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Snow Way Out
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Race to the Edge, Season 2
Premiere Date:
Douglas Britton
Jack C. Thomas
T.J. Sullivan
Snow Way Out (transcript)
Succeeded By:
"The Zippleback Experience" "Edge of Disaster, Part 1"
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Astrid: "Without Heather, the Dragon Hunters would have a key to the Dragon Eye right now and those Snow Wraiths would not be safely hidden on another island."
Hiccup: "Still doesn't explain why you wouldn't let me take her and Ryker down. We could have captured the head of the Dragon Hunters."
Astrid: "Hiccup, Ryker isn't the head of the Dragon Hunters. According to Heather, their real leader is somebody named Viggo Grimborn."
"Snow Way Out" is the seventh episode of Season 2 of Dragons: Race to the Edge. It was released on Netflix on January 8, 2016.
" Ryker is determined to create a key to the Dragon Eye, so he heads to Glacier Island to find the Snow Wraith that the Dragon Riders are protecting. "
— iTunes[1]
This episode starts with Hiccup riding Toothless, who is wearing his new Gronckle Iron armor. It is too heavy, and they get aimed at by nets and arrows. But the armor breaks and Rider and dragon get hit. It is then revealed that the arrows are paint-filled. Snotlout then proceeds to hit Hiccup with an arrow.
In the night, Fishlegs got upset that the armor failed, and Hiccup reassures him. The Twins begin accusing Fishlegs of trying to kill Hiccup, which is certainly not possible. After Snotlout gloats about nothing being Snotlout-proof, Astrid arrives and Stormfly butts him with her head.
It is revealed that Astrid was going to Berk, but was unable to because of urgent news from Trader Johann. She proceeds to tell the teens that Heather, Ryker, and the Dragon Hunters went to the northern markets, buying all the cold gear they could get. They also needed the gear right away, and Trader Johann only heard that they were searching for a bone or a claw, but something that was rare. Hiccup correctly deduced that the Hunters were after a Snow Wraith tooth. Since the Dragon Eye used to belong to the Hunters, they must know that the key is a Snow Wraith's tooth. Snotlout is relieved that the Hunters are not attacking the Riders. But Hiccup assures him that if they do get their own key, they would be coming for the Riders next. Hiccup tells the teens they are leaving the next morning.
Tuffnut asks if he could ask a stupid question, and he gets permission from his sister. He asks if the Riders are seriously trying to save a dragon who tried to kill them the last time they saw it from Dragon Hunters, who try to kill the Riders every time they see them. Ruffnut also points out Heather and Windshear, but Astrid assures Heather won't be a problem since they outnumber her. Hiccup tells the Riders the plan is to find the Snow Wraith before the Dragon Hunters and relocate it to another island.
The Dragon Riders make their way to where they found the Snow Wraith last time, but no luck. The Twins try to keep warm by hugging Snotlout, which they call the Thorston Sandwich. Hiccup advises the others set up camp while he and Astrid, search the area.
The two struggle in the search and Astrid suggests they split up to cover more ground. Though Hiccup is against it, he immediately loses sight of her in the blizzard, forcing him to return to the campsite. Snotlout had set up the tents quickly to get out of the Thorston Sandwich. Fishlegs, now caught in it, asks where Astrid was. Hiccup replies they were separated in the storm. Snotlout points out she ditched him, which Hiccup questioning why she would do that.
Astrid and Stormfly continue searching until they notice a fire with others around it. The two sneak up, revealing the one by the fire are Heather and Windshear. Astrid confronts her, asking if she was surprised to see them. Though Heather is not, saying she's been listening to them stomping through the snow for the past five minutes. The two Viking girls pull out their axes, with then and their dragons facing off.
However, Heather quickly replies what took Astrid so long, and the two hug. Astrid says she had trouble sneaking away from Hiccup, and Heather tells her that Ryker thinks she's off scouting. It is then revealed that it was Heather who told Astrid about the Hunters. She also sent Dagur out on a fool's errand to find a second Dragon Eye. Heather explains to Astrid, that the Snow Wraith hibernates in the summer, which is why they Dragon Riders couldn't find it and why the Hunters were in a hurry to get it. Heather tells Astrid about a cave she found up the mountain. They plan to get Hiccup and the others up there to check it out while Heather tries to keep Ryker as far away as possible. At this point, Astrid tells Heather she wants to let Hiccup know what they're doing, though Heather is against it. Astrid tries to reason that Hiccup could help, but Heather knows that he cares too much for others, and if he knew that she was really spying on the Dragon Hunters, he would try to pull her out. Heather assures Astrid that she's close to getting to Viggo. Astrid hopes she's right, worried that the Riders or Heather might get hurt if she held back the truth. Though Heather assures nothing will go wrong.
After meeting up again with the Dragon Riders, Astrid tells them about the theory that the Snow Wraith might be hiding out or hibernating since they can't find it. Fishlegs and Hiccup agree, but the latter wonders how Astrid got so far when they were scouting the other side of the island. Astrid tells him she just got carried away. Hiccup tells her she can't go off on her own like that, as he relies on her. Astrid, with some guilt, replies okay.
Meanwhile with the Dragon Hunters, Heather tells Ryker that they should check the coast, but Ryker chooses to search the mountains. Heather says she didn't see anything up there, though Ryker prefers to search on the ground. Knowing she can't keep arguing with him to keep her cover, she agrees.
Back with the Dragon Riders, they continue to search, when they hear something behind the snowbank. Getting ready to fight, it is revealed to be a small herd of boars, which gets scared away by Fishlegs' screaming. The gang finds the cave and proceed to search it. They soon hear a noise from the outside, realizing the Dragon Hunters are behind them. They immediately fire back in defense.
Ryker is frustrated, as the noise was Windshear's tail scrapping on the ground. Heather defends her dragon, since she's covered in spikes, walking on ice. Ryker sends three men into the cave. Some arrows are fired, but they are soon pushed back out from Barf and Belch , as one arrow struck Tuffnut's helmet. The Riders wonder what Ryker's next move is when comes into the cave demanding to talk to their leader. Astrid suggests she goes out, but Ryker is already aware that Hiccup is the leader. Hiccup decides to meet Ryker on his terms, but has Toothless stay back, knowing it could be a trap.
After exchanging some taunts, Ryker, with one of his men hidden behind a wall of ice, tells Hiccup he wants the Dragon Eye, as it belonged to his tribe but Hiccup refuses to hand it over. Ryker reminds the young Viking that the Hunters are in front of them and the Snow Wraith is behind them, leaving the Dragon Riders with no way out. Hiccup jokes about not having it, which leads Ryker to tell him if he surrenders, the Riders won't meet the same fate as their dragons. Hiccup offers Ryker to leave, and his men won't have to find out what burning flesh smells like. Realizing Hiccup doesn't have the Dragon Eye and he isn't going to surrender, he bends down, giving the hidden Hunter a chance to shoot an arrow at Hiccup. Seeing this, Heather has Windshear smack a nearby Hunter down, with his lantern blinding the armed one. The light reveals the Hunter's shadow, as well as the trap. The Hunter takes his shot, but Hiccup manages to block it with his shield in time. The Hunters and Riders confront each other, while Ryker pulls Heather aside, knowing she was the one who pulled the stunt. Heather berates him by telling him that Hiccup is more valuable alive than dead. This gives Ryker an idea, which he tells her to use Windshear to blast the cave, which she reluctantly obeys. The blast causes a small avalanche, sealing the Riders inside.
While the Dragon Riders are unharmed, Hiccup and Astrid realize that Ryker plans to use them to fight the Snow Wraith, and deal with whoever remains. Hiccup tells them that their own plan hasn't changed, and they set out to find the Snow Wraith. The Twins are confident they can all handle the Snow Wraith, until they see that there are three of the Strike Class dragons sleeping in the cave, with one of them starting to stir.
Outside, Ryker points an area out to his men to prepare for. Heather tries to figure out what he's up to, but he won't tell her. Meanwhile, Tuffnut's talking causes the Snow Wraith to wake up. Hiccup grabs the arrow lodged in Tuffnut's helmet to try to put the dragon back to sleep, but he misses. The other two Snow Wraiths wake up and begin to burrow. They all take a defensive formation, waiting for the Snow Wraiths to strike. Toothless manages to stun one of them, causing the other two to grab their comrade and make an escape. The Riders soon realize that it could be their way out when they suddenly hear the Snow Wraiths' shrieking. Remembering the Dragon Hunters, they quickly take off into the ice tunnels. After some confusing turns, they manage to get out, but the Hunters and dragons are already gone. Hiccup realizes Ryker knew about the burrowing and used the Riders to flush the Snow Wraiths out. The Dragon Riders head out to stop the Hunters from getting away.
By the time they get there, the blizzard had stopped, leaving Riders with no cover. Fishlegs reminds everyone they need to stay out of the range of the Dragon Root arrows. Hiccup gets an idea for the Twins to cause an avalanche, much to their enjoyment. They blast the ice sheet, giving the Riders a chance to grab the Snow Wraiths. Hiccup confronts Ryker, but he is picked up by Heather and Windshear. Hiccup and Toothless give chase while avoiding Ryker's arrows. With an opening, Toothless gets ready to shoot them down, but Astrid and Stormfly try to block it. With no other choice, Astrid shouts at Hiccup that Heather is on their side. Hearing this, Hiccup pulls on Toothless, missing Windshear and giving Heather and Ryker a chance to escape.
Back at Dragon's Edge, Astrid reveals to the Dragon Riders that Heather only pretended to join Dagur to get close to him to avenge her family. But when she found out about his alliance with the Dragon Hunters, Heather got closer to him to find out more. Ruffnut points out that when Ryker captured them on his ship, Astrid and Heather fighting all the time. Astrid tells her that's what they wanted people to think. Snotlout is a bit disappointed that Heather is not evil, though Fishlegs states always knew she was good at heart.
Astrid tries to talk to Hiccup, but he is hurt that she kept this information from him. Astrid says she wanted to tell him and apologizes. She tries to reassure Hiccup that if it wasn't for Heather, the Snow Wraiths would not be safe on another island. Hiccup still questions why Astrid didn't let him take Heather and Ryker down, as they could've captured the head of the Dragon Hunters. It is then that Astrid reveals that Ryker is not the head of the Dragon Hunters and that their real leader is someone named Viggo Grimborn. From what Astrid had learned, Viggo works in the shadows and everyone is afraid of him, including Ryker. Astrid says that Heather hasn't met him yet, but she is the Riders' best shot for drawing him out. Hiccup hopes Heather knows what she's doing, for all their sakes.
The Snow Wraith makes another appearance. This time, however, there are three of them.
This is the first time Heather appears in an episode that doesn't consist of two parts.
This is the first episode where the Dragon Hunters appear but Dagur does not.
In some scenes, Heather's armor is a different color than Windshear, despite being made out of the Razorwhip's scales.
The Dragon Riders learn that the leader of the Dragon Hunters is Viggo Grimborn.
This is the first time Windshear is seen breathing fire.
Apparently, Ruffnut is a great shopper.
While the context comes out this is the first time Ryker and Hiccup have met face to face, they actually met in the previous episode.
Jay Baruchel as Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III
America Ferrera as Astrid Hofferson
Christopher Mintz-Plasse as Fishlegs Ingerman
T.J. Miller as Tuffnut Thorston
Andrée Vermeulen as Ruffnut Thorston
Zack Pearlman as Snotlout Jorgenson
Mae Whitman as Heather
JB Blanc as Ryker Grimborn
Windshear
Gothi's Frostfright
Frostfright's Big Bro
Frostfright's Lil Sis
Monstrous Nightmare
Razorwhip
Snow Wraith
Dragon's Edge Stables
Glacier Island
Astrid's Old Axe
Astrid's Kransen
Heather's Axe
Heather's Horn
Heather's Dragon Eye Lens
Dragon Hunter Weapons
Dragon Eye (mentioned)
↑ Dragons: Race to the Edge, Season 2 Episode Guide. (Copyright 2017). iTunes.
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Season 2: "Team Astrid" • "Night of the Hunters, Part 1" • "Night of the Hunters, Part 2" • "Bad Moon Rising" • "Snotlout Gets the Axe" • "The Zippleback Experience" • "Snow Way Out" • "Edge of Disaster, Part 1" • "Edge of Disaster, Part 2" • "Shock and Awe" • "A Time to Skrill" • "Maces and Talons, Part 1" • "Maces and Talons, Part 2"
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Livingstone & Victoria Falls
David Livingstone, a Scot, arrived in Africa in 1840, but it wasn't until 1852 to 1856 that he more intently started to explore the great Zambezi River, the border of Zambia and Zimbabwe. This expedition made him the first European to witness the magnificence of the mighty Victoria Falls, today a UNESCO World Heritage Site and landmark.
The town Livingstone was founded in 1905 and is known as the Tourist Capital, showcasing much of its original colonial character. It is situated just 11 km from the falls and with its relaxed and friendly atmosphere, is a fantastic base from where to visit the Zambia-side of the river. Rich in history, the town's main street features buildings dating back to the 1900s, some of them still in use. Many of the buildings now have a modern twist and feature African designs, making the heritage more relevant today.
Once called Mosi-oa-Tunya, "the Smoke that Thunders", the falls feature a wide sheet of water that disappears into a deep crevasse in the earth. The fall creates a rumbling thunder, and the spray rising up from the earth resembles columns of smoke rising up into the air. The sight of the drop and the vast amount of water is an incredible sight to see.
A myriad of activities is on offer in the area. They vary from super-adventurous to romantic and relaxing, all of them leaving you in awe of the miracle of this natural wonder. River rafting, canoeing, horse-riding trails, bungee jumping, river cruises, hikes, abseiling, kayaking and game viewing from the river are only a few what will get you excited. A highlight would be a view of the river and the falls from the air in a helicopter.
The weather in Livingstone is humid subtropical, with winters being dry and summers being humid and wet. The rainy "Emerald Season" occurs from December to March, with rains arriving earlier and departing later the further north you are. Rainfall is also higher in the eastern areas and locations at higher altitude, than in the western and lowland areas. During this time most camps close due to wetness causing unsurfaced roads to become almost impassable.
By April and May, most of the rain has faded away and night-time temperatures start to drop. June – August bring much cooler nights – often cold, however the days are clear and warm, and game sightings increase.
September and October see temperatures rise and game viewing around permanent water sources are superb. November experiences variable weather – either hot and dry or wetter as the first downpours may occur.
Livingstone's newly renovated airport – officially known as Harry Mwanga Nkumbula International Airport – is located 6 km northwest of town. From here a road transfer can be taken to your destination.
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The Royal Livingstone is located on the Zambian side of the Zambezi River in Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park, overlooking the Zambezi River and with direct access to the Victoria Falls.
One way to get there is by taking a one hour and 40 minute flight from Johannesburg to Harry Mwanga Nkumbula International Airport in Livingstone. From there you will take a water taxi transfer on the Zambezi River to the hotel, which is set along the river banks, and in full view of the spray of the Victoria Falls. Exuding the charm of Victorian times, 169 luxury guest rooms and four spacious suites all feature a balcony or veranda with an outdoor seating area facing the gardens.
Admire Victoria Falls from explorer luxury along the Zambezi River.
Savour quintessential fine dining on a vintage steam train, the Royal Livingstone Express, while exploring Africa's beautiful landscapes. Toast the magnificence of the cascading waterfalls as the locomotive passes over Victoria Falls Bridge.
Kubu Restaurant and bar is ideally located on the banks of the Zambezi River and boasts unrivalled views of the Victoria Falls with a menu that combines African and international flavours.
The hotel has its own house gin, the Mundambi Gin, which is infused with the spectacular Mundambi flower, a plant that is indigenous to Southern Zambia.
Guests enjoy free and unlimited access to the Victoria Falls throughout their stay, which is only a five-minute walk away.
Wake up to the sight of zebras wandering the hotel grounds.
Surrender to relaxation with spa therapies under the shade of monkey trees on the banks of the river.
Complimentary Wi-Fi.
Located in the middle of the Zambezi River, Livingstone Island can only be reached at particular times of the year, with views over the edge, of the 100 m drop of Victoria Falls.
Adjacent to the island is Devil's Pool, which is the ultimate infinity pool and from here you can swim to the edge of the falls mid-August to mid-January depending on Zambezi water levels.
Tongabezi Lodge is a romantic hideaway on the banks of the Zambezi River in Zambia – just upstream of Victoria Falls. Privately owned and run, it prides itself on being conservation and community-driven believing that tourism should benefit entire communities. Here, the legendary warmth of the Zambian people is effortlessly combined with its own brand of exclusive ambiance. Our dedicated personal valets welcome guests to a selection of six bespoke houses and five river cottages, all individually styled with designs from all over Africa. Every house and cottage provides a private deck, and each of the six houses has its own plunge or infinity pool. Tongabezi also offers a private island camp, Sindabezi, and a luxury family house, Tangala.
Tongabezi has been on this stretch of the river for over twenty-five years and some of the team have been with the lodge since the beginning. A stay with Tongabezi affords the perfect opportunity to experience Victoria Falls and her beautiful surrounds with all its wildlife. They have an extensive menu of inclusive activities which range from river safaris to a visit to Tongabezi's very own Trust School, Tujatane. Their guides also recommend an additional range of exclusive excursions throughout the area. Tongabezi guests set their own pace and itinerary. It is recommended that guests spend a minimum three-night stay in order to fully enjoy the programme without feeling rushed. It would be a disservice to rush guests before a Zambezi sunset where they can instead settle down to dinner on their private decks, high over the water in the Lookout or the Hangout, or even out in the middle of the Zambezi River on a floating Sampan.
The Tongabezi Trust School, Tujatane, is a five-minute walk from the lodge. Not only does it provide free food and education to over 270 local children, it is a wonderful way for guests to interact with the local culture in a mutually respectful environment.
The gardens are immense and guests are very welcome to wander through. Here they grow a lot of their own fruit and vegetables, and try to design their menus around fresh produce coming from the garden.
The Tongabezi Team is mostly made up of local Zambians from Simonga village who have been trained up behind the scenes. Many of them have been with Tongabezi since they started, or for at least ten years. They are the true heart and soul of the lodge.
Tongabezi sits directly on the Zambezi river, so every room, except the family-designed Garden House, has a river view. They also make the most of their position by offering an immense choice of inclusive activities, ranging from island picnics to river safaris.
Sindabezi Island is part of Tongabezi, but fifteen minutes away by boat. It is made up of five open chalets and can be booked exclusively. Guests on the island are looked after by a private chef, a private guide and a private valet. The island also has a plunge pool that looks over the Zambezi where the hippos hang out in the river.
The main lodge has a minimum age of 7 and Sindabezi Island has a minimum age of 14, unless the island is being taken privately.
Wi-Fi is restricted to the main areas of Tongabezi.
Guests who are uncomfortable with bugs or very new to Africa may not enjoy the openness of the Sindabezi Island rooms or the Tree House at Tongabezi.
Zambia's award-winning Royal Chundu, is nestled along the banks of the Zambezi River which hugs the border of Zambia and Zimbabwe. It encompasses two lodges: River Lodge and Island Lodge, both hideaways of untold tranquillity where romance and adventure are intertwined for the perfect getaway.
Set on 15 kilometres of upper Zambezi waterway, Royal Chundu Island Lodge is completely private – except for the occasional local fishermen passing by in a traditional mokoro. Four spacious villas rest on the Katombora river-island, and make for a perfect romantic getaway; tranquil and exclusive. The well-appointed suites, splashed with cobalt blue and earthy palettes, open up onto private decks overlooking the river rapids.
Royal Chundu is a Zambian-run lodge with 99% of the staff from the local area.
The community is at the heart of Royal Chundu and 70% of revenue from the lodge goes back into the community (to suppliers, producers, services, food, employment and the Royal Chundu Foundation School). This affords a genuine sense of place: from the food you eat to the people you meet and the tangible impact your trip has on the ground.
Guests can experience this first-hand, on a visit to the neighbouring village and gardens, crafts centre and school, and even have a local "chitenge" outfit made to take back home.
The island is exclusively for guests (and staff) only.
Relax in your riverfront bathtub as the sun sets over the Zambezi River with a bottle of bubbly.
Enjoy a romantic picnic for two with a Persian rug and hammock to complete this idyllic setting on the riverbank.
Royal Chundu has a helipad allowing guests the convenience of a helicopter flight to view the spectacular Victoria Falls from up close (not included in the cost).
Go canoeing along the Zambezi.
Enjoy sundowners and witness the stillness of the Zambezi on a sunset cruise.
Relax with a spa treatment in the privacy of your suite, indoors or out, with the gentle sounds of the Zambezi River in the background.
Royal Chundu is renowned among the professional angling fraternity for its superb tiger-fishing location.
There is no fishing at the lodge (or anywhere on the Zambezi) from December to March, as this is spawning season.
Island Lodge cannot accommodate children unless the entire lodge is reserved on an exclusive-use basis (River Lodge welcomes children).
Zambia is a malaria area and the necessary malaria prophylaxis should be used. Royal Chundu provides insect repellent; public areas and all suites are furnished with mosquito nets.
Thorntree River Lodge is set in Zambia's Mosi-Oa-Tunya National Park, just a short distance from the famous Victoria Falls. Having recently been completely rebuilt with an environmentally-conscious design and inspired by the local customs and culture, the result is modern while still authentically African.
The lodge consists of eight suites and two family suites with inter-leading units. Each unit has its own indoor and outdoor bathrooms, as well as a luxurious private plunge pool. The main lodge consists of a lounge with an open dining area, where the fine-dining experience of African cuisine comes to life. There is a gym and spa which overlook the mighty Zambezi River, and a small library with Wi-Fi. The communal deck is set on the edge of the stunning riverside, and is home to a sunken boma area and an infinity pool.
Wooden decking floats on the edge of the river, and moves with the water level to create the illusion of sailing a boat, and help to achieve a seamless feel between river and land.
There is air conditioning.
Activities on site include bird watching, boating, canoeing, fishing, game drives, massages and rhino tracking.
Besides visiting the Zambian side of the Victoria Falls, it is possible to visit the Zimbabwean side during low water season.
No age restriction. However, children under the age of 16 will not be able to participate in walking safaris or canoeing.
Located in Zambia's Victoria Falls lies Toka Leya, a safari-style lodge overlooking the mighty Zambezi River. It is the perfect combination of relaxation and adventure, and an ideal destination to start or end your African safari.
Twelve tasteful safari-style tents – including three family tents – each have an indulgent outdoor baths and expansive decks which serve up dramatic views and glimpses of wildlife. Wooden walkways snake between the units and the main area where the dining, bar and lounge area are complemented by an infinity pool, a sundeck for sumptuous meals and a convivial fire pit for night-time gatherings. The camp's expansive main area has gorgeous views of the majestic river and its wildlife.
From the lodge, you have easy access to Victoria Falls, the most expansive curtain of water on earth and a World Heritage Site. There is also a range of adrenalin adventures on offer including white water rafting, bungee jumping, helicopter rides and jet boating, to name a few. View hippo, crocodile, elephant and numbers and varieties of birds on a serene sunrise or sunset cruise. And enjoy game drives in the surrounding Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park.
Track the endangered rhino with the local wildlife scouts who monitor these animals 24 hours a day.
Catch-and-release fishing is available.
Take time for a therapeutic treatment at the spa.
The Olympus Photo Hub experience gives guests the opportunity to photograph wildlife and scenery using professional photographic equipment.
The lodge is very focused on energy-saving and eco-friendly initiatives which can be explained to you in a back-of-house tour, which culminates in the chance to participate in rehabilitation efforts by planting your own tree. What was once a degraded site has been rehabilitated to become a lush riverine woodland once more, thanks to the tree-planting project.
Cultural interaction is encouraged with the people and cultures of Zambia when you visit the town of Livingstone or a nearby village, school or market.
Certain activities, such as catch-and-release fishing and rhino tracking on foot, come at an additional cost.
Sit back with a sundowner on a sunset cruise
Not for the fainthearted, but definitely worth it for its dramatic views of Victoria Falls, take a plunge into Devil's Pool. The area, also known as Livingstone Island in Livingstone, Zambia, is famous for its natural rock pool, which was created by thousands of years of erosion.
It sits on a rocky ledge, right at the edge of Victoria Falls and has created a barrier that allows you to safely sit in the pool without getting swept over the edge of the falls. This incredible adrenaline rush is heightened by the fact that just metres away, the flowing water rushes past and drops almost a kilometre to unite with the powerful waterfalls.
Relax and reflect on a sunset cruise
The Zambezi makes a serene angling destination
Welcome to "Tiger Country" with a difference. Zambia's Zambezi River offers rich tiger fishing grounds with the chance of catching Africa's most spectacular and sought-after game fish, the fearless tiger fish. With their razor-sharp teeth and their reputation as the strongest kilogram-for-kilogram fighters, it is an extremely exciting fish to catch.
Besides tiger fish (also known as "striped water dogs"), bream and catfish abound in this playground for fly fishing, spin and lure anglers of all levels.
Get a bird's eye view on a helicopter flight over the Victoria Falls
Witness the stillness of the Zambezi on a sunset river cruise
Start the day saluting the sun with some yoga stretches
Photographic Safaris on the magical Zambezi River
Stand in awe at the thunderous Victoria Falls
Experience the ultimate in romantic dining with a Sampan dinner floating on the Zambezi
Enjoy awe-inspiring views from above, in this helicopter flight over the magnificent Victoria Falls.
Echoing David Livingstone's words of the lovely scenes that will unfold before your eyes that surely "must have been gazed upon by angels in their flight".
With the helicopter's bubble-shaped windows, perfect panoramic views can be enjoyed by guests allowing great photographic opportunities from all seats.
View the breath-taking Victoria Falls from a helicopter
End the day sailing along the Zambezi River as the spectacular African sunset enhances the experience.
Enjoy light refreshments and sundowners as you watch animals drinking at the water's edge and flocks of birds skimming the waterline.
Engage your adventurous spirit as you canoe the Zambezi
Watch the awesome spectacle of wildlife in their habitat on a game drive
Unwind at the spa
Feel the thrill of a walking safari in search of rhinos
Enjoy a romantic private picnic on a lazy river day


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Civil Rights Leaders Respond to Trump Administration's Latest Attack on Fair Housing, Legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr.
January 16, 2020 January 16, 2020 NFHA Staff
Contact: Dale Van Ollefen | 202-823-3297 | dvanollefen@kivvit.com
Proposal from HUD to Effectively Eliminate Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Rule Weakens Enforcement of Fair Housing Laws, Reinforces Decades of Discriminatory Practices
Leaders of The National Fair Housing Alliance, Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, National Low Income Housing Coalition, National Housing Law Project, and Alliance for Housing Justice held a media conference call today to express opposition to the Trump administration's latest attack against a critical Fair Housing Act tool for fighting housing discrimination. You can listen to a recording of the full press call here.
The proposed rule released by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) just days before Martin Luther King, Jr. Day would effectively eliminate the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) mandate under the Fair Housing Act. Congress passed the Fair Housing Act one week after the assassination of Dr. King in 1968 as an honorific to the civil rights leader who had fought for passage of the bill. It remains an important part of his legacy.
In response to HUD's proposal, a coalition of advocacy groups launched fightforhousingjustice.org, where those who oppose the rule and support the fight against housing discrimination can get more information and submit a comment to HUD.
These civil rights leaders released the following statements in response to the Trump Administration's move to eliminate the AFFH rule:
Kristen Clarke, President and Executive Director, Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
"The 2015 Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Rule was a historic victory for the civil rights movement. Secretary Carson should do the right thing: withdraw this disastrous proposal and take steps to restart the implementation of the 2015 rule. Secretary Carson not only seeks to dismantle HUD's system for providing oversight of its fair housing grantees, the proposed rule also doubles as a transparently ideological attack on equitable local policies that advance racial and economic justice. In no uncertain terms, we condemn this latest attempt by Secretary Carson to undermine fair housing efforts in our country."
Lisa Rice, President and CEO, National Fair Housing Alliance
"This proposed rule is not a fair housing rule at all. It is a deregulation rule, cloaked in affordable housing language masquerading as a fair housing rule. This rule represents the antithesis of what fair housing is all about. It discards the anti-discrimination, equity and opportunity lenses that were key features of the 2015 regulation. It takes a free market approach to solving issues of inequality and segregation – a model that has never worked. It discards the requirement for jurisdictions and public housing authorities to complete a comprehensive analysis of barriers to fair housing and adopt plans to overcome them. It also does not give jurisdictions the directed guidance they requested to enable them to fulfill their fair housing obligations and will likely open them up to increased liability. The GAO issued a report admonishing HUD for not effectively enforcing the AFFH mandate. The 2015 rule addressed the GAO's findings and incorporated its recommendations. This rule does neither. HUD must abandon this ill-fated effort and reinstate the 2015 regulation post haste."
Diane Yentel, President and CEO, National Low Income Housing Coalition
"Secretary Carson's proposal is a complete retreat from critical efforts to undo historic, government-driven patterns of housing discrimination and segregation throughout the U.S. This proposed rule underscores Secretary Carson's fundamental misunderstanding or willful misreading of the Fair Housing Act and its obligations. His proposal would allow communities to ignore the essential racial desegregation obligations of fair housing law and is the latest of Secretary Carson's attempts to weaken and disrupt HUD's fair housing duties. Secretary Carson must abandon the ill-conceived proposal to gut the AFFH and instead work to vigorously enforce his obligation to further fair housing in our country."
Shamus Roller, Executive Director, National Housing Law Project
"HUD has proposed a rule that advances the Trump Administration's deregulation agenda under the guise of fair housing. Make no mistake: this rule promotes neitherfair housing nor affordable housing objectives. Instead, this proposal continues the Administration's pattern of attacking civil rights and housing access. HUD's proposal releases jurisdictions from having to examine whether they are perpetuating discrimination and segregation. Pretending our country's legacy of housing discrimination does not exist is not a valid federal housing policy. Putting our heads in the sand will not suddenly create inclusive communities, nor will it address the enduring impacts of practices such as redlining and government-sanctioned segregation."
Maria Zamudio, Associate Director, Housing Rights Committee of San Francisco with the Alliance for Housing Justice and Homes for All
"With these proposed changes to AFFH and HUDs fair housing policies, Trump and his administration are simply trying to remove regulations to allow his developer friends to profit off of discrimination, exploitation and displacement. We can see through these false solutions. Our communities are organizing to protect ourselves and are winning new protections to fight for real solutions to the housing crisis. Instead of gutting fair housing protections, HUD and the federal government should invest in renter protections like rent control and just cause eviction protections, full funding to rehabilitate and maintain public housing, and in millions of new units of social housing for all people that is safe, dignified and sustainable for our people and the planet."
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NFHA Opposes HUD Proposal to Dismantle Fair Housing Act, Weaken Enforcement
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CoxHealth raises minimum wage to $15.25/hour
Posted by Kaitlyn McConnell on Aug. 24, 2021
CoxHealth's minimum wage will soon rise to $15.25 per hour.
In addition to greater compensation, this change carries a call to arms for the region. More people are needed at CoxHealth to help meet the dramatic increase in demand for care, both spurred on by the COVID-19 pandemic and in light of anticipated future growth throughout the region.
"We recognize health care can often mean long hours and difficult work, and that it is not for everyone," says Steve Edwards, president and CEO of CoxHealth. "But it is also a place where one can fulfill a higher calling, and have a sense of purpose and mission in service to humanity."
This change represents the health system's largest starting wage adjustment in its history, impacting 6,500 employees. Of this figure, 5,000 are entry level workers, and 1,500 are colleagues up the career ladder. In total, it represents a $25.5 million investment.
All CoxHealth employees who earn less than $15.25 per hour will automatically increase to the new rate. To help recognize skill and dedication to the organization, many others in similar ranges who are already making more than $15.25 will also receive raises.
"Our people are our most important asset, and we want to recognize them for the great, life-changing work they do every day, which has been especially pronounced over the past year and a half," says Andy Hedgpeth, vice president of Human Resources at CoxHealth. "We hope that this increase, and the many people and departments it affects, shows our employees how much we value them."
The increase will be effective in October 2021. Employees who are impacted by this adjustment will be notified in the coming days.
"CoxHealth has recently received national recognition as a 'Best Employer' in publications such as Forbes and Modern Healthcare, and we remain absolutely committed to attracting and retaining the very best talent," says Edwards. "I believe we are so very fortunate to have a local, caring Board of Directors that believes the best investments we can make are in the people of this organization."
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Ballerina is an open source general-purpose programming language designed by WSO2 for cloud-era application programmers.

The project started in 2015 by architects from WSO2 as a code-based alternative to the configuration-based integration tools such as EAI, ESB, and workflow products.

It has various constructs geared toward cloud-native development including support for various data formats and protocols, reliability, distributed transactions, APIs, and event streams.

History
Ballerina was first publicly announced in 2017 and version 1.0 was released on September 10, 2019.

Design
Ballerina is a general-purpose language with a familiar syntax along with a direct graphical representation of the code in the form of sequence diagrams. It has fundamental abstractions designed to make integration problems easier to program. Ballerina was designed by WSO2 to improve productivity for application developers that have to work with distributed computing. It is easy to write and modify and is suitable for application programmers.

The designers, who provided enterprise integration products for over 10 years, used their knowledge of the industry when designing the language, says WSO2 director and Ballerina founder James Clark.

Some key concepts in Ballerina include:

 The network in the language - Ballerina introduces fundamental, new abstractions of client objects, services, resource functions, and listeners to bring networking into the language.
 Sequence diagrams for programming - In Ballerina, every program has a corresponding event diagram showing the processes involved and the sequence of messages exchanged between them.
 Structural, open-by-default typing - Ballerina has a statically typed, structural type system that aims to be network data schema friendly.
 Moving from code to cloud - Ballerina brings the entire program execution process to the hands of the developer with extensible metadata that gets compiled to runnable programs for all major cloud platforms.
 Automated observability - Ballerina incorporates features into the language itself that helps keep track of metrics, logs and tracing.

Examples

Hello World
The regular Hello World program:
import ballerina/io;

public function main() {
    io:println("Hello World!");
}

To execute the above program, place the source code in a .bal file and provide the path of the file to the bal run command.

$ ballerina run hello_world.bal
Hello World!

The service version of the Hello World program:
import ballerina/http;

service /greet on new http:Listener(9090) {
    resource function get . () returns string {
        return "Hello World!";
    }
}

Services are executed in the same manner, except they don't terminate like regular programs do. Once the service is up and running, one can use an HTTP client to invoke the service. For example, the above service can be invoked using the following cURL command:

$ curl http://localhost:9090/greet
Hello World!

REST API
import ballerina/http;

service on new http:Listener(9090) {
    resource function post factorial(@http:Payload string payload) returns http:Ok|http:BadRequest {
        int|error num = int:fromString(payload);

        if num is error {
            return <http:BadRequest>{body: "Invalid integer: " + payload};
        }

        if num < 0 {
            return <http:BadRequest>{body: "Integer should be >= 0"};
        }

        int result = 1;

        foreach int i in 2 ... num {
            result *= i;
        }

        return <http:Ok>{body: result};
    }
}

$ curl http://localhost:9090/factorial -d 5
120

GraphQL API
import ballerina/graphql;

service /stocks on new graphql:Listener(4000) {
    resource function get quote() returns StockQuote {
        return {
            ticker: "EXPO",
            price: 287.5,
            open: 285,
            prevClose: 285.5,
            low: 276.25,
            high: 297
        };
    }
}

type StockQuote record {|
    string ticker;
    float price;
    float open;
    float prevClose;
    float low;
    float high;
|};

$ curl -H "Content-type: application/json" -d '{"query": "{ quote { ticker, price } }" }' 'http://localhost:4000/stocks'
{"data":{"quote":{"ticker":"EXPO", "price":287.5}}}

Sequence Diagram
The generated sequence diagram is a canonical representation of the source code. The two representations can be used interchangeably. The diagram support is provided through the Ballerina VS Code plugin. The following are a couple of such generated sequence diagrams, compared with its associated code.

A sample program for retrieving and processing COVID-19 data:

A sample program for creating a report out of pull request data retrieved from GitHub:

JSON Support
The language provides support for working with JSON values. The builtin type `json` is defined as the following union: ()|boolean|int|float|decimal|string|json[]|map<json>

import ballerina/io;

public function main() returns error {
    // Syntax for `json` object values is very similar to the syntax of JSON
    json person = {name: "John Doe", age: 25};

    // Serialized `json` values conforms to the JSON specification
    io:println(person);

    // The fields of the `json` value can be accessed as follows
    string name = check person.name;
    int age = check person.age;
}

Code to Cloud
Docker and Kubernetes artifacts required for deploying the code to the cloud can be generated when building the code. Values required for these artifacts are derived from the code. Additionally, one can override these values as well using the Cloud.toml file. To enable generation of the cloud artifacts, the users can use the cloud build option in the Ballerina.toml file. Use docker to generate just the Docker image and the Dockerfile and use k8s to generate Kubernetes artifacts as well. Minimal sample config TOML files would look something like the following:

Ballerina.toml file:
[package]
distribution = "2201.0.0"

[build-options]
cloud="k8s"

Cloud.toml file:
[container.image]
repository="bal_user"
name="greet"
tag="v0.1.0"

Workers
import ballerina/http;
import ballerina/lang.'int;
import ballerina/io;

// Workers interact with each other by sending and receiving messages.
// Ballerina validates every worker interaction (send and receive)
// to avoid deadlocks.
public function main() {
    @strand {thread: "any"}
    worker w1 {
        int w1val = checkpanic calculate("2*3");
        // Sends a message asynchronously to the worker `w2`.
        w1val -> w2;
        // Receives a message from the worker `w2`.
        int w2val = <- w2;
        io:println("[w1] Message from w2: ", w2val);
        // Sends messages synchronously to the worker `w3`. The worker `w1` will wait
        // until the worker `w3` receives the message.
        w1val ->> w3;
        w2val -> w3;
        // Flushes all messages sent asynchronously to the worker `w3`. The worker
        // will halt at this point until all messages are sent or until the worker `w3`
        // fails.
        checkpanic flush w3;
    }

    // A worker can have an explicit return type, or else, if a return type is not mentioned,
    // it is equivalent to returning ().
    @strand {thread: "any"}
    worker w2 {
        int w2val = checkpanic calculate("17*5");
        // Receives a message from the worker `w1`.
        int w1val = <- w1;
        io:println("[w2] Message from w1: ", w1val);
        // Sends a message asynchronously to the worker `w1`.
        w1val + w2val -> w1;
    }

    worker w3 {
        int|error w1val = <- w1;
        int|error w2val = <- w1;
        io:println("[w3] Messages from w1: ", w1val, ", ", w2val);
    }

    // Waits for the worker `w1`to finish.
    wait w1;
}

function calculate(string expr) returns int|error {
    http:Client httpClient = check new ("https://api.mathjs.org");
    string response = check httpClient->get(string `/v4/?expr=${expr}`);
    return check 'int:fromString(response);
}

References

Further reading
 Fernando, Anjana, Warusawithana, Lakmal (2020) Beginning Ballerina  Programming, Apress (part of Springer Nature)

External links

 https://ballerina.io
 https://github.com/ballerina-platform/ballerina-lang GitHub repository.

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Programming languages created in 2017
Scripting languages
Dynamically typed programming languages
Statically typed programming languages
Concurrent programming languages
High-level programming languages
Free software projects
Cross-platform free software

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All Head Teachers in the Child Development Laboratories use the same curriculum as the basis for instruction in the classroom. The curriculum was developed here at Michigan State University, over a period of years, by teachers and faculty in the Department of Human Development and Family Studies. It has achieved national recognition and is currently the model for several other early childhood programs across the state.
Every week, teachers plan a variety of activities and experiences corresponding to all six domains. Although, we realize that no one facet of development can be isolated from the rest, we believe that purposeful planning for each domain results in a more comprehensive approach to instruction. Moreover, we can achieve consistency in application from classroom to classroom that contributes to the positive growth of children as they move through the program. Simultaneously, classroom individuality is maintained because each teacher brings his/her own special emphasis and understanding of development to its implementation. Thus, while we all share common goals, application of the curriculum is personalized and tailored to meet the needs of individual classes and children. Looked at individually, these six domains represent major facets of child development. Construction and pretend play are the processes by which these facets are integrated. Taken together, the entire array represents the "whole" child. More information is in the: Family Handbook and the East Lansing Calendar or the Haslett Calendar.
Head Teachers hold master's degrees in child development or early childhood education with a background encompassing extensive experience in child development, early childhood education, or related fields.
Half-day classes are in session during MSU's academic year (September-April) four days per week (Monday through Thursday) and offer both morning and afternoon sessions as space is available at our Haslett campus. Morning classes are held from 8:40 to 11:40 AM and afternoon classes are held from 1 to 4 PM.
The MSU CDL is proud to offer full-day, year-round preschool at our East Lansing campus. The program operates 7:30 AM to 6:00 PM, Monday through Friday. The program is available to children ages 18 months to 5 years.
Programming for Summer will be offered at our Haslett campus. We enroll children who are turning 30 months or older by May 15th. This program typically operates from mid-May through the end of June. It is age specific and will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis. Classes will be divided by age group with no class having larger than an 18 month age range. Summer offers half-day morning or afternoon classes that operate Monday through Thursday.


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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – The 20th ranked Florida State men's tennis team kicks off their 2019 season this Thursday in a doubleheader against Georgia Southern (12 p.m.) and Mercer (5 p.m.).
The Noles start the season at home where they have won 74 percent of their home matches (265-91) since the opening of the Scott Speicher Memorial Tennis Center in 1994. Florida State comes into 2019 returning 65 percent of their singles wins from 2018 including their top two win getters.
The Garnet and Gold are 29-6 all-time against Georgia Southern including a 24-4 record at home. The Seminoles have shutout the Eagles 11 times in the series and are currently on a 15 match win streak that saw Florida State last beat Georgia Southern 7-0 in 2017.
Florida State has never lost to Mercer, garnering a 22-0 all-time record against the Bears. This includes a perfect 12-0 record at home and 11 shutout victories. They last played in 2014 when the Noles won 4-0 in Tallahassee.
322 – Dwayne Hultquist is the winningest tennis coach in school history with 322 wins, 176 of them over ranked opponents.
65 – Percent of singles wins from the 2018 season return, led by redshirt senior Lucas Poullain who went 30-5 a season ago.
37 – The Seminoles enter the season with 37 years of coaching experience on the sideline. (Hultquist – 19 (Head Coach), 8 (Assistant Coach); DeHeart – 6; Cambier – 4.
16 – The Seminoles have been to 16 consecutive NCAA Tournaments (11th longest streak in the nation).
4 – The Garnet and Gold return four of their top five in singles wins from a season ago.
In the latest Oracle/ITA poll, Florida State comes in at No. 20. This marks the 29th straight week that the Noles have been ranked in the ITA Poll dating back to February 27, 2017.
The Seminoles have one ranked singles players in junior Rana-Roop Singh Bhullar, who comes into the season ranked 84th in the nation.


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Tag: INPUD
Posted on 29/09/2020 30/09/2020 by Milutin
The International Network of People who Use Drugs (INPUD), Mainline, King's College London, AFEW International, the South African Network of People who Use Drugs, AFEW Kyrgystan and Rumah Cemarah shared the results of a three year research programme exploring how community involvement impacts the quality and accessibility of harm reduction services for people who use drugs. The research Community Matters: Lessons from a Bridging the Gaps research programme, supported through the Bridging the Gaps II programme, was completed from 2018 through 2020 as part of a community-academic partnership across Indonesia, Kyrgyzstan and South Africa which were linked to a 'rapid review' of the literature on low and middle-income countries.
Evidence from the report shows how difference forms of community involvement across these three countries impact harm reduction access and quality, especially in low and middle income settings. This evidence base can guide the scaling-up of community involvement efforts globally in support of harm reduction targets.
The report has four core messages:
More ambitious support is needed for expanded community involvement in harm reduction services
Community involvement can support increased access and quality of harm reduction services
Community leadership delivers research with impact
Research agendas need to expand and methodologies need to adapt
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Tool for Gender-Responsive Harm Reduction Services for Women who Use Drugs
Posted on 17/03/2020 by Milutin
The International Network of People who use Drugs (INPUD) and the International Network of Women who use Drugs (INWUD), in collaboration with the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC) HIV/AIDS Section and Koalisi Satu Hati, a community advocacy group in Indonesia, developed On the A-Gender: Community Monitoring Tool for Gender-Responsive Harm Reduction Services for Women who use Drugs. It aims to be a resource for community advocates to begin documenting, evidencing and addressing this state of play. The tool acknowledges the diversity and intersectionality of women who use drugs – including sex workers, lesbian and transwomen.
Worldwide, women who use drugs are vastly underserved within health and social services and programmes. National and international research, services, guidelines, and training programmes are either gender-neutral or male-focused. As harm reduction services are primarily tailored to men, women who use drugs often find their specific needs being unacknowledged and unaddressed, leading to non gender-responsive harm reduction services.
This resource can be a useful and a practical first step towards developing advocacy strategies to introduce and scale up gender-responsive harm reduction services in various settings around the world. In this way, the right to health of women who use drugs can be respected and better promoted.
To read full and download the tool, follow this link>>>
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Instructions on coronavirus in Serbian
Together with our member organisations Prevent and Re Generation, DPNSEE have prepared information and instructions for protection against coronavirus in Serbian for people in risk from vulnerable populations we support. We used several sources: INPUD, Leafly, Crew and BesD.
The instructions are printed in 500 – 2.000 copies to share to the key populations.
These instructions will be available in various institutions and civil society organisations in Serbia. We expect that they will be adjusted to local languages in some other countries of South East Europe.
General harm reduction tips for people who use drugs
General prevention measures against coronavirus COVID-19
Instructions for people who take drugs snorting
Instructions for people who use cannabis
Instructions for people who go clubbing
Instructions for sex workers
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Full speed CND
Side events
The media, a key actor in the field of drugs
Organized by Canada, and Association Proyecto Hombre, Canadian Centre on Substance use and Addiction, Dianova International, The Interest Organisation for Substance Misusers and Turkish Green Crescent Society.
Role of social networks to take action is to:
Reach bigger audiences
Promote initiatives
Mobilize support
Organize campaigns to end stigma
Fund more research
Authorities should monitor for dangerous content
Encourage influencers to promote a healthy life style
An interesting source is Addictionary, produced by The Recovery Research Institute.
Kristina Stankova presented "The role of social networks and alternative media in the field of drugs". The threats identified include misleading information and fake news, peer pressure, the influence of advertisement in social networks, famous people and influencers promoting unhealthy lifestyle as fun and cool, etc. Tips on how to use social networks and alternative media in a positive way include use of social networks as a tool to access information for research, use them as a tool to raise awareness and promote a healthy lifestyle, reach hidden populations, to end stigma, to spread accurate and understandable information, etc. Studies have found that as many as 75% of teens felt pressured to drink alcohol and use drugs after seeing their friends post these activities online.
Communities at the centre: Barriers and opportunities for community led interventions
Organized by International Drug Policy Consortium, International Network of People who use Drugs, Joint United Nations Programme in HIV/ AIDS, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and UNODC HIV/AIDS Section.
Since 2018, only one new country started needle exchange programme, while no new country started OST – despite all evidence base that these are important services for people who use drugs.
Mick Matthews from INPUD: We are not the enemy, work with us.
11 million people in the world inject drugs. Every eight has HIV, every second Hep C. 84% of those who have HIV also have Hep C. UNAIDS is clearly ready to work with and for people who use drugs (and they introduced this denomination to UN documents).
Harm reduction and rehabilitation program for inmates in prisons with mental and behavioral disorders due to use of psychoactive substances
Organized by Spain and Ukraine and European Union
Spain and Ukraine presented a cooperation project implemented in the context of EU cooperation program. Both countries used it to implement measures planned by their drug strategies.
Spain performs a survey on health services in prisons every 5 years. 75% inmates used illegal substances in their life. "Incarceration is an opportunity to improve health of inmates".
Drugs are present in prisons in Spain and make serious problems resulting in fights between internal gangs.
Relapse after treatments in Spain is at 31,5%, while at those who go through treatments in prisons it is around 16%.
In Ukraine, with the support from the Global Fund, condoms are shared free of charge in prisons. There was a programme to evaluate syringe exchange programme. Results of the programme are discussed now, but the measures shall wait for the reform on the prison system. Civil society organisations are involved in the programme and discussion.
Unfortunately, a few Ukrainian CSOs were very critical and presented completely different view.
Shared responsibility in addressing the cocaine threat along the supply chain
Organized by European Union, UNODC CRIMJUST, UNODC Regional Office for West and Central Africa and UNODC Research and Trend Analysis Branch
Chloé Carpentier, Chief of the UNODC Drug Research Section in her presentation mentioned that the "new kids on the block" in the cocaine trade chain in Latin America are the Balkan cartel which holds 34% of the transfer of cocaine from Latin America to Europe and almost all street distribution! Production of cocaine is on the historical maximum, there are more organised criminal groups and purity is very high. More regional and international cooperation is needed to fight the problem.
UNODC-WHO Community Management of Opioid Overdose – initial results from the S.O.S. study
Organized by Australia, Kyrgyzstan and the United States of America, and UNODC Prevention, Treatment and Rehabilitation Section, Vienna NGO Committee on Drugs and World Health Organization
Representatives of UNDC and WHO expressed their dissatisfaction that we have to fight for Naloxone, as this is a medication that has no controlled substance. Stigma associated with opioid use disorders is so potent that it extends to naloxone itself. Every day, week, year of inaction means that persons are dying due to opioid overdose when there are medicines that could save their lives. Naloxone is officially registered as a medicine across 51% of all countries, but most countries don't provide data on the availability of Naloxone.
The research they prepared and showcased by this event also serves as an assessment of the WHO's own Guidelines on Community Management of Overdose Overdose.
The WHO-UNODC S.O.S. programme (S.O.S. for Stop Overdose Safely) is a peer-distribution programme in which we attempt to provide take home naloxone to likely witnesses of overdoses. The goal at the launch of the SOS Initiative in March 2017 was to have 90% of those likely to witness an overdose are trained to implement Naloxone; 90% of those trained to provide naloxone are provided with a supply; and having 90% of provided with Naloxone are actually carrying it with them.
Ms Leigh Toomey, member of the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention attends the 63rd session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs. For the occasion, she was willing to meet with selected IDPC members and partners to discuss the Working Group's activities, including its upcoming report on the use of arbitrary detention in drug policy.
Cases presented to Ms Toomey mainly came from countries which have harsh approach to drugs. DPNSEE Executive Director added a couple of issues from the region.
We participated in the Vienna NGO Committee Annual General Meeting. Half of the Board have been elected, all from recovery organisations which have obviously well prepared for the elections.
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What does Universal Health Coverage mean for People Who Use Drugs
On 23 September 2019, world leaders adopted a high-level United Nations Political Declaration on universal health coverage (UHC) at the United Nations General Assembly. In adopting the declaration, U.N. Member States have committed to advance towards UHC by investing in four major areas around primary health care.
These include mechanisms to ensure no one suffers financial hardship because they have had to pay for healthcare out of their own pockets and implementing high-impact health interventions to combat diseases and protect women's and children's health. In addition, countries must strengthen health workforce and infrastructure and reinforce governance capacity. They will report back on their progress to the U.N. General Assembly in 2023.
The International Network of People who Use Drugs (INPUD) published a Technical Brief which explains how UHC can be both an opportunity and a concern for the health and rights of people who use drugs.
Through sustained diplomacy and negotiation at the political level and strong and concerted advocacy from civil society and communities, UHC is now prominent in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The principle of the SDGs is 'leave no one behind'; this should be taken to mean that those on the fringes of society are accorded the same rights to health and wellbeing as the most privileged. People who use drugs, along with other criminalised and marginalised populations, clearly fit into this category.
To read the Technical Brief, follow this link>>>
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62nd CND Session – Day 2
The second day of the 62th CND was full of side events and sharing with participants.
An overviews of the side events we participated in today includes:
Psychoactive substances and the Sustainable Development Goals – Towards a comprehensive approach in the era of the 2030 Agenda
Organized by the Government of Slovenia, Utrip Institute for Research and Development, the Pompidou Group of the Council of Europe and IOGT International. Jože Hren started his presentation reminding that for 20 years already the approach in Slovenia is that drug use is primarily a health problem and that possession of small quantities is a misdemeanour also since 1999. Those who are caught in possession of drugs get a fine of 40 Euro, but there is a process to change it to an oral warning or referral to treatment in more complex situations. Representative of the Pompidou Group spoke about the bi-annual prize the Group awards to innovative prevention programmes created by young people for young people. Another Slovenian representative presented their work emphasizing the need to invest in mental health programmes for adolescents. Cost of mental health disorders in Europe take 3 to 5 percent of GDP. There is a need for a reallocation of resources for more sustainable and impactful outcomes in tackling harmful substances and behaviours. Medical help is not enough – it has to be combined with comprehensive and long lasting prevention. They have a programme called "This is me", which is in line with the Goal 3 of the SDGs. Kristina Sperkova, president of the IOGT International (international network of Templar organisations) works on prevention of alcohol and other drugs harm world-wide. Sanela from Utrip Institute advocated for a community approach to prevention. Notes from the side event are available at the CND Blog following this address>>>.
Leaving no one behind: People at the centre of a harm reduction, human rights and public health approach to drug use
Organized by the Netherlands and Norway, UNODC, UNDP, UNAIDS, WHO, IDPC, AFEW International, Harm Reduction International, INPUD, Open Society Foundations, Aidsfonds and Frontline AIDS. Ann Fordham from IDPC highlighted that the new UNADIS report indicates that 99% of people who use drugs doesn't have a proper access to health services. WHO representative reminded that half a million people worldwide die of drug related deaths, mainly overdose and blood borne diseases HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis C. People also suffer because they can't access the medicines they need. The Netherlands has "put people first" in their approach to harm reduction. The right to health is fundamental to all people irrespective of whether they are using drugs. Drug policies should seek to reduce violence, promote the rule of law, support the most marginalized and vulnerable, lift up human rights. Prohibition and criminalization means a continuation of armed conflict supported by disproportionate spending. Naomi Burke-Shyne from HRI reminded that funding for harm reduction has flat lined from 2007 to 2016, which stands in shocking contrast to the estimated funding need by UNAIDS: existing funding represents only 13% of this estimated need. Judy Chang from INPUD stated that "Existing drug policies threaten security, democracy and the well-being of all, especially those most marginalized and vulnerable. The war on drugs and drug-free agenda undermines the SDG agenda." Zaved Mahmood from UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights estimates that People who use drugs are not just left behind, they are kept out. The right to life includes the obligation to take measures where peoples' lives might be threatened, including in relation to the use of drugs and HIV and hepatitis.
Drug prevention approaches that make a difference
Organized by the Governments of Iceland and Serbia, and the Pompidou Group of the Council of Europe. Serbian representative to the OSC made an introduction speech. The same like the Minister of Health on Thursday 14 at the Ministerial Segment, he said that the Drug Strategy has 5 chapters instead of 7, avoiding to say that Harm Reduction is one of them. Jelena Janković from the Ministry of Health presented the latest developments, including information about overdose deaths in 2018 and creation of the Ministerial Commission (for fighting narcomania in schools). She also presented the project the Ministry did with experiences and support from Israel. Iceland presented their project with are seen as the flagship project on prevention. Almost 2% of the alcohol and tobacco taxes go to prevention programmes! They see as the main risks and protective factors family factors, peer group effect, general well-being and extra-curricular activities and sports. Their learning is that the multidisciplinary collaboration is the key to success. The change thy achieved is different attitude of parents and society – don't buy alcohol for children. It is not OK for adolescents to be drunk in public. It is not the amount of time that parents spend with their children – it is the quality of time. There are no unsupervised parties. Pompidou Group emphasised the role of police in prevention. Interventions from the floor were on offering more than just sports and having campaigns that cover illicit but also legal substances.
Other side events held today that may be of interest are:
Alternatives to incarceration: When are they useful, how much do they cost and how can member states best implement and monitor them?
Handling dangerous opioids: Keeping our officers safe!
The Vienna NGO Committee on Drugs (VNGOC) held regular Annual General Assembly. The Committee welcomed new members, reviewed and approved the VNGOC annual report and reflected on activities for 2018/19 including those of the Civil Society Task Force (CSTF), got information about the annual accounts for 2018, the latest financial status and audited accounts for 2018, Strategic Plan 2019-21 and Budget for 2019 and Voluntary Code of Conduct for NGOs at the CND and received an update on developments within UNODC. The Committee discussed the future organisation of the VNGOC, based on the background paper presented by the Board.
Following a governance review process undertaken in 2017, VNGOC agreed to stagger the elections for the VNGOC Board to ensure greater stability and continuity. In order to do this, three of the positions elected last year were given one-year terms, the other three positions were given the standard two-year terms. This year, the following three positions were up for re-election: Chairperson, Deputy Treasurer, Deputy Secretary. Our friend fro International Drug Policy Consortium Jamie Bridge was re-elected for the Chairperson. Congratulations!
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CND opening day
NGO briefing by the Vienna NGO Committee
The briefing was a useful orientation, especially for the newcomers, to what will happen and the annual UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs and the role and involvement of civil society organisations.
Opening of the sixty-first CND Session
The opening session was held in plenary, with all national delegations and civil society representatives present and transmitted to other rooms. It included welcome messages of the CND 61 Chairperson Alicia Buenrostro Massieu, UN Secretary-General António Guterres, International Narcotics Control Board President Dr Viroj Sumyai, UNODC Executive Director Yuri Fedotov, WHO Director – General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and introductory speeches of country groupings: Group of 77 and China, Africa Group, Asia Pacific Group, Latin American and Caribbean Group (GRULAC) and European Union Group (including accession countries). The Session then continues with general debate.
It should me mentioned that Deputy Minister of Health of Bulgaria Svetlana Yordanova spoke on behalf of the European Union (Bulgaria holds presidency of the EU). She underlined that current UN Drugs Policy has been an utter failure and that EU expresses deepest regret that the UNGASS Outcome Document does not mention a moratorium on the death penalty. She said that "In 2009, we set 2019 as a target date for ourselves to eliminate cultivation of opium, coca and cannabis plants and social risks, trafficking and money laundering related to illicit drugs. We have not achieved this target: today we have an equally severe and diversified situation. The problems are evolving. We have never seen such a complex set of challenges in the drug area: NPS, the internet, trafficking, new players and increased production. EU supports bringing public health and human rights to the core of the drug policy by balancing law enforcement with equally firm health and social services and evidenced based actions.
Bringing human rights to the forefront of drug policy: Development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation
The event was organised by the governments of Malta (represented by Ambassador Keith Azzopardi), Germany (Ambassador Friedrich Dauble), Norway, the Pompidou Group of the Council of Europe (Jan Malinowski, Executive Secretary). Speakers were also Damon Barrett, Director of the International Centre on Human Rights and Drug Policy, University of Essex and Zaved Mahmoud, Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. This event was an attempt to move beyond highlighting human rights problems by examining the impact of the world drug problem on the enjoyment of human rights and exploring the application of human rights standards and tests as a basis for national and local led initiatives to incorporate human rights into drug policy development, monitoring and evaluation.
In the outcome document of the 2016 UNGASS on the world drug problem, UN member states reiterated a "commitment to respecting, protecting and promoting all human rights fundamental freedoms and the inherent dignity of all individuals and the rule of law in the development and implementation of drug policies". In drug policy – as in all other policy areas – human rights are not a choice, they are an obligation.
Interesting points from the presentations include:
Human rights start in small places, close to home – Eleanor Roosevelt
Jan Malinowski: There is no discussion about death penalty and extrajudicial killings. CoE is condemning inhuman treatments. There must be mechanisms in place to bring to light rights issues arising from drug policy
Damon Barrett: There is no universal prescription due to diversity in country situations, but we have universal standards! The challenge for policy makers is to resolve the tension between human rights and drug policy in favour of human rights. Health services should be available, accessible, acceptable (by different populations) and of sufficient quality. Consider harm reduction in funding decisions.
Zaved Mahmood: Wrong policy decisions influence various segments of life. For instance, punishing legislation leads to overcrowded prisons. Until we address the human dimension of drug policies, those policies will fail.
The world drug perception problem
This event was organized by the Governments of Portugal, Switzerland and Uruguay and the Global Commission on Drug Policy to discuss the current perceptions but also progress already made in some countries to fight negative perceptions, stigma, discrimination and criminalization of people who use drugs, as well as possible further steps.
Speakers included Pavel Bém, Commissioner, Global Commission on Drug Policy (GCDP), Michel Kazatchkine, UN Special Envoy on HIV/AIDS for Eastern Europe and Central Asia, João Goulão, National Drug Coordinator, Portugal, Martín Rodríguez, Executive Director of the Institute for the Regulation and Control of Cannabis (IRCCA), Uruguay, Nora Kronig-Romero, Ambassador for Global Health, Switzerland and Judy Chang, Executive Director, INPUD.
The latest GCDP report on the issue The World Drug Perception Problem: Countering Prejudices About People Who Use Drugs was published in 2017.
Michel Kazatchkine: presented an interesting fact from the report that "UNODC estimates only 11.6% of those who used drugs in 2016 are considered to suffer problematic drug use or addiction. The most common pattern of drug use is episodic and non-problematic." and that "Legal status of #drugs rarely correspond to potential harms, not based on scientific evidence."
Martín Rodriguez: "There have been no episodes of violence between the people who use or in the surroundings of the sale places" (in Uruguay, who legalised sale of cannabis) and "Before the sale of recreational cannabis in pharmacies started, almost ¾ were against it; 6 months later and due to the positive experiences, this has fallen to 43%"
Nora Kronig-Romero: The main factors leading the Swiss population to approve drug policy reform was failure of law enforcement only approach and experiences with small projects of harm reduction. Direct democracy contributed to an informed discussion about drugs, drug perception and drug policy in Switzerland.
João Goulão: "Problematic drug use reached all parts of society and that led to a change in the popular view of drug use – changing perceptions about people who use drugs"
Judy Chang – We don't believe in reducing a behaviour to an identity. We prefer the phrase "people who use drugs" to more stigmatising language but emphasise drug dependency is not incompatible with a person living a happy and fulfilled lives
A note from this side event is available at the CND blog.
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Pre-CND events
Sunday 11 March was full of preparatory events for the 61st Session of the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs. Here is an information about a few of them where DPNSEE participated.
IDPC pre-meeting with member organisations
The International Drug Policy Consortium held a day-long meeting with member organisations representatives to help them oriented to the CND participation and agree on approach and actions.
In the morning, two separate sessions were held. One was the orientation session for new CSO representatives. They also had an opportunity to learn about the CND through a webinar which is available at the IDPC website.
The other session was intended to those who already had experience with CND. It was a strategy discussion, focused on the substantive details of tabled resolutions, with overview of member states dynamics at the CND, detailed review of CND resolutions and discussion on other key issues for CND 2018.
In the afternoon session, participants from the second morning session informed others about their discussion on resolutions (and resolutions themselves) to inform collective thinking on advocacy, strategy and the work of the network during CND and beyond. This session also included presentation of the IDPC 5-year Strategy and opportunities for collaboration, a report from the civil society meeting held at the end of 2017 in Berlin and presentation of the IDPC Members Survey results.
There are a few interesting things from this event.
An interesting proposed resolution is the one from the CND Chairperson addressing the Preparations for the sixty-second session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs, in 2019. The resolution already includes various positive elements, but should be strengthened my emphasising the role of the UN Secretary-General, references to civil society participation, active participation of all UN member states (not only 53 CND countries) and mentioning harm reduction in country presentations at the CND debate. This is very important because it is obvious that unrealistic targets of a "drug-free world" declared in 2009 Plan of Action will not be achieved. The world now have two possible ways forward: either continue with same policies that have proven insufficient (promoted by countries with rigid and conservative approach) or promote an active approach which bring public health and human rights to core of drug policy.
WHO proposes 12 substances for control – 6 of them are fentanyl based.
There will be 95 side events at CND – an invitation was shared to go to those which are critical. The same goes for some of the exhibitions of "usual suspects" (Russia, Singapore, Bahrain, Turkey… and especially Iran).
IDPC Asks from the Strategy include:
Move away from drug-free world targets
Reflect the UN goals of promoting health, human rights, development, peace and security
Reflect the realities of drug policies on the ground, both positive and negative – the elephant in the room
End punitive approaches and put people and communities first
Deadline for comments to the IDPC Strategic Plan is end of April.
SSDP Rally
Students for Sensible Drug Policy Austria organised a rally in the Vienna's Sigmund Freud Park in the afternoon and evening. It was the first local CSOs event related to UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs held annually in this city. Besides stands which promoted new approach to drug policy and abandoning the "drug war", several speakers addressed the public, including representatives of Anyone's Child: Families for Safer Drug Control, INPUD, Global Drug Survey, Veterans for Medical Marijuana, ENCOD — European Coalition for Just and Effective Drug Policies, ARGE CANNA and LISTE PILZ.
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Building Recovery: State Policy Guide for Supporting Recovery Housing
Smjernice za programe smanjenja šteta povezanih sa zlouporabom droga
Sustained Recovery Management
Drugs and the Sustainable Development Goals: A Guide for NGOs
A public health perspective
What does Universal Health Coverage mean for People Who Use Drugs: A Technical Brief
Manual on rehabilitation and recovery of drug users
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Interestingly, finance minister Arun Jaitley has not mentioned anything on the allocation made to Defence sector although there was 24463 crore additional allocation this time. This is perhaps for the first time in the last 17 years. While last year the total allocation was Rs 224636 crore, this year, the government made Rs 249099 crore. The controversy over OROP and the possible allocations for the retired personnel might be the reason for Jaitley not going into details, it is said.


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