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Home » Minister of Foreign Affairs and Immigration the HON. FRED MITCHELL 2016/2017 BUDGET DEBATE
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Immigration the HON. FRED MITCHELL 2016/2017 BUDGET DEBATE
Intervention by Fred Mitchell MP Fox Hill
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Immigration
Budget Debate 2017
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Tribute to Muhammad Ali, who was at the PLPs convention the first year that I spoke to the convention and who if he had arrived after I had spoken, would have left me with no audience. Thankfully, he showed up just after I spoke to the audience was full. Lynden Pindling jumped to his feet leading eh standing ovation. He ran up to me to shake my hand and said: "My boy you are on your way."
Tribute to E Patrick Toothe Esq who was my pupil master and who died in April of this year. I was unable to attend the service on 26 April but I wish to recognize his passing and to thank him for the training which he gave me as an attorney. I extend my condolences to his family.
I wish to say that just as I did in the Mid-Year Budget debate, I will lay a full copy of the review of the budget in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Immigration on the table. I do not propose to read the review of the figures. I will however put them in the public domain by that device.
Secondly, I have read the statement of the Opposition's spokesman on Foreign Affairs the Member for St Anne's. The only reference that I saw to the Foreign Ministry's work and that was tangential was that the Canadians had issued a further travel advisory for The Bahamas.
We are aware of the advisory and of course it is regrettable that they felt the need to do so. But as we have explained to the Bahamian public before advisories are not exceptional for any country. The home governments have an obligation in law to say what they know about the safety and security of visitors to a country they're visiting.
We can issue similar advisories about Canada and various neighbourhoods in Toronto I am sure. We have done so with regard to the United States, particularly about Miami. After what happened in Orlando what would the Opposition's spokesman have us do about that and what should we advise Bahamians about travelling to Orlando? I leave the point there, the answer is so obvious.
We all continue to work hard to crack down on crime.
I propose during this intervention to review some of the matters that have become public concerns about the work of the Ministry. Seek to defend the budgetary allocations and the work we are called upon to do.
I think the Ministry has performed well, given the fiscal challenges and difficulties from ordering toilet paper to having to replace a generator and all the bureaucracy and nightmare delays associated with it. There is a creative fight in the bureaucracy over what some consider the over centralization that is occurring which tends toward less efficiency and not more. The struggle continues.
I wish to thank all those who work at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Department of Immigration both at home and abroad for their stellar work in the defence of this country. Our team is led by Sheila Carey the Permanent Secretary, Sharon Haylock, the Director General, William Pratt, the Director of Immigration, William Nottage, Senior Policy Advisor on Immigration. They support a political team of me, the Parliamentary Secretary the MP for South Beach who has direct superintendence of the Detention Centre and The MP for South Andros who is the Ambassador to Caricom.
I turn to Foreign Affairs
On 12 June, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued the following statement:
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs expresses its sympathy to the people of the United States and the people of Florida and the city of Orlando, following the murders of 49 people in Orlando. Orlando is a city with which our country has significant trade and familial ties. The state of Florida is also our closest trading partner. In addition there are significant familial ties with Florida. Our offices in Florida will be monitoring events to ensure that Bahamians are afforded the legal protections in the state and in the city. A diplomatic note will be sent expressing the condolences from The Bahamas.
I have since issued a statatement to the British expressing our sorrow and suport following the assassination of a British MP, casued it appears by hatred because of her views in the referendum camapaign now being held in Britain.
I want to thank the MP for Elizabeth for his thoughtful statement delivered in this place last week when he said the following:
Before concluding I want to speak briefly on the recent referendum. I am very disappointed in the results, in the way our people allowed phobias to complicate the issue. The inequalities on the transmission of citizenship are astonishing, and as a country, we are not in good company in this regard when compared to other countries around the world. I fear that we as a country and a people still may not have matured enough to make decisions in isolation for the betterment of the country, to reduce discrimination in the Bahamas. This was a matter of citizenship, nothing else.
During the course of the campaign to amend the constitution, there was a campaign of deceit and misinformation in the country which was perhaps unprecedented.
This was led largely by a group of clergymen who have simply disgraced themselves by the astonishing untruths which they perpetrated during the referendum campaign. It was simply breathtaking.
In a recent statement to the country, the Government was blamed for missteps in the process. I reject that. There can be no remedy for deceit other than truth. The truth was plain to see but instead of the work of God being done, it appears the work of the devil has for the moment succeeded.
While they crow from the rafters from stopping some shadowy hidden agenda, the people who have suffered are women and children, and the people of The Bahamas. They have set us back a generation. Aluta continua.
I have called for them to find Christ and for them to apologize for that campaign of deceit.
I repeat it here today.
They blamed the United Nations. False. They blamed the yes campaigners. False. There is no one to blame really. However, those who first practiced to deceive are now having to engage in tangled web and blame others.
The results of the vote are what they are. However, what concerns me now is the lingering hate which the debate has engendered and this is particularly against the backdrop of what just happened in the United States and the United Kingdom and how words of hate can lead to destructive behavior amongst the mentally ill and ignorant.
People who are preachers should publicly separate themselves from violence and hate.
This is a liberal democracy not a theocracy. It is a secular state: where there is a separation from church and state. Indeed the Judeo Christian tradition is to render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar's and unto God the things that our God's. You have to be careful how you trust theocracies when after all it was a theocratic power who handed Jesus Christ over to be crucified; they were more interested in temporal power than in saving souls.
I tell the story of the appearance on the radio after I said the preachers must find Christ. After telling them to find Christ, they went into full attack mode. In defending themselves though, Jesus Christ was not mentioned once, not one soul did they seek to save; they not ask one soul to come to Christ. Busy talking about me and bashing me. Not turning the other cheek out straight out bashing.
I say to them their role is to preach the gospel every day and sometimes use words. In other words, you should live the gospel.
The gospel say all have sinned and come short of the glory of God.
We have a substantial job to do in this society to separate ourselves from hate and violence. It consumes us too often every day. You will remember that two people were killed in Adderley Street in the Fox Hill community last week. On the day that occurred a voice note went around saying something like this; "Bey! One nigga just put three in Smokie"
There was a survey done at one of our local primary schools, here is the results of that survey:
A sample of 212 students was surveyed from Grades 4.5 and 6 and the following results were produced:
9 per cent of the students had lost a parent. Of that group 70 per cent lost their father and 25 per cent lost their mother.
How did their loved ones die?
11 per cent of murder
12.5 per cent from accidents
52 per cent of the students surveyed and witnessed domestic violence
20 per cent have a parent living in another country
36 per cent experienced separation or divorce
44 per cent had heard a gunshot
35 per cent knows someone who owns a gun
38 per cent have seen a gun
Remember these are students not yet 12 years old.
The violence is caused by a number of other faults.
The lack of social skills for example. One of the coaches at a high school told me the story of how appalled he was listening to a student athlete talk to a potential school coach in the US about a prospect of being given a scholarship opportunity. This what he said to the US coach:
"Ya… you get my numbers right? Just hit me up. Let me know what's good but I ga be right here"
Our country interrelates with the wider world. We cannot survive without the wider world. Therefore I found the demonizing of the United Nations and other international institutions in the recent campaign to be puerile and just plain silly and ill advised.
As Minister I defend our membership.
Most of our people want to travel to the United States. That is a very legalistic country. The United States exercises extra territorial influence and jurisdiction over many parts of our lives whether we like it or not. It is the United States government that said that rights trump culture. So we can sit here and stew in our own fat or if we want to engage with the wider world, we had better get with the programme.
The US has their responsibilities too. From a foreign affairs perspective, we follow what is going on in the US. The statement indicates that we were concerned about the violence in Orlando because Bahamians frequent that city. We also intervened with public statements in the Black Lives matter campaign because our young Black males go to the United States and if racial prejudice is being expressed in the United States against young Black males, then Bahamian young males ought to be warned and advised.
The US has to resolve the issue of guns and gun trafficking as it wreaks havoc in our societies. I think we have a thoughtful administration in the United States, headed by quiet a thoughtful leader Barak Obama.
Recently he visited Hiroshima, the city which was the object of the first atomic weapon. The New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman said this about that visit in his column 15 June:
"Hiroshima, Obama suggested, represents a world in which for the first time ever a country possessed the power to kill all of us — and if it had to be any country, I am glad it was America. But today, he said, we're entering a world where small groups — maybe even soon a single super-empowered person — will be able to kill all of us; therefore we'd better start thinking about the moral implications of where technology is taking us.
"Science allows us to communicate across the seas and fly above the clouds, to cure disease and understand the cosmos, but those same discoveries can be turned into ever more efficient killing machines," the president noted. "The wars of the modern age teach us this truth. Hiroshima teaches this truth. Technological progress without an equivalent progress in human institutions can doom us. The scientific revolution that led to the splitting of an atom requires a moral revolution as well."
Mr. Friedman goes on:
"And the only thing that can stop them is from the inside: a meaningful mass movement by Muslim governments, clergymen and citizens to delegitimize this behavior. It takes a village and only stops when the village clearly says, "No more!" And that has not happened at the scale and consistency it needs to happen."
Frank Bruni New York Times 16 June wrote about the fact that there is a responsibility to treat people with respect and dignity, and to acknowledge their existence not treat them as if they don't exists because you don't identify with who they are. He said that even the church in Orlando refused to recognize that it was LGBT people who got killed in Orlando.
Here is what he wrote 15 June in the New York Times:
…There were exceptions, including Bishop Robert Lynch of St. Petersburg, Fla., who wrote a blog post in which he conceded that religion, including Catholicism, "often breeds contempt for gays, lesbians and transgender people," and that this contempt can lead to violence. Lynch stressed that the Orlando victims "were all made in the image and likeness of God."
"We teach that," Lynch wrote. "We should believe that. We must stand for that."
Peter Bergen New York Times "Why do terrorists commit terrorism?" wrote on 15 June:
"These stories underline how hard it is to satisfactorily answer the question of why terrorists commit heinous crimes. Human motivations are complex. As the philosopher Immanuel Kant observed, "From the crooked timber of humanity not a straight thing was ever made." It's a useful reminder to journalists and politicians alike that human beings often defy neat categorization.
Finally, the Editorial New York Times Threat To Gay Americans:
"While the precise motivation for the rampage remains unclear, it is evident that Mr. Mateen was driven by hatred toward gays and lesbians. Hate crimes don't happen in a vacuum. They occur where bigotry is allowed to fester, where minorities are vilified and where people are scapegoated for political gain. Tragically, this is the state of American politics, driven too often by Republican politicians who see prejudice as something to exploit, not extinguish."
Mr. Speaker what in my respectful view happened in The Bahamas is that a minority was demonized and dehumanized in this country to frighten people into voting against the rights of women.
I say again, that is not something to be proud about because the only ones who will suffer are women and their spouses, their children and men and their spouses. The bills were simply about giving men and women the same rights in the constitution.
You know that the Roman Catholic Archbishop can't speak to doctrine unless the Pope approves. That institution is also a legalistic institution going back hundreds of years. Episcopal to a fault. The Roman Catholic church in The Bahamas therefore could not support any measure in this country which would support same sex marriage. They are implacably opposed to same sex marriage. Yet the word of the unschooled was preferred to the word of the Catholic Archbishop. Things get curiouser and curiouser.
The extent of the deceit goes further than the errant clergymen. Here was Bran McCartney who claims that he voted because Dame Joan Sawyer said so. With respect, every who is in the know, knows that Dame Joan Sawyer has been overturned by the Privy Council more times than the garbage can outside my yard
The Leader of the DNA Branville McCartney admits that he voted against the bills even though he supports same sex marriage called civil unions. Here is what he told The Tribune 15 June:
"I think people should have rights but that's a very touchy situation and something I can't see happening right now, civil unions and gay marriage. For me personally, when it comes to marriage I have a difficulty. But we must always be careful with rights for people."
"I have many friends who are lesbians and gays. It's the world we live in. I pray to the Almighty that we exercise tolerance and we don't put ourselves in the seat of judgment and we are not there to judge anybody. We cannot be judge and jury because they may have a different way of life. We should not discriminate against a person because he is gay."
So now having done the damage and voted no, he now says mea culpa. We now know that was not the reason at all. The only people though who suffer are not him but the women of our country and their children.
The Leader of the Opposition in this matter was the most remarkable. It can best be described as hiding in the tall grass as soon as the gun was fired.
Let me remind him of the policy of the FNM on these matters.
Here is what Hubert Ingraham had to say on the subject. That statement by the then Prime Minister has not been controverted by any government in this country since then but it certainly has not been controverted by any leader of the FNM since then.
8th March 1998:
"I believe that the hysteria being created by certain individuals against gay persons visiting The Bahamas and who represents themselves as the leadership of the Christian Council, is becoming irresponsible. I believe that the hysteria is, as is usually the case with hysteria, unfounded. It is also un-Christian.
"An individual's right to privacy is a basic human right cherished by all people. It is a right which citizens of democratic countries expect to be respected by their Government. Quite simply, it is not the role of the Government to investigate and pass judgment on the sexual behavior of consenting adults so long as their activity is conducted in private.
"Whether a private sexual act between consenting adults is homosexual or heterosexual is not my business, and I do not think it is your business either. We cannot, and ought not try, to dictate or to legislate morality. In any event, all past efforts to do so have always failed miserably. A good example is the success of the laws against adultery. Certainly, adultery is a far greater threat to a Bahamian family life today than is homosexuality. Could we build a jail large enough to house all Bahamian adulterers? Could we exclude all other adulterers from tourists welcomed in The Bahamas. Should we exclude them?"
That was Hubert Ingraham.
Fred Mitchell in Trinidad
Nothing is more contentious than this issue in our politics that I now raise, given the religious aversion, and visceral reactions to discussion of LGBT issues in our region. Some people see it as striking at the very heart and fabric of our cultural identity. The Bahamas is not an exception to that aversion with many people seeing the discussion as a moral and religious one and not a human rights one. My own political career suffers because of my insistence that in this regard like all other aspects of human life, there must be tolerance at a minimum and we must uphold the principle that the general rights for which we fought as being rights for all people, particularly as a formerly enslaved and indentured people, cannot be derogated from because of someone's sexual orientation. In other words, when the Charter in Article III says:
"States shall, in the discharge of their legislative, executive administrative and judicial functions ensure respect for and protection of the human dignity of every person."
That in my view means literally every person and not just confined to what Article V says:
" No person shall be favoured or discriminated against by reason of age, colour, creed, disability, ethnicity, gender, language, place of birth or origin, political opinion, race, religion or social class."
The Charter is a 1997 document so orientation was not included and perhaps even in today's atmosphere cannot be included but the conversation has begun and the pressure from other societies with whom we deal is upon us to consider what our stand is on the rights of all people. Do we as a society for example condone violence against people simply because of their sexual orientation? The answer to that must be no. And if the answer is not no to that, then the charter is not worth the paper it is written on.
The Prime Ministers of Barbados Freundel Stuart and Dr. Denzil Douglas of St Christopher and Nevis have begun public discussions of these issues in their societies. The Prime Minister of Barbados even challenged the Anglican Church on the subject at their provincial synod. That was right and just. The Bahamas has decriminalized behavior associated with sexual orientation.
We have available in aid and comfort to any change to amplify the discrimination provision in the Charter, the constitution of South Africa which admits to orientation as one of the named classes for which there can be no discrimination. There are profound changes throughout the United States and Europe our main trading and cultural partners on this issue. It would be unwise to ignore it.
I often find that in drafting solutions to contentious problems that one solution is a generic one. One solution is that the Charter can become justiciable with enforceable rights across the community. Less coercively, it can be open to the Caribbean Court of Justice as the final arbiter of Community Law to adjudicate upon the Charter and declare the rights of individuals for any aggrieved individual seeking an opinion from the court declaring his rights and the wording of the provision at Article V can be reworded to read:
" No person shall be favoured or discriminated against by reason of including but not limited to the following: age, colour, creed, disability, ethnicity, gender, language, place of birth, origin, political opinion, race, religion, social class or some other characteristic which in the opinion of the Court deserves special protection."
Of course the short way to deal with this is simply to add orientation as one of the listed characteristics. I have no remit to pronounce on that, however and I do not do so.
What is important is that our leaders have already begun the conversation and that conversation should continue. That conversation should be underpinned with the principles of tolerance and the protection of the law for another disadvantaged group.
The late Myles Munroe went ballistic. Never understanding what was being said
Against that backdrop then do I wish to defend Dame Anita Allen in the face of the withering criticism in response to her thoughtful address at the College of the Bahamas. Here is a Judge, doing what judges do all the time and that is in an academic setting to discuss the pertinent legal issues of the day. Her speech was thoughtful and useful. Yet the backlash from the same group now, embarrassed that they find themselves on the wrong side of history.
Here is what the Bahamas Information Services said about her remarks:
"Dame Anita remarked that no provision of the Marriage Act provides that the purpose of marriage is exclusively between a man and a woman.
"She said arguably, the laws of The Bahamas do not discriminate on the basis of sex and facilitate not only marriages of every description but also consummation of the same.
"If indeed there is not law which embodies a qualification that parties to an intended marriage must be respectively male and female, then arguably same sex, transgender or inter sex couples could not legally be refused authorization to marry in either a civil or religious ceremony. And if refused, may well be entitled to mandamus ordering the relevant officials to grant them permission to marry," she said.
There is no reason in law for her to recuse herself from anything. There is no case before her. She has not pronounced any result, nor fettered her discretion, nor is she involved in self-dealing.
The reason I have gone this route is to ask respectfully these preachers to step back from hatred and division and seek to restore love and peace in this society. And they may say they don't preach hate. It's not what you say, it's how you say it, and the clear intent to is to demonize a minority group for political gain only because you don't want women to have equal rights. It is the modern equivalent of what led to the death of Thomas Becket when Henry II said: Who will rid me of this bothersome priest" Henry's men took that as a signal that the King wanted Becket killed and they killed him.
I say to them preach love and not hate.
I implore them to preach love and not hate.
Tolerance and not prejudice.
Support the rights of women.
While in the Dominican Republic last week, I was surprised to find that a member of the LGBT community was in the DR invited by the Organization of American States to represent the civil society of the Bahamas. She made an impassioned plea for tolerance.
She said how people from her community in The Bahamas were being expelled from their parent's homes, fired from their jobs, stripped of their dignity by constant taunting in school and at work and on the playing field. That the community is paying for a safe house to ensure that people who find themselves expelled or disposed because of their orientation are properly housed. Talked about the stigma associated with obtaining medical treatment from health care professionals in the country because of moral judgments being made.
I understand all of that. But my main concern is that the demonizing of any group of people must stop and the preachers must step back from their hate, intended or not. Martin Luther King said all that counts is the content of your character. The message of hate has gone forth and they must instead preach love. They must find Christ.
I ask myself do these preachers actually look around and see who is in their churches. Do they look to the left and to the right? Do they think that if these people decided to leave their churches they could survive a Sunday service? Probably be no music for church.
I say preach love, not hate.
Mr. Speaker, the MP for Ft. Charlotte sent out a Facebook Message last evening which urged people to protest because he claims that there might be a secret deal to give economic citizenship to Chinese in The Bahamas.
Here is what he said:
We know that the voices of the Bahamian people are powerful, whenever Bahamians decide to use them. However, there is no stronger message to any government than when its citizens decide to act en masse in voice and in deed.
I urge all patriotic and concerned Bahamians to email, message, text or call all PLP members of parliament, especially Prime Minister Christie, and PLP Chairman Bradley B Roberts insisting that the government disclose ALL of the details surrounding the list of DEMANDS put to them by the Chinese investors and the terms of the DEAL they have agreed to sign with those Chinese investors.
The GIVEAWAYS being negotiated include hundreds of economic citizenships, tax exemptions valued in the billions of dollars, thousands of acres of crown land, hundreds of work permits etc. Once PLP government officials hear your outcry, they will be forced to cancel a terribly bad deal that absolutely does not serve our national interest and that our country simply cannot afford.
Do not believe that you can just wait until the general elections to take action. By that time it will be too late. The damage will have already been done. Some of the PLP parliamentarians and groups here on Facebook that you can contact include: Pinewood Pride, Jerome Fitzgerald, Ryan Pinder,Ken Dorsett Southern Shores, Kendal V O Major, Philip Brave Davis, CV Hope Strachan Seabreeze, Plp Women's-Branch New-Providence, Plp Fox Hill Branch, Arnold Forbes, Michael Darville, Alex Storr, Young Liberals
It has come to the point where these kinds of falsehoods are trotted around lightly. It was started by a talk show host and continues to have currency.
First I intervened just as I did in this statement about prejudice and racism. Instead of joining me in that call, the Opposition's spokesman on Foreign Affairs said I was being hypocrite because I called them out for being anti-Bahamian. But while he is entitled to that opinion about my words, I only want to know does he condemn racism.
I again urge caution about racism in the public discourse. Money has no colour and the history of this is quite clear, the Chinese investment came here with the welcome mat of Hubert Ingraham of the FNM, the conditions under which they came here were also negotiated by Mr. Ingraham and approved by him.
There is no special magic in Bahamar's failure. The developer proved he could not manage his business, he failed to pay the bank and the bank foreclosed. The bank is now a mortgagee in possession with a receiver in charge The Bank can sell it to whom they want.
The House will remember that long ago, the Government announced that economic citizenship was not a policy of this administration. That continues to be the policy. In order for that to change, it would require legislation. That is simply not going to happen.
The current law is that you have to reside in The Bahamas for at least 7 years before you can apply for citizenship of the Bahamas. There are a number of ancillary matters which you have to fulfill before you can do so, none of them have to do with how much money you invest in the country. They all have to do with are you in fact a Bahamian in spirit and in truth.
The truth then is there is no truth to the assertion of the MP on the matter of economic citizenship.
Some of the press have asked about the Dominican Republic and the talks with the Government there. The matter of the exchange of gunfire was discussed with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the DR. He spoke immediately with the Commandant of their Navy. The navy said that they received a report about the incident from the fishing company concerned and an investigation is underway. Once that investigation is done then the results of the report will be shared with us.
The point I make though is not what the DR does is that we do. We should enforce our laws with strength and vigour. The RBDF has the equipment to do so and the rules of engagement allow them to use weapons when the call for force is necessary.
I want to draw your attention to the section in the report on the passport office. The passport office faces a number of challenges which means there is significant backlog for passports. This is a combination of equipment breakdowns, transition to new equipment, lack of resources and manpower, the demand for the e passport. The wait is now eight weeks. The passport can be expedited with the payment of the 200 dollar fee.
This fee cannot be waived by the minister. The fee can only be waived on the grounds of medical emergency or student returning to school.
Please plan your trips accordingly.
I wish the public to be aware of the issues around US visas. We are concerned about the anecdotal reports of arbitrary and capricious refusals of visas by personnel in the US consular section. The Bahamas Ministry of Foreign Affairs cannot address individual complaints. US Visa decisions are subjective. But we have raised the concern that people who have been traveling all along unimpeded suddenly seem for no obvious reason to fall afoul of their decision making. This has caused us concern. We are in touch with US authorities about these concerns.
I want to issue some advice especially to parents of high school aged athletes. The US Embassy has told us that the rejection rate of applicants from this age group is about fifty percent. It has raised the question in their offices about visa fraud. The problem appears to be that some schools that students are applying for are not acceptable. They have been engaged in practices which appear to violate trafficking in person's laws. They give students the promise of scholarships and then when the students get there their passports are withheld, the students have to work for their keep, their passports are withdrawn and they are withheld from access to their parents.
We are asking parents to exercise in light of those facts a great degree of caution in promoting the applications of students to these schools in the US.
Before leaving Foreign Affairs, I would point out the allocation for UN Peace Keeping. Last year this was inexplicably not included in the list of payees and we found out mid-year that we owed some 3 million dollars for UN Peacekeeping. The allocation this year is 1.2 million and this is meant to help reduce that bill.
In turning to Immigration, the issue I think is the fact that we got 1.5 million dollars last year for the Budget for repatriation. This year that has been cut to 800,000. We have made it clear that this is insufficient given that we have spent 1.7 million this year and there is every indication that the migrant population is increasing, particularly from Cuba. We have been assured that we will get the money we need and get it expeditiously.
Further, the public should be advised that there is an uptick in the number of Cuban detainees coming through The Bahamas. These people present serious security challenges for the detention centre. We are working with the Cuban authorities to find more effective ways to move them out of The Bahamas and return them home.
I have read the comments of the MP for Elizabeth on the services for work permits and permanent residence. I agree with the complaints. Efforts are being made to streamline the procedures and to make them more transparent. I think that what is required is a substantial increase in the cost of permanent residence in particular and I intend to make recommendations on this shortly.
Finally, I wish to address the people of Fox Hill to whom I shall be asking for their support for the fourth consecutive time.
I think that we have found the resources to substantially complete the Community Centre which has been used by the community since 2007.
I hope that you are happy with my leadership and satisfied that I have done the best I could in trying circumstances to warrant re-election. I have tried to remain in touch.
I will be dedicating the next campaign to the fight for women's rights. Having seen what happened in the last referendum campaign I am more convinced than ever that there is a need to address this issue. The issue is not just about the legal rights of women but about their self-image and self-esteem. I am concerned that the Euro centric interests are so dominant that it disfigures Black women and this should stop. Young Black girls should know and appreciate their bodies and faces and see them in a positive image and likeness and not try to reach some ideal which does not exist and which is harmful to their self-esteem and this includes their hair.
I say this against the backdrop of the work which women do in the politics of our country. Like the church, the politics of the country could not survive without the work and support of women. I pledge the remainder of my public life in that fight.
At the same time, I am concerned that the little boys and young men in Fox Hill should be taught their role as protectors and keepers of the peace, not to create havoc and war.
This must start when the children are in primary school. That is why so many of the resources of the state are spent on primary school education. We still need at Sandilands Primary a pre-school. This is a priority for me. Education generally is the key to forward progress. I thank my colleague the Minister of Education for all the support given to the three schools n Fox Hill Doris Johnson, L W Young and Sandilands Primary. The three principals James Clarke, Janet Nixon and Esther Cartwright.
I single out Mrs. Nixon who will with the close of the school year end 45 years as an educator, the last 7 of them as Principal of the LW Young School. I thank her for her leadership and I wish her well in her future endeavours.
I dedicate all that I do to find work for young men and women who bear the brunt of unemployment. I dedicate my every working hour to addressing this problem.
It is left only for me to say God Bless the Commonwealth of The Bahamas. I will support these Budget resolutions.
I now lay the report on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Immigration.


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By Louise Lo Bello
The Ghost of Wallpaper's Past
The other day I was strolling through the trails of Watchung Reservation when I stumbled upon the "Deserted Village", a ghost-town deep in the woods of Watchung Reservation and currently maintained by the Union County Park System. The history of the village goes something like this: In the eighteenth century, Peter Willcocks settled on the area and used the land for his sawmill and farm which later turned into the print-making town of Feltville. In the late ninetheenth century, the skeleton of Feltville was transformed into a summer resort called Glenside Park. The tenement-like apartment buildings of Feltville were repurposed as luxury cabins for the resort and their wooden corpses still remain in the woods of Watchung Reservation.
In between smacking away mosquitoes, I tiptoed over the crumbling porch of one of Glenside Park's converted cottages to get a closer look. I peered through a dusty window and managed to get a glimpse of the interior. As expected, there wasn't much to see: An empty parlor with splintering floorboards, a central hearth with a paint-chipped, chalky white mantel, and my personal favorite, faded sage paisley wallpaper. A friend of mine commented, "I don't believe in ghosts, but this place is definitely haunted." A warranted response, but I envisioned what the cottage once was: A cozy place to return to for a few nineteeth century middle class vacationers after a long day out in nature. I laughed imagining how a rustic escape to the wilderness for Victorians still involved wearing long, heavy dresses and returning to a charming wallpapered cottage, sealed off from the elements. I kicked a mosquito off of my exposed left leg, smearing mud in the process.
Abandoned Glenside Park cottage in the Deserted Village, Watchung Reservation
I've been thinking about the solemn, cozy mood of that aging old parlor in the woods. What stood out to me most was the faded wallpaper that was completely torn off in spots and starting to peel in others, but for those who used the parlor over 100 years ago, it must have perfectly complimented the natural color palette of the outdoors. Nineteenth century design did not hold back from pattern and clutter and I expect that this aged wallpaper once played an important role in the overall experience of vacationing at the resort.
The Janeway Wallpaper Businesses: New Brunswick, NJ
A few months before my Deserted Village adventure, I received a reference inquiry at Rutgers Special Collections and University Archives from Bo Sullivan, antique wallpaper enthusiast and founder of Arcalus Period Design and Bolling & Co. He was working with a client who was in the process of renovating a historic house in Ohio. During the project, they came across remnants of antique wallpaper that was still stuck to the original wall. In a corner of the wallpaper it said "Janeway," referring to a New Brunswick wallpaper company operating in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. In an effort to restore the room to its original design, the renovation group and Bo contacted Rutgers SC/UA looking for wallpaper samples from Janeway & Carpender from the late 1800s, hoping to find a match. So I began my search. In the process, I developed a brief timeline of the Janeway wallpaper history of New Brunswick.
Janeway & Company, one of the oldest American wallpaper companies, was founded in 1844 and prospered until 1914 when William Janeway, head of the business, decided to retire. The factory was located on Water Street in New Brunswick, right along the Raritan River. In the early hours of February 7, 1885, two freight trains carrying oil collided on the bridge over Water Street. It ignited a series of fires in the area, including the Janeway & Company factory which was completely destroyed. The company eventually rebuilt and relocated to a stronger structure nearby. Jacob J. Janeway, of another branch of the Janeway family tree, worked at Janeway & Company from 1865 to 1872. He then partnered with Charles J. Carpender to develop Janeway & Carpender, based in New Brunswick. Jacob Janeway eventually bought out Carpender's shares and the company continued to thrive well into the 1900s. Janeway & Carpender had factory buildings in the areas of Paterson, Schuyler, and Church Streets in New Brunswick and eventually expanded to Chicago and Philadelphia. They too, suffered the effects of a destructive electrical fire in 1907. Within two hours, the factory burned to the ground and for a year following, the site was reportedly still smoldering. The company built a new factory across the Raritan in Highland Park and at the time, it was the largest wallpaper wallpaper factory in the country.
Newspaper clipping and photographs of the 1885 fire and the damage to Janeway & Co. factory (New Jersey Views and New Brunswick Vertical File):
Before and after the 1907 fire of Janeway & Carpender (New Jersey Views and New Brunswick Vertical File):
Wallpaper and Design
Amidst my research, I came across a few beautiful 1911 sample books from Janeway & Carpender in the Sinclair New Jersey Collection. They all include a trifecta of a border with coordinating backdrop wallpaper and ceiling pattern. The designs varied from page to page, but what stood out to me the most was the richness of the colors and the bold design. For example, some of the vibrant red and green patterns were shockingly intense. I questioned why nineteenth century folks sought for their rooms to look like Christmas just exploded all over their walls, but after awhile the Christmas-couture look started to grow on me. In fact, all of the pages were absolutely stunning. I thanked the wallpaper gods that they were not lost in a papery flame, since tragic fires seemed to be a trend for New Brunswick wallpaper factories.
All wallpaper samples from the Janeway & Carpender Express Books.
Although the sample books in the collection unfortunately did not reveal a perfect match in design to the found samples in the historic house, they did pique my curiosity into nineteenth century wallpaper culture. What were the social implications of wallpaper? How did it compare to the other decorative arts during the period? And why is it no longer an interior design staple?
Prior to the early nineteenth century when wallpaper began to stick its patterned tendrils onto the walls of Western middle-class homes, it was not very popular. In contrast, Eastern countries had been using patterned rice paper as wall decoration for quite some time. In the West, wallpaper was generally associated with lack of wealth, imitation, and falsity. After all, if you intended to decorate your walls, why not go for a richly embroidered tapestry made of a fabulously expensive material? A true mark of high taste was the real, authentic thing and wallpaper was an imposter material, trying to be like its cooler, richer cousin. I can't help but think of the tacky imitation-marble wallpaper that currently lines the bathroom walls of my family home and how it pathetically hangs off of the wall in places, like a child's Halloween costume after a long night of trick-or-treating.
The Industrial Revolution gave rise to a fresh crop of laborers that operated new machinery. This led to an improved economy and a rising middle class in the mid-nineteenth century. As the economic classes became much less disparate, more people could acquire art and décor and experiment with interior design moreso than even before, igniting a consumerist boom. Additionally, the development of machine printing and a repealed tax on paper products allowed for folks to more readily choose to decorate their homes with wallpaper, a more affordable option than expensive fabrics and tapestries.
The Aesthetic and Arts and Crafts Movements in the latter half of the nineteenth century pushed back against industrialization and mass produced goods, emphasizing an "art for art's sake" mentality. Designers like William Morris and C.F.A. Voysey were important figures in these movements, looking to non-Western countries and nature for design inspiration and abstracting traditional imagery into two-dimensional patterns. They also encouraged slower, handmade techniques of production such as block printing, as seen in Japanese prints. This non-Western influence also spurred collectors to purchase exotic pieces of furniture and other ornamental objects to decorate their homes.
The Deserted Village serves as a useful microcosm of the social and economic change over a few centuries of American history. Its humble beginnings as a farm and sawmill turned industrial factory town in the mid 1800s, and then, as if the spirit of William Morris himself breathed through the village, rebelled against the industrialized lifestyle and transformed into a summer resort, looking back to nature.
Less is (not always) more
Over the last century, the use of wallpaper has decreased in popularity. Design trends have shifted toward minimalism with white or neutral colored walls, glass panels, and a few quirky or "exotic" statement pieces. In my opinion, a general algorithm for any trendy interior includes whitewashed walls, an Eastern inspired tapestry (perhaps featuring a mandala or a hamsa) hanging loosely over a mid-century modern style sleek couch, complete with a lush green plant on the floor, for what I can only guess is to add some sign of life to the staleness of the space. I like to call this aesthetic the "blogger home". Minimalism with a pop of color or texture and an interesting handmade basket from your most recent trip to South Africa makes for great Instagram content. In other words, it increases your social capital.
Image from Unsplash (https://unsplash.com)
It is no new critique that a highly decorated Victorian household could be reflective of a colonizing worldview. Hand-picked trinkets and souvenirs from various countries and cultures were used to elevate one's social status by appropriating them as their own. In many ways not much has changed in today's design style. An interesting perspective on this whitewashed aesthetic is that it reflects something specifically tied to white-Americans. Young, professional hipsters are most often displayed in the media with quirkily decorated white-walled homes. Indeed, this style is not just centralized to American home design (the Scandinavians and Moroccans are just some of those who have been doing it for much longer), but there is still something to say about the bleaching of tonality and pattern, speckled with interesting trinkets to add a little "culture" to a home. In many ways, the only difference between some of today's interiors and a Victorian interior is that the walls have now been scrubbed clean. Maybe we can learn something from the evolution of interior design, that evolution does not necessarily imply improvement.
Despite my criticism of this aesthetic, I acknowledge the benefits. White walls reflect light and help make a space look larger. They also allow for people to focus on beautiful objects and decorative pieces and allows them to move more easily without the risk of clashing with wall design. However, not all hope is lost on the wallpaper front as there seems to be a slow shift of reintroducing wallpaper into homes as accent walls. Rather than using it as a backdrop, wallpaper is now a point of focus in a room. And maybe this is what interior design needs. Nineteenth century wallpaper companies like Janeway & Carpender and designers like Morris and Voysey considered their product not merely as a cheap decorative backdrop, but as a work of art. Perhaps now, after the rise and fall of its popularity, the value of wallpaper can once again be elevated and provide a much needed element of mood and character to a room.
Where is our Glenside Park window into wallpaper history?
Looking to the design styles of the past can reveal a lot about the environment and people of a certain era. It is therefore important to maintain a record of the decorative arts, but wallpaper tends to present a preservation issue. Its very nature is ephemeral, discrete enough to be painted over or scraped off when one grows tired of it. It is easily damaged, stained, defaced, and replaced. Not many records of the wallpaper still remain, and if they do, they might be peeling off the walls of an abandoned summer resort in Union County, NJ, a historic house in Ohio, and even in my parent's bathroom. In other cases, wallpaper preservation can be much more deadly. Some nineteenth century wallpapers were known to use pigments traced with arsenic, particularly the color green. One such book owned by Michigan State University has been practically shrink-wrapped by cautious librarians to prevent people from directly coming in contact with the arsenic-laden pages. Well-preserved wallpaper sample books are not only fantastically entertaining to flip through but they are brilliant artifacts of varying aesthetics, social changes, economic disparities, and personal preference across a period of time.
If you are interested in looking at the Janeway & Carpender wallpaper books at Rutgers Special Collections or learning more about the companies, you can search our holdings and Sinclair New Jersey Collection in the EAD finding aids, and contact the reference desk with any questions.
Arcalus Period Design. http://arcalus.com
Bolling & Co. https://bollingco.com
Deserted Village, Union County, NJ. http://ucnj.org/parks-recreation/deserted-village/
Manufacturers' Association of New Jersey. (1919). Manufacturers' Association bulletin. Manufacturers' Association of New Jersey. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uiug.30112064282780
New Brunswick File Collection. NJ014. Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University. http://www2.scc.rutgers.edu/ead/snjc/nbverticalfileb.html
New Jersey Trade and Manufacturers' Catalog Collection. NJ009. Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.
Scannell's New Jersey's first citizens and state guide. (n.d.). Paterson, N.J.: J.J. Scannell,.
Bonney, Grace. The White Wall Contraversy: How the All-White Aesthetic Has Affected Design. http://www.designsponge.com/2016/05/the-white-wall-controversy-how-the-all-white-aesthetic-has-affected-design.html
Victoria and Albert Museum. A Short History of Wallpaper. http://www.vam.ac.uk/content/articles/a/short-introductory-history-of-wallpaper/
Zawacki, Alexander J. (2018). How a Library Handles a Rare and Deadly Book of Wallpaper Samples. https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/shadows-from-the-walls-of-death-book
Hungry in the Hub City
March 10, 2016 October 12, 2016 Christie Lutz
By Catherine Babikian
When it comes to eating, Rutgers students have always had plenty of options, from pubs and taverns to diners and ice cream parlors. Today, we've dug into our archives to get a glimpse of what Rutgers students in the 1980s had to eat.
Shelly's Ice Cream on Easton Avenue served sandwiches, subs, and most importantly, ice cream sundaes and milkshakes. Students really craving ice cream could order the "Heavy Chevy": four scoops of ice cream, two sundae toppings, whipped cream, nuts, and sprinkles!
Shelley's Ice Cream, 1980s. Sinclair NJ Restaurant Menu Collection.
And students looking for Sunday brunch only needed to look to Stuff Yer Face for egg, bacon, or mushroom stromboli–or perhaps a frittata?
Stuff Yer Face, 1980s. Sinclair NJ Restaurant Menu Collection.
The Rusty Screw Tavern offered standard pub fare along with live music and film screenings. In 1984, the restaurant welcomed the Rutgers class of 1988 to campus with a free concert, featuring the new wave band The Resistorz.
The Rusty Screw Tavern, 1984. Sinclair NJ Restaurant Menu Collection.
Later in the semester, students could stop by the Rusty Screw for a screening of The Rocky Horror Picture Show or The Big Chill.
January 20, 2016 October 12, 2016 Christie Lutz
With the first snowstorm of the season approaching, we reflect on the Great Blizzard of 1888, also known as the Great White Hurricane. The storm buried the East coast from Maryland to Maine as well as the Eastern provinces of Canada. The following images of New Brunswick during the storm are from our New Brunswick Views photograph collection.
George Street, looking north towards Albany Street.
Northwest corner of George and Bayard Streets, south of Church Street.
Congregation Poile Zedek, New Brunswick
November 19, 2015 October 12, 2016 Christie Lutz
Sketch of Poile Zedek
By Ron Becker
We at Rutgers University Libraries were saddened when on October 23rd, we learned that Congregation Poile Zedek suffered a terrible loss when fire ravaged their beautiful historic synagogue building damaging the structure and its contents including the loss of most of their sacred Torahs. Founded in 1901, Poile Zedek was part of a once thriving New Brunswick, NJ Jewish community centered in the downtown Hiram Market area. Poile Zedek was one of four synagogues in the neighborhood which included Ahavas Achim, Etz Ahaim, and Ohav Emeth. In their early years, each had a predominance of members who hailed from different parts of Europe. Poile Zedek was Polish, Ahavas Achim was Russian, Ohav Emeth was Hungarian, and Etz Ahaim was Sephardic (Spain and Portugal). The other three congregations are now centered in Highland Park where the majority of the New Brunswick Jewish community migrated. Ahvas Achim suffered a similar tragic fire and rebuilt in 1987 in Highland Park.
Poile Zedek minutes written in Yiddish
We at the Rutgers University Libraries extend our best wishes to the members of Poile Zedek in their desire to rebuild in the wake of this tragedy. One very small consolation is that they had the foresight to donate their congregational records to Special Collections and University Archives in 1987. Consisting of the Constitution, minutes of meetings, financial documents, building committee files and other memorabilia, the materials date from 1917. All the early records are in the Yiddish language. The public is invited to visit our repository to examine this material which is described in detail through the finding aid which can be accessed at
http://www2.scc.rutgers.edu/ead/manuscripts/poilezedekf.html

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Campaign Project Event
Realise!
In January the highly anticipated list of finalists for the South East's Reaching for Gold competition was announced. And in a classroom at Manor Green School in Maidenhead, 10 students were able to cheer that they were one of them. The group named Star Helpers are taking part in Creative Junction and Accentuate's Realise! project which aims to nurture the entrepreneurial and enterprising skills of young disabled people through a series of development opportunities, including: mentoring, workshops, competitions and work placements.�
The Star Helpers are one of five Realise! groups around Berkshire. They meet every Wednesday to develop their ideas which put making people happy at the forefront of their business plan. They are eager to provide a service to local residential homes where they feel they will be able to brighten someone's day.� The young people are aware that sometimes older people struggle with living on their own so they have thought of different ways they can lend a hand both physically and emotionally. Their ideas range from, sitting and chatting with the people, making tea, playing games, arranging day trips, assisting in gardening and helping with any basic woodwork. They hope their service will benefit 50-100 people. Their expected profits: to make elderly people happy.
The group has been paired with corporate mentors, Kathleen Healy from Groundwork Thames Valley, and Subha Bhattacharya and Sean Sorohan from PwC, who will help them develop their project and business plan. The Star Helpers are preparing a pitch for a panel of judges at Vicar's Hall, Windsor Castle on the 15th March.
Campaign!
The Campaign! Project is currently working with 4 different groups of young people; St Catherine's School in Ventnor on the Isle of White, The Orpheus Centre in Godstone, Freewheelers in Leatherhead and The halow project in Guildford. These groups are working with artists to find exciting ways to communicate their campaigning ideas that audiences will want to watch and engage with. The halow project are focusing their campaign on barriers facing young people with learning disabilities and difficulties to finding employment. They are presenting the ideas in their campaign using stop start animation and have already created a terrifying looking job centre, out of plasticine, and got to grips with using a blue screen.�
During half term workshop at Haslemere Youth Centre the young people taking part in The Campaign! Project hosted a performance from learning disabled theatre company Evergreen Theatre Company and a visit from Mr David Hodge, leader of Surrey County Council, and Mr David McNulty, Chief Executive of the Council.
Mr Hodge paid tribute to halow "I think the work halow is doing is wonderful – these young people have much to offer and it is up to us to respect that and offer them the chance to express themselves as individuals."
Mr Hodge was interviewed by the young people and filmed and this will be part of the 'making of' section of their Campaign! film.
Please find out more about the impact these projects are by clicking on the Case Study page of our website:
http://www.accentuate-se.org/resources-case-studies


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Homepage news > Landlord licensing plans in pipeline
Landlord licensing plans in pipeline
Kirsty McColgan, JMU Journalism
Homes in Liverpool
Liverpool City Council is pushing plans to be the first city in the country to introduce a new licensing scheme for private landlords, which is aimed at increasing the quality of rented houses.
This new scheme will mean that all landlords will have to apply for a licence, which would mean complying with a number of standards that must be met. If the landlord was to breach any of the conditions, they could be fined or lose their licence.
The plan is support the landlords of the 50,000 houses that are rented in Liverpool, as well as cracking down on the landlords who fail to keep their houses up to standards. It also aims to give advice to tenants that have no way of knowing how to measure the quality of house, as well as their potential landlords.
Liverpool City Council's Cabinet Member for Housing, Councillor Ann O'Byrne, said: "It's vital that we do all we can to work with landlords across Liverpool to drive up the quality of our private rented properties. Poorly managed properties lead to problems such as low demand, anti-social behaviour and fly-tipping, and are a real blight on our neighbourhoods.
"We are already carrying out a range of work to tackle this issue, and the licensing scheme would be another major step forward, setting out our commitment to build on our positive relationships with good landlords, while making it clear that we will not tolerate unsatisfactory property conditions and poor standards of management."
"We want to make sure Liverpool has a good quality private rented sector, which tenants can be confident in, and we believe this licensing scheme can play a major part in helping us achieve that. We will be consulting fully with landlords, tenants, residents and other stakeholders over the coming months, to make sure their views are fully taken on-board."
Proposals of this scheme were first introduced at the end of 2013, and since then the council has been collecting a wide range of evidence from sources such as current tenants, landlords and estate agents.
This scheme is part of Liverpool's three-year 'Bringing Empty Homes Back Into Use' programme, which aims to bring all void housing in Liverpool to bring them back to life, and meet specific living standards, which will then improve the qualities of rented accommodation.
The scheme is set to be brought into action in 2014.
Tags: Housing, Landlord, liverpool council, rented properties, tenant
About Kirsty McColgan, JMU Journalism
Liverpool Council Twitter Page
Council press release: Landlord Licensing
Liverpool Council Licensing


Years ago when I first started talking to groups about gender identity, there would be uncomfortable murmurs in the audience. Then I stated that everyone in the room knew someone one was transgender but just didn't know that about them. Today, almost everyone does personally knows someone who identifies as trans; either in their own family, at work, or via a friend talking about someone else in their life.
While I am thankful having a gender identity issue isn't the terrible secret or shame it was 15 years ago, a new concern has surfaced. Having doubts or confusion about gender identity doesn't always mean a person should change from male to female or female to male. Rushing into hormones and surgeries without due process is now causing as many suicides as did identifying as trans 10 years ago. Truly getting to know oneself and how to identify as male, female, non or bi, gender fluid or whatever the newest key word is for those who see themselves as neither male or female, regardless of genital organs.
My other concern is with those who want to change immediately and unethical doctors willing to go along with that. There are guidelines to follow, there is extensive counseling to work through, and resolving other issues first all need to be part of the process of coming to a healthy place with one's gender, one's body and one's mind. I welcome helping individuals work through all of this and the general population to better understand all the components of gender identity.
Executives, Human Resources, Administrators and Management, Global Heads of Safety and Health, Health and Safety Directors and Risk Management.
We talk about safety regulations and safety compliance yet, in today's society, with the rising numbers of mass attacks regarding Active Shooters; we sometimes overlook the fact that our employees may also need to be safeguarded from the human aspect of harm.
This presentation will outline agendas that can be tailored to each company. Not all industries need every component, but then again, a model program enhancement method contains mutual fundamentals.
•Reviewing layoff and termination methods.
•Testing and enhancing the program on a proceeding with a premise.
This checklist could make creating a program appear overwhelming.
However, THIS PRESENTATION will eustatically display the many corporations have several factors in an efficient system currently in place. Such as access control, safety measures and property safeguard packages, sexual harassment guidelines, minimum specifications of conduct and employee assistance programs.
The presentation, by use of role-playing scenarios, will use realistic appropriateness, which for attendees to utilize using ordinary people skills.
Provide socio-psychological characteristics of the individual, to assist in identifying the psychological makeup. For example, comments a disgruntled employee would make to a co-worker or a disturbing post on social media outlets. These are all indicators associated with "Risk Factors."
The topics discussed in my presentation will exhibit significant outlines that will motivate individuals to participate with enthusiasm; this innovated method is aimed at captivating, diverse consortiums while incorporating various points of the Crisis Intervention model.
Most profilers are not psychologists and unlike TV, have a law enforcement background. Therefore, the attendees will learn to utilize your everyday people skills to outline a risk assessment.
1. What is workplace violence? Certain elements describe violence in the workplace. They include harassment, physical assault, verbal abuse, and threatening conduct. There is a growing recognition that every form of workplace violence implies an attack on an individual's dignity and is likely to create a risk to their safety and health.
2. For certain occupations, violence is among the leading causes of death among employees. In keeping with Injury Facts 2016, violence is the third leading cause of the death of healthcare employees in addition to workers in business and professional services like law, media, and education.
3. It is essential to implement prevention strategies that deal with workplace violence. These strategies can include redesigning workspace to avert entrapment. The access to employees' work areas should be controlled. Also, good lighting outdoors and indoors needs to be maintained.
4. Disgruntled employees can stir up workplace violence to extremes such as murder.
Anger, combined with paranoia and depression, leads to some form of explosion, which highlights this kind of workplace violence. Even though murder cases are rare, unfortunate incidences related to discontented workers occur.
5. Training and preparation should be accessible to all employees to manage work-related violence. Providing insight and training to employees is essential in recognizing and preventing workplace violence. Many employees consider instruction in the management of work-related disorder as necessary for their official function.
6. Responding to violent incidents is fundamental in mitigating workplace aggression.
Various measures can be implemented to respond to violent incidents. They include isolating or securing the work area, medical attention should be sought for victims, and the issue should be reported to the supervisor.
7. It is highly significant to know the warning signs of workplace violence.
Several people engage in violence due to robbery, ideology, or revenge. There may not be a precise way to foretell an attack; it is pivotal to be aware of the behaviors of co-workers that may indicate future violence. These include excessive use of drugs or alcohol, unexplained absenteeism, depression, and resistance to changes.
8. Psychosocial and physical violence can happen in the workplace. Generally, psychological abuse is often higher than of physical aggression. Of the different forms of mental disorder, harassment or bullying is more prevalent as compared to sexual harassment. Women, especially younger ones, tend to be more vulnerable to sexual harassment in the place of work than men.
9. Human resource management should explore the motives of individuals who have engaged in workplace violence. Through interviews with such people, specific factors can be identified. For instance, workers who participate in workplace aggression have thought about it for a period. Also, this could be days, weeks, or months, and even years. For that reason, they could have done some practiced and rehearsed it.
10. There are several measures that managers can execute to tackle cases of workplace violence. Managers can reduce the propensity for workplace violence through three distinct actions. First, it is fundamental to have relatively fair policies of employment. Second, there should be a rational system of discipline by ensuring that the rules of the workplace are identified beforehand. Third, there is an appropriate and wrong way to fire an employee. Therefore, concrete facts should be demonstrated.
*Attendees will benefit from discovering to utilize a critical ingredient one's everyday people skills.
*Attendees will further appreciate their understanding of how we preserve and use every day and the reactions we feel when we observe incidents, individuals or surroundings that merely are uncommon.
*From police work, hostage negotiation, mental health crisis, teaching, shopping, avoiding a vehicle accident. We all use familiar scenes, and that is the critical word (views), and it allows us to use our perception and judgment regarding everyday issues.
*Through participation and role-playing scenarios, the attendees, with enthusiasm, will ascertain the methods of implementing Mental Health, Psychological Profiling (Behavioral Analyzing), and practicality to influence the awareness of law enforcement, civilians, educators and others to affect the outcome of their response, surrounding crisis situations.
Often travel is seen as a luxury and an expensive hobby, but there is a way to access the world with less money or resources - travel hacking. Edwin dives into this incredibly hot and trending hobby that has picked up the pace globally with people of all ages and backgrounds.
Since over 50% of all marriages end in divorce (and the rate is even higher for 2nd or 3rd marriages) I want to share information about how couples can secure a divorce without spending thousands of dollars on attorney fees and can avoid much of the anger and bitterness that too often results from the disagreements they have.
It is only in the past few years mental health professionals, rather than lawyers, have been trained in all facets of divorce mediation. I can explain why therapists make better mediators than attorneys. Our listening skills, calm behavior, non-judgmental attitude all are better suited to deal with sensitive issues. Compassion and empathy usually aren't adjectives used to describe lawyers yet they are necessary traits for a therapist.
Key words like "Free and Equitable" make each divorce different in the eyes of the court. I know the "How and Why" 100% of all issues need to be resolved before filing divorce documents and when it is possible to use one attorney for a nominal fee rather than two - spending far too much of either parties earnings.
Trained as both a divorce mediator and a mental health professional, I serve as a non-biased, neutral facilitator eager to help resolve areas of disagreement and prepare the Memorandum of Understanding needed to expedite a simple divorce document and secure an Uncontested Divorce. We all have first or second hand knowledge of bitter and expensive divorces. Letting the world know there is a better option is my motivation to speak to your group.
Further, this lecture through audience participation via; ROLE PLAY scenarios, students, with proper preparation, can adapt and gain both compassion and understanding to the psychological harms, which could dictate an act that could potentially involve violence resulting in mass casualties.
Using Criminal Profiling Techniques, Stacey will Profile Social media accounts (not associated to any audience member) of individuals who are "BEEFING" or "HARASSING," to display insecurities surrounding bullying including the emotional and dangerous scares it launches.
Social media is the custom for our children, they use their cellular phones, computers, and added means to interconnect every day. Frequently, these devices are exploited as harmful techniques to bully other children, sexting, and additional acts, which can advance to violence.
Participation is KEY, therefore, expect Stacey to move around the lecture area to get students involved. To do that, Stacey lightens the mood and shares with the audience a personal story to allow them to see that "we are all human," and that we all have issues in our lives, which people can and will use against us to HARM, BULLY, or HUMILIATE.
As a former SCHOOL RESOURCES OFFICERS, now Homicide Detective and Scholar, Stacey is confident that his lecture will benefit not only the Students but School Administrators as well.
That said if you ask any educator what's the most severe threat facing our educational system: he or she will most likely say, that it is the threat of an active shooter.
The lecture will assist WITH DEVELOPING an added perception about PERSONALITIES, RUMORS OF BULLYING, HOW TO REACT TO THREATS MADE BOTH IN SCHOOL OR ON SOCIAL MEDIA and the ability to evaluate them and incorporating them into an informative narrative, which will benefit school superiors/administrators alike.
You are probably saying to yourself that this seems lengthy? The length of my presentation is two hours, but it can be condensed and has been condensed in the past; to 90 minutes with advanced notice.
Get a Great Date – Do You Know What Holds You Back?
Why people ghost, bail or turn out to be not what you hoped?
You will learn great dating skills, the best and successful daters in the world know them.


NEW for 2017! THE GREAT BURLEY BAKE OFF!
Whether bread, cakes, pies or tarts are your passion, come along and show off your talents at this year's Great Burley Bake Off competition.
Just let us know what you will be entering by August 5th and bake at home in advance, in the comfort of your own kitchen. Then simply bring your entries along on the day for judging!
Winners from individual categories will have the chance to progress to the 80s Showstopper Final which will be judged by Sandy Docherty of Bake Off 2015 fame at 4pm on Sunday 27th August!!
80's Showstopper entries should be Beautiful Big Cakes – whole cakes which fit with the theme "Back to the 80s". Any sponge – fruity, chocolatey, traditional, coloured, flavoured, whatever you like - but decorate to impress!
One cupcake category entry = a set of 6 decorated and flavoured cupcakes. Each cupcake should be consistent and the set should be made from one recipe.
A traditional sponge sandwich cake. Consisting of two layers with a middle filling. Jam, fresh cream, buttercream, fruit – surprise us! Decorating is optional.
A large savoury or sweet tart or pie with whatever filling takes your fancy.
Any yeasted loaf, sourdough loaf or flat bread. You can flavour your bread with extra things, entirely up to you.
An even batch of 12 biscuits or cookies. Any type, any flavour.
Anything else goes in this category - brownies, flapjack, millionaire shortbread, scones, pastries, meringues. It doesn't matter as long as it is tasty! (Please present any traybakes cut up into squares or rectangles).
There will be both Junior and Senior levels in all categories as well as prizes for the most innovative and interesting bakes (Juniors include anyone under the age of 16).
If you're not a baker – don't worry, just come along and volunteer for the judging panel, or pop down to taste the delicious goodies!
Booking: To register, email burleybakeoff@gmail.com before 5th August 2017 stating your name, age and which category you would like to enter.


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Family shamed for trashing restaurant during meal
Myka Meier, of Beaumont Etiquette, demonstrates how to dine to impress while presenting your winning business idea.  Photo: Natalia V. Osipova/The Wall Street Journal
Britta Zeltmannnews.com.au
A family has been slammed online after they walked away from their table leaving a "disgusting mess" for staff to clean up.
The diners were shamed on Facebook after they left napkins, food, sauce packets, menus and upturned cups strewn across the booth, floor and chair of the restaurant in Colchester, Essex in the UK last week.
A picture of the mess was shared on Facebook group Spotted: Colchester by an anonymous person, who was outraged by the grubby act.
"I don't care who you are, how often you get to go out to eat, how many kids you've got or how bad your day has been," the Facebook post said.
"It is NOT okay to go out to dinner and walk away from your table – leaving it in a state like this for somebody else to clear up."
The family have been shamed online for trashing the restaurant during their meal. Source: Facebook
Harvester in Colchester. Picture: via Google Maps Source: Supplied
"This is what happened in Harvester Colchester tonight. The poor young girl left with this disgusting mess didn't know where to start."
Harvester is a chain of restaurants with more than 200 outlets across the UK.
The post has been shared more than 5400 times and attracted more than 3100 comments.
"This is disgusting!!" one person commented on the post.
Another added, "Some people are just animals."
"I've seen this kind of thing before its dreadful. No consideration for anyone."
This article originally appeared on The Sun and was reproduced with permission


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Rohto Mentholatum Kenya Signs Former Miss World Kenya as Ambassador for Mentholatum Acnes
Terry Gachie
Rohto Mentholatum Kenya has appointed former Miss World Kenya Ms. Charity Mwangi as the ambassador for its skin care brand Acnes Mentholatum.
The appointment comes two weeks after Ms. Mwangi spoke during a recent skin care session organized by the company and held at the iHub, Ngong Road.Props to her!
Props to her!
Mentholatum Acnes is an array of premier skin care products and is one among many of the company's brands.
Rohto Mentholatum is a leading Japanese Pharmaceutical Company that has been around for over 100 years.
The company entered the Kenyan market in 2016 and plans to establish a factory in Kenya in the next five years.
Mentholatum has already established its niche and is virtually a household name in Kenya. These show that the company means business.
As the new face the Mentholatum Acnes (K), Ms. Mwangi will be the brand's proxy.
Her status as a beauty queen puts her in a unique position to champion the brand's marketing and social responsibility activities across Kenya.
Speaking after accepting the role, Ms. Mwangi said,
"I am excited to get this opportunity to champion this brand since it gives me a chance to encourage and inspire young girls into success using my story,"
In case you are scrolling down for more information on the proverbial beauty queen, here are some facts: she was raised in Kiambu. Yes, Kiambu.
It's time to stop with the Kiambu hullabaloo as we can finally attest that glitz and glamor can, indeed, come from Kiambu.
She's the perfect proof. She graduated from Kenyatta University with a Bachelor of Agricultural Resource Management.
She is a businesswoman.
Most young people have had to deal with acne at some point in life. The experience is not funny.
I came across a quote that read "Acne is a bigger problem than injuries" and I couldn't agree more with it.
If acne has never knocked at your door, you better start tithing religiously.
Ms. Mwangi understands this too well and was quoted saying,
"The reality of acne can be uncomfortable and even painful. It leaves scars and destroys a girl's confidence, eventually hampering career progression and growth."
That's 333,787% accurate.
Rohto Mentholatum (K) Ltd's Managing Director Ms. Fumiko Akojima echoed these sentiments saying "Most people have had to deal with acne at some point in life.
The mental part of dealing with acne is something many people can relate to, and in most cases leads to low levels of confidence."
Skin experts state that acne or pimples occur when there is an overproduction of sebum by the sebaceous glands.
Excessive sebum together with dead cells can block the skin pores and create a perfect environment for acne bacteria to multiply resulting in inflamed pus-filled pimples.
Common areas affected by acne include face, neck, chest, shoulder, and back. While acne is common among teenagers, it can also occur during adulthood.
Ms. Akojima expressed the company's commitment to continue manufacturing products that leave a positive impact on the lives of their customers.
She added that the company has invested heavily in the production process.
The statement read, in part,
"…We have invested heavily in Research and Development and we are focused on ensuring the wellbeing of our customers."
In short, she is telling you that you should not let pimples or acne stop you from grinding; Mentholatum Acnes is carefully formulated for the African skin.
The cosmetic market in Kenya is valued at Ksh. 100 billion and continues to grow.
This value is attributed to the growing middle class with increased disposable income.
We applaud Ms. Mwangi and thank Mentholatum Acnes as we have ourselves great partners in the fight against acne.
Guess the "tuko pamoja" mantra suits this context better.


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Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Classics Sci-Fi
"Maybe there was once a human who looked like you, and somewhere along the line you killed him and took his place. And your superiors don't know."
― Philip K. Dick, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? is a science fiction novel by Philip K. Dick, first published in 1968. The novel takes place in a post-apocalyptic San Francisco. Post-apocalyptic because life has been damaged by nuclear World War Terminus. The plot follows a bounty hunter Rick Deckard whose job is to "retire" (read: kill) Nexus 6 model androids who have escaped from the outer colonies and try to pass as humans. There's also subplot that focuses on John Isidore, a man of sub-par IQ who aids our fugitive androids.
"You will be required to do wrong no matter where you go. It is the basic condition of life, to be required to violate your own identity. At some time, every creature which lives must do so. It is the ultimate shadow, the defeat of creation; this is the curse at work, the curse that feeds on all life. Everywhere in the universe."
I've long been a fan of Philip K. Dick. I think it all started when I was a kid and my dad brought me a paperback called The Man in the High Caste. My dad is huge fan of history and probably thought it would be interesting read. It was and so was Do Androids… Author has very fascinating thoughts and he is very deep with them. We can see this already in the title. You can go with androids. Or you can go a step further and ask if they dream…if they dream of electric sheep? The novel beautifully explores topics like: What is real, what is fake what makes us human? In book, the androids are said to possess no sense of empathy. It's not quite true, is it? And if to forget about androids, there are other interesting topics to explore too: How UN always makes super clever decisions, nuclear war: hasn't yet happened but it could?
"You have to be with other people, he thought. In order to live at all. I mean before they came here I could stand it… But now it has changed. You can't go back, he thought. You can't go from people to nonpeople."
How- To Read Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
1. Read it in English. I first read this in Finnish and they had translated the title as 'Bounty Hunter'. Not fun. Many other translators apparently thought the title was too difficult to translate…In Swedish: Dreams of Androids, Dutch: Electric Nightmares, Italian: Then Hunter of Androids? I can imagine how they translated everything else.
2. A must read for PKD fans and for those who love science fiction :)
3. Cult classic thing. You know how it is with those.
4. Many interesting adaptations, for example: 1982 film Blade Runner and its 2017 sequel Blade Runner 2049.
Have you read this? Thoughts? What makes you so sure you're human?
This post is a part of a very happy event called scifi month. Check it out.
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"Stories written before space travel but about space travel."
"How could there have been stories about space travel before –"
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Statement: Silent Protest
By Michelle Solomon • March 21, 2012
There are different reports for the numbers of rape survivors who don't report their rape for fear of reprisal. Some say 1 in 4, 1 in 9, 1 in 20. The statistic most frequently used by the South African Police Services to calculate the number of survivors who report their assault (in relation to those that don't) is 1 in 35.
Rape limits human potential; it silences people, makes them feel less than human, keeps them afraid and creates isolation. The Silent Protest affirms our solidarity with the women silenced by rape and sexual violence. Freedom of speech is denied to victims of sexual violence, and despite the laws and policies that have been put in place, patriarchal attitudes and misogynist practices render laws and policies meaningless in the lives of many survivors.
According to the South African Police Services national crime reports over 205 000 sexual offences were reported, of which just over 165 500 were rape, were reported between 2008 and 2011. This means that anywhere between 800 000 and 6-million South Africans were rapes in the last three years.
And of those 165 500 rapes reported, less than 4 percent will result in a conviction.
These convictions are hard won by rape survivors, as they face secondary victimisation and trauma as almost every step of the legal process. It starts with police members that question whether survivors were "really raped", or had "provoked" the attack. It continues with insensitive and inept district surgeons and nurses that treat a survivor's body like a crime scene, with little respect for a survivor's dignity or humanity. After going through this trauma, a survivor must wait for police members to investigate her crime, and a docket is then submitted to the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA). The NPA will decide whether a case is "worth" prosecuting or not. If the NPA decides to pursue the case, the survivor will have to face not only her rapist in court, but also a judicial system firmly embedded in patriarchy and rape culture.
The disregard for rights of South African women and survivors of sexual abuse by the SAPS and Department of Justice was clearly exemplified by recent reports in the South African press.
On 15 March the Sowetan wrote that Public Protector Thuli Madonsela ordered the Department of Justice to apologise to a rape survivor for delaying her rape case in court for 9 years. The department finally apologised to the survivor for her drawn out ordeal 15 months after the order, but refused to compensate the survivor for her trauma. This is despite an order to do so by Madonsela. On 17 March the Weekend Post carried a front page story about a business woman who was gang raped in Port Elizabeth in early 2011. She was left for dead in the dunes, and was only discovered by a jogger some days later. The survivor told the Weekend Post that the first time she received a call from the police about her case was on 29 February 2012 – more than a year after she her brutal rape
The Silent Protest stands in solidarity with these, and all, rape survivors.
Michelle Solomon is the media liaison for the Silent Protest.
If you are a survivor in need of support, please contact Solomon at michelleHsolomon@gmail.com. If you are ever sexually assaulted please contact the Health Care Centre or Counselling Centre staff urgently at 046 603 7070
or 082 803 0177 (after hours).
Tagged as: Crime, Justice Department, Port Elizabeth, rape, rhodes university, Sexual abuse, Sexual assault, silent protest, south africa
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