One of the many programmes we promote via the Euraxess portal is the Newton Fund.
The Newton Fund promotes the economic development and welfare in partnering countries, through science and innovation partnerships. It aims to strengthen science and innovation capacity and unlock further funding to support poverty alleviation. It is managed by UK's Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, and delivered through 15 UK delivery partners in collaboration with 16 partner countries.
We spoke to two Newton Fund PhD scholarship holders, Emma and Kathryn, who talk about their personal experiences of studying in China.
Hello, I'm Emma Williams, a PhD student from Lancaster University. I've recently returned to the UK after a three-month research visit to Renmin (People) University in Beijing, as I was fortunate enough to receive a scholarship from the Newton PhD Placement Programme.
I'm a social scientist; my PhD combines anthropology with international relations.
Tell us about your impression of China?
China was a juxtaposition, where wonderful, unexpected surprises were common. Each day would present a clash between a traditional and a modern China; like walking through Hutongs and emerging in front of modern skyscrapers with rickshaws contrasting above the sleek, clean Metro.
What struck me the most was the eagerness of all generations to engage in current global political debates. I had numerous discussions over meals on 'Brexit', the U.S. presidential campaign, relations with North Korea, and claims over the South China Sea.
I found that the acceptance of the need for hard work in order for China to adapt and modernise was present at many levels, with traditional Chinese philosophy being applied to capitalist ideologies.
Do you think the visit has benefited you, and if yes, how?
Overwhelmingly, yes! I've done quite a bit despite my relatively short stay in China. I learnt so much and gained a fresh perspective on the social and cultural aspects in modern-day Beijing. Not only has my PhD benefitted greatly, but so has my CV.
I think the greatest benefit is networking. Finding a post-doctoral position in the UK is increasingly difficult. Spending time overseas on a placement has broadened my networks, and hopefully increased my post-PhD opportunities for employment.
Secondly, I think being exposed to different perspectives is vital to any researcher. Working with the same people, in the same group, and only attending conferences within your country of study can blinker you from the real world.
Finally, the world is increasingly becoming interconnected. No matter what career we go into after a PhD, there will always be some level of internationality, especially in research. An overseas placement during the PhD is the perfect means of furthering a skill set for working within an international environment.
How did you find studying at an overseas university?
The degree classes I joined had far fewer students than I was used to in the UK, and they lasted for three hours - something I was definitely not used to!
The classes were a mix of lecture and seminar styles of teaching, with much more student involvement and participation than in my own experiences within the UK. They had a very informal approach with excellent working relationships between the staff and the students.
How would you describe the people you met?
Friendly, funny, enthusiastic, independent and intelligent. I would describe my social experiences as varied, grounded, adapting, growing and vibrant.
Without a shadow of doubt, I adored my time in China and I have made friends for life. I found every Chinese person I talked to had a great sense of humour, and were accommodating, kind and interested in learning more about me and my thoughts.
Do you plan to return to China in the future?
I am already planning my return, as are many of the European friends I made there! As a young Brit, living within a slowing European market, the need for people like me to better understand and engage with China increases day-by-day. I would strongly recommend any student, graduate or post-doctoral researcher to spend time in China as it can only be a benefit. The Newton Fund has a number of funding and studying opportunities to spend time in China – take a look through them and start planning your own China visit – you will not regret it!
My name is Kathryn Maher. I am a PhD student at the Department of Biology and Biochemistry and the Milner Centre for Evolution at the University of Bath. My research is focused on the evolution of mating systems and the molecular basis of complex behaviour.
Has it been a worthwhile study tour to China?
I was awarded a scholarship from the British Council in China as part of the Newton Fund PhD Placement Programme for me and my PhD supervisor to visit Beijing Normal University.
Getting to visit and study in China was an amazing opportunity which greatly benefitted my PhD research. During my visit I was able to visit Qinghai Lake, which is an incredibly beautiful place, to collect data for collaborative projects. I also had the opportunity to present an invited talk at Beijing Normal University. This was an amazing opportunity, which allowed me to gain additional experience presenting my research to research peers in China, and receive valuable feedback on my results. I am really pleased that I was able to form long-lasting collaborations between myself and our partners at Beijing Normal University, as well as connections with Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou. These partnerships will be beneficial to my PhD research as they provide expertise, knowledge, and equipment supplementary to those offered at my own institution.
All of these benefits would not have been possible without the support of the Newton Fund and the links that have been established as part of this.
I would definitely recommend to everyone to apply to spend some time in China during their PhD studies.
What's it like to study in a Chinese university?
I was struck by the community feeling of Beijing Normal University. Most of the staff and students live in accommodation on campus and eat meals together at the university canteens. This is a very different feeling to most UK universities where people tend to live further away. Living close to the department meant that less time is wasted commuting so most people stayed late in the office. Spending so much time working together creates strong friendships and promotes good working relationships.
Everyone I met was extremely welcoming and friendly. It is a huge change to move to another country to live for several months, especially a place as different to the UK as China. It could easily have been very isolating to live somewhere where you do not speak the language but I never felt lonely. I made some amazing friends who made sure my stay was never boring and who were as interested in learning about how things are in the UK as I was about China.
I am an evolutionary biologist. I mainly study plovers, which are small wading birds, using genetic techniques to understand their behaviour and how they adapt to their environment. During my time in China I worked on projects monitoring Kentish plovers and lesser sand plovers in Qinghai lake.
Although I have no immediate plans to return to China until I have finished my PhD, I hope I will get the opportunity to return. I am still in contact with academics and students. We have also had people visit us in Bath in return, which promises that the ties we have made between our research groups will be long lived. I am really proud of my role in fostering these links.
Tell us your overall impression of China?
Beautiful, busy and brilliant. China is an excellent mix of the familiar and the curious. Walking along a seemingly modern shopping street in Beijing you can stumble into a street market full of colourful fish for sale or a food market with a diversity of strange and delicious foods. Walk a little further and you might find the ancient walls of the imperial palace of the Forbidden City. It is a city that never sleeps, with shops, cafes and restaurants open until the early hours.
This contrasted with the peace and tranquillity of visiting the stunningly beautiful Qinghai province. During fieldwork, we could spend a day by the lakeside with no more company than a couple of shepherds driving their large flocks of sheep and of course the charismatic birds we were there to find.


"You want o be an advanced civilization? Just focus on the long term"
"So you want the freedom to be or not to be, to do or not do, according to the needs of the situation at hand? You forget species are more important than the individual. You got involved in a horrible self-destruction cycle, and your species was about to disappear. That's totally unacceptable to us."
"By the year 3500 we expect the Greenland ice sheet to be totally melted with an extreme global warming temperature increase between +6 and +8 ยบC, therefore seafloor subsurface data centers will be the only ones really working, together with the orbital data center. By that time only Megalopolis-3, 4, 7, and 9 will still be active. All other cities and urban centers would have been ruined by around 3100. We still expect the Bangui anomaly to be clearly distinguishable, thus we propose to bury our beacon somewhere in the vecinity of the African continental shelf, having in mind that by that time the sea level will have risen 5 to 6 meters."
"The location of the beacon should take into account that an Earth's axial tilt reversion is expected by around year 17000. By that time no traces of human civilisation will remain, and most likely we'll have to cope with different lesser life forms. In our view, that would be the last visit required to check the health status of the beacon."
"It required a long time for mankind to reach that stage in which the mind was capable of formulating and grasping abstract notions; of disassociating attributes and qualities from the objects in which they are manifested; of comprehending a power or an emotion without some tangible, suggestive symbol. No more lights in the sky are needed, in fact, that's counterproductive."
Geinər kaeka kənkə luitu cedri ha kokir ğuiska curu zune tayrə şəgun kənkə nəhgər cibka. Curu zune ğatir taylə zobri taysən çake meigun diredir mobir. Lunlər taylə kənkə leidən didə ropka çake. Taydri kəhsir şəgka lozri laela. Cəhzadanda tayrə meigun kayr sase çəhbə limir, dətka, zige, mitut ha kirə kə caytriər nutu ha nəhti tayrə tayna. Lutodər ha ronəş tayrə limir zima gəhko buzən tibin liki 40 meikumdanda cəkun kayzut supe cəncə cuiki, neipir, şəzi, cubi kə məhbin gayrəş şisun. Taydri kəhsir şəgka lozri tudu, komut suiga,danda ralu kə lite ğaybi cupun gəhko seimka gəər kegun dəhdut balri lusə sagka.
"Seas will flood many cities; the environment will become toxic and a source of horrible diseases; radiation will terminate between 70 and 80% of all life forms. With the promise of medical treatment in the megapolis, people moved to cities, leaving behind rural areas totally deserted and devastated. See, in the infancy of man's mentality the manifestations of nature were unintelligible, and that mentality is still valid; but with that instinct which is still inherent in the human race, he struggled with his finite mind to grasp the infinite, and in his endeavor to comprehend the forces and wonders of the universe, he clothed them with the imagery of his untutored mind, and they became to him living entities like himself. No need to tell them we come from another star system."
Liriər cəti kayr çəhsut ha neimumər ğuimə tali mobirdandaər sase 0.8ºC dərər gəegə çutər, irə leikindandaər şəgka luinə giegi 1950. Taydri buiso ka sayge də leiro, likən zokər kaeka ronun kəhzi dərər şodə lueludanda leiro kə luelu cuilirər şanu lopə şəgun diredir cəkun, kəhzi totin duedu ha çəhle komut. Kəhzi kəhsir də mobirər kəhsir çəhzka ha raynka cumum nuigən ha luqnluq lonka lumun tali, zolə kayr çəhsut dər mitut cə kanka tegunər gayrri gəhko çəhsut diredir cəkun.
"humans could theoretically enjoy a comfortable lifestyle even in the barren sun-baked charred landscape of year 4000, where summer air temperatures exceed 51°C and winter temperatures drop below -40ºC. If they don't it is mainly because of social inequality, societal instability, total lack of compassion for their fellow men, and lack of a sound infrastructure planning. Dramatic climatic change of any kind is only a threat to those who gave up adaptation"
"When we trace the development and growth of their civilization through the past centuries, we find that religious notions and customs, in common with the idea of God, have been constantly changing, and that what they call religion and freedom has embraced every conceivable variety of thought and conduct; that it has served as the authority for practices and institutions that at another time have been condemned by the same authority. Let's take advantage of this."
"We do believe mankind can do it all through year 7000, provided by then they have learned how to to manipulate and control atmospheric and geothermal forces. Obviously, if there are only 4 megapolis in place then we should consider establishing contact with them. The critical point is thus 3100-3500; they'd still have another 2000 years to reach that level of development past that point."
"Time travel? You mean traveling back in time? That's what they did, you see, traveling back in time carrying radioactive wastes and burying them in rocky planets. The bad joke is they did bury that lethal nuclear waste in their own planet, and they realized their mistake just 17,000 years after"
Anderies, J.M., 2000. On modeling human behavior and institutions in simple ecological economic systems. Ecol. Econ. 35 (3), 393–412.
Diamond, J. 2005. Collapse: How societies choose to fail or succeed. New York: Penguin.
Fedoroff , N. V. et al. 2010, "Radically Rethinking Agriculture for the 21st Century," Science 327:833–834.
Stark, M. T., 2006. From Funan to Angkor: collapse and regeneration in ancient Cambodia. In: Schwartz, Glenn M., Nichols, John J. (Eds.), After Collapse: The Regeneration of Complex Societies. University of Arizona Press.
Terry, R. C. et al. 2011, "Predicting Small-Mammal Responses to Climatic Warming: Autecology, Geographic Range, and the Holocene Fossil Record," Global Change Biology 17:3019–3034.


This is a matter that the New Zealand Property Investors' Federation (NZPIF) has been raising for a number of years, along with the matter of tenants who stop paying their rent while continuing to occupy the rental property. The NZPIF is very happy with the proposals.
Currently a landlord who suspects their rental has been abandoned must give the tenant 48 hours notice to inspect the property. Then the landlord must make an application to the Tenancy Tribunal to terminate the tenancy before it can be re-let. If the landlord attempts to take possession of the property himself, he faces a fine of up to $2,000.
The new rules are modelled on the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal in Australia. The Minister of Housing, Nick Smith, has proposed a new power for landlords to enter a property with 24 hours' notice to confirm abandonment. If they believe the property has been abandoned then they must still apply to the Tribunal for a possession order. However there will be a ten working day statutory timeframe for the Tenancy Tribunal to hear these cases.
This is great news for landlords as it will significantly reduce lost rent and allow the property to be re-let sooner.


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Robert F. Kennedy's epiphany in the Delta
One year and 56 days before Robert F. Kennedy lay bleeding on the floor from an assassin's bullet in June 1968, he crouched on a floor in Cleveland, Miss., trying to coax a response from a listless, hungry toddler.
Kennedy visited Washington, Bolivar and Coahoma counties in 1967 as a U.S. senator on a fact-finding mission, looking at the effectiveness of War on Poverty programs. What he found, however, was much more than factual information about policies and programs. Click here to continue.
Review: Delta Epiphany
Allen Boyer: "Delta Epiphany: Robert F. Kennedy in Mississippi" -- Review 4/16/18
"Kennedy was on a fact-finding trip for the Senate Subcommittee on Employment, Manpower, and Poverty, but the journey's impact was emotional. With Kennedy's trip as her focal point, Ellen Meacham, a veteran reporter who teaches in the journalism school at Ole Miss, has written a perceptive history of Mississippi in the early 1960s."
'Delta Epiphany,' on RFK's Mississippi visit, raises questions anew -- Review 4/30/18
"Delta Epiphany is a moving portrait of a wrenching time in the history of America, the South, Mississippi. It captures an enduring moment of national shame but still begs the question: Has society progressed so much since then?" — Jim Ewing
Guest Column, April 12, 2017
What Mississippi Taught Bobby Kennedy About Poverty
"Mr. Kennedy's insights from his trip are as relevant today as they were in 1967, and it's no coincidence that the programs that follow his lead are some of the region's most successful. The challenge today is how to grow them and how to bring those insights to programs that are not having the impact they could.
"If he returned to the Delta today, Mr. Kennedy would cheer the advances but be dismayed at how hard advocates must fight to maintain that limited progress. And his heart would break to see there are still so many children in the Delta, and across America, who, like Annie White's boy, must grasp for every crumb."
— Read the rest here.
50 years ago, RFK exposed hunger in Mississippi Delta
"A 2012 study found that 47 percent of children living in the Delta counties of Mississippi were overweight, and 28 percent of that number qualified as obese. Many of these children are feeding on the cheapest but nutritionally empty processed food that provides few benefits and dramatically increases risks of serious illnesses like diabetes, high blood pressure and heart disease as they age, casting yet another shadow over their future.
"Today we know, however, that food insecurity plays a surprising role in rising obesity rates."
Guest column, Oct. 21, 2016
Echoes of JFK's 1957 call for party unity offer lessons for today
"If Kennedy had issued a political call to arms on segregation at the Young Democrats' dinner that night, might he have started a revolution? Could he have delivered a stirring speech that blasted moderates like Winter out of their moderation, inspiring them to rise up and overturn the very foundations of their society? Maybe, but it seems unlikely. What is more likely is that he would have lost the entire room and made it harder for moderates like Winter.'"
Interview and article
by Bill Rose, July/August 2017
RFK IN THE DELTA: Writer Ellen Meacham discusses upcoming book on historic visit
Q. When did you know you had enough for a book?
A. It took me seven years to find the child on the floor of the shack that he was so moved by. Once I found that person, I thought, OK, I've got the makings of a book.

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Günter Gabisch (* 21. Juni 1943 in Bonn) ist ein deutscher Wirtschaftswissenschaftler.

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Er studierte von 1962 bis 1965 Volkswirtschaftslehre an Universitäten in Bonn und München sowie an der Washington State University. 1968 wurde er an der Universität Bonn promoviert und 1974 habilitiert. 1975 wurde er Professor an der Universität Münster. Von 1982 bis zur Emeritierung 2008 war er Professor für Volkswirtschaftslehre mit den Schwerpunkten Konjunktur- und Wachstumstheorie in Göttingen.

Schriften (Auswahl)
 mit Wilhelm Krelle: Wachstumstheorie. Berlin 1972, ISBN 0-387-05725-0.
 Außenhandel und Wirtschaftswachstum. Eine Verbindung von neoklassischer Außenhandels- und Wachstumstheorie. Tübingen 1976, ISBN 3-16-339121-4.
 Hg.: Technischer Fortschritt, Beschäftigung und wirtschaftliches Gleichgewicht. Festvorträge im Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaften zum 250jährigen Jubiläum der Georgia Augusta und zum 25. Jahrestag der Gründung der Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftlichen Fakultät in Göttingen. Berlin 1988, ISBN 3-428-06505-0.
 mit Hans-Walter Lorenz: Business cycle theory. A survey of methods and concepts. Berlin 1989, ISBN 3-540-51059-1.

Weblinks
 uni-goettingen.de

Ökonom (20. Jahrhundert)
Ökonom (21. Jahrhundert)
Hochschullehrer (Georg-August-Universität Göttingen)
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Ready for another above the rim trip down memory lane? Of course you are. Today, the name of the game is ranking the finest dunk contest performances ever by those wearing the jersey of a Michigan-based franchise, college, or university.
To get this out of the way right off the bat, since this list is only dealing with home state clubs, that means you will not be seeing the likes of Jason Richardson, who won two NBA dunk contests, but both as a member of the Golden State Warriors (geo tip: that's not Michigan).
We also limited the performances to the NCAA & NBA Slam Dunk Contests. Opening this countdown up to random high school or Midnight Madness showings seemed a little unofficial, not to mention it'd open up an endless back alley search for footage we're not sure we'd ever be able to find anyway.
Lastly, as much as we love all our home state high-flyers, we must tip our caps to the likes of M.L. Carr, Maurice Ager, and Rawle Marshall, who all did their thing in their respective contests but didn't crack our list.
With that out of the way, let's get this thing started!
5. Allan Houston (Detroit Pistons) – 1994 NBA Slam Dunk Contest
Filling in on short notice for injured defending champion Harold Miner, one gathers the vaguest of notions that Detroit Pistons rookie Allan Houston didn't exactly have a well thought out gameplan heading into the 1994 NBA Slam Dunk Contest.
While his first slam was relatively impressive (a bounce lob 360), Houston quickly settled into a groove that answered the pressing question, "How many different ways can an NBA player finish a generic two-hand dunk?" Houston ticked at least three off the list: off-the-backboard, behind-the-back off-the-backboard, and the grand finale – a headbutt to himself, where the ball essentially fell back into his hands prior to takeoff, before finishing things off with another routine two-handed flush.
Happy ending: Houston earned a surprising fourth-place finish, bypassing Antonio Davis and James "Hollywood" Robinson in the process. Not bad for a sharpshooter by trade.
4. Jerry Stackhouse (Detroit Pistons) – 2000 NBA Slam Dunk Contest
The biggest knock against Jerry Stackhouse in the 2000 NBA Slam Dunk Contest had nothing to do with Jerry Stackhouse. He just happened to have the unenviable task of following up perhaps the greatest dunk contest performance in NBA History, and as Kenny Smith put it, "You can't come (up to bat) after Babe Ruth. You don't go singing after Michael Jackson. There's certain things you just don't do."
Unfortunately for Stackhouse, he had no choice in the matter. On two occasions, the camera cut away from fellow contestant Vince Carter only after Stack had already begun his approach. With the crowd left buzzing by Carter all evening, Stackhouse's dunks appeared pedestrian by comparison.
Stack's first dunk, a two-handed 360, would have likely earned a solid score in the 1997 contest (the last contest before 2000 – the NBA axed the event for two seasons). However, with the stakes raised by Carter, as well as Tracy McGrady and Steve Francis, anything falling short of spectacular wasn't going to cut it. His second attempt deserved props for originality (though Francis claimed it was his idea to begin with – so at least someone gets originality points) – but Jerry and teammate Grant Hill couldn't quite sync up to put one down.
By his third attempt, the writing was already on the wall – Francis, McGrady, and Carter had all already clinched each final round position. Stackhouse's 14-foot takeoff and flush would be impressive in nearly any gym in America but on this evening, he just found himself in the wrong place at the wrong time
3. Brent Petway (Michigan) – 2007 NCAA Slam Dunk Contest
Michigan's Brent Petway serves as a cautionary tale for the perils of overconfidence in a dunk contest. The fact he still slipped his way into the final round and cracked our top three should speak to his otherworldly dunking ability.
As was seemingly encouraged by ESPN, Petway at times seemed pre-occupied during his performance, sporting Matrix shades during his first round dunk and performing an impromptu dance session before the contest even began:
Despite some early misses, Petway was able to slide into the final round, where we actually felt his second dunk, an off-the-backboard honey dip, was a touch underrated (though we assume not hanging, as is usually customary for the full effect of an elbow dunk, likely harmed him).
In whole, Petway's performance was pretty easy to deconstruct. It was a case of a legendary dunker hanging on by virtue of his athleticism and dunking ability, ultimately undone by a lack of concentration and execution.
2. Adreian Payne (Michigan State) – 2014 NCAA Slam Dunk Contest
We're going to cut to the chase. Adreian Payne's opening round two-hand, jackknife 360 was one of the purest, most powerful and aesthetically appealing dunks we've ever seen. Had the contest ended after round 1, Payne may have walked away one slam dunk title richer. In fact, his second dunk may have been just as impressive (it was, in essence, two dunks – a lefty poke with a simultaneous righty windmill).
As a result, it was relatively unfortunate to see Payne advance to the next round only to repeat the same dunk he did in round one, only with less perfection, ultimately leading to his elimination from competition. After his first two finishes, he was on pace to take the crown in this countdown, but the sputtering conclusion cost him.
1. Doug Anderson (Detroit Mercy) – 2013 NCAA Slam Dunk Contest
Doug Anderson was on the underground Michigan dunking scene years before his coronation in 2013. His dunking antics at Kalamazoo Central drew fellow hoopers from around the state to Drake Rd., all with hopes of catching the next great Doug Anderson poster. At the high school state finals, the Breslin crowd would develop an electric buzz and rise in anticipation before he even picked up his dribble in the open floor.
Anderson would initially surface on the college scene at Mott Community College (Flint), where the dunk show continued (for those who kept their ears to the ground). Footage emerged from an 11-dunk exhibition performance. Then, the game tapes began to surface, featuring punishing hammers, open floor windmills, and alley-oops that made dunk enthusiasts pump their fists in triumph. Anderson would eventually climb his way into ESPN's consciousness after a particularly emphatic flush left a bucket with some long-term damage:
When it was announced Anderson would be taking his talents to Detroit Mercy after exhausting his community college eligibility, those in the know understood it was time for the world to see what Doug was bringing to the table. Anderson made the most of his time in Division I, jamming on everyone in sight, including a six dunk performance against Syracuse.
By the time Anderson arrived at the 2013 State Farm Slam Dunk Contest, it was already a foregone conclusion. The king had arrived to take his throne.
*Full length footage of Anderson's performance can be seen here.
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Trauma pack to save 'countless lives'
A life-saving trauma pack to treat the victims of road traffic collisions in developing countries will save "countless lives" after funding was secured for a major trial.
The trauma packs have been developed by Professor Judith Hall with colleagues from Cardiff Metropolitan University.
They will be used to tackle the extremely high death rates on Namibia's roads.
The Medical Research Council Public Health Intervention Development Scheme, which supports interventions that address an important global or UK public health issue, is providing funding of £150,000 for the trial.
Non-medical specialists such as police, drivers, senior villagers and chiefs will be trained to use the low-cost packs in the first 'golden hour' when lives are saved after trauma.
The packs, which contain life-saving equipment with simple instructions, have been created with clinicians from the Welsh National Health Service and industry partner BCB International.
Namibia was chosen because Professor Hall already leads Cardiff University's successful Phoenix Project in the country in collaboration with the University of Namibia.
The Phoenix Project is part of Cardiff University's Transforming Communities programme, which works with communities in Cardiff, Wales and beyond in areas including health, education and wellbeing. Phoenix supports Welsh Government's Wales for Africa project.
Professor Hall said: "I am delighted that the Phoenix Project is able to help with the introduction of the trauma packs in Namibia, a country with one of the worst road traffic accident problems in the world…"
Professor Hall added that she was delighted a second Namibian university, the Namibian University of Science and Technology, was also involved through its paramedic school.
Professor Hywel Thomas, Pro Vice-Chancellor, Research, Innovation and Engagement, said: "This wouldn't have happened without the work of Cardiff University's Phoenix Project, which is having a meaningful impact on people's lives in Namibia in the areas of education, health, communication and science…"
The trauma packs have been field tested in Zambia through Professor Hall's Mothers of Africa charity, with support from the Welsh Ambulance Service and first responders in Wales. The Royal Centre for Defence Medicine and International Red Cross have also assisted with the testing and development.
Source: Cardiff University


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Polynema haeckeli är en stekelart som beskrevs av Girault 1913. Polynema haeckeli ingår i släktet Polynema och familjen dvärgsteklar. Inga underarter finns listade i Catalogue of Life.

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US Gov't Silent As Ally Saudi Arabia Kidnaps and Cages Women for Wanting to Drive
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(TFTP) When Saudi Arabia announced last year that 2018 would be the year women were finally allowed to drive, the United States treated its close ally as if it was setting the standard for women's rights. However, now that several of the women who were at the forefront of the movement have been mysteriously arrested before the new law goes into effect, the U.S. has refused to call out the Saudi government.
While the ban on women driving is set to be lifted next month, a report from Reuters revealed that seven activists who supported the legal changes that are set to take place were mysteriously arrested by the Saudi government last week.
3 Saudi women who took part in the #IamMyOwnGuardian movement against the oppressive male guardianship system in Saudi Arabia, were arrested after regime accountants infiltrated them in order to accuse them of "treason." Follow @OsloFF speaker @manal_alsharif for developments. pic.twitter.com/2gqsL6NBoJ
— HRF (@HRF) May 19, 2018
Saudi Arabia has a history of arresting and charging individuals who have been accused of criticizing or protesting the government—even when little evidence exists to support the claims—and the kingdom released a statement claiming that the seven individuals "had suspicious contacts with foreign entities to support their activities, recruited people working in sensitive government sites and offered financial support of hostile elements overseas."
Saudi women's rights activist and author, Manal al-Sharif, said three of the women who were arrested are her close friends, and she noted that all seven Saudi activists were "detained in their homes without a warrant or an explanation."
"On June 24, the ban on women driving in Saudi Arabia will finally be lifted. And yet, the arrests do not augur well for the so-called progressive changes in the country," al-Sharif said. "Understandably, I was in a state of disbelief about these developments. I contacted the women's families to confirm the news before I tweeted about it. But the families I spoke to have been left in complete darkness about why the activists were detained on the first day of the holy month of Ramadan, a month of forgiveness and mercy."
A report from the Associated Press noted that the activists who were targeted in the recent crackdown have been vocal for several years about securing basic rights for women in Saudi Arabia:
"Among those detained since Tuesday is Loujain al-Hathloul, who was arrested in late 2014 and held for more than 70 days for criticizing the government online and pushing for the right to drive. Others arrested include Eman al-Nafjan and Aziza al-Yousef, two of the most well-known women's rights activists in the kingdom who for years had campaigned for the right to drive and were involved in human rights issues in the kingdom. Al-Nafjan and al-Yousef have both taught at state-run universities and are mothers, with al-Yousef also a grandmother. The three women had also called for an end to other less visible forms of discrimination in Saudi Arabia, such as guardianship laws that give male relatives final say on whether a woman can travel abroad, obtain a passport or marry."
Al-Sharif called to the government's response to the arrests as "vague and alarming, much like the arrests themselves," and noted that the mysterious charges against the activists have created fear for many women like herself who have been vocal in their opposition of the kingdom's strict male guardianship laws, which ban women from making major decisions without the consent of a husband or male relative.
The only treason they committed was against the inhumane male guardianship system in Saudi, was against the patriarchy my country women live under, was against denying them the full citizenship as Saudis
— Manal al-Sharif (@manal_alsharif) May 18, 2018
While the Saudi government has attempted to claim that the activists were "forming a cell" that posed a threat to state security, Amnesty International criticized the lack of transparency surrounding the sudden arrests.
In a statement, AI Middle East Director of Campaigns Samah Hadid said, "This chilling smear campaign is an extremely worrying development for women human rights defenders and activists in Saudi Arabia. Such blatant intimidation tactics are entirely unjustifiable."
Although Saudi Arabia seemed to be making progress with the announcement that it would finally allow women to drive cars, it appears that the news was mainly meant for political purposes to create positive PR for the country, as it is still persecuting activists who dare to question the government.
Unfortunately, this treatment is not uncommon. As The Free Thought Project has reported, last year Munir Al Adam, a 23-year-old deaf and blind man, was sentenced to death after he was convicted of peacefully protesting during a wave of anti-government protests in 2012. While he initially confessed to the accusations, human rights advocates insisted that he was tortured, his disabilities were ignored, and his conviction was based solely on the confession he made under duress.
Another man sentenced to execution was Mujtaba al-Sweikat, who was also charged with protesting in 2012 when he was 17 years old. He was arrested as he was boarding a plane to fly to the U.S. to attend Western Michigan University.
Manal al-Sharif also noted that the recent detentions are the latest in a string of vague arrests targeting social media personalities, college professors, businessmen, and officials since Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman came to power last year.
"This is the third wave of arrests after the new crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, came to power last June. The first wave occurred last September, when more than 80 clerics, social media influencers, and university professors were jailed for undeclared reasons. Officials have declined to say much about the arrests, noting only that "it's to protect the privacy of those imprisoned." The second wave of arrests followed in November when hundreds of businessmen and officials were detained in a supposed push against corruption. The arrests are a complete turnaround from the recent fresh and uplifting changes that Saudi Arabia has experienced, especially the restrictions imposed on the religious police and the improvement in the status of women."
The United States refused to call out its close ally, and U.S. State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert summarized the ordeal by simply saying, "We support space for civil society and also free speech. But overall, we're concerned about it and we're keeping a close eye on it."
The United States' response is ironic, given the fact that if another country in the Middle East that was not considered a close ally—such as Syria or Iran—was arresting activists for supporting basic women's rights, the U.S. would be calling for a full-scale invasion to bring that country the "freedom and democracy" it clearly needed, and to overthrow the dictator who was oppressing his people.
However, because Saudi Arabia is a friend of the United States—and it is partnered in the "single largest arms deal in U.S. history," which guarantees the kingdom $350 billion in weapons over the next 10 years—the U.S. has apparently chosen to turn a blind eye to egregious human rights violations committed by the Saudi government.
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Romero is doing well. Mom feels bad as he keeps trying to take a bath and obviously has no success. She is going to try to give him some supervised time with the cone off. No swelling or anything else so it looks like he is healing up really well. Another 10 days to get the stitches out. With his coloring, mom suspects no one will notice the eye until they get close.
Tommy and Daiquiri are fascinated by the crate. Spud has slept on it as well. Daiquiri was more interested before mom moved the food dish further back into the crate where she can't reach it.
Poor Romero. Rough thing for a little kitten to go through. Glad he is doing better. He is so lucky to have you taking care of him, Jeanne. Have a good day.
Poor little guy - purrayers he heals quickly and can get back to his old self !
Poor little guy! That cone looks bigger than him!
I always feel bad for kitties wearing cones. Another blogging pal referred to it as the "cone of courage," which I like better than the more typical "cone of shame."
Hugs to your little guy.
It must be very frustrating to wear a cone. At least he wants to keep himself groomed; that's a sign of health and good attitude.
Aww, handsome Romero, we're still purring for you and our Mom is certain you will be as good-looking as ever!
Poor lil' conehead! Reminds me of the story about a cat who got a glass jar stuck on his head, and what awful shape he was in after kind humans got him to a vet and they removed the jar! At least Romero can eat.
Oh Honey...lots of soft smoochies for you and I am grateful you are healing up. Your mommy will take good care of you.
Poor little Romero. That cone thing is no fun, we know. Sending lots of healing purrs and prayers.
Poor little lamp kitten! Would he try to bother the stitches? I suppose he needs that supervised off time to tell.. I've known a few one eyed kitties in my life, didn't seem to slow them down one bit! I suspect he'll be adorable, always looking like he's winking at everyone!
Aww, poor Romero. But that's the cutest lampshade I've ever seen.
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L-R: Stewart Butler, Group CTO of World Options, Mayoress Mrs Noreen Ayub of Hyndburn Council, Mayor Councillor Ayub and James Edwards, Group CFO of World Options
We're delighted to announce the opening of our new state-of-the-art headquarters in north west England, which will be the hub for our franchise training and meetings with world-leading carriers.
As one of the fastest growing franchise firms in the country, the new site includes a high-spec customer support and training centre, which will be used to support our 81 franchisees in the UK, the Netherlands, Belgium, Australia and the USA.
International business partners from our global offices and representatives from the world's largest logistics carriers will also meet for regular industry updates at the new site in Clayton-le-Moors, Accrington.
The Mayor and Mayoress of Hyndburn Council cut the ribbon at the launch event on Thursday 28th June, which was attended by local business leaders, current employees, and people from the local community.
Stewart Butler, Group CTO and Managing Director of World Options, said: "I am incredibly proud to be one of the company's original founders and to have seen it grow so phenomenally in just 14 years.
"Born and bred in Manchester, and a resident of Lancashire, I'm thrilled to be able to give something back to the community and bring jobs to the north of England. I hope that we get plenty of applicants for the new vacancies we have already announced, with more to come in the near future."
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Billie Lou Watt (June 20, 1924 – September 7, 2001) was an American actress. She was best known as the original English dub voice of the title characters of the 1960s anime series Astro Boy and Kimba the White Lion, the character Elsie the Cow for Borden Cheese's television commercials, and a live-action turn playing Ellie Harper Bergman on the soap opera Search for Tomorrow.

Early life
Watt was born on June 20, 1924, in St. Louis, Missouri, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Watt. She attended Midland and Howe Heights schools and Ritenour High School and received dramatic training at St. Louis School of the Theater. She was also active with a local amateur theatrical group. Her career on the stage began at the age of 12 in the role of Becky in a local play based on the book The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Her education continued at Northwestern University.

Career
Her first role on a professional stage came two years later at the St. Louis Municipal Opera production of The American Way. Her first acting role using mainly her voice was heard by listeners of the KMOX radio program The Land We Live In. She graduated from Ritenour High School and Northwestern University in Chicago, Illinois before continuing her acting career in the touring company of the play Kiss and Tell. This would lead up to performing on the stages of New York City, with special thanks to George Abbott for hiring her for the musical Barefoot Boy with Cheek. She also appeared in Little Women and King of Hearts during her time on Broadway.

Watt's first regular role on television had her portraying the girlfriend of the title character in The Billy Bean Show (1949, 1951). A review of The Billy Bean Show in the trade publication Billboard said: "Billie Lou Watt did a smooth job as his girl friend. This ingenue should be a natural for many television shows." She also appeared on the 1958 series From These Roots as Maggie Barber Weaver.

Her career in animation began after she and her husband Hal Studer were suggested by Fred Ladd as actors in his journey into animation, with their first successful project being Astro Boy in 1963. Along the way, Billie Lou and Hal learned how to write character dialog and situations as Ladd brought in more shows to work on, resulting in such series as Kimba the White Lion (as Kimba) and Gigantor (as Jimmy Sparks). Ladd's cast remained close during Watt's career, including her friend Ray Owens, his wife Sonia, and Gilbert Mack. Watt returned to acting as herself on the soap opera The Edge of Night in the role of Florence Hatcher in 1967, but her longest television role would be Ellie Harper Bergman on Search for Tomorrow from 1968 to 1981.

Watt continued to provide voice-acting and script-writing duties for English redubs of Japanese anime, such as the 1970s feature-length Jack and the Beanstalk (as Jack), Taro the Dragon Boy (as the title character), and the Biblical-based television series Superbook (as Christopher Peeper and various other characters) and The Flying House (as Justin Casey and various other characters).

Later in life, Watt and her voice became of great help for radio listeners of In-Touch Networks who are visually impaired or completely blind. Watt's final acting role was the voice of Ma Bagge (Eustace's mother) on the series Courage the Cowardly Dog from 1999 to 2001. The fourth season of Courage the Cowardly Dog was dedicated to her memory.

Death
Watt succumbed to lung cancer in New York City later in 2001, leaving her husband Hal and their three children. For her contributions to the entertainment industry, and her charitable works, she was inducted into the Ritenour Alumni Hall of Fame in 2005.

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Here Be Dragons: The Writer's Map Brings Fantasy Worlds to Life
"A map helps to make an imaginary place real." A new book examines the power of cartography when building fantastical literary worlds—exploring the universes created by JRR Tolkien, Philip Pullman, JK Rowling and more. Words by Holly Black
Fra Mauro World Map, c.1450, facsimile by William Frazer, London and Venice, 1804. British Library, London
"Here be dragons," so the saying goes. It is a phrase that alludes to the unchartered territories of ancient maps, where ragged coastlines and national borders give way to vast expanses of oceans or impassable deserts, where mythical beasts reign supreme. It should come as no surprise, then, that cartography has played such an important role in imagining new literary worlds, whether they be based within our own realm, or another one entirely.
Draco from Urania's Mirror, or A View of the heavens by Jehoshaphat Aspin. Samuel Leigh: London, 1834. British Library, London
A new book by Thames & Hudson, titled The Writer's Map: An Atlas of Imaginary Lands, brings together an incredible selection of maps that have inspired writers and illustrators, or served to supplement their own fantasies. Some have used the art form as a vital component in building their stories, while others were first enchanted by the lands they found in childhood classics, or in the more mundane diagrams that informed their own early adventures in more domestic places, such as the local pleasure gardens, or London Zoo.
The Garden of Eden from Biblia, Das Ist, die Gantze Heilige Schrifft Deudsch, Han Lufft: Wittenberg, 1536. British Library, London
"We enter the realms of literature before we know it. I met most of the classics first not as a reader, but as a watcher," says Huw Lewis-Jones, the editor of this compendium. It is a sentiment that many of us can share, as the end papers of so many books offer a clearly defined diagram of exactly where our favourite characters might live, work, or set off in search of new escapades. Seeing these elements presented in relation to each other allows us to build a nexus in our own imagination, well before we can fully grasp the prose itself.
Map of Countries Near to the Land of Oz by John R. Neil from Tik-Tok of Oz by Frank L. Baum. Reilly & Britton: Chicago, 1914
"The more the fantasy is rooted and anchored in time and space, the more believable it is"
"A map helps to make an imaginary place real," says Cressida Cowell, author of How To Train Your Dragon. Her essay explains the beginnings of her own childhood fascination with the unknown, fostered by the first Lunar landing. "The more the fantasy is rooted and anchored in time and space, the more believable it is."
Steps to the Moon by the United States Department of the Interior Geological Survey, from the Apollo Mission 11 information kit, United States Air Force, Aeronautial Chart and Information Centre, ST. Louis, 1969. British Library, London
It is a sentiment shared by Philip Pullman, whose His Dark Materials trilogy tore the very fabric of time and space apart. In his introductory text he explains how, for his novel The Tin Princess, he borrowed from various sources to create Razkavia. This fictional country's capital city of Eschtenburg was illustrated in minute detail, in order that not only readers but Pullman himself could fully comprehend the heritage, landscape and social fabric of this make-believe place.
He also explains the value of examining real-life maps, like those he pored over of London, and the way they can help define and articulate a story. "They were valuable, precisely because they were real. If you stood in this corner, and looked that way, you could see St Boltoph's Church… In the interests of plausibility, I was a meticulous realist."
From The Encyclopedia of Early Earth by Isabel Greenberg. Jonathan Cape: London, 2013 © Isabel Greenberg
This book is separated into four parts, although the groupings such as "writing maps" and "creating maps" feel fairly arbitrary, as each section is full of allusions to exotic fantasies and semi-realist adventures in places as disparate as the North Pole or the Hundred Acre Wood. One could easily spend hours poring over the maps that portray our favourite stories, or the magical possibilities found in those that bring together various worlds, such as Bernard Sleigh's An Anciente Mappe of Fairyland, created in 1918.
An Anciente Mappe of Fairyland newly discovered and set forth by Bernard Sleigh. Sidgwick & Jackson: London, 1918. British Library, London
However, this book does more than simply focus on the maps that serve to illustrate the printed word. The exhilarating power that comes with navigation, and therefore knowledge, that is often celebrated in adventurous novels, is also given its due. The most famous in recent memory is the Marauder's Map, from Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. Miraphora Mina, the graphic designer who was responsible for every conceivable form of printed matter on the set of the film adaptations (along with her partner Eduardo Lima) discusses the complex task of producing a map that was constantly changing and operated in at least four dimensions.
The Pilgrim's Progress dissected, or a Complete view of Christian's travels, etc. An engraved coloured jig-saw puzzle with a plain key, 1790. British Library, London
The intrinsic importance of the map is also mused over by novelist Lev Grossman, who spent hours of his youth playing Dungeons & Dragons with the aid of meticulously calculated diagrams that told of treacherous unknown lands: "These maps promised extremes of excitement and pleasure, though players weren't actually supposed to see the maps, strictly speaking. D&D wasn't a board game: the map was a holy mystery, concealed during gameplay behind a makeshift cardboard screen."
Map from Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson. Cassell & Co.: London, 1899. British Library, London
The idea that these relatively simplistic charts could build such dense worlds with a roll of the dice seems slightly unfathomable for someone who knows nothing of the game, but it is really no different to the manner in which a few roughly sketched lines encapsulates the unfathomable journey from The Shire to Mordor in the Lord of the RIngs trilogy. Although, to be fair, the meticulous detail with which JRR Tolkien instructed his illustrators was anything but rough. According to this book, for the poster map of Middle-earth designed by Pauline Baynes, he even specified the colours of the ships and their sail designs.
"I wisely started with a map and made the story to fit," he said, which shows the intrinsic value that so many authors place on the illustrated versions of their fantasies. For many, the world must be built before the story can be told, and luckily for us, The Writer's Map gives us a whole universe to choose from.
The Writer's Map: An Atlas of Imaginary Lands
Published by Thames & Hudson


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CAMELOT'S COUSIN: The Spy Who Betrayed Kennedy
"In this impeccably researched spy novel, a radio personality hunts for the answer to one of the 20th century's biggest unsolved mysteries." – Kirkus Book Reviews
"Stokes has a good story and he tells it well. The narrative comes across as conversational, which is a pleasant change from the business like detachment of most omniscient story tellers." — Examiner.com
WHEN A DAD tries to dig a hole in his Northern Virginia yard to bury the remains of the family pet, he chances upon something buried years before—a mysterious briefcase. Its contents include a journal with cryptic writing. The father turns to his friend—and boss—Templeton Davis, a former Rhodes scholar and popular national radio talk show host, for help figuring out what he's found.
They soon realize that they are in possession of materials that were hidden more than 60 years earlier by a notorious deep cover agent for the Soviet Union—Kim Philby. And buried with the materials were clues to a great secret—the identity of someone else, the most effective spy in the history of Cold War espionage.
Long a mere footnote in history, the story of this man's treachery reaches the pinnacles of power and geopolitics. It's a story that begins just before the Second World War breaks out and reaches the depths of the Cold War that followed.
The trail leads to a picturesque town in Vermont, the streets of New York City, the corridors of power in Washington, DC—but most importantly, Oxford, England, where Davis realizes that the beautiful city of spires on the Thames was once also a city of spies.
The Oxford spies may never have reached the level of public notoriety of the Cambridge spies–but clearly the story had never been completely known—or told. And investigating British spies was a very dangerous mine of detail in which to dig, a fact borne out by a couple of suspicious deaths left in the wake of Templeton Davis' travels.
Davis discovers that at the moment when the world came closest to unparalleled disaster, secrets were being betrayed at the highest levels. He would also come to understand that what he had learned connected to a time of great sorrow for mankind. This is ultimate Kennedy assassination conspiracy story.
At a crucial moment, Templeton Davis quickly develops a bond borne of necessity with a beautiful young woman from Russia—someone with her own secrets. And when what she knows is combined with what the famous broadcaster has learned, the two unlikely heroes find themselves in grave danger, yet poised to rock the world.
Camelot's Cousin is a skillfully crafted example of both espionage fiction and historical fiction. And it will leave the reader wondering if it could have really happened.


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3 Tell Jerusalem what the Sovereign Lord is saying to her: "You were born in the land of Canaan. Your father was an Amorite, and your mother was a Hittite.
4 When you were born, no one cut your umbilical cord or washed you or rubbed you with salt or wrapped you in cloths.
5 No one took enough pity on you to do any of these things for you. When you were born, no one loved you. You were thrown out in an open field.
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7 I made you grow like a healthy plant. You grew strong and tall and became a young woman. Your breasts were well-formed, and your hair had grown, but you were naked.
8 "As I passed by again, I saw that the time had come for you to fall in love. I covered your naked body with my coat and promised to love you. Yes, I made a marriage covenant with you, and you became mine." This is what the Sovereign Lord says.
9 "Then I took water and washed the blood off you. I rubbed olive oil on your skin.
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12 I gave you a nose ring and earrings and a beautiful crown to wear.
13 You had ornaments of gold and silver, and you always wore clothes of embroidered linen and silk. You ate bread made from the best flour, and had honey and olive oil to eat. Your beauty was dazzling, and you became a queen.
14 You became famous in every nation for your perfect beauty, because I was the one who made you so lovely." This is what the Sovereign Lord says.
15 "But you took advantage of your beauty and fame to sleep with everyone who came along.
16 You used some of your clothes to decorate your places of worship, and just like a prostitute, you gave yourself to everyone.
18 You took the embroidered clothes I gave you and put them on the images, and you offered to the images the olive oil and incense I had given you.
19 I gave you food - the best flour, olive oil, and honey - but you offered it as a sacrifice to win the favor of idols." This is what the Sovereign Lord says.
21 without taking my children and sacrificing them to idols?
22 During your disgusting life as a prostitute you never once remembered your childhood - when you were naked, squirming in your own blood."
25 You dragged your beauty through the mud. You offered yourself to everyone who came by, and you were more of a prostitute every day.
26 You let your lustful neighbors, the Egyptians, go to bed with you, and you used your prostitution to make me angry.
27 "Now I have raised my hand to punish you and to take away your share of my blessing. I have handed you over to the Philistines, who hate you and are disgusted with your immoral actions.
28 "Because you were not satisfied by the others, you went running after the Assyrians. You were their prostitute, but they didn't satisfy you either.
29 You were also a prostitute for the Babylonians, that nation of merchants, but they didn't satisfy you either."
30 This is what the Sovereign Lord is saying: "You have done all this like a shameless prostitute.
31 On every street you built places to worship idols and practice prostitution. But you are not out for money like a common prostitute.
32 You are like a woman who commits adultery with strangers instead of loving her husband.
33 A prostitute is paid, but you gave presents to all your lovers and bribed them to come from everywhere to sleep with you.
34 You are a special kind of prostitute. No one forced you to become one. You didn't get paid; you paid them! Yes, you are different."
35 Now then, Jerusalem, you whore! Hear what the Lord is saying.
36 This is what the Sovereign Lord says: "You stripped off your clothes, and like a prostitute, you gave yourself to your lovers and to all your disgusting idols, and you killed your children as sacrifices to idols.
37 Because of this I will bring all your former lovers together - the ones you liked and the ones you hated. I will bring them around you in a circle, and then I will strip off your clothes and let them see you naked.
38 I will condemn you for adultery and murder, and in my anger and fury I will punish you with death.
39 I will put you in their power, and they will tear down the places where you engage in prostitution and worship idols. They will take away your clothes and jewels and leave you completely naked.
40 "They will stir up a crowd to stone you, and they will cut you to pieces with their swords.
41 They will burn your houses down and let crowds of women see your punishment. I will make you stop being a prostitute and make you stop giving gifts to your lovers.
42 Then my anger will be over, and I will be calm. I will not be angry or jealous any more.
43 You have forgotten how I treated you when you were young, and you have made me angry by all the things you did. That is why I have made you pay for them all. Why did you add sexual immorality to all the other disgusting things you did?" The Sovereign Lord has spoken.
45 You really are your mother's daughter. She detested her husband and her children. You are like your sisters, who hated their husbands and their children. You and your sister cities had a Hittite mother and an Amorite father.
46 "Your older sister, with her villages, is Samaria, in the north. Your younger sister, with her villages, is Sodom, in the south.
47 Were you satisfied to follow in their footsteps and copy their disgusting actions? No, in only a little while you were acting worse than they were in everything you did.
48 "As surely as I am the living God," the Sovereign Lord says, "your sister Sodom and her villages never did the evil that you and your villages have done.
49 She and her daughters were proud because they had plenty to eat and lived in peace and quiet, but they did not take care of the poor and the underprivileged.
50 They were proud and stubborn and did the things that I hate, so I destroyed them, as you well know.
51 "Samaria did not sin half as much as you have. You have acted more disgustingly than she ever did. Your corruption makes your sisters look innocent by comparison.
52 And now you will have to endure your disgrace. Your sins are so much worse than those of your sisters that they look innocent beside you. Now blush and bear your shame, because you make your sisters look pure."
53 The Lord said to Jerusalem, "I will make them prosperous again - Sodom and her villages and Samaria and her villages. Yes, I will make you prosperous too.
54 You will be ashamed of yourself, and your disgrace will show your sisters how well-off they are.
55 They will become prosperous again, and you and your villages will also be restored.
57 and before the evil you did had been exposed? Now you are just like her - a joke to the Edomites, the Philistines, and your other neighbors who hate you.
58 You must suffer for the obscene, disgusting things you have done." The Lord has spoken.
59 The Sovereign Lord says, "I will treat you the way you deserve, because you ignored your promises and broke the covenant.
61 You will remember how you have acted, and be ashamed of it when you get your older sister and your younger sister back. I will let them be like daughters to you, even though this was not part of my covenant with you.
62 I will renew my covenant with you, and you will know that I am the Lord.
63 I will forgive all the wrongs you have done, but you will remember them and be too ashamed to open your mouth." The Sovereign Lord has spoken.


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A good deal of mock has been made of Mr Tony Benn's tape recorder, which he uses to check the accuracy of his inter- views and any cutting of his broadcasts. But the habit is growing among ministers of tak- ing around with them human tape recorders in the form of civil servants from their press or private offices. I was recently at a newspaper lunch where the guest was Mr Patrick Jenkin. He brought with him not one but two minders from his department. These chaps uttered hardly a word but con- centrated on the browsing and sluicing while their master made light political con- versation. One of them actually had a pad on which, when he was not plying knife and fork, he took notes under the table, sometimes on it, while the talk proceeded.
He was presumably doing this in case Mr Jenkin's reflections should be misreported later on. None of the journalists was bold enough to point out that this was really a pretty poor way of carrying on. If a newspaperman behaved similarly at a ministerial lunch he would smartly be called to order. Mr Benn's tape recorder is more accurate and runs on batteries rather than wine.
Acolleague, recently returned from ccompanying Sir Geoffrey Howe to the Far East, told me he had been 'savaged by the sheep', meaning that Sir Geoffrey had mildly rebuked him for something or other. The reference was to Mr Denis Healey's description some years ago of being attacked by the present Foreign Secretary, Shadow Chancellor as he then was: 'It's like being savaged by a dead sheep.' The phrase — 'dead' is surely otiose? — is always attributed to Mr Healey. In fact it was first used by Sir Roy Welensky of lain Macleod. 'It's like being bitten by a sheep,' was what Sir Roy said, unaptly in view of Macleod's acknowledged talent for scorn. Does this matter? No, it does not, except that we may as well try to get these things right when we can.
This is the end of my stint on the Diary. It is always agreeable to write for the Spectator, turn up at its offices or meet its contributors and staff on licensed premises. But it does tend to attract a class of person that can be called the Young Fogey. I owe the term to Mr Terence Kilmartin, though he may not be its inventor. I have nothing against the Young Fogey. He is libertarian but not liberal. He is conservative but has no time for Mrs Margaret Thatcher and considers Mr Neil Kinnock the most per- sonally attractive of the present party leaders. He is a scholar of Evelyn Waugh. He tends to be coolly religious, either RC or C of E. He dislikes modern architecture. He makes a great fuss about the old Prayer Book, grammar, syntax and punctuation. He laments the difficulty of purchasing good bread, Cheddar cheese, kippers and sausages — though not beer, because the cause of good beer has been taken over by boring men with beards from the Campaign for Real Ale. He enjoys walking and travel- ling by train. He thinks the Times is not what it was and prefers the Daily Telegraph. He likes the Observer (par- ticularly Dr C. C. O'Brien) more than the Sunday Times, which stands for most things the Young Fogey detests. Mr A. N. Wilson is a Young Fogey. So is Dr John Casey. So, now 1 came to count them, are most of my friends. I am something of a Middle-aged Fogey myself. I shall have to watch it. The causes are mostly good but can become tedious to others if pressed too often and too hard.


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Republican Sinn Féin (RSF, iriska Sinn Féin Poblachtach ), republikanska Sinn Féin, är ett politiskt parti på Irland. RSF har utpekats som CIRA:s politiska gren och bildades av avhoppare från Sinn Féin 1986. Partiet anser sig stå för "sann" eller "traditionell" irländsk republikanism.

Partiets bildande
Beslutet att bilda, eller som dess anhängare ser det att omorganisera eller ombilda, partiet togs som svar på Sinn Féins beslut på dess partikongress 1986 att ändra sin politik så att partiets företrädare som blivit valda till det irländska underhuset Dáil Éireann i fortsättningen skulle inta sina platser. De som kom att bilda RSF motsatte sig denna ändring, eftersom den innebar en avvikelse från den traditionella republikanska analysen, där Republiken Irlands parlament betraktades som en olaglig församling som upprättats genom ett beslut i det brittiska parlamentet. De hävdade att irländska republikaner skulle vara lojala mot den ursprungliga irländska republiken, som de hävdade existerade de jure och att dess makt låg hos IRA:s arméråd.

Fastän beslutet antogs med två tredjedels majoritet hävdade de som kom att bilda RSF att det var ogiltigt enligt Sinn Féins stadgar. I protest tågade de ut från partikongressen och "återinkalla", som de hävdade, partikongressen på annan plats. RSF hävdade senare att de delegater som hade röstat för att tillåta deltagande i Dáil Éireann i praktiken hade uteslutit sig själva från partiet. Det är på grundval av detta som RSF anser sig vara det enda parti som har rätt till namnet Sinn Féin och den enda legitima efterträdaren till det ursprungliga Sinn Féin som bildades 1905.

Detta anspråk förkastas av de flesta personer som ser sig som irländska republikaner. Sinn Féin påpekar att en tidigare partikongress 1983 ändrade stadgarna så att "ingen aspekt av stadgarna och reglerna ska vara utesluten från diskussion". Detta gjordes för att möjliggöra för kongressen att debattera en motion om att tillåta Sinn Féin-kandidater att ställa upp i val till Europaparlamentet och inta sina platser om de blev valda. Vissa hävdar att detta argument är försvagat av det faktum att kandidaturer till Europaparlamentet redan hade debatterats vid partikongressen 1978, när en motion om att ställa upp kandidater inför Europaparlamentsvalet 1979 avslogs. En omröstning om att ändra abstentionismen från en princip till en taktik fick inte två tredjedels majoritet 1985. Resultatet var 181 mot och 161 för.

Ledarskap
Sedan partiet bildades har Republican Sinn Féin letts av Ruairí Ó Brádaigh, som var ordförande för Sinn Féin från 1970 till 1983. Han hade sällskap av Dáithí Ó Conaill, en annan framträdande person i Sinn Féin och IRA på 1970-talet. De nuvarande vice ordförandena är Des Dalton och Cathleen Knowles McGuirk. Joe O'Neill och John O'Connor är kassörer och Líta Ní Chathmhaoil och Peig King är generalsekreterare. Ruairí Óg Ó Brádaigh är presschef och redaktör för partitidningen Saoirse.

Medlemskap
Partiets medlemmar kommer främst från de medlemmar av den republikanska rörelsen i republiken Irland som var motståndare till Gerry Adams och hans anhängare, som till stor del var från Nordirland.

Förhållanden till andra republikanska organisationer
RSF ser sig självt som en del av en större republikansk rörelse med ett antal olika organisationer. Bland dessa finns Continuity IRA, Cumann na mBan, Fianna Éireann, Cabhair och National Commemmoration Committee. Bland dessa organisationer finns i stor utsträckning personer som också är medlemmar i RSF. RSF förnekar bestämt beskyllningen att det är Continuity IRA:s "politiska gren", liksom att CIRA skulle vara RSF:s "militära gren".

Trots partiets bedyranden har RSF tillsammans med CIRA blivit förbjudet av USA:s utrikesdepartement som varande en terroristorganisation.

Valdeltagande
RSF är ett litet ytterkantsparti och upprätthåller fortfarande politiken att inte inta platser i Dáil Éireann, Northern Ireland Assembly eller det brittiska underhuset om de skulle få några ledamöter invalda. Partiet har inte ställt upp i irländska eller brittiska parlamentsval, men ställde upp kandidater i valet i Nordirland 2007.

RSF vägrar erkänna Långfredagsavtalet som giltigt, då man hävdar att folkomröstningen om avtalet inte gav Irlands folk möjligheten att rösta om att leva i ett enat Irland, och att folkomröstning var ogiltig då separata omröstningar hölls i Nordirland respektive republiken Irland.

Partiet motsätter sig det regionala parlamentet i Nordirland (Northern Ireland Assembly), då det anser att detta stärker den brittiska närvaron på Irland, och menar att de irländska nationalister som har intagit sina platser där har gjort sig skyldiga till högförräderi mot den irländska republiken.

Partiet ställer ibland upp i lokala val i republiken Irland. Före 2007 ställde det inte upp i val i Nordirland. Från början hade partiet planerat att ställa upp med 23 kandidater i lokalvalen i Nordirland 1989, däribland tre sittande lokalpolitiker, men strax före valet antog det brittiska parlamentet en lag som krävde att alla kandidater undertecknar en deklaration om att ta avstånd från olagliga organisationer och terroristhandlingar. RSF vägrade göra detta då man hävdade att det skulle innebära att förkasta det irländska folkets "rätt att använda vapenmakt mot den brittiska ockupationen". Därmed blev dess kandidater inte valbara. Partiet är inte registrerat hos Storbritanniens valkommission som politiskt parti i Nordirland, vilket innebär att vid val i Nordirland kan partiets namn inte stå på valsedeln och partiet inte får göra partipolitisk tevereklam eller ådra sig högre utgifter än 5000 pund.

Partiet förespråkar upprättande av social rättvisa grundat på vad det beskriver som den irländska republikanska socialismens principer, baserat på proklamation av den irländska republiken i påskupproret 1916. Det förespråkar också upprättandet av et enat Irland som är fullt självständigt från Storbritannien och bildat som en federation av de fyra traditionella irländska provinserna.

Valet i Nordirland 2007
Republican Sinn Féin ställde upp med sex kandidater i valet i Nordirland 2007. Eftersom partiet inte hade registrerat sig hos valkommissionen hade kandidaterna ingen utskriven partitillhörighet på valsedlarna, utom Geraldine Taylor som stod som oberoende.

De kandidater som var anknutna till RSF fick totalt 2522 förstahandsröster. Kandidaternas andel av det totala antalet giltiga röster var 0,38 procent. Röstandelen i de sex valkretsar där de ställde upp var 1,03 procent.

Valresultat i lokalval 2004
Republican Sinn Féin ställde upp med sju kandidater i de senaste lokalvalen i republiken Irland. Partiets enda valda representant förlorade sin plats. RSF:s röstandel var 0,13 procent.

Interna spänningar
I september 2005 lämnade ett antal lokalavdelningar och individuella medlemmar partiet i protest mot partiets behandling av fångar tillhörande Continuity IRA i Portlaoise Prison.

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