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Eswatini (Swazi: eSwatini [ɛswa̯ˈtiːni]), officially the Kingdom of Eswatini (Swazi: Umbuso weSwatini) and also known as Swaziland (/ˈswɑːzɪlænd, -lənd/), is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. It is bordered by Mozambique to its northeast and South Africa to its north, west and south. The country and the Swazi people take their names from Mswati II, the 19th-century king under whose rule Swazi territory was expanded and unified.
Southern Africa is the southernmost region of the African continent, variably defined by geography or geopolitics, and including several countries. The term southern Africa or Southern Africa, generally includes Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.South(ern) Africa region (Wiki)
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South Africa: Overcoming Apartheid, Building Democracy presents first-hand accounts of anti-aparthied movement. Interviews with South African activists, raw video footage documenting mass resistance and police repression, historical documents, rare photographs, and original narratives tell this remarkable story. An African Online Digital Library (AODL) / Michigan State University (MSU) website. Overcoming Apartheid, Building Democracy
The International Institute for Social History (Netherlands) offers access to archives from NiZA (Dutch Institute for Southern Africa, now ActionAid), fully processed by archivist Kier Schuringa, in alphabetical order. These archives are all freely accessible. All inventories are in Dutch only. Anti-apartheid and Southern Africa archives
Struggles for Freedom: Southern Africa focuses on the complex and varied liberation struggles in the region, with an emphasis on Botswana, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, and Zimbabwe.Struggles for Freedom in Southern Africa
Southern African Regional Universities Association (SARUA) is a membership-based association of Vice-Chancellors of public and private universities in the Southern African Development Community (SADC). SARUA enables collaborative partnerships that develop the institutional and human capacity of the Southern African region's universities and contributes to regional collaboration for the public good within higher education. SARUA is the regional convenor of choice and connecting hub for SADC's universities multiple stakeholder interests.Regional Universities Association
The African Studies Center at Michigan State University is a coordinating office for the approximately 160 faculty who have expertise in various fields about Africa. The SAFV Project includes partner archives, such as the the archives of the Community Video Education Trust (CVET) in Cape Town, comprising approximately 2,500 tapes and covering a wide spectrum of video of the brutalities of apartheid and the anti-apartheid struggle.South African Film & Video Project
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The digital collections showcase digital content from the Library and Information Service's unique digital collections and repositories. It offers a single connection point to various collections of primary resources as well as digital research output. Stellenbosch University image collection
Dr. Harold Scheub is the Evjue-Bascom Professor of Humanities in the Department of African Languages and Literature and one of the world's leading scholars in African oral traditions and folklore. To record oral traditions he has walked more than 6000 miles through South Africa, Swaziland, Zimbabwe, and Lesotho. This University of Wisconsin collection includes images and sounds. Harold E. Scheub collection
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SAMA's governor, Hamad Al Sayyari, called on the government to use part of the budget surplus to retire part of the kingdom's debt, reduce spending, and diversify the economy to withstand fluctuating oil prices, the Arab News reported.
"The government must restrict its spending to budget allocations and use any surplus to repay part of the public debt," said Al Sayyari. "Our economic challenges stem from modest growth rates, over-dependence on oil revenues and high population growth rates," he added.
Saudi Arabia produces eight million barrels of oil a day, and is the only oil producing country that can make up any shortfall in production among OPEC member states. Oil accounts for 80% of the kingdom's income.
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The other thing I noticed was that the country (at least for Canada) was not being linked properly. I don't know if their API has the ability to match country name (or if that's possible to collect the countries and match them as part of the format for upload).
Currently the Facebook profile uploader is broken (changed API on Facebook). I am swamped but will try to get this updated in the next week or two.
This is likely because internally (DB), Diving Log stores values in metric units and only the UI is metric/imperial.


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RAMESH THAKUR. The Nuclear Ban Treaty Embeds the Nuclear Taboo
By Ramesh Thakur | On 21 March 2018
The non-use of nuclear weapons since 1945 is largely explained by the strong moral taboo. There have been many occasions when they could have been used without fear of retaliation but were not, even at the price of defeat on the battlefield, as in Vietnam and Afghanistan. Norms, not deterrence, have anathematised the use of nuclear weapons as morally unacceptable. The force of the norm is buttressed by operational disutility: the very destructiveness of nuclear weapons robs them of military or political utility. Their lethal destructiveness constitutes an existential threat to all human beings, not just to the leaders, soldiers and citizens of the countries fighting a nuclear war.
A full-blown nuclear war would destroy Planet Earth. How can any human being usurp the moral right to play God in making such a decision? This is why every government and all peoples are stakeholders in the nuclear peace and deserve a voice in the governance of the global nuclear order. The UN provides a global platform for articulating this demand. In addition, several governments of non-nuclear states have drawn 'red lines' by creating nuclear exclusion zones on their own through regional (Latin America, South Pacific, ASEAN, Africa, Central Asia) and/or national New Zealand, Mongolia) nuclear-weapon-free zones.
From the dawn of the nuclear age in 1945, activists, NGOs, governments and the UN have been relentless in putting in place planks of an increasingly rigorous normative architecture to limit (1) the spread of nuclear weapon technology, materials and arsenals, and (2) the circumstances in which these terrible weapons might be used. 2017 Nuclear Ban Treaty embeds the collective moral revulsion of the international community at the most inhumane and indiscriminate weapon invented by man in the effort, possibly vain, to foreclose the very possibility of a nuclear war.
Nuclear weapons obliterate the distinction between combatants and civilians that is central to every moral code in all cultures, civilisations and religions. The Catholic Bishops of America in the 1980s and the Ayatollahs of Iran today are united in the belief that nuclear weapons are morally proscribed by Christianity and Islam respectively. Civilians have always been attacked amidst armed conflicts and their rights and dignity violated in numerous ways. But the ethical code, including warrior's honour, has never held this to be permissible. Nuclear weapons cannot be just war-compliant with regard to the requirements for proportionality, civilian-combatant distinction and no unnecessary suffering.
Nuclear deterrence as a doctrine is morally problematical. Its limited utility (only romantics and dreamers believe in its absolute utility) rests on the threat of inflicting mass killings on civilians. In 1983 the Catholic Bishops had granted 'a strictly conditional moral acceptance of deterrence'. Updating that, in December 2014 the Holy See argued that a 'global ethic…of solidarity' points to a 'morally responsible global future' which can only come from nuclear abolition. As well as 'legal obligations', the disarmament treaties 'are also moral commitments'. The 'double standard' in enforcing non-proliferation on some and not others 'undermines the universality on which the NPT was constructed'. Moreover, investment in nuclear weapons siphons off resources for poverty alleviation and development that 'is essential to social justice'.
The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) fails the test of inter-state equity. If the consequences of a nuclear war are systemic then decisions on arsenals, doctrines and use cannot be solely a matter of sovereign privilege. Possession of nuclear weapons is claimed by the legally acknowledged nuclear powers (China, France, Russia, UK and USA: the N5) to be NPT-compliant for a tiny minority of five countries and NPT-illicit for everyone else.
The division leads in turn to hypocrisy on the part of the nuclear haves in attempting to enforce non-proliferation on the have-nots. This was true in 1998 for India and Pakistan which had violated no treaty to which they were parties. It was also in operation more recently on Iran. The successful negotiations to check its suspected nuclear weapons program were led by the P5+1. The P5 possess around 98 percent of the world's stockpiles of nuclear weapons that they have held on to for five decades after committing to elimination, but insisted that Iran must not get even one. The '+1' is Germany which does not possess any nuclear weapons but does have about twenty US bombs stored on its territory and shelters under the NATO nuclear umbrella.
Double standards infuse the enforcement of the non-proliferation norm. Israel has never been subjected to normative sanction for acquiring nuclear weapons. Gradually over the past decade many countries, including Australia, have come round to accepting India and Pakistan also as de facto nuclear-armed states. Thus we have an 'enforcement continuum': Israel, India, Pakistan, North Korea, Iran.
Because countries lack individual or collective capacity to cope with the humanitarian impacts of a nuclear war, the leaders of nuclear-armed states have an ethical obligation to inform citizens about the inability to cope with the devastation of a nuclear war. The reason they fail to do so is that public support for nuclear weapons could then plummet. A more cynical explanation is that the fear of nuclear war is open to manipulation to bind citizens emotionally to the national security state. In persisting with nuclear weapons and doctrines not only do leaders breach their responsibility to protect their people; they build fortified sites for their own protection and survival.
The NPT has been instrumentalised by the N5 as the one and only legitimising principle for their own continued possession of nuclear weapons. Mass defection would rob them of the last remaining fiction of legal justification as possessor states. At which point do non-NWS conclude that defection from the NPT regime is not just likely to be politically effective as a circuit breaker in the existing impasse, but is also the morally permissible and ethically responsible course of action?
The Ban Treaty represents one last effort on the part of the non-nuclear world majority to try and reach the long-held goal of nuclear disarmament through stigmatisation and prohibition. The Treaty's Preamble acknowledges 'the ethical imperatives for nuclear disarmament and the urgency of achieving and maintaining a nuclear-weapon-free world' which is described as 'a global public good of the highest order, serving both national and collective security interests'. According to Costa Rica's Ambassador Elayne Whyte Gomez who presided over the UN conference that adopted the Ban Treaty: 'Each one of us has assumed the historic responsibility to give humankind an instrument that reflects the moral imperative of prohibiting nuclear weapons and leading to a future free of nuclear weapons'.
All the more reason to regret that Australia has been missing in action.
Professor Ramesh Thakur, Crawford School of Public Policy, The Australian National University, Canberra ACT 0200, Australia
This is drawn, with permission, from 'Japan and the Nuclear Weapons Prohibition Treaty: the wrong side of history, geography, legality, morality and humanity', inaugural issue of the Journal for Peace and Nuclear Disarmament (2018). The full article can be accessed here.
Ramesh Thakur is a professor emeritus at the Crawford School of Public Policy, the Australian National University.
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Bridges and Bennett: National's B-Team
by Graham Adams / 01 March, 2018
Opinion.
Paula Bennett stands behind her new leader Simon Bridges at the media conference that followed their election at caucus. Photo / Getty Images
The new guard looks too much like the old guard.
It should have been a triumph. There was Simon Bridges, fresh from conquering a crowded field of leadership hopefuls, standing at the lectern with his wife at his side, facing the nation's media for his first speech as Leader of the Opposition.
But at his other side stood Paula Bennett, the ghost of the National Party's immediate past, who instantly gave the lie to Bridges' claims of rejuvenation and modernisation.
What failure of nerve or imagination in the National caucus meant that it has retained Bennett as deputy? "Out with the old and in with the old" is hardly a convincing new catch-cry, especially not with someone carrying as much baggage as Bennett.
What can we expect from Simon Bridges?
by Jane Patterson
Judith Collins and the Holy Grail
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Why Bill English's time is up
It wasn't so long ago that Bennett confessed to having a "political crush" on Bill English and his "big brain". Does that crush automatically transfer to Bridges, or is she secretly still pining for the contents of English's cranium? She certainly didn't look too happy when Bridges told her to fetch him a glass of water in front of the cameras. And brain power is a bit harder to detect with Bridges, of course, because his diction makes him sound like a yokel. At the very least, it's a distraction from whatever he is saying. Whether people should care about such things is debatable but the fact is that many people do.
John Key also mangled his speech but he was charming in a boyish way that Bridges has yet to convey convincingly in public (although many who meet him in person say he is good company and amusing). Key, of course, also had the big advantage of not referring to himself in the third person, which doesn't speak so much of Bridges' boyishness as a smarmy sense of self-importance and possibly a freaky out-of-body experience. Nevertheless, both his diction and his desire to be two people at once with the same name can be tamed with media training if his handlers can convince him it's a good idea.
Perhaps in time, we and Bennett may develop a crush on him too.
However, the most puzzling question is why the National Party caucus thought a Bridges-Bennett combo (already unkindly dubbed the "B-team") was their best option. The fact Bennett retained her job may be best explained as a manifestation of the ABC phenomenon — Anyone But Collins — who reportedly also stood for deputy. And it possibly also means that Amy Adams, the runner-up in the contest who many expected to be part of the leadership duo, wasn't willing to play bridesmaid to Bridges.
Bridges-Adams would have been the A-team; Bennett looks like the default option.
Bridges is not entirely new himself, of course, although he wants to give that impression. He refers to his age — 41 — as evidence of freshness but many will see him as a young fogey. He's an old-school conservative on many topical issues — including euthanasia and abortion — at a time when even many National Party supporters are looking for liberalisation.
But his biggest problem may be that to look new (or even newish) he has to admit that the last National-led government, in which he was an influential minister, left a raft of problems for the Labour coalition to clean up. Otherwise, he will have to claim that the new government need not do anything at all because New Zealand is already in a fine state, which was a tactic that was barely working when John Key was prime minister.
By the time the election campaign was in full swing in 2017, Bill English was finally admitting that perhaps there were a few problems after all. Reversing position on child poverty was the most obvious example, even though it had previously been dismissed as a problem by senior National politicians, including by his deputy, Paula Bennett.
Now Bridges will have to distance himself even further from the Key-English era. An early admission by Bridges that possibly some problems do exist came in an interview on RNZ when he accepted there was a housing crisis, albeit qualified by the curious statement "for those it affects".
I guess we can look forward to more admissions of the same kind from him: there's an accommodation crisis "for those who have to sleep in their cars"; there is a waterways crisis "for those rivers that are unswimmable"; there is an immigration crisis "for those immigrants who are exploited by rapacious employers"; and a transport crisis "for those Auckland commuters who can't get to work in less than an hour and a half".
It's a new and interesting way of reframing what constitutes a crisis even while trying to minimise it, but entirely necessary after nine years of National telling us that a crisis is not a crisis but a "challenge" or, even more preposterously, a "symptom of success".
Bridges' other big problem will be convincing the media he is the man for the job. The National caucus obviously took no notice of the many media commentators, both on the right and the left, who were certain that what the National Party needed was Judith Collins, and said so loudly.
Mike Hosking, Barry Soper, Cameron Slater, Chris Trotter, Rachel Stewart and Heather du Plessis-Allan all rooted for Collins (although Hosking defected to the Steven Joyce camp late in the piece, possibly aware by then that he had backed the wrong horse, only to find he had switched to another dud).
The hostile reactions to Bridges' accession suggest that some commentators may not like their lack of influence being so brutally revealed.
Some of the media's support for Collins, of course, was undoubtedly less about what she might do for the country than what she might do for the media. Her leadership may have helped the local media in a similar way to what Donald Trump has achieved for the likes of the New York Times and the Washington Post. The "Trump effect" has led to an avalanche of subscriptions as he sparks outrage after outrage with inflammatory tweets and media statements.
Collins showed during her brief media campaign for the leadership just how good she is at that. Winning would have given her a bully pulpit to advance her "right-wing, red-meat" agenda to the party faithful, and drive media coverage of her. Now she'll have to decide how to further her leadership ambitions while appearing to be a team player. Certainly, by nominating 35 per cent in the polls as the level at which she would resign as leader if she won has set a benchmark for Bridges' success or failure.
In fact, it looks as if Bridges and Bennett may be in for a rough time from all sides and from within. Cameron Slater, as you'd expect of a Collins acolyte, is certainly not holding back. He wrote on Whaleoil of the National caucus: "What a bunch of fools. Two Maori MPs, one who can't speak English and one who has more skeletons in her closet than Auckland Medical School…"
However, Bridges is yet to endure sustained attacks of the kind Ardern was subjected to after she announced her pregnancy. As the father of three young children — with the youngest born last December — he should expect a barrage of questions about whether he can fulfil the burdens of high office while also helping care for an infant.
As Ardern has been told repeatedly, he certainly won't be able to do both jobs well.


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•April 11, 2019
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Delaware House Passes Tobacco Purchasing Age Increase, Awaits Governor's Signature
In January, Delaware Gov. John Carney called for the legislature to support a bill that would raise the minimum age to purchase tobacco products to 21-years-old. Today, he got his wish, as the Delaware House of Representatives approved S.B. 25 by a 25-16 vote.
With the Senate having passed the bill on March 19 by a 14-6 vote with one member absent, the bill will soon head to Carney's desk where it is expected he will sign it into law. On Thursday, he issued a statement following the House's vote, saying that he looks forward to signing the bill soon:
Preventing smoking is the best thing we can do to improve the health of our state, and reduce the growth of health care costs over time. The use of tobacco-related products is the leading cause of preventable death and disability in Delaware and across the country. Tobacco-related illnesses, such as lung cancer and heart disease, claim the lives of 1,400 Delawareans each year, and treatment of those illnesses costs Delaware families, businesses and the State more than $530 million annually. We expect this legislation will help curb the impact of smoking on Delaware families by preventing more young Delawareans from picking up this dangerous habit in the first place. I want to thank members of the General Assembly for their partnership on this important legislation, and I look forward to signing this bill into law soon.
In addition to the age increase, the bill also removes language in existing laws that would allow parents to buy tobacco products for their children, and also removes fines for those caught attempting to buy tobacco if they are not of age, instead solely punishing the retailers who are caught selling tobacco products to those under the age of 21. Fines start at $250 and could escalate to $1,000 for retailers with multiple offenses.
The increase will go into effect 90 days following its enactment into law.
If Carney signs the bill, Delaware will join Hawaii, California, Oregon, New Jersey, Maine, Massachusetts, Virginia, Utah, Illinois and Washington to raise the minimum age to purchase tobacco to 21-years-old. New York has also passed similar legislation that is waiting on the signatures from its governor, while Maryland and several other states are getting close to passing their own bills.
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Riva Nussenbaum was born in Khotin, Basserabia on November 9th, 1910. She had two sisters, two brothers and two parents and was the youngest child.
Her two brothers and sisters left for America when anti-semitism had begun to increase but Riva was only nine so she remained to take care of her mother, who was sick.
She married Avraham Wolkove when she was 28 years old and they celebrated the arrival of their first child a year later. She made a hope chest her new daughter. Little did she know, their future was not something she could plan or prepare for.
When Riva's daughter turned one, the Iron guard descended on their little town without warning and told the townspeople to pack up their bags. They were all sent to a work camp, 'to help the government.' The soldiers offered to put my mother (who was then only one year old) onto a carriage for the children but she walked with my Bubby instead.
It was 300 miles to a town called Murapha, 60 kilometers before Kiev. The work camp was called Transnistria. At night they slept on the fields and ate raw potatoes and carrots. Every day 3-5 people died from hunger. This difficult journey took them 6 months to complete.
At Murapha, they lived in an abandoned house with seventeen people. There was nothing to eat and every day the men were taken to work. The men worked on the fields and in return they were given some pea soup which they split three ways. Some days they lived only on water. They did not take a bath for three years and had head lice. They had to wash their clothes without soap and my Bubby loved to be clean, so this was hard for her. She imagined what it would be like to come home to a normal bed and home.
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During and following the Congress Delegates were asked to complete an evaluation form of the congress. This Congress was held following the earthquake in Christchurch and involved the organisers moving the whole congress including accommodation out of Christchurch to the small ski resort and town of Methven at very short notice.
100 delegates completed the 23 question evaluation – nearly one third of the total delegates attending. The forms have been collated and the report produced.
The congress was highly rated with 95% of the group giving the congress an Excellent or Very Good rating. Plenary Sessions and Field Trips also received very high ratings with 95% and 93% respectively rated Excellent or Very Good. The pre congress tour had a unanimous Excellent or Very Good rating from the participants who completed the form.
There was a large number of congratulatory comments: 'congratulations to the team', 'for overcoming the earthquake', 'outstanding job', 'world class', 'organisers should get a gold medal', 'extremely well done', 'exceptionally well run, tight scheduling, punctual'. Content 'diverse, relevant, andplenaries well presented', with lots and lots of "thank you"s, 'fantastic crew', 'great people and venue', 'organisers should be proud' and much more. The students were also highly appreciated. And a 'Thanks to NZIPIM and Lincoln and Massey Universities'.
Methven as a town and venue generally got the "thumbs up" from delegates, 'Methven Resort top class service & friendly staff', 'enjoyed community involvement', 'Methven resort was superb venue and place to stay', 'food was good all day', 'quaint location made for informal and rural feeling'.
All in all a very good report but with some areas of improvement identified. Our thanks go once again to the organisers for the monumental effort they made to 'rescue' the congress in difficult circumstances – and for the sheer excellence of the delivered product.


(1) The existence of, conclusions from, and a description or list of the contents of, any survey known to the owner conducted to determine the existence and location of asbestos-containing construction materials within the building, and information describing when and where the results of the survey are available pursuant to Section 25917.
(2) Specific locations within the building known to the owner, or identified in a survey known to the owner, where asbestos-containing construction materials are present in any quantity.
(3) General procedures and handling restrictions necessary to prevent, and, if appropriate, to minimize disturbance, release, and exposure to the asbestos. If detailed handling instructions are necessary to ensure employee safety, the notice required by this section shall indicate where those instructions can be found.
(4) A summary of the results of any bulk sample analysis, or air monitoring, or monitoring conducted pursuant to Section 5208 of Title 8 of the California Code of Regulations, conducted for or by the owner or within the owner's control, including reference to sampling and laboratory procedures utilized, and information describing when and where the specific monitoring data and sampling procedures are available pursuant to Section 25917.
(5) Potential health risks or impacts that may result from exposure to the asbestos in the building as identified in surveys or tests referred to in this section, or otherwise known to the owner.
The notice may contain a description and explanation of the health action levels or exposure standards established by the state or federal government. However, if the notice contains this description, the notice shall include, at least, a description and explanation of the no significant risk level established pursuant to Chapter 6.6 (commencing with Section 25249.5) of Division 20, and specified in Section 12711 of Title 22 of the California Code of Regulations, the school abatement clearance level specified in Section 49410.7 of the Education Code, and the action levels established by state and federal Occupational Safety and Health Act regulations.
The notice requirements specified in this subdivision shall not apply to an owner who elects to prepare an asbestos management plan pursuant to Section 25915.1. In those cases, the notice requirements specified in Section 25915.1 shall apply.
(b) If the owner has no special knowledge of the information required pursuant to paragraphs (3) and (5), of subdivision (a), the owner shall specifically inform his or her employees in the notice required by this section, that he or she lacks knowledge regarding handling instructions necessary to prevent and minimize release of, and exposure to, asbestos and the potential health impacts resulting from exposure to asbestos in the building, and shall encourage employees to contact local or state public health agencies.


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Home Cuban Refugee Center Records Page 1
Resettlement re-cap: a periodic report from the Cuban Refugee Center, April 1965
SPONSOR CUBAN REFUGEES
Fulfill Their Faith in Freedom
RESETTLEMENT RE-CAP
FOR ADMINISTRATIVE USE
A  PERIODIC REPORT FROM THE CUBAN REFUGEE CENTER — FREEDOM TOWER, MIAMI 32, FLORIDA
U.   S.   DEPARTMENT  OF   HEALTH,   EDUCATION,   AND WELFARE       —       WELFARE ADMINISTRATION
U.S.    CUBAN    REFUGEE    PROGRAM JOHN    FREDERICK   THOMAS,   Director,   Washington,   D.C.
ERROL  T.   BALLANFONTE,  Field   Representative,  Miami HARRY B.   LYFORD,  Editor
CUBAN REFUGEE TEACHES IN CUBA -- CUBA, KANSAS
BILL INTRODUCED TO MAKE MORE CONVENIENT
THE GAINING OF PERMANENT RESIDENCE
"The talents of many Cuban refugees are
going to waste because state professional
licensing laws keep those without permanent
status from practicing their skills and professions. "
With this statement, Senator Philip A.
Hart, Michigan, has introduced in the U.S.
Senate a bill to amend the Immigration and
Nationality Act of 1952 to permit "adjustment
of status of refugees resident in the U.S.,
who are natives of countries contiguous to
the U.S., or of any adjacent islands, including Cuba."  Passage of such a measure by
Congress would eliminate the requirment that
aliens specified by the bill leave the U.S.
and re-enter, in order to become eligible for
permanent residence.
"I do not question this requirement for
aliens who have come here through normal
procedure and in casual circumstances,"
Senator Hart told the Senate.  "The requirement, however, would seem to have  little
justification in the case of refugees from
the communist regime in Cuba.  Certainly,
their entry into this country was anything
but normal and casual.  They were under duress and fleeing oppression.  Moreover, the
requirement inhibits the rather substantial
federal program of assistance administered
by the Department of Health, Education, and
Welfare...The purpose of this program is to
render effective asylum by providing our Cuban guests with opportunities for self-support, chiefly through resettlement.  The
program is carried out in cooperation with
several Voluntary Agencies, religious bodies,
and civic organizations."
The senator added that "this (present)
situation, and the expensive and laborious procedure to obtain this status under present law,
is keeping refugees on relief rolls in various difficult circumstances.  I am thinking of
examples in Michigan, where, because of their status, qualified Cubans have been unable to
teach Spanish in the public schools.  It is obvious that such refugees could fill an urgent
need if given opportunity for adjustment of status...It should be noted that the bill is permissive rather than mandatory.  It does not automatically blanket all Cuban refugees with an
adjustment of status.  The bill is a limited measure which will afford opportunity for adjustment of status to those refugees who need or desire it to ply their skills and talents."
Senators Hiram L. Fong, Hawaii, Edward M. Kennedy, Massachusetts, Hugh Scott, Pennsylvania,
and Claiborne Pell, Rhode Island, joined Senator Hart in presenting the bill.  HEW Secretary
Celebrezze has given support to the bill in appearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
After being assisted by the U.S. Cuban Refugee Program, this
Cuban refugee is now teaching in Cuba -- but be sure, in mentioning this, that you add KANSAS.  Cuba, KANSAS
It was only a matter of time until some Cuban refugee reached
one of the several U.S. communities named Cuba.  (In Illinois
Cuba is not far from Havana, but no Cuban refugees are reported
so far in either community.)
Dr. Juan Antonio Jimenez is the teacher of Spanish in Cuba
Rural High School.  He is there for the spring semester after
special training at Kansas State Teachers College, Emporia.  Expressing delight to be going to the Kansas Cuba, Dr. Jimenez
commented on how different he knew the climate would be from his
native Cuba.  "But I am already accustomed to Kansas," he added.
"Friendliness will make up for any temperature difference." The
author of three textbooks, Dr. Jimenez has a doctor's degree in
pedagogy from the University of Havana.  He has been a teacher
and administrator in the educational field for more than 20
years.  Mrs. Jimenez also has a doctorate degree, has written
textbooks, and plans to begin teaching her favorite subjects,
mathematics and Spanish.  One son, Juan, 19, is studying for the
priesthood in Spain.  Louis, 14, attends Cuba High School.
(Photo Courtesy Belleville, Kansas, TELESCOPE.)
SAVE THE SUPPLEMENT AND PASS IT ALONG
"Their Talents They Bring To The Freedom They
Seek" is the title of a 4-page supplement
with this issue of RESETTLEMENT RE-CAP.
The illustrated story points up Cuban Refugee Program projects that help our exile
guests apply their skills for self-support,
and to the advantages of the U.S.
EXTRA COPIES MAY BE HAD ON REQUEST TO THE CENTER
Title Resettlement re-cap: a periodic report from the Cuban Refugee Center, April 1965
Creator United States. Cuban Refugee Program
United States. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
United States. Welfare Administration
Subject Refugees -- Cuban -- Florida -- Miami -- 1960-1970
Refugees -- United States
Refugees -- Cuba
Exiles -- Cuba
Exiles -- United States
Americanization
Assimilation (Sociology)
Genre Newsletters
Physical Description 1 volume (8 pages)
Repository University of Miami. Library. Cuban Heritage Collection
Collection Title Cuban Refugee Center Records
Collection No. CHC0218
Series Series 4. Publications
Folder No. 44
Folder Title: Publications by CRC, Resettlement Re-Cap 1965 Apr-Jul
Object ID chc0218000203
Digital ID chc02180002030001001
Full Text SPONSOR CUBAN REFUGEES Fulfill Their Faith in Freedom APRIL 1965 RESETTLEMENT RE-CAP FOR ADMINISTRATIVE USE A PERIODIC REPORT FROM THE CUBAN REFUGEE CENTER — FREEDOM TOWER, MIAMI 32, FLORIDA U. S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND WELFARE — WELFARE ADMINISTRATION U.S. CUBAN REFUGEE PROGRAM JOHN FREDERICK THOMAS, Director, Washington, D.C. ERROL T. BALLANFONTE, Field Representative, Miami HARRY B. LYFORD, Editor CUBAN REFUGEE TEACHES IN CUBA -- CUBA, KANSAS BILL INTRODUCED TO MAKE MORE CONVENIENT THE GAINING OF PERMANENT RESIDENCE "The talents of many Cuban refugees are going to waste because state professional licensing laws keep those without permanent status from practicing their skills and professions. " With this statement, Senator Philip A. Hart, Michigan, has introduced in the U.S. Senate a bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 to permit "adjustment of status of refugees resident in the U.S., who are natives of countries contiguous to the U.S., or of any adjacent islands, including Cuba." Passage of such a measure by Congress would eliminate the requirment that aliens specified by the bill leave the U.S. and re-enter, in order to become eligible for permanent residence. "I do not question this requirement for aliens who have come here through normal procedure and in casual circumstances," Senator Hart told the Senate. "The requirement, however, would seem to have little justification in the case of refugees from the communist regime in Cuba. Certainly, their entry into this country was anything but normal and casual. They were under duress and fleeing oppression. Moreover, the requirement inhibits the rather substantial federal program of assistance administered by the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare...The purpose of this program is to render effective asylum by providing our Cuban guests with opportunities for self-support, chiefly through resettlement. The program is carried out in cooperation with several Voluntary Agencies, religious bodies, and civic organizations." The senator added that "this (present) situation, and the expensive and laborious procedure to obtain this status under present law, is keeping refugees on relief rolls in various difficult circumstances. I am thinking of examples in Michigan, where, because of their status, qualified Cubans have been unable to teach Spanish in the public schools. It is obvious that such refugees could fill an urgent need if given opportunity for adjustment of status...It should be noted that the bill is permissive rather than mandatory. It does not automatically blanket all Cuban refugees with an adjustment of status. The bill is a limited measure which will afford opportunity for adjustment of status to those refugees who need or desire it to ply their skills and talents." Senators Hiram L. Fong, Hawaii, Edward M. Kennedy, Massachusetts, Hugh Scott, Pennsylvania, and Claiborne Pell, Rhode Island, joined Senator Hart in presenting the bill. HEW Secretary Celebrezze has given support to the bill in appearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee. After being assisted by the U.S. Cuban Refugee Program, this Cuban refugee is now teaching in Cuba -- but be sure, in mentioning this, that you add KANSAS. Cuba, KANSAS It was only a matter of time until some Cuban refugee reached one of the several U.S. communities named Cuba. (In Illinois Cuba is not far from Havana, but no Cuban refugees are reported so far in either community.) Dr. Juan Antonio Jimenez is the teacher of Spanish in Cuba Rural High School. He is there for the spring semester after special training at Kansas State Teachers College, Emporia. Expressing delight to be going to the Kansas Cuba, Dr. Jimenez commented on how different he knew the climate would be from his native Cuba. "But I am already accustomed to Kansas," he added. "Friendliness will make up for any temperature difference." The author of three textbooks, Dr. Jimenez has a doctor's degree in pedagogy from the University of Havana. He has been a teacher and administrator in the educational field for more than 20 years. Mrs. Jimenez also has a doctorate degree, has written textbooks, and plans to begin teaching her favorite subjects, mathematics and Spanish. One son, Juan, 19, is studying for the priesthood in Spain. Louis, 14, attends Cuba High School. (Photo Courtesy Belleville, Kansas, TELESCOPE.) SAVE THE SUPPLEMENT AND PASS IT ALONG "Their Talents They Bring To The Freedom They Seek" is the title of a 4-page supplement with this issue of RESETTLEMENT RE-CAP. The illustrated story points up Cuban Refugee Program projects that help our exile guests apply their skills for self-support, and to the advantages of the U.S. EXTRA COPIES MAY BE HAD ON REQUEST TO THE CENTER
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March 19, 2019, 12:03 International
Iran: Rouhani threatens US with legal case for sanctions
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Monday that US sanctions against Iran were "crimes against humanity" and said Tehran would file a legal case against US officials for imposing difficulties on the nation, Al Arabiya reports.
STEPANAKERT, MARCH 19, ARTSAKHPRESS: Rouhani said in a speech broadcast live on state television that the US sanctions have affected the value of Iran's rial currency and increased inflation, but said the government would overcome the difficulties.
The United States reimposed sanctions on Tehran after US President Donald Trump chose last May to abandon Iran's 2015 nuclear accord, negotiated with five other world powers.
Rouhani said he had ordered the ministries of foreign affairs and justice "to file a legal case in Iranian courts against those in America who designed and imposed sanctions on Iran". "These sanctions are crime against humanity," he added.
If the Iranian court finds against the US officials, Iran will pursue the case in international courts of justice, the president said.
"The Americans have only one goal: they want to come back to Iran and rule the nation again," Rouhani said, reiterating Tehran's view that US sanctions are aimed at overthrowing the government and ushering in one more aligned with US policies.
The sanctions permit trade in humanitarian goods such as food and pharmaceuticals but measures imposed on banks, and trade restrictions, could make such items more expensive as well as more difficult to pay for.
Trump said when he pulled out of the landmark 2015 deal that lifted international sanctions against Iran in exchange for restrictions on its atomic activities that it failed to rein in Iran's missile program or curb its regional meddling.


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SRK has had extensive experience working on mine water supply projects in Middle Eastern countries, particularly in Saudi Arabia. The climate in this part of the world is mostly arid with very limited rainfall, runoff and recharge. It follows that one of the major challenges mines face is guaranteeing a sustainable long-term supply of water for the mine operation.
While there are some very extensive sandstone and limestone aquifers in the Middle East, which are particularly evident in the northern and eastern sides of Saudi Arabia, these sources have become severely depleted over recent decades as demand has vastly outstripped natural replenishment by recharge. With the exception of the phosphate and bauxite operations in the north of Saudi Arabia, most mining projects in the Kingdom are in the Arabian Shield on the western side of the country, at a considerable distance from any of the higher yielding sedimentary aquifers. For most mines located in the Shield, local wadi sediments and fractures in the crystalline bedrock provide the only sources of water; however, these scarce resources are also used by the Bedouin and local settlements and, therefore, are highly sensitive. Clearly, water for potable use by the local population invariably takes precedence over any planned industrial use.
Finding solutions to the scarcity of surface and groundwater resources and to strategic issues, such as local competition for the same resource, often requires an unconventional approach and considerable lateral thought. SRK has found that in this environment, it is especially important for the operator to tailor the mine production and processing to match the available resource and factor in any expansion programs at a very early stage to ensure that future water sources are reserved before being taken for other developments. Where the project requires more water than is available locally, then careful consideration must be given to improving management practices, to minimising wastage through paste technology, recycling water in the mine circuit, using advanced technologies like reverse osmosis, or the use of alternative supplies. For example, alternatives include piping water from more distant catchments, the sea, or by using grey water from nearby urban centres. Some of these solutions are expensive, so have to be considered within the framework of an overall cost-risk-benefit assessment. In some cases, it may be necessary to set up alliances with other mines, industries or local government to introduce economies of scale where water use would otherwise be prohibitively expensive.
SRK advises mining companies to consider assessing potential water resources at a very early stage, using all possible options to ensure that potential mine development is optimised to those available resources and not based on unrealistic expectations.
Richard Connelly: rconnelly@srk.co.uk
William Harding: wharding@srk.co.uk


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By Gabrielle Wuolo
https://blog.freelancersunion.org/2011/06/15/update-on-freelancer-payment-protection-act/
Our Freelancer Payment Protection Act is on the move! In the Assembly, the bill has passed through the Labor Committee and Codes Committee and now rests in the Ways and Means Committee. And this was no easy feat. We are deeply grateful to Assembly Speaker Silver for sponsoring the bill, along with the 19 other co-sponsors. And, a personal shout-out to my Assemblyman, Keith Wright, who co-sponsored the bill, and, as Chair of the Assembly Labor Committee and member of the Assembly Codes Committee, helped steer the bill through. (I heart you, Assemblyman Wright!) And of course, many of these legislators signed on in support after meeting with Freelancers Union staff and members through in-district meetings and our recent Albany lobby day, where we described the legislation and members shared personal stories of how nonpayment has affected them. With just a few days left in the legislative session, contact your legislator right now to let him/her know how important this legislation is to you. (photo by Bill on Capitol Hill, via Flickr)
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Вулканизам ( – бог ватре и ковачког заната у римској митологији) представља све појаве и процесе који се односе на стварање ужарене масе тј. магме у Земљиној унутрашњости, на њено кретање и избијање, као и избијање пратећих појава врелих гасова и чврстих маса на површину. Под утицајем експлозивних гасова магме долази до избијања (изливање) вулканског материјала из Земљине унутрашњости, односно до појаве коју зовемо вулканска ерупција. Отвор на Земљиној површини кроз који се врши избијање пара, гасова и другог вулканског материјала назива се кратер (лат. crater - чаша). Дјеловањем вулканских процеса, односно избијањем магме на површини Земље стварају се вулканске купе, плоче и платои.

Вулканска активност је учествовала у свим стадијумима Земљине еволуције и у формирању рењефа литосфере. Сматра се да је око 95% литосфере сачињено од магматских стена.

Он је последица унутрашње Земљине топлоте, и његова појава најчешће је везана за места на којима се тектонске плоче додирују тј. граниче.

Вулканизам конвергентних граница

У зони субдукције, где се две плоче сударају односно једна се подвлачи испод друге, најчешћа је појава вулканизма. У овој зони се океанска плоча подвлачи испод друге океанске или континенталне плоче, долаѕи до одређене дубине на којој влада врло висока температура, довољна за топљење стенског материјала. Топљењем настаје магма, ужарена-тестаста маса.

Магма која је тек настала, ређа је самим тим и лакша, па се уздиже изнад стена које је окружују. Како се уздиже она те стене и топи, меша се са њима, а често и избија на површину. Тада настају вулкани. Углавном вулкани експлозивног типа.

Најпознатији појасеви у којима се јавља овакав тип вулакнизма су:
 "Ватрени појас Пацифика"
 Медитеран

Вулканизам дивергентних граница

У зони дивергенције две тектонске плоче се размичу. Настаје простор са малим притиском, затим се магма издиже, и попуњава "празан" простор. Овим процесом најчешће настају штитасти вулкани, који најчешће формирају вулканска острва.

За ове вулканске појасеве везују се мирна изливања магме.

Највећи број вулкана је везан за ову врсту вулканизма. А најпознатија зона је Атлантски-средње-океански гребен.

Вулканизам врућих тачака

Ова појава везана није везана за границе тектонских плоча, већ за њихову унутрашњост.

Постоје многе теорије о пореклу и особинама врућих тачака, али за сада оне свакако нису до краја проучене нити објашњене. Познато је да се због високе температуре магма издиже и избија на површину.

Најпознатији пример јесу Хаваји.

Вулкански облици
Облици вулканског рељефа јављају се у рељефу Земљине површине као последица вулканске активности.

Елементарни облик вулканског рељефа је вулканска купа. Представља узвишење настало нагомилавањем пирокластичног материјала и изливањем лаве током вулканских ерупција. На врху вулканске купе налази се зјапећи, левкасти отвор који се назива кратер.  Кратер се у дубину наставља на вертикални, цилиндрични канал који представља гротло вулкана. Гротло има облик димњака који силази до вулканског резервоара, испуњеног усијаном магмом. Кратер и гротло представљају основне морфолошке елементе вулканске купе. Вулканска купа са кратером и гротлом обухваћена је општим именом вулкан.

Изливање лаве из кратера врши се у виду лавичних потока. Ови потоци имају морфолошки значај који се испољава у виду маскирања, препокривања постојећих облика у рељефу и стварању нових, акумулативних вулканских облика.

Вулканске плоче јављају се у рељефу хлађењем и консолидацијом лаве која је разливена на великим површинама. Оне могу имати знатне површине и дебљине. Плоча вулкана Обадарун на Исланду имала је површину од 3684 km². Вулканске плоче знатне дебљине и пространства називају се вулканским платоима. Платои постају вишеструким изливањем лавичних потока током геолошке прошлости. Примери вулканских платоа су Декан у Предњој Индији, базалтни платои Фарских острва, Исланда, Сирије, Патагоније итд.

По престанку вулканске активности, вулканске плоче бивају поступно разаране под утицајем ерозије. Током времена, од њих заостају у рељефу мање, изоловане лавичне плоче које су морфолошки изразите. Таквих плоча и остатака од њих има у Њу Мексику. Типичне базалтске плоче јављају се код села Младо Нагоричане, недалеко од Куманова.

Плутонска тела
Плутонска тела или плутони постају када магма кристалише испод површине Земље, утиснута у стене Земљине коре. Приликом утискивања магме у постојеће стене Земљине коре могу се образовати два типа плутонских тела. Први тип ових тела, која су паралелна (сагласна) постојећим стенама, називамо "конкордантним". "Дискордантна" плутонска тела је назив за други тип и она пресецају постојеће стене под неким углом.

Конкордантна тела већих димензија су: "лаколити", "лополити" и "факолити". Конкордантно жично тело назива се "сил" или "склад".

Површински највећа дискордантна тела зову се "батолити", док су "штокови" нешто мањих димензија и заправо представљају делове батолита. Дискордантна жична тела називају се "дајкови" и "апофизми". Под жичним телом у геологији подразумева се тело које има једну димензију изразито мању од остале две, а најчешће се ради о испуњеним пукотинама.

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The United States Senate is currently considering legislation that would benefit trial lawyers at the expense of consumers and innovative drug manufacturers. Proponents claim the Creating and Restoring Equal Access to Equivalent Samples ("CREATES") Act (Pat Leahy D-VT) would provide a more efficient path for generic drug manufacturers to bring their product to market. In reality, the legislation is nothing but a giveaway to greedy personal injury lawyers and generic drug manufacturers.
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Rodrigo Pinto Pizarro de Almeida Carvalhais, unique baron da Ribeira de Sabrosa (1788-1841), était un militaire, un homme d'État, et Président du Conseil du Portugal.

Il a contribué à la révolte libérale du Maranhão en 1821/1822. Il fut l'auteur de l'ultimatum adressé à D. Maria Isabel, la forçant à prêter serment de la Charte de 1826. Élu député en 1834, il ne parvint cependant pas à siéger car les Cortes annulèrent cette élection. Il est membre fondateur de la Société patriotique Lisboète le . Il fut réélu député en 1837, Président du ministère, ministre de la guerre et des affaires étrangères du 18 avril au , le dernier gouvernement pleinement septembriste. Il fut élu sénateur en 1838 et 1840.

Il reçut le titre de baron par décret du  de la reine Marie II de Portugal.

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It was irrational and counterproductive, the Rock should have been allowed to go broke. So an opportunity to send a sharp lesson to the UK banking sector was missed. Thus UK banks carried on and on doing the same old tricks. For some bankers the last year or so has only been a bit of a problem, for the UK taxpayer who is now picking up the tab it's going to be a nightmare. This sort of thing has happened before.
Harold Macmillan's government had put immense pressure on the Rootes' Group to build the Linwood factory in Scotland knowing that the local authority for Ryton in Warwickshire had refused planning permission to extend the existing works. Rootes had a grant for Linwood but in reality it was never going to be enough.
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Emily is a student teacher. A student of hers gets into a fight and Emily attends a meeting that involves her student's father. In the course of the get-together the father gets angry with his daughter and smacks her. Following protocol, Emily reports this to the principal. The principal tells Emily not to report the incident, as the law requires, saying that the school's reputation was already bad enough. Furthermore, how can Emily be certain if Child Protective Services got involved that the father wouldn't make life more difficult for her student at home? Emily doesn't report the incident but also decides to quit teaching.
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Bryan works for a major corporation that, like many others during the recession, is forced to lay-off employees. While Bryan isn't in human resources, he processes the paperwork regarding employment. He finds out the person who has worked next to him for a couple of years will be let go in a few weeks. He wants to tell him that he is going to be fired so he can begin to look for another job. However, company policy forbids anyone being told they are being let go until the very day they are fired. Bryan is conflicted between loyalty to his co-worker and the company. He decides to abide by company policy.
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A more eloquent way to say this is that asset allocation is the most important factor for driving portfolios returns. This means that in some instances a specific dirty dish (less favoured asset class) does have merit to be included in a portfolio. To mix metaphors, it makes the sum greater than the whole of parts. Ensuring portfolios have some hedge in place for combinations of low and high growth as well as low and high inflation is incredibly important.
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Once the broad asset classes are set the next focus should be on the geographic and asset class-specific exposure of each. We use the MSCI All Countries World Index for our regional equity breakdown, to ensure that we have diversified portfolios. Only then would we argue it is important to look at the specific individual ETFs to build the portfolio.
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As a digital wealth manager or robo-advisor, it is critical to monitor the ETFs in our client portfolios continuously and we are constantly looking to see where we can improve the asset allocation, diversify risk and lower the costs for our clients. This is where we add value, by managing a portfolio of ETFs on their behalf. Not only focusing on the right asset classes for our models and the right ETFs for those asset classes, but implementing rebalancing policy and strategy. However, any ETF investor can follow the same strategy to not only arrive at their own ideal asset allocation, but build a model portfolio with the best ETFs that suits their need.
Our approach is focusing on asset allocation as the core driver when making our initial ETF selections, and then strictly filtering by a range of criteria to select the best ETFs. We think this will stand any investor in good stead when it comes to building a portfolio that meets their long-term investing goals.
Johann Bornman is the product and sales director at ETFmatic.