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How RideATA could enhance usage of Android tablets by their senior drivers?
The Area Transportation Authority (ATA) of North Central Pennsylvania (ATA) was chartered in 1976 by the governing bodies of six counties of the north central Pennsylvania region. It is by far the largest rural public, regional, multi-county, transportation service provider in Pennsylvania, USA. The counties were Cameron, Clearfield, Elk, Jefferson, McKean, and Potter. All currently participate in ATA. These six counties, out of 67 in Pennsylvania, in 2000, encompass 234,416 residents, 5,092 square miles and 156 municipalities. They provide –
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-- Vanpool Advantage Network
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ATA is committed to enabling its employees to deliver excellent customer service and mobility options. Their current principal objective is to: "Provide a reasonable level of comprehensive (public transportation) service at an affordable cost to the rural residents of the North Central Region."
The Business Challenge
ATA decided to move to an Android tablet-based software upgradation to gain quicker and more effective access to information and enable greater flexibility for the drivers. The utilization of publicly available tools and applications was expected to generate cost savings and reduce process time.
Their challenge was that many of the end users were aged drivers who were probably using tablets for the first time. Hence, they were not comfortable with the settings and apps that they had to use for their task. They did mistakes in operating the devices provided to them and instead of their tasks becoming easy, it became a challenge altogether for them to use the devices. For an e.g. drivers would turn off their location, toggled Wi-Fi, etc. ATA was left with no option but to find a solution to this challenge otherwise the software revamp would have been a failed project.
After a lot of online searches, they chose Scalefusion because they met their core requirements. It eased out the use of tablets by the senior drivers and deploy the required apps only on it. And eventually, make the software system upgradation a flying success.
Scalefusion locked down the tablets into kiosk mode by which they could remotely manage all the devices from a central dashboard. They could allow only the necessary applications to open and prevent the commonly occurring errors by disabling certain hardware keys. That included, drivers could no longer turn off their location, change the sound or the ringer volume, and toggle the Wi-Fi. In addition to that, they could even restrict the notifications sent to the end-users, which were not relevant to them.
Scalefusion - a Mobile Device Management software helped ATA -
1. To make it easy for the drivers to use tablets and enterprise apps
2. Reduced the IT support calls
3. Enhanced the end-user experience
4. Restricted the device usage only to selected applications
5. Optimised the data cost
6. Enabled flexibility
Scalefusion has transformed the workforce, and drivers are now more productive on a daily basis. ATA is very satisfied by the composite effect of all the benefits which Scalefusion has provided and have expressed their interest to continue year on year.
"Scalefusion gave us the ability to lockdown the primary screen of the tablets and allow only the necessary applications to open and make the selections for the end user easy and trouble free."
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Forecasting Manufacturing 2019: Calm Before the Storm
The decade started out looking like the beginning of dystopian novel, until it pulled an about face and rushed toward unprecedented growth. Expect to see a slow down in 2019 before the real storm of change hits.
John Hitch | Dec 19, 2018
The Roaring Twenties always fascinated me. Maybe it's because it was the first decade of the modern world—a world fueled by mass production and bigger-than-life characters from Al Capone to Babe Ruth. The confluence of technology and personality, Prohibition and progress, made it a wild time in America. And it culminated in a thud, or more specifically, a crash in 1929.
We are about to enter the 2020s, and again find ourselves in manic fervor of manufacturing optimism, of embracing disruptive new technology and putting America first. Additive manufacturing, automation and the Industrial Internet of Things, protectionist trade policies: Everything seems perfectly positioned for a roaring comeback.
But not in 2019.
My experience covering nearly every facet of manufacturing, from new tools and machines to changing strategies and threats, leads me to believe this decade will end in what amounts to a whimper. It's a case of too much of a good thing. I research and write about dozens of cool innovations every month, but the law of diminishing returns is overdue. And the issue clouding any sunny 2019 forecast is the ability for manufacturers to find enough skilled workers to handle all the new tech that has burst forth. Every fantastical new robot and smart solution that's released also carries the burden of training workers to use them and the cost of maintenance. The Industry Pulse: 2018 Manufacturing Workforce Report found that 99% of manufacturers expect finding experienced hires will be a major issue.
More automation and more connected devices will at some point counter the lack of people, but factories and job shops have to hold the line and wait for reinforcements which would presumably come as robot get cheaper and more kids come around to the trades.
And robots will pick up more slack in 2019. Universal Robots announced it sold its 25,000th collaborative robot, but cobots still only accounted for 3% of overall industrial robot sales in 2017. By 2025, cobots are projected to own a third of the industrial robot market, according to Loup Ventures Research.
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Cobots work with, not instead of, manufacturing employees to reach new levels of productivity.
"With this increase in market share will come an increase in job demand and manufacturers will start to operate more efficiently," says Ryan Braman, Test Engineering Manager at TUV Rheinland of North America. "We're also seeing a lot of big companies—and even low-volume manufacturers—already implementing cobots. So far, these companies have seen a really great return on investment, boosting business growth."
Bramen points out that the next year need more of an emphasis on standardizing robot deployments.
"Right now, there is not one hard and fast document that addresses all robot use cases, he says. "However, I think next year, we'll start seeing new standards coming out that look at safety for new robotic innovations and even address some of the potential complications future robotics might hold."
Then there's Industry 4.0. Accenture predicts the IIoT will add $14.2 trillion to the global economy, but a survey I conducted over the summer for IndustryWeek shows that 56% of manufacturing executives are still waiting for the right use case or don't have any plans to deploy an IIoT solution. If so many are reluctant to evolve, sweeping changes aren't likely.
The rise of cyberattacks and fear of expanding vulnerability has also led to reluctance. Consulting firm BDO found a 350% increase in ransomware attacks this year. There are plenty of white hats in both the old guard and on the startup side, launching software and platforms to stay ahead of threats (like Xage Security's blockchain platform), so while it's a critical issue, that anxiety should dissipate.
I suspect fear of failure is a bigger reason. No one wants to risk being their company's Charlie Brown, raring back for a prodigious kick only to have Lucy tuck the ball at the last second. So expectations of the digital transformation's future are high, but for now are clearly tempered by pragmatism.
Skepticism is a healthy part of progress, though. New ideas need to earn their place on the factory floor, and that is where we are. Don't confuse this with cynicism, as I am certain there will be a cacophony of amazing advancements for manufacturing in the 2020s. This is just the calm before the storm.
The New York Times predicts a "financial crisis" is imminent, and that this year is closer to 1929 than 1919. If the majority of manufactures continue to play a wait-and-see attitude with new technology and dismiss bold new strategies without investigating them, that could hold true and the end of the decade could end like it started—in the gutter.
But if you want to hold me to one prediction, it's this: how American manufacturers approach 2019 is going to make or break the country's success in the coming decade, and they are going to come out on top. I choose to have faith an industry hellbent on efficiency and continuous improvement has learned from its mistakes and has gotten better at preventing catastrophic economic downtime. So no roaring into the next decade, but at least no shrieking either. And that's something that should have us feeling good about the future.

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Celebrating its 100th anniversary this year, the car hire giant Hertz has started to turn its finances around after several challenging years. In an interview with Business Travel News, Jodi Allen, executive vice president and chief marketing officer, talks about this process.
The company has indicated it is in investment mode. Allen says quarterly earnings are starting to grow again, with 7% revenue growth in Q2, which comes after "smart investments" in the fleet.
That includes a new website with an improved app and mobile-enabled website for Hertz by the end of the year, plus a new app and websites for Dollar and Thrifty in the first half of next year.
The company is expanding what it calls Ultimate Choice, which allows a renter to choose a car at the lot, now available at 55 sites in North America including Canada, but Hertz has not yet decided whether to roll this out to other regions.
This includes reaching out to the woman business traveller, Allen stresses, as "a place we want to play in a bigger way than we have in the recent past".
She concludes: "We are fortunate in the fact that the first three letters in our name are 'her', so we are working on putting the 'her' back in Hertz. The work we have online right now very much shows that".


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7 p.m. Sept. 4, at First Presbyterian Church, 500 Washington Ave. Doug, a fine journalist and wonderful man, was taken from us way before his time by brain cancer. Beverages and fresh baked goods are available for purchase at nominal prices. Recommended donation: $2 . For information, call 912-786-6953 or go to www.savannahfolk.org.
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WhatsApp has rolled out a new beta update through the BlackBerry Beta Zone. This release pegged as version 2.16.40.2, has multiple bug fixes for various media upload and sending issues as well as the typical miscellaneous fixes and updates.
One, other addition to the beta update, though, feels a little like tossing salt in the wound. Yes, this release also includes an initial deprecation notice to the About screen to remind users that as of December 31, 2016, WhatsApp will no longer support BlackBerry. The update, for what it's worth, is available right now should wish to stretch as much use out of WhatsApp while you can.
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You have the remarkable placement of standing where you are today, perceiving exactly how you arrived and also focusing on where you are going. You obtain the chance to earn your story.
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You need a lift pitch or speech, and also you have to include it to LinkedIn. A "lift speech" is that super short speech you would use (pitch) to a main amidst the ride as much as his office or to her automobile. You have perhaps 30 secs to pitch an unthinkable tale, publication or believed to them.
Generally, you have no chance to squander as well as should strike all the energizing concentrates. You have to do similarly with your LinkedIn brand name. In case somebody messages you or you have to speak with them about your brand name, have a suitable lift speech prepared. On the occasion that it remains in on-line message framework, you could use a one section pitch. Maintain it short, uncomplicated and also straight to the point. Your pitch is just similar to the weakest connection.
Odds are that you have actually seen the records on Facebook where somebody has a couple of thousand "buddies." Do they conceivably have these countless real friends? Probably not. Do they truly talk with this numerous people? Once again, it's not likely.
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These 3 spots will need to be cleaned and patched up with sheet metal. The rest of the rust is going to have a meeting with a grinder really soon.
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La Saison des amours () est un téléfilm américain réalisé par Kevin Connor, diffusé le  sur  et en France le  sur M6.

Synopsis
Professeur de musique, Beth Landon est la reine du festival de la fraise de la petite ville de Fairland. Eileen, sa mère, qui s'occupe également du festival, est étonnée qu'elle ait réussi à y inviter le jeune prodige de la musique country, le beau Jason Keith, dont le manager est un ami d'enfance de Beth. Mais l'aura de Jason a terni depuis qu'il a pris l'habitude d'annuler ses concerts au dernier moment, avec une désinvolture et un dédain affichés. Eileen espère que le jeune homme ne les laissera pas tomber. Jason est bien là pour passer sa semaine de festival, mais il n'arrête pas de tout critiquer, au grand désespoir de Beth qui cherche à le comprendre en fouillant dans son passé…

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 Titre original :
 Réalisation : Kevin Connor
 Scénario : Jim Head et Gary Goldstein
 Photographie : James W. Wrenn
 Pays : États-Unis
 Durée : 85 minutes

Distribution
  (VF : Hélène Bizot) : Beth Landon
 Trevor Donovan (VF : Mathias Kozlowski) : Jason Keith
 Shelley Long (VF : Élisabeth Fargeot) : Eileen Landon
  (VF : Pamela Ravassard) : Roxanne Russo
 Barry Van Dyke : Jim Landon
 Michelle DeFraites (VF : Flora Kaprielian) : Kara Wright
 Dexter Darden : Noah
 Jeff Torres : le photographe
 Meagen Fay (VF : Marie-Martine) : Mimi

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Téléfilm américain des années 2010
Téléfilm diffusé en 2012
Téléfilm de Hallmark Channel
Film réalisé par Kevin Connor

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Has he been a naughty boy? Since his contract extension he seems to have fallen massively out of favour, I was hoping this isn't another Darren Bent situation.
My wife went to school with Lee Camp. She gets sod all. Although she is able to confirm that he was a Knob at school too.
In terms of Rams TV, I just noticed it say today's game is available in the UK and 'Dark Market's'...what on earth is dark markets? Sounds like something out of the film Taken.
I just wonder with Mel trying to challenge the EFL with regards to the tv deals, talking of breaking away etc whether we as a club has brushed up a few people in high places the wrong way and the second we may appear to be doing something that isn't quite ethical (but not against the rules) they are jumping all over us. West Ham fielded an illegal player, who without would have been relegated, they should have been hit with a 30 point deduction and Sheff United reinstated to the prem...did that happen? Nope, a 10 million pound fine which was compensated a few years later with a ready made stadium. QPR broke FFP rules massively, which gained an unfair advantage against the likes of Derby and made it to the prem. Did they receive the 9 point deduction that Brum received? Nope, a fine and a transfer embargo. I can see Derby being made an example of, if there is any wrong doing found.
So basically, us! we hope.
Not really, but I'll take a 4 million pound Connor Sammon if u know where one is going?
I hadn't seen the last quote so thanks for that. We were led to believe at the fans forum that everything was rosey, I will continue to believe that is still the case.
Am I the only person concerned by Frank's comments regarding the embargo, or am I reading to much into it? He says he wants to see how it develops into the summer because we as a club need to strengthen due to so many players leaving. They don't sound like the words of a man that isn't concerned by the embargo. Maybe more to this than many of us hope?
I was thinking more along the lines that Frank was punishing him for lying about the race allegations. Glad to hear it is just an injury.
My theory is, Nuge is probably in the same stage of his career at Derby as Mr Z was for QPR. QPR fans even said that Mr Z coming on was basically the last rubbish throw of the dice, and it worked. It could happen.
In a state of day dreaming earlier I had this vision of David Nugent scoring the winner at Wembley with 80 something minutes on the clock. Gotta be worth a tenner?
Totally agree with this. Bryson has been my favourite player since we signed him, I love him, but if you are reading this Craig, you let me down mate. In the front rows of that North stand, or any stand, there are probably children, lots of kids. You could make their day, year or life if you just ran and high fived one of them after a goal, or jumped the advertising hoardings and let them swamp you, but instead you make the gesture as if to say 'have that you duckers'. I'd say at least 90 percent of derby fans still love you and you will forever be a Derby Legend, ignore the boo boys, put in your all until now and the end of the season and leave this club on a high!
I did find it a bit strange after scoring 1 goal after weeks of being bang average he felt the need to cup his ears in the direction of 80 year old Phylis in the front row of the North Stand. I could see her adjusting her hearing aid in confusion.
Just waiting for his bus pass application to be approved before he can get to the ground on Match days being that he is really 62.
Maybe we only deal with certain agents? We know that has happened in the past and cost us millions.


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The Colony is a planned residential, private, gated community featuring homes and building sites with exclusive ski and snowboard access in addition to hiking, biking, and horseback riding trails. It is located 35 miles from Salt Lake International Airport and 5 miles from Park City's historic Main Street. The recent purchase of the Park City Resort by Vail Associates who previously acquired the Canyons Resort has created what is now the largest ski resort in the USA with approximately 7300 acres. The Colony occupies 4600 acres between the two resort areas which were connected in 2015 by a $50 million capital improvement project including a gondola completed and successfully launched for the 2015-16 ski season. This connection was made possible by an easement granted by The Colony. The combined resort is a major part of Vail Associates Epic Pass program which has over 400,000 members world-wide.
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Niraj Verma is an expert in urban planning and management. He joined the Wilder School in 2010 and served as its director and first dean until 2016. Under his leadership, the Wilder School became a stand-alone school at VCU directly under the provost and gained several new faculty roles in teaching, research and administration. Prior to joining the Wilder School, Verma served as professor and chair of the Department of Urban and Regional Planning at the University at Buffalo. He began his academic career at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, where he directed doctoral programs in the School of Policy, Planning and Development as a tenured faculty member.
Verma's scholarly work has been contributing toward a theory of planning and governance that draws on the philosophy of American pragmatism and particularly the philosophy of William James. He is the author of Similarities, Connections, Systems: The search for a New Rationality for Planning and Management (Lexington 1998) and the editor of Institutions and Planning (Elsevier 2008) as well as several articles and contributions to edited books. He serves on the editorial board of several academic journals including Planning Theory, Planning Theory and Practice, S, Town Planning Review and Urban Design International.
Verma's research, teaching and education have been recognized internationally. Most recently, he served as a Visiting Fellow at the Judge Business School at Cambridge University and was awarded a Fulbright-Nehru Award for Academic and Professional Excellence. He has also been awarded fellowships by the Rotary Foundation, the German Academic Exchange Service and the Zumberge Foundation. Verma was the only North American urban planning scholar invited by the National Academy of Engineering to the 2002 Frontiers of Engineering Conference and the only U.S.-based academic invited to supervise the 2001 doctoral workshop of the Association of European Schools of Planning held in Lodz, Poland. His contributions to doctoral education include serving as the chair of the American Collegiate Schools of Planning doctoral committee for more than five years and as a member of the National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration doctoral committee. Many of his doctoral students are now academics at major research universities or are otherwise engaged in successful research careers.
Verma's research has been supported by the Federal Transit Administration, the Department of Transportation and by several foundations and international organizations, including the Alexander Humboldt Foundation, Rotary Foundation, German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, and several other organizations. Professionally, his work includes large-scale projects such as technology planning for an integrated steel plant in India and developing a master plan for the state of Hawaii's library system.
Verma is the author or co-author of more than 25 articles and book chapters and of "Similarities, Connections, Systems," published by Lexington Books in 1998. He is also the editor of "Institutions and Planning," published by Elsevier in 2007. An invited speaker at many distinguished universities, including Berkeley, MIT and Harvard in the U.S. and Naples, Newcastle, Rome, Seoul National and Stuttgart overseas, Verma's work has been translated into German, Italian and Korean.


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Inclusion is at the heart of Sustainable Development Goal 16, but exclusion has become accepted across the Commonwealth.
How can institutions and civic voices ensure that inclusion, rather than exclusion, becomes the norm?
Ben Okri, one of Africa's foremost authors and poets, opened the Commonwealth People's Forum 2018 with an address on how civil society can breathe new life and purpose into the Commonwealth by ending exclusion. View his electrifying keynote below.


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The Historic Loudon Theatre & Event Center (formally known as the Lyric Theatre) is an intimate cultural venue in Historic downtown Loudon, Tennessee. The theatre is operated by the Historic Loudon Theatre, LLC. First built around 1911, the Lyric Theatre was an important part of the community. Showing movies, including silent Westerns with serial "cliffhangers" was only a part of the activities. The theatre burned down in 1934; and was rebuilt and re-opened in 1935, showing such classic movies as "The Last Outpost" with Cary Grant. Plagued by fire, the theatre burned again about 1941; opening again in the mid-1950s. The final movie shown in the theatre was in 1961. The Lyric Theatre was donated to the City of Loudon in the 1980s. From 4 standing brick walls, the Loudon Merchants and Property Owners Association (LMPOA) and volunteers chipped away for more than a decade at restoring the charming old building. The first concert series was held in 2003. Fire code requirements led to the theatre being closed again in Feb. 2016. In May 2017 a fire sprinkler system was installed with Courthouse Grant Funds. In 2018 a Tourism Grant for $150,000 was received which funded much of the needed renovations.
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March construction firm MJS raise over £2,100 for East Anglian Air Ambulance with year of fundraising
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Published: 11:12 AM March 21, 2017
A March construction company has raised over £2,100 for the East Anglian Air Ambulance.
Staff from MJS Construction, on Wisbech Road, raised the impressive sum of £2,177 thanks to a number of fundraising events during 2016.
They included a big MJS bake-off - which saw staff bake cakes and sell them off - a Christmas jumper day, a raffle and a coin collection.
Accountant Samantha Dennis, who organises the company's fundraising efforts, said: "We usually pick a local company to raise money for and you never know when you're going to need the East Anglian Air Ambulance."
A cheque was presented to Chris Donaldson of EAAA on March 10.


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What is the single most infuriating puzzle you've ever had to solve in a video game?
For me, it was the awful maze to get out of the Selenitic Age in Myst. Even after resorting to cheating, I found it to be a serious pain.
The most irritating puzzle for me was the Coctail mixing puzzle in Syberia. I replayed the game a few months ago and it was difficult for me even then. Luckily, my copy of the game had a walkthrough inside so I didn't end up dropping it.
Skyrim puzzles are always ridiculously annoying because it involves looking for random clues somewhere in the level that solves the puzzle. Then there is the flipping the individual statues which can be painstakingly slow and if you make a mistake you are pelted with poison arrows lol.
I remember playing little nightmares and limbo. It has some of the difficult puzzles to solve for finding way out of some places. I think puzzle platformers are pretty interesting. But they make you think a lot in finding your way out of most places. I guess another thing is that you may also have to consider the options to find way around. In worst scenario, there is always someone else who played it on youtube is there.
The thing with a few of Skyrim's puzzles is that you are hindered from finishing some of these puzzles due to bugs in the game which makes them extremely annoying.


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Researchers have found multiple e-liquid CBD products that contain synthetic CBD and other psychoactive substances.
"The analysis of these products resulted in the detection of CBD in all nine products and the unexpected detections of 5-fluoro MDMB-PINACA (5F-ADB) in four of the products and dextromethorphan (DXM) in one of the products," the researchers published.
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Speak only when spoken to, kids: Youth Advisory Commission is takeover target for Anchorage Assembly
Suzanne Downing
It's not enough to pass an ordinance — AO 2022-60 — that will give the Assembly a path to impeach a duly elected mayor. That controversial ordinance will be revisited by the Assembly on July 12 after much hue and cry from the public and a strategic decision on Tuesday by the Assembly to wait until they can seat another liberal member on the body for downtown Anchorage.
Now, the Assembly leadership has an ordinance that will give it the power to appoint the Youth Advisory Commission, taking that power away from the youth commission, who last year changed their procedures to vote as a body to appoint their representative to the Assembly.
The current youth member of the Assembly is conservative and outspoken. Sarah Price, who was voted by the commission in January, but not seated by the Assembly until May, has only been to three meetings. But she has challenged Assembly Chairwoman Suzanne LaFrance on her and the majority's attempt to create an impeachment process for the mayor, and sided with the conservative adult members of the Assembly.
Thus, on Tuesday night, AO No. 2022-69, was offered by LaFrance, proposing to seize the power of the Youth Advisory Commission to appoint their representative and award that power to LaFrance, who would appoint someone who agrees with her.
Price excoriated LaFrance during the meeting on Tuesday during a traditional "moment of personal privilege." Price pointed out that it had taken the Assembly five months to seat her as the youth representative after she had been elected by her peers, and that the ordinance to remove the power and voice of the youth commission had not even been shown to the members of the YAC before it was introduced as a last-minute agenda item on Tuesday.
Price called the move "devious," and said that the role for the youth representative on the Assembly is not meant to be just a token seat-filler who would be both nominated and approved by the Assembly.
Later, LaFrance prevented Price from being able to speak on the topic, since she had already spoken.
Several young people who attended the meeting also objected to the takeover of the Youth Advisory Council by the Assembly and said so on the record during the public comment period.
The Youth Advisory Commission has a unique ability in code to nominate two youth commissioners to the Assembly — one regular, and one alternate. In the past, during the administration of liberal Mayor Ethan Berkowitz, the member was chosen by the mayor and was a leftist, who resigned from the youth commission when Dave Bronson became mayor, declaring the administration "homophobic."
Since the group has been meeting, it established a new method for picking its ambassador to the Assembly, something that could come to an end with AO 2022-69.
As Price was using her time at the end of the meeting to ask the Assembly to not overrule the will of the Youth Advisory Commission, her microphone was cut off, something that has happened before with conservative speakers.
The crowd jeered and pointed out that other microphones were live still, as LaFrance attempted to blame the cut mic on a technical issue.
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Suzanne Downing had careers in business and journalism before serving as the Director of Faith and Community-based Initiatives for Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and returning to Alaska to serve as speechwriter for Gov. Sean Parnell. Born on the Oregon coast, she moved to Alaska in 1969.
Ryan Nelson June 8, 2022 At 3:49 pm
The is assembly is so power hungry they even want the power to appoint a member who doesn't have power to vote simply because they don't like the "wrong speak" the current youth member espouses because youth aren't supposed to be conservative
M. J. D. June 8, 2022 At 4:15 pm
Everyone needs to bring in a portable megaphone…….. next item WILL be tar and feathers
CEF June 8, 2022 At 4:36 pm
The current assembly majority seems bent on turbocharging the EAGLEXIT movement. Alaskans seeking a good life will not tolerate domination by such clumsy attempts at tyranny.
G. Galeutian June 8, 2022 At 4:37 pm
The "assembly" just want to get back to communist garden days where the residents were dutifully tucked into their homes, not going to work, faces swaddled with masks while the assembly wallowed in lonely vain glory deciding who was essential and who was not. They will never leave this possession of dreamland power. Never. They will each have to be massively voted out. Never again can CDC, NATO, WHO be given our sovereignty as Joe Biden is planning to do again right now just to be a nice globalist. No loyalty to his nation or the republic. Thanks Dems.
Jeff Fenske June 8, 2022 At 4:44 pm
WONDERFUL to see people tell the truth boldly, standing up to tyranny! Thank you, Sarah Price!
The THIRD video is the best! Everyone, please make sure to watch!
Ben Hadd June 9, 2022 At 7:20 am
YES, must watch.
Julie June 10, 2022 At 8:21 am
Good job Miss Price!
Chuck June 8, 2022 At 5:57 pm
They want kiddies to diddle
Mark June 8, 2022 At 6:17 pm
The special 6 are all about power. They sure know how to get the right going.
JMARK June 8, 2022 At 6:44 pm
As I have commented previously, at some point decent people will have to declare that they have had quite enough of Assemblymembers LaFrance and Constant (with Mr. Dunbar quietly speaking in their ears).
What a snake pit. I am ashamed to admit that I am subject to actions of this group.
Rich Thorne June 8, 2022 At 7:08 pm
Just how much of this communist dictatorship are you going to "tolerate" Anchorage?
The Masked Avenger June 9, 2022 At 7:12 am
Apparently a lot. You keep voting them back in.
The Masked Avenger June 8, 2022 At 7:40 pm
Proud of yourselves, Anchorage? You keep re-electing these Bolsheviks.
Girl will be lucky if the don't send her to a reeducation camp.
Jen June 8, 2022 At 8:50 pm
She need to be a city council member, board
& commission member, or public official. She's ready. I am sure she knows other young men and women that they, too, are ready for being more
involved than training wheels youth leaderships. Time to take the training wheels off and go forward.
Tweetybryd June 8, 2022 At 9:42 pm
Worst group (mostly) of assembly people EVER!! So sad to see anchorage turn into such a crap show at the hands of power hungry fools. It may never recover from their devastating choices. Pure evil.
Joel Adams June 9, 2022 At 5:01 am
I hope Ms. Price's vim and vigor are representative of her generation. If so, we got nothing to worry about once this current crop Stalinists flushes through the system. This young woman thoroughly reveals Le France for what she is.
When I arrived in Anchorage in 1979 I went to an Assembly meeting, an Assembly member, who is still in Anchorage today, walked by me and gave me a big smile. I thought my skin was going to crawl off my body, never been back!
Trig June 9, 2022 At 7:17 am
We should have a vote to eliminate the power of the assembly. Turn all matters of local government to the executive. The assembly no longer represents their constituents and instead votes as a team to push their own agenda, and now wishes to eliminate anyone who states a contrary opinion. They need to be stripped of power before it is too late. Power corrupts.
Karl C June 9, 2022 At 1:12 pm
Yikes. "The Assembly is communist! Let's make our government a dictatorship!"
It's already there. It's called elections.
But Anchorage is too lazy to vote.
You do it to yourselves every election.
Molly June 9, 2022 At 5:06 pm
And they are trying to give themselves absolute power.
Id vote to eliminate the Assembly, it no longer supports our community.
Thank you Trig.
CBMTTek June 9, 2022 At 7:29 am
Funny how technical problems always seem to happen when the leftists majority is forced to hear things they do not want to hear.
What are the odds…
One point, critique not criticism. Sarah Price should try to avoid direct accusations. This Assembly does not believe in… is a bad choice of words. The actions of this Assembly demonstrate a lack of belief in… is much better.
The first one will engage a leftist in a debate about their beliefs, and that is a losing debate.
The second one will prompt a discussion about whether the policies and ordinances the Assembly is pushing for are in line with the word and intent of the US Constitution, democracy, or public governance. And, Sarah Price can win the argument.
Just checked into it.
The Youth Advisory Commission is under the Mayor's office. It is officially a part of the Executive Branch of the Muni Government.
Under what bizarre logic does the Assembly think they should be appointing the Chair of that commission?
Fishing for Food June 9, 2022 At 8:11 am
Nothing will ever change on the Assembly until Alaska has a Governor with enough spine to enact a comprehensive forensic audit of election security in Alaska which would include a review of Dominion Voting systems, mail in ballots, ballot harvesting and vote counting observer irregularities. A handful of states are doing just that and have found significant fraud. The documentary "2000 Mules" should be required viewing by state election authorities.
Aunt Dot June 9, 2022 At 11:22 am
What is noticeable here is that the same misanthropes that foam at the mouth at anyone normal want to use the most normal meeting procedural processes to silence the normal. Then the unbelievable hypocrites of a demented OZ will spout "But what is normal" ???
Morrigan June 9, 2022 At 12:24 pm
Probably more to the point, especially in context with current events and Assembly makeup, Anchorage's Assembly members, all of them, simply want the equivalent of a Youth Grooming Commission.
Of course we include Assembly members formerly known as conservatives who apparently lacked character to vote against "Pride Month".
Why? Because they'll look even weaker, more useless, if they support Pride but not Youth Grooming.
If they don't support Youth Grooming. Boy Constant'll get mad at them and they can't handle that, which is arguably why they voted for Pride Month in the first place, no?
Mayor B., why let Sarah flounder in the Assemby cesspool, why not offer Sarah a job as, say, Youth Advisor to the Mayor with authority to speak about youth issues on behalf of the Mayor's office, at Assembly meetings?
On a cautionary note, Madam Editor, may we respectfully remind that Peoples Assembly Chair LaFrance is also an Alaska Municipal League Director (https://www.akml.org/about/board-of-directors/).
The prime directive of Alaska Municipal League is "To safeguard the interests, rights and privileges of Alaskan municipalities as they may be affected by Federal and State governmental actions" (https://www.akml.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/2019-AML-Bylaws.pdf)
…"municipalities", not us. That's real power.
Peoples Director LaFrance's Alaska Municipal League controls $446,488,182.43 (https://amlip.org/)
…our tax money, but theirs to use for anything they want.
For these reasons we may not want to risk annoying Peoples Director LaFrance because she is very nice and Alaska Municipal League has a lot of money and we'd really like to get some of it.
A. Galeutian June 9, 2022 At 1:52 pm
"Oh, what a gift He'd gi'e us; to see oursel's as ithers see us". Irish Proverb.
Justin Erickson June 10, 2022 At 10:38 pm
Just like in the universities and in the media, they make arenas they are managing insufferable for anyone that opposes their shallow minded hive mind and they only use intellect to justify their preconceived self righteous flaky beliefs and their double standards, but most of the time they don't even do that. They just plow ahead and roll their eyes at all of the "incompassionate" or "uneducated" public that stand in their way of controlling all that they have anointed themselves to control. They don't feel a need to make compelling arguments that stand tallest by using facts, logic, principles, and integrity. They just do and take because their numbers are large and that's enough for them to ignore how they embrace mob rule.
Conservatives and true independents need to start remaining instead of fleeing the conversations, professional fields, the regions, and the industries that liberals have made insufferable. The only way we can get back to civil discourse is by engaging with love and strength and not allow us to take the path of least resistance that they have created for us which is isolation, which we happen to handle far better and actually enjoy more than they do because we are strong and independent and ultimately just want freedom and liberty for everyone. We can find more immediate liberty and freedom in isolation but that won't last.
Eaglexit is something Eagle River deserves, but it's also running away from a problem that will eventually make Eagle River and the valley like the isolated places in California that become radical and extreme in their hatred towards liberals.
Anyway. Miss Price has the right idea and is very honorable but it's up to all of us to inform the rest of what's going on and stop being satisfied with preaching only to the choir. We all know what the mainstream media likes to do and we have to combat that by engaging with strength and wisdom that persuades those that can still listen or are in the dark.
Even many on the left want to restore civil discourse between the spectrums and Price is absolutely right. This is only going to bring more unrest. Rational people on either side should be able to see that if they just simply know what's going on.
This assembly needs a complete overhaul.
Stay strong Anchorage. Use this. Don't let it throw up your hands.
kc June 11, 2022 At 7:18 am
Since mob rule seems to have been taken over by the Assembly, WHEN/What are the state regulations of any outside Anchorage governing official(s) going to step in and take over and correct this situation, since they seem to think they have overruling powers of the mayor.
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Melissa is a volunteer coordinator at a large hospital where she manages a great number of volunteers. She is responsible for filling many positions, including the receptionist volunteers who greet family members in a trauma waiting area. It is an important volunteer assignment and she is required to keep the shifts filled. She has this volunteer, Irma, who has been coming in for one shift the past 5 years. Irma is prompt, reliable, a stalwart. The day after Irma's shift however, Irma calls Melissa to complain about the lack of brochures, the semi-clean bathrooms, the lazy security guard, the tired reception room furniture, the poor advertizing, the rude staff, the incompetent management and the uncomfortable chair. Irma chews Melissa's ear for twenty minutes with a list of things that need to be fixed and finishes off by threatening to quit.
Melissa listens patiently and then does her best to not only fix every little thing, but she also fawns over Irma. Is Melissa nuts?
Joan has a hospice volunteer, Sig, who, she calls upon occasionally. Sig gives Joan a hard time when she calls him. She steels herself for the excuses, the sighs, the checking schedules four and five times, the twenty questions and the coaxing. Sometimes Sig refuses and sometimes he accepts. Joan thanks him profusely, and calls him the day after his assignment and listens again while he comes up with the reasons he shouldn't have gone. Joan empathizes, comforts and promises him that the next time will be better. Is Joan insane?
Mark is a volunteer coordinator for an organization that serves at risk youth. His volunteers make home visits to assess the program's progress. He has this one volunteer, Henrietta, who is a drama sponge. She sits in Mark's office for an hour, watching him scramble to get jobs done, peppering her latest life crisis between his phone calls and paperwork. Mark listens patiently, assuring Henrietta that she's "not bothering" him. He listens intently, concentrating on her needs while she's there, empathizing with her chaotic life. Later, he may have to stay an extra half hour to catch up. Is Mark crazy?
We all have these kinds of volunteers. Are Melissa, Joan and Mark super-dedicated or are they just plain dumb? Why would they encourage these behaviors? Well, here are the reasons.
Sig will go out in the evening.
Henrietta goes into a neighborhood that no one else will go into.
It's ironic how our behavior changes, and needs to change with each and every volunteer and each and every assignment. We all have experienced the volunteer request that is nearly impossible to fill and when we do fill it, we'll cling to that volunteer like a falling animal to a branch. Suddenly, behavior that we might not tolerate in others becomes, well, not so bad. And when that volunteer becomes ill or has to take some time off, we feel, (if we are completely honest) much more devastated for ourselves because we know how hard it will be to replace them.
Volunteer managers are by nature very mutable. It is our job to keep positions filled, to keep volunteers happy and retained, to put the right person in the right job. Sometimes, there is only one person for a job and when that occurs, our survival instincts kick in.
So, the next time you have this nagging little voice asking you why you put up with certain behaviors from certain volunteers, just think of your fingers starting to ache as you cling to that branch hundreds of feet above the canyon of NO VOLUNTEER REPLACEMENT. Then, ignore that voice and Hang On!


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Why Taylor Swift is Re-Recording Her Own Music
There has been a LOT of buzz around Taylor Swift here at the tail-end of 2019. Swift just recently went no. 1 on the BillBoard charts with her new album, 'Lover' as she sold the equivalent of 867,000 copies in her first week. #Lover#Lover is Taylor's 6th number 1 album.
Taylor released 'Lover' on August 23, 2019
Aside from dominating the Pop world, Taylor has also created headlines due to her now infamous feud with music manager Scooter Braun over the ownership of her music catalogue, and what are know as 'masters.'
A master license gives the license holder the right to use a recorded piece of music in a media project such a film, TV show, commercial, or another visual creation or audio project. A master license is obtained from the person who owns the recording, which is the party that financed the recording.
In the wake of this summer's blockbuster announcement that Scooter Braun had acquired Scott Borchetta's Big Machine Label Group — and with it the rights to Taylor Swift's first six albums, most reports claimed that Swift had the opportunity to purchase the rights to her music and/or the entire label itself, but according to Swift and her attorney Donald Passman, it is clear that she was not offered the opportunity to acquire the rights to her music without signing a new deal with Big Machine, under terms she herself said were not acceptable.
Taylor wrote, "For years I asked, pleaded for a chance to own my work. Instead I was given an opportunity to sign back up to Big Machine Records and 'earn' one album back at a time, one for every new one I turned in."
We want to point out that nowhere in her statement does she say she was not offered any opportunity to buy her masters, as many have reported.
""I walked away because I knew once I signed that contract, Scott Borchetta would sell the label, thereby selling me and my future. I had to make the excruciating choice to leave behind my past," Swift wrote.
Variety states, 'In his blog post titled "So, It's Time for Some Truth," Borchetta writes, "As you will read, 100% of all Taylor Swift assets were to be transferred to her immediately upon signing the new agreement. We were working together on a new type of deal for our new streaming world that was not necessarily tied to 'albums' but more of a length of time." Those terms, judging by the excerpt of the deal memo he posted, were proposed as seven years by Swift's team and 10 years by Big Machine — the contract was never signed, so presumably that is one of the terms on which the two sides did not agree. (Reps for Swift and Big Machine either declined or did not immediately respond to Variety's request for comment.)'
Big Machine still has strong artists on its roster, but obviously Swift's catalog represents an overwhelming percentage of its reported $300 million value — apparently Borchetta made the calculation that he'd get a better deal selling the label with Swift's masters than selling the two assets separately.
Our Attorney, James Landry, explains why Taylor will never regain control of these masters.
However, the music involved in this dispute may not be entirely dead-in-the-water in regards to what Swift is looking to accomplish. On Sunday, Kelly Clarkson shed some light on this issue during her appearance on Jimmy Fallon's Tonight Show:
This is some great affirmation of what we have been saying here for months now! @kellyclarkson knows that all artists should own THEIR own masters.
Owning your masters should be important to you, and with the correct guidance and insight you won't have to be in a situation like Taylor is in now. The music industry has drastically changed since Taylor started recording music, and no doubt she would structure her deal differently if she could. All we can do now is learn from other's mistakes and ensure we don't let it happen to other up & coming musicians.
Swift may still have a way to regain some control over her catalogue currently owned by @scooterbraun – Artists have re-recorded their own music to work around contract disputes before – it will be interesting to see what she decides to do going forward.
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Canucks' rookie starting to show he's 'Gaudette' when it matters most
The rookie centre is putting up a strong season, which bodes well for the Canucks' future down the middle.Just get the shot off quicker.It's that simple, Adam Gaudette insists.The Canucks' rookie centre has shown a flair for the dramatic of late — his tying goal Thursday night against the Arizona Coyotes (at 16:57 of the third period) and the game winner a week ago against the Los Angeles Kings being the most memorable markers.There are many things to unpack in those goals: the fact he's on the ice at all in the late stages is a big one; that he's finding the net is another. It all adds up to a player transforming from prospect to regular.He's now played 41 NHL games — 36 this season — and has five goals and five assists in that time.Now, he's still not playing a ton — his season high remains 16:05, against the Minnesota Wild in November — averaging 10:07 per game, but he's doing plenty lately with those limited minutes. He has four goals in his last eight games.The eye test says Gaudette has gotten more comfortable and confident as his season has progressed. So have the numbers, which reveal a player who hasn't had to play tough minutes but who hasn't been a defensive liability while generating a decent number of shots toward the opposition's goal.It's clear, though, that he has gone through a few adjustment periods this season. First there was getting used to the speed of the AHL for an initial four-game stint in pro hockey, then it took a number of adjustments to get up to NHL speed for his first 31 big-league games of this season (remember, he got a five-game taste at the end of last season).With the return of veteran centre Brandon Sutter to the lineup after Christmas, Gaudette was shipped back to the farm — save for a one-game cameo in January — where he's played 10 times.(By the way, you can see a decision looming in the summer on how to find a space for Gaudette next season, with Sutter a likely candidate for a trade to create that space.)
Adam Gaudette, centre, has been getting his share of shifts late in contests, and is making it work. Here he celebrates with Antoine Roussel and Troy Stecher after his tying goal against the Coyotes with three minutes left in the third period.
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"I don't think I was really getting that opportunity at the beginning of the year," he said after Thursday's game about the opportunity to play in late-game situations.He's aware of what him being on the ice in such crucial moments reflects on how coach Travis Green feels about his progress."That time I spent in Utica, that time up here, I've developed a lot," he said. "I'm feeling really comfortable playing that pro-style game."Green has been cautious with praise for his younger players this year. His words before the game were also carefully chosen."I'm not looking for guys to do more than they're capable of. We've had lots of guys go into the lineup; we're not looking for them to be world-beaters, just their best. Gaudette's progression has been good this year. I just want him to play the way he's capable of," Green said.And then, post-game, further confirmation."He's a gamer. I've said it a lot lately, I like Gauds' game," he said. Gaudette had been on the ice for a Coyotes goal moments before his own, when he lost his check — Lawson Crouse — who then rifled home a wrist shot from right in front of the Canucks' goal.Green said the young centre wasn't at fault on the goal. He added that Gaudette's overall progress was more important.One of the things Gaudette has clearly improved has been the quickness of his release.His offensive talents were evident before he arrived in the pros. He won the Hobey Baker Award in 2017-18 as the best player in U.S. college because he was a dominant player at both ends of the ice for Northeastern University.Elite athlete development isn't linear, of course. It's not like studying for a test, where you just learn and learn and learn; rather it's about recognizing deficits in your abilities and hoping to adjust them accordingly.Not every player is able to do it. There are plenty of players who have scored at levels below the NHL but aren't able to translate those skills to the quicker, stronger NHL game."Something I've worked on a lot was getting that puck off quicker," Gaudette said. "I had the puck on my stick too long (before), looking for that perfect shot."There was some practising involved in that, Gaudette said, but there was no alteration of technique. He said it was a matter of just trying to make his release happen in a shorter time frame."Just getting it off as quick as possible, getting out of your comfort zone and forcing yourself to shoot it quick," he said.pjohnston@postmedia.comtwitter.com/risingactionLISTEN: In this week's White Towel podcast, Paul Chapman and Ed Willes talk about the Vancouver Canucks' injury woes. Is this a product of bad luck or is the team responsible for such players as Jake Virtanen being on the injured reserve list?
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Michael Vick speaks at church after receiving threats
Published: March 17, 2013 at 03:18 p.m.
Updated: March 19, 2013 at 12:16 a.m.
A week after Barnes & Noble pulled the plug on a string of scheduled appearances citing safety concerns, Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Michael Vick appeared at a church in Georgia on Saturday to sign copies of his autobiography, "Michael Vick: Finally Free."
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The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that Vick -- traveling with a security team -- was greeted by least 100 people at the Atlanta-area church. Though he's made substantial efforts at community outreach in recent years, Vick remains a controversial figure following his 2007 arrest and subsequent 19-month prison stint for bankrolling an illegal dogfighting ring.
A source told PhillyMag.com last week that the cancellation of the Barnes & Noble appearances was part of a recent uptick of violent threats against Vick and his family.
"That's a very small selective group of people who still have their own form of hatred," Vick said during a short press conference on Saturday. "But you know, I think the most important thing for me to do is to continue to stay positive and continue to do the right thing because that's what's going to make a difference. ... You gotta move forward."
Vick wishes his detractors would do the same thing.
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Think tank's report questions essence of US-style democracy
By LIU XUAN | CHINA DAILY | Updated: 2021-12-07 07:24
File photo shows the White House and a stop sign in Washington DC, the United States. [Photo/Xinhua]
Democracy is the right of the people of all countries, not the patent of several countries, said a newly released report that targets the declaration of some countries claiming their own monopoly on the definition or model of "democracy".
In recent years, the United States, the world's only superpower and an early implementer of modern democracy, has witnessed a gradual metamorphosis of its democracy, according to a research report issued on Monday by the Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies of Renmin University of China, a Chinese think tank.
The 23,000-word report, available in five languages-Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish-is published at a time when US President Joe Biden is scheduled to host a "Summit for Democracy" on Thursday and Friday.
"Domestically, it has become a tool for a few people to seek personal gains, violating human rights, and tearing society apart. Internationally, it has become a front and excuse for the United States to maintain hegemony, interfere in the internal affairs of other countries, and undermine the international order," the report said.
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Based on US literature and articles, the document raised 10 questions related to the country's democracy, including whether democracy in the US is for the majority or the minority, whether it ensures checks and balances of power or leads to abuse of power, and whether it improves people's well-being or increases their suffering.
The report also pointed out that US-style democracy has brought "disaster and turmoil to other countries" and has undermined international order.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian reiterated on Monday that democracy is the common value of all mankind and the right of all peoples.
At a regular news briefing in Beijing, Zhao said the political system of each country should be decided by its people, and the US has no right to monopolize democratic standards to impose its own political system on others and to instigate division and confrontation under the guise of "democracy".
The think tank said it hopes the report will help the world "fully understand democracy and promote shared values for all humankind".
John Ross, former director of economic and business policy for the mayor of London, said China's framework and delivery on human rights and democracy is "far superior to the West's", as China focuses on real improvement of the real conditions of humanity.
"What is important for real human beings, and what best demonstrates whether 'rule by the people' exists, is the outcome in the conditions of life for real human beings," he said. "That is what has been demonstrated by China's history and real social and political development."


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Gulf of Aden Security Review
A regularly updated review of both Yemen and the Horn of Africa covering topics related to security, governance, and militant activity.
Yemen: U.S. Secretary of Defense condemns Iran's support for al Houthi forces; ISIS claims attack on al Houthi forces in al Bayda governorate, central Yemen; rival al Houthi factions clash in Sa'ada governorate, western Yemen
Horn of Africa: Al Shabaab detonates IED targeting Ethiopian AMISOM troops in Hiraan region, central Somalia; airstrike kills 11 al Shabaab militants in Lower Jubba region, southern Somalia; Jubbaland security forces clash with clans in Kismayo, Lower Jubba region, southern Somalia; Sudan and Eritrea set to normalize relations; Somali President Farmajo requests dialogue with federal member states
Yemen Security Brief
U.S. Secretary of Defense James Mattis stated that Washington stands against Iran's proliferation of advanced conventional weapons and its support for militant movements throughout the Middle East, including its support for al Houthi forces, in a speech in Manama, Bahrain on October 27. Iran continues to export missiles, rockets, and unmanned aerial systems to the al Houthi movement in violation of United Nations strictures, according to Mattis. Al Houthi forces launched a ballistic missile at al Manther in al Hudaydah governorate, western Yemen on Oct 28.[1]
ISIS claimed to destroy an al Houthi checkpoint in Za'j area of Walad Rabia district, northwestern al Bayda governorate on October 29.[2]
Al Houthi forces loyal to the group's leader, Abdul Malik al Houthi, clashed with a faction of the group loyal to al Houthi's uncle, Mohammed Abdul Azim, in Sa'ada governorate, western Yemen on October 28, according to Emirati news sources. Abdul Azim disagreed with Abdul Malik al Houthi over Iran's interference in Yemen's affairs and its dissemination of its political and religious doctrine in the country, according to Emirati media. Abdul Malik al Houthi's forces kidnapped members of Abdul Azim's faction during the clashes.[3]
Horn of Africa Security Brief
Al Shabaab detonated an improvised explosive device (IED) targeting a convoy of Ethiopian troops from the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) in El-Gal village near Beledweyne, Hiraan region, central Somalia on October 29. Al Shabaab claimed to kill 30 Ethiopian soldiers in the attack, but these casualties are likely exaggerated.[4]
Unidentified aircraft conducted an airstrike that killed 11 al Shabaab militants, including a senior official, in Kasuuma, Lower Jubba region, southern Somalia on October 28. Kenyan and U.S. forces both conduct airstrikes in Lower Jubba region. United States Africa Command has not claimed the strike.[5]
Jubbaland security forces clashed with clan militias in Kismayo, Lower Jubba region on October 27. The clashes started after the regional administration of Jubbaland issued a decree banning illegal arms for non-security personnel. The new directive is intended to prevent al Shabaab militants disguised as soldiers from infiltrating the area. Renegade Jubbaland soldiers killed a clan elder during the fight, according to a Jubbaland official. Jubbaland security forces arrested at least 11 renegade soldiers after the clashes.[6]
Sudan and Eritrea will normalize relations soon, according to Sudanese media. Sudanese President Omar al Bashir will meet his Eritrean counterpart, President Isaias Afwerki, in the coming days, according to Sudanese media.[7]
Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo urged Somalia's federal member states to address their disagreements with the Somali Federal Government (SFG) through dialogue on October 28. Farmajo stated that the instability between the federal government and member states threatens Somalia's progress in stabilization. The federal member states suspended ties with the SFG on September 8. Four of the federal member states announced plans to create a new military force on October 25, challenging the SFG's national security architecture.[8]
[1] "Mattis: US stands against Iran's proliferation of weapons and funding of proxy terrorists in Yemen," Al Masdar News, October 27, 2018, https://almasdaronline.com/articles/160182; "Remarks by Secretary Mattis at International Institute for Strategic Studies Manama Dialogue," Department of Defense, October 27, 2018, https://dod.defense.gov/News/Transcripts/Transcript-View/Article/1674583/remarks-by-secretary-mattis-at-international-institute-for-strategic-studies-ma/; Yemen Embassy D.C., Twitter, October 28, 2018, https://twitter.com/YemenEmbassy_DC/status/1056601750541606915; and "Houthis bomb al Manther, Yemen with ballistic missile," WAM Emirati News Agency, October 28, 2018
http://wam.ae/en/details/1395302716498.
[2] Elisabeth Kendall, Twitter, October 27, 2018, https://twitter.com/Dr_E_Kendall/status/1056151851337506818.
[3] "Clashes between Houthi factions in Yemen's Saada," Al Arabiya News, October 29, 2018,
https://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/gulf/2018/10/28/Clashes-between-Houthis-and-Abdul-Azim-al-Houthi-followers-in-Yemen-s-Saada.html.
[4] "Al-Shabaab claims blast that killed 30 Ethiopian soldiers in central Somalia," Radio Shabelle, October 29, 2018, http://radioshabelle.com/al-shabaab-claims-blast-that-killed-30-ethiopian-soldiers-in-central-somalia/; and Harun Maruf, Twitter, October 29, 2018, https://twitter.com/HarunMaruf/status/1056845186326773760.
[5] Harun Maruf, Twitter, October 28, 2018, https://twitter.com/HarunMaruf/status/1056523516332425218; and Ali Abdi, "An explosion ripped through a church in Kamsuuma," Radio Muqdisho, October 28, 2018, https://www.radiomuqdisho.net/duqeyn-khasaare-loogu-geystay-argagaxisada-oo-xalay-ka-dhacday-kamsuuma/.
[6] "New details emerge over clashes in Kismayo town," Hiiraan, October 28, 2018, http://www.hiiraan.com/news4/2018/Oct/160875/new_details_emerge_over_clashes_in_kismayo_town.aspx; and "Jubbaland forces carry out security sweep in Kismayo after fighting," Radio Shabelle, October 28, 2018, http://radioshabelle.com/jubbaland-forces-carry-out-security-sweep-in-kismayo-after-fighting/.
[7] "Eritrea, Sudan to normalize relations soon," Sudan Tribune, October 28, 2018, http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?article66510.
[8] "President Farmaajo appeals for dialogue with state leaders amid split," Goobjoog, October 28, 2018, http://goobjoog.com/english/president-farmaajo-appeals-for-dialogue-with-state-leaders-amid-split/; "Somali Regional States Suspend Ties with the Federal Government," VOA, September 8 2018, https://www.voanews.com/a/somali-regional-states-suspend-ties-with-federal-government-/4563231.html; and "Gulf of Aden Security Review: September 10, 2018," Critical Threats Project at the American Enterprise Institute, September 10, 2018, https://www.criticalthreats.org/briefs/gulf-of-aden-security-review/gulf-of-aden-security-review-september-10-2018.
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