-361 cells. J Cancer 4(4):315-319.
Izadifar M, Alcorn J. (2013) Mass transfer modeling of hepatic drug elimination using local volume averaging approach. Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer DOI: 10.5098/hmt.v3.3.3005
Billinsky J, Maloney K, Krol E, Alcorn J (2012). A comparison between lignans from creosote bush and flaxseed and their potential to inhibit cytochrome P450 enzyme activity. Drug Discovery Research in Pharmacognosy, Omboon Vallisuta and Suleiman M. Olimat (Ed.), ISBN: 978-953-51-0213-7.
Viveky N, Toffelmire L, Thorpe L, Billinsky J, Alcorn J, Hadjistavropoulos T, Whiting SJ. (2012). Use of vitamin and mineral supplements in long-term care home residents. Applied physiology, nutrition, and metabolism 37(1).
Abeysekara S, Zello GA, Lohmann KL, Alcorn J, Hamilton DL, Naylor JM. (2012). Infusion of sodium bicarbonate in experimentally induced metabolic acidosis does not provoke cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) acidosis in calves. Canadian journal of veterinary research 76(1).
Ling B, Peng F, Alcorn J , Lohmann K, Bandy B, Zello GA. (2012). D-Lactate altered mitochondrial energy production in rat brain and heart but not liver. Nutrition & Metabolism 9(1).
Chen J, Woodbury MR, Alcorn J, Honaramooz A. (2012). Dietary supplementation of female rats with elk velvet antler improves physical and neurological development of offspring. Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM
Ling B, Aziz C, Alcorn J. (2012). Systematic Evaluation of Key L- Carnitine Homeostasis Mechanisms during Postnatal Development in Rat. Nutrition and Metabolism 9(1).
Ling B, Chen L, Alcorn J, Ma B, Yang J. (2011). Sphingosine-1- phosphate: a potential therapeutic agent against human breast cancer. Investigational New Drugs 29(2).
Izadifar M, Baik OD, Alcorn J. (2011). Mechanistic modeling of drug elimination by the liver using local volume averaging method. Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society.
Eichhorst J , Alcorn J, Lepage J , Etter M , Antonishyn NA , Fitterer B , Birch DA , Agopsowicz KL , Ruthnum L , Greenberg CR , Lehotay DC. (2010). Elevated neonatal 3- OH isovalerylcarnitine due to breast milk sources in maternal 3-MCC deficiency. Molecular Genetics and Metabolism. 101(1).
Chen L, Ling BB, Alcorn J, Yang J. (2009) Analysis of the Expression of Human N-myristoyltransferase 1 (hNMT-1) in Cancers (Open Biomarkers Journal 2:6-10)
Elbarbry FA, Alcorn J (2009) Ontogeny of glutathione and glutathione-related antioxidant enzymes in rat liver (Research in Veterinary Science 87(2):242-2.
Ling B, Alcorn J, Laarveld B, Olkowski AA (2009). Toxin metabolism potential in Richardson ground squirrels (Spermophilus richardsonii) in the context of chemical control of this pest. Journal of Pest Science 82(3):273-291.
Felmlee MA, Woo, G. Simko E, Krol ES, Muir AD, Alcorn J. (2009) Effects of the flaxseed lignans secoisolariciresinol diglucoside and its aglycone on serum and hepatic lipids in hyperlipidemic rats. British Journal of Nutrition 102(3):361-9.
Nain, S, Ling, BB, Bandy, B, Alcorn, J, Wojnarowicz, CM, Laarveld, B, Olkowski, AA. (2008). The Role of Oxidative Stress in the Development of Congestive Heart Failure in a Chicken Genotype Selected for Rapid Growth. Avian Pathology 37(4):367-73.
Olkowski AA, Wojnarowicz CM, Nain S, Ling BB, Alcorn J, Laarveld B. (2008) A Study on Pathogenesis of Sudden Death Syndrome in Broiler Chickens. Research in Veterinary Science 85:131-140.
Sokoro A, Zhang Z, Eichhorst JC, Zello G, House JD, Alcorn J, Lehotay DC. (2008) Formate pharmacokinetics during formate administration in folate-deficient young swine. Metabolism: Clinical and Experimental 57:920-926.
Ling BB and Alcorn J (2008) Acute administration of Cefepime lowers L-carnitine concentrations in early lactation stage rat milk. Journal of Nutrition 138:1317-1322.
Alcorn, J and McNamara PJ (2008). Using ontogeny information to build predictive models for drug elimination. Drug Discovery Today 13(11-12):507-512.
Nain, S, Ling, B., Alcorn, J., Wojnarowicz, C., Laarveld, B., Olkowski, A.A. (2008) Biochemical Factors Limiting Myocardial Energy in a Chicken Genotype Selected for Rapid Growth Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Part A 149: 36–43.

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Introduction: Transverse myelitis is a neurological disease involving inflammation or lesions on the spinal cord with rapid and progressive onset of symptomsMotor training, sensory stimulation, andrehabilitation of autonomic functions are needed, to restore the function, reduce disability, and improve the quality of life.Case Presentation: A 34 years old male had weakness and loss of sensoric of lower limbs, accompanied by low back pain (LBP), chronic cough, and micturition dysfunction for 1 month ago, categorized byASIA impairment scale (AIS) D, level of injury at T6. The MRI of Thoracolumbal showed myelitis lession at 6th – 7th of thoracal, effusion at facet joint of L2-L5, and lumbal spondylosis. The rehabilitationprograms were active range of motion exercise with walking exercise (3 session/week, 30 minutes/session), Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (2-10 pps, 2 session/week, 20 minutes/session),sensory stimulation (2 session/week, 20 minute/session), and bladder training for 3 weeks. After 16 days, there were lower limb’s strength improvement by Manual Muscle Testing (MMT) were average four atlevel L2-S1, sensory improvement to T9-10, LBP was reduced, and normal micturition. After 3 weeks, lower limb strength improved to 55445/55445 at level L2-S1. Pat ient able to walk without assisted.Conclusion: Muscle strengthening, sensory simulation and bladder training, combined with pharmacological treatment, improved motor, sensory and autonomic function in Transverse MyelitispatientKeywords: Motoric training, sensory stimulation, bladder training, Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation, transverse myelitis
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By Brandon White
U.S. Army Civil Affairs NCO, Specialist Brandon White, Team 4713, Alpha Company, 478th Civil Affairs Battalion, delivers backpacks and school supplies to children in El Triunfo, Choluteca, Honduras, January 15, 2020. Photo by SSG Robert Hames.
Civil Affairs (CA) Soldiers are expected to possess a unique combination of professional knowledge, a proficiency in basic soldier skills, and exceptional critical thinking. More importantly, we must consistently exhibit expert judgment, professionalism, integrity, and trustworthiness. These attributes, which are encompassed in the 8 ARSOF Core Attributes, are even more critical in a deployed environment because of our considerable latitude at the team level to shape our missions and build relationships. These demands apply consistent emotional pressure throughout the deployment; therefore, team success can often hinge on each Soldier’s level of emotional intelligence.
According to Emotional Intelligence 2.0, emotional intelligence (EQ) is defined as “your ability to recognize and understand emotions in yourself and others, and your ability to use this awareness to manage your behavior and relationships…It affects how we manage behavior, navigate social complexities, and make personal decisions that achieve positive results.” Most Reserve Component (RC) CA Soldiers receive limited training or feedback on EQ before deploying in small, highly independent, and relatively isolated teams for nine months or longer. For that reason, it would benefit RC Soldiers to incorporate EQ training into professional development and use it to assess small group dynamics when composing teams for deployments.
Our peers in SOF Civil Affairs go through an initial selection process that stresses them to their physical and psychological limits. At the end of which, peer evaluations allow for the removal of Soldiers who fail to consistently demonstrate the ARSOF Core Attributes and who are unable to work with others in the most stressful situations. The RC does not have a similar selection process, therefore Soldiers who cannot adapt to the unique CA mission set are never identified.
More critically, the process for finalizing a deployment roster typically only covers a Soldier’s willingness to deploy, possessing the appropriate rank, an active Government Travel Charge Card, “green” medical readiness, and completing a number of “click-through” online courses. Meeting these requirements is often a higher, more urgent priority for Commanders than team cohesion and interpersonal dynamics. Therefore, RC CA Teams may be composed of competent and qualified Soldiers on paper, but many may lack the EQ needed to thrive in our dynamic, demanding environment. Without the tools to identify potentially toxic leaders and followers and to teach Soldiers about the importance of EQ, Commanders and Team Leaders are more likely to deploy teams who will struggle to navigate their own social complexities and will ultimately be less effective.
Before my recent rotation to Central America, my team’s roster was finalized only a few weeks before our deployment. Our four team members had not all met face-to-face until we arrived for mobilization. This led to a fairly steep learning curve about how best to work with each other, and given the highly relationship-based nature of our mission, our success relied on our ability to learn, adapt, and quickly grow as both individuals and as a team. As we all learn in stressful military environments, we are rarely at peak mental and emotional health while under stress. Although we may appear collected and secure on the surface, Soldiers may often be fatigued by home or mission-related stressors, insecure in our abilities to meaningfully contribute to the team, or agitated by other Soldiers we are with 24/7. That is why tools that can identify behavioral tendencies under stressful conditions can be particularly important resources for RC CA soldiers.
Looking back over my career in the Reserve Component, there were opportunities throughout monthly battle assemblies or even during pre-mobilization to incorporate EQ training, without distracting from other training requirements. The following tests and tools, when used in combination, can provide a detailed picture of your personality, help enhance self-awareness, and improve overall EQ.
Individual/Team level: Enneagram, Myers-Briggs, and DISC Assessment
Enneagram Personality Test: The Enneagram is a diagram of the human psyche represented by 9 interconnected personality types, each with its own archetypal characteristics that aims to describe your basic personality based on inborn temperament and other prenatal factors. The test identifies you as one of the 9 personality types but also offers an assessment of how each type shares qualities of other types, for example during times of security or stress. The test accounts for how, in a secure environment, you may exhibit positive traits of a second type, and in a stressful environment you may exhibit toxic qualities from a third type.
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Seven months into our rotation and eight months as a team, our chaplain encouraged us to take the Enneagram and participate in his class on small team dynamics and emotional intelligence. Prior to the class, we were instructed to take the 15-minute test and study our type. Once the chaplain explained the methodology and the various layers of analysis involved in each personality description, it was almost as though there had been a fly on the wall during our eight months together, accurately describing our intricate team dynamics, both positive and negative.
RC CA teams will find the Enneagram most useful because it describes your personality traits when you are secure and healthy as well as when you are insecure and stressed, both as a leader and a follower. This was extraordinarily helpful in improving my own self-awareness, as well as my knowledge and understanding of my teammates. Armed with this knowledge, individual Soldiers will be better able to adjust their behavior and be a more constructive and positive influence on others. Team members can also more intelligently communicate and empathize with each other to maximize the effectiveness of the team in all environments.
Additionally, there are Enneagram resources to help identify paths to success and potential pitfalls to avoid when certain combinations of personality types work together. The entire process of taking the test and discussing the results with our chaplain took one hour. Had our team conducted this training at the start of our deployment, we may have avoided some of the difficulties and growing pains we encountered during our first few weeks and months.
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI): The MBTI is designed to determine how individuals view the world, process information, and confront problems. It divides personality traits into four categories which identify the participant as one of 16 personality types, displayed as a four-letter identifier (ex: INTJ). Prior to our deployment, my team took this test and found it to be helpful and fairly insightful because it challenged us to think about our demeanors and personalities, and more clearly identify our approaches to problem-solving, our motivations, and our values. However, it lacked analysis of how we approach interpersonal relationships under stress as provided by the Enneagram. We also found that the results from the test linked above placed a positive spin on our personality results, comparing us to greats like Albert Einstein, Oprah Winfrey, or Barack Obama, that were less useful to us in navigating our team dynamics.
DISC Assessment: The DISC is a behavioral assessment which centers individuals based on traits of Dominance (D), Influence (I), Steadiness (S), and Conscientiousness (C) and can be helpful in assigning work tasks or determining how to solve problems collectively. This test is valuable in determining how you will behave in a small team environment and your style for working closely with others. However, the DISC did not help us in identifying strengths or weaknesses or toxic behaviors in stressful environments.
Company Level: Peer Evaluations
In the Civil Affairs AIT course at JFK-SWCS, our cadre implemented a peer evaluation exercise. We were asked to rank the top 5 and bottom 5 Soldiers we would like to work with and provide 1-2 sentences explaining our ranking. The votes were then tallied to create a ranking of all Soldiers based on their respective votes received. The results were not binding on our completion of the course and the evaluations stayed at the schoolhouse. However, the final published results were instructive because we were able to see what others thought of us in an anonymous way, and then reflect on how we interacted with and presented ourselves to the rest of the platoon.
A similar peer evaluation system could be implemented at the Company level on a quarterly or semi-annual basis. The Command Climate Survey may be useful for leaders, but there is no similar mechanism for soldiers to praise positive behavior or identify problems with each other as peers. While it may not be appropriate for these results to be binding on a Soldier’s career like an OER/NCOER, these peer evaluations would provide leaders with an additional tool to measure, predict, or improve team compatibility. Leaders could preempt issues that may arise and prepare courses of action to address them. In the most extreme cases, this could inform decisions to modify team compositions to improve chances of mission success.
With the insight provided by personality tests and peer evaluations, Soldiers and leaders will have the tools necessary to enhance their own self-awareness, raise their EQ, and improve any toxic behavioral tendencies they may have. Even without the catalyst of a mobilization, if RC CA units incorporate these tools into professional development and emphasize emotional intelligence as a valuable skill, Soldiers will be armed with a toolkit for enhanced self and social awareness, ensuring they are more positive influences in their units. Teams who are organized on short notice will be able to condense their interpersonal learning curves and better address the negative impacts low EQ could have on the mission. Most importantly, leaders will see their Soldiers pursuing self-improvement, not only in military skills and physical fitness, but in their emotional intelligence and self-awareness. Over time, these efforts will build a more capable and compatible Reserve Component CA force, better equipped to handle the unique emotional and psychological demands of the mission.
About the Author
Specialist Brandon White is a Civil Affairs Non-commissioned Officer at the 478th Civil Affairs BN, currently mobilized to Joint Task Force-Bravo in Honduras. He holds a B.A. in Political Science from Lewis University and a M.A. in International Relations from the University of Indianapolis. As a civilian, he currently works as a Consultant for National Security and Defense at Capgemini Government Solutions, previously served as a Legislative Assistant in the U.S. House of Representatives, and resides in Washington, D.C.
The views expressed are those of the author and do not reflect the official policy or position of the U.S. Army, Department of Defense, or the U.S. Government.
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Manila (AFP) March 5, 2017
One person was killed and 41 injured on Sunday when a powerful aftershock hit a southern Philippine city still recovering from a quake last month, authorities said.
The 5.9-magnitude quake struck the southern city of Surigao and surrounding areas, causing two houses and several walls to collapse, government seismologists and civil defence officers said.
A 65-year-old woman died of a heart attack while 41 people were treated for injuries mostly caused by falling objects, civil defence officials said.
The quake also knocked out power for several hours in the city of 152,000 people.
It was just one of over a hundred aftershocks to hit Surigao City on Mindanao island since a 6.5-magnitude quake on February 10 left eight dead and over 250 injured.
Its epicentre was outside Surigao City in the same area as the epicentre of last month's tremor, the government seismology office said.
The Philippines lies on the so-called Ring of Fire, a vast Pacific Ocean region where many of the world's earthquakes and volcanic eruptions occur.
Before the February 10 quake, the last lethal one to hit the country was a 7.1-magnitude tremor that left over 220 people dead and destroyed historic churches when it struck the central islands in October 2013.
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Our moon is a rare treat, says a press release from Jet Propulsion Laboratory, based on findings from the Spitzer Space Telescope. The telescope looked for indications of dust from collisions in other planetary disks thought to be the age of our solar system when our moon formed. According to the leading theory, our moon formed from the collision of a Mars-sized body impacting the earth when our solar system was 30 million years old. Only 5-10% of dust disks had telltale signs of dust from such collisions. See also the story on New Scientist. The moon is approaching full phase on the weekend Americans celebrate Thanksgiving.The claim is based on a controversial theory that invokes an extremely improbable collision (01/26/2007, 02/19/2007). It is based on unverifiable dating assumptions (09/25/2007, 08/08/2006). The theory has many problems and is not accepted by some geologists, including Harrison Schmidt, who walked on the moon during the Apollo 17 mission (11/04/2002). Students of philosophy of science may want to examine this story as an example of an explanation so intertwined with theory, it is hard to know where the theory stops and the evidence begins. While it is nice for astronomers to recognize our moon is special, we didn’t need their evolutionary assumptions. The moon’s role in stabilizing earth’s axial tilt and tides is part of a large suite of evidences that show our home planet was designed for life.(Visited 7 times, 1 visits today)FacebookTwitterPinterestSave分享0
2 August 2007It’s over a century old and the most populous black residential area in South Africa, but Soweto, whose past residents include Nelson Mandela and Desmond Tutu, has never been able to boast a world class golf course. That is set to change with the building of a golf course and estate, designed by South Africa’s Sportsman of the Twentieth Century, Gary Player.Work on the course is expected to start later this year. It will cover 90ha and be built on land donated by Sasol.Situated between Pimville and Goudkoppies, the cost of construction will be R60-million. A development deal has been struck between the City of Johannesburg and Tiyani, a consortium consisting of Investec, Standard Bank and Shanduka.Residential golf estateThe project manager of the Johannesburg Property Company (JPC), Alan Dinnie, who manages Johannesburg’s property portfolio, says the course will form part of a residential golf estate that consists of 238 units.He explained: “The golf course will be an 18-hole Gary Player signature PGA tournament standard golf course that will be capable of hosting international golf tournaments. (It will have) a club house built to PGA standards, a driving range and a golf academy.”The academy, which will be operated by the South Africa Golf Development Board, will work at improving golf in Soweto. People from disadvantaged backgrounds will be offered subsidised coaching.Retail and office plotsIn addition to the golf course and the residential estate, four retail and office plots have been set aside. They will be available for development by public tender once work on the course starts, says Dinnie.Johannesburg already has ambitious plans for the upgrading of Huddle Park, a mixed-use development managed by Tiyani. A R3-billion plan includes upgrading the existing golf course into a commercial component that consists of an 800-unit upmarket golf estate with an associated 32 000m² mixed-use retail centre, a private Gary Player signature golf course, and a “world-class” walking trail.The plan further includes the development of two new standard public golf courses elsewhere in the city.Dinnie says the new Soweto Golf Course depends on the upgrading of Huddle Park.HousingIn 2005, the City of Johannesburg and the Gauteng province found that the existing Soweto Golf Course had to be moved to provide much-needed land for housing in Kliptown. Two phases were adopted to make the move.The first phase was a short-term relocation, which involved the modification of four holes, thus releasing a portion of land for social housing development on the western edge of the course.That phase was completed in 2005 and the construction of houses has since begun. The second, long term, phase involves the complete relocation of the golf course.Talks were held between the community and the Soweto Golf Club, resulting in an agreement that the course would be relocated, but the existing course would not be turned into housing before the new course was ready for play.Playable by December 2008According to Dinnie, “The golf course is expected to be playable by December 2008, if the development starts later this year.“The golf course will be managed, maintained and operated by SATour and the SAGDB, under a lease agreement that ensures public access to the course.”He also said the Tiyani Consortium will build another course, on Mia Trust land, north of Johannesburg. It will be similar to the new Soweto Golf Course and will cater for under-privileged communities.Source: City of Johannesburg
As a young woman finding her own way, Lesley Ann Foster started Masimanyane Women’s Rights International that enabled her to grow personally as she helped others. Masimanyane Women’s Rights International executive director, Lesley Ann Foster, is on a mission to end violence against women. (Image: African Feminist Forum)Yvonne FontynOn her first day at what was to become the Masimanyane Women’s Rights International, executive director Lesley Ann Foster says she sat in the empty building and said, “Now what?” She finally had the means to start a shelter to help the many desperate women she had come across in her work with a charity for street children, but she didn’t know where to start.Her benefactor, businessman Reggie Naidoo, who had offered her his premises, told her: “Phone all the women you know; they will tell you what to do.” The women came, to help and to be trained as counsellors. “A friend who worked for Powa [People Opposing Women Abuse] came and 22 women were trained on how to counsel rape survivors,” she said on the phone from her headquarters in East London, on the beautiful Eastern Cape coastline.That was 20 years ago. Today Masimanyane, funded partly by overseas donors and the Department of Social Development, employs 42 full-time staff, with 20 volunteers giving their time on a regular basis. Its 11 centres in Eastern Cape offer medical and legal services and 24-hour counselling, and Masimanyane collaborates with other organisations in South Africa such as the Nisaa Institute for Women’s Development, based in Lenasia, in southern Johannesburg. International presenceFoster herself is a speaker on world platforms – in 2010, together with NGOs from the nine provinces, she compiled a nationwide report for the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, and presented the report the following year in Geneva, Switzerland.Working with Norwegian Church Aid, Foster has been instrumental in helping Iraqi women achieve their democratic rights, and in 2012 she took a group of South African activists to the United Nations’ General Assembly after she was invited to address delegates on the global increase in violence against women. She sits on the boards of several international organisations, including Amanitare, the African Partnership for the Sexual and Reproductive Rights of Women and Girls, which has members in 26 countries.Working with women is what gets her up in the morning, says Foster. “I love working with women. What I am doing, I am passionate about… I am focused on bringing women from one point to another.”About the first women she was able to assist at Masimanyane, she says: “I felt attached to them, and to the outcome, but I realised my role was to be a facilitator – to link them with opportunities, then let them take it and run with it.”She loves nothing better than to hear that someone who had approached the centre had achieved her goal – like the woman who had no matric, could not speak English and lived in a rural area but wanted to become a social worker. She heard Foster speak on the radio and plucked up the courage to approach the University of Cape Town, which agreed to help her to do the course. “Now she is doing her honours.”Setting a goal and slowly, step-by-step, achieving it is something to which Foster can relate. She was living with a violent partner and was harassed at work for being a whistle-blower when she had her “Aha” moment and realised where her purpose in life lay. Helping street childrenHer foray into the non-profit sector began when she returned to her home town of East London to spend time with her ailing father. “I had been offered a management position – it was a step up for me,” she says. “But the minute I arrived I felt something tugging at my heart – a feeling that there was something else to do.” At her church she heard about Daily Bread, a street children project, and soon she was helping with fund-raising and running its resource centre, collecting goods and distributing them to needy people. “I trained as a child care giver and was able to open 20 soup kitchens. From the funds we raised we were able to buy farms to house the children. In the seven years I was there we helped about 400 children. Those boys are young men now. I still have contact with them – I am granny to their children.”Things went sour when a colleague told her she had found that funds had been misappropriated. Foster investigated, found evidence and took legal counsel from Lawyers for Human Rights (LHR). At this point her employers began to threaten her. On one particularly difficult day she escaped her office to LHR across the road and as she was talking to the counsellor “she said to me, you are working for disempowered people but here you are, disempowered,” Foster recalls. Aha moment“I had my ‘Aha’ moment,” says Foster. “I left the charity. But I fought the case to the end. I was harassed, I was stalked but I see it as a growing experience now because I gained strength within myself.”Her mother, now 81 and still a committed community worker, advised her against pursuing the case. “I told her I was prepared to die for what I believed in. Once I had admitted to myself what the dangers were, I could go out fearlessly.”It was at that stage that she decided to help women. “During my work with street children I encountered women with huge problems – they were enduring terrible abuse and violence, the children also. But there was no help for them. Lifeline worked in the white community but there were no shelters or counselling services for the black community.“I was 32 and finding my own path – and I have always been of the mind that when I have an experience, I apply it to help other people.”The desire to set up a resource to help the women from her community was born, but help did not come easily. Organisations such as the Black Sash did not have the means, she says, but “Ntombazana Botha of LHR helped, and she is the reason is I started Masimanyane”. Another friend, Mala Naidoo, mentioned that an overseas church had been training South African women as counsellors.It was at that stage that Reggie Naidoo, who ran Ibec, a business to help marginalised entrepreneurs, offered Foster a double-storey house in which to start her centre. After the initial outreach efforts, she was able to fill the house gradually but surely as women arrived – referred by LHR and churches, and coming to train as volunteers.“The name came from the women,” says Foster, looking back on 18 years of active service. “Masimanyane means ‘Let’s support each other’. The organisation’s growth was organic, it was democratic – and we have kept to that in the 18 years.” Counsellor trainingThe first training done with Lifeline, a free phone counselling service, was “traumatic and powerful”, she says. “It was a meeting of different cultures, races and languages – we had interpreters. The fear the black women had of the white women…” It was clear there was a lot of work to be done. At the same time, she says, some psychologists in the city were sceptical: “They did not believe that victims could help each other. But we needed women to stand up.”Foster has made it her business not only to help disempowered women at a practical level, but also to try to change the structures that underpin the inequalities in society. During the first weeks of the centre’s operation she documented the women who had been referred to Masimanyane by LHR. “There was no help for them.” She put a call through to the then minister of justice, Dullah Omar, who happened to be the friend of an uncle. “He sent Vusi Pikoli [then director-general]. He sat with me, discussing what to do. Manto Tshabalala-Msimang was deputy justice minister – she came too.“We organised for a petition to demand more services for women. Seven months later we launched Masimanyane – Dullah Omar was the main speaker. It was the right time – 1995 – the time of the transition to a democracy.”Foster was invited to join a committee drawing up the new Domestic Violence Act. Turning pointIn 1996, she went to the International Conference on Violence, Abuse and Women’s Citizenship in Brighton, in England – “a turning point”, she says. “I was mesmerised, learning about rape and other issues of violence against women in a global context.” Then came an invitation to attend talks on women’s leadership at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, in the United States. This is where she said she became aware of “women’s human rights. It changed my understanding.” It was exciting for this woman from South Africa to attend Rutgers’ Center for Women’s Global Leadership to undergo training with delegates from all over the world, she said. “It was amazing and it changed my organisation.”While in Brighton, Foster had connected with a Norwegian NGO, the Norwegian Crisis Shelter Movement, which became Masimanyane’s first international partner. “This gave us a global view and platform. We continued to develop those links.” Foster also sits on the board of International Women’s Rights Action Watch, which is active in 122 countries.Yet, despite these measures and those put in place by various governments, discrimination against women and violence against women are growing worldwide. Speaking last year on International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, Louise Arbour, the United Nations’ High Commissioner for Human Rights, said that to stem the increase of violence against women and girls, those committing the crimes must be prosecuted. “Most perpetrators of these crimes [enjoy] impunity,” she said.“This impunity is built on a foundation of discrimination and inequality… Unless these inequalities are addressed, including in the economic and social spheres, the violence will persist.”Foster concurs and says the reason for the violence remains that “women are not valued in society as much as men are. This discrimination fosters inequality and the inequality is expressed by some men as violence against women and girls. Patriarchy allows men to experience privilege in every area of their lives and the downside of this is that women are accorded a status lower than that of men.”But she is not dispirited: “South Africa offers much hope and inspiration for women. Yes, we do have high levels of violence against women but we also have powerful programmes to protect women and to advance their human rights. We need to work on implementation of the existing laws and programmes. I have seen young women enter professions that have been closed to them. Our affirmative action programmes are amazing in putting women into leadership positions. There is much to celebrate and be proud of.”Trends and developments offer hope, she says: “The work which is being done to eliminate violence against women in the country is powerful. It has drawn diverse groups of women together and they work on the issue collectively.”It is not just in homes that changes are being made: “I am particularly proud of what Masimanyane Women’s Support Centre has achieved in getting women engaged with their local and provincial governments,” says Foster. “We have worked on strengthening state accountability and this is brilliant because the impact reaches all women in the country.”
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A family of five was found shot to death in their Maine apartment on Sunday. Local law enforcement officers have stated that the husband and wife were in their 30s and the children were ages 4 to 12 years old — two boys and one toddler girl.
Maine Police Sergeant Chris Harriman said the identities of the victims will be released later today once the next of kin have been notified. The family of five lived in Saco, about 10 miles south of Portland. Neighbors reported hearing sounds similar to those made by firecrackers shortly before midnight on Saturday evening. One neighbor told police investigators that she had witnessed the father of the family of five driving away from the apartment early Sunday morning and then returning a short time later.
“All indications are that no one outside of the family was responsible for the deaths. These are not accidental deaths,” Maine Department of Public Safety representative Steve McCausland told the media.
Heather Nason, who used to babysit the children, had this to say after learning about the deaths of the family of five: “I still don’t want to believe it. I love those children like they were my own.”
Saco police officer discovered the bodies after a family friend contacted a staffer at the apartment complex with concerns about the individuals. When the complex worker entered the apartment of the family of five, the first body was immediately discovered and the police were called.
Maine police officers confirmed that dead bodies were found in all three of the bedrooms in the apartment. The law enforcement officers reportedly believe that a long gun was used in the killings. Shell casings were also recovered at the scene of the murders.
Residents interviewed by the news media described the Saco neighborhood as safe. The children in the family of five were reportedly among those in the neighborhood who rode their bicycles and played outdoors safely and without incident. The children usually seen milling about the green areas at the apartment complex were replaced by worried parents and policed officers on Sunday.
“The kids were great. They were just happy kids, and it’s just a huge shock. As for the parents, they’d take the shirts off their back for you,” the former babysitter added as she and her husband joined others in placing flowers on a makeshift memorial outside of the apartment complex.
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Taylor Machine Works is a renowned industrial truck manufacturer in the United States. Is history began in 1927. First, a small car repair shop was created.
Now Taylor has a modern factory and a huge resource and production potential. Its products are used by many US and foreign enterprises operating in various fields.
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Petition Investigate press coverage of Covid-19 outbreak as part of any public inquiry
We feel that some of the media has not conducted itself in a way that was helpful into reducing deaths and cases of covid in the UK and we feel their role and behaviour during this time must be included in the analysis of all decisions made and of the effect it had on outcomes.
The country needed to have a combined effort of the government, opposition, NHS, armed forces, volunteers and main stream media.
We feel much of the media was detrimental to the number of lives at risk of dying by misinformation, half stories, harassment and causing confusion. An investigation into their behaviour should be included in any public inquiry to change behaviour for the future safety of the nation.
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At 10,000 signatures, government will respond to this petition
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At 100,000 signatures, this petition will be considered for debate in Parliament

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The American Caribbean Maritime Foundation celebrated its 2nd annual event at the Oceana Restaurant on November 16, 2017, launching its annual awards. Founder and president, Dr. Geneive Brown Metzger, greeted almost a hundred hand-picked guests were treated to an evening of cocktails and learning about the CMU in what was billed as a “Friendraiser”.
Receiving honors were Jamaica’s Minister of Transport and Mining, Mike Henry; and Dr. Grantley Stephenson, CEO of Kingston Wharves. The evening was sponsored by the law firm of Montgomery McCracken, and the MC was James Luce, of the James Dudley Luce Foundation, and board member of the ACMF.
Among the distinguished guests were the Chinese Consul and Education Officer, Xiao Yu Wang, Jamaican Consul Genera Trudy Deans, corporate friends and maritime executives.


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The recently published memoir by Bessie White held me captive from cover to cover. Bessie’s Sylvan catalogues the life (so far) of the 89-year-old dry-land farmer, starting with her move to Montezuma County from Canada when she was a somewhat bratty 3 years old, through the not-so-Great Depression, the nitty-gritty Dust Bowl years, the second War to End All Wars and, as they say, much, much more.
But most of all it’s a tale of joyful survival, her family’s stubborn persistence in establishing a permanent presence on the land they came to love.
Co-authored by John Wolf, also a resident of Montezuma County, White’s tale makes an initial point of letting readers know she doesn’t think her personal journey is all that remarkable, although many may disagree. Her larger concern is making a lasting record of a truly loving way of living – on and off of that land, which, she laments, is fading from public memory:
“I felt like I wanted to put my life down,” she explains in the introduction. “Not that it’s more important – it’s not more important . . . probably as ordinary as anybody’s life.
“But it’s not there anymore for my kids and grandkids. They don’t live in that kind of world anymore.”
More’s the pity.
She is the last resident of Sylvan, Wolf notes, “one of dozens of . . . small communities that once dotted the Great Sage Plain. They’re all gone now, the post offices, the general stores, the schools and Grange halls. Plowed under along with the homesteads of most the families who settled here (and) replaced by irrigated operations ten times the size of the original farms.” (Still, a tidy cemetery endures there, and White is secretary of the board that keeps it.)
It’s the personal recollections, such as knowing your cows by name, getting down off your tractor to wage the yearly battle with bindweed, using a primitive party-line telephone system as a 911 signal — “. . . when they put out five rings, then everybody would pick up the phone and they’d give a message” – reliving talent nights and dances at those longgone schools and churches, and myriad other nostalgic recollections that makes this book so readable.
Beyond that, it contains a wealth of information and keen insights into the geology of the Great Sage Plain, the economic realities of dryland farming and the impact of the Dolores Water Project, last of the giant dams built to tame the wild waters of the West.It is replete with photos, maps and finely drawn illustrations.
The history of the West has been exaggerated and exploited by the entertainment industry to the point that much of what’s left it is impure fiction. Stretching over the years that cover a large part of what is now forlornly referred to as the time of the American Dream, Bessie’s Sylvan does its part in setting some of that straight.
On a personal note, I found a lot of relatable stuff in it that jogged my own memories. Hey, my family also moved into a house sans running water or electricity; wow, I grew up in a tiny village with a general store, went to a one-room schoolhouse, too; yeah, my dad had an old truck like that, and so on.
Whatever, Bessie’s Sylvan is a keeper, crammed with amusing anecdotes as well as a modest helping of unapologetic homespun philosophy that comes from living what Albert Camus called an “authentic” life.
Ms. White just closed her annual stall at the Cortez Farmers Market – “well, now all I take is 15, 18 pies, five or six loaves of yeast or whole wheat bread (along with cookies, jams and other goodies)” – but no doubt she’ll be back next year.
In the meantime, pick up a copy of her book if you’re interested in the history of our area. It’s good reading.

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February means it’s Grammy season and the sound of music is all around. This month we celebrate the caregivers, like our friend Holly Robinson Peete, who are musical stars and caregivers as well as luminaries in the music business such as interviews with Quincy Jones, Smokey Robinson, Alan and David Osmond, of loved ones. On a somber note we share the caregiving story of Casey Kasem, who was known best for his radio show, “America’s Top 40” but in his later years became a case study in how families need to have the C-A-R-E Conversation to avoid conflict and event elder abuse. We’ll also share articles about the power of music to heal – through music therapy or just providing the “food for the soul” all caregivers need.
Here are our articles that show music is a must for every caregiver:
Alzheimer’s App Uses Singing to Boost Mood (originally published on PBS Next Avaenue)
Holly Robinson Peete’s Most Challenging Role – Sandwich Generation Caregiver (Holly’s in-depth story found in Sherri’s book, A Cast of Caregivers)
Catherine Zeta Jones – a caregiver’s self-care mental health plan (who won her Oscar – also happening this month – for her singing/dancing role in Chicago)
Glen Campbell’s Farewell Tour (originally published on PBS Next Avenue)
The Osmond Family’s Greatest Act – Winning the Daily Battle Against MS (Sherri interviewed both Alan and Davis Osmond for her book, A Cast of Caregivers)
Casey Kasem’s Legacy for Caregivers (originally published on PBS Next Avenue)
And, many of the articles on our Caregiving Club site and the wealth of information we provide can be found in our CEO, Sherri Snelling’s book, A Cast of Caregivers – Celebrity Stories To Help You Prepare to Care.


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FRONT ROYAL - Despite the May completion of a $45 million wastewater treatment facility upgrade, the town hopes to avoid a $20 million state-mandated phase two.
Timmy Fristoe, wastewater treatment plant manager, told council members that the plant’s average November daily flow was 8 million gallons compared to its 5.3 million gallon capacity.
Robert Boyle, Public Works manager, said over the phone that if that trend continues for two more consecutive months, the Virginia Department of Environmental Equality will force the town begin planning phase two.
The phase two design would cost between an estimated $2 million and $3 million while construction would cost an estimated $18 million.
Fristoe said that phase two would include increasing the plant’s capacity and installation of an effluent line, pumping station and a 3.75 million gallon storage container for “high flow events.”
According to previous reports, the upgrade completed earlier this year decreased the discharge of unwanted chemicals. After county contributions and grant funds, the town paid for $29 million for the upgrades through an interest-free 20 year Department of Environmental Quality loan.
Boyle explained that phase two additions were all items left out of phase one to save $15 million.
“I didn’t hide this, this is all stuff that got shoved back,” Fristoe said.
He added that if the town reduces infiltration and inflow - water that enters cracked pipes - the town could avoid the phase two.
Councilman Eugene Tewalt said overseeing infiltration and inflow rehabilitation will be a major undertaking because part of the issue is bad clay pipes were installed the 1940s and 1950s. He added it would be expensive for the town and property owners but “it is the only way to go.” Even with an upgrade, he said bad pipes will remain an issue.
Fristoe agreed and said “repairing and maintaining this infrastructure will save money in costly plant upgrades and keep the wastewater treatment plant operating effectively and in a cost-effective manner,” he said.
Boyle said the town has spent about $500,000 in the past year curbing infiltration issues and the department will have several upcoming requests for more repairs. He added that he does not know how much it would cost to avoid phase two.
Town Manager Joe Waltz said that in 2012 a DEQ consent order required the town to study the infiltration issue and officials meet with DEQ representatives quarterly to discuss the matter. He added that he intends to continue tackling infiltration issues to avoid phase two, but he brought it to the council because “the wet season that we have had this year has put us to that borderline of possibly triggering phase two.”
He added that in a future work session, exact figures and details regarding how the town is attacking infiltration and inflow will be discussed.

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Gravy Day: Why Australians are celebrating an unusual tradition
Australians around the world have been celebrating Gravy Day this Friday, commemorating singer Paul Kelly’s 1996 hit How To Make Gravy which has become a Christmas classic down under.
The song, which references December 21 in the second line, tells the story of a remorseful prisoner writing home before Christmas, imagining friends and family coming together from across the country without him.
“Who’s gonna make the gravy now?” Kelly sings. “I bet it won’t taste the same.
“Just add flour, salt, a little red wine. And don’t forget a dollop of tomato sauce for sweetness and that extra tang.”
Some people have criticised Kelly’s recipe over the years but the song remains loved by Australians as a classic of the genre.
“Give my love to Angus and to Frank and Dolly,” he sings in the chorus. “Tell ’em all I’m sorry I screwed up this time.”
#GravyDay was trending on Twitter as Aussies shared jokes and memes.
Kelly discussed the inspiration for the lyrics in footage from a recent performance shared on his Facebook page to mark the day.
Having been asked to contribute a song to a festive charity album, Kelly was struggling to get started as “Christmas has been pretty much covered over the years”, he said.
So he listened to a few of the classics to get him started and White Christmas, written by Irving Berlin, stood out.
“The power of White Christmas was the fact that the person singing the song is not there at Christmas, but is wanting to be there.
“Irving intensified the feeling of Christmas by writing about not being at Christmas.”


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this is a piece i created for a friend who is going through a rough patch. as i worked on it i was able to think about her, our friendship, the influence she has had on me and send out good thoughts for her well being. i guess you could say it was a creative version of prayer. i was so happy to hear from her that she received it and loved it. i am hoping every time she wears it she is reminded that there are people who care about her deeply.
the pendant is a beaded turquoise cabochon (flat backed stone) with a peyote stitched bail and the necklace was done with faceted seed beads in a tubular herringbone pattern. to attach the toggle i finished the necklace with a cone and then strung beading wire through the tube. this will be a bit sturdier than attaching the toggle to the beaded tube. it will keep it from pulling on the tube and stretching it (because i used larger beads on the tube the stitching is not as compact as it would be with smaller beads). this was the first time i attempted the herringbone in a finished piece and also the first completed beaded cab (i have a few work in progress pieces laying around).
Turquoise Gemstone meaning
Turquoise is one of the oldest protection amulets, and was also known as a symbol of wealth in many ancient cultures.
Strength, protection from harm, psychic sensitivity and connection to the spirit world
If given a turquoise by a loving friend, that stone would protect the wearer from negative energy and bring good fortune. The turquoise is the symbol of friendship. It also brings peace to the home.
This stone is a very personal and meaningful stone to one who wears it. Turquoise takes on the characteristics of the owner.

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The thing with over-analysis is that it gets you nowhere. Supporters of Mar Roxas, the presidential candidate anointed by incumbent Philippine President Benigno Simeon ‘BS’ Aquino III’s to continue his Daang Matuwid “platform” of governance, have been wracking their brains trying to figure out why their man is, according to the popularity polls, the least likely to win the 2016 presidential elections. Yet these analysts, in not a few blogs and articles, insist that the presidency is all about “character”.Ok then. So if it is all about “character” then there really is nothing much to analyse about Mar Roxas. To put it in plain and simple words, Filipino voters have concluded that Mar Roxas’s character sucks. How could they not come to that conclusion? Time and again, Roxas has exhibited an inability to lead, a downright corny media presence, and a flat out lack of individuality. His track record of a lack of results delivered as Secretary of the Interior and Secretary of Transportation and Communication speaks volumes of his executive abilities. His numerous lame media stunts that have made him meme fodder and the premiere laughingstock of Philippine social media already give us an idea of the small figure Roxas will likely cut when thrust into the world stage as head of state of the Philippines. And it is difficult to ignore the complicated web of utang-na-loobs (debts of gratitude) that imprison him in political circumstance.
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If, indeed, Daang Matuwid, President BS Aquino’s “straight path” doctrine, is a good thing, then it is a monumental tragedy that its baton needs to be passed to a loser like Mar Roxas. Roxas has effectively doomed any hope of Aquino’s Daang Matuwid ideology persisting beyond 2016. In short, Mar Roxas is a colossal strategic failure on the part of the Philippines’ Liberal Party.
How can the Liberal Party survive Mar Roxas?
Six months is cutting it close, but there is still time to ditch Mar Roxas and his on-the-job-trainee running mate Leni Robredo. After all, Filipino voters are a fickle lot with decision-making faculties made volatile by a shallow well of reasoning. Philippine elections have been known to take wild turns at the 11th hour and, in a lot of cases, have surprised by their results’ inconsistency with those numerous survey “analyses” published by the multitude of polling firms that rake in a lot of cash every election season.
If not Mar, who can the Liberal Party field in the race for the Philippine presidency?
There’s Grace Poe. She is, hands down, a winnable candidate. Being winnable, she is worth her weight in gold. And in a political ecosystem where party affiliations mean zilch in ideological terms, Grace Poe can easily join the LP and, together with the Yellow Horde, rule the galaxy. Indeed, the LP was not above offering Poe the Vice Presidency to complement Roxas’s presidential candidacy back in the early days of the campaign.
As to the small matter of Poe’s legal issues regarding her nationality and Philippine residency? Well, what is the LP in power for? Led by President BS Aquino, the LP has proven its ability to trump rule of law in favour of the wellbeing of its strategic agendas.
Why then should the LP continue backing a loser (and, as GRP contributor Paul Farol put it, continue “pull[ing] down the top contender”) when it can simply cut its losses and lure back into its comfy embrace the winnable horse? Grace Poe, after all, complies with the LP’s primary criteria. She will likely be a president who will keep by then former President BS Aquino out of prison.
Ultimately this is what the term “continuity” in the context of the discourse surrounding this election euphemises. Continuity of the strait path away from prison, that is, for President BS Aquino under whose watch billions of pesos in taxpayers’ funds were literally porked over to “cooperative” legislators, treasonous deals were made with Islamic terrorists and a belligerent ASEAN “ally” led by a corrupt leader, and grossly incompetent administrators were kept under the people’s payroll for the sake of friendship and family.
In that sense, Mar Roxas is expendable and replaceable. He is only as valuable as his ability to secure Aquino’s Get-Out-of-Jail pass. In that regard, Grace Poe passes the criteria with flying colours. The Liberal Party should reassess its situation and seriously consider whether or not they deserve to be doomed by a loser like Mar Roxas.
benign0 is the Webmaster of GetRealPhilippines.com.


Andrew Chubb (born 1975 in Sydney, Australia) is a Newcastle, New South Wales based pianist, composer, teacher, and lecturer. Since 1999, he has taught and lectured at the Newcastle Conservatorium of Music, University of Newcastle, Australia.
As a pianist, Chubb has always taken interest in a variety of classical repertoire including performing contemporary minimalist piano works, especially those of the American composer Philip Glass.
By 2006, he was the first and only Australian pianist who had publicly performed the main cycle of published solo piano works by Glass. These concerts were given at the Newcastle Conservatorium Concert Hall in 2002, 2003, 2006, and the Newcastle City Hall, the Brisbane Conservatorium of Music in 2007 and Saint Mary's University in Halifax, Canada in 2008.
In 2007 he gave the Australian premiere of the large-scale 75min solo piano work, The Book of Sounds, by the late German composer, Hans Otte and in the same concert on the Australian made Stuart & Sons piano the World Premiere of his own solo piano work, Meditation at Bar Beach. In recent years, Andrew Chubb has devoted time to composition and since 2004, has had works published by Publications by Wirripang.
In 2007, Andrew Chubb collaborated with Australian photographer Allan Chawner in a project of images and music entitled Bar Beach...Beyond the Sea which was exhibited at the Newcastle Region Art Gallery. This collaboration featured Chubb's solo piano work, Meditation at Bar Beach. In October 2008, he toured Canada as pianist and composer including an exhibition of his collaborative work Bar Beach...Beyond the Sea at Saint Mary's University in Halifax, Canada.
Performances of his compositions are heard throughout Australia, Canada and Europe.


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New Delhi: Opposition’s top leaders met at the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar’s house in New Delhi Wednesday. Among those in attendance include Congress national president Rahul Gandhi, West Bengal Chief Minister and TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee, and Delhi Chief Minister and AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal.
After the meeting, Sharad Pawar, Rahul Gandhi and Mamata Banerjee addressed the media. “We had a very constructive meeting, our collective target is to stop the BJP government. We also deliberated on the common minimum program of the coalition,” Rahul Gandhi said.
"We agreed that the principal target for all of us is to wipe out the assault on Indian institutions by Narendra Modi, BJP and RSS. We have a commitment that we're all going to work together to defeat the BJP," he added.
"We will work together at the national level and have a pre-poll alliance," Mamata Banerjee said.
Leaders of 15 opposition parties gathered in New Delhi on Wednesday to participate in the mega-opposition rally titled ‘Remove Dictatorship, Save Country’, organised by Aam Admi Party’s (AAP). The Kejriwal-hosted rally became the second such show of force after TMC rally on January 19. Hosted by Mamata Banerjee, leaders from 23 ‘anti-BJP’ parties gathered in Kolkata for ‘United India rally’ and vowed to oust BJP from power.
Earlier today speaking from the Jantar Mantar, Kejriwal accused PM Modi of trying to tear the Constitution apart. Mamata Banerjee said the Indian democracy has become ‘Namocracy’ – a portmanteau for Narendra Modi’s moniker ‘NaMo’ and ‘democracy’, adding, the situation in the country is ‘worse than emergency’. On CBI’s failed attempt to question Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar in West Bengal’s capital on February 3, didi said she had never seen any government “stoop so low”.
"It is Prime Minister's last day as an elected leader in Parliament today," she said. "Everyone is afraid of Gabbar Singh. There are two of them -- (Prime Minister Narendra) Modi and (BJP chief Amit) Shah," she was quoted as saying by news agency PTI.
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INNER ISLAND in New York.
Wearing Irish in New York.
Wearing Irish in New York.
The wearingirish campaign was Initially conceived in 2016 as a way for founder and chief flag bearer Margaret Molloy to showcase the talent we have in Ireland and encourage others to do likewise — the campaign quickly caught the public imagination. Search #wearingirish on Instagram today and you’ll find over 13,000 results.
WearingIrish sets out to tell the world the untold story of contemporary Irish fashion and the makers behind the creations. Having captured the imagination of consumers and influencers on both sides of the Atlantic on social media Margaret Molloy decided the next step was bringing the winning designers to NYC.
WearingIrish NYC 2018 was a curated showcase and event program that took place from May 15th to 17th at Bank of Ireland startlab, neighboring the iconic Grand Central Terminal.
INNER ISLAND was honored to be one of Ten Irish designers that were flown to the Big Apple, stayed in the Fitzgerald Hotel in Manhattan and was introduced to mover and shakers of the Irish diaspora, along with fashion industry professionals, marketing experts, stylists and press. We spent 48 hours displaying our creations, meeting potential customers, and forging connections to accelerate growth. The invitation-only program was be packed with panelists and guests, eager to discover Irish designers. I was blown away by the kindness and openness of the New Yorkers I met. The genuine interest and curiosity they had was heartwarming. It was a wonderful event from start to finish and I do hope this initiative continues for other designers to experience what I experienced.
Besides INNER ISLAND the other worthy designers that were chosen among 170 applicant are the following;
Designed and manufactured on the Wild Atlantic Way, Áine incorporates color and texture into natural fabrics to create simple shapes.
Encompassing the finest of Irish heritage, from Donegal tweed to Connemara lace, this womenswear brand is at the forefront of modern design.
Bláith’s unconventional jewelry pieces are the result of innovative techniques and craftsmanship using fine nylon braiding combined with robust metals and delicate crystal.
Kildare-based DE BRUIR craft leather goods, combining wax cotton and leather using pared-back construction techniques.
Taking inspiration from the likes of Harry Clarke, Jennifer Rothwell is renowned for her striking, colorful prints.
This womenswear collection reflects a modern “Irishness” with opulent fabrics, appliques, whimsical hand beaded and hand painted surface decoration.
SANDS AND HALL
This designer is known for reinventing the cape and creating contemporary, wearable, pieces using fine materials and techniques.
THE TWEED PROJECT
This Galway-based designer combines Irish fabrics with modern tailoring for a truly authentic expression of Irish design
This brand presents a strong feminine collection that combines Triona’s signature fabrics with classic contemporary shapes in the form of jackets, capes and coats.
The event was a complete success and truly inspirational. To learn more visit

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Norwich City Council to vote on budget including 2.99pc council tax rise
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People in Norwich will discover tonight whether they will pay more in council tax to City Hall over the next year.
Labour-run Norwich City Council will meet tonight to set its budget for 2019/20.
The council is making its plans based on the largest increase in its share of the council tax possible without triggering the need for a referendum.
The proposed 2.99pc increase would add £7.67 more a year on the element of council tax bills which goes to the city council for a Band D property. It would be less for most homeowners, as the bulk of city properties are band A or B.
The council says the increase is needed to prevent cuts to services and would bring in £275,000. City Hall is facing a shortfall of £12,4m by 2023/24.
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The decision will be made at a full council meeting at City Hall at 7.30pm tonight (Tuesday, February 26).
Bills in the city are split between the city council, Norfolk County Council and Norfolk's police and crime commissioner.
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Norfolk County Council agreed, earlier this month, to increase its share of the bill by 2.99pc.
That means those in a band D property would pay £1,362.74 compared to £1,322.73.
But officers at County Hall had warned bigger hikes could be needed ahead - if permitted - as the council battles to plug a budget gap which rises to £70m by 2022.
Meanwhile, Conservative police and crime commissioner Lorne Green decided on an increase of more than 10pc.
The police increase will add £24 a year to bills for a band D property – 46p a week.
But chief constable Simon Bailey said it would mean he could hire extra officers and help head off some further cuts on top of the £34m over the past nine years.


Gore Vidal was one of the world's strongest voices and greatest writers. He died last night at the age of 86 of complications from pneumonia.
Vidal had his most famous clash with establishment ideas when he published The City and the Pillar, which featured homosexuality in 1948, making it one of the first major American novels to do so. He was a playwright, a critic, journalist and even ran for office. He will be greatly missed.
The world today may be friendlier to LGBT ideas, but it is still way more fucked up than Vidal might have hoped when he published his first book in 1946. In honor of his legacy, we must never stop asking questions. Famously, Vidal said, "The corporate grip on opinion in the United States is one of the wonders of the Western world. No first world country has ever managed to eliminate so entirely from its media all objectivity -- much less dissent."
To help you sort out your feelings, we suggest the perpetual weirdness of locals Skarekrauradio, who paid some kind of tribute to the author on a 2006 split with Columbia's Jerusalem and the Starbaskets on Apop Records (Apop 012, to be exact). The band likely would have disagreed with several specific tenants of Vidal's political viewpoint, namely his fiscal conservatism, but we have no doubt that they have a kindred disdain for complacency. Listen to "Lord of Gore Vidal" below.
Note: The only stream available online is through MySpace, so you're going to have to click that uninviting looking button to hear the track.
"Lord of Gore Vidal" is, in keeping with that era's iteration of the band, relatively melodic for the first minute or so. Though there's still plenty of discord by way of the shouted vocals, and the final three-fourths of the song are a squirrelly mess of guitar.
Video of Skarekrauradio playing "Simulated Tapeworm" and "Lord of Gore Vidal:"


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With the Oscars right around the corner, many people are upset with the snubbing of films by black filmmakers by mainstream awards shows. Folks went slap off when filmmaker Ava DuVernay did not receive a best director nomination for her seminal film Selma. David Oyelowo, who delivered an incredible performance as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in the same film was also overlooked by Oscar, despite the film being nominated for the Best Picture and Best Original Song categories. It definitely happens, but it is not often that a film is nominated for Best Picture with the film’s director and lead actor not receiving a nomination.
Lucky for many audiences and filmmakers of color, the film festival circuit exists. This is often one of the ways in which black films and films by disenfranchised populations get any visibility or for that matter, any love. Before DuVernay became a household name with the popularity of Selma, she became the first African-American woman to win best director at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival for Middle of Nowhere. The woman who is the first African-American woman to be nominated for a Best Director award at the 2015 Golden Globes, had already found acceptance and approval amongst cinephiles at film festivals throughout the world.
There are many opportunities for black filmmakers to showcase their talents whether at Sundance, Tribeca Film Festival, Pan African Film Festival or the Bronze Lens Festival, where the films and the cast and crew that make them, are given a platform for viewing, possibilities for distribution deals and the much needed exposure to get the next project funded or completed. Such was the case with Ryan Coogler, writer and director of the critically acclaimed film Fruitvale Station. Coogler won the 2011 ABFF HBO Short Film competition with his film ‘Fig’, earning him a $20,000 award and giving him the necessary exposure to continue moving forward in his film career. While many think of film festivals as party central, there are real differences being made in the lives of aspiring filmmakers and those persevering in an industry that is not always kind to people of color.
The value of film festivals is nothing new. A former publicist, DuVernay recognized the power of film festivals, founding the African American Film Festival Releasing Movement (AFFRM), an organization that uses film festivals to provide independent filmmakers with theatrical and multiplatform distribution. Upcoming film festivals include the Women of African Descent Film Festival (WADFF, May 2), American Black Film Festival (ABFF, June 11-14) and the Martha’s Vineyard African American Film Festival (MVAAFF, Aug. 10-15).
Celebrating its 14th Anniversary, the Women of African Descent Film Festival (WADFF) was created to help combat the negative images of people of African descent constantly circulated in the media. Sponsored by the Brooklyn Chapter of The Links, the organization is committed to choosing and screening films that depict the positive linkages women of African descent have to their families, neighborhoods and communities, in an effort to influence peoples’ perceptions of people of African descent through the medium of film.
The American Black Film Festival (ABFF) is a four-day event dedicated to showcasing quality films and television content by and about people of African descent. The ABFF is committed to the belief that Black artists deserve the same opportunities as their mainstream counterparts. The Martha’s Vineyard African American Film Festival was founded to produce community events, educational programs and films that spark discussion, debate and action.
These festivals represent just a few of the opportunities that exist for black filmmakers to have their films seen by the public, embraced and awarded. If you’re a filmmaker, working or aspiring to be in the film business, then you might try submitting your work to these festivals or attending. Whatever you choose to do, know that mainstream awards shows and larger festivals do not validate the amazing work produced by black filmmakers. Instead of getting mad, get going to festivals that love, embrace and reward black filmmakers all year, every year.
For more information about submitting to the WADFF, click here. (Entry deadline: 3/13/15)
For more information about submitting to the ABFF, click here. (Entry deadline: 3/10/15)
For more information about submitting to the MVAAFF, click here. (Entry deadline: 5/30/15)
This post was written by Nsenga K. Burton, Ph.D., founder & editor-in-chief of the award-winning news site The Burton Wire. Follow her on Twitter @Ntellectual.

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Tech News In Hindi 91 Mobiles
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Tech news in hindi 91 mobiles. Stay updated with latest and trending info. Over the past couple several indian sites has grown at great pace competing with international sites in tech realm. The report additionally additional states that the gadget will be one of the slimmest phones from samsung.
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The Punchline Premium Collection brings together the best stand-up comedians that Australia and the World have to offer in one unique range. Laugh out loud to all your favourites in this unique special edition. (DVD Synopsis): Tahir has been a feature in all comedy venues around the country and has numerous television appearances as credits. He is a regular at major comedy festivals, panel shows, debates and has also written and starred in some of the most successful stage productions seen in Australia. Lord of the Kebebs: Fellowship of the Hommous played to over 20,000 people around the country in 2003. Tahir has also many acting credits with his most famous being the character of Habib in the long running comedy Fat Pizza. He has been named Comedian of The Year and has even been Logie nominated. He is a regular on shows such as The Footy Show and Thank God Youre Here. His stand up will take you through from his Turkish heritage to his high school teaching days. Watch Tahir improvise with the audience on an electric night as one of Australias finest and most natural comedians hits the stage to a packed Enmore Theatre.
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A young girl fell eight storey to her death after falling through an open window when she became separated from her grandmother.
The three-year-old was captured on CCTV getting into a lift ahead of her elderly grandmother when its doors closed suddenly and she was left alone.
In images recorded last Friday in the Chinese city of Zhuzhou, the girl is seen briefly panicking before hitting buttons inside the lift and eventually exiting on the eighth floor.
Changsha Television reported the toddler came across a 36inch high corridor window before falling from the building.
Family members told the TV station that they were visiting the girl’s grandmother on her birthday.
An unnamed male relative added: “We heard a loud thud on the ground. When we ran over to look, she had already fallen from the window.
“She managed to reach the window by standing on the skirting board. She climbed out and then fell.
“You can see from the surveillance footage that the accident happened in less than a minute.
"The three-year-old girl was apparently able to easily climb out the window.”
It is believed that a number of authorities, including government officials, are now investigating the girl's tragic death.
The news comes the day after a man fell to his death from an Irish apartment complex.
Police were called to Mill Road in Co Clare, Ireland, following reports of a an unresponsive man on the ground near an apartment block – CCTV footage is now being examined.
Paramedics also attended the scene and the victim, now identified as a 33-year-old man, was found to have fatal injuries.
Shortly after their arrival, the man was pronounced dead at the scene, the Irish Mirror reports.
The area was cordoned off pending completion of a forensic examination while the man’s body was later removed.


Housing Assistance For Pregnant Women
If you are a single woman who is pregnant, it’s highly likely that you are wondering whether or not you can get some kind of financial assistance. Well, you will be happy to know that there are many different grants for pregnant women these days. These grants are available for single mothers, especially those from the low income groups who need financial help to buy food, clothing and housing. In this article, you can find information on some of available grants, especially in the form of housing assistance for pregnant women.
Grants For Single Mothers
First, there is the WIC or Women, Infants and Children program which provide good nourishment for needy women and children. Through this program, you can get food coupons or checks to buy nutritious foods.
The TANF Grant or Temporary Assistance To Needy Families Grant is another option to consider. This grant will help you to care for your children and it also promote work opportunities that can prevent you from depending solely on government benefits.
Of course, there is the housing assistance for single mothers that is funded by the Federal Government. These grants are generally disbursed to non profits and state governments to provide housing for women who are in need of financial help. You can find out more about these grants below.
Federal Housing Assistance For Pregnant Women or Single Mothers
The Federal Government provide housing grants to help single mothers live in decent and safe accommodations with their family during difficult times. These are some of the grants available:
If you are earning below fifty percent of the median income in your metropolitan area or the county, you can get housing vouchers from the public housing agency. You can choose where you want to reside and then use the subsidy from the PHA that is given instead of the voucher to help pay the rent. Once the home is satisfies the PHA standards, you will also have the option to buy the rental property. In addition, these vouchers can be used to pay for the rental housing for pregnant women once it’s already occupied by them.
What’s more, the government administers aid for the PHAs to plan, develop and maintain public housing units. If you are interested in the public houses, you can get in touch with the local PHAs to get more information. It’s also worth mentioning that there are also programs available for you to get emergency housing assistance if necessary.
If you want, you can also apply to the HUD to get one of the private subsidized housing solutions. In this case, the landlords will get the grants directly from the Federal Government. These grants provide housing assistance for pregnant women or single mothers who are earning below 80% of the income in their county.
These are just some of the options available for single mothers to get financial help. You can do a bit of research to find about the other grants which the government and special bodies have in place to provide housing assistance for pregnant women and single mothers.


Resilient Sociotechnical, Cyber‐Physical, Software‐Intensive Systems of Systems
Rajamäki, Jyri (2017)
International Association of Research and Science
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Our society’s critical infrastructures (CI) —energy, water, transportation, communication, critical information infrastructure —lacks of resilience, typically losing essential functionality following adverse events. In the future, the number of climatic extremes may intensify or become more frequent, and building resilience becomes the optimal course of action for large complex systems. CI are cyber-physical systems (CPS) increasingly using open networks for operation. The vulnerabilities of the software deployed in the new control system infrastructure will expose the control system to many potential risks and threats from attackers. CPS have become a major area for research and development. However, all CPS are also sociotechnical systems (STS), and for successful integration with society, the sociotechnical dimension of CPS should be addressed. The target of this paper is to research how resilience management of critical systems can be understood. The study indicates that situational awareness, continuous learning and the sociotechnical dimension of CPS are prerequisites for any CI to become resilient.


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Why is it up to the wife or girlfriend to make it work and face being lonely forever.
No one could matchmaking to the man I married. If you both comfortable having different matchmakking, your relationship can still be rewarding 9.1 fulfilling. She may never scout the join the church. It almost feels like a single parent family.

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Ghazal: the first sign of Spring Verdant perfume received like treasure.Snap decision to carry their scooters to the school gate for 3 pm. Faces lift out of zipped-up collars and soft scarves.Two daughters’ ecstasy trailing a kite’s tail as they scoot down the hill. Ideas for new pursuits blink awake, stretch for the sun.The filigree simplicity of a dinner-time picnic received like treasure. Ghazal: Glastonbury Village and Tor Feast for my eyes and nosePatchouli-scented high street, a candy cane scene.The dull mist propagating my apathySent fleeing by the wind-naginis on the Tor. An abundance of people-watchingVelvet cloaks, flower crowns, a rainbow-striped staff.The distant but distinct horizonSlices through my discontent with the weekly routine. Tempted by deflated hot air balloons now sold as harem pants;The lure of shops with crystal pendants pledging to cleanse, cure, catalyse.The ascent of the Tor, my feet on this earthBury my fugue-like melancholy. * A nagini is the female form of a naga: a Sanskrit word for a mythological half human, half serpent being. They appear in Hindu, Buddhist and Jain mythology. Naginis and nagas are regarded as having protective, positive qualities.
Subitha is of Sri Lankan heritage, living in Bristol, England since 1999. Her memoir of her time in Saudi Arabia with her family- The Colours of Sand- was published in 2012 by Bristol independent publisher, Tangent Books. She features in Lyrically Justified vol. 3 (2019), an anthology of poems by Bristol-based Poets of Colour. Other poems were published on-line in 2020 by Poetry Space, The Great Margins and Buddhist Poetry Review. Motherhood; her Buddhist faith; race and gender equality activism- all inspire her poetry.
Subitha is a Mitra (friend) of the Triratna Buddhist Centre in Bristol.

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