This is a two part series dealing with issues that should have been addressed by the forgotten presidential sports retreat that never was other than a party time with no agenda. Athletics will occupy part 1 while football and swimming will be discussed in part 2. The so-called sports' retreat turnout to be a shameful public spectacle that no-one find difficulty in predicting its' outcome (lack of a better words 'dust-gathering document escapade'). Monies were wasted and such funds replaced welfare of our budding athletes.
Recently, the media informs us of certain movements by various parties towards the country haphazard 'major sports' agenda and no one said anything about athletics except perhaps discredited individuals within that Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN). The Sports Minister on his part advocated Delta state solution with oblique argument that since 'Delta is doing something then others must follow' (including him) regardless of how bad that agenda was at London Olympics.
That agenda also included advertisement (to Nigerians) of a US drug violator, formerly a mediocre US sprinter (Garfield Ellenwood) as Nigeria's Olympic Coach before public (later Federal Government) outcry. This action was a desperate attempt by Solomon Ogba (outgoing AFN leader) to bring credibility of foreign coaches to his coaching crew without a basic due diligence because he had alienated all good qualified coaches including Pat Itanyi, Tony Osheku, Lee Evans and others.
Some of the reasons cited for such alienation included the fact that some coaches choose not to become Delta State Coaches while others were blacklisted because the federation owed them money and Mr. Ogba directed AFN not to pay them for lack of performance.
In reality though, the key problems were approaches to sports development and management of financial resources available to AFN. That outgoing Board received more money than three previous Boards combined and only catered a fraction of athletes handled by the previous Boards. And its' a forgone conclusion that these outgoing Board members lacked required competence and must never return to head any organization in any sports governance capacity. Cronyism, god-fatherism, nepotism and other lacked transparent action must cease immediately.
A policy of significant reliance on poached Americans (athletes born and raised in USA) of Nigerian origin who failed to make US national team at the expense home grown development of over 100 million youths is a clear defeatist attitude and it destroyed AFN.
This is in no way taking away individual efforts by those athletes (we loved them for that). But that approach created designation of two classes of athletes, negative treatment of some athletes fingered for drug testing without notice, as well as preferential treatment accorded some athletes and their coaches such as receiving first class airline tickets while others fly on economy or buses as well as allowances been shortchanged for home-based.
Now the Minister for Sports wants to nationalize this Delta agenda despite overwhelming majority of States Governors' objection and his lacked legal authority. National Sports Commission Act does not grant the Minister any power to usurp the mandate of National Assembly (lawmakers).
However, as of today the Minister retracted his pronouncement (published in Thisday newspaper of 1 January 2013) with a another political catch phrases, essentially that U-17 Games will replace National Sports Festival (NSF) but the country will have limited sports "open" games. He opined that average age of last NSF athlete was 24 and that those athletes were too old. Though correct (and welcomed except for wasteful open games) but the key concern with this conclusion is that the Minister needs to break down this average by states and he would surely finds out that Delta and River States (poaching policies) were responsible for this age concern. Lagos, Ogun, Gombe, Cross Rivers, Oyo, Kwara and many other states will surely challenge the Minister statistics on average age of their NSF athletes.
The Minister should also note that Blessing Okagbare said that the timing of the now so-called open games couldn't fit within her schedule although; some mouthpiece of Dr. Uduaghan in athletics community (paid so-called sports consultant) and tired footed athletes whose better days ended many years ago still wanted open festival. The question is in our future days of austere measures where is the "beef".
Nevertheless, the Minister now recognizes the dangers of poaching from wherever as an agent of regression that must stop and the focus must be U-17 not ageing London Olympics returnees.
Furthermore, outgoing AFN boss openly declared severally that unless coaches sign on as Delta coach would they be paid allowances due them or ever is invited as a national coach as long as he remain the AFN. In fact he unilaterally removed Pat Itanyi (responsible for over 70% of Olympics team) from national team consideration simply because she refused to sign on as Delta coach. His focus only on Delta signed athletes at all international youth, junior and senior level competitions were confrontational to many athletes. Some athletes who choose to remain in their home state were ignored, fingered for questionable drug testing and made to meet unreachable standards.
Patrick Ekeji on his part removed some coaches from training tour lists simply because they voiced their concerns to the media along with imposing coaches on AFN where such actions and similar acts were seconded by Solomon Ogba and Maria Worphil, in her 25th year as paid secretary by IAAF and NSC even though NSC lacked any authority to determine any AFN staff.
Ms Worphil was illegally imposed on AFN contrary to IAAF rules. She has a habit going shopping on international trips rather than focusing on the task at hand. The question is why did she received and continue to receive two salaries for doing the same function simultaneously. Imagine how many athletes her NSC salary alone could have funded? This where AFN funding that supposed to be meant for athletes welfare resided (i.e. unclean hands).
Are these athletes and coaches free as any other Nigerians? When did AFN become Athletics Federation of Delta State? Why should we not send Solomon Ogba and Maria Worphil packing? My view is Solomon Ogba and Maria Worphil must be shown the door never to return to athletics, with immediate effect (otherwise there will not be peace in athletics in the next four years). That does not mean his and her services may not be needed somewhere else (we encourage him to pursue such).
Obviously Nigerians expects the Sports Ministry to claim ignorance of these built-in discriminatory and blacklisting problems but this write-up defeats such claim ever again.
Imagine the results in 2020 Olympics that can be achieved if Sports Ministry simply refocus all efforts on U-17 in all sports, abandon so-called open games and re-direct all funding of AFN towards our current youth for accommodation, employment, training and facilities.
Quite frankly, miracle can also occur in 2016 with U-17 athletes camped from now but I frowned at the idea of another reliance on Blessing Okagbare and Ajoke Odumosu (yes they are both over the so-called Minister's 24years old average because they will likely be around 30 years old then).
The Sports Minister also argued that opening the festival to Americans and Europeans will invites Television rights and private advertising funding, which will eventually makes AFN self-sufficient. Unfortunately, the Minister still does not understand that AFN is fully funded and self-sufficient for years despite that federation receiving duplicate funding from NSC. The Minister should be asking the federation to publicly disclose their private funding sources and all amounts received along with full detail of spending before insinuating that AFN was not adequately funded.
Advertisers deal with demographics and target audience. Zero audience is what AFN or NSC wants to promise television executives and expect phantom funding, that is at best laughable and not well researched. The key question is how possible can the Minister believed that these same athletes that failed to pack our stadiums in their glory days can now magically filled the stadium in their twilight.
The Minister must know that some of the country's recognized stars were banned in their twilight years for drug doping. The returning London Olympians are all in their twilight and the Minister does not see obvious concerns?
And N400 Millions from NSC.
The total number of athletes that AFN claimed it funded and presented internationally were less than 50 in 3 years. The outgoing Board members must account to Nigerians, for all funding received in detail, return all materials belonging to the federation and refrain from further activities in the name of AFN immediately. In comparison, Yomi Wilson, Dan Ngerem and Violet Nwajei regimes catered for over 100 athletes each for all their camping and travels with funding which was less than 10% of monies available to Solomon Ogba's Board. Furthermore, each of those regimes delivered many Olympics medals including Gold to the country.
Let me be clear here, Nigeria did not win AFRICAN ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIP IN PORTO NOVO (in 2012) and it is about time that Sports Minister recognizes that even though AFN continue to lie to Nigerians. Doping violations remove Nigeria as the winner.
The weirdest of NSC scripted actions so far is that the Sports Minister said that the government chose to let the federation coordinated National Sports Festival because expected new regime will be bunch of rookies. Though unintelligent assessments of individuals within athletics community but its very rude and insulting to former Board members and highly qualified others who aided deliveries of Olympics Gold medals athletes to the country and the officials who administered competitions in past years.
Is the Minister suggesting that Bruce Ijirigho, Wale Olukoju, Fatima Yussuf-Olukoju, Tobias Igwe, Davidson and Osmond Ezinwa, Godwin Odinukaeze, Tony Osheku, Falilat Ogunkoya, Pat Itanyi, Lee Evans, Orode Oyiki, Mutiu Oluwa, Henry Amike and others cannot organize a great NSF? Frankly, the Minister must at the very least terminate employment of all his aides guiding him in making public statements that embarrasses the Presidency.
To discuss a ground level solution to sports development, unfortunately, an intelligent individual will ask whether necessary facilities and governing structure exist. If such facilities and adequate governing structure does not exist then all efforts are hypothesis or trial and error. That means dead on arrival.
Again this thinking negates UK restructuring formula for Nigeria because Nigeria never achieved half of UK achievements in (any) sport that was reorganized and Nigeria never had a functional sports governance dicta. Therefore, this note discusses a need and proper guidance (step by step) on establishing a proper governance or sports policy for AFN.
The athletes and coaches are already forming their own associations (a welcome development) which can eventually results in their representatives (stakeholders) to the next legitimate Board.
Until all structures are in place and functioning properly before a new Board can be appointed. That Board will determine its own policy through a committee it must setup.
In all honesty AFN and Sports Ministry should focus on U-17 right from now and existing ageing athletes should not occupy high priority in the next seven years. Incidentally, former and current athletes are ready to lay all hands on deck but they will not deal past Board Members (its' not even funny how bad AFN was destroyed).
In closing, the past three years AFN relied significantly on American born and raised (Nigeria origins) athletes who failed to make US teams. Not to take away anything like patriotism or individual efforts but shouldn't Nigerians ask, how the country expects to win Olympics medal when even the US team finds it difficult to win event these days and Nigeria relied on individuals' who cannot make the US team?
There is no magic in looking at this scenario; AFN is simply telling us, even though some athletes cannot make US team that Nigerian coaches can make them defeat the WORLD. I don't get this.


I just had a philosophical discussion with one of my co-workers regarding the use of IT people as manual labor (moving desks, office furniture, heavy boxes, etc.) and was wondering what the overall opinion was of my fellows here on Spiceworks.
What are your thoughts? Do you think it's acceptable to be used as manual labor personnel at work on a regular basis? Do you believe this is a waste of a valuable resource for the company? What about your thoughts on the potential physical issues with having a office worker (not trained in 'health and safety' or 'osha' as something like a construction worker for example) perform manual labor outside of their normal workflow? Do you think it's an IT person's job to help 'get things done' even outside of the scope of computers, servers, networking, ect.?
Looking forward to getting the opinions of others on this subject!
Lmao, I've gone so far as to lay floor tiles. It was me, my coworker in IT, our COO and our maintenance guy laying floor for 2 days.
This question is dependent on the company culture. Down here in medical, its expected that the guys help out. Ive moved exam tables, done flooring, moved offices physically several times and once or twice helped with drywall and electrical.
Everyone gets a paper when they are hired that says "job duties as required". The company can tell you to do whatever they want, if you have good rapport with the upper management you can sometimes argue against doing something, but is it worth it? You mean I dont have to take user issues for a day while I'm moving things? Bring that on.
Is it a waste? Yes, but we accommodate those requests when we can.
I have no problems pushing back and telling someone my guys are working on something more important.
Yup, "other duties as required". The pay's the same no matter what I do!
HAHAHAHHAHAHHAHHA, when needed I work out in our soil testing lab running samples through the phosphors machines (during the fall it's 6 days a week for 8hrs a day). Also, if other stuff needs to get done (unload trucks, move desks, pickup supplies downtown and many other). If there are computer/network issues that I need to work on they take priority, since it will more than likely keep the flow moving in the lab.
When the lab needs help EVERYBODY pitches in.
You'd have to be in a Union shop, Academia or Government to be able to turn up your nose and say, "Not in my job description," and not expect some sort of fallout.
While I may not enjoy it, I will help if asked unless I have something more time pressing to work on.
Being a large built former football and rugby player working for a construction company, it's been assumed on many occasions that I a laborer. In other positions, I have usually been the person need to lift heavy things, reach items placed on a higher shelf. Not so much now.
Generally, I would say this falls under "other responsibilities" of helping the company.
I have done it all my life and probably will continue to do so. I don't see any issue with it as long as your physically capable of.
Our Facilities Management department is in charge of all furniture movement.
I work for a small company and we all are expected to do whatever the company needs regardless of normal work duties.
There are some things I'll do without batting an eye.
There are some things I won't do without the proper equipment or training. (Climb a tower without a harness, work on high voltage without a lockout, etc.) But, given those prerequisites, would be happy to do.
And there are some things I won't do because they represent a significant risk of harm to me or others: clean up toxic or radioactive waste, for example. Or change diapers.
I don't mind pitching in and helping. I have moved furniture, offices, etc. Teamwork.
I work in an architectural firm with 60% of our staff having masters degrees and all are pretty well paid. We all move desks and other items as needed. There are some that enjoy the break from their day to day work to do something a little more physical.
I voted acceptable only because the choices are not specific enough.
When I was going through school for my programming degrees, one of my first classes was called, "Programming Fundamentals," or ProgFun. On the first day my professor told us that we're all lazy. We're lazy and we want to be able to make the big bucks while doing it. That's why we're in IT - because IT don't dig ditches.
Now, that said, I think it's perfectly fine to do manual labor if it's IT related. Moving desks, chairs, etc. may be needed in order to get at wiring, set up a new workspace for a new user, etc. However, I have been specifically forbidden by one of my prior bosses to climb ladders or do anything that would put me in harm's way. He wanted to make sure I didn't hurt myself and leave the company without a technically literate person to run things.
One must always be wary of scope creep, as any developer will tell you. It's the, "Oh, while you're here, my office air conditioner is on the fritz. You're a techy. Can you fix this, too?" while looking at a user's printer, that one must be wary of. No, that's a job for maintenance. If we bend to the whim of everyone who wants our services as a warm body, pretty soon we'll be doing other peoples' work for them and not getting our own work done.
Moving desks? Fine. Rearranging cubicles? Grey area, but fine. Moving office equipment? If its under 50lbs, I'm good for a while. Re-tarring the roof, digging a new drainage ditch, fixing a clogged toilet, resurfacing the parking lot - that's a resounding and final NO! I am not still paying off tens of thousands of dollars worth of student loans all these years later in order to STILL be doing the back-breaking work I was trying to get away from.
You work for the company, so work for the company but use common sense. If it's an SMB, no problem but if its a large company, well - it depends what it is they want you to do.
My entire career has been primarily in SMB, IT helps where they can.
It is not appropriate for IT people to be used for manual labor outside of their assigned IT duties if you want to change your vote but if not that's fine too, just want to make sure your answer correlates with what you actually feel although I really have appreciated the insightful input of my peers such as yourself on this subject.
I do appreciate the clarification. However, I have not signed an onboarding contract yet that didn't specify, "... and other tasks as needed," or, as RSonnek said earlier, " ... other duties as required." So, technically, anything can be seen as inside the scope of IT duties. I've always had a problem with such open-ended stipulations, but what are you going to do?
Also, as others have already attested to, I've read horror stories, including the plumbing duties I mentioned in my original post, that IT folks have been pressed in to doing. Because of the aforementioned open-ended contractual stipulations, they had no recourse but to do what was asked of them or leave. Personally, I'd leave.
I wasn't criticizing your poll, just clarifying and couching my answer with further caveats. My apologies if my answer made you feel otherwise. That was not my intention.
It depends on the circumstances. I've cleaned up hurricane debris, sodded the giraffe yard, cleaned animal nighthouses, picked up trash, worked in the concession stand and worked special events. I've never had a problem with helping out when needed.
Ive been in IT for almost 2 years, (Not alot of time / experience I understand) but I've climbed ladders, gotten on man-lifts, moved tables, desks, I've even looked at the presidents TV, I don't mind it, but my boss and I have told people I have more important things to do than help them when I am busy. It just depends.
Your employers are paying you and get to decide what you do(to some extent). It is infrequent enough to where I actually welcome change in pace from the regular workflow.
I help out where I can. If I'm too busy with actual IT work then I let them know I can't at the moment. Nothing wrong with pulling your sleeves up to help coworkers.


How did someone who studied linguistics, Japanese, and anthropology at the University of Oregon end up working for a company that sells motorcycle gear?
The short answer: an abiding love of research, and the skills that come with it.
Lucy Gubbins was involved in undergraduate research throughout her time at the UO. Now the 2012 alumna uses those skills every day as a "user experience researcher" for RevZilla, a Philadelphia-based e-commerce site that sells motorcycle apparel, parts, and accessories.
At RevZilla, Gubbins—who rides a '93 Suzuki dual sport—uses qualitative and quantitative analysis to learn more about RevZilla customers and what they want.
She works with customers and RevZilla departments—marketing, visual design, customer service—to make the shopping experience easier and more intuitive. If developers add a new feature to the website, Gubbins surveys customers on the changes and works with the web team on tweaks.
As a junior, Gubbins cofounded the Oregon Undergraduate Research Journal, a UO publication edited and produced by an undergraduate editorial board that showcases the best student research across all disciplines.
But her history with research at the UO dates back to her freshman year, when she was taking an introductory linguistics course on Japanese. One day her professor asked her to stay after class.
Gubbins was the only freshman, and "I thought she was going to ask me to leave the class," she says.
Instead, the professor, Kaori Idemaru, encouraged Gubbins to apply for a research assistant position in her speech perception lab.
Idemaru, an associate professor of East Asian languages and literatures who collaborates with members of the linguistics faculty, was immediately struck by Gubbins' excitement for learning.
Gubbins worked for Idemaru for more than three years. Last spring, the two collaborated on a project with Peipei Wei, a former doctoral student under Idemaru with three UO degrees—MA '11 (East Asian languages and literatures), MS '16 (computer and information science), PhD '16 (East Asian languages and literatures); the trio authored a paper published in the journal Language and Speech. Titled "Acoustic Sources of Accent in Second-Language Japanese Speech," the study analyzed the acoustic characteristics of second-language speech that give rise to the perception of a foreign accent.
Her experience as an undergraduate researcher, which included presenting at academic conferences, was life-changing, Gubbins says.


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North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency Ltd v Northern Territory
Posted on 11 November 2015 by Martin Clark
The High Court has decided a matter relating to the constitutionality of the Northern Territory's new police arrest and detention powers, holding by majority that the powers are not invalid. Division 4AA of the Police Administration Act (NT), inserted into the Act in December 2014, empowers a police officer to arrest a person without a warrant where the office believes, on reasonable grounds, that the person has committed, was committing, or about to commit an 'infringement notice offence': 35 different offences fall under this definition, many of which are minor or public order type offences. A person can be held for four hours (or longer if the officer believes the person is intoxicated) after which time they may be released unconditionally, released with an issue of an infringement notice, released on bail, or brought before a justice of the peace or a court. There is no judicial involvement during the time of detention, and, excepting the final outcome of bringing the person before a court, no judicial oversight of the decision to detain, or practical opportunity to challenge the detention. This scheme has come to be known as the 'paperless arrest' scheme. The plaintiffs challenged the powers as first, contravening the separation of judicial and executive powers enshrined in ch III of the Constitution and, secondly, undermining the institutional integrity of the courts contrary to the principle in Kable v DPP (NSW) [1994] HCA 24.
The questions posed in the special case asked whether div 4AA is invalid on the ground that a) it purports to confer on the NT executive a power to detain that is penal or punitive in character, which would be beyond the powers of the Commonwealth Parliament in s 122 of the Constitution as limited by the separation of powers, and therefore beyond the powers of the NT Legislative Assembly, and/or b) it purports to confer on the NT executive (rather than the courts) a power of detention that is penal or punitive in character and thus undermines or interferes with the institutional integrity of the NT courts, contrary to the Constitution.
The Court held that div 4AA did not confer a power to detain that was penal or punitive and that it was otherwise unnecessary to answer question (1)(a), and that the power did not interfere with the institutional integrity of the NT courts. That result was formed in two joint judgments (French CJ, Kiefel and Bell JJ, and Nettle and Gordon JJ) and a single judgment (Keane J), with Gageler J dissenting.
French CJ, Kiefel and Bell JJ concluded that div 4AA did not confer a penal or punitive power to detain and otherwise did not answer question (1)(a), and further concluded that the power did not undermine the institutional integrity of the NT courts. The judges construed the detention powers under s 133AB as conferring only a discretionary power exercisable after a paperless arrest only if that arrest relates to an infringement notice offence, and concluded that s 133AB does not confer unfettered discretion to hold people for up to four hours: at [34]. This restriction, combined with div 4AA's use being constrained by a number of purposes (such as preservation of public order, see at [35]), meant that div 4AA did not disclose a punitive purpose, and it could not be lawfully used for a punitive purpose (see [36]–[38]). In rejecting the plaintiffs' Kable arguments, French CJ, Kiefel and Bell JJ rejected the plaintiffs' apparent suggestion that div 4AA did not impose a duty to bring an arrested person before a justice of the peace or court as soon as practicable if the person was not released unconditionally or on bail, and thus held that the relationship between the custodial process and the judicial process under div 4AA was not materially different from that under the ordinary arrest process in s 123: see at [43].
Nettle and Gordon JJ answered questions (1)(a) and (1)(b) as 'no'. Nettle and Gordon JJ construed the power in s 133AB(2) as a power that arises simultaneously with the duty to bring the person before a justice of the peace or court as soon as is practicable unless the person is granted bail or released, provided for in s 137(1): 'up to four hours' imposes an upper time limit on the exercise of the duty under s 137, and div 4AA specifically elaborates that general power and duty: at [214] (and see justifications for this reading at [215]–[229]). Consequently, any detention for longer than required to render it practicable to release the person unconditionally, with an infringement notice, or on bail, or take the person before a justice of the peace or a court would be unlawful: [231]. Nettle and Gordon JJ also dismissed the plaintiffs' constitutional arguments that the powers were penal or punitive because on their construction div 4AA does not permit detention for longer than is reasonably necessary to bring the person before a justice of the peace or a court and thus falls into the arrest and custody exception in Chu Kheng Lim v Minister for Immigration [1992] HCA 64 (at [235]–[237]) and similarly does not contravene Kable because it does not usurp or interfere with judicial power once an arrested person is brought before a justice of the peace or a court (at [238]–[239]).
Keane J held that div 4AA was not invalid, irrespective of whether it conferred a penal or punitive power to detain, because it was not beyond the powers of the NT Legislative Assembly and does not undermine the institutional integrity of the NT courts. Keane J noted that while the Court should not ordinarily determine questions of constitutional validity where the law properly construed does not have the operation and effect contended for, because in this matter the resolution of the constitutional issues is 'on any view, straightforward' (at [149]) and the 'concrete' disagreement between the parties on the construction of div 4AA was not entirely clear (see [151]–[153]), it would be best to avoid characterising the power and consider instead the constitutional issues first. Keane J rejected the plaintiffs' first contention that the NT Legislative Assembly's powers were limited by the Commonwealth separation of powers and declined to re-open Kruger v Commonwealth [1997] HCA 27 (see [155]–[171]), and the second contention that NT courts always and only exercise federal jurisdiction: those courts are creatures of the NT Legislative Assembly and not the Commonwealth Parliament (see [172]–[181]). In rejecting the Kable arguments, Keane J held that div 4AA is not directed at the courts: it does not 'enlist' the courts in exercising an executive power, or add to or deprive them of judicial powers, or direct it in the exercise of its functions (see [182]–[188]).
Gageler J, in dissent, would have answered question (1) affirmatively and concluded that div 4AA was invalid on the basis of the Kable arguments. Noting that the Court should not depart from ordinary principles of statutory construction to ensure constitutional validity (see [76]–[78]), Gageler J construed div 4AA as allowing the police to detain a person arrested for an infringement notice offence for a maximum of up to four hours, with the period of detention left to the discretion of the police (at [91]) and while it is not entirely unconfined, it is undefined (at [92]). The s 137 requirement of release or bringing the person before a justice of the peace or court only comes into operation on the expiry of the period of detention and only when the police decide to deal with the person under s 133AB(3)(d): see at [84]ff. The duration of a detention under div 4AA was neither reasonably necessary to effect the statutory purpose of the detention, nor capable of being objectively determined by a court at any time: it allows detention for a maximum of four hours at the discretion of the police, and results from a member of the police force acting as a judge rather than accuser (see [99]–[102]). Consequently, div 4AA authorises a punitive form of detention. Gageler J rejected the plaintiffs' arguments that the NT Legislative Assembly was constrained by the Commonwealth separation of powers (see at [104]–[118]). But Gageler J accepted that it infringed the integrity of NT courts. Division 4AA prevents those courts being brought into the further processes at the end of the period of detention because regardless of the option chosen by the police, the person will have already been punished by executive detention: the NT courts 'are thereby made support players in a scheme the purpose of which is to facilitate punitive executive detention' which is 'antithetical to their status as institutions established for the administration of justice': [134].
The proceedings will be remitted to a single Justice of the Court for further directions.
High Court Judgment [2015] HCA 41 11 November 2015
Result Div 4AA not invalid
High Court Documents NAAJA v NT
Full Court Hearings [2015] HCATrans 213 2 September 2015
[2015] HCATrans 211 1 September 2015
Directions Hearings [2015] HCATrans 135 3 June 2015
[2015] HCATrans 100 30 April 2015
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Talya S. Gillman
It was the first day of school at Columbus Torah Academy. First grader Talya Gillman walked there with her father. Approaching the door, they saw a young girl, alone and frozen with fear.
Young Talya watched her father pause, bend down to meet the frightened girl eye to eye, and offer comfort, assurance and strength.
"It makes me emotional to this day," Gillman said, noting that the girl was a new immigrant from Ukraine. "Seeing my dad validate and interact with her with such kindness shaped me then, even though I didn't yet have language for what he was doing, which was activating care.
"It turned something on in my little head about being aware of the circumstances with which we each walk through the world and the importance of showing up for others. Even though I didn't know it then, it was a Jewish moment. Our values are all about cultivating that sort of intentionality and awareness."
Now, fast forward to 2009. Gillman, a year out of college, is in Mumbai, India as a World Partners Fellow of the American Jewish World Service.
There, she is volunteering with Sankalp Rehabilitation Trust, an NGO providing care and support to street-based drug users. Just a few months in, an accident on a commuter train leaves her with a traumatic brain injury. She's in the hospital in a medically induced coma.
In a flash, she is transformed from an agent of chesed to a receiver of loving kindness. There, far from home and family, it is given freely - from the shoe shiners on the train platform who took her to the hospital, to a caring group of her Indian colleagues.
She recovers fully. But the whole episode is a learning moment for her - just like that early one in Columbus - advancing an evolving view of Jewish values and their relationship to self and community.
"It disrupted ideas I carried about the roles of helper and recipient," Gillman said. "It deepened my notions of what social justice work is and requires. It demanded that I reevaluate assumptions about who and what is valuable in this world. It taught me about how deep humanity and heroism can be obscured by circumstantial exteriors, like poverty or addiction or lack of education … but that the reality is we're living in a web of interdependence that stays together only by our willingness and abilities to 'activate our care' for the other.
"How many Jewish texts had I been exposed to that planted seeds for my being able to see these lessons in real life? The accident crystalized a desire to more conscientiously appreciate and honor others."
It is a constant process for Gillman. Every day brings new experiences, new exposures, new challenges, new relationships, and new opportunity to view it all through a Jewish prism.
"I try to take these experiences and process them through my Jewishness," she said. "That is why Jewish education is so important. It gives us a language and a structure to understand ourselves and our encounters with others."
It was in 2014 that Gillman received The Covenant Foundation's Pomegranate Prize for exemplifying promise, vision and impact as an emerging Jewish educator. In her case, one committed to the practice, enrichment and transmission of her passion for social justice and the Jewish values that drive it.
By that point, she had returned from Mumbai and moved on from a four-year run at Repair the World. There, she trained Jewish professionals and young adults to facilitate high-quality Jewish service learning opportunities with their communities.
But through this work, and as measured against her own experiences, she detected a void in some respects. Lacking was purposeful character development.
"We as social justice educators should focus on cultivating internal, interpersonal and communal capacities within ourselves and our participants … self-awareness, humility, patience, kindness, generosity. Our individual and collective abilities to live these kinds of traits are essential to tikkun olam.
"We have to engage in this internal work to ensure that we can do our external community work responsibly. Bypassing reflection – examining the ways we're conceiving of and showing up in our tikkun olam efforts – inhibits the potential for deepened relationships and, in turn, real impact. Fortunately for us, Judaism is made up of frameworks and vocabularies to help us develop these qualities and skills."
She works now at Jewish Family Service (JFS) in Seattle, as Education Coordinator. JFS is a social service organization modeling how Jewish values can drive and motivate. For Gillman, it's like a lab, where she can work together with colleagues to move the needle in the way she described.
Together, she and her colleagues engage with JFS stakeholders – employees, donors, volunteers, clients, partners and community leaders –to design creative educational programs addressing the internal and external examinations she considers so crucial.
Take refugee resettlement as an example. It's a major area of activity for JFS. Gillman uses Jewish text, literature, poetry, and other mediums to enhance community members' understanding of refugee experiences and how JFS approaches resettlement in all its myriad complexities, and invites participants to consider how they relate.
And, she envisioned JFS's Exploring Dignity program, which gives colleagues and volunteers a platform to discuss the concept, self reflect, and infuse intentionality into their work with clients and each other in new ways.
"She consistently both raises and deepens the level of discourse here, and our programs, connections and impact are better and stronger and more meaningful as a result," said Beth Huppin, Director of JFS's Project Kavod and 2010 Covenant Award recipient.
Upstander as educator, Gillman applies passion for social justice to nearly all areas of her life. So even beyond JFS, she is developing her voice as a leader in the Jewish response to other paramount issues, including racism.
In 2016, she formed Jews Undoing Institutionalized Racism with a group of young Seattleites. It's a growing, multi-racial collective using Jewish experiences, traditions and teachings to understand and deconstruct racism within individuals, communities and organizations. She teaches workshops and leads conversations with Jewish groups and synagogues in the Seattle area.
"I've seen more curiosity and willingness to talk about racial issues within traditional Jewish community spaces," said Gillman, who earned a master's degree in Transformational Leadership from Seattle University in 2017. "But a challenge is developing the knowledge, tools and self-regulating abilities to talk about the most difficult aspects of this.
"Looking inward and locating ourselves in this landscape of racism can be hard for Jews because we have lived the experiences of being outsiders and being oppressed. Asking ourselves how we also benefit from and perhaps even contribute to systems of inequality is a tall but necessary order if we identify with this mandate of tikkun olam."
She has used some of her Pomegranate Prize resources to become more equipped and effective in facilitating this work. In Philadelphia, she took part in a conference exploring the intersection of anti-Semitism and racism. In Atlanta last fall, she attended the Facing Race conference, one of the most prominent gatherings for activists and educators dedicated to racial justice issues.
In the summer of 2017, toward the end of her three-year Pomegranate Prize program, she was at The Pardes Institute in Israel, immersing herself in Jewish texts and perspectives to bring back to the Jewish spaces where she teaches.
For Gillman, the Pomegranate Prize itself, as well as the exposures and connections that come with it, are changing the way she identifies as an educator. That, she said, is a most welcome takeaway.
"Much of what I do takes relational form – facilitating by 'learning alongside.' But when I became connected to the Foundation, I wanted to grow into and more deeply embody the role of Jewish educator. I see Judaism as a platform for thinking about, exploring and grappling with living meaningfully, responsibly, intentionally and respectfully in this world. It is a huge honor."
By H. Glenn Rosenkrantz, for The Covenant Foundation


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Abbas Failed To Capitalize on Trump's Gift
Shortly thereafter, on May 23rd, President Trump visited Abbas in Bethlehem and reiterated the need to confront terrorism, "Peace can never take root in an environment where violence is tolerated, funded and even rewarded…. The terrorists and extremists, and those who give them aid and comfort, must be driven out from our society forever. This wicked ideology must be obliterated — and I mean completely obliterated — and innocent life must be protected."
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Just a week later, Trump handed a peculiar gift to Abbas: on June 1 he removed the Abu Nidal Organization (ANO) from the list of Foreign Terrorist Organizations.
ANO was part of the October 1997 initial class of FTO's along with HAMAS and Hizbullah. ANO carried out roughly 90 hijackings, assassinations and kidnappings of diplomats, and attacks on synagogues during the period 1974-1992 killing about 300 people to earn the FTO designation. The group targeted people viewed as moderates – including Palestinians – who contemplated the ongoing existence of the Jewish State. When Abu Nidal died in 2002, the group went inactive.
Which begs the question of why Trump took a 15-year defunct group off of the FTO list, right after meeting with Abbas.
Terrorist Sabri al-Banna, better known by his nom de guerre, Abu Nidal
Abbas was (and remains) a very unpopular leader among Palestinian Arabs who have wanted him to resign according to each poll taken over the last many years, with 64% holding such opinion at the time of the Abbas-Trump meeting. Abbas polled to come in third in a theoretical three-candidate presidential race at that time!
So Trump threw Abbas a bone to boost his standing among Palestinians, to demonstrate that he could deliver results with the new U.S. President. It was arguably a meaningless gesture as the group was inactive, but it was symbolic in clearing the name of one of the most radical and notorious Palestinian terrorist groups.
In exchange for the Trump pardon of the ANO, Abbas advanced the idea of stopping the pay-to-slay program in which the PA paid the families of terrorists in Israeli jails. The proposal landed with a thud among the Palestinians, with a nearly unanimous 91% of Palestinians standing opposed to messing with the martyr-moolah.
Things then soured at the United Nations.
Abbas met with Trump on September 20, 2017 and voiced optimism regarding the efforts Trump's team had made with over 20 meetings with Palestinian officials in the first months in office, but he then launched his habitual screed before the United Nations General Assembly with comments about Israeli Jews living in "East Jerusalem" which will "stir religious animosity and may lead to a violent religious conflict,… playing with fire … drag[ing] us into a religious war. This is dangerous, extremely dangerous for you and us," in a not so subtle threat of a global jihad against Jews.
Abbas further threatened Jews and insulted Trump by declaring at the end of his speech "I salute our glorious martyrs and our courageous prisoners in Israeli jails," to appease his Arab base. This embrace of terrorism and the public challenge of Trump's demand to stop rewarding terrorism was too much. Less than three months later, Trump recognized Jerusalem as the capital of the Jewish State.
Abbas squandered Trump's gift of removing an evil jihadist group from the U.S. list of terrorist organizations to gain Palestinian support. Instead, he elected to boost his own jihadi bona fides and stood before the world glorifying Palestinian terrorists who killed Israelis and threatening a global jihad if Jews continued to live in their holiest city of Jerusalem. Trump's reaction was swift in recognizing Jerusalem as Israel's capital. Abbas's political self-immolation continues to burn to this day.
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Small is the new luxury or that is the zeitgeist certainly in fashion – itsy bitsy handbags to replace the giant totes that contained your enormous phone, filofax and your life. Small signifies carefree, owning less, focusing on the really important things in life that make a difference. In the events world, small is the new big.
Giant auditoriums, however amazing the performance, can tend to feel a little overwhelming. In fact, it's not always relaxing to be one of a twelve hundred plus audience, navigating a theatre bar, pre-ordering your interval drinks, let alone the queues in the interval. Sometimes smaller really is better. More connection with the performers, more comfortable surroundings, and, above all else, a real sense of emotional involvement and a big experience.
It's not just that it captures attention because of the impact of the experience but there is no lessening of the quality that engages the viewer. Small in theatre terms could be an intimate and beautiful opera duet, where the performers are so close you feel they are singing for you alone or a string quartet where you can see their fingers as they hold the bows and the resin on their strings. Definitely the ultimate in an individual exhilarating theatrical experience, if you're brave enough, has got to be 'You Me Bum Bum Train', the crazy, immersive and entirely sold out within minutes ride for one person that pulls into secret London locations.
London has many surprising small spaces for a bijou bite-sized event and we are holding a pop up at The Jewel Tower this month, a 14th century gem near Westminster. A little further down the Thames, The Royal Opera House last year staged a productions of Orpheus at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, a stunning candle lit theatre carved in oak. Back across the river near Liverpool Street Station, the Andaz Hotel's Greek Masonic Temple is an extraordinary marble room that lay hidden behind a false wall for years, wonderfully ornate if slightly spooky. Of course, back at the centre of fashionable Soho if you want to be shocked then hasten to The Box – a beautiful old theatre restored as a nightclub, with on-stage 'varieties' and theatre-style tables where you can sip on extortionately priced cocktails whilst you are immersed in some of the most extraordinary burlesque acts from around the world.
So when planning your next dinner or party celebrate the small things and do them in a great way and your event will shine and the experience will be hugely memorable.


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Noma in Nigeria: The Resilience of our patients is astounding
Noma is an overlooked but dangerous disease that can leave often young patients disfigured. Hafiz, a surgeon from India, shares his experience of providing life-changing reconstructive surgery in Nigeria...
Antivenom needed to cure snakebites
MSF is treating many snakebite patients in its project in Agok in South Sudan. Until 2016, MSF was using an antivenom called FAV-Afrique to treat snakebite patients in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Violence in North-West and South-West Cameroon: Five Things You Need to Know
Since 2016, clashes between English-speaking secessionists and government forces in North-West and South-West Cameroon have uprooted 530,000 people from their homes, triggering acute humanitarian needs across both regions. Lacking adequate shelter, food, water, and hygiene, people are at increased risk of disease, and violence and restrictions on movement limit their access to medical care.
Central African Republic – "It felt like it was raining bullets"
On Tuesday, 21 May, gunmen (reportedly belonging to "3R", a local armed group assaulted three villages not far from Paoua, in the North-West of Central African Republic – the way attacks were run is similar: villagers were gathered with the excuse of an urgent meeting, then they were shot at.
Measles 'we could not turn away the children.'
The high number of measles cases in Nigeria attribute to a lack of measles vaccination and an insufficient routine vaccination.
Bangladesh: Births In Adversity
The Rohingya refugee population, living in camps across Cox's Bazar, remains vulnerable to serious health risks. Refugees reside in overcrowded, tight spaces and continue to live in emergency-like conditions, which increase the threat of potential outbreaks of contagious diseases. MSF continues providing assistance to the refugees and the local community.
"We cannot abandon them" - Treating HIV in a cyclone-devastated city
The destruction caused by Cyclone Idai saw the longstanding HIV response abruptly diminish
Women and children continue to suffer in Al Hol camp
MSF calls for humanitarian assistance to Al Hol to continue to be scaled up, for aid organisations to be given access to all parts of the camp
"So much still has to be done to address people's uncountable health needs"
Two million South Sudanese are refugees and a further two million are displaced within South Sudan. This means that one-third of the population. Some find themselves in militarised Protection of Civilian (PoC) sites managed by the UN or in other camps. Many people in the camps don't yet feel safe enough to return to their homes.
Gaza, One year after the bloodiest day
On 14 May 2018, the Israeli army shot more than 1,300 Palestinians, killing 60 of them, during the weekly protests by the fence between Gaza and Israel. A year later, many of those injured are still struggling with the devastating consequences of their wounds.
More than Medicine: A Look at Mental Health Needs in Detention
The worsening fighting in Tripoli continues, forcing thousands of Libyan families to flee their homes and seek shelter with family or in temporary shelters in schools or other buildings. Over three thousand refugees and migrants are trapped in detention centres and are at risk of being caught in the crossfire.


Experiment 210: King Dinosaur taught us a few things. It taught us that robots are bad actors. It taught us that Dr. Forrester is surprisingly resilient even after being crushed in an elevator shaft. It taught us that dinosaurs looked surprisingly similar to modern iguanas and alligators.
If you're interested in watching this highly educational TV episode, you're in luck: it's now streaming right here on MST3K.com!
Watch King Dinosaur in full here.


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Monomoy Girls Soccer Nets Big Win Against Mashpee 18 October 2017
By: Kat Szmit
Topics: School Sports , Sports , Soccer
Monomoy's Maggie Dever (16) maintains control of the ball during game play against Mashpee. Dever scored the game winner in the Sharks' 1-0 victory. Kat Szmit Photo
HARWICH ─ Overcast skies couldn't dull the shine of the Monomoy girls soccer team on Saturday as the Sharks battled to a 1-0 non-league victory against Mashpee courtesy of an early goal from Maggie Dever and solid work by the team's defense.
"That was a good win," said Monomoy head coach Jenn Peterson. "We scored early and then held on."
Dever netted Monomoy's lone goal, the game winner, less than 10 minutes into game play when she saw an opening at the net and capitalized. From there, though the Sharks had a few more scoring chances, it was their defensive game that clinched the victory as players not only redirected the ball back into Monomoy territory, but Shark goalie Josie Ganshaw proved herself a force to be reckoned with in net, making more than a few stellar saves.
Peterson appreciated the early goal, noting that many of Monomoy's wins have come through late-game scores.
"It was nice to get the early goal and play up the rest of the game," she said.
Then the game rested primarily on the shoulders of the defense, which rose to the occasion and kept the Falcons off the scoreboard.
"The defense has been strong all year," Peterson said. "That was our big question mark coming in after we lost three or four starters in the back, so the fact that they've been strong and stayed so organized has been one of the keys to our success."
Peterson gave post-game kudos to Dever and defenders Francesca Barr and Katie Ganshaw.
"I thought Maggie Dever, with the goal early, played well in the midfield for us," Peterson said. "And the back line and our goalie continue to keep us in games. Cesca Barr and Katie Ganshaw on the defense have been our rocks this year."
The Sharks were likely carrying over some of the momentum from their win against the Whalers two days prior when Monomoy bested Nantucket 2-1, this time with one of those aforementioned late-game goals.
This time the Shark finding the net was Abigail Higgins who put Monomoy ahead on a pass from Kelsey Olson with about 10 minutes left in the game.
Dever scored the opening goal for Monomoy in the first half on an assist from teammate Leah Nash, with Nantucket evening the score in the second half before the Olson-Higgins duo struck.
Though the team saw its undefeated status interrupted by a loss to Nauset on Monday night (Oct. 16), the team allowed just two goals to the non-league Warriors, seeing excellent play from Higgins, Nash, and Ganshaw in goal with nine saves overall.
The Sharks have clinched a spot in the postseason and are 10-1-2 overall and 7-0-2 in the Cape and Islands League. Peterson said that the team's winning season has been a big factor in their motivation each game.
"When I took over a few years ago, they hadn't won a game," she said. "So this is a totally new thing for them. They know how it feels to be on the other side. This is a new feeling and I think they're taking pride in it. Taking pride in the fact that we're at the top of the league."
Their coach said that playing non-league teams like Nauset and Mashpee is an excellent skill-builder as the postseason approaches.
"We play all these league games and I feel like the league games have all been competitive, but going forward you know you're going to get teams in the tournament that are really good," Peterson said. "These are just teams that are going to show you where you are and what you have to do. These are the type of teams you're going to face when you get out of your league, and it's going to be important to know that you can play with them and have confidence."
Next up for Monomoy is a home game against Cape Cod Tech on Oct. 21 with an 11 a.m. start, followed by an Oct. 23 travel game to Tech for a 4:15 start.


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Q: Function returns undefined after first click I have unordered list with 4 list items.
When i click on one list item class 'active' from other items should be deleted and clicked item should get it.

function activeBool() {
  for (let i = 0; i < buttons.length; i++) {
    if (buttons[i].classList.contains("active")) {
      return i;
    }
  }
}

function change() {
  let current = activeBool();
  buttons[current].classList.remove("active");
  for (let i = 0; i < buttons.length; i++) {
    buttons[i].addEventListener("click", function() {
      this.classList.add("active");
    });
  }
}

for (let i = 0; i < buttons.length; i++) {
  buttons[i].addEventListener("click", change);
}

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Problem is that code simlpy does not get executed first time, after second click it works fine.
After first click buttons[current] is somehow undefined.

A: Your attached eventlistener doesn't make sense. It's working the second time because then you have added a new eventlistener in the change function.
I've modified your code, see my example below.

var buttons = Array.from(document.getElementById('menu').getElementsByTagName('li'));

function setActive(ev) {
  buttons.forEach(btn => btn.getElementsByTagName('a')[0].classList.remove('active'));
  ev.currentTarget.getElementsByTagName('a')[0].classList.add('active');
}

buttons.forEach(btn => btn.addEventListener('click', setActive));
.active {
  background-color: #ff0000;
}

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A: It won't work the first time because your first click calls change.
Try this out:

let buttons = document.querySelectorAll("ul li a");

function toggleClass(e) {
    removeActiveClassName(buttons);
    e.target.classList.add("active");
}

function removeActiveClassName(buttonList){
    buttonList.forEach((button) =>  button.classList.remove("active"));
}

window.addEventListener('load', ()=>
{
    buttons.forEach(function forEachButton(button, i){
        button.addEventListener("click", toggleClass);
        button.setAttribute("data-index", i); // In case you need the index later on
    });
});
ul{
  list-style: none;
}

a{
  display: block;
  width: 120px;
  height: 30px;
  padding: 0.5rem;
  background-color: whitesmoke;
  text-decoration: none;
  color: black;
}

a:hover{
  background-color: #e1e1e1;
}

.active {
  background-color: green;
  color: white;
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BriskHeat Introduces State-of-the-Art LYNX™ Temperature Control System
Press Release from BriskHeat Corporation
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Nov. 12, 2019 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Today, BriskHeat, a leading provider of surface and immersion heating, insulating and temperature control solutions, announced the launch of its new LYNX™ Temperature Control System, a state-of-the-art PID temperature control system which controls up to 1,024 zones. The LYNX™ is a modular system designed for manufacturers in a wide range of industries, including semiconductor, laboratory, research and development facilities, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, composite curing, petrochemical, and process heating and drying.
Each heater can be individually controlled and monitored using the LYNX™ system, ensuring that users know each unit's performance status, which is indicated through the large full-color touchscreen interface, indicator lights, remote monitoring, and email alerts.
The LYNX™ Operator Interface controls up to eight lines of connected temperature control modules with up to 128 modules per line, up to 1,024 heaters, with user-configurable graphical mapping and naming to match the customer's application and facility. It features global and individual programming with the menu-driven interface.
The compact temperature control module can be used as a free-standing unit for use with any of BriskHeat's heaters up to 7 amps. It features 3-button programming and a highly visible status indicator light and can communicate to other systems using Modbus.
"BriskHeat's new LYNX™ Temperature Control System provides the best possible temperature uniformity for anyone seeking a highly accurate, easy to use controller," says Edye Buchanan, BriskHeat's Product Manager for Controllers and Control Systems. "The LYNX™ provides unmatched flexibility, complete control and system optimization for peace of mind."
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The Complicated Way Forward For Tech Giants in China
BYAdam Lashinsky
People walk by a Facebook logo and a thumbs up logo made popular by Facebook in Hong Kong on February 2, 2012. As Facebook prepares to go public it has its sights on China, where the social media titan is blocked, but analysts say its chances of re-entering the market of half a billion Internet users are slim. AFP PHOTO / AARON TAM (Photo credit should read aaron tam/AFP/Getty Images)
Photograph by Aaron Tam—AFP/Getty Images
The evidence is overwhelming: It's beyond tough for U.S. technology companies to do business in China. Tough, but not uniformly tough, as a nuanced article in The New York Times this weekend explains. Apple has crushed it for several years in China, a beneficiary of the rapidly growing upper middle class there. In days gone by, tech stalwarts like IBM (IBM) and Motorola built meaningful businesses there too.
Two factors are at play here, and it's important to consider both. Yes, the Chinese government makes it difficult for a Western company playing by Western information-exchange rules to succeed. But the other factor is how different this giant market is. The simple fact of dominance in messaging usage by WeChat is a barrier for services like LinkedIn or Facebook that are predicated either on email or their own messaging features. WeChat, owned by Tencent (TCEHY), is an obstacle for Apple too. If WeChat is the most desired feature on a smartphone in China, there's no need to own an iPhone.
U.S. and Chinese government and business leaders met last week to discuss ways the two countries can work together. That's a good thing. U.S. businesses need access to China's market. Despite recent turbulence, Chinese companies crave quality investments for their capital. The way forward will be neither easy nor uncomplicated.
Adam Lashinsky
@adamlashinsky
adam_lashinsky@fortune.com


I know, I know, Christmas is over. But you might have the odd jar of mincemeat lurking in your cupboard. Or, like me, you might have bought some scrummy mince pie filling in the Holland and Barrett penny sale. Who knows.
Anyway, because I had this, and some leftover marzipan, I made some bars. I am not a pastry fan, so the base is a bit like a caramel shortbread base, but with oats added in for some texture. I used some wholegrain spelt flour and some white, but all white would be fine. Wholegrain spelt (I use Dove's farm) seems to work well in most baking- often I use it in cookie recipes to replace all the flour.
Preheat the oven to 180C and line a pan with baking paper (I use a brownie pan from Steamer Trading Cookshop- the best size for most of the things I make).
Make the base by creaming together the butter and sugar, then stirring in the oats, spice and flour until it resembles crumbs. Pour it into the pan and press down with a metal spoon.
Bake in the oven for 15 mins until pale.
Meanwhile make some pretty shapes with the marzipan by rolling it out (dust with a little icing sugar to stop it sticking) and then cutting it out. You could cut it into lines for a lattice effect but I prefer shapes.
Remove the base from the oven and spread the mince pie filling over. Sprinkle with flaked almonds, dust with a little icing sugar and then top with the marzipan shapes.
The marzipan shapes are the best bit.
Then return to the oven and bake for a further 10 mins- this will finish cooking the base, toast the nuts slightly and melt the marzipan.
Leave to cool and then slice into bars/ squares.
These were for Sunday tea. So much nicer than a mince pie.
In other news, I totally rested over the weekend (well I did a lot of walking but that was it)- I was feeling totally fine so went on a short (2 mile) run after work yesterday. I did loads of stretches when I finished, and I am pretty sure I had no trouble. I was worried about this morning (because it seems to be delayed after a run, so not sure if it is related) but all good so far. No two runs in a row for me though, so today will be a rest. At least I have kicked off Jantastic now!
Good news about the running. Long may it continue to stay pain free!
Thanks- I hope so too. The marzipan would be good on an apple crumble type thing too.
What a lovely way to use up that last jar of mince meat and to keep that special taste of Christmas going. I miss it already!
I love mince pie filling but I used all mine up over Christmas in my porridge!
I love it in porridge too- I bought some in the penny sale as I didn't want Christmas to end!
That looks amazing, I am a lover of marzipan whichever way and it sounds incredible with sweet mince meat, yum!
Yup- it is a fab combo!
I'm to scared to try mince pies in general in case I like them too much, I don;t need to add any more vices to my repertoire 😉 I've never fancied marzipan though … not sure why it may be the smell of it??!!
YAY for Jantastic, I'm following everyone on the RBB Facebook group and look forwards to reading about everyones runs.
I love anything almond-y so marzipan is a favourite of mine.
Sounds lovely! We have mince pies in the freezer so we have e potential for mince pies year round hehe. I do love them!
Good news about your running, and you have a sensible approach! I think January for jantastic will be rubbish for me with my running…I rivalled you by the way just as a bit of fun 🙂 I'm sure you will out do me!
Oh cool will look out for that! You can play your joker also, so if you are missing runs you can get a boost that way.