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The Sweetwater Music Hall is certainly one of those businesses facing a long road ahead before it can revive its fantastic live concert calendar, and they’ve been taking steps in recent weeks to chart a path ahead. For now, that features the launch of a Summer Pop-Up Tiki Bar for food and beverage takeout on Friday, June 5. The Tiki Bar will be open Thursday-Sunday, 2-8pm, with live music Friday and Saturday – a steel drum performance kicks things off on June 5 – from 3-6pm.
“We all need a little of that fun, vacation vibe right now,” Sweetwater General Manager Madison Flach says. “Expect to see fresh & delicious tropical drinks on the menu (pina colada in a whole pineapple anyone?!), some new dishes from our kitchen (cashew & coconut shrimp / mango, onion, arugula, chickpea salad & more!), a take-home Luau party pack for the whole family to enjoy, and a decorated patio for you to feel like you’ve been transported to a tropical paradise!”
Flach says Sweetwater will reopen for outdoor dining on the patio in the coming weeks.
Flach and her close-knit team of employees – an IndieGogo campaign raised more than $18,000 to support furloughed employees – have worked together for the better part of five years. They’ve held a few Zoom calls but otherwise have been longing for the days when they can get back to doing what they do best: showcase great live music in one of the best venues in the Bay Area.
While it can seem like an insurmountable predicament at times, Flach and her team have taken solace in the idea that some of the most famous music venues in the United States are in the same exact situation.
“This is an existential crisis,” Dayna Frank, the owner of First Avenue in Minneapolis, a regular spot for Prince, the Replacements and Hüsker Dü that opened in 1970, told the New York Times last month. “Independent venues have no financial backstop. We do not have corporate parents. There are no financial resources we can turn to.”
In an effort to save irreplaceable venues like the Sweetwater, more than 1,300 venues and promoters for the likes of Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, the Fox Theater in Oakland, 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C. and World Cafe Live in Philadelphia have formed the National Independent Venue Association (NIVA). The organization retained powerhouse lobbying firm Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld to seek tax relief and more flexible loan programs.
“I’ve been impressed at how quickly they activated and how much they’ve been doing,” Flach says of NIVA. “It’s nice to feel that there a community around the independent venues.”
The organization is leaning on the overall impact of live music as an “economic multiplier,” a powerful force whose events have positive ripple effects on surrounding businesses like restaurants, retail shops and hotels. According to a 2017 study from the National Endowment for the Arts, the value added by arts and culture to the U.S. economy is “five times greater than the value of the agricultural sector.”
The value added by arts and culture to the U.S. economy is “five times greater than the value from the agricultural sector” (2017 study by The National Endowment for the Arts)
Flach says she appreciates the longtime local support for the Sweetwater and longs for a return to some sense of normalcy.
“It’s nearly three month since we closed, and we’re still largely in the same place we were then,” she says. “We can’t wait to get back to live music here in Mill Valley.”
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New Paltz Town Council members adopted the report from the New Paltz Police Reform and Reinvention Collaborative (NPPRRC) entitled “Re-Imagining Police in New Paltz” at their April 1 meeting, ensuring that the threat of state funding being cut off to the town would not come to pass. The report was written in response to an executive order issued by Governor Andrew Cuomo last June, requiring that, “Each local government entity which has a police agency . . . must perform a comprehensive review of current police force deployments, strategies, policies, procedures and practices, and develop a plan to improve such deployments, strategies, policies, procedures and practices, for the purposes of addressing the particular needs of the communities served by such police agency and promote community engagement to foster trust, fairness and legitimacy, and to address any racial bias and disproportionate policing of communities of color.” To make sure these reports were written, the state budget director “shall be authorized to condition receipt of future appropriated state or federal funds upon filing of such certification for which such local government would otherwise be eligible,” potentially cutting off much of the funding for local governments.
Conspicuously absent from the executive order was any review of state-level police agencies, or any mechanism to ensure that these plans aren’t just left on a shelf to collect dust once they are filed. The former is especially relevant in New Paltz, where in addition to state troopers regularly writing tickets in town, university police also pull drivers over off campus with some regularity. That latter concern — that nothing will be change when it comes to the relationship between the police and the policed — will not come to pass, if town council members follow through in the way they signaled they would to implement some of the ideas in the report. Some of the small number of residents following this process think that the report falls short of meaningful change, even if it’s implemented fully.
The first step toward change
A number of ad-hoc community groups were engaged in this process and many of the public comments about it have expressed frustration. While committee members and activists appear to agree that racism is a systemic problem in the country that is especially dangerous when expressed through armed police, and that police have become the default solution for complex social problems that really can’t be solved with handcuffs, they differ on whether this report pays lip service to the issues or is the first step toward change. Throughout the months of meetings and study, the fact that committee members only listened rather than engaging in dialogue was frequently criticized, as well.
Some of the recommendations are narrowly tailored to issues under town council control, such as shifting the police commission back to a semi-independent body, but others go well beyond what town leaders have under their direct control, such as having all local government employees — including village and school district staff — take an assessment to identify racial bias. At the same time, committee members acknowledge but do not recommend shifting budget funds from police into mental health services, specifically because mental health is a county issue rather than a town one. Town resident Tom Jeliffe wondered about dismissing the idea of expanded mental health services, noting that any law or regulation can be changed. Mental health was described as outside the purview of the executive order, but the assessment tool is seen by the same committee members as being an important way to shift from a model of tolerance to one of anti-racism. “No one signs up to be tolerated,” said co-facilitator Jennifer Berry, and government officials need an assessment tool because they typically “think they are better than they are.”
As is often the case with local initiatives, this process was limited by the fact that most people in town just didn’t get involved. “Most of the people we interacted with were white,” said Berry, and “what was brought to the table was mostly not about people of color.” While it’s possible that this means that the problems seen as disproportionately impacting people of color are in fact a problem for all people who interact with the police, there simply weren’t enough residents involved to make a statistical case for that argument. Committee member Diana Armstead noted that only around 40 people attended most of the public meetings on this topic, out of some 14,000 town residents.
Deficiencies in the report
Of the group of purportedly mostly white people, several continued to raise concerns about deficiencies in the report at this meeting. The committee explicitly laid out why they do not support de-funding the police — which activists are now re-framing as “divest-reinvest.” Tom Denton observed that the committee avoided any questions of spending entirely, preferring to leave that to the elected officials who oversee the town budget. That’s a shortfall in Denton’s view, because the data show that the number of officers has steadily increased over time, whether the crime rate is rising or falling. Moreover, police calls include a “high level of deployments for property surveillance,” checking to make sure vacant buildings haven’t been vandalized, burglarized, or occupied.
Local activists are clamoring for a 25% reduction in the town’s police spending through attrition, but committee members are looking to spend more. They recommend several new types of training, and also address officer pay: “Keeping the best talent requires offering competitive salary and benefits. There is already a pattern of officers being trained under the auspices and at the expense of the New Paltz Police Department only to leave for higher paying positions in other municipalities. This costs the community in multiple ways. We lose the talent in which we have invested, and we have to reinvest in replacing those officers.” For their part, activists believe if there are fewer officers, there are fewer “discretionary contacts,” which they believe would reduce the kinds of altercations as have been documented in the cases of George Floyd, Eric Garner, and others.
The report is silent on the police contract, despite the fact these contracts — locally and throughout the country — include provisions that dictate how officers are disciplined, and take precedence over law because the elected officials sign on. For example, in the current New Paltz police contract officers can’t be fired by the same elected officials who hired them in the first place. Instead, an arbitrator is named who makes that call.
The role of the police commission
One area on which there does appear to be agreement is that more data are needed to understand how police operate in the community. Information collected about encounters do not include any details about race or ethnicity. Not every police policy is easy to find online. There remains a legal tussle about what complaints and disciplinary records should be available to the public under current state law. Without evidence, there is no credible way to cast officers as heroes or villains, or to determine to what extent systemic racism impacts their work at all.
A more independent way to oversee the police is also a general goal with wide support, but there are different views on how to approach that. The town’s police commission has been just a shell since the last meeting of 2013, when as the final item of business the volunteers were dismissed and it was decided that town council members should assume those duties. Town council member Dan Torres explained that a civilian review board was created since as a way to include civilians in oversight, but a town attorney later advised that it was created illegally, and few applications were made to the replacement group. Activists remain suspicious about the dissolution of the civilian review board, as those volunteers had just completed a report finding excessive force was used against Paul Echols by then-officer Robert Knoth, who retired quietly during the long period of public scrutiny in that case. Committee members want to ensure that the commission can’t be rolled back into the town council again, but local activists don’t want members appointed by elected officials either, because of the ties to political control implied by that. Creating a group that is not elected in a largely democratic society could involve wrestling with philosophical questions around majority rule.
There was also some fracturing of the appointment committee, as well. According to Esi Lewis, who serves as spokesperson for the group, “Randall Laverette removed himself from the process toward the end of February and stopped communicating with the NPPRRC. He did not participate in writing the report and instead submitted his own report that we have referenced on page 48 of the NPPRRC final report.”
Lewis appears to be referring to this passage: “The NPPRRC received many documents and ideas from the community. Many of these make it into this report in one form or another. These are attached for historical/informational purposes — none of these were subject to any form of public scrutiny, input, or sanction. The array of visions within these reports illustrates the vast differences in philosophies present throughout our community. To clarify, while one of these community submissions is written as if it speaks for the NPPRRC, it does not. Nonetheless,the committee entertained and considered input regardless of the source.”
Asked for comment, Leverette instead suggested reaching out to the committee.
Berry introduced the discussion of this report by saying that in New Paltz, “we live in a town where this is a beginning, and not an end point.”
“There’s more to do,” said Armstead, and the people who have been involved in this process should “step up to the plate.”
It appears elected officials agree. Torres signaled a desire to talk about a 12-month implementation plan. Town Board member David Brownstein sees the report as something of a playbook, but with some plays yet to be written. Town Supervisor Neil Bettez called for restructuring the police commission as the next play. Whatever steps are taken in the coming months, they will likely be watched closely by members of the police force, the various groups of concerned citizens and perhaps even the broader population of voters in the town.

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CAIRO (Reuters) - The Egyptian presidency on Monday denied a report that it had upheld the death penalties of 14 people convicted of attacking police in North Sinai in 2011.
The state news agency MENA had earlier reported that the presidency had upheld the sentences handed down to the men, all from the Tawheed wal Jihad ("Monotheism and Holy War") group.
They were sentenced in 2012 to hang for killing three police officers, an army officer and a civilian in attacks on a police station and a bank in the town of el-Arish in 2011.
MENA later quoted a presidential spokesman saying the report was not true.
Deposed president Mohamed Mursi of the Muslim Brotherhood did not sign the execution orders during his one year in office, which ended when the army deposed him after mass protests against his rule.
Mursi's overthrow has triggered a wave of attacks on the security forces in North Sinai and further west in the towns and cities of the Nile Valley and Delta. The state has declared that it is in a war on terrorism.
Militant groups flourished in North Sinai in 2011, expanding into a security vacuum left by the collapse of state authority after the downfall of president Hosni Mubarak in 2011.
The army is waging a campaign there to reassert state authority. The military has said 16 hardline Islamists were killed in air strikes in North Sinai last Friday.
The presidency also denied upholding a death sentence on a militant convicted of a 2011 attack, and jail terms for eight others convicted of attacks in Cairo dating back to 2005.
(Writing by Tom Perry; Editing by Michael Georgy and Kevin Liffey)
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After crab legs and shrimp, scallops are one of my favorite types of seafood. In fact, for special occasions when my husband and I go to a local Teppanyaki restaurant where they prepare the food on large cooktops in front of us, we always get a combination dinner that features filet mignon, lobster, and a choice of shrimp or scallops. I always opt for the scallops. Those tender, sweet, buttery-tasting scallops always hit the spot.
Scallops are expensive enough that I don’t indulge in them often, but I sometimes buy them from Aldi for special dinners at home. I’ve gotten them in seafood mixes that include calamari, mussels, and shrimp. I’ve also purchased limited-edition bacon-wrapped scallops and Patagonian scallops from the discount grocer.
Aldi also sells some jumbo scallops all the time in the freezer aisle. They’re still pricey, but they can be a more affordable splurge compared to buying scallops at a restaurant.
Specially Selected Premium Jumbo Scallops cost $13.99 for a 12-ounce package at the time of publication. The package I bought contained nine large scallops, so that comes out to about $1.55 per scallop.
These are a Regular Buy, so you should be able to find them at Aldi any time of year. Specially Selected is the Aldi house brand for various gourmet foods such as avocado tomatillo salsa, Greek lemon yogurt, premium brownie mix, flatbread pizza, and more.
These scallops are wild caught and are a product of the U.S. They were caught in Major Fishing Area 21 in the Northwest Atlantic using the dredge catch method. The package states the scallops come from a fishery that has been independently certified to the Marine Stewardship Council’s standard for a well-managed and sustainable fishery.
The only ingredient is sea scallops. If you’re looking out for allergens, naturally these contain shellfish.
One package contains three 4-ounce servings. In the package I purchased, that comes out to about three scallops per serving. Each serving has 100 calories, 1 gram of total fat (1% DV), 30 mg of cholesterol (10% DV), 190 mg of sodium (8% DV), 5 grams of total carbohydrates (2% DV), and 19 grams of protein.
The back of the package has thawing instructions. Remove scallops from the vacuum package before thawing. Place scallops in a container and thaw in the refrigerator for 8 hours. The temperature while thawing should not exceed 45 degrees. For quick thawing, place scallops in a colander and rinse under cold water for 5-7 minutes. For best results, pat dry with a paper towel before cooking. Cook to an internal temperature of 145 degrees prior to serving.
I thawed these under running water and cooked them in a pre-heated skillet on my stovetop with two tablespoons of butter. It took about 12 minutes for them to cook to an internal temperature of 145 degrees, and I flipped them occasionally. I followed a recipe from Kitchn for the most part, except that I was cooking jumbo scallops that took longer to cook.
These didn’t get a nice light brown crust on the outside like I hoped they would, but that might be because I didn’t thoroughly pat them dry before dropping them into the pan, and I didn’t want to keep cooking them to get that brown crust and risk overcooking them.
These came out very tender, but they still needed a little more flavor after cooking. I added a small amount of garlic powder, salt, and pepper to the cooked scallops and spooned a little extra butter from the cooking pan on top of the scallops, and that did the trick.
If I buy these again, I’d try harder to make sure they got properly seared in the pan and got that classic golden crust. Otherwise, these are a decent if expensive seafood option.
Specially Selected Premium Jumbo Scallops are large scallops that cook up tender in a pan on the stovetop. Be sure to pat them dry before dropping them on a pre-heated pan, and season them with butter, salt, pepper, and even a little fresh minced garlic or garlic powder.

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The development is located one mile east of York in Springettsbury Township, York County. Specifically, it is north of Market Street on Silver Spur Drive, bordered on the east by Canterbury Court Apartments, on the west by Eastgate Apartments, and on the north by Stony Brook Drive N. Streets within the development are Eastgate Drive, Waverly Court, Lawncrest Drive, and Valley Brook Drive.
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Somali remittances: It’s about justice, not charity
To have a family member in need is distressing enough. When they are thousands of miles away it’s even worse. When a company removes the vital economic lifeline with which you can help them, it is a tragedy.
This is what’s happening to people in Somalia right now. Next week, Barclays Bank will stop a vital money transfer service which could hit up to 40 per cent of the Somali population. Barclays has said that it will be closing the accounts of hundreds of small Money Transfer Operators (MTOs) – meaning that there will be almost no opportunity for the Somali diaspora around the world to transfer money to families, friends and charities in the country.
The impact of this action will be profound and devastating. My wife’s 80 year old grandmother, Khadija, relies heavily on the money we send via MTOs. She is frail and vulnerable and lives in a remote part of Somalia. The money we send pays for the food, clothing, rent and the health care treatment she needs to survive.
We send my uncle $100 per month to pay for his care in a in a mental health centre in Hargaysa; $100 is for two orphans’ life essentials, $200 is for my cousin’s food, clothes and school fees. Like many Somalis living overseas, we also send money to charitable infrastructure projects such as building hospitals and roads. Without the ability to transfer money back home, it’s hard to see how they will be able to afford to live.
My Change.org petition calling on Barclays to reconsider their decision has reached 90,000 supporters. I am overwhelmed by the support but not surprised. The British people have an incredible history of helping those in need: when UK charities launched a fundraising appeal to help those affected by the famine in Somalia, UK citizens responded with millions of pounds of essential aid.
This time the people of Somalia are not asking for charity – we are asking for justice. Barclays has to realise its responsibility here. It is not enough to claim that they are concerned about the destination of remittances – they must look at how they can introduce the the checks and balances needed to keep the service active to a country where three million people live in poverty and 2.4 million need urgent humanitarian assistance. Others have made strong progress in ensuring that remittances are not channelled into terrorism and corruption.
British Olympic hero Mo Farah has this week made a last ditch plea to Barclays to think again about cutting this service which has provided not only the basics of life to countless Somalis, but the building blocks of growth in a country that desperately needs it. With a collapsed banking system and political instability in the country, the one billion dollars that Somalis around the world send to loved ones back home is not just important – it’s a matter of life and death. Tens of thousands of people agree with us and are contacting Barclays to ask them why they are removing this essential lifeline to a country in real need. I hope that Antony Jenkins, Barclays CEO, listens to their call.

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Diane Friendly is a funny topic. Its often not what are you allergic too, its what can you eat. Over the years, my diet has changed periodically corresponding to symptoms and health status. Food sensitivities and food allergies have increased over the years in the world. I believe its because foods are just not as pure and simple as they used to be. More chemicals, GMOs, additives, sweeteners and corn syrup is added to everything that makes food undigestible and essentially poison to some people. People always ask me: How do you eat? What are you allergic too? How do you eat out? My answer is I read menus, look at ingredients and ask questions. My main allergies are corn, gluten, apples, black pepper and white pepper. There are more but these are the most common allergies to mention. These are the foods I look out for everyday. I usually try to keep my orders simple. I don’t mix too many food variables because that will cause me more symptoms. For example, if I have eaten an entree before, I might try a new appetizer but if I am trying a new entree, I won’t order an appetizer. The simple fact is if you tummy is sensitive, like mine, it is better to keep it simple. Let your body digest one plate at a time. Society today pushes, appetizer, entree and dessert but many times the mixture of so many variables is the issue. If you eat all of these things and you get an upset stomach, your body just can’t digest the food and it sticks around and causes symptoms. I used to eat dessert all the time but now, I don’t crave it and I won’t eat it until my meal has digested. I don’t need to add more sugar into my body while I am digesting my meal, it simply makes digestion slower. The easiest foods for me to order are usually a protein and a vegetable. I don’t usually eat rice because the only rice I can eat is jasmine or brown. The fact about rice is it is filled with starch and some has more starch than others, which I can’t digest. Vegetables and salad are usually not seasoned, which makes it a good side dish. But there are variables because I can’t eat all vegetables or salad, which means sometimes I won’t know until the food arrives. The protein that is usually not pre-seasoned is fish, for some reason beef and chicken usually are seasoned with pepper. I can tell you sometimes its not easy, I can go to a restaurant and not find one item I can eat. This happens in restaurants that have pre-seasoned everything. I have also had times that I order, say all my allergies, and still have a reaction. My reaction is immediate, gas, bloating and indigestion. The reaction can last hours or days. I can tell you the side effects are not worth the delight of eating foods I know I love but can’t digest. The suffering used to be daily, and I refuse to live that way. So, I take charge of my diet and keep snacks with me. I speak up for myself, I read everything, I find the best option on the menu and go with it. If I have a party to go to, I take an appetizer, snacks, alcohol or whatever I might need. The simple fact is that I can’t be sure that the events will be able to accommodate me, so I advocate for myself and stay prepared. The key to my success is eliminating and avoiding the foods that are harmful. Advocating for myself and keeping snacks handy helps me stay healthy and avoid symptoms. Do you have digestive issues? Do you eat and feel exhausted after? Do you get bloated and look pregnant? Do you have reflux? These are all signs that some foods are harmful for you. I can help identify the foods to eliminate and make a plan that is right for you. Give me a call the Consultation is Free.
There are plenty of foods and nutrients around us. These powerful foods and compounds directly impact the health of children at a genetic level. I know, I thought it was impossible too, I’m a nurse, we are skeptical by nature. It took me 5 months of suffering before I gave in. What was I waiting for? I was living in severe pain and constant exhaustion daily. Even though I had started eating tons more fruits and veggies than before, but there was not much difference in my health. Food, just was not enough, my body was aging every second! As, I look back at my symptoms and those of my mom, I truly see my aging and disease process. All my health issues started in my childhood and poor diet filled with junk food was the reason. My mom’s recent surgery and severe symptoms that reemerged reminded me of all the health issues I had during my childhood. (See My Mom for story) Reflection helped me realize the severity of my illness since childhood. I had stomach pain, constipation, migraines, chronic arm pain during my childhood. It progressed and worsened throughout my life until 2017 when I truly made a change to impact my genes. I was in constant BRAIN FOG, every single day. I wrote notes but couldn’t focus enough to prioritize my 2 jobs. I’m a registered nurse by day and holistic health coach by night. (My day job – teaching parents about viral illness, medications and follow up). By NIGHT advocating for true health prevention for children. I would have given anything, SHIT everything, if I would have known about this in 2005, when it was first on ABC Primetime. Before you, watch this video, remember the secret to success is having a Health Coach to support and guide the detox process. Schedule your FREE Consultation. The symptoms of detox are specific to your genetic predispositions. Let me guide you, as I lived the process. (See Detox Process- coming soon) These products should not be purchased on Amazon because you need someone to explain the benefits, detox symptoms and provide support. I provide support through the process as your Holistic Health Coach. Help you find natural alternatives to your child’s growing pains, cough, anxiety, attention, or whatever symptom. (See How I lived as a child-chronic pain, anxiety, IBS, learning disability, severe cramps and migraines). I lived each of these symptoms. I have been helping my children and teaching them about their health, diet, nutrition, my health, etc. They know all my allergies, what happens. They could order my food for me, which is not easy, “Diane Friendly” (see Diane Friendly- coming soon). My nutritionist partner Maria Del Carmen Gonzalez-Gil with my team. We work to create a diet and wellness plan that is right for you or your child. Your blood type, food preferences and nutritional needs. We teach you about nutrition, supplementation and strategies to truly impact your genes for a healthier you. We help you create realistic and achievable goals for success. We empower you to achieve YOUR Wellness. We empower you to teach your children the importance of wellness and it’s impact on their future. What do you have to lose? The consultation is FREE.


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The New Pornographers, the Walkmen visit Bogart’s in Cincinnati
By Matt Clevenger
Originally formed in 1997, Canadian indie-rock legends the New Pornographers helped set the tone for more than a decade’s worth of alternative music, thanks to a series of hits beginning with the classic single “Letter from an Occupant” and ending with a current total of five critically-acclaimed studio albums. An alternative super-group of sorts, the band is also well-known for spawning a long list of successful side projects, films and solo albums by members Neko Case, Carl Newman, Kathryn Calder, Dan Bejar, Todd Fancey, Blaine Thurier and Kurt Dahle.
On tour in support of their latest album, Together, the influential group will appear with veteran rockers the Walkmen at Bogart’s in Cincinnati on Tuesday, April 26. In the midst of a solo tour as well, New Pornographer Kathryn Calder took a break from her busy schedule last week for a brief phone interview covering her history with the legendary band.
Can you describe how you started working with the New Pornographers?
It’s a bit of a long and convoluted story, but I’ll try to keep it succinct. Basically, I was playing in another band at the time and John Collins, who plays bass in the New Pornographers, he saw me play and right around that time they were trying to figure out how they were going to play without Neko, because she was getting so busy. So he saw me play, and I guess I did a great job and he took it to Carl, and that’s how that started.
They asked me to come and sing on Twin Cinema, so I did that and I guess they liked it enough that they asked me to go on tour. [Kathryn Calder]
Is it true that you’re also related to Carl Newman?
Yeah, he did know me from before. I’m his long-lost niece. My mom was adopted as a baby, and when my mom was about 40, she found her birth family. She found out she had all these brothers and sisters and Carl was one of them. So my mom was the eldest and Carl was the youngest in the family. [KC]
How would you describe your musical background? Have you ever had formal musical training?
Yeah, I did. I’ve been playing piano since I was five and I’ve always loved piano. I was always in choirs; I was always getting myself involved in music things, as kids do. Kids really respond to music and I just stayed with it … I didn’t really sing in a rock band in front of a microphone until I was about 16 or 17. Before then it was all just choirs and the usual kind of thing – I had no idea I would like it so much. I thought it seemed scary to be up there singing in front of a microphone then, but it’s pretty fun. [KC]
Who are your musical influences?
Well I’m a really big fan of Paul Simon for his songwriting. I’m a really big fan of strong female vocalists, like of course there’s Nina Simone who is amazing, and I love PJ Harvey. I think her voice is incredible. I’m a big fan of the Pretenders – Chrissie Hynde’s voice is quite something. Of course, being Canadian and being a female songwriter, Joni Mitchell is a big influence. I don’t generally write songs like her, but I think she is totally amazing. I’ve always been a big fan of David Bowie and how he arranges songs musically. [KC]
How do you think the New Pornographers’ sound has changed over the years?
I think Carl has started adding more strings and more orchestration. All of the New Pornographers’ records are quite dense; he loves to add on layer after layer of instruments. But recently he’s started adding more and more orchestra instruments, like the string section and the brass. I think that’s really cool. [KC]
How do you compare your solo work with the New Pornographers?
I think my songs are a little bit mellower in general. Every time you get a new songwriter, it’ll be completely different. So I don’t really think that I sound very much like the New Pornographers, although my experience has been in the New Pornographers for six years now. So of course those six years of being in the band will influence how I approach records and how I approach writing.
But my first record is a little folkier, and I have a new record that will be coming out in the fall sometime and it’s just a mixed bag full of all kinds of stuff. None of it sounds very much like the New Pornographers, but also, at the same time it does have a lot of instrumentation and a lot of arranging and a lot of melodies. I’m a big fan of that as well, so I incorporate that into my music too. [KC]
Do you have any favorite New Pornographers’ songs to play live?
I have lots of favorites. There aren’t any songs that I don’t like playing. I really like “Go Places,” when we play that one and “Electric Version,” because it has a really fast piano part that I like playing. “Adventures in Solitude” is always a fun one, because I get to bring out the accordion. [KC]
Is the band currently working on any new projects?
We haven’t started working on anything yet; we’ve just been touring for the last record, Together. We have a split seven-inch that [came out] on Record Store Day, and that will have a B-side that didn’t make it on the record plus “Moves.”[KC]
The New Pornographers will appear with the Walkmen at Bogart’s in Cincinnati Tuesday, April 26. Show starts at 7:30 p.m., tickets are $32.56 in advance. More information can be found online at www.thenewpornographers.com or
Reach DCP freelance writer Matt Clevenger at MattCleavenger@daytoncitypaper.com.


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Opioid Epidemic: The Fight Towards Recovery
YAKIMA COUNTY, Wash.- The crackdown on opioids has been a major task for doctors all over the nation.
It's left people losing families, jobs, loved ones and even sometimes their life.
A doctor at Yakima Valley Farm Workers Clinic (YVFWC), Aaron Anderson, says there has been more regulations with opioid medication, but has it helped?
"There's been some headway in the number of prescription opioids given out, we are much more cautious with prescribing. However, things like heroin and some of the synthetic opioids that are on the black market so to speak, those have increased and are cheaper and easier to get," said Anderson.
Almost 15 percent of the U.S. population has some form of chronic pain, and doctors say because of the recent increase in drug overdoses, the overall life expectancy in the U.S. has dropped.
"From 2000 to 2015, there were some really amazing gains in terms of fewer people dying of cancer, heart disease, and so we should have seen the life expectancy go up. However, with the opioid epidemic and the number of people dying from this, we have actually seen life expectancy as a whole go down two and a half months less now," said Anderson.
A drug counselor, a former teacher, and a man in drug rehab right now all have similar stories. All were cut of their prescriptions and later moved on to stronger drugs because at that time, they say it's the only option they had. But drug recovery programs is what changed their never ending cycle.
Places like drug court here in Yakima, an 18 month drug program that the city put together in 2005 that takes in people with non-violent felony's.
"It needed to be here because we had such a need to help folks in our valley that were struggling with addiction. We were seeing a lot of crimes that were lower level or non-violent and they stemmed from drug use," said Court Financial Manager Jessica Humphreys.
It helped people like Chad Morris, a former teacher that had been prescribed pain medication for his back. After several months of consuming Vicodin, he got addicted and doctors stopped prescribing him his medication. Soon he turned to heroin, and even ended up in prison. Still at rock bottom, he had no help.
"While I was in prison there was no rehabilitation, there was no treatment, I was actually still using drugs while I was in prison," said Morris.
Out of jail, and getting into the drug scene once more, Morris got booked in the Yakima County jail. But this time, he was given opportunity to finally change his life around.
"I had been living in the drug world, so I needed to transition back from that world into the real world, and drug court offered me the opportunity to do that. They kind of bridged that gap between those two worlds," said Morris.
That can be key to many people freeing the life of an addict, and now Morris is working in the field that took a chance on him.
"I knew going into it that this was an opportunity that I had to take advantage of because if we are out using, we are either going to end up in institutions, prison, or we are going to be dead," said Morris.
Like Morris, Bill Ellis who owns his own drug counseling service and the man in rehabilitation also were given a chance to make a change, but Ellis says it's up to the person to take advantage of their life.
"Treatment isn't the cure all, the patient is the cure all, and that's the bottom line," said Ellis.


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Shortly after checking into the Idaho Rocky Mountain Ranch we’re headed nine miles up Highway 75 into the heart of the Sawtooth National Recreational Area. Welcome to the dusty outpost of Stanley, Idaho. It boasts a year-round population of 73. We pop into Sawtooth Adventure Company and confirm our half-day white water trip on the raging upper fork of the Salmon River with Johnny Landward, an expert guide and funny guy.
Johnny tries to ease the concern of a few wide-eyed newcomers: “Don’t worry, you’re in good hands. I haven’t lost anyone for a couple of weeks. But lose the cotton shirts, they will drain the heat from your body and sap your strength.”
Our launch spot was just below Sunbeam Dam. Instructions are given by Johnny and Jenna Martin, a tall blonde with an inquisitive nature and a loopy cowboy hat. We push out into the current. Jane and I are teamed up with fellow galley slave partners Cody and Audra, Johnny as skipper. Our boat rocks and spins unpredictably as we roar down the snowmelt swollen river. Water temperature is 42 degrees. Johnny bellows out the basic commands of river paddling-- forward, back, left back, right back and relax.
Dead ahead is the “Piece of Cake,” run where the current plunges into a hole, tossing the bow skyward as we paddle madly. Three-foot waves crash over the four of us as Johnny grins and barks out orders. With feet wedged under the front seat I somehow remain in the raft, as the throttling waves keep coming. We chop, chop, chop at the water with our paddles. Finally, Johnny thunders “relax.” Dripping and panting, we all break out into broad smiles as the rapids recede and we glide past the sagebrush valley, forested hills and snow-tipped peaks.
Under a cloudless blue sky we forge downriver through a series of rapids that we navigate with growing confidence. In late June the current typically runs at 2-3 miles an hour. With the roar of the roiling river for mood music, we’re traveling at a 5-6 mile an hour clip. As we rush past a tented spot on the river bank Johnny yells: “Wave to your lunch spot, we won’t be making a stop today.” Our four-hour trip is wrapped up in a little over two hours.
Sixty miles north of Sun Valley you’ll find more than 40 jagged 10,000-foot granite peaks of the Sawtooth Range. They provide a majestic background for leg-burning hiking and mountain bike rides, a horseback ride climbing steep switchbacks above a gorgeous mountain lake, or novice fly-fishermen standing thigh-deep in rushing streams learning how to cast for trout as long as your arm. Tired muscles can be eased with a starlight soothing soak in an outdoor natural hot springs pool at the Idaho Rocky Mountain Ranch.
It's easy to settle into a rhythm at the ranch nestled in the Sawtooth Valley. Rocking in hickory chairs on the expansive front porch in the late afternoon sunshine, guests take in the stunning panorama of the snowcapped peaks (they resemble a saw blade) that rank as one of America’s great outdoor playgrounds.
The living history of the Old West mingles with the solitude of the ranch’s 1,000 acres. Known as the “Heart of Idaho,” this land is a mosaic of sparkling alpine lakes, aspen woodlands, sagebrush flats and rushing streams fed by an early summer snowmelt. The largest protected wilderness area in the “lower 48,” it’s as pretty as any national park, minus the crowds. There are more cattle than people.
Captivated by the beauty of the Sawtooths, New York Frigidaire executive Winston Paul bought the ranch property as an invitation-only hunting club in 1929. A team of 60 workers snaked pine logs up the creeks to build the 8,000 square foot lodge modeled after Yellowstone’s Old Faithful Lodge. Masons crafted the floor-to ceiling fireplaces, while blacksmiths forged the door latches and wrought-iron trim.
Set at an elevation of 6,500 feet the guest ranch was owned by an Idaho family for 50 years before a pair of couples, including financier Steve and architect Courtney Kapp of Philadelphia, purchased it in 2007. There are four guest rooms in the lodge and 17 cabins that surround it. Our cabin (No. 11) had plenty of room and modern amenities, like the Oakley stone in the showers. A handmade quilt covered the bed and firewood was stacked high alongside the cabin. Overnight temperatures plunge into the low 30s, so our fireplace blazed each night. A testament to its stature, the ranch earned a place on the National Registry of Historic Places in 1995.
The staff posts activities and outings on a blackboard in the main lodge. Mostly college students, they are friendly and knowledgeable, offering tips on an abundance of hiking, biking and horseback trails. There is also plenty of time to relax on the famous front porch or read by a crackling fire in the lodge. Guests truly get unplugged-- there are no phones, televisions or radios in the rooms.
“The ranch embodies a sense of place, a sense of history in the old Western ranch tradition where ranchers extended gracious hospitality to travelers,” said ranch manager Sandra Bechwith. “It’s an authentic western experience to explore the richness of the culture, the history, the natural world.”
On Saturday morning we’re off to Mystic Saddle up at Redfish Lake. Our guide Jeannie Hatfield tacks up our mounts, Turbo and Poco Loco, we climb aboard and head into the backcountry over the dry, rocky soil through thickets of lodgepole pines. We work our way along the riverbank then start our climb up a series of switchbacks. All the while Jeannie spins tales about the land, its history and life as a seasoned wrangler. A few prairie dogs dart across the trail, foxes, elks and otter are other attractions. We pause on a rugged ridge to take in the majestic vista of Little Redfish Lake and the surrounding mountains.
Redfish Lake is named for the brilliant sockeye salmon that once came to spawn in such massive quantities that the lake appeared red. The historic Redfish Lake Lodge offers motel rooms, rental cabins, a restaurant and five campgrounds. Recreation around the lake is plentiful-- hiking, biking, and running trails to fishing, swimming, and paddle boats. The Lady of the Lake boat tours travel to an isolated cove underneath the lofty peaks of Mt. Heyburn (10, 229 feet). On weekend afternoons you can relax on the front lawn of the lodge and listen to live music resonate off the neighboring mountains.
Just down the road we stop at the Sawtooth Fish Hatchery. As late as the 1950's, more than 4,000 sockeye salmon made the annual 900-mile pilgrimage from the Pacific Ocean to their spawning grounds in the Sawtooth Valley. However, in recent years only a dozen or two have returned each year. In an effort to save the endangered fish the National Marine Fisheries Service established a local hatchery.
The facility traps, spawns, and raises spring Chinook salmon each year to release into Idaho waters. During the summer trapping season, visitors can view the trap being emptied every morning as well as adult Chinook in holding ponds. It’s a great lesson in ecology.
Back at the ranch we unwind on the porch enjoying a glass of wine with the Jonekos family who are celebrating Stan Sr.’s 80th birthday. They arrived from Tucson, Denver and Los Angeles.
“It’s a rustic yet luxurious surprise, the perfect destination for our family reunion,” said daughter Staness. “The lodge has a wonderful sitting area, and the cabins are cozy and comfortable. We enjoyed superb meals, the cowboy musician and a fine glass of wine at sunset. It’s heaven on earth for the Jonekos gang.”
At 6:30 Andy hammers an iron rod back and forth in the triangular dinner bell and we all head for the main dining room. Chef Jim Roberts’ meals with authentic roots and seasoned inspirations are an integral part of the ranch experience. Some favorites that evening were cedar planked Idaho Ruby Red Trout smeared with smokey tomato butter and jasmine rice; elk tenderloin with potatoes gratin and black currant gastrique; and the Niman Ranch Ribeye with blue cheese mashers and a bing cherry demiglace that was impossible to resist. A nice glass of Idaho Malbec from a well chosen wine list completed the meal.
Three nights a week the dinner event is outdoors featuring a Dutch Oven and a pair of sumptuous “surf and turf” BBQ buffets. After breakfast you can pick up a sack lunch to take on your day’s outdoor adventure.
From the antics of a mountain stream that cascades through dazzling meadows to the bright-white puffy clouds in a big blue sky, once you’ve been to the Sawtooths, the words “untouched wilderness” will gain a whole new meaning.
For more information on Idaho Rocky Mountain Ranch, call (208) 774-3544; www.idahorocky.com


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Below: The Aida's House and Bug Aida attraction during refurbishment
Aida's House and Bug Aida
October 6, 1981
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After you mosey
through Aida's house, you'll dicover his Meet 'n' Greet Porch in the back yard. There you can set eyes on Aida repeatedly animating a scene from his most famous film, a humorous take on Taxi Driver. Be sure to get his autograph!
- Warning: after fireworks, this attraction will be hostile to zombies.
Guest Policies and Warnings
- Expectant mothers will probably want to avoid this attraction.
- For your benefit, you should be free from high blood pressure, '50s haircuts, or liver, intestinal, cardiac, or ankle disorders, or other conditions that could be aggravated by this journey.
- This attraction closes at sundown.
- Guests in wheelchairs are not required to sing along.
- Below this attraction can be found the hidden members-only Club 37 breakfast nook -- the only place in Disneyland where milk is forbidden.
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Popular music promotes sexual aggression
Researchers looked at the trend of rising use of sexually explicit lyrics in music.
Washington: Popular music promotes sexual aggression among adolescents, says a research. Researchers looked at the trend of rising use of sexually explicit lyrics in music.
"Popular music can teach young men to be sexually aggressive and treat women as objects while often teaching young women that their value to society is to provide sexual pleasure for others," said the study by Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah.
They analyzed the lyrics of 100 most popular songs from 1959 to 2009 prepared by Billboard magazine, the journal Sexuality & Culture reports.
"It is essential for society that sex education providers are aware of these issues and their impact on adolescent sexual behaviour," said Cougar Hall, who led the study.
The amount of music that eight to 18-year-olds listen to has increased by 45 percent in recent years, rising dramatically with the popularity of MP3 players, such as iPods, according to a Brigham statement.
The authors point out that not all sexual references are equal, and degrading and sexualised music can have a harmful effect on teens.
Girls can be led to judge their personal worth on a sexual level only, leading to poor body image, depression, eating disorders, and substance abuse.
The study was co-authored by Joshua H West and Shane Hill.
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When I went to see what was left of the former Treblinka extermination camp in October 1998, the entrance road into the camp looked like an old logging road. When my tour guide and I finally arrived at the site of the Treblinka extermination camp, it looked as if we were on another old logging road, which went through another dense forest. If someone had wandered into this area by mistake, that person might have thought that he had just entered a campground in a national forest.
Everything at the site of the former Treblinka camp was very quiet and serene with only the sound of a few birds.
The photo below shows the Bistro, which was not open when I was there in 1998.
Just beyond the Bistro, shown in the photo above, is a narrow parking lot and a small building where you can buy postcards or a three-page pamphlet printed in several languages. The car that is shown in the photo was the car that was driven by my tour guide. We were the only visitors there.
The photo above shows a small building where tourists can buy postcards or a three-page pamphlet printed in several languages.
There is a covered arcade area open to the elements in front of the building, where huge blowups of several famous Holocaust photographs are hung, along with a poster with some information about Janusz Korczak, a Jewish director of an orphanage, who accompanied a group of orphans to the Treblinka camp, and died along with them.
The small pamphlet, which I purchased from the Visitor’s Center at Treblinka in 1998, says that “After the riot the camp was being slowly liquidated and in November of 1943 it was not existing already.”
By this time, the Germans were losing the war on the Eastern front and were in retreat. The Treblinka camp was completely dismantled and all the buildings were destroyed when it was liquidated, according to the Soviet Union whose soldiers discovered the site of the abandoned camp in 1944.
Among the few survivors of the camp were those who had escaped during the uprising and had joined the partisans hiding in the forests.
The photo below shows the forest, looking toward the east, on the left side of the cobblestone path as you enter. The line of stone markers delineate the original northern border of the camp. The area to the right of the stones is the former location of the barracks for the Treblinka SS staff members and the Ukrainian guards.
It was so quiet at the former Treblinka camp that the only sound that I could hear was my own footsteps on the cobblestone path. The peaceful setting, shown in the photos above, is near the site of the ashes of 870,000 Jews who were allegedly murdered here.
The map, that is shown above, shows the layout of the Treblinka camp as it is seen by visitors today who enter the area of the former camp along the route of the train tracks, shown at the bottom of the map.
Shown in gray on the left side near the bottom of the map is where the SS staff members and the Ukrainian guards lived. Around 1,000 Jewish workers lived in the barracks that are shown in black.
The fake train station where the clothing was stored is shown in blue; the undressing rooms for the Jews are also shown in blue. On the right side of the map, the burial sites are shown in brown.
The gas chambers are shown in red; the large red rectangle is where 10 new gas chambers were constructed near the original gas chamber. Today, a large monument is located in the spot where the original gas chamber once stood.
The pyres where the bodies were burned are indicated by the lines just above the red rectangle that denotes the gas chamber. The area where the barracks once stood is now covered with trees; the area at the top of the map on the right is where the symbolic cemetery is now located.

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There may not be much news around in early January, so this story has surfaced again, about the possible unintended consequences of changing the laws of succession. Prince Charles and several leading members of the Church of England are supposed to be worried that the removal of the ban on members of the Royal Family marrying Catholics may lead to a Catholic inheriting the throne and becoming Supreme Governor of the Church of England.
It would indeed be odd if the Supreme Governor of the Church of England were a Catholic, leaving aside, of course, the huge oddity of the Church of England needing a lay Supreme Governor in the first place. But it has happened before now. James II was Supreme Governor and a Catholic for all of his reign. True, his reign was brief, from 6th February 1685 to 11th December 1688, but what led to his overthrow was the birth of a Catholic heir, rather than James’s Catholicism itself, which his Protestant subjects might have put up with for some time yet, hopping that the elderly James would soon be succeeded by his Protestant daughter Mary. And let is not forget that Charles II, James’s predecessor, was also a Catholic, at least on his deathbed, and Supreme Governor too. So it is not impossible for a Catholic to be Supreme Governor, at least not in practice, though it might be difficult in theory. As for Supreme Governors being married to Catholics, both James I and Charles I were married to Catholics, and both were, in their different ways, devoted to the Church of England, taking their duties as Supreme Governor extremely seriously.
It is also worth pointing out that James VI and I was not an Anglican on his accession to the throne, but a Scots Presbyterian; and that George I was a Lutheran. The current sovereign’s husband is supposed by some to be Greek Orthodox. None of these faiths ought to be confused with Anglicanism.
Moreover, just to add to the confusion, there is no law whatever that bans members of the Royal Family from marrying Muslims, Hindus or member of any other religion – or even atheists.
The present law, one could be forgiven for surmising, is quite a mess.
One thing is certain: the Duchess of Cambridge’s child will be brought up an Anglican, and may well reign until, at a guess, the end of this century. So, the Anglican monarchy is safe till then at least – by which time everyone reading this, and the person writing it, will be long dead. In fact the Duchess’s baby may well outlive not just all of us, but the Church of England itself.
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The New York Yankees (56-52) snapped a three-game skid with a 7-2 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays (66-45) in the series finale on Wednesday night at Yankee Stadium.
Giancarlo Stanton drove in four of the seven runs, including his 15th home run of the season, which put the Yankees on top for good.
Anthony Volpe collected three hits, including his 14th homer, and stole his 20th base.
Gerrit Cole tossed seven innings of two-run ball while walking two and striking out eight. The right-hander improved to 10-2 on the season and owns a 2.64 ERA.
Tommy Kahnle struck out three in a scoreless eighth, and Clay Holmes struck out two in a scoreless ninth.
The Yankees will begin a four-game series with the Houston Astros on Thursday night in the Bronx. The first pitch is scheduled for 7:15 p.m.


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2020 Honda CBR250RR, the new quarter-litre motorcycle from the Japanese bikemaker, will make its global debut in July, 2020. According to a latest media report, it’s likely to be offered in three colour schemes – Matte Black, Pearl Glare White and Grand Prix Red. While the Matte Black and Pearl Glare White are expected to be priced around JPY 847,000 (Rs 5.84 lakh) and the Grand Prix Red will cost around JPY 888,000 (Rs 6.12 lakh). Read: Honda Rebel 500 Cruiser – Key Features Explained
Powering the new CBR250RR will be a 249cc, 8-valve, liquid-cooled parallel-twin engine paired to a 6-speed gearbox. This motor will get a newly-designed piston and tuned for generating power worth 41PS, thus making it 3PS more powerful than the existing version. At present, the bike returns a maximum power of 38PS at 12,500rpm and 23Nm of torque at 11,000rpm.
Besides the more powerful engine, the 2020 Honda CBR250RR is likely to come with an optional bi-directional quickshifter and a slipper clutch. The bikemaker will also equip a smart key system for keyless ignition. There will also be a ‘Lock Button’ integrated on the handlebar for locking and unlocking the vehicle. The bike might also get an updated instrument cluster with Bluetooth connectivity.
As of now, the company has no plan to bring in the 2020 Honda CBR250RR in the Indian market. Here, the Japanese bikemaker will expand its product portfolio with 500cc motorcycles including the Honda Rebel 500 cruiser and Honda CBRX 500. Talking about the Rebel 500, the cruiser motorcycle comes equipped with a 471cc, 8V, liquid-cooled parallel-twin engine that’s good for 45.5PS and 44.6Nm.
The Honda CBRX 500 sources its power from a 471cc, liquid-cooled, parallel-twin engine with PGM-FI fuel injection system. It pushes out a peak power of 47bhp and 43Nm of torque. Transmission duties are carried out by a 6-speed manual gearbox with multiplate wet clutch.


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Victims of trafficking gear up to 'take' law into their own hands
Women who were rescued from child prostitution are taking up law education so they can fight for justice.
“They burned me with cigarettes if I didn’t do what they wanted me to do,” says Sangita, who was rescued from prostitution.
Chilling as that sounds, it probably doesn’t even scratch the surface of what some of the millions of school-age girls who find themselves in the country’s brothels are subjected to.
According to ECPAT International, an estimated 1.2 million children are pushed into prostitution in India, making India’s count of child prostitutes the highest in the world. Of those 1.2 million cases, only 55 legal cases led to convictions in 2015.
To counter this impunity, the Free a Girl Movement, an initiative of the international NGO by the same name, ensures girls get a chance to fight back. With a local coalition of rescue organisations and women’s and child rights-focused partners such as Sanlaap, Freedom Firm, Transforming Lives Foundation, Odanadi, and Equal Community Foundation, the Free a Girl Movement resists human trafficking and commercial sexual exploitation of children by raising awareness.
Earlier this month, the Free a Girl Movement announced the opening of the School for Justice, a university programme to educate the survivors of child prostitution to become lawyers and prosecutors with the power to prosecute the criminals that once owned them. Nineteen women will join the School for Justice.
What are we up against?
Sabnam was nine when her desperate father sold her to a brothel in Kolkata.
At the brothel, she was raped every day. “Even after years of abuse, I managed to stay strong and eventually escape. Now my dream is to become a lawyer to help put an end to child prostitution.”
“I was only 13 when my traffickers forced me to have sex with men,” says Asha, who hails from a small tribal community in Nagpur.
After the death of her mother, her father remarried. As their stepmother became increasingly violent, Asha and her brother ran away.
“My brother and I got separated at a train station, and I was alone and hungry. A woman preyed on my vulnerability and sold me to a brothel in Kamathipura (in Mumbai).”
Rescued by the police along with five other girls, she has just one message, “Please give proper education to girls—don’t discriminate between girls and boys.”
Kalyani says, “I was sold by my so-called husband when I was 15.”
Born into a broken home in a small village called Jalpaiguri, Bengal, she was married off to a man from Assam. “I was abused both mentally and physically by my new husband and his friends. It wasn’t long before he felt he had used me up, and I was forced into prostitution.” Kalyani ran away and was rescued by the police.
Sangita had to leave school and take on jobs to support her large family owing to financial problems. “My parents never wanted my brothers to work. I was shifted to Kolkata and worked there as a domestic help for three years. Girls my age went to school but I could not go. The people I worked for three years had promised my parents they would raise me like their own daughter and would educate me. However, they made me work the entire day.”
She was sexually abused by male servants and sold when she was 13, saved only when the police raided the Kolkata brothel where she worked.
Why child prostitution thrives
According to data from the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), the number of registered human trafficking cases has increased 38.3 percent over five years, from 2,848 in 2009 to 3,940 in 2013. However, the conviction rate has declined 45 percent, from 1,279 in 2009 to 702 in 2013.
The lack of good lawyers and judges with in-depth knowledge on human trafficking and child prostitution is one of the main reasons for this.
“This is why Free a Girl Movement India has taken the radical step of opening the School for Justice, to change the system from within and train the people who understand this problem better than anyone else to deal with it within a legal framework. Education will empower them,” says CEO and spokesperson Francis Gracias.
Rescue and rehabilitation
These girls, who have experienced trauma we cannot begin to imagine, are placed in shelter homes for rehabilitation.
“These girls suffer from being stigmatised and ostracised by society. Unfortunately, only too often society thinks of the girls as ‘bad’ and complicit in this crime. We are changing people’s opinions so that they can see the truth—that these girls are the victims of a hideous crime. They haven’t chosen this life—they have been forced into it,” says Tapoti Bhowmick, Senior Program Manager at Sanlaap India.
The 19 girls who have signed up for the School for Justice receive trauma counselling and education before they start the programme. This type of support continues throughout the programme, reveals Tapoti.
Why does the legal system fail these girls?
The Government has a number of schemes to rehabilitate trafficked girls such as the Swadhar and Ujjala schemes which provide medical care, short- and long-term shelter, rehabilitation, and emotional support, among other things.
But there are challenges here too. “Firstly, funding is irregular and often insufficient for the scope of the problem. There are also barely any guidelines or policies when it comes to rehabilitation. Furthermore, there is a lack of coordination between the different stakeholders,” says Tapoti.
Also, the legal process is complex and there is little awareness about it. “In principle, the justice system is in place, but in practice, it is very difficult to access. The girls who are imprisoned in a brothel do not know what to do after their rescue. They are confused and severely traumatised. They have all kinds of concerns about going to court, about how to communicate with the police, whether they are safe, and whether they will be accepted by their family,” she adds.
Sabnam recalls how lawyers would confuse her during questioning. “Though I would say the same thing every time they would somehow try and cast a doubt over what I was saying. There was no justice, only multiple trips to the police station and the court.”
According to Tapoti, the Supreme Court has made some very good judgments in child protection. However, they need better implementation. Also, the infrastructure needs improvement— specifically, courts need to be more child-friendly and less threatening.
What needs to give?
Awareness— about the problem, its reach, and how and where to seek justice—is the first step. Also, as Sabnam says, “The law is not able to protect the girls and women, which makes the traffickers bold. Traffickers should be scared of the law.”
According to Tapoti, the need of the hour is increased government support, advocacy, and ideally, law reform. “We want to change the system—we aim for drastic changes in the Code of Criminal Procedure to do away with lengthy and cumbersome legal procedures, to facilitate speedy trials. That's where we want to go. For this advocacy is key.”
School for Justice
The School for Justice is both a school and an education programme and offers the support, tuition, and mentoring the girls need to reach the university level.
Once there, they will study to get to their Bachelors in Law—to become public prosecutors with the power and determination to leverage India’s legal system to seek justice. The School for Justice is working with Indian law universities to offer this unique programme. However, for the protection of the girls, the names of the universities haven’t been shared.
Asha, Kalyani, Sabnam, and Sangita are looking forward to studying law so they can stand up for others like them. “Now that I’m free I wish to finish my studies and use my experiences to help others,” says Asha, who is part of the 2017-2018 class.
Sangita says. “Years of abuse left me with little joy, but a new hope has been lit in my life. My dream of becoming a lawyer also opens up a path where I can help others who share my experiences.”
“As a woman of the law I will fight for all women who face abuse, I will fight against the stigma faced by the survivors, and I’ll fight to bring to justice those responsible,” says Kalyani.
While the women gear up to burn the midnight oil and empower themselves to challenge their offenders in the court of law, we need to support them too.
As Tapoti says, “Too many people just look the other way, allowing this cycle to continue. We ask of all of India to break this inhuman cycle and demand justice for the victims of child prostitution.”


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Nicely done, Paul Cornell. Last issue we saw the entire team destroyed by Dracula's vampire hordes, and to make matters worse, the team was betrayed by Spitfire. When last issue ended, Dracula had taken over England and only Blade and Captain Britain were still alive. It seemed awfully brutal, but I figured the series was ending and the two biggest names had survived, so there was a small chance this could be how the series would play out.
It turns out Cornell had a clever out all along. By utilizing a previous villain from the series, he had established powers and motivation that totally work within the story. I loved the reveal sequence where we find out how prepared Pete Wisdom was to take on the vampire boss. Bringing in an awesome, obscure character like Killpower from Marvel UK was a delight too, since I used to read his comic back in high school. Factor in the great developments with Spitfire and Captain Fate, along with Faiza's Dad, and this was a rollicking good comic that straddled the line between rising action and climax, and handled both perfectly. I expected the return of another great Brit before the series ended, and I'm happy to see that happening too. I'm really going to miss this comic. Cornell's protagonists are smart and capable and handle super-villain conflict in the most logical way I think I've ever seen in a comic. Just fantastic.
Leonard Kirk gets some assistance from other pencillers, but it doesn't weaken the book at all. The art gang does a wonderful job maintaining a consistent look to make this a thrilling comic.


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Kylie Jenner has always been an open book, keeping her fans apprised of the latest news in her life and work. This weekend, she invited her fans to send questions in for an Ask Me Anything session on Instagram, and the Keeping Up With The Kardashians star readily revealed details about her pregnancy and being a mother to one year old Stormi.
Fans learnt that the reality star is excited to have more children, despite her recent split with daughter Stormi's father, Travis Scott last week itself. "I can't wait to have more babies," Jenner confirmed to a fan who asked if she was planning to have more. "But not ready just yet," she re-affirmed. Jenner confirmed the current status of her relationship with Scott in a tweet, "Travis and i are on great terms and our main focus right now is Stormi ‼ our friendship and our daughter is priority," she said. Should Jenner have more children, Stormi's little sister could be named Rose. Jenner replied to a fan who asked what other names they had considered, Jenner said, "Rose. I still love that name.."
Jenner revealed some parenting hacks through her answers as well, sharing that she talks to Stormi "like she is an adult" and explains everything to her, even before she could talk at all. Jenner also endorses the use of flash cards to aid speech development, she said. "There's nothing more special than feeling your baby move and grow," she said of her favourite pregnancy memory.


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Research findings confirm aggressive kidney treatments not justified
New research findings will have significant impact on the treatment of kidney failure patients in intensive care settings around the world. The largest study of its kind has shown that aggressive continuous renal-replacement therapy, a type of dialysis designed to treat severe kidney failure in acutely ill patients in intensive care units (ICUs), does not improve the chances of survival. The research conducted in Australia and New Zealand reveals that lower-intensity dialysis is just as effective.
Severe acute kidney injury requiring dialysis to replace kidney function affects around 5% of patients admitted to the ICU and results in death for about 50% of patients. Continuous renal-replacement treatment replaces lost kidney function for people with acute kidney failure. To date, the optimal intensity of therapy has been unclear, but due to this new large study, researchers have confirmed that there is no difference between higher and lower-intensity treatments.
"We assessed 1508 critically ill adults with acute kidney injury, 747 were randomly assigned a higher-intensity therapy, and 761 to lower-intensity therapy. There were no benefits seen among patients assigned to a higher-intensity program of dialysis. In countries where continuous renal-replacement therapy is now the preferred form of renal-replacement therapy in the ICU, our study has significant implications for clinical practice", said, Professor Alan Cass, The George Institute.
Researchers set out to see if the higher-intensity treatment (40ml per kilogram of body weight per hour) compared to a lower-intensity treatment (25ml per kilogram of body weight per hour) would reduce mortality within 90 days of presenting to intensive care settings. Patients presented to the ICU with acute kidney failure due to a range of causes including severe infection, complications after major surgery or illness, with cardiovascular disease or surgery being the common precipitating factor, and trauma.
"Notably, this study found no significant benefit of high-intensity treatment for acute kidney injury patients, and there was also no evidence of significant harm. Importantly, survivors from both groups had a very low rate of dependence of ongoing dialysis at 90 days, which is extremely positive. We intend on following these patients in the future to assess their ongoing quality of life to show the impact these treatments could have on resources and broader hospital management", said Professor Rinaldo Bellomo, Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society.
"The results of the this landmark study also confirm that the use of low-intensity renal replacement therapy is associated with substantial cost savings in critically ill patients without compromising survival or rate of recovery of kidney failure", Professor Bellomo added.
The RENAL (Randomised Evaluation of Normal versus Augmented Level) Replacement Therapy Study is a multicentre, randomised controlled trial and is a collaboration of the Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society Clinical Trials Group (ANZICS CTG) and The George Institute for International Health. The study was conducted in 35 intensive care units in Australia and New Zealand. This study was supported by grants from the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia and the Health Research Council of New Zealand.


First female Jill Biden wrapped up the woman four-excursion to help you eastern Europe Saturday because of the interviewing Slovakian Chairman Zuzana Caputova inside Bratislava, Slovakia.
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- Basic female Jill Biden wrapped right up the girl five-day trip to help you east Europe Tuesday of the meeting with Slovakian President Zuzana Caputova inside Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Slovakia has taken into the nearly 400,100 of one’s 5.eight billion Ukrainians who possess escaped the world while in the the combat that have Russia, according to United nations
- Toward Week-end, Biden produced an unannounced visit to western Ukraine, carrying a shock Mom’s Go out ending up in very first people Olena Zelenska
Before signed-doorways meeting more teas in the Grassalkovich Castle, Biden told you both female wanted to talk about “the assistance that All of us have pertaining to anyone regarding Slovakia and you may Ukraine as well as how i remain together with her in aiding the new Ukrainian someone.”
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Time shortly after visiting Ukraine, Jill Biden fits with Slovakian president
Before the woman ending up in Caputova, Biden remooved an item of White Family stationery off her bag and duplicated a note to the a visitor guide.
The brand new mention discover: “In my time in so it breathtaking country, I’ve seen firsthand the latest common thinking one joined Slovakia and the usa since the pal, partners, and you will Allies. This consists of our very own popular devotion so you’re able to enabling men and women extremely in need. I stand which have Slovakia since it really stands to the individuals of Ukraine.”
On the Week-end, Biden produced an enthusiastic unannounced visit to western Ukraine, holding a shock Mother’s Day ending up in basic people Olena Zelenska to show U.S. support towards embattled country due to the fact Russia presses the punishing battle regarding the eastern nations.
She turned into the latest higher-character Western to enter Ukraine within the combat, when you are Zalenska’s social appearance was the lady first because because Russia invaded Ukraine with the Feb. 24
“I desired to come into Mother’s Time,” the new You.S. very first ladies told Zelenska. “I imagined it absolutely was important to show the brand new Ukrainian people who it war must stop and that conflict has been intense hence the folks of your All of us stand for the folks of Ukraine.”
Biden invested about a couple of hours from inside the Ukraine, travel because of the auto into city of Uzhhorod, on the a beneficial 10-time drive of good Slovakian border community in which she had toured an edge processing business.
Zelenska thanked Biden on her “brave act” and told you, “We all know the required steps into the U.S. first girls in the future right here through the a war when army steps try happening every day, where the heavens sirens is taking place each day — right now.”
The original people met at the a school getting used to help you temporarily house Ukrainian migrants. Zalenska showed up very first and you can waited in her own black colored SUV up to Biden found its way to equivalent manner. The ladies stepped out of their vehicles and you may embraced, having Biden – exactly who wore an arm corsage to own Mom’s Big date – forking over an effective bouquet off plant life just before it registered the school.
The ladies arrived together with her during the a tiny classroom, standing on either side from a wood desk and you may enjoy each almost every other before reporters before they met in private. Zelenska and her a couple children was indeed being at a keen undisclosed place for their protection.
President Joe Biden told you as he went to Poland from inside the March that he was distressed he could maybe not get across brand new border and wade to the Ukraine to see criteria “firsthand” however, that he wasn’t allowed, more than likely because of safeguards explanations. The latest Light Domestic told you just like the recently because the a week ago that the chairman “would love to visit” however, there are no preparations getting him to achieve this in the this time.


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E-tolls for who? Most South Africans will not pay e-tolls and view the system as corrupt‚ a study by the Automobile Association (AA) found.
The Road Funding report by the AA compared the road funding methods of various countries and discussed the best practices for it.
E-tolls were implemented in 2013 as a method of paying for the Gauteng Freeway Improvement Project (GFIP).
The tolling system has received tremendous backlash from the public‚ with the highest compliance rate‚ 40%‚ reported in 2014.
The report revealed through a survey that South Africans showed a negative attitude towards the SA National Roads Agency (Sanral) and viewed the e-toll system as corrupt.
“Respondents feel that they are not getting value for money when paying e-tolls. Legal measures are unlikely to increase compliance rates.
“It is unlikely that Sanral will be able to convince more people to comply. Sanral may have also reduced compliance rates by temporarily suspending historic debt collection‚ as it is perceived as an unfair decision towards those who have been paying e-tolls‚” the AA said in its report.
It further called on Sanral to suspend the e-tolling system with immediate effect‚ saying it should reconsider potential road funding options.
The association considers the following as the way forward:
- The immediate reimbursement of monies collected to those who have paid to date;
- The introduction of a levy linked to the general fuel levy which is ring-fenced for e-tolls; and
- The immediate cessation of harassment by Sanral of motorists who remain committed not to pay under the current model.
“We believe implementing these steps will go a long way to regaining the trust of Gauteng motorists‚ and South Africans in general‚ which has unfortunately been eroded over the course of the disastrous e-toll implementation‚” it said.
In an open letter sent with the report‚ the AA also called on transport minister Fikile Mbalula to scrap e-tolls.
“The findings of the research are clear and unambiguous: the current model for the Gauteng Freeway Improvement Project (GFIP) has failed‚ and will continue to fail if pursued.
“This is not the view of the AA. This is the view of those who are being asked to pay for the e-tolls system‚” the letter reads.


Sling Media today announced the availability of the SlingPlayer Mobile for iPad.
Available for purchase on the iTunes App Store, SlingPlayer Mobile for iPad lets Slingbox owners extend their living room TV experience to their iPad and takes advantage of the iPad’s high-resolution, 9.7-inch LED-backlit display for great video quality. The revamped program guide uses the iPad’s intuitive native interface, and a recent channels feature puts a viewer’s recent channels at his fingertips.
“A Slingbox is the perfect accessory to an iPad,” said John M. Paul, executive vice president of products at Sling Media, in the press release. “When combined with the new SlingPlayer Mobile for iPad app, now anyone with an iPad can enjoy a beautiful, personalized TV experience anywhere in the world.”
When connected to a Slingbox SOLO or PRO-HD, the SlingPlayer Mobile for iPad makes it easy to watch your home TV on your iPad. Now Slingbox owners with iPads can change channels, control their DVRs and watch their favorite shows anywhere they have an internet connection. They never have to miss another show or game, no matter where they are.
SlingPlayer Mobile for iPad is available now for US$29.99 from Apple’s iTunes App Store here.
Source: Sling Media, Inc.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Readers “Fred Mertz” and “Lynn W.” for the heads up.]