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Dutch paints and coatings maker Akzo Nobel, under pressure after rejecting a lucrative takeover offer and then issuing two profit warnings, said it was in merger talks with U.S. rival Axalta Coating Systems Ltd that could create a $30 billion company.
Akzo, the maker of Dulux paint, announced it was in "constructive talks" following market speculation about a possible deal.
Reuters reported on Friday the companies were in talks, sending Axalta's shares 17 percent higher.
Akzo has a market capitalization of 19.5 billion euros ($22.7 billion), while Axalta is worth $8.1 billion at Friday's closing price of $33.15.
Akzo said merging with Axalta, whose truck coatings business fills a hole in its portfolio, would "create a leading global paints and coatings company."
Akzo earlier this year faced lawsuits from shareholders angry over its decision to reject a 26 billion euro takeover offer from U.S. rival PPG Industries.
Analyst Joost van Beek of Theodoor Gilissen said the timing of the Axalta deal will be difficult, and Akzo's management is under pressure to pull it off.
"There is a large risk that Akzo will pay too much, as it is clear that they want to stay out of the hands of PPG, and Axalta knows that."
Sources familiar with the matter told Reuters on Friday that talks were at an early stage and there was no guarantee the companies would come to an agreement.


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RPS to promote emergency care role in campaign launch
A campaign launched by the RPS has called for pharmacy to play a great role in emergency care and has renewed its call for a national minor ailments scheme
The Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) will call for pharmacy to play a greater role in emergency care in England, as part of its planned campaign to draw attention to the sector.
In the first of five campaign strands aimed at decision-makers within the NHS, the RPS will renew its call for a national minor ailments scheme and recommend that the NHS 111 service should refer patients to pharmacists as a treatment option.
The initial campaign, which launches later this month, would coincide with NHS England's plans to promote community pharmacy services such as minor ailments schemes and emergency medicines supply to clinical commissioning groups, the RPS told C+D today (October 16).
Further campaign elements would focus on pharmacists role in relation to patient records access, working with GPs, long-term conditions and improving care in care homes, it said.
In a briefing document for the first part of the campaign, the RPS drew attention to the accessibility of community pharmacies and to a 2014 study that showed "symptom resolution" for minor ailments was as good for patients who visited a pharmacy as for those who attended a GP surgery or emergency department.
"Pharmacists in the community could play a greater role in urgent care requests from people with common self-limiting ailments, both as a triage and referral service but also as an end point," the RPS said in its briefing document.
A nationally funded minor ailments scheme would ensure the service was delivered "to the same standards and quality across the country", the RPS stressed.
The campaign, under the overarching title 'Shaping pharmacy for the future', had received "unanimous support" when it was unveiled by the society's English Pharmacy Board chair Dave Branford at a board meeting earlier this month, the RPS said.
"It's not good enough that our profession, the third largest in the NHS, is still not considered as central to the reforms of the service. I am delighted that we will be focusing our efforts where we believe the profession can make the biggest impact," Mr Branford said.

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Haiti Elections 2010 Claimed As FraudBy Madhusmita, Gaea News Network
Monday, November 29, 2010
PORT-AU-PRINCE (GaeaTimes.com)- Much anticipated election of 2010 at Haiti ended on Sunday but within the hours of its successful ending, the candidates demanded a re-election calling it to a “massive fraud”. The candidates claimed that President Rene Preval tried his best to steal the election and choose his best candidate Jude Celestin for the post. Pierre Opont, the director of Haiti’s main electoral body, however, told a reputed media source that the election was successfully concluded.
However, Pierre Opont also said that out of 1,500 centers, 56 of them reported incidents in which one person even died. On the other hand, hours before the announcement of successful completion of Haiti Elections two-thirds of the candidates denounced the vote and at the same time called for a re-election owing to the ballot-box stuffing and irregularities in the election. Mirlande Manigat, the lead candidate of the Haiti Elections 2010 has asked the Conseil Electoral Provisoire, citizens of the country, the government and also the international community to cancel the elections. At the same time, Wimine St. Pierre, the spokesperson of Mirlande Manigat has told in a press conference that the leading candidate is asking to void the election across the country as the votes were already given to Jude Celestin.
The candidates of Haiti Elections have said that they would again discuss about Haiti Elections 2010 on Monday. The candidates have released a statement together where it was stated that all the candidates of Haiti Elections have asked everyone to “mobilize” for a peaceful re election. Haiti’s Provisional Electoral Council President Gaillot Dorsainvil said that CEP is comfortable with the vote. However, Vicenzo Pugliese, a spokesman for the United Nation mission said that there is a high level of discussion is going on among the partners presently and the results will be known afterwards.
Tags: Haiti, Jude Celestin, Mirlande Manigat, Port au Prince, Rene Preval


Yaaas Queen! After a short break Here’s looking at you returns and in this sickening podcast, Dr Ellen Wright has a discussion with thin, white and salty New York comedy queen and Ru Paul’s Drag Race alumni Miz Cracker.
Having met on the afternoon of Cracker’s last date on her sell-out UK It’s Time tour, Cracker wowed Ellen with her charisma, uniqueness, never and talent, not to mention just how sweet and frank she was.
A few months ago Llewella Chapman, PhD candidate at the University of East Anglia, asked me would I like to write a blog for the International Association for Media and History website. Its a cracking organisation so I excitedly agreed.
The International Association for Media and History (IAMHIST) is a scholarly organization which brings together media historians, media scholars and professionals with an interest in media history. You can find them on Twitter at @iamhist
My blog on the Hollywood Glamour Photograph appeared on the IAMHIST website last week and can be accessed here:
Considering Hollywood’s reliance upon photography between the teens and the 1960s, as a means of promoting, shaping and altering star images, the photographic representation of stars remains a peculiarly underdeveloped area of star studies. This is a real missed opportunity, as these images can offer considerable insights into the construction of film stardom and the pleasures Continue reading →


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ICARUS Sports has expanded its portfolio of events in motorsport with a new partnership alongside the Masters Historic Racing series. Established in 2004 with its trademark Formula One Series, Masters is now one of the leading organisers and promoters of International historic motor racing, with events spanning Europe and the USA.
The Masters Historic Festival, the launch event of the partnership, will take ICARUS Sports to Brands Hatch in the UK from 25-26 May 2019, to capture motor racing action from one of the world’s iconic tracks and one of the few that retains its original layout. The 2-day weekend format at the Masters Historic Festival will also embrace the second Rounds of the FIA Masters Historic Formula One and FIA Masters Historic Sports Car Championship, as well as grids for the Gentlemen Drivers and Masters Pre-66 Touring cars for their first UK round. The timetable will also host starting grids for HSCC Historic Formula 2, Equipe GTS and the Dutch Youngtimer series.
“These unique cars are guaranteed to deliver a close tussle for glory, as drivers assert themselves on the track and establish their form on the series leader board,” said Ilias Grapas, ICARUS Sports Head of Motorsport. “The competition is guaranteed to be a crowd-pleasing display of speed and talent.”
ICARUS Sports is appointed to manage production and distribution services, which will include delivery of race highlights, footage to TV news and online and inclusion in the TV show ‘Gearing Up’, distributed via a broadcast market extending to over 160 nations.
Photo Credits: Masters Historic Festival


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The President of Iran expressed sympathy with those who demonstrate in the United States against racism, as well as condemned the repression of the protests.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani expressed his solidarity with the oppressed people of the United States on Thursday, calling on Washington to end their hostile policies towards the people of their own country.
“The United States is now in one of the worst conditions in its political and social history. We are witnessing great oppression towards blacks and people who reject the White House's thinking (…) We sympathize with the American people and with those protesting in the streets, and condemn the crimes ordered from the White House, ”according to the IRNA agency.
The statement was made during the opening ceremony for various projects.
What Rohani said, as previously published by Javad Zarif, refers to the recent anti-racist mobilizations that have taken place in various locations in the United States after the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
“It doesn't matter if the murdered was Muslim, Christian, American, or non-American; the main problem is that the American police committed a deliberate homicide," Rouhani said.
Rohani, in his speech, went further and described the violent police repression against the protests as “shameful”, especially in the U.S. capital; as well as President Donald Trump posing in a church with the Bible in hand, in the midst of the current situation, as if it were a political amulet.
“The Bible is a holy book that invites people to peace and goodness; It is shameful that the U.S. President use the Bible to order crimes and murders against American citizens, "concluded the Iranian leader.

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Just several weeks ago, Facebook’s Instagram launched a new feature called “Stories”. Instagram Stories was a blatant copy of Snapchat’s Stories feature. And now, it seems like Facebook is working on bringing a similar feature to its Messenger service, too. The feature, which Facebook is calling “Messenger Day” is currently being tested with some users in Poland. As you may have already guessed, Messenger Day works just like Snapchat and Instagram Stories.
Facebook is stealing the Stories format and invading countries where Snapchat isn’t popular yet. Today in Poland it launched “Messenger Day”, which lets people share illustrated filter-enhanced photos and videos that disappear in 24 hours, just like on Snapchat.
By using the international popularity of Messenger to spread the Stories format, Facebook could boost retention and return visits to its chat app while becoming the primary place where people post off-the-cuff lifecasting content before they get hooked on Snapchat.
Additionally, Facebook says it frequently runs small tests before rolling products out to other regions, but there’s no guarantee it will expand this feature beyond Poland. It’s unclear, but Facebook might not bring it to the US unless it really blows up abroad. 60 million people in the US and Canada already use Snapchat daily, and aggressively pushing Messenger Day there could annoy them. But in countries where people aren’t that familiar with Snapchat, it has nothing to lose by experimenting.
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Much of the feature works exactly like Snapchat Stories, with the ability to draw or add text to images. Facebook’s one big innovation with Messenger Day is the use of graphic filters as suggestions for what to share, instead of just to celebrate holidays and events or to show off your location like with Snapchat’s geofilters.
At the top of the Messenger thread list, users see a row of tiles representing “My Day” and friends’ Days they can watch, but there are also prompts like “I’m Feeling”, “Who’s Up For?” and “I’m Doing”. Tapping on these tiles provides a range of filters “I’m feeling…so blue” with raindrops and a bubbly blue font, “I’m feeling…blessed” with a glorious gold sparkly font, “Who’s up for…road trip” with a cute car zooming past, or “Who’s up for…Let’s grab drinks” with illustrated beer mugs and bottles that cover the screen.
This feature allows people to share visually appealing images even if they aren’t great artists or especially creative. These prompts could also spur usage when people are bored, sparking their imagination.
Messenger is already an app people use all day with close friends, so it could end up a better home for the Stories format than cramming it into Facebook’s core app, which the company tested as “Quick Updates” and scrapped.
Now Messenger Day wants to make this casual sharing option ubiquitous before Snapchat can. That’s a similar strategy to Instagram Stories, which I hear is flourishing in places like Russia where Snapchat adoption is low. This is the benefit of Facebook being a giant company earning $2 billion in profit a quarter. It can clone fast thanks to its enormous team, translate and localize features for testing in certain markets, and cross-promote what works with its inescapable feed and chat apps.
Messenger Day might not lure many people away from Snapchat, but Facebook could stunt its competitor’s growth by racing to to bring its own Stories to the unclaimed corners of the earth.


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Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III, Sultan of Sokoto, says Nigeria may not know peace if people do not stop to criminalise tribes in the country as a result of the herdsmen crisis.
“I’m a Fulani man but I’m never a herder. There are over four million Fulani in this country most of whom have nothing to do with cattle,” the Sultan said on Wednesday in Abuja at the public presentation of a book titled ‘Dynamics of Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences’, published in honour of Ishaq Oloyede, Registrar of JAMB.
“To stereotype a particular tribe or ethnic as criminal is wrong. Tens and tens of people are killed every day in the name of economic survival. People should stop criminalizing others if we want peace in this country.”
He argued that herdsmen crisis is neither ethnic nor religion as being painted in the media and by other Nigerians, but a case of economic survival which, he said, must be tackled and resolved.
“Herdsmen crisis is simply economy survival which needs to be tackled and resolved. We need to take the negative thoughts away from us; our moral level in this country has gone so low,” he said.
“It is so sad that people are dying every day while our governors and politicians are well-guarded by security men. We do not have statesmen; we have men of the state; we have governors who only see their immediate environment as their own; it is no longer a state for all. We need to sit together and proffer solutions on how to move this nation forward.”
Speaking on the attributes of Oloyede, in whose honour the book was published, the Sultan lamented that honest and upright people are not usually celebrated in the country until they are gone
“That is when government names schools, hospitals, airport and other edifices after them,” he said. “A dead person is gone and it is important to be celebrated while alive. Oloyede is an honest and an incorruptible person.”
The Monarch remarked that the JAMB Registrar is not an ‘extremist’, contrary to fears by many when he was appointed to head the board. He recalled that they resulted to name calling because he (Oloyede) would not allow them free hand at the board.
“He has returned over N7billion to government coffer and because he would not play the game the way they wanted, they were calling him names,” he said

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That title sounds like the lead-in to a post about craptacular SyFy movies. Or maybe a political post about the rhetoric around the NeoLiberal military-industrial complex. Sadly, it’s about neither of those things. Nazi War Diggers is an upcoming 4-part series on National Geographic International. TV Wise announced it will begin airing on May 13th.
Photo posted on Nazi War Diggers show site
NatGeoTV, which is owned by FOX and promoted as a partnership with the National Geographic Society, already airs an ethically-challenged show called Diggers. Despite critiques by professional associations such as the Society for American Archaeology, the show continues to air and is now in its third season.
The clip posted yesterday on the Nazi War Diggers website showed these self-professed metal detector enthusiasts digging up human remains from an unmarked Latvian grave. The clip has since been removed but the page remains and the publicity photos were still online as of this afternoon.
I’ve been rounding up blog posts about the show.
Bioarchaeologist Kristina Killgrove (Powered by Osteons blog): “Who needs an osteologist, volume 11.”
John R. Roby (Digs and Docs): “We don’t need a TV show about looting Nazi battlefields.”
Archaeologist Paul Barford (Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues blog): “National Geographic use metal detectors, find new low.”
Alison Atkin of Deathsplanation summed up my feelings with an animated gif: “Nazi War Diggers.”
Archaeologist and TV producer Annelise Baer (Archaeologist for Hire blog): “Let’s talk more about Nazi War Diggers.”
I’ll add posts as I run across them.
Added March 28, 2014: Nazi War Diggers, part II.


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Police officers on foot and horseback are desperately trying to control the crowds in the Scottish city. It is understood the protesters had intended to head towards the climate conference bbut were stopped this afternoon.
Traffic is at a standstill through the city, reports Glasgow Live.
Photos taken at the demo show the campaigners gathered; some are sported fancy dress, with others are waving banners and large flags.
One banner reads: "COP26. Act now. Stop fossil fuels."
Extinction Rebellion protested in Glasgow
Up to 100,000 people are expected to take part in rallies again this weekend across the city from Friday with significant road closures in place.
But this is despite the world leaders making plans to tackle climate change.
It's believed, though, the protesters are supporting Greta Thunberg's opinion that the politicians are "pretending to take our future seriously".
The teenage environmental activist, from Stockholm, Sweden, said: "Inside COP there are just politicians and people in power pretending to take our future seriously, pretending to take the present seriously of the people who are already being affected today by the climate crisis.
"Change is not going to come from inside that that is not leadership. This is leadership. We say no more blah, blah, blah, no more exploitation of people and nature and the planet. No more whatever the f*** they are doing inside there."
COP26: Extinction Rebellion protesters march through Glasgow
But during today's COP26 session, Rishi Sunak launched a drive to force pension funds, banks and other financial institutions to go green.
The Chancellor proposed rules to turn the City of London into the first "net zero-aligned" financial centre.
He also said UK financial chiefs have "responsibility to lead the way".
Mr Sunak set out his proposals in a speech at a dedicated Finance Day at the United Nations summit. It was the largest gathering of finance ministers in history.


The Allman Brothers Band - Hittin The Note (2003)
Blues, Blues/Southern Rock | FLAC image, cue, log | scans | ~540 MB (+3%)
Label: Sanctuary Records, SANCD170
Very rarely is a legendary band is able to come up with new, credible material. Jam band progenitors the Allman Brothers have done better than that, tapping into some of the spark that made them one of the most influential American bands of their time. The lineup has changed due to tragedy, discontent, and plain orneriness, but the band is still able to create freefalling slide riffs, jazzy interludes, and soulful blues that have been staples of the band since 1969. Granted, some of the guitar solos aren't an heroic as they were when Dickey Betts in the fold, but the ballad "Desdamona" is as inspired as "Melissa," and Gregg Allman's singing has never been better.


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Since the whole low-carb thing has reached somewhat of a plateau, I am trying to now go more raw fruits and veggies without completely gaining back the 8lbs I've lost. I could keep going low-carb, but I don't feel that healthy eating a bunch of eggs, meat and cheeses. Over the last two days, I've been trying out some new salad options, and I'm loving them. So far, no weight gain, but I've haven't lost anymore either. Two of my favorite salads right now are grilled chicken Caesar, and then a combination of a spring mix of greens, walnuts, mild crumbled feta, and raspberry vinaigrette. Skip basically looks at me and says, "Are you enjoying your leaves and twigs." He's not so much a salad guy. Can you tell?
Here is my request...Since all of you have done such a great job giving me book titles last week (please keep em' coming), now I would love to hear some of your favorite salad recipes. If your not much of a salad person, but do know of a healthy low carb entree or side, send that my way too! I'm not ready to venture into the land of breads and starches yet, so keep that in mind. It has taken me three weeks to get over the dreams of warm Texas Roadhouse rolls filled with honey-butter, and Crispy Creme doughnuts. I'm not going back there for some time. Maybe when I reach my goal, I'll have a crouton. A girl can dream, right!
*I almost forgot to mention that this is my coolest new find. I only need 4 or 5 sprays, and that means only 5 calories. I've only tried the Raspberry Walnut Vinaigrette, but when I went to their website I found many other choices. And for a bonus, they have salad recipes to go with their dressings online.

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We congratulate our comrades in Sinn Féin for their excellent performance in recent council and European elections. The party won the largest number of first preference votes in the north’s local government elections, while it secured the highest number of councillors across the 26 counties. Sinn Féin now also presents four MEPS to the European parliament.
We reproduce extracts from various articles to summarise the events.
‘Shindependents Day’ as political landscape is transformed
“Something profound has happened in the people’s attitudes to politics,” said Sinn Féin deputy leader Mary Lou McDonald, as results came in across the 26 counties on Saturday.
“Sinn Féin has not has this strength since 1918,” said party leader Gerry Adams, recalling the original election under the leadership of Arthur Griffith, which inspired the struggle for national independence from British rule.
The party made incredible gains on city councils in Dublin and Cork, and is set to be the dominant party on both councils. In Limerick and Waterford, and in towns and rural areas across the 26 counties, the party doubled and tripled its representation or broke entirely new ground.
There was also a huge increase in support for independent candidates and the small left-wing parties. With 292 out of 949 seats filled by the end of counting on Saturday night, Sinn Féin won 81, Independents and Others 77, Fianna Fáil 76, Fine Gael 47, and Labour 11.
After months of fractious debates and contentious media coverage, the polls were largely borne out, although the result has still deeply shocked the political establishment. In the next Dublin parliament, Sinn Féin will now almost certainly be on a par with the two traditional conservative parties, Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael — a radical rebalancing of politics in the 26-county state, which for years treated Sinn Féin as an irrelevant ‘other’.
The question now is how these three parties with a historic distaste for each other can form a government after the next general election in 2016, and what kind of coalition, if any, can emerge.
Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams has said the day marked a “step change in politics”. Speaking at the Dublin West by-election count in Citywest this evening, where Paul Donnelly came very close to winning a seat, he said that the party was open to the possibility of coalition government.
We need two things, one is to be in government — a mandate — the other one is an agreed programme for government. The second could be more challenging than the first. The other parties are now wedded to conservatism, austerity.
He said that the party wants to see a “realignment of politics” which he hopes would be “accelerated after this election”.
He said he did not know if his recent arrest and interrogation by the PSNI had an impact on the Sinn Féin result.
Mr Adams said:
What we do know is it galvanised our own activists and I would like to think that the way that we responded to those events was positive and that that may have helped.
Mr Adams said that he heard some members of the coalition condescendingly dismissing Sinn Fein’s gains as “the people giving us a scolding”.
He says what has happened is that the people have given “profound notice that that want to quit this type of politics”.
We’re the largest party in Derry, in Belfast, in Mid-Ulster and perhaps now in Dublin and Meath.
I keep stressing in my interviews, we want to use our mandate wisely, people are hurting. It’s what I’m hearing when I talk to people. I would appeal to people who seek change. I’d appeal to people to join the party, we’re here to build a democratic republican party across the island of Ireland.
Adams thanked those who had worked to deliver the result for Sinn Féin, but admitted there wasn’t the “resources, infrastructure or capacity” to run the number of candidates or scale of campaign he would have wanted. However, he said Sinn Féin will continue to build from their result.
I think we have been mandated to change, this is a change of the political landscape in this state. Sinn Féin is here and Sinn Féin is here to stay.
Sinn Féin singing as it elects fourth MEP
Sinn Féin’s Matt Carthy has just become the party’s fourth MEP after being elected after seven counts in a marathon count in Castlebar, County Mayo.
As the new totals were announced, finally confirming he had passed the quota, supporters cheered and held his hands aloft. As the presiding officer deemed him elected, he was hoisted up on shoulders and lusty singing broke out among his Monaghan-based team.
In advance of his election as member of the European parliament for the Midlands-North-West constituency, Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams hailed the election of the party’s first male male MEP. “Quite an achievement,” he tweeted.
Mr Carthy’s surplus will now decide the recipient of the fourth and final seat in the constituency, which is likely to go to Sligo-based independent incumbent Marian Harkin. That result could incredibly see the three establishment parties deprived of three out of the four seats in Ireland’s largest Euro constituency.
Sinn Féin sings
On Monday night, Sinn Féin’s Liadh Ní Riada was elected as MEP for Ireland South. She was elected on the fourth round of counting that only concluded this evening, two days after counting began.
The returning officer had barely announced the result when Sinn Féin and the O Riada clan, one of the most acclaimed traditional music families in the country, starting singing in close harmony.
Brother Peadar produced an accordion and members of a traditional choir gathered round and performed a rendition of ‘Mo Gille Mear’, a song with deep personal connections to the O Riada family. Peadar said:
That was originally a recruiting song in the Gaelic nation 300 years ago. And when my father Sean died, I started using it as an anthem to try and draw us together as a community.
Corkwoman Ms Ní Riada was elected on the fourth count with 132,590 votes, nearly nine hours after Fianna Fáil poll topper Brian Crowley.
The former Irish television producer was virtually unknown outside arts and culture circles up until a few months ago.
She thanked “every single person” who voted for her and said that her election was a victory for the ordinary people of Ireland.
Speaking from the count centre, she said there was a “better, fairer alternative” to the politics of austerity and cuts.
My election is a victory for ordinary people who have suffered so much under the regressive policies pushed by the European Commission and implemented with such relish by successive governments here at home.
Diarmuid O’Flynn of Ballyhea protest group narrowly failed to secure election in the face of careful vote management by Fine Gael, which secured two seats in the South constituency. O’Flynn led a campaign which marched weekly against the 28 billion euro ‘bondholder bailout’ of international investors and speculators who held stakes in Irish banks.
Ms Ní Riada said the Dublin government and MEPs had failed to lift the “toxic banking debt” off the shoulders of the Irish people.
This is an injustice and it must be addressed and addressed genuinely — not just kicking the debt down the road to be endured by future generations. It is not our debt and it is not the debt of our children and grandchildren.
In the north, all three outgoing European MPs were re-elected for another term after another a lengthy count in Belfast, and almost five days after polling took place.
On Monday evening, Sinn Féin’s Martina Anderson was declared elected after she topped the poll and reached the quota. Giving her acceptance speech a day after she was elected, Ms Anderson noted that Sinn Féin was on its way to taking four seats across the island of Ireland and hailed the party’s success.
The voices of the voters have been heard throughout Ireland, they have endorsed the Sinn Féin message that there is a fair way. The Sinn Féin result is part of a national story reflecting the growth of support for Sinn Féin’s strategy for change. There will be a national Sinn Féin team of MEPs going to Europe who will put Ireland first — north, south, east and west.
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Issued on: 18 June 2010
With the release, on 15 June 2010, of the report by the Saville Inquiry into the events of Bloody Sunday in Derry on 30 January 1972, the British state has finally been forced to admit what the Irish people, and people throughout the world, have known for the last 38 years, namely that all the dead and injured were completely innocent and that the killings by the British Army’s parachute regiment that day were “unjustified and unjustifiable”.
Speaking in Derry as the report was released, Sinn Fein President, Gerry Adams MP, said:
“Today is a day for the families of those killed and those injured on Bloody Sunday.
“They have campaigned for 38 years for the truth and for justice. They have campaigned for the British government to end their policy of cover-up and concealment.
“The facts of what happened on Bloody Sunday are clear – the British Paras came to Derry and murdered 14 civil-rights marchers and injured 13 others. They were unarmed, they posed no threat and they were completely innocent.
“Today, Saville has put the lies of Widgery [a whitewash enquiry into the events ordered by the British government in their immediate aftermath] into the dustbin of history, and with it the cover-up which was authorised at the highest levels within the British establishment and lasted for almost four decades.”
The Communist Party of Great Britain (Marxist-Leninist), which upholds the right of the Irish people to self-determination and stands for an end to partition and the unification of Ireland, joins with the families who lost their loved ones on that fateful day, with the working-class people of Derry, and with their republican leadership, in celebrating the momentous victory they have scored.
It is unprecedented for a British prime minister to have to stand up in the House of Commons and engage in a humiliating act of contrition for the bloody crimes of imperialism’s armed forces. We do not doubt that the words stuck in Cameron’s throat, but they brought joy to our hearts and to those of class-conscious British workers.
Writing in the Guardian, Comrade Gerry Adams poignantly described the atmosphere as the report was released:
“Representatives of all the families spoke. One by one they declared their relative, their brother, their father, their uncle, ‘innocent!’
“Their remarks were interrupted by loud applause. People cried and cheered. Clenched fists stabbed the air. Not the clenched fists of young radicals. These were elderly Derry grannies and granddads. Elderly widows. Middle-aged siblings.” (’Bloody Sunday is the defining story of the British army in Ireland’, 16 June 2010)
The above title of Adams’ article was a direct response to Prime Minister Cameron’s feeble attempt at face-saving, claiming that: “Bloody Sunday is not the defining story of the service the British Army gave in northern Ireland.”
All this is part of an attempt by the British state to cut its losses. Forced to admit blame, at the same time, it would have us believe that this was but one unfortunate incident, the responsibility of one regiment and of one conveniently dead commanding officer. In other words, the British state is continuing to lie through its teeth.
As Tony Doherty, whose father was one of those murdered on Bloody Sunday, told the 15 June crowd in Derry: “The Parachute Regiment are the frontline assassins for Britain’s political and military elite.” (Quoted in Adams, op cit)
Serving to underline the point, relatives of the Ballymurphy 11 joined the Bloody Sunday relatives at the head of the march. The Ballymurphy 11, ten men, including a local priest, and a mother of eight children, were murdered in that area of West Belfast by the same parachute regiment, in the 36 hours after the British state introduced internment without trial in August 1971, six months before Bloody Sunday. Their struggle for justice continues and we pledge it our full support.
Likewise, Sinn Fein Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin, speaking in the Dáil (the Irish parliament), called on the Irish government to “press the British government to comply with the unanimous all-party motion adopted by the Dáil nearly two years ago, which called on the British government to release to an international investigation all facts it possesses on the Dublin and Monaghan bombings of 17 May 1974″.
Thirty-three people were killed and nearly 300 wounded in these car bombs, which were much later conveniently claimed by the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) loyalist terror gang, but which are widely believed to have occurred with at least the connivance of British intelligence.
Comrade Ó Caoláin went on to rightly state: “The final act of justice will be when every remaining soldier of the British Army is at last withdrawn from the six counties.”
Far from being the exception that Cameron implied, Bloody Sunday is not merely the defining story of the British army in Ireland, but also its defining story throughout the world, be it of the Amritsar Massacre in 1919 (for which Shaheed Udham Singh finally took vengeance in 1940), or in countless places in the post-World War II period alone, from Korea, Cyprus, Malaya (where British soldiers posed grinning for photos holding the severed heads of captured suspected guerrillas), Kenya (where the British army retains a reputation for mass, systemic rape to this day) and Aden (where British soldiers awarded themselves ‘golliwog’ labels for killing innocent civilians), through the Malvinas and the Balkans, to the contemporary wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
We should entertain no illusions that the Saville Report somehow represents the British state turning over a new leaf. Just this month, former Labour defence minister Adam Ingram was forced to admit that he misled parliament (generally considered a far more heinous offence than butchering oppressed people!) over the hooding and ‘inhumane treatment’ of Iraqi detainees.
This emerged from the inquiry into the death of Iraqi hotel receptionist, Baha Mousa, tortured and beaten to death by the British army in Basra in September 2003. Documents disclosed by the inquiry set up into his death show that Ingram was copied on a memo revealing that Baha Mousa was hooded for a total of nearly 24 hours during 36 hours in British military custody before he died. Nine months later, Ingram claimed that hooding was only used while detainees were being transported for security reasons.
A report in the Morning Star noted:
“The former minister also told the inquiry that he was not aware of three-decade-old prohibitions on the hooding of prisoners until 2004.
“The ban on hooding, the use of stress positions and other degrading treatment was issued in 1972 by then prime minister Edward Heath after abuses of detainees in Northern Ireland.
“But all these measures were routinely used by British forces in Basra and elsewhere in Iraq, even after specific instructions not to do so.
“Mr Ingram, a former Northern Ireland security minister, said that he was not aware of the ‘Heath ruling’ until it was referred to in a May 2004 document.” (’Ex-minister Ingram misled us on Iraq abuse’, 2 June 2010)
How correct Karl Marx was when he observed that, “English reaction has its roots in Ireland“.
Our party proudly calls for victory to the Iraqi and Afghan resistance, precisely so that the countless Baha Mousas do not, like the brave people of Derry, have to wait 38 years for justice and vindication.
What the British state has reluctantly conceded after nearly four decades was always as clear as daylight. As the Communist Party of China wrote at the time:
“Why don’t you show any respect … for the just wishes of the Northern Irish people to have their democratic rights, since you always talk about respecting ‘the wishes of the people’? You have made a hullabaloo about a ‘civilised solution’, but why have you acted so barbarously in slaughtering the Northern Irish demonstrators and why are you continually sending troops and police to carry out armed suppression on a larger scale? … The bloody suppression of the Northern Irish people by the British government once again reveals its so-called ‘civilisation’.” (’Firmly support the Northern Irish people’s just struggle’, People’s Daily, 8 February 1972)
British imperialism’s belated acknowledgement of the dreadful crime it committed in Derry on 30 January 1972 may be attributed to two factors above all:
• To the courage, dignity, strength and resilience of the bereaved families; and
• To the tenacious struggle waged by the republican movement and the nationalist community, principally the armed struggle waged by the IRA, that finally opened the door to a political process that is slowly but surely going in the direction of a united Ireland.
British imperialism, like all reactionary forces, despises the weak and fears the strong. Its preferred modus operandi when oppressed people rise up is to drown them in blood, ride out the ensuing political storm, if there is one, and continue raking in the loot.
The risen Irish people denied them that option. As an ITN journalist observed, the IRA made the British army pay a high price for Bloody Sunday in the ensuing years, with more than 600 dead and many more wounded.
The victory of the Bloody Sunday relatives comes at a difficult time for British imperialism, with, as we have noted above, imperialist wars being fought in Iraq and, especially at the present time, Afghanistan, as well as with the savage economic crisis raising the spectre of possible unrest at home.
With the mawkish ‘welcome’ afforded the steady stream of coffins as they pass through the town of Wootton Bassett, military parades in such working class towns as Barking, and the attempts to criminalise militant protests by sections of the muslim community to such displays, we need to hammer home the point that participation in an imperialist war does not make you a hero. It makes you a criminal.
The real heroes are those like the Bloody Sunday families, the Afghan resistance, Military Families Against the War, and soldiers like Joe Glenton, who would rather serve time than fight in an unjust war.
In saluting and paying tribute to the Bloody Sunday families, the people of Derry, the republican movement, and the risen Irish people on their significant victory, the CPGB-ML commits itself to playing its part in the ongoing struggle to realise a free, sovereign and united Ireland and to see the day when British troops are no longer able to rampage in Ireland, Iraq, Afghanistan or any other country.
In the words of Bobby Sands: “Our revenge will be the laughter of our children.“


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We investigate how social comparison processes in leader treatment quality impact group members’ self-worth, affect, and behavior. Evidences from the field and the laboratory suggest that employees who are treated kinder and more considerate than their fellow group members experience more self-worth and positive affect. Moreover, the greater positive self-implications of preferentially treated group members motivate them more strongly to comply with norms and to engage in tasks that benefit the group. These findings suggest that leaders face an ethical trade-off between satisfying the moral standard of treating everybody equally well and satisfying individual group members’ desire to be treated better than others.
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Cecchetti Southern Area Awards 2019
11 September 2019
An adjudicator’s perspective
St Patrick’s Day dawned bright and sunny and so it was a very pleasant drive down to the South Coast where I was to adjudicate the Cecchetti Southern Area Awards. The little Barn Theatre in Southwick is an ideal intimate space for this competition, which is structured particularly for the once-a-week child, as it is friendly and uncomplicated.
I have not been to the competition for a few years and, although entry numbers were lower this year, I thought the standard has improved considerably. The choreography of the work was appropriately levelled, and gave the dancers the opportunity to remember their technique yet, on the whole, show their enjoyment and enthusiasm. Every dancer did their very best and presented me with a difficult task. They are all to be congratulated and their certificates were well deserved. There were a couple of memory issues from one or two dancers but I applaud them for coming back onstage and performing with more confidence the second time.
This was a smoothly run and happy event and the organisers Penny Walker and Mechele Lefkaridi and the splendid team of on-stage presenters and backstage helpers are to be congratulated. I extend my sincere thanks to them for my invitation and for their kind hospitality to my husband and me. I enjoyed the day immensely. Also, on their behalf, I thank the teachers and parents for presenting the dancers so immaculately, and to Liz Hewson for her accompaniment throughout the day.
COMPETITION WINNERS WERE AS FOLLOWS:
Junior winner: Celia Jones (Teacher: Amy Heather)
Wendy Gandolfi Cup: Makita Walter (Teacher: Glynis Hall)
Lower Middle winner: Georgia Hinton (Teacher: Hayley Cheneler)
Vacani Award: Tamsin Tullett (Teacher: Hayley Cheneler)
Upper Middle winner: Poppy Tidey (Teacher: Mechele Lefkaridi & Amy Heather)
Molly Caulder Shield: Bella Scriven (Teacher: Mechele Lefkaridi & Amy Heather)
Senior winner: Emily Gardiner (Teacher: Hayley Cheneler)

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If you love classic beef stuffed peppers, you’ll love the new-age way of cooking stuffed peppers. Gone are the days of pre-boiling, then baking — adding so much more time to the cooking process. By cooking the stuffed peppers in the slow cooker, you can bypass the long process and spend time with your family or go run errands.
That’s the beauty of cooking stuffed peppers in the slow cooker! You can set them and forget them while you go about your day. I always cook them on high, but I’m sure they would be ok on low for 8 hours.
Let’s talk about the filling. It’s super simple. I always use pre-cooked white rice. Typically, I’ll cook it the day before, or cook extra earlier in the week if I know I’m going to make stuffed peppers.
Some days I’ll cook the filling the night before – brown the beef, mix in the sauce and seasoning and rice. Then I’ll place it in a container and let it sit overnight in the refrigerator. The next day, I’ll fill the peppers and cook them in the slow cooker making my dinner prep that much faster!
I love the slow cooker method of cooking stuffed peppers, and I’ll be honest this is the only way I cook them now. My mom still does the traditional cooking method, and every time she says she’s making them, I try to convince her to try the slow cooker method.
And every time she resists. One day I know she will give in and try the slow cooker and once she does, I don’t think she will ever go back to the boiling and baking method. If you love stuffed peppers, I invite you to try my recipe for slow cooker stuffed peppers with beef, or an oldy-but-goody, my recipe for slow cooker shredded chicken taco stuffed peppers from a few years ago!
Slow Cooker Stuffed Peppers with Beef Recipe
- 1 Lean Ground Beef
- 0.25 Onion Diced
- 6 Multi-Colored Bell Pepper
- 1 Tomato Sauce
- 16 Canned Diced Tomatoes With juice
- 1 Italian Seasoning
- 0.5 Salt
- 0.125 Black Pepper
- 1 Cooked White Rice
- 0.5 Shredded Mozzarella Cheese
- In a large skillet on medium heat, cook the lean ground beef.
- Halfway through the browning process, as you’re breaking up the ground beef, add the diced onion. Because you are using lean ground beef you should have little to no oil created in the pan therefore you don’t need to drain the fat from the meat.
- While the meat cooks, cut the stems and membranes off the bell pepper allowing for a hole for the meat mixture to be stuffed into. Rinse, pat dry and set to the side.
- Once the ground beef is cooked add the tomato sauce, diced tomatoes, Italian seasoning, salt and pepper.
- Mix well, then add the cooked rice. Stir until rice and beef are incorporated.
- Carefully begin spooning the rice/beef mixture into each of the bell peppers until the pepper is packed full.
- Place the peppers in the slow cooker.
- Once all six peppers are filled, carefully add 1 cup of water to the slow cooker. Place the lid on and cook on high for 4 hours.
- During the last 5 minutes of cooking, remove the lid and add shredded mozzarella cheese on top of each pepper.
- Place the lid back on and cook until cheese has melted (about 5 minutes).


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During the Survive part of the campaign, there are approximately six soldiers and three crew men stationed there, along with a tank facing the main entrance. There is a medical truck at the back of the camp and a transport truck. While none of these vehicles can be accessed the medic truck can restore you to full health and there is an atv. The camp has possibly more equipment for the player to take than any of the side missions. There is a sniper rifle (.408) a 5-25 magnification scope, marksman rifle (6.5mm), 3g grenade launcher equiped 6.5mm rifle, a box of explosives and both a mountable machine gun and a morter, both of which are disassembled into the gun and its tripod.


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Children in the Fenelon Falls area got a hands-on experience of reconciliation this summer at the Good Neighbour Bible Camp, organized by St. James, Fenelon Falls and Christ Church, Coboconk.
In past years, the Parish of Fenelon Falls has bought pre-made programs for its camps. This year, with the help of a diocesan Reach Grant, its members decided to do something different. “Cindy Baldwin, our camp coordinator, came up with the idea of doing a curriculum that we would create ourselves based on First Nations’ traditions,” said the Rev. Susan Spicer, incumbent, during the planning process. “I immediately thought it’s a wonderful idea, because it’s in keeping with the vestry motion we passed on Truth and Reconciliation.”
Fenelon Falls is one of more than 70 parishes that passed vestry motions this year committing themselves to working toward reconciliation with Canada’s Indigenous peoples. Every year, Archbishop Colin Johnson encourages parishes to discuss and pass a motion on a particular social justice issue.
“We have a commitment to try to be responsible to the motion that we passed as a vestry,” said Ms. Spicer. “This is a way for us to encourage the community to listen and to learn about our First Peoples, and to think about how to act in reconciling ways.”
In addition to conducting their own research, members of the steering committee turned to three local Indigenous people for advice. James Whetung and Patty Shaughnessy, both from Curve Lake First Nation, and Kim Muskrat of Hiawatha First Nation helped the parish develop the curriculum and taught the children during the camp.
“We will be learning from these teachers as a community,” said Ms. Spicer. “We have people in the parish who have done work in Native studies, and they will be looking at the points of intersection between our Christian story and the teachings and traditions of the First Peoples. We will also be looking at the story of first contact and what has happened in that relationship.”
Despite the serious issues motivating the camp, Ms. Spicer emphasized that it would be a fun experience for kids. “This is camp, so the idea is to have a whole lot of fun and to learn at the same time,” she said. “There will be drama, there will be storytelling, there will be crafts and games.” Past camps have also included time for outdoor adventures.
“I’m hoping the kids will take away a deep appreciation of the richness of the First Peoples of this region, that they will have had an opportunity to be in relationship with people from the First Nations communities, that they will have learned a little bit about the traditions,” said Ms. Spicer. “We will be doing this on Anishinabek land, the people who were the first people here.”
Alongside the camp, the parish plans to uphold its commitment to reconciliation in other ways, such as holding a Blanket Exercise and educational events with the wider community. “It is important for us to engage in reconciling action so that there can be healing and right relationship,” said Ms. Spicer. “I am hopeful that that can happen over time, because our faith has reconciliation at its very heart. But it takes work, and this is just a small piece of what I hope will be a continuing journey for us as a parish.”


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Nelson Mandela dedicated his entire life to helping others. MTV Act has put together a list of four ways you can honor this great man and continue the legacy he lived during his life.
Do you have 67 minutes to spare for a good cause? In less time than it takes to watch a movie, you can be out helping another. For Nelson Mandela Day, people are asked to spend 67 minutes doing a good deed (because Mandela spent 67 of his 95 years in public service). Now that he’s passed, people are doing the 67 minutes campaign again.
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The Nelson Mandela Children’s Fund was established in 1995, and it’s about protecting children, particularly African children, from things like abuse, hunger and homelessness. There’s also the Nelson Mandela Children’s Hospital, which Mandela said would be a “credible demonstration of the commitment of African leaders to place the rights of children at the forefront.” You can support the fund by donating.
+ Support the Fight Against HIV/AIDS
Mandela was a longtime HIV/AIDS activist who lost his own son to AIDS. There are a number of orgs you can get involved with, and one that’s really on the forefront of action is (RED). Check out their website for ways to get involved, and you can also learn more about the facts about HIV/AIDS and how to protect yourself.
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- A recent survey on coastal issues conducted by Research Co. finds marine conservation viewed as a priority for the future of the B.C. coastal economy.
Asked to rate the importance of various activities to the economic future of the B.C. coast, including commercial fishing, tourism, and oil & gas development, respondents across all regions and demographics put “marine conservation” on top.
“Marine conservation” is rated by 93% as important to the future coastal economy, followed by “renewable energy” (86%), and “outdoor recreation” (82%). Rounding out the top five priorities are “small-scale community fisheries” (83%) and “ecotourism” (79%). At the bottom of the list are “fish farming” (69%) and “deep sea mining” (44%).
- On issues of concern to B.C. coastal communities, “declining fish stocks” tops the list, with 92% of British Columbians concerned, including 68% who are “very concerned”.
Reflecting a marked contrast between generations, respondents aged 65+ are 20 points more likely to say they are “extremely/very” concerned (77%) about declining fish stocks compared to those aged 18-34 (56%).
“Open-net fish farms” (90%) and “bottom trawling” (90%) are the second highest on the list of concerns, followed by climate change (84%). Residents of Vancouver Island, the Southern Interior, and respondents aged 65+ express the greatest concern about these issues, while residents in the North are significantly less worried. A strong majority of all party supporters are “very concerned” about open-net fish farms and bottom trawling, with supporters of the federal Conservatives and People’s Party being exceptions on the issue of climate change.
Lowest on the list of coastal concerns are “loss of commercial fishing jobs” (78%), “excessive government restrictions on fishing” (65%), and “too many seals and sea lions” (55%).
- The survey finds strong support for a plan by Ottawa, B.C., and coastal First Nations to establish a network of marine protected areas (MPAs) in BC’s northern coastal waters.
Nearly eight in ten (79%) of B.C. residents support this collaborative inter-governmental project, which proposes to protect nearly one third of waters off the province’s north and central coast. Just 9% of British Columbians are opposed.
Politically, 78% of federal Conservative voters support the MPA network, versus 14% who oppose it. Among federal Liberals, there is 87% support, and among federal NDPers, there is 88% support.
MPAs are apparently one issue that transcends partisan politics in a province known for polarization.
- British Columbians have confidence in scientists and environmental groups as sources of information on marine issues. Confidence in the salmon farming industry and fishing companies is weak.
The general public has the most confidence in scientists (77%), environmental groups (67%), and Fisheries and Oceans Canada (61%) as sources of information on issues like marine protected areas (MPAs).
A majority also have confidence in local First Nations communities (54%), the provincial government (54%), and whale watching guides (51%).
British Columbians have the least confidence in the fishing industry (39%), the salmon farming industry (32%), and fishing companies like Jimmy Pattison’s Canfisco (25%).
Methodology: The findings reported here are based on a province-wide online survey of n=1,603 British Columbians conducted October 31 through November 8, 2023 by Research Co. The Bayesian credibility interval or margin of error equivalent for a sample of this size is ±2.4% 19 times out of 20.
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Poll: Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D-Obama Who?) continues to lose support.
If we have a recovery, then why has Clark County, Nevada suffered a 14.9% drop in taxable sales so far this fiscal year?
Poll: 57% of Arizonans say we should welcome immigrants. 76% say we should secure the border. 64% back the new immigration law in Arizona. This is a winning issue for the GOP – if we cast it, properly, as a matter of justice for all. It is unjust to allow people to illegally cross the border. It is unjust to turn a blind eye to the ruthless exploitation and abuse of the illegals as they cross the border. It is unjust to have a pool of illegal workers in the US to be used as sweated labor at the expense of both illegals and citizens. Get it? Justice requires a secure border – and we can win on that.
Britain’s PM Brown probably just lost himself the election – and turned the immigration issue in to a hot topic in Britain as much as its become in the United States.
Is Crist trying to get Donks to dump Meeks? Could be – if the Crist promises to caucus with Democrats, it might be worth their while to toss aside their almost-sure-loser candidate. And a victorious Crist might be the difference between a majority and minority status in the Senate come January. Of course, that is assuming Crist could win…
The horrible abuse of migrants…in Mexico. The whole immigration issue is not what liberals think it is.
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We all know that MBBS is a degree which can be accomplished from any college across the globe but studying MBBS in Kyrgyzstan is a phenomenal choice considered by the majority of Indian medical aspirants to attain high-quality medical education at an affordable cost. All the Top Medical Universities of Kyrgyzstan offer a perfect blend of theoretical and practical medical training to all the students. Therefore, YES!! Studying MBBS in Kyrgyzstan is a good career option for all Indian medical aspirants.
All the medical aspirants who graduate from the Top Medical University of Kyrgyzstan, are eligible to work in any portion of the planet. The country has a corruption-free policy; therefore the students are given a hassle-free experience starting from their admission to the work offer. At present, Kyrgyzstan is in the list of highest countries providing MBBS to international students at a reasonable value. Thousands of medical aspirants from all over the world such as Nepal, Pakistan, China, India, Bangladesh, etc. apply in the Top Medical Universities of Kyrgyzstan to study MBBS in Kyrgyzstan.
High-Quality Medical Education
The quality of medical education offered by the medical universities of Kyrgyzstan is comparable to the European education standards. All the medical universities of Kyrgyzstan are approved and recognized by various medical council bodies including MCI (Medical Council of India) and are also enlisted with WDOMS (World Directory of Medical Schools). The country has achieved the highest rank within the world for having top-notch medical establishments offering MBBS and other alternative medical degree programs.
The medical degree awarded by the medical universities of Kyrgyzstan is recognized by various international bodies including MCI, EU, the International Medical Education Directory and General Medical Council, UK. The medical universities of Kyrgyzstan provide coaching for various medical licensing examinations such as MCI screening, USMLE, etc. to facilitate the students and building a secured future for themselves.
The duration of the MBBS program in Kyrgyzstan is of 5+1 years (5-years theoretical knowledge and 1-year practical exposure in the affiliated hospital).
The country offers pleasant weather throughout the year
The weather of the country is mostly sunny throughout the year; this is because the territory of Kyrgyzstan is aloof from the ocean and is situated within the heart of the continent, surrounded by the mountains. The climatic conditions of the country can be characterized by low rain and lots of sunshine.
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- The student should have completed his/her 17 years before 31st Dec.
- The student should be mentally and physically fit and should have a medical fitness certificate from a recognized hospital.
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List of NMC Approved Medical Universities in Kyrgyzstan 2022
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Sometimes it really is the simple things that can make the biggest difference. It doesn’t seem all that long ago that plastic grocery bags came on the scene, and the question “paper or plastic?”, became part of our shopping experience. Retailers loved the lightweight bags, that were just a fraction of the cost of paper bags. Consumers liked them for their strength and convinience. No more wet bags breaking on you as you bring in the groceries! Now, plastic bags are everywhere. And I mean everywhere. They are an eyesore on our nations’ roads. They clog our drains and sewers, and they threaten wildlife all over the world. They are even found in the Pacific Ocean, 1000 miles from the shore.
Some Facts About Plastic Bags
- Almost a trillion plastic bags are produced world wide each year! The US goes through a billion of them. (Wall Street Journal)
- If Americans gave up their disposable plastic grocery bags we could save 12 million barrels of oil every year!
- Disposing of plastic bags is a problem. Plastic bags can take 1000 years to disintegrate. And because they are light weight and extremely aerodynamic, even properly disposed of plastic bags can float away and become a blight on the landscape.
- Some studies suggest that up to 100,000 marine animals are killed by ingesting, or becoming trapped in plastic bags.
The problem seems huge, yet the solution is quite simple. Say no to plastic shopping bags. And while you are at it, say no to paper bags as well. (That is another post!) Make it a habit to bring your own reusable bags. And reusable bags are not just for the grocery store. Try bringing your own bags or containers for your other shopping as well. At the very least, try to reuse your plastic shopping bags, and make sure to dispose of them properly.


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The Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) Tuesday interrogated the governor of Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB), Bijay Nath Bhattarai, on charges of unlawful transactions during the erstwhile royal regime -- to suppress the Jana Aandolan-II. Governor Bhattarai recorded his statement at the CIAA in the afternoon. He was summoned for questioning today morning.The Rayamajhi Commission in its report has implicated him, along with dozens of royal functionaries, in financial irregularities to suppress last year’s mass uprising. Acting on the probe report, the anti-corruption body has already interrogated the vice-chairmen duo of the royal regime, Dr Tulsi Giri and Kirti Nidhi Bista, then ministers and former Chief of Army Staff (CoAS) Pyar Jung Thapa on misuse of state funds.


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The two documented lynchings were of Joseph McCoy in 1897 and Benjamin Thomas in 1899. At a meeting of the Equal Justice Initiative on Nov. 16, Audrey Davis, director of Alexandria’s Black History Museum, said that one of the seven committees in EJI’s Alexandria branch is dedicated to conducting research to “find out if there were any other lynchings in Alexandria we’re not aware of.”
Davis said the committee is also researching McCoy and Thomas to see if they have any living descendants.
Eventually, Davis said the EJI hopes to collect soil from the two lynching sites and hold a marker dedication at or near those locations. The group is planning a trip to claim a marker from the Community Remembrance Project, an effort dedicated to cataloging racial violence in the United States between the end of reconstruction in 1877 and 1950.
“Restorative justice for 1890s racial terror [means] acknowledging the shameful past through commemorative events, marker placement, public programming and research,” Davis said. “We hope to install markers around the city and will follow city guidelines for signage.”
Krystyn Moon, president of the Alexandria Historical Society, said that mob violence was used in Alexandria as a tool of oppression.
“Violence is, of course, used to reinforce the racial status quo, here in Virginia and here in Alexandria,” Moon said.
Moon said the violence was not limited to the two recorded lynchings. On Dec. 26, 1865, a group of Confederate veterans attacked black residents of Alexandria and there was one reported death. Unlike so many other times in American history when perpetrators of racial violence against the black community were not brought to justice, the mob in this case faced punishment.
“What’s extraordinary is not just that we had a riot, but the fact that a military tribunal was convened and found 11 members guilty and sent them to jail,” Moon said.
Aside from the two known lynchings, Moon said there were at least three other instances — two in 1904 and one in 1922 — of individuals who were threatened with lynching and had to be moved out of Alexandria and to Fort Meyer for their protection.
The next meeting of the EJI in Alexandria is scheduled for Jan. 15 at 7:30 p.m. in the Beth El Hebrew Congregation (3830 Seminary Road).
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We all spent much less last month and it's a record drop. According to figures released by the Office of National Statistics today, retail sales volumes fell by 2.3% last month, all because of a sizeable fall in petrol sales.
Overall the sale of petrol was down by 13% in April, the month before there was an overall 2% jump in retail sales some of that due to the panic-buying people were doing because petrol tanker drivers were threatening to strike.
Compare this April to last April – well there were record temperatures and an extra Bank Holiday because of Wills and Kate getting hitched - but this year we had the wettest April since records began, so you can see why! That damp and murky weather meant we kept our hard-earned dough in our purses and wallets, and didn't head out to buy clothes or shoes – the areas which also saw depressed sales.
And recent news from some of the big retailers won't help that negative outlook. On Tuesday M&S gave us a big warning by slashing its sales growth forecast. Today it tells us its pre-tax profits for the year to the end of March were £658m, down by 16%!


Virtual reality (VR) technology is rapidly advancing, and it’s no surprise that many simulated reality developers are excited about its potential to revolutionize the way we experience immersive content. In this article, we’ll explore some of the key features of VR technology and how they can be used to create truly engaging and memorable experiences for users.
Virtual Reality 101
At its core, virtual reality is a computer-generated simulation that creates an artificial environment for users to interact with. This simulated reality can take many forms, from simple games to more complex applications like training simulations or even virtual therapy sessions.
One of the key advantages of VR technology is its ability to fully immerse users in a virtual world. By using sensors and other tracking technologies, VR headsets can accurately track a user’s movements and adjust the environment in real-time to create a seamless and believable experience. This sense of immersion is what sets VR apart from other forms of media and makes it so compelling for many users.
Case Study: Virtual Therapy
One area where virtual reality technology is showing great promise is in the field of therapy. By creating a safe and controlled environment, VR can be used to simulate real-life situations and help patients overcome their fears or anxiety. For example, a patient suffering from arachnophobia might be exposed to a virtual spider in a controlled setting, gradually building up their tolerance and helping them conquer their fear.
Virtual reality technology is also being used to treat conditions like post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression. By allowing patients to confront their fears or anxieties in a safe and controlled environment, VR can help them process their emotions and develop coping strategies that they can apply in real life.
Virtual Reality and Learning
Another area where virtual reality technology is showing great promise is in education. By providing students with an immersive learning experience, VR can help them better understand complex concepts and retain information more effectively. For example, a history student might be taken on a virtual tour of ancient Rome, allowing them to explore the city’s architecture and culture in a way that traditional lectures simply cannot replicate.
Virtual reality technology is also being used to train students in various fields, from medicine to aviation. By creating realistic simulations of real-world scenarios, VR can help students develop the skills they need to succeed in their chosen professions.
Q: How does virtual reality technology work?
A: Virtual reality technology works by using sensors and other tracking technologies to accurately track a user’s movements and adjust the environment in real-time.
Q: What are some of the potential applications of virtual reality technology?
A: Virtual reality technology has the potential to revolutionize many fields, from gaming and entertainment to therapy and education.
Q: Is virtual reality technology safe for users?
A: Yes, virtual reality technology is generally safe for users, but it’s important to use it responsibly and follow safety guidelines.
Virtual reality technology is an exciting and rapidly evolving field that has the potential to revolutionize many aspects of our lives. Whether you’re a simulated reality developer or simply someone looking for a new and immersive way to experience content, virtual reality is definitely worth exploring. With its ability to fully immerse users in a virtual world, VR technology is truly the ultimate immersive experience.