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Parish Bulletin 9th November 2008
Holy Trinity Church, Ratoath9 November 2008
Congratulations to Ryan Creighton (St Oliver's Park), Lucy Cameron (Foxlodge Manor), Andrew Doran (Fairyhouse Road), Charles Duffy (Blanchardstown) and Aimee Walsh (Foxlodge Wood) who were baptised recently. Please pray for Carmel O'Connor (Fairyhouse Lodge) who died during the week. May she rest in peace.
List of the DeadPlease return the completed list of the dead to the box at the back of the church as soon as possible. All our dead are remembered in our Masses during the month of November (the month of the Holy Souls) and in the First Friday Masses throughout the year.
Taize prayer continues this Wednesday beginning at 8.30pm, concluding with Night Prayer at 9.30pm. All are welcome to attend even if it is just for a few minutes. Lectio Divina: On Mondays at 8pm in the Parish Pastoral Centre. All are welcome. Baptismal Programme on Wednesday 12th October at 8.00pm in the Parish Pastoral Centre Envelope Collection for the week ending 26th October €1,652.40Standing Orders for October €5,168.28Many thanks for your continued support and generosity. The Venue Theatre presents Liam Lawton in concert on Friday 14th November at 8.00pm. Tickets €32. Booking from Ratoath Community Centre Box Office 016895600 Helplink South provides telephone alarms designed to help the elderly and disabled. This enables people to live an independent life in their own home and eliminates fear, isolation and loneliness.If you are 65 and over and would like your name submitted for a grant, please contact your Local Community Alert Group, Residence Association or Helplink at 090 644 5081 Athlone Institute of Technology is holding an Open Day on 14th & 15th November. Open day commences at 9.30pm. Further information is available on www.ait.ie or Tel 090 6424400 Meath Youth Federation "Drugs Awareness" information evening will be held in Unit 135, Ashbourne Industrial Estate on Tuesday 11th November from 7.45pm-9.45pm. Guest speakers from South Meath Response Project, Addiction Counselling and Outreach Services and North East Drugs Task Force and Garda Siochana. For more information contact Mark Roche 01 8353656]]]
9 Nov Dedication of the Lateran Basilica 16 Nov Thirty Third Sunday in Ordinary Time
Vigil 7.00pm Colm & Mary Keogh & Denis McLoughlin& John Tyrrell (Months Mind) Vigil 7.00pm Tom & Annie O'Halloran& Mary & Johnnie O'Brien
9.00am Margaret Campbell & Helen Byrne 9.00am Tom & Maura Geoghegan
11.00am John McCarthy 11.00am Anthony Donohoe
12.15pm Seamus Ennis & Elizabeth Brady 12.15pm Theresa & John McCann
Monday James & Mary Keogh Tuesday Special Intention Wednesday Margaret Blake Friday Agustine Ogurabaka 10.00am (Please note the change of time for this Mass) Saturday No Morning Mass The Lateran Basilica Whenever the ninth of November falls on a Sunday, many churchgoers are surprised to learn that the regular Mass has been replaced by one for the Feast of the Dedication of St. John Lateran. Christmas, Easter, even All Souls Day we understand. But St John Lateran? The feast nearly resembles Independence Day on the national calendar. It celebrates the freedom to worship and the dedication of a place to gather for it.Early in the fourth century the persecution of the Christians came to a close with the conversion of the emperor Constantine who granted the followers of Jesus the right to public worship. Constantine offered Pope Sylvester the First some property owned by the Lateran family, which became the site of the first Christian basilica, dedicated on November 9th 324 A.D. In time, the church was placed under the patronage of St. John the Baptist and St. John the Evangelist. The popes lived in a palace adjoining the church, which underwent several renovations over the centuries. Several councils were held in the building, including the ones legislating celibacy for priest and communion once a year for the faithful.Even though the popes moved to Avignon France for a century and eventually to a residence in the Vatican palace, the Lateran basilica remains the cathedral church of Rome. When we speak of the pope as bishop of Rome, this is his cathedral, not St. Peter's. Since the pope is the shepherd of the universal church, the Lateran basilica of St. John is the cathedral church of the world.Each year the dedication of this building is celebrated in every Catholic parish in the world on November 9th. It proclaimed the original freedom of Christians to worship, the dedication of our ancestors to worship, the perseverance of our faith, and the universal nature of our community. By commemorating the dedication of the basilica of St. John Lateran, we pass on that faith to new generations. *********************************************************************************** Words of Wisdom from the Young !!!After the christening of his baby brother in church,
Jason sobbed all the way home in the back seat of the car.
His father asked him three times what was wrong.
Finally, the boy replied,
'That priest said he wanted us brought up in a Christian home,
and I want to stay with you guys.'
A Sunday school teacher asked her children as they
were on the way to church service,
'And why is it necessary to be quiet in church?'
One bright little girl replied,
'Because people are sleeping.'


Penny St, and again looking towards Lark Hill. The street to the left, which the couple have just crossed was Brown St. That street is still with us, but doesn't follow the exact line of the original street. They kind of moved it slightly to accommodate the 3 day market and the wholesale market, back in the 1960's when both were built.
The premises on the upper corner of Brown street, with the doorway angled towards us, was The Ship Inn. The taller buildings a little further on, are the start of Lark Hill.
The higgledy piggledy look, with the varying roof levels, gives us an indication that the various shops along this stretch were built at different times, in different periods. Darwen St, King St and Church St were (to some degree still are) also like this.


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#### Original name
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Phase I crossover study of paclitaxel with r-verapamil in patients with metastatic breast cancer
A. W. Tolcher, K. H. Cowan, D. Solomon, F. Ognibene, B. Goldspiel, R. Chang, M. H. Noone, A. M. Denicoff, C. S. Barnes, M. R. Gossard, P. A. Fetsch, S. L. Berg, F. M. Balis, D. J. Venzon, J. A. O'Shaughnessy
Purpose: We conducted a phase I crossover study of escalating doses of both paclitaxel (Taxol; Bristol-Myers Squibb, Princeton, NJ) and r-verapamil, the less cardiotoxic stereoisomer, in heavily pretreated patients with metastatic breast cancer. Patients and Methods: Twenty-nine patients refractory to paclitaxel by 3-hour infusion were treated orally with r- verapamil every 4 hours starting 24 hours before the same-dose 3-hour paclitaxel infusion and continuing far a total of 12 doses. Once the maximum- tolerated dose (MTD) of the combination was determined, seven additional patients who had not been treated with either drug were evaluated to determine whether the addition of r-verapamil altered the pharmacokinetics of paclitaxel. Consenting patients had tumor biopsies for P-glycoprotein (Pgp) expression before receiving paclitaxel and after becoming refractory to paclitaxel therapy. Results: The MTD of the combination was 225 mg/m2 of r- verapamil every 4 hours with paclitaxel 200 mg/m2 by 3-hour infusion. Dose- limiting hypotension and bradycardia were observed in three of five patients treated at 250 mg/m2 r-verapamil. Fourteen patients received 32 cycles of r- verapamil at the MTD as outpatient therapy without developing cardiac toxicity. The median peak and trough serum verapamil concentrations at the MTD were 5.1 μmol/L (range, 4.1 to 12.7) and 3.2 μmol/L (range, 1.9 to 6.3), respectively, which are within the range necessary for in vitro modulation of Pgp-mediated multidrug resistance (MDR). Increased serum verapamil concentrations and cardiac toxicity were observed more frequently in patients with elevated hepatic transaminases and bilirubin levels. Hematologic toxicity from combined paclitaxel and r-verapamil was significantly worse compared with the previous cycle of paclitaxel without r- verapamil. In the pharmacokinetic analysis, r-verapamil delayed mean paclitaxel clearance and increased mean peak paclitaxel concentrations. Conclusion: r-Verapamil at 225 mg/m2 orally every 4 hours can be given safely with paclitaxel 200 mg/m2 by 3-hour infusion as outpatient therapy and is associated with serum levels considered active for Pgp inhibition. The addition of r-verapamil significantly alters the toxicity and pharmacokinetics of paclitaxel.
https://doi.org/10.1200/JCO.1996.14.4.1173
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Tolcher, A. W., Cowan, K. H., Solomon, D., Ognibene, F., Goldspiel, B., Chang, R., Noone, M. H., Denicoff, A. M., Barnes, C. S., Gossard, M. R., Fetsch, P. A., Berg, S. L., Balis, F. M., Venzon, D. J., & O'Shaughnessy, J. A. (1996). Phase I crossover study of paclitaxel with r-verapamil in patients with metastatic breast cancer. Journal of Clinical Oncology, 14(4), 1173-1184. https://doi.org/10.1200/JCO.1996.14.4.1173
Phase I crossover study of paclitaxel with r-verapamil in patients with metastatic breast cancer. / Tolcher, A. W.; Cowan, K. H.; Solomon, D.; Ognibene, F.; Goldspiel, B.; Chang, R.; Noone, M. H.; Denicoff, A. M.; Barnes, C. S.; Gossard, M. R.; Fetsch, P. A.; Berg, S. L.; Balis, F. M.; Venzon, D. J.; O'Shaughnessy, J. A.
In: Journal of Clinical Oncology, Vol. 14, No. 4, 04.1996, p. 1173-1184.
Tolcher, AW, Cowan, KH, Solomon, D, Ognibene, F, Goldspiel, B, Chang, R, Noone, MH, Denicoff, AM, Barnes, CS, Gossard, MR, Fetsch, PA, Berg, SL, Balis, FM, Venzon, DJ & O'Shaughnessy, JA 1996, 'Phase I crossover study of paclitaxel with r-verapamil in patients with metastatic breast cancer', Journal of Clinical Oncology, vol. 14, no. 4, pp. 1173-1184. https://doi.org/10.1200/JCO.1996.14.4.1173
Tolcher AW, Cowan KH, Solomon D, Ognibene F, Goldspiel B, Chang R et al. Phase I crossover study of paclitaxel with r-verapamil in patients with metastatic breast cancer. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 1996 Apr;14(4):1173-1184. https://doi.org/10.1200/JCO.1996.14.4.1173
Tolcher, A. W. ; Cowan, K. H. ; Solomon, D. ; Ognibene, F. ; Goldspiel, B. ; Chang, R. ; Noone, M. H. ; Denicoff, A. M. ; Barnes, C. S. ; Gossard, M. R. ; Fetsch, P. A. ; Berg, S. L. ; Balis, F. M. ; Venzon, D. J. ; O'Shaughnessy, J. A. / Phase I crossover study of paclitaxel with r-verapamil in patients with metastatic breast cancer. In: Journal of Clinical Oncology. 1996 ; Vol. 14, No. 4. pp. 1173-1184.
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The Literature Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained - James Canton 2016
Sing, O goddess, the anger of Achilles • Iliad, attributed to Homer
Heroes and legends • 3000BCE–1300CE
The Greek epic
From 2100 BCE Versions of the first known written literature, The Epic of Gilgamesh, appear in the Sumerian language.
9th century BCE The epic Mahabharata emerges in India.
c.8th century BCE Attributed to Homer, the epic Odyssey continues the story of a leading figure in the Iliad, Odysseus.
c.700 BCE At roughly the same time as the final versions of the Homeric epics take shape, Hesiod writes the Theogony ("Birth of the Gods"), a poem that describes the creation of the world and the mythology of the ancient Greek gods.
1st century BCE The Greek epic poems provide a model for Roman poets such as Horace, Virgil, and Ovid.
Epics are narrative poems that recount the story of a hero who represents a particular culture. They chronicle his quests and ordeals, and account for the hero's choices and motives, so helping to establish and codify the moral principles of a society.
Epics were among the earliest forms of literature in many cultures around the world. These popular stories were initially told orally, and over time were embellished, reinterpreted, formalized, and finally written down, often laying the foundation's of a culture's literary history. Epics usually contained many characters and genealogies, and were long and complex in structure. They were probably learned by rote in a repetitive poetic metre, or recited to a musical accompaniment, as it is far easier to memorize verse than prose. Indeed, the word "epic" itself is derived from the ancient Greek word epos, meaning both "story" and "poem".
The Homeric question
Homer lived in a time before realistic portraiture. This bust is based on images of the writer that appeared only in the 2nd century BCE.
The two great ancient Greek epics, the Iliad and the Odyssey, are traditionally ascribed to the poet Homer — yet little is known about him. Since the time of the Greek historian Herodotus in the 5th century BCE, widely differing suggestions have been made for Homer's dates of birth and death, place of origin, and other details of his life. Classical scholars refer to "the Homeric question", which includes a number of related issues. Who is Homer — did he ever exist, and if so when? Was Homer the sole author of the epics, or one of a number of authors? Did the author or authors of the work originate them, or simply make a written record of poems that had been passed down orally through the generations?
Many scholars argue that the epics evolved from an oral tradition and were refined and embroidered upon by multiple poets in several versions. Solid evidence is lacking and the Homeric question is yet to be answered definitively.
In ancient Greece many epic tales were told about the Trojan War — a conflict between the Achaeans (an alliance of the Greek states) and the city of Troy. The first and most famous of these accounts were the Iliad and Odyssey, both attributed to a single author, known as Homer. Historians concede that these epics were inspired by actual events — sporadic wars between Greece and Troy did occur some five centuries before the works were written — but their characters and plots are works of the imagination. However, the Greeks of Homer's era would have believed these stories to be true accounts of the heroism of their ancestors.
The Greeks began to write down their epics around the 8th century BCE. Like the spoken tales on which they were based, they took the form of narrative poems. These Greek epics have a regular metre — each line is comprised of six basic rhythmic units, and each of these units contains one long and two short syllables. This metre is known as dactylic hexameter, or more commonly, "epic metre". Variations on this basic rhythmic pattern give the flexibility needed for poetic composition.
The Greeks and Trojans were helped or hindered by the gods, who used the conflict to fight their own battles. Hera, Athena, and Poseidon were aligned with the Greeks, while Apollo, Aphrodite, and Artemis supported the Trojans. Zeus remained largely neutral.
"Drink deep of battle."
A tale of gods and men
The Iliad is a sophisticated piece of storytelling. It relates the tale of the war in Ilium (Troy) from the perspective of one character in particular — Achilles. Parts of the story of the war are told in flashback, or in prophecies of the future. Woven into this storyline are subplots and insights into the lives of the protagonists.
How much of this complexity can be credited to Homer, and how much is a result of refinement and embroidering over previous generations, is impossible to tell. The result is a work that combines history, legend, and mythology, while offering the essential ingredients of good storytelling — adventure and human drama — that make it a compelling read.
The Iliad is massive, both in its length and its narrative scope (it is, after all, where we get the idea of things being on an "epic" scale), consisting of over 15,000 lines of verse, divided into 24 books. Rather than simply telling the tale chronologically, Homer grabs the reader's attention by using a device common to many epics. This is to drop the reader straight into the thick of the action, or in media res ("the middle of the thing") as described by the Roman poet, Horace. Homer's account starts in the final year of the conflict, which has already been raging for nine years. Homer digresses to explain some of the background to the events he is describing, but he assumes much prior knowledge about the causes of the conflict, which contemporary readers would have known well.
Troy was believed for many years to be a mythical city. However, archaeologists now agree that excavations in Anatolia, Turkey, have revealed the Troy of Homer's Iliad.
Origins of the war
The roots of the Trojan War can be found in events that occurred at the wedding of the sea-nymph Thetis to the Greek hero Peleus, who was a companion to the hero Hercules. The celebrations were attended by many gods and goddesses, including Hera, Athena, and Aphrodite. An argument broke out between the three goddesses, each of whom claimed to be the most beautiful. To resolve the dispute, Zeus asked Paris, the son of King Priam of Troy, to judge a beauty contest between them. Aphrodite offered Paris a bribe — the hand of Helen of Troy, the most beautiful woman in the world. Unfortunately, Helen was already married to Menelaus, brother of King Agamemnon of Mycenae, a Greek state. The subsequent abduction of Helen by Paris triggered the conflict.
Readers join the narrative when Agamemnon's Achaean forces are fighting to recapture Helen. The book's opening, "Sing, O Goddess, the anger of Achilles" sets the scene, preparing the reader for a story of war, but also implies that this is a tale of personal vengeance — and alludes to the involvement of the gods. The history of the war runs in parallel with Achilles' story, and his sense of honour and valour mirrors that of the Greek nation itself.
"Victory passes back and forth between men."
The power of anger
Anger is a predominant theme in the Iliad, manifested in the war itself and as a motivation for the actions of the individual characters. There is the righteous anger of Agamemnon and Menelaus over the kidnapping of Helen, but also the wrath that drives Achilles and makes him such a fearsome warrior, provoked again and again by events in the story. His anger is not directed solely at the Trojans, nor even restricted to human foes; at one point he is so enraged he fights the river god Xanthus.
Underlying the wrath of Achilles is a sense of honour and nobility which, like that of the Greek people, is offended by disrespect and injustice, but is sometimes directed inwards as he struggles with the conflicts that arise between duty, destiny, ambition, and loyalty.
At the beginning of the Iliad, Achilles becomes enraged by King Agamemnon, the Greek commander, who has taken for himself Briseis — a woman who had been given to Achilles as a prize of war. Unable to vent his anger towards the king directly, Achilles withdraws to his tent, refusing to fight any more. Only the death in action of his close friend, Patroclus, at the hands of Hector, the eldest son of King Priam and the hero of the Trojans, brings him back into battle, more violently than ever, by giving him a focus for his anger.
When Paris is asked who is the "fairest" goddess, Hera tries to bribe him with empire, Athena with glory, and Aphrodite promises him Helen, the world's most beautiful woman.
A tale of two heroes
Hector is, like Achilles, a military leader. He is considered the noblest and mightiest of the Trojan warriors. But his character and motivation stand in contrast to those of Achilles, highlighting two very different attitudes to war.
Achilles is driven by an inner rage, but also the nobler motives of defending the honour of his king and country, and ultimately avenging the killing of Patroclus, his comrade-in-arms. Hector fights out of loyalty — to Troy, of course, but also to his family. As well as being protective of his younger brother, Paris, whose abduction of Helen has caused the war, he is loyal to his father, Priam, who is portrayed as a wise and benevolent king. Achilles is the professional soldier, with few family ties, and Hector the reluctant but fierce fighter, defending home and family rather than honour.
Homer portrays both men as noble, but not without their flaws. Their characteristics and situations are metaphors for the contrasting values of society and those of the individual, and those of duty and responsibility compared with loyalty and love. Neither side is wholly right or wrong, but in this war one must emerge victorious. Even though both heroes ultimately die in the conflict — Achilles slays Hector, and is himself killed by a fatal arrow in his heel — it is the heroism personified by Achilles that wins out over Hector's bonds of kinship. Ultimately, the Iliad affirms that there is glory in warfare, and that honourable reasons exist for fighting.
The warriors Hector and Achilles have contrasting personalities and motivations, which provide recurrent themes in Homer's examination of the heroic ideal.
Destiny and the gods
Homer knew that his readers — the Greeks — were aware of the outcome of the story because if Troy had won the war, there would have been no Greek civilization. The Greeks were destined to win, and to reinforce this inevitability, Homer makes reference to many prophecies throughout the Iliad, and to the role of fate and the gods in deciding the war's outcome.
To the ancient Greeks, the gods were immortals who had dominion over certain realms or possessed certain powers; they were not the omnipotent deities of later beliefs. Occasionally they interacted with humans, but generally left them to their own devices. In the Iliad, however, several of the gods had vested interests that led them to become involved in the Trojan War from time to time. The war had, after all, been triggered by the abduction of Helen, the daughter of Zeus and Leda. Paris had seized Helen in collusion with Aphrodite, so sides had already been taken on Mount Olympus, the home of the gods. There were also other connections between the gods and the mortals: Thetis, for example, was not only a sea nymph but also the mother of Achilles.
Such allegiances prompted the gods to intervene in human affairs, protecting their favourites from harm, and making life difficult for their enemies. Apollo in particular is fiercely anti-Greek, and causes them trouble on several occasions. For example, when Patroclus goes into battle disguised as Achilles, by wearing Achilles' famously protective armour, Apollo contrives to dislodge it, allowing Hector to kill him. Incensed by the death of his best friend, Achilles vows vengeance. And again the gods intervene: his immortal mother Thetis presents him with a new suit of divine armour, specially forged by the god Hephaestus.
The need humans have for such protection underlines the difference between them and the gods — their mortality. Heroes go to war knowing they face death, but reconcile themselves with the knowledge that all humans must eventually die. The characters are not only mortal, but their creations are impermanent. They know that the war will have more than human casualties, because one nation must be destroyed — and even the victorious civilization will come to an end one day. Homer sometimes overtly states this fact by citing prophecies of the future for both the Iliad's main characters and for Troy, but it is implicit that this is the common fate of mankind — the destiny of every society. What lives on, however, is the glory of the heroes and their great deeds, recounted in the stories passed down through the ages.
"Among all creatures that breathe on earth and crawl on it there is not anywhere a thing more dismal than man is."
Beyond the conflict
After war, bloodshed, and fury, Homer's epic ends with peace and reconciliation. In perhaps the most memorably moving scene of the poem, the elderly King Priam visits Achilles and pleads for the return of the body of Hector, his son. Achilles is moved by the old man's plea, and a temporary truce is called to give the Trojans time for an appropriate funeral, and this also lays Achilles' rage to rest. But despite this apparently peaceful ending, we know that this calm will be short-lived. The battle will resume, Troy will fall, and at some point Achilles will die. The story is not over yet.
Indeed, Homer's second epic poem, the Odyssey, ties up some of the loose ends by following the fortunes of another of the Greek heroes, Odysseus (known to the Romans as Ulysses), as he makes his way home to Ithaca from Troy after the war. In the Odyssey, the hero recounts the eventual destruction of Troy, and the death of Achilles, but this is very much background to the story of his own arduous journey.
Priam kisses Achilles' hand, and asks him to take pity and surrender the body of his son Hector, whom Achilles has killed in battle. Achilles displays empathy with Priam's grief.
"I have gone through what no other mortal on earth has gone through; I put my lips to the hands of the man who has killed my children."
Western cornerstone
It is almost impossible to overstate the impact of the Iliad and the Odyssey on the literature of ancient Greece and Rome, and therefore the whole of Western literature. They were not simply the first literary works in Europe, but monumental examples that firmly laid the foundations of the epic genre.
Homer's expert use of complex and highly visual similes gave his poetry unprecedented depth, and his mastery of dactylic hexameter provided an inspirational musicality to his verse. The metre used by Homer was adopted for subsequent epic poetry in Greek as well as in Latin, and the hybrid dialect he used became the recognized Greek of literature.
Perhaps most significantly of all, Homer turned an oral tradition of stories about folk heroes into a literary form — the epic. He also set out the characteristics of that form; for example, that the main narrative should follow the hero's quest or journey, and that this should be set against a historical backdrop, with multiple interweaving or episodic plots. Homer also set the standard for the subtext of the epic, where personal and social values often stand in opposition.
The Iliad and the Odyssey inspired a number of Greek poets to write epics on similar themes, but they also influenced the new form of drama that developed in the classical period. While Homer was popular reading in ancient Greece, the Iliad and Odyssey were standard texts in ancient Rome, inspiring poets to develop a distinctive Latin epic poetry. This reached its height in Virgil's Aeneid, which as well as being a homage to Homer took as its starting point the fall of Troy.
The Odyssey details the death of the hero Achilles. He is killed by an arrow fired by Paris, which is guided to the one vulnerable spot of Achilles' body — his heel — by the god Apollo.
"Zeus knows, no doubt, and every immortal too which fighter is doomed to end all this in death."
Eternally influential
Reverence for the Homeric epics did not end in classical times. Homer's works were widely read and studied in the Middle Ages and their stories have been retold countless times over the centuries in different forms.
Homer's ancient poems can be considered the antecedents of medieval sagas, as well as the novel. Since the beginning of the 20th century, other forms of mass-audience storytelling — from movies to television series — have followed the epic model, and are deeply indebted to Homer for their structure and cultural relevance.
See also: The Epic of Gilgamesh • Oedipus the King • Aeneid • Beowulf • Odyssey • Theogony • Metamorphoses • Digenis Akritas • The Tale of Igor's Campaign • Ulysses


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Perry Ellis International Partners with United Legwear & Apparel Co. to Revitalize PRO PLAYER Brand
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MIAMI, Jan. 04, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Perry Ellis International, Inc. (NASDAQ:PERY) announced today that United Legwear & Apparel Co., LLC, has become the master licensee of PRO PLAYER, the heritage athletic brand with a 30+ year history; Perry Ellis International (PEI) remains the licensor. Redesigned creative assets, including an updated modern logo and key marketing partnerships with Major League Baseball.
In addition to selling branded apparel and accessories — their jackets were a staple of 1980's/90's fan gear — PRO PLAYER Stadium was home to the Miami Dolphins and Marlins for 9 years.
Key marketing initiatives include prominent ballpark signage, stadium program ads, and hospitality activations in some of Major League Baseball's largest parks, such as Citi Field, home of the New York Mets, the Atlanta Braves' SunTrust Park, and the Houston Astros' Minute Maid Park; these partnerships kick off in Spring, 2016. In addition, pro athletes in the "core four" sports — baseball, basketball, football and soccer — will be named as brand ambassadors, along with fitness experts, lifestyle personalities, and celebrities.
Perry Ellis International Chairman and CEO George Feldenkreis commented, "We are delighted to partner with United Legwear to relaunch our iconic PRO PLAYER brand and are excited to marry the equity and consumer recognition of the brand with the energy and passion of Isaac and his team."
"PRO PLAYER is a name I grew up with and loved, partly because of the brand's aspirational message — if you wear it, you can be as good as the pros," said Isaac E. Ash, Founder, CEO and President of United Legwear & Apparel Co. "My interest and investment in PRO PLAYER are driven by strong consumer recognition of the brand, combined with the adaptability of the PRO PLAYER wordmark to so many product categories. There's tremendous growth potential across soft lines, sporting goods and many other fitness areas."
Designed for team athletes as well as everyday athletes and fitness enthusiasts who are committed to sports and trainings, PRO PLAYER will offer benefits and performance design elements such as compression, wicking, and ventilation, under the banner of a legitimate sports brand with a storied history. Sales strategy focuses on opening price points, supporting the brand's philosophy that people can achieve aspirational goals while paying an attainable price; a key marketing messaging is "To Play Like a Pro, You've Got to Train Like a Pro."
PRO PLAYER collections for men, women and kids will be targeted to all sport specialty stores, sporting goods chains, and department stores, followed by a full range of apparel, footwear and accessories in Spring 2017.
About Perry Ellis International
Perry Ellis International, Inc. is a leading designer, distributor and licensor of a broad line of high quality men's and women's apparel, accessories and fragrances. The Company's collection of dress and casual shirts, golf sportswear, sweaters, dress pants, casual pants and shorts, jeans wear, active wear, dresses and men's and women's swimwear is available through all major levels of retail distribution. The Company, through its wholly owned subsidiaries, owns a portfolio of nationally and internationally recognized brands, including: Perry Ellis®, Original Penguin® by Munsingwear®, Laundry by Shelli Segal®, Rafaella®, Cubavera®, Ben Hogan®, Savane®, Grand Slam®, John Henry®, Manhattan®, Axist®, Jantzen® and Farah®. The Company enhances its roster of brands by licensing trademarks from third parties, including: Nike® and Jag® for swimwear, and Callaway®, PGA TOUR®, and Jack Nicklaus® for golf apparel. Additional information on the Company is available at http://www.pery.com.
About United Legwear & Apparel Co.
United Legwear & Apparel Co. is a dynamic, New York City based global entity that designs, manufactures, markets, and distributes legwear, bodywear, apparel, and accessories to some of the world's leading retailers. Founded in 1998 by Isaac E. Ash, United Legwear & Apparel Co. (ULAC) is a joint venture partner with PUMA North America, and also maintains highly-recognized licensed and private-label brands across the legwear and apparel segments, with product ranges from infant and toddler through adults. Stratified distribution allows ULAC to leverage business across all retail channels for brand partners, and private label programs offer well-engineered, right-priced products. ULAC's mission is simple: to manufacture with integrity, and distribute legwear, apparel, and accessories of highest quality and best value. Visit www.unitedlegwear.com for more information.
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Faculty Hiring Processes
Dolores Davison, ASCCC Secretary and Chair, Equity and Diversity Action Committee
When faculty are asked about their most important roles on campus, responsibilities such as curriculum, teaching, and mentorship are most likely to be mentioned. An area that can be overlooked, but that should be on the minds of faculty throughout the year, is the role of faculty in hiring, particularly since there have been significant changes in the past three years around hiring in the California Community College system.
In 2015, the Statewide Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and Diversity Advisory Committee and the California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office (CCCCO) Legal Division developed a new EEO Fund Allocation Model. Prior to that time, EEO Funds were allocated based on Full Time Equivalent Students (FTES), but with the change to the allocation formula, funds are now allocated to districts that meet "multiple methods of measuring success in promoting equal employment opportunity" as per Title 5 §53030(b)(2). A legal memo, found here (http://extranet.cccco.edu/Portals/1/Legal/EEO/12.11.15_Allocation_Model_Memo.pdf), detailed to colleges what these multiple methods were. However, the Chancellor's Office realized that while the memo was detailed, examples and effective practices would be more helpful to colleges. To this end, the EEO Advisory Committee began work on an Equal Employment Opportunity and Diversity Best Practices Handbook. Published in 2016, the handbook covers topics other than hiring, but hiring practices are its focus. Changes to the funding structure of categorical funds such as Basic Skills helped lead to the creation of this handbook, which spells out the hiring processes and procedural requirements that colleges and districts need to meet in order to secure EEO and other categorical funds.
The Equal Employment Opportunity and Diversity Best Practices Handbook spells out each of the requirements for districts to receive EEO funds. In addition to compliance with the multiple methods, each local district's Chief Human Resources Officer, Chief Executive Officer, and Board of Trustees must annually certify compliance with these multiple measures to receive funds. As of 2017-18, the handbook spells out the nine possible measures and provides effective examples of each from districts around the state. The measures are as follows:
1. The district must convene an Equal Employment Opportunity committee and demonstrate the convening through the use of minutes or other records. That committee, in accordance with local processes, must create and submit an Equal Employment Opportunity Plan to the Chancellor's Office. It must also submit expenditure and performance reports for the prior year. This step is mandatory for all districts.
Districts must also comply with five of the following eight measures in 2017-18:
In the pre-hiring process:
2. The district must demonstrate that it has adopted board policies and resolutions that show a commitment to diversifying hiring processes and procedures.
3. The district must provide incentives to hire in hard-to-hire disciplines or areas.
4. The district provides focused outreach and publications that demonstrate a commitment to diversifying hiring.
In the hiring process:
5. The district has established processes and procedures for addressing diversity throughout all steps and levels of the hiring process.
6. The district has provided consistent and ongoing training for all members of all hiring committees.
In the post-hiring process:
7. The district will provide professional development focused on diversity.
8. The district will ensure that diversity is incorporated into the tenure and evaluation process.
9. The district will actively pursue the creation of "Grow Your Own" programs, seeking to hire students who attended California community colleges.
Beginning in 2016-17, districts were required to demonstrate that they met five of the above multiple measures, in addition to the required measure, in order to receive EEO funding. In 2016, 77% of districts were able to demonstrate compliance by meeting at least five of the measures, and in 2017, that number rose to 94%. In December 2017, the EEO Advisory Committee agreed to increase the number to six of the multiple measures in order for colleges to receive EEO Funding for 2018-19.
While the data that has been gathered by the Chancellor's Office is limited (see chart below), there are some interesting and encouraging trends. Most significantly, the data demonstrates that between Fall 2014 and Fall 2016, the percentage of newly hired tenure track faculty who indicated that they belonged to an underrepresented minority group (defined by the Chancellor's Office as Black, Hispanic, Native American and Pacific Islander) rose by 10%. Districts were provided significant funds to hire new faculty during this time, and it appears that these hires were more diverse than hires in the previous years.
The data from the Chancellor's Office also dispels a frequently touted myth: that part-time faculty are more diverse than those employed full time. While this had been true in some years, the difference has never been statistically significant (no more than 2%) until Fall 2015, when the percentage of underrepresented full-time faculty was almost 7% higher than that of part-time faculty. In Fall 2016, the percentage of underrepresented part-time faculty increased but still remains 5% below that of full-time faculty. While the numbers continue to remain significantly below the percentage of California community college students who are underrepresented, the increase in full-time hires from underrepresented groups provides encouragement that colleges are beginning to diversify their faculty hiring.
In addition to its participation on the EEO Advisory Committee, the ASCCC has worked to revise its paper on faculty hiring. In Spring 2017, the ASCCC plenary delegates passed resolution 3.01, which stated, "Resolved, That the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges update the paper A Re-examination of Faculty Hiring Processes and Procedures and bring it to the Spring 2018 Plenary Session for discussion and possible adoption." This year, the ASCCC Equity and Diversity Action Committee revised the paper, including effective practices around hiring, from the formation of the hiring committee to mentoring and retention of new hired faculty. That paper will be brought to the Spring 2018 ASCCC Plenary Session for adoption by the body.
While service on a hiring committee can be time consuming and occasionally frustrating, it is essential that faculty serve in order to ensure that the faculty hired are the most qualified and most promising. The use of multiple measures, coupled with faculty involvement, may help provide diverse pools for faculty hiring, both in the short and long term.
The articles published in the Rostrum do not necessarily represent the adopted positions of the academic senate. For adopted positions and recommendations, please browse this website.


Made in conjunction with Ze'ev Yehuda, the HiDRA was created to be the ultimate ste-up model for players advancing into full metal yo-yos.
"At iYoYo, we believe the YoYo community has far more talent than just creating awesome tricks.
Ze'ev Yehuda, US student and yoyo player, has one of these talents. He has literally created dozens of cool looking CAD yo-yo designs in his spare time.
When we discovered one in particular, we knew we had to get it produced. We got in touch with Ze'ev to see if he wants to see his vision become a product.
We prototyped it, tweaked it and we are blown away by how well it plays. Think of a relaxing, solid and stable throw for everyday. We can't wait to see the tricks the community is going to throw with it!


A nice follow-up to Volume One, this CD features the premier release of "Falling In Love With Love" - a recording done as a sort of "afterthought" during Judy's final recording session for Decca on November 15, 1947. This CD also contains several alternate versions of well known Garland Decca recordings. The producers of this CD did a great job of featuring Judy's versatility with rarely heard songs. These songs also give us a chance to hear Judy's at the time period in her life when her style and voice were in a state of transition from the sweet voice we hear in her MGM musicals to the bold voice we hear later in her final MGM musicals and then on the concert stage.
This is supposedly out of print, although it's very easy to find and Amazon still has it listed. All of these songs can also be found on the 2011 CD boxed set "Smilin' Through - The Singles Collection - 1936-1947."
* Alternate previously issued on the 1984 LP "From the Decca Vaults"


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November 8, 2017 - Planon announced today that California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo (Cal Poly) selected Planon's Integrated Workplace Management System (IWMS) for the management, development and optimization of their campus facilities. There are two types of agreements with this selection: one is a site license for the California Polytechnic State University and the other is a Master Enablement Agreement (MEA) for any of the other CSU campuses to also purchase Planon's IWMS for their facility and real estate management. The potential benefits of all CSU campuses utilizing Planon includes greater standardization of processes and reporting across the entire CSU system, including crucial roll-up data for university-wide benchmarking.
The Planon solution will enable capital project management, facility finance, maintenance operations and space teams to effectively and efficiently manage facilities throughout the entire building lifecycle. This includes processes for planning a structure through its capital development as well as the on-going operation and maintenance of the structure, the latter of which represents 80% of the total cost of occupancy of a building.
After conducting a thorough evaluation of relevant IWMS vendors, Planon Universe was selected based on very specific criteria. The objective in the first phases of implementation is to successfully identify and implement this robust IWMS to facilitate maintenance operations, time keeping, and mobile technology for the labor crews. The goal is to do so in a way that would minimize administrative workload while maximizing cross-communication and maximizing the availability of critical data through reporting interfaces and direct queries.
While beginning with the maintenance management application for managing operations and repair of university facilities, the Cal Poly administration will also find value in the ability to implement other applications for its full and part-time staff for things such as facilities planning, capital projects, customer and business services, energy, utilities, sustainability and environmental health and safety on a mobile devise, tablet or laptop.


When you're looking to hire an immigration attorney in California, you want to know who you are hiring. We're not just talking about the areas that they practice in, we're talking about everything you want to know in order to feel comfortable with having this attorney fight for your case. That's why today, we're helping you get to know Attorney Nelson!
Attorney Franklin Nelson earned his J.D at the Southern California Law School and in 1990, was admitted to the California Bar, U.S. District Court Eastern District of California, U.S. District Court Southern District of California, U.S. District Court Central District of California, and U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 1990. In 1996, Attorney Nelson was also admitted to the UU.S. Supreme Court Bar.
Since 1994, Attorney Nelson has worked in immigration law in California and served as a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association – a professional organization dedicated to immigration law.
During his career to date, Attorney Nelson has represented many clients, but there have been some cases that stand out from others.
In 1996, one such case that Attorney Nelson served as co-counsel for was I.N.S. vs. Yang. This landmark Supreme Court case involving immigration fraud-waivers.
Attorney Nelson also spent a good deal of time fighting for Filipino WWII veterans to receive benefits for themselves and their families due to their military service.
In addition to fighting for the rights of veterans, Attorney Nelson also obtained protection in the United States for many victims of domestic violence who were not protected from abuse by their own governments.
As well as working for many immigrants seeking residency in the U.S., Attorney Widener has also served a number of businesses with their employment-based immigration needs. This includes ensuring that a business has the correct certification from the Department of Labor to allow them to hire immigrant workers, making sure that the proper sponsorship process is followed to bring immigrant workers to the U.S. for work, and answering any questions about hiring immigrants as an American Business.
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Ready to Hire Your Immigration Attorney in California?
If you're ready to hire an immigration attorney in California who has the experience needed to fully understand your case and serve as your representation, Nelson and Associates can help. For a free consultation, pick up the phone and dial 626-683-3451 and let us know how we can help you today!
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Liberia's agriculture sector took an upturn when 30 young entrepreneurs were launched into agri-business with a power tiller each by the United States Agency for International Development Food and Enterprise Development (USAID FED) in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA). The 30 power tillers costing US$189,000 were given to the young entrepreneurs in four counties under a cost share arrangement.A power tiller is used for cultivating the soil before planting. In Liberia, soil cultivation before planting entails long hours of back breaking labor for many days under the elements using small tools such as hoes and cutlasses. With the power tiller, a farmer can afford to increase his rice production and other farming activitives.Lofa County received 9 power tillers, Nimba and Bong counties each received 10 power tillers and a power tiller went to a youth entrepreneur in Grand Bassa County. Making the distribution in Kakata, Margibi County, USAID FED Chief of Party Madam Agnes Luz said "This initiative is meant to empower the youth in Liberia's agriculture sector and to ensure that Liberian farmers get access to mechanized services to allow them to expand lowland rice production and these youth groups are expected to cultivate at least one hectare of land per day." The distribution of the power tillers is also intended to strengthen and promote self employment of farmers in the country in order to advance the agriculture sector.Madam Luz said the power tillers will help make rice production more competitive so that rice farming can be an income earner for the youth.She also disclosed that the youth from the four counties will operate the power tillers in cultivating at least 1,440 hectares of farmland this year in the four selected counties at reasonable fees.In remarks the Deputy USAID Mission Director Barbara Dickerson described the power tiller distribution as very significant in empowering youth entrepreneurs who are interested in farming.Madam Dickerson thanked the youth for demonstrating their willingness to share the cost of the investment in activities designed to improve their livelihood and to especially encourage youth across the nation to emulate their good example.The USAID Deputy pledged her government's commitment to providing more support for the country's agriculture sector and at the same time encouraged more youth to get involved in farming to improve food production."The United States government is committed to supporting Liberia's agriculture through the USAID FED program to improve farmers' productivity and enhance food security. Within the next few years, the program will continue to work with interested Liberian youths in the agriculture sector to ensure self employment," Madam Dickerson assured.The Chairman on the Agriculture Committee in the House of Representatives, Fofi Baimba, in his remarks said, the Liberian government was highly grateful to the government and people of the United States for empowering the youths and increasing the productivity of small holder farmers through mechanization. Representing the Ministry of Agriculture, the Director at the Central Agriculture Research Mr. Aaron Marshall urged the youths to work tirelessly to ensure that agriculture in the country gets a boost."It is about time Liberians open their arms and accept all kinds of interventions to improve the country's agriculture sector," he said.Upon receiving the items, the lead farmer of Gbarnga Youth Group in the Phebe Community, Zokungay Mehn, thanked USAID FED for empowering the youth through the power tiller distribution."I feel very pleased to receive these tillers from USAID FED because we have suffered so much in terms of hard labor while using cutlasses and other small tools, which used to take us a long time to carry on our farming process, but with these power tillers, our work has become very easy," he said.He called on his fellow youths to make agriculture their priority, adding that agricultural activities earn more money to improve the living conditions of farmers and save lives through the maximum production of food in the country. Meanwhile, USAID FED has promised to provide training on business management and also help to improve access to loans for the success of their power tiller and farming businesses. USAID FED is assisting more than 28,000 farmers in 2015 to grow rice on 5,340 hectares of lowlands in Bong, Nimba, Lofa and Grand Bassa counties, utilizing improved production technologies and practices. A labor market assessment conducted in 2012 by the USAID Advancing Youth Project (AYP) said the informal economy in Liberia is a significant source of employment opportunities for young people. Additionally, lowland rice farmers in Liberia have limited access or no access to mechanized services. As such activities such as de-stumping and land preparation have to be done through manual labor, which increases production cost. The USAID FED program aims to reduce hunger and promote food security for Liberians through increased agricultural productivity and profitability in rice, cassava, vegetable and goat value chains. It is implemented in six counties: Bong, Nimba, Lofa, Grand Bassa, Margibi and Montserrado. Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) read more
CBL Governor Jones Dedicates Totota RCFI
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Chiefs and elders in Totota, Central Bong County, on Wednesday, February 3, honoured the Executive Governor of the Central Bank of Liberia (CBL), Dr. J. Mills Jones, as Chief Kolleh Gwee; Kpelle for "bright scholar." The locals also gowned Governor Jones for his "valuable services" to Liberians.The naming formed part of activities that marked the opening of the Totota Rural Community Finance Institution (TRCFI). "We did not know in the past what CBL can do, but what we are seeing under Dr. Jones' watch is different. CBL is now impacting our lives at our respective door steps," said Oldman Kollie, speaking on behalf of the traditional leaders of Bong County.Kollie said further that there are many who have served as Governor of CBL, but never touched the lives of ordinary Liberians. According to him, it is only through the able and dynamic leadership of Dr. Jones that rural residents can now feel the impact of the bank.Oldman Kollie added that giving Governor Jones the traditional name was not a mistake, "because he has proven to them that they too are citizens with added value to their lives."He then called on Dr. Jones to keep focused and never be deterred by detractors, assuring, "we are with you and anywhere you go we will always be there with you."In his remarks, Dr. Jones informed the gathering that he and his entourage were in the county in the name of "unity and economic empowerment," adding that if Liberians work together, they can make bigger things of themselves and their respective communities rather than relying on the international community for help.He observed that if Liberians come together, they can do bigger and better things for the country, taking into consideration that the country has for so long lived in poverty. "We have to succeed together or fail together," said Dr. Jones told the gathering to a round of applause. He said leaders lead by example, and this is what he wants to do, adding that good policymakers bring development. Jones said that it is because of his good policy that developments such as opening of rural banks are taking place across the country."The CBL," he said, "is not for Governor Jones, but for the Liberian people, even though some Liberians continue to have misconceptions about the bank's economic empowerment policy."Dr. Jones also assured the gathering that whether he stays at the Central Bank or not, his vision for economic empowerment will still continue, noting, "I believe in equal opportunity for all."For her part, Bong County Senator Jewel Howard Taylor, on behalf of the county's Legislative Caucus, expressed gratitude to Dr. Jones and his Board of Governors for the project.She described the project as a dream come true because they have been talking about the "Village Savings Loan" for almost two years, "and today that dream has come to fulfilment."Madam Esther Walker, who spoke on behalf of the chairperson of the National Apex of Village Savings and Loan Associations (VSLA), assured Dr. Jones of their preparedness to work together in eradicating poverty from the country.She said CBL's dream to empower businesswomen will go down in history, adding that members of her organization are proud to have Dr. Jones as Executive Governor of the CBL, because without him, they could have suffered from extreme poverty and starvation.Madam Walker also pledged the organization's preparedness to work with Governor Jones across the country to ensure that his dream and aspirations come to pass.Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) read more
LIBTELCO Boss Clarifies 'US$30M' Acquisition of Novafone
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The Managing Director of the Liberia Telecommunications Corporation (LIBTELCO), Sebastian Muah, has clarified that the price tag on the transaction between Novafone and Libtelco is US$10.4 million, not US$30 million as it has been reported.Director Muah made the disclosure at the Ministry of Information's regular Thursday press briefing held on Capitol Hill in Monrovia.He said, "The acquisition of 100 percent shares in Novafone means Libtelco can do what it needs to foster its commercialization and strategies; and it means Novafone continues to run, but with a new management team and direction."Expanding on the benefits of the agreement, Director Muah said with the acquisition of Novafone, Libtelco will also maintain the current license, which costs US$1 million a year or US$15 million for 15 yearsHe said the value of the remaining cost on the license is about US$12 million."Novafone has a competitive asset that will allow Libtelco immediate national coverage and provide immediate competition… the manufacture of the core network of Novafone put the replacement value on its equipment with still 10 years remaining."US$11 million depreciated over the last three years would net to about $8-9 million," Director Muah said.He said the cost to build over 100 sites for Novafone across the country would cost over US$5 million, including a fully online site without access to network equipment. Libtelco, he said, would spend over 24 months to get access to the network."Novafone has active subscribers base between 90,000 in a month and 190,000 in a three month period. These subscribers pay on the average US$3-5 per month. Telecom's valuation takes into account customers. Despite all the challenges, Novafone's revenue for the last two years exceeded US$4 million," the Libtelco boss said.He said Libtelco saw an opportunity to acquire the network and use Novafone as the vehicle because Libtelco intends to accelerate the revenue growth, which continues to rise year by year."Our focus is to increase the operation's profit margin. Since Novafone was not experiencing losses due to the decline in revenue, it continues to increase in its operational costs. We also saw it as a way to accelerate Libtelco's market access immediately and not wait for 24 months down the road," he said.On the impact on the government and Liberians, who are owners and customers, Director Muah said Libtelco's license extends to 2030 and its equipment lifespan extends to 2026."For the next ten years, provided we do not divest our plan, the government stands to save over 70 percent of its current budgeted telecom cost, which is right now valued at US$5-7.2 million per year. That's US$50-72 million in 10 years. It also means the government can now boast of having a national infrastructure to provide the kind of service and system that is required to transform Liberia," he said.Director Muah said the government will be able to bring online not only emergency systems, but financial systems that would take cash out of people's hands and make financial transactions traceable.Meanwhile, he said Libtelco, with stringent measures, will be completing the proverbial fiber ring in July this year from operating revenue, and not subsidies or loans.Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) read more
Eric Phillips and Charles Ceres applied for ultra-deep-sea oil drilling licence
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…with absolutely no experience in such drilling…Phillips should recuse self from SARA's investigation of other oil blocks – former AGRecent revelations that in addition to questionable land deals State Assets Recovery Agency (SARA) Executive Eric Phillips has a stake and beneficial interests in an oil company angling to get its hands on oil blocks in Guyana are a cause for serious concern.SARA Executive Eric PhillipsFormer Attorney General Anil NandlallThis is according to former Attorney General Anil Nandlall, who, in a recent interview with Guyana Times, pointed out that not only did Phillips have clear political affiliations while operating as an investigator at SARA, but it has now been revealed that he had financial interests in the oil and gas sector, at a time when oil block allocations were being investigated."I have written articles contending that Eric Phillips (and) Clive Thomas should not be investigators at SARA. They should not hold executives' positions in SARA, because of the functions of SARA, due to their political affiliations. These are politicians, they cannot be holding positions in law enforcement," Nandlall said."Now you have another disclosure that this gentleman has a personal interest in the oil blocks. How can he be an objective investigator, (with) a personal pecuniary interest that obviously contaminates his objectivity?"SARA has of recent turned its attention to investigating the award of various oil blocks to companies such as Ratio Guyana and Mid Atlantic Oil and Gas, on the basis that these companies allegedly have no track record in independently exploring for oil and developing oil blocks.This is despite the fact that ABR Oil and Gas – a company with a given address of 9 Thomas Lands, Georgetown in which Phillips has a 15 per cent stake, along with Charles Ceres (25%); Violet Smith (25%), and Osafo George (15%) – has even less experience in drilling for oil.In their application, there was mention that one of the principals had experience with a company that had drilled a single well on land in the Takutu Basin. This means that no one had experience drilling for undersea oil much less in ultra-deep waters which less than a handful of companies in the entire world has.Despite its newcomer status, it was recently revealed in sections of the media that it has a pending application to explore a Block C offshore concession in an area adjoining the Kaieteur and Canje blocks. In the application, it was stated that the company was seeking the licence for a duration of 10 years. They claimed to be in possession of US$5 million to spend and sources contend the source of the funds should be checked for possible Anti-Money Laundering/Combating the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) violations.According to sources, however, the principals involved could stand to make billions of dollars in profits if they acquired the concession and then sold their stakes in it to more qualified companies. This is a possibility as a number of big names like ExxonMobil and Total have a working interest in the nearby Canje Block."(Phillips) should, therefore, not be in charge of any investigation in relation to oil blocks," Nandlall stressed. "You cannot be in charge in an investigative arm of the State if you are politically tainted or if you have vested financial interests. And he has both!"Get richLast month, Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo had dropped a bombshell revelation that Government has been quietly distributing massive tracts of prime State lands to employees of the Ministry of the Presidency as well as to cronies in the People's National Congress (PNC)-led A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) faction of the coalition Government and officials of SARA, which was formed to recover State assets.The lands were all strategically located to massively benefit the beneficiaries from the coming oil boom. Jagdeo had revealed that most of the leases for these plots of prime real estate were issued by the Guyana Lands and Surveys Commission (GL&SC) after the December passage of the Opposition-sponsored No-Confidence Motion that caused the Government to fall. And of all the names to surface, Phillips had been one of the most prominently featured.Phillips had vehemently denied back in February that he ever applied for, or received 3000 acres of lands as was then being claimed. But the Opposition Leader had pointed to GL&SC File No. 321132/1604 which showed 1000 acres in the Essequibo River was issued to Phillips in April 2019 and File No. 3312317 for another 1000 acres in the Demerara River. read more
Trackers net three out of four points in Whitecourt
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Sunday's contest was a different story for the Trackers as they managed to battle back from a three-goal deficit to salvage a point.After a scoreless first period of play, the Trackers found themselves down 3-0 after the Wolverines scored a trifecta of goals within a six-minute span. However, the team didn't falter and scored two quick powerplay goals of their own. The first was courtesy Nathan Brownlee at the 12:21 mark, assisted by Noah Lang and Devan Minard. The second tally was off the stick of John Herrington two minutes later as Minard dished a slick pass to him as well. After forty minutes of play, the team was down 3-2.In the final frame the home side doubled their lead to 4-2 with an early tally, but once again the boys in blue and white trim, battled back as Craig-Steele bulged twine at 15:11 off a pass from Nick Loewen. Then four minutes and thirty seconds later, Minard buried a loose puck from in close on the man advantage to tie the game at fours, Ross and Herrington with helpers. Neither team was able to score the go-ahead tally as the teams settled for a 4-4 tie.Minard finished the game with three points, while John Herrington contributed a goal and an assist.Advertisement Dicaire added,"Sunday's game was more of a learning lesson on adversity. Understanding that we can control within the game. Three of the four goals came on the powerplay, but we also gave up two powerplay goals. Whitecourt got some lucky bounces and we thought our boys battled hard coming back from 3-0 and 4-2 deficits to tie the game. We took three of the four available points on the road and will get back to work this week at practice to get ready for Lakeland this coming Saturday at home."With the three points, the Trackers improved their record to 19-7-4 and hold a one-point lead on the Peace River Royals for first place in the Boucher Division standings. Both teams have two games remaining.Next up for the team is a date with the Lakeland Panthers at the North Peace Arena on Saturday. Puck drop is at 11:00 a.m. FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. – The Northeast B.C./Yukon Trackers collected three out of a possible four points in Whitecourt over the weekend.The Trackers never trailed in Saturday afternoon's affair as Curtis Hammond opened the scoring a minute into the first period on the powerplay to give the visitors a lead they would not relinquish, assisted by Aiden Craig-Steele and Noah Lang. The Trackers skated into the first intermission up 1-0.In the middle stanza, Craig-Steele found twine 2:42 into the frame after finishing off a feed from Nick Loewen and Hammond. Owen Floriant made it 3-0, two and half minutes later as he put the biscuit in the basket after a nifty passing sequence between Zury Reschke, Craig-Steele and Floriant.- Advertisement -The boys in blue and white scored their fourth and final goal of the contest midway through the final frame when Logan Kimmie deposited a loose puck off a rebound from Craig-Steele and Duncan Ross. At the final buzzer, the score read Trackers 4 – Wolverines 0.Craig-Steele was in on every goal as he finished with a goal and three helpers while Hammond chipped in with two points. Goaltender Tyler MacArthur turned aside all 21 shots that were fired his way for the team's first shutout of the season."In Saturday's win we played a solid minute hockey game," said head coach Gerard Dicaire. "Our penalty kill was very solid and we had some timely kills. It was our first shutout of the regular season and well deserved the way our team played defensively."Advertisement read more
Suspected piracy attack: Decomposed body of 2nd fisherman found
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…mother regrets allowing son to go out to seaThe body of 20-year-old Otto Lemar Petrie of Lot 90 Miss Phoebe, Port Mourant, Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne) who went missing following a suspected pirate attack a few days ago was discovered Sunday on the Abary Foreshore, Region Five (Mahaica-Berbice).Dead: Otto Lemar PetrieThe discovery was made by a search party, which was led by Police Officers. The discovery of Petrie's body came 36 hours after the body of his colleague was found in the same location.The body of 36-year-old Kawal Kissoon, also called "Ajai", of Letter Kenny Village, Corentyne, was discovered on Friday with his hands bound behind his back and his feet tied together. However, it was not until Saturday that his body was identified.Dead: Kawal Kissoon, also called "Ajai"Petrie's body was in an advanced state of decomposition. His hands and feet were also bound.On October 5, the two men, along with Marvin Tamesar also called "Buddy" and "Bin Laden", 20, of Miss Phoebe and Vishnu Seeram, called "Kevin", 20, of the same village, left from a wharf at Number 65 Village for sea aboard Sara 1 — a fishing vessel owned by Sharanand Rabindranauth of Number 68 Village, Corentyne.Missing: Marvin Tamesar, also called "Buddy" or "Bin Laden"Sara 1 found on the Foreshore at Wellington Park, Corentyne on Friday afternoon, but none of the crew members were found. The owner was contacted and after the boat was inspected, the Police were called in.Following the discovery of the body on Sunday, members of the grieving families flocked a funeral parlour at Number Five Village, West Coast Berbice, to assist in identifying the body.Onicka Simon, the mother of the dead man, told Guyana Times that her son had on the same clothes he left home with on October 5.Missing: Vishnu Seeram, also called "Kevin""That is how I know that is him," she said. The almost inconsolable Simon, after seeing her son's body, blamed herself for allowing him to go out to sea."Is I tell him that he got to find a work to do, and when he ask me if he could go …. I should have tell him 'No'. He don't know nothing about the water out there," the grieving mother wailed out."That is my son; that is my son and I know that they kill he. All he wanted to do was to work and help out," the single parent related.Sara 1 – the vessel in which the men left on October 5Petrie was the eldest of six siblings. According to his mother, he wanted to make a difference, but now he will never get a chance to do so."He was just in the prime of his life," she noted.Petrie had been in the fishing industry for the past three years. However, he had only worked on small boats before that did not venture far into the ocean.The grieving mother of Otto Lemar PetrieSince the family moved to the Corentyne late last year, he was unable to find work and it was only last week he was contacted by the Captain of the boat to join his team. He informed his mother of the offer and permission was given for him to go ahead."He came and told Lemar that they need one more person to go out to fish and when Lemar told me, I tell him that it is okay because he ain't getting no work," Simon said.Meanwhile, the search continues for the two other fishermen Tamesar and Seeram.The four men were expected back before the end of the month. read more
Wanyama, Mariga ruled out of Ghana tie
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0Shares0000Harambee Stars skipper Victor Wanyama (Centre) with team mates David 'Cheche' Ochieng (left) and Paul Were (right) during training at the Kenyatta Stadium in Machakos on March 22, 2017. PHOTO/Raymond MakhayaNAIROBI, Kenya, Sep 5 – Harambee Stars head coach Sebastien Migne has confirmed that captain Victor Wanyama, his elder brother MacDonald Mariga and sensational winger Paul Were will not be part of his squad for Saturday's African Cup of Nations Qualifier against Ghana in Nairobi.Wanyama has just returned to first team training with his club Tottenham Hotspur and will not be ready for the game while Mariga is said to be finalizing on a move after leaving Spanish Segunda B side Real Oviedo. "He is injured as you know. Has some difficulty with his knee and we cannot take risk because of his future career and it's a huge problem because he is the captain and one of the best players in the team. He plays for Tottenham and that shows how much he is important. But what Can I do? I cannot cry. I have to find a solution; I have to find another option," the tactician said.He also added; "We need to improve also on the professional level. For example Lloris (Hugo) is injured but he was in Paris on Monday to have a check-up with the medical team of the French national team. It is not the case here and we need to improve this for the future."There is also a bit of concern on deputy skipper David Owino who has also returned from injury, but had to be checked by the doctors after the Wednesday morning session.'It is only a slight pull, but I will be okay to play. I will look at it today but I am certain it is not serious," Owino said.0Shares0000(Visited 3 times, 1 visits today) read more
Liverpool transfer rumour: Eto'o move may be a necessity
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He's played for Europe's biggest clubs and won the Champions League with both Barcelona and Inter.Now 33-year-old striker Samuel Eto'o is a rumoured Liverpool transfer target. He is currently without a club after leaving Chelsea where he scored nine goals in 21 Premier League games during his one-year stay and Reds manager Brendan Rodgers has admitted the club are still looking to do some business.Here, talkSPORT has the latest on the striker's reported move to Anfield…Talks held with LiverpoolIt is being reported in the Mirror that Eto'o's representatives have already held talks with Liverpool over a possible move.Wage demands no deterrent to the RedsEto'o apparently earned £7m from his year at Chelsea and the Guardian say this is unlikely to deter Liverpool given the striker is available for free.Only under considerationThe Mail point out that Rodgers has been looking for a striker since the Loic Remy deal collapsed, but at this point a move for Eto'o is only under consideration.Eto'o move may be a necessityA pressing need for more firepower, say the Telegraph, has led to discussions about the 33-year-old. Liverpool have more expensive and younger targets, but price, availability and fitness in the case of Remy has scuppered Rodgers' plans to sign a direct replacement. Ajax are also interested and sporting director Marc Overmars said: "Samuel seemed very hungry to play for Ajax. He is fit and has a great drive to succeed once again."Click here to see the reaction of Liverpool fans to the transfer rumour. 1 Samuel Eto'o celebrates scoring against Liverpool read more
49ers vs. Lions: 5 keys to winning home opener
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Kittle, by the way, knew he simply misjudged a Garoppolo bomb at midfield with green grass ahead of him last game. Said Kittle: "It was just a bad play." Time for some good plays now.San Francisco 49ers running back Alfred Morris (46) is tackled by Minnesota Vikings linebacker Eric Kendricks (54) during the first half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Sept. 9, 2018, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Bruce Kluckhohn)3. PROTECT THE BALL. Morris' goal-line fumble set the stage for last weekend's opening loss. Was it an anomaly, even though he also lost control of the ball on the previous carry?Morris did not lose a fumble in 651 carries the previous four seasons. However, he lost seven fumbles his first two years in Washington, when, coincidentally, he played under Shanahan.Morris said after Sunday's game his sweaty forearms contributed to the fumble. That game was played indoors. Sunday's temperature calls for temperatures in the 70s under partly-sunny skies.Matt Breida, who evenly split time in the backfield with Morris in the opener, has yet to fumble in his career. He had 105 carries and 21 receptions as a rookie but did drop five passes. The Lions forced no fumbles in their opener Monday.San Francisco 49ers' Raheem Mostert (31) is tackled by Indianapolis Colts' John Simon (51) and Antonio Morrison (44) during the second half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Oct. 8, 2017, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)4. GET SPECIAL. The 49ers aren't taking for granted how easily the Lions succumbed to the Jets, and one such area that hurt Detroit was on special teams. About a minute after the Jets returned an interception for a touchdown, they scored on a 78-yard punt return for a 21-point lead midway through the third quarter.Raheem Mostert, the 49ers special-teams ace, pointed out that the Lions will come in ready to make amends and they'll be doing so with a veteran special teams coordinator in Joe Marciano, who Shanahan coached with in Houston."We have to win our one-on-one battles," said Mostert, an expert gunner. "We did that (last game) but it didn't help the team enough. We have to be on our keys, win the one-on-ones and make big plays."Such big plays could come from Pettis as a punt returner, or, more likely, kicker Robbie Gould, who's made 26 consecutive field-goal attempts and is one shy of Phil Dawson's record.San Francisco 49ers starting quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo (10) celebrates towards fans following their 25-23 win against the Tennessee Titans for their NFL game at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., on Sunday, Dec. 17, 2017. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)5. GET LOUD. Let's get back to home-field advantage. Why is it important? Because the 49ers won't need a silent snap count for its offensive line, which could be starting undrafted rookie Najee Toran at right guard if Mike Person can't play on a bad foot."I don't think people realize how big a deal that is, being able to hear cadence," Staley said.Related Articles Roger Craig, high-kicking 49ers running back, has 50-50 chance for induction to Hall of Fame 49ers Deebo Samuel helping key playoff run as respected rookie Minnesota's "Skol!" chants and raucous crowd made for the second-loudest venue Staley has encountered in his 12-year career. ("Seattle will always be No. 1," Staley said.)If 49ers fans can get riled up Sunday, do it when their defense is on the field, a defense that played OK against the Vikings but could really pump up the Levi's Stadium crowd with sacks and turnovers."The energy level is up on the fan base this year," Staley said, "and hopefully they show up and get loud."* * *How last week's five keys panned out in a 24-16 loss at Minnesota:1. Win in the trenches. They did early but not after guards Mike Person and Joshua Garnett got hurt.2. Backfield boom. Alfred Morris and Matt Breida split time, and there wasn't a boom as much as there was a bust with Morris' goal-line fumble.3. Jimmy G. magic. Garoppolo endured not only his first loss but his first three-interception game.4. Sherman impact. He played every defensive snap, recovered a fumble and successfully defended 1 of 2 passes that came his way.5. Playing chess. Shanahan's red-zone calls yielded 1 TD in 4 series, but his second-half misdirection plays opened up passing lanes in the comeback attempt. Click HERE if you're having trouble viewing the gallery on your mobile device.SANTA CLARA – Year 5 of Levi's Stadium finally could bring what's been missed since Candlestick: a 49ers home-field advantage.It will take more wins than losses from the home team, and that would be a first.First up on a friendly home schedule is Sunday's matchup against the Detroit Lions, who lost 48-17 in their opener at home Monday night to the New York Jets. NFL picks Week 16: 49ers rebound, Raiders fall, Patriots clinch 49ers vs. Rams: 5 keys to winning on Saturday night stage Levi's Stadium has yet to deliver Candlestick-esque nostalgia, no offense to Garoppolo's comeback over the Titans in his first 49ers home start or an ensuing Christmas Eve upset of Jacksonville that coach Kyle Shanahan says "was as loud as any game I've been in."So, could this be the season that home-field advantage emerges and cheers ricochet off the Mount York suite tower? Here are five ways to a cheer-filled home opener:San Francisco 49ers quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo, center, is sacked by Minnesota Vikings defensive tackle Sheldon Richardson (93) and defensive end Everson Griffen (97) during the first half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Sept. 9, 2018, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Bruce Kluckhohn)1. HIT TARGETS: Garoppolo's career-high three interceptions sealed the 49ers' fate in a season-opening, 24-16 loss at Minnesota. He has as many touchdowns as interceptions (8:8) in his 49ers tenure. But don't panic.As much as Shanahan wants fewer turnovers, he's not opposed to Garoppolo getting into a gunfight with Matthew Stafford, who had four passes intercepted Monday."I like guys who aren't scared to fail," Shanahan said. "They're going to let it rip. They're not going to just guess and gamble, but they're trying to win the game and they try to see stuff and they try to let it rip."Staley, who's blocked for a dozen 49ers quarterbacks since 2007, is the voice of reason when it comes to Garoppolo's style.Said Staley: "There's going to be games where sometimes it's not perfect. There's going to be games, too, where he's going to have five touchdowns, no interceptions and a (expletive) ton of yards. We have all the confidence in the world in Jimmy."He's a great quarterback and I'm really excited to get back out there Sunday to get this past game behind us."San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Dante Pettis (18) runs from Minnesota Vikings cornerback Mike Hughes (21) after making a reception during the second half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Sept. 9, 2018, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)2. CATCH THE BALL: OK, Garoppolo needs more help than what he got in the opener, when potential touchdown receptions were dropped by Pierre Garçon, Dante Pettis and George Kittle. It would also help if receivers ran the right route in pressure situations (see: Kendrick Bourne's wrong-way cut on a pick-six at Minnesota).The wide receiving corps must step up in place of Marquise Goodwin, who won't play because of a quadriceps bruise. That puts Pettis in line for his first career start, and he flashed big-time potential in last Sunday's debut by producing the 49ers' only touchdown on a 22-yard, off-schedule play.Garoppolo also figures to throw more to his running backs, as Matt Breida had the only reception (5 yards) last game between him and Alfred Morris. Kurtenbach: The 49ers need a new identity — it's up to Jimmy Garoppolo to provide it If the 49ers are to snap a four-year playoff drought (and 23-year Lombardi Trophy vanishing act), they absolutely need to hold serve at home."Hopefully the energy, the fans turn out," left tackle Joe Staley said. "We'll see, though. This is the fourth, fifth year of it and it's kind of hit or miss."In past years, the 49ers have gone 4-4, 4-4, 1-7 and 3-5 at The Big 'L'. (See, Levi's Stadium still lacks a catchy nickname after all these playoff-missing years.)But the 49ers won three of their last four home games last season, including two December wins by Jimmy Garoppolo, whose GQ-bearded mug has made it onto a bobblehead for fans at Sunday's gates.The Lions, under former Patriots assistant Matt Patricia, are 1 of 5 visitors to Levi's Stadium who'll bring a new head coach; the others are the Arizona Cardinals, the Raiders, the New York Giants and the Chicago Bears. New coaches went 0-7 in last weekend's debuts, by the way. read more
A.P. Shah: we live in an age of propaganda and half-truths
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Criticising the culture of unnecessary secrecy pervading government and bureaucratic circles, former Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court Ajit Prakash Shah on Saturday said that the fundamental right to freedom of speech and expression was under attack."We live in an age of propaganda, proactive false information and half-truths. The media coverage, or rather black-out, of certain press conferences, and distorting headlines with a pro-government bias is an attempt to spread disinformation. Unless ordinary citizens demand accountability from the government, there will be no change in the situation," Justice Shah said during the inaugural lecture of the Moneylife Foundation's Pune RTI Centre.He said it was only the existence of the Right to Information (RTI) Act that had helped put a check on corruption and expose major loopholes in the Aadhaar project and the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana.He said the Aadhaar Act further compounded problems. "While the RTI Act regulates the citizen's right to information regarding third-party public authorities, the Aadhaar Act is concerned with the right to access information about oneself. Shockingly, the proviso to Section 28(5) of the Act makes clear that Aadhaar number holders do not have the right to access core biometric information about themselves. This means that while the State has access to my fingerprint and iris scan in their Central Identity Database Repository, the individual is prohibited from accessing his information," said Justice Shah.According to him, a 'popular' government cannot deny its public access to information and scrutiny of its records.Justice Shah expressed concern that the Whistle Blower's Protection Act and Lokpal had not been put in operation despite the law being approved more than three years ago in Parliament. The government had instead moved an amendment Bill in May 2015 to severely dilute it, he said."While there is a perceived air of incorruptibility around the current Prime Minister, that itself is no reason to discard or dilute existing laws promoting proactive oversight and audit of government actions, especially since the problem of corruption and opacity in the functioning of the lower levels of government remain," he said. read more
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