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Mzi Khumalo Biography
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Birthday: November 4, 1955 (Scorpio)
Born In: Durban, South Africa
Mzi Khumalo is a South African businessman, investor and mining entrepreneur. Born in Durban, in 1955, Khumalo joined political party, African National Congress (ANC), and its military wing, Umkhonto Wesizwe. In 1978, he was arrested and charged with treason and sentenced to 20 years in island-prison Robben Island. In 1990, after serving 12 years, he was released together with all other ANC leaders and other political prisoners, including Nelson Mandela. Following his release from prison, Mzi Khumalo subsequently became the Provincial Treasurer of the ANC in KwaZululu-Natal and a member of the National Finance Committee of the ANC. In 1994, Khumalo went into business, going on to serve on the boards of a number of publicly listed and state-owned companies, including telecommunications company Telkom SA, mining company Anglo-American SA, financial services business South African Government Financial Services Advisory Board, and Ridge Mining Plc. He was also the Chairman of Johannesburg Consolidated Investment Ltd (JCI), Mintech, and Durban Point Waterfront Company, which was instrumental in the redevelopment of the harbour-side town located at the entrance to the Port of Durban. He went on to found financial services company Capital Alliance Holdings, which was subsequently sold with $8 billion worth of assets under management. In 2002, Mzi Khumalo founded Metallon Corporation, a company based in London, United Kingdom, involved in mining operations in Zimbabwe and Tanzania, as well as telecommunication infrastructure in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where he remains Chairman. Khumalo is also Chairman of Gold and General, a Jersey-based company which is a family holding business, which owns the majority shares in Metallon Corporation as well as other family investments. Mzi Khumalo is a Trustee of the World Wildlife Fund of Southern Africa and his family owns and manages a private game reserve focused on conservation and preservation of endangered wildlife and plants. Khumalo holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of South Africa.
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Born in 1955 in Durban, South Africa, Mzi Khumalo is the son of Sellina and Bernard Khumalo. He is one of the ten children of his parents. Khumalo lost his father before the age of nine.
As a young boy, Khumalo made money buying and selling old oil cans and, later, made an income from buying and selling fuel.
In the 1970s, Khumalo joined the African National Congress (ANC) and its military wing, Umkhonto Wesizwe.
In 1978, he was arrested and charged with treason and sentenced to 20 years at island-prison Robben Island. He was the 27th prisoner to enter Robben Island in 1979, and was given prisoner number 2779.
He has said that, when he arrived on Robben Island, he "found fellow comrades who had been incarcerated for a long time. Among them were Walter Sisulu' Govan Mbeki' Ahmed Kathrada and many others who were all part of the struggle and were jailed for standing up for freedom."
After his release from prison, Khumalo served as Provincial Treasurer of the ANC in KwaZulu-Natal as well as a member of National Finance Committee.
Recognising the power business could play in empowering black people, he decided to enter business, in 1993. He attained a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of South Africa.
Since 1994, Mzi Khumalo has served on the boards of a number of publicly listed and state-owned companies, including telecommunications company Telkom SA, mining company Anglo-American SA, financial services business South African Government Financial Services Advisory Board, and Ridge Mining Plc.
Khumalo also served on the board of Johannesburg Consolidated Investment Ltd (JCI), Mintech, and Durban Point Waterfront Company, which was instrumental in the redevelopment of the harbour-side town located at the entrance to the Port of Durban.
After becoming interested in finance, Khumalo founded Capital Alliance Holdings, a financial-insurance business. It was subsequently sold with $8 billion worth of assets under management.
In 2002, Mzi Khumalo founded Metallon Corporation, a leading gold producer, developer and explorer in southern Africa. Metallon is focused on low cost, high grade mining operations and increasing gold production over the next few years.
Based in London, Metallon Corporation is the 100-percent owner of four gold mining companies in Zimbabwe. It is one of the largest employers in Zimbabwe and currently employs approximately 3,000 people.
Khumalo is also Chairman of Gold and General, a Jersey-based company, which owns the majority shares in Metallon Corporation. Gold and General also holds the Khumalo family's other pan-industry investments.
Mzi Khumalo is also Non-Executive Chairman of TITC DRC, which is investing hundreds of millions of dollars in Central Africa to build a modern high-speed, fibre Internet network.
Mzi Khumalo is married to Khosi and, together, they have a number of children.
Mzi and his wife are founders of the Mzi and Khosi Family Foundation, which provided a significant gift to Kearsney College.
Passionate about wildlife, conservation and the outdoors, he is a Trustee of the World Wildlife Fund of Southern Africa.
His family owns and manages a private game reserve focused on conservation and preservation of endangered wildlife and plants.
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Tri-City Elks
Car show continues every Thursday evening beginning at 5 p.m. Tiki Bar is open, and there is food you can purchase. Come enjoy the DJ playing the oldies, enjoy the wonderful cars from days gone by, and have a beverage at the Tiki Bar. Motorcycles are welcome.
Tickets are on sale in the Lounge during regular business hours, after 3 p.m., and can also be purchased from each band member. All proceeds will be used for goods needed at
Trailer 37, located outside of the Providence Veterans Hospital. This event is being advertised by Tri-City Elks Lodge, and also on Facebook through each band donating their time. Tickets are $20.
Warwick Rotary Meeting
On Thursday, July 19 the Warwick Rotary Club hosts Dr. Philip Thornton, Superintendent of Warwick Schools. The Warwick Rotary is a globally-minded membership club that inspires positive changes within our community. They meet Thursdays at 12 noon at The Radisson Hotel, 2081 Post Road in Warwick. If you are interested in attending a meeting, contact Mark Arnold at mark.arnold@scouting.org or visit portal.clubrunner.ca/4574.
Blood Drive in Honor of Gianna
A blood drive in honor of Gianna Cirella, who passed away November 1, 2017, will be held July 19 from 2-8 p.m. at the American Legion-William Shields #43, 662 West Shore Road. There will be a cookout for all donors. Bring your driver's license or other form of ID when you donate. Visit www.ribc.org to make an appointment (sponsor code 0887).
Events at the Pontiac Free Library
Summer Reading Program Registration begins June 25. See Ms. Stacey for details.
Friday, July 20 at 3 p.m. – Magician Russ DeSimone
Thursday, August 2 at 3 p.m. – Fiddle N' Fun
Summer Matinee Movies at 1 p.m. June 26, July 31 and Aug. 14.
Call 737-3292 or email info@pontiacfreelibrary.org.
Music in the Village
Woodbury Union Church, 58 Beach Ave., will be holding its annual Music in the Village picnic and concert July 22 at 4 p.m. Hamburgers and hotdogs will be provided as well as beverages. Feel free to bring a picnic related item to share. The concert will include music from the Woodbury Union Chancel Choir, One Voice, Woodbury Music Club, The Silver Tops and Bayside Beat. A free will donation to benefit Friends Way will be appreciated. This event will be held rain or shine.
Bingo Night
Pilgrim Patriots Football Booster Club presents Bingo Night July 27 at the American Legion, 662 West Shore Road. $20 admission includes 1-3 card book for 10 games; additional cards will be available at additional cost. Doors open at 6:30 p.m., bingo starts at 7. Bring your own food and non-alcoholic beverages. The bar will be open. For tickets contact Tina, 261-4563, Samm, 569-6633, Maggie, 345-7631, Lynn, 391-7400 or Sherry, 486-9439.
Norwood Neighborhood Events
The Norwood Neighborhood Association invites you and your family to two upcoming events at the Norwood Gazebo at the end of Norwood/Pawtuxet Avenues: Aug. 1, Summer Concert Series featuring Whiskey Rhode band at 6:30 p.m. Bring chairs/blankets and refreshments/snacks; and Aug. 2, Food Truck Event with many trucks and varieties of food and live entertainment and starts at 5 p.m.
Summer Art Camp For Kids
Summer Art Camp will be held through Aug. 24. Kids ages 6-12 will have unique ways to explore their creativity this summer at the Warwick Center for the Arts, 3259 Post Road. New art sessions include origami art, sports cartooning and draw your Pokemon. Plus, favorite sessions like painting, sculpture, comic books and more will be offered again. New camp sessions are offered every week, sign up for the full day or just one class. Full camp schedule and pricing are online at warwickcfa.org or call the office. Easy phone registration with credit card. Register soon for best selection. Call to register at 737-0010.
Greenwood Volunteer Fire Company Rental
The Greenwood Volunteer Fire Company Museum, 45 Kernick St., with a hall capable of seating 70, is available for rent seven days a week. There is ample parking and cooking facilities. Contact Robert Carlow at 302-1120 for details.
Walk and Talk at Rocky Point
Walk and Talk at Rocky Point is a free walking group that meets on Tuesday mornings at 9 a.m. and Thursdays evenings at 6 p.m. They meet at the front gate. They walk at a moderate pace on the paved path that is about two miles. Dogs on leashes and children in strollers are welcome. The group calls themselves the "Rocky Point Pacers." Call Cindy at 497-5656 for more details.
U.S. Masters Swimming Program
The Kent County YMCA has a Masters Swim Program on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6-7 a.m. and Sundays from 5-6:45 p.m. starting in May and running through August. This aquatic fitness program, for anyone aged 18 or older, offers encouragement, camaraderie and support. Learn drills, improve stroke technique and proper breathing. Registration is requires. For more information contact Brendan Roy, Aquatics Director, at 828-0130 or broy@gpymca.org.
Cornerstone Church Food Pantry
Cornerstone Church, 1990 Elmwood Ave., Warwick, is member of the RI Community Food Bank. Hours of operation are the first and third Saturday from 9-11:30 a.m. Walk-ins welcome. For more information call 781-6121.
Pilgrim Senior Center
The Pilgrim Senior Enrichment Center, located at 27 Pilgrim Parkway, offers educational, nutritional and recreational programs to folks 55 years of age and older. The center is open Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Chess players wanted at the Pilgrim Senior Center. Join in this game of strategy on Wednesdays at 11 a.m. in the Billiards Room. They will teach new players, so come give it a try.
Evening Adult Enrichment Square Dance Program classes are Thursday evenings at 6 p.m. Participants must be 18 years old. Call Kathleen at 468-4074 for more information.
William Shields Post #43 has hall rentals for your special occasions coming up. They specialize in weddings, birthday parties, baby showers, events for fundraisers, etc. Call Diane O'Brien for more information at 486-5778.
Warwick Historical Society
The Warwick Historical Society is open weekly at the John Waterman Arnold House at 25 Roger Williams Circle Wednesdays from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. and every second Saturday of the month at 11 a.m.-2 p.m. All are welcome and urged to become members and come learn about Warwick's history by helping as a volunteer. Visit www.whsri.org, join them on Facebook or call 737-4617 for more information.
Meadowlark Seniors
Meadowlark Seniors, a social club, holds weekly meetings every Thursday at the St. Kevin Parish Hall, 333 Sandy Lane, at 1:30 p.m. The meetings are followed by coffee and refreshments. After refreshments, an activity follows. All seniors are invited to attend a meeting and see what they are all about. (Scheduled meetings may be cancelled due to inclement weather).
Free Pet Food
Bonniedale Farm in North Scituate offers dog and cat food at no cost to struggling pet owners, hoping to provide for the animals while easing the burden on community members facing tough times. Those wishing to donate or in need of pet food can contact Dan MacKenzie at 574-6056. The mailing address for the farm is 1097 Chopmist Hill Road, North Scituate, RI 02857, while the physical address is 1056 Danielson Pike, North Scituate. MacKenzie asks that visitors call before making the trip. More information can be found online at www.bonniedale.org.
Singers Wanted
All In A Chord Women's Barbershop Chorus is looking for singers on Tuesdays from 7-9 p.m. at St. Paul's Lutheran Church Annex, 389 Greenwich Ave., Rt.5, Warwick. Call Shirley at 739-0907 or e-mail allinachord1@cox.net.
Free Sunday Lunch
St. Paul Lutheran Church, 389 Greenwich Ave., is offering a free lunch for anyone in need of a meal or companionship. All are welcome every Sunday from 11:15-11:45 p.m. For more information call 737-6758.
Meadowbrook Bingo
Meadowbrook Terrace bingo is held every Friday night at 6 p.m. Doors open at 4:30 p.m. Snacks will be available. All are welcome.
As a caregiver for an Alzheimer's patient, you're all too familiar with the frustration and heartache that come from trying to stir the memory of someone you love. But when you attend this Alzheimer's support group, held the second Thursday of each month from 6:30-8:30 p.m., you can discuss the challenges you face, meet others with similar experiences and find solutions that can improve the quality of life for you and your loved one. For reservations or more information call 739-7300.
TOPS #44 Warwick
TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) RI Chapter #44 Warwick meets every Wednesday night at St. Rita's Church, 722 Oakland Beach Avenue, Warwick. Weigh-in is from 6-6:30 p.m. The meeting will follow from 6:35-7:30. Weekly dues are $2; yearly dues are $32. For more information about this chapter or others around the state, contact TOPS Leader Nicole Johnson-Morais at 332-7616, nicoleistops2015@yahoo.com or visit www.tops.org.
Old Warwick Grange #41
The Grange is a fraternal non-profit organization with a special interest in community service. Their history is as an agricultural organization and the traditions of faith, patriotism, leadership and family values. Their meetings are held on the third Wednesday of the month at 7:30 p.m.; no meetings in July or August. The Grange hall is located at 1175 West Shore Road, Warwick. For more information call 465-7259.
Do you have an hour a week to spare? That's all it takes to make a difference in the life of a child. Today's children need positive, caring adult role models to help them develop confidence, self-esteem, and a desire to stay in school. For more information on the Warwick Mentor Program, call 732-7700 or visit the Rhode Island Mentoring Partnership website at www.mentorRI.org.
The Child Outreach Department of the Warwick Public Schools, in cooperation with the Volunteers of Warwick schools (VOWS), conducts regular preschool screening clinics. All Warwick preschool children between the ages of 3 and 5 are offered the Early Screening Inventory-Revised (ESI-R). This is a free service provided by the Warwick Public Schools. Participation in a Developmental Screening is a long established program of the Warwick School Department that provides families with information about their child's development and offers information about community resources. For more information, or to arrange a clinic appointment for your preschool aged child, call the VOWS office at 734-3230.
TOPS #38 East Greenwich
TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly), Rhode Island Chapter #38 East Greenwich meets every Thursday at Women & Infants Center, 1050 Main Street, East Greenwich. Weigh-in begins at 9 a.m. and runs until 9:50 a.m. The meeting will follow at 10 a.m. Weekly dues are $1.50, yearly dues $32. For more information about TOPS call Barbara Laprocina from Warwick at 996-3984, call (800) 932-8677 or visit www.tops.org.
Moms for Moms
Support a new mother, share your experience and make a new friend. You can make a difference with just one hour a week. Moms for Moms/Families First RI helps pregnant women and new mothers deal with an enormous transition by matching them with trained volunteers who are mothers themselves. The program provides emotional and social support and strives to connect new moms to resources within their own communities. Mentors develop a warm, supportive relationship while spending time with the new mom in their homes, accompanying them on outings and attending mom gatherings. They will train you and provide supervisory support to volunteers. Dont miss out on this opportunity. Contact 383-9933 or email admin@familiesfirstri.org.
Greenwich Bay Women's Club
The Greenwich Bay Women's Club meets the second Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m. at Atria Harborhill, 159 Division St. on the Warwick/East Greenwich line) to work together to make a difference in local communities. There are no age or residency requirements to join and meetings are open. If you would like further information, contact membership chair Diane Gadoury at 860-465-7987.
Photographic Society of RI
The Photographic Society of Rhode Island welcomes camera enthusiasts of all abilities. Meetings are held on the second, third and fourth Tuesday of each month, September through May at Lakewood Baptist Church, 255 Atlantic Ave. For more information, visit www.psri.us.
Hospice Volunteer Informational Meeting
The VNA of Care New England conducts weekly hospice volunteer informational meetings at the VNA of Care New England, 51 Health Lane, Warwick. Have you ever wondered how you can make the difference in the life of a family whose loved one is in hospice care? Do you want to join with a dedicated hospice volunteer program that provides training and ongoing support in this most rewarding work? Come and find out more about the VNA of Care New England hospice Call Carolyn McDonough, Hospice Volunteer Coordinator, at 921-7614 to register.
Aphasia Conversation Group
On the second Tuesday of each month from 6-7:30 p.m., Sargent Rehabilitation Center, 800 Quaker Lane, Warwick, holds an aphasia conversation group. This group provides a supportive meeting place for people with aphasia to socialize and share their communication challenges and strategies. There is no charge for participation. Attendance is limited to individuals with aphasia only. For more information contact Lucia Watson, MS, SLP at 886-6600 or visit www.sargentcenter.org.
Fife & Drum Corps
Join the Pawtuxet Rangers Fife & Drum Corps of Warwick and continue the great tradition of Colonial/Revolutionary history through music. The Fife & Drum Corps meets every Wednesday night at Wyman Elementary School from 6:30-8 p.m. The corps is open to anyone over the age of 12. Drum and fife instruction is available to beginners.
Rhode Island Pet Bird Club
The R.I. Pet Bird Club welcomes anyone who owns birds or has an interest in exotic birds. Meet other people who have birds, listen to guest lecturers and more. The meetings are held on the first Monday of each month. For more information call Michele at 739-7290 or visit www.orgsites.com/ri/ripbc.
Fife and Drum Corps
The Kentish Guards Fife and Drum Corps rehearses on Wednesday evenings from 7-9 p.m. at the Kentish Guards Armory on Pierce St. in East Greenwich. Free lessons on playing the fife are provided to men and young men interested in joining the corps.
If you have experienced the loss of someone you love and are ready to begin or continue the healing process, then you are welcome to come to a grief support group. The group meets at the Christ Church Office condo, 61 Cedar Ave #6, East Greenwich, Sundays from 2-4 p.m. For more information visit the Christ Church website (www.christchurchec.org), call the Church office (884-8632) or email info@christchurchec.org.
Evening Counseling Available
If you are experiencing depression, anxiety or overwhelming stress coupled with an addiction to or dependence on drugs or alcohol, then The Kent Center's new evening program may be right for you. The Kent Center is offering an intensive outpatient program for people battling co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders Program hours are 4:40-8 p.m., making it accessible for people who work. The program is confidential and personalized to meet individual needs. For more information call 732-5656.
Help for Victims of Crime
Are you a victim of physical or sexual assault, domestic violence, untreated childhood abuse, or another crime or traumatic event? Are you experiencing depression, anxiety, difficulty concentrating, increased substance use or other emotional difficulties? If so, you may be eligible to receive counseling services free of charge at The Kent Center (www.thekentcenter.org). Victims of crimes and other traumatic events often experience debilitating psychiatric symptoms that may have long-term affects if left untreated. Seek treatment today at 732-5656.
Volunteers Needed to Sew
Looking for something to do to help foster kids? Organizers of The Sewing Project to Help Foster Kids are looking for volunteers who want to help sew pillowcase or duffel bags for foster children. Currently their belongings are sometimes put in black trash bags. Foster parent Adriane Grimaldi in Scottsdale, Ariz. started the Sewing Project in February 2008 for children taken from their homes by Child Protective Services (CPS) to make kid-friendly bags for carrying their belongings instead of trash bags. To date, people have made 6,700 pillowcase bags for foster kids Pillowcase bags are delivered to CPS to use instead of trash bags. The Sewing Project has opened a new Rhode Island Chapter working with the Department of Children, Youth and Families (DCYF) and is in need of volunteers to sew. For more information contact Hollie Galloway at holliegal@verizon.net.
Domestic Abuse Support Groups
The Elizabeth Buffum Chace Center is a non-profit agency providing services to victims of domestic abuse and sexual assault. The agency offers morning and evening support groups for adults dealing with current or past domestic abuse Groups provide a safe place to talk with others who have shared similar experiences. The groups are confidential and free of charge. For more information call Jessica at 738-1700.
Bowlers Needed
Bowlers are needed at Meadowbrook Lanes Tuesdays at 6:45 p.m. Contact Rusty at 714-6633, rmbudlong@cox.net or Everett at 739-5343, everettg1@verizon.net.
Wanted: Norwood Crime Watch Participants
The Norwood Neighborhood Association Crime Watch Committee is looking for residents to be part of a crime-prevention program. If you would like to be part of this important initiative, email to norwoodna@verizon.net or call NNA at 785-0616. Minimal time is required but it could save you a lot of headaches in response to a crime.
Bowlers are needed for a Monday night league starting at 6:30 at Meadowbrook Lanes in Warwick. Call Pat at 737-0361 or 523-7108.
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by Chuck Hoven
(Plain Press, December 2019) The November 19th Meeting of the Cleveland Metropolitan School District (CMSD) Board of Education held at East Tech High School included a protest by CMSD security personnel, testimonies about schools slated for closing or getting a reprieve from closing, and a vote on the latest version of the CMSD Long-Term School Building Plan.
Those attending the meeting were greeted outside the building by CMSD security and peace officers holding signs and passing out fliers and protesting low wages that they say were contributing to a reduction in the number of security personal and thus causing safety concerns in school buildings.
At the start of the meeting, the Board of Education called for a moment of silence for two CMSD alumni who recently passed away – Harrison Dillard, an East Tech graduate, and Norma Freeman, a graduate of John Adams.
CMSD Chief Executive Officer Eric Gordon said Harrison Dillard, an Olympic champion, was the world's fastest man in 1948 and the world's best hurdler in 1952. Dillard also served as business manager for the Cleveland Board of Education for many years.
In memory of Norma Freeman, CEO Eric Gordon offered the school district's condolences to Don Freeman who was present at the Board meeting. Gordon noted Norma Freeman's long history of involvement with education in Cleveland which included teaching health education in the Cleveland City School District and the Cleveland Health Education Museum where she became Director of Curriculum Implementation. Gordon noted Norma Freeman's involvement with the Cleveland Education Committee and the Committee for Social Justice. Norma Freeman and her husband, Don Freeman, have been a consistent presence at Cleveland Board of Education meetings for the past half century. CEO Gordon called Norma Freeman "a constant advocate for what's right."
Building Plan
The Board of Education proposed plan up for a vote that evening was passed in its entirety without any additional changes. The plan called for the consolidation of Clark and Walton schools into one school with a new school on the site of the current Clark School on Clark Avenue. The plan also calls for a new school for Marion Seltzer at W. 98th just north of Madison and the renovation of Gallagher School at W. 65th and Franklin. The plan calls for a new school for Lincoln West High School as well that will serve both the Lincoln West Global Studies and the Lincoln West Health and Science programs.
Under the plan, the Glenville campus will be used to consolidate MLK High School and Glenville High School programming. East Tech would be used as a campus to consolidate New Tech East, East Tech, Washington Park and Jane Addams programming. The John F. Kennedy campus would be used to consolidate new JFK programming with that of Whitney Young programming.
Four elementary schools would close on the East Side: Willow, Iowa-Maple, Michael R. White and Case. The Design Lab High School program would be phased out.
The district plan notes that there would be no change in a number of elementary schools that had been under discussion as for possible closing, rebuilding or new construction. Those elementary schools where there will be no change under the plan are: Kenneth Clement Boys Leadership Academy, Valley View Boys Leadership Academy, Tremont Montessori, Dike School of the Arts, Bolton, Denison, Charles A. Mooney, and Douglas MacArthur Girls Leadership Academy.
Collinwood High School was granted an additional year for neighborhood residents and stakeholders to come up with a plan that will attract more students to the school.
New Tech West's teachers and students made a convincing argument at community meetings that the school should remain open because of its academic quality and the lack of options that would allow for the school to function in a different location. The final plan calls for New Tech West High School to remain in its current location.
While there are currently no funds to build or renovate any additional buildings, the plan notes that future funding, if it materializes, could be used for new, consolidated K-8 schools for Dike/Bolton and Denison/Mooney; and new school buildings for Tremont Montessori and Douglas MacArthur. A new high school for the Northeast side is also listed as a possible use for new funding.
In the public participation portion of the meeting a number of people spoke out about the CMSD's plan for its school buildings. Ward 8 City Council Representative Michael Polensek thanked the Board of Education for the one-year reprieve granted to Collinwood High School. The initial plan presented by the administration to the school board called for Collinwood students to move to Glenville High School as part of a three-school merger.
Polensek while welcoming the reprieve, said one year was not enough. He called for at least two years be allowed for the community to work with the school district to develop new curriculum for Collinwood. He said there were 15 K-8 schools in the neighborhood, but students were not choosing to continue their education at Collinwood because of lack of programming. He said Collinwood is not working as a general-purpose high school. "There has to be something to attract students," said Polensek.
Ward 12 City Council Representative Anthony Brancatelli made a passionate plea for the Cleveland Board of Education to keep Washington Park Environmental Academy open at its current location in Slavic Village. Brancatelli asked for five months for community leaders in the Slavic Village neighborhood to come up with a plan to keep the high school open as a specialty school. He said the school prepared students for jobs in animal care and environmental science and the school is more than 100% occupied with no vacant seats. Brancatelli submitted letters of support for the retooling of the school from leaders of Third Federal Savings and Loan, the Boys and Girls Clubs of Cleveland, Slavic Village Development, University Settlement, and the Ohio Environmental Council.
Four students from Washington Park also pleaded with the Board of Education to keep their high school open in the Slavic Village neighborhood. The students said they surveyed fellow students and reported that a number of students said they would leave the district rather than move with the school to its new home at East Tech. The students reported that 42% of students reported concerns about safety in moving to East Tech.
Former City Council Representatives Jeff Johnson and Zach Reed also spoke to the Board about school closings and other matters. Johnson said, "East Side schools are dying because of your inability to compete with other schools. You have to do better. You have to do better than just how much it costs."
There was a passionate plea to keep Iowa Maple open. Concerns were expressed about the lack of schools in Ward 7 due to schools closings.
James Pelikan spoke of the school board's effort to balance between what citizens want and what is needed. He praised the board and administration for offering data at community meetings to support their decisions and for listening to residents' concerns. Pelikan countered some of the arguments being made by City Council representatives and former council representatives that the school building plan favored the West Side of Cleveland. Pelikan noted that more new schools had previously been built on the East Side, and the district was catching up on the West Side. He also noted "neighborhoods have changed, and we have to make adjustments."
In other matters a longtime school district volunteer called for an effort to get parents more involved by bringing back Parent Teacher Associations (PTA's) to the schools.
There was a call for the end of tax abatements and Mayoral control of the school system.
A student from the Cleveland School of Architecture and Design spoke of being sexually assaulted at the school and the failure of administrators to allow for a safe environment at the school.
A parent of a Project Act student at Sunbeam school spoke of her daughter being upset about a failing grade she received and the degrading way the principal spoke to her when she requested extra credit work be sent home so her daughter could make up for the failure.
Don Freeman asked CEO Eric Gordon if he had followed up with Academic Superintendent Paul Hoover concerning a problem in the Redesign Schools where administrators in the schools were creating obstacles to Model Lead Teachers playing their intended role in implementing the redesign model. CEO Gordon promised to get back to Freeman with a response.
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Jim Love (1943 - 2006) was one of the Highlands' most respected journalists. He joined the 'Inverness Courier' in 1988, becoming editor in 2003. He had previously been an Inverness-based reporter with the 'Press and Journal'. One of Jim's passions was jazz music but he also played a major part in the blossoming of the traditional music scene in the Highlands in the 1990s and 2000s.
In this audio extract from the radio programme 'Moray Firth People' Jim talks to Helen MacPherson about his schooldays.
Interviewer: So were your young schooldays then a good time in your life?
Oh, yes. A lot of fun at school. A lot of fun at school. The school seemed to be very much - the teachers were very musical and very into putting on concerts and things. We did a pantomime, when I was 'Little Boy Blue' in the pantomime. Don't have the knees for tights but it was a lot of fun. J. MacDonald, Miss J. Macdonald, who was my teacher in primary four, she used to give us music lessons outside the lessons that we used to get in the afternoon from Mr. Mallison who used to travel around the schools giving singing lessons to everybody and teaching them so-fah. And she used to supplement these lessons by playing the class radio and listening to music there. That was the - where I first heard Mozart and Dvorák and Sibelius and things like this. I used to think it was great.
She was a very good teacher of the three r's as well - four r's perhaps - reading, writing, arithmetic, and rhythm. She was, she was a smashing teacher. She left after one year and emigrated to Rhodesia and sadly died there not long afterwards. After Miss MacDonald we'd several other teachers and primary seven was Miss Harriet MacLennan. All the kids, I remember, had a great fear of Harriet - her reputation preceded her but when we actually got there she was a very good teacher and if you show'd interest in what she was doing she was, she wasn't as bad as she was supposed to be. And she encouraged my interest in, in drawing; she took a great interest in that and in natural history. I remember we used to have to do these nature note things over the weekend and then we'd to draw something that we had seen of natural history interest and then write a - about two hundred words - about it. And like everybody else, just about I should imagine, I got my mother and father to do it for me. Always got 'vg' for the drawing but Harriet knew fine that it was, it was my father that was doing it. 'That was a particularly good one from your dad, this week', she would say.
On one occasion she commented on that, I remember. It was a frog which had a rather nice glint in its eye, and I was very proud of this because I had actually done this one myself and Harriet was impressed with it as well and she said, 'That was a really good one from your dad this week' and I said 'Oh, I did that, Miss' and she wouldn't believe me. It was impossible to convince her that I was responsible for, for that particular masterpiece that week.
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Jim Love (1943 - 2006) was one of the Highlands' most respected journalists. He joined the 'Inverness Courier' in 1988, becoming editor in 2003. He had previously been an Inverness-based reporter with the 'Press and Journal'. One of Jim's passions was jazz music but he also played a major part in the blossoming of the traditional music scene in the Highlands in the 1990s and 2000s.

 In this audio extract from the radio programme 'Moray Firth People' Jim talks to Helen MacPherson about his schooldays.

 Interviewer: So were your young schooldays then a good time in your life?

 Oh, yes. A lot of fun at school. A lot of fun at school. The school seemed to be very much - the teachers were very musical and very into putting on concerts and things. We did a pantomime, when I was 'Little Boy Blue' in the pantomime. Don't have the knees for tights but it was a lot of fun. J. MacDonald, Miss J. Macdonald, who was my teacher in primary four, she used to give us music lessons outside the lessons that we used to get in the afternoon from Mr. Mallison who used to travel around the schools giving singing lessons to everybody and teaching them so-fah. And she used to supplement these lessons by playing the class radio and listening to music there. That was the - where I first heard Mozart and Dvorák and Sibelius and things like this. I used to think it was great.

 She was a very good teacher of the three r's as well - four r's perhaps - reading, writing, arithmetic, and rhythm. She was, she was a smashing teacher. She left after one year and emigrated to Rhodesia and sadly died there not long afterwards. After Miss MacDonald we'd several other teachers and primary seven was Miss Harriet MacLennan. All the kids, I remember, had a great fear of Harriet - her reputation preceded her but when we actually got there she was a very good teacher and if you show'd interest in what she was doing she was, she wasn't as bad as she was supposed to be. And she encouraged my interest in, in drawing; she took a great interest in that and in natural history. I remember we used to have to do these nature note things over the weekend and then we'd to draw something that we had seen of natural history interest and then write a - about two hundred words - about it. And like everybody else, just about I should imagine, I got my mother and father to do it for me. Always got 'vg' for the drawing but Harriet knew fine that it was, it was my father that was doing it. 'That was a particularly good one from your dad, this week', she would say.

 On one occasion she commented on that, I remember. It was a frog which had a rather nice glint in its eye, and I was very proud of this because I had actually done this one myself and Harriet was impressed with it as well and she said, 'That was a really good one from your dad this week' and I said 'Oh, I did that, Miss' and she wouldn't believe me. It was impossible to convince her that I was responsible for, for that particular masterpiece that week.


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Q: XSLT: Have ampersand in an input string, how to escape it I have an XSLT template. It is invoked and params are sent to it from a Java program.
The issue is, one of the variables contains an '&'.
<xsl:value-of select="customerName" />

customerName might contain an '&'. No matter what I do, I am unable to get it to render. I have tried
replace(customerName, '&', '&')

Is there any way I can get this to render?

A: So the input java parameter set contained a & and the output requires a & maybe being XML too.
Then use the output element at the top to achieve this.
<xsl:output method="xml"/>

Alternatives
You could try to correct it on the java side too. Which when not working on & should function with the replacement &.
customerName = customerName.replace(, "&", "&");

In XSLT the following might just work.
replace($customerName, '&', '&amp;')

A: try out this,
  <xsl:if test="contains($customerName,'&')">
    <xsl:value-of select="concat(substring-before($customerName,'&'),substring-after($customerName,'&'))"/>
  </xsl:if>

A: To run XML in XSLT environment, XML should have standard entities, i.e., ISO entities, Unicode entities etc. are only allowed.
If '&' found then those strings should be end by ';' (Entity representation is &....;, i.e., entities should ends with semicolon as well those are should be defined entities)
Here '&' is not an entity, '&' or '&' is an entity.

A: I was able to solve this.
Basically since the input parameter had an '&', it was invalid xml. I had to xml-encode it.

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Report: Older Pedestrians at Greatest Risk of Being Struck
Study finds older pedestrians are more than twice as likely to be killed by cars or trucks than those under age 60.
A group that studies transportation issues in New Jersey, southern New York and Connecticut finds the risk of being killed while walking rises with age.
The Tri-State Campaign says older pedestrians are more than twice as likely to be killed by cars or trucks than those under age 60.
In a report issued Wednesday, the group found older people are less agile and may be unable to quickly get out of the way of oncoming vehicles. Crosswalk signals sometimes change too quickly to accommodate older pedestrians.
Two-thirds of the older people who are killed die on roads with two or more lanes in either direction.
The group recommends keeping pedestrians in mind when designing new roads and making the most dangerous intersections more senior-friendly.
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If we move entirely away from (assessments) in the high school years, what kind of data will we be getting to our families, and to our teachers and to our principals, to make sure there is a remediation plan that protects that child?
Repollet said schools can use regular tests, grades, and performance reports to gauge students' progress.
Is Repollet right? Is there any need for state standardized tests beyond the minimum required under federal law? Do course grades provide parents with adequate information about school quality and student academic progress?
A new report published yesterday effaces Repollet's glib reply to Ruiz. The research, published by the Fordham Foundation, is called "Grade Inflation in High Schools (2005-2016)," authored by Seth Gershenson, a professor of public policy at the School of Public Affairs at American University. It's worth reading in its entirety but I'm focused on the elements pertinent to Monday's hearing: the phenomenon of grade inflation, far more prevalent in wealthier high schools rather than poorer ones, and the discrepancy between three different gauges of student mastery: classroom grades/report cards (what Repollet wants us parents to use to gauge academic growth and school quality), EOC tests (like PARCC or another test aligned with NJ course content), and ACT scores (that reliably predict college readiness).
Sounds complicated but it's really not. Gershenson studied student-level data — transcripts, EOC exams, and ACT results — for all North Carolina public school students taking Algebra 1 from 2005-2016. Here are three data points for those concerned with accurate depictions of student proficiency, which presumably concern both the State Board of Education and the NJ Legislature, not to mention parents, students, and teachers.
While some of these students might have simply had a bad testing day, that can't explain why so many B students are failing the corresponding EOC. Even fewer B students are meeting the "solid" level on the EOC, which indicates college and career readiness: more than half (57 percent) receiving Bs fail to demonstrate college and career readiness on the EOC. Considering that a B is generally considered to be a good grade, these findings do indeed suggest inflated grades.
Translation: Repollet's answer to Ruiz — parents and students can use "regular tests, grades, and performance reports to gauge students' progress" — is false.
[G]rade inflation may have the political consequence of encouraging families to believe everything is going well at school, even when a school is troubled and needs reform. It is easy for parents to ignore systemic mediocrity when their children's grades seem strong. In this way, grade inflation may contribute to a more general sense of complacency about schools and help explain why parents tend to report satisfaction with their own schools at the same time that they hold deep concerns about the state of the country's education system.accompanied by stagnant SAT, ACT, and NAEP scores, strongly suggesting lowered classroom standards.
Translation: reliance on subjective report card and grades promotes what some call the "honesty gap," or exaggerating student proficiency to make everyone feel good instead of providing parents with truthful information, which in turn interferes with commitments to meaningful systemic improvements.
Likewise, parents will not recognize the need to help their child catch up. In this case, the complacency is not due to lack of desire or ability, but rather faulty information about the student's academic standing.
When you're given a charge to go out and eliminate something, you're not looking at the benefit of it, you're not looking to really overhaul, but just to carry out that vision," she said. "That question is not to you, but to the governor as to why he wanted the department to go lead that charge.
Ruiz's question must be answered: what exactly is the Governor's vision, beyond his promise to NJEA to eliminate PARCC? If the DOE is truly interested in providing parents with accurate, transparent data about student growth, why is it determined to eliminate more reliable sources of information? We know this move towards opacity will warm the hearts of NJEA leaders (who, by the way, have their own butts on the line as they strive to regain credibility after their embarrassingly vengeful campaign to unseat Senate President Sweeney and replace him with a Trump acolyte) but what will it do for students and families, especially those trapped in low-performing districts?
If the best Repollet can do is "we'll use inflated report card grades," then I don't see how he retains his own credibility. He becomes just another political lackey, not exactly what you want in your Education Commissioner.
While they're at it, maybe they can come up with a vision statement that privileges New Jersey's students and families over lobbying groups.


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Why GDPR is still important one year on from its introduction
By Thorsten Kurpjuhn 2019-07-26T08:30:37Z
Silence has fallen on GDPR rules and many businesses are still at risk of sever reputational and financial damage.
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Last year, emails and newsletters were flooding into our inboxes following the introduction of the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) on 25th May. Most of us took this as an opportunity to manage and unsubscribe from emails which were constantly filling up our inboxes. The main purpose of GDPR was to help reduce the risks of cyberattacks. But, one year on from the introduction of the new GDPR rules, silence has fallen over the topic. Many businesses have now distanced themselves as they are under the assumption GDPR won't impact them.
As a result of the laissez-faire attitudes towards GDPR to this day, we have seen GDPR fines total €56M in its first year, with more than 200,000 investigations, 64,000 of which were upheld. The total fines issued to date remains dominated by the €50 million issued to Google by France's National Data Protection Commission CNIL.
The approach and reaction to GDPR widely differ across Europe. Countries such as Slovakia and Sweden are yet to issue a single fine, while countries like Poland, Portugal, Spain have fined companies several hundred thousand Euros. Germany has seen some of the highest GDPR activities, with 42 fines imposed, averaging €16,100 and 58 warnings issued. In comparison, while the Netherlands has issued over 1,000 warnings, only one fine has been issued, which happens to be one of the highest in Europe at €600,000. Whether the level of GDPR fines issued is down to poor compliance in some countries or less-diligent Data Protection Agencies (DPAs) in others remains a grey area.
So where are businesses going wrong when it comes to GDPR compliance?
Why are businesses the prime target for cybercriminals?
GDPR one year on: where do we stand?
A business' network is a prime data highway, which makes it the prime target for cyberattacks. Even if data handling protocols and procedures are GDPR-compliant, these efforts can be rendered worthless as soon as network security is breached. Strengthening the network to protect the data must be a priority for businesses of any size, for those who want to avoid falling foul of GDPR and possibly facing severe financial penalties.
Companies are already risking fines of up to €20m or 4 per cent of global annual turnover, whichever is higher if they are found in breach. Yet, compliance remains a challenge. Arguably, this is because carrying out an email marketing campaign and updating internal documents is a much easier exercise than taking concrete steps to safeguard the network and protect sensitive information.
Cybercrime is an evolving threat that can cause catastrophic damage. Cybercriminals are using increasingly sophisticated new ways of penetrating IT infrastructure, making it difficult for businesses to defend networks and keep data safe. The harsh truth is that we cannot make a network completely secure and unbreachable. Thankfully, that is not what GDPR requires of companies.
The legislation simply specifies that businesses must do all that is in their power to ensure data security. This means that businesses need a robust and reliable solution that demonstrates their dedication to control access to and protection of their digital assets. At this stage, it appears that most businesses would fail to prove that their network is as secure as it can be.
The importance of robust security
What is GDPR? Everything you need to know
Legislation, including GDPR, is only as powerful as the enforcement. Moving forwards, Ernst and Young expect European authorities to become more stringent. "We expect European regulators to implement their 2019 announcements and increase their fines," said EY partner Peter Katko. In the next few months, it will be critical for businesses to step up their game as DPAs begin to ramp up efforts.
While large companies can afford to outsource the task of putting security measurements in place and maintain them to Managed Service Providers (MSPs), smaller businesses often lack the required knowledge and resource. Yet, the penalties for not dedicating enough effort to introduce stronger cybersecurity measures can be a deathly blow to SMBs.
DPAs have the power to not only issue a fine but also impose a temporary or indefinite suspension of processing data. The aim is to ensure that no more data can be compromised while investigations take place, but this ruling on its own could threaten the future of a business, especially when we consider the reputational damage that would ensue.
To reduce the risks, there are practical steps that small businesses can take to ensure the corporate network is aligned with GDPR requirements. Above all, it is crucial that they build their networks using the latest cybersecurity standards and network infrastructures rather than relying on a standard domestic router with out-of-the-box anti-virus software. It is time to move on and reap the benefits of new tools available.
For example, previously specialist technology, such as Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) is now moving into the mainstream and will allow businesses to monitor and protect their network against cyber threats in real-time. This will be crucial as attacks increase in numbers and improve in sophistication.
Businesses can't afford to wait anymore. Not only do they need to keep up to date with regulators' guidance and the enforcement decisions from DPAs, but they must also review existing network infrastructures to reduce the risk of cyberattacks. Businesses must also prioritise internal cybersecurity awareness and education to ensure that everybody in the organisation knows how to handle data securely and know what to look out for when it comes to the threats to the network.
Whilst the uncertainty about the legal implications of GDPR still prevails and businesses have fallen silent over the topic, it's important that we break the silence and bring GDPR back to the top of the business agenda. Data protection is paramount and the consequences of failing to recognise this can and will be damaging.
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Declaring them "mature technologies" that need no further funding, the Bush administration in its FY 2007 budget request eliminates hydropower and geothermal research, venerable programs with roots in the energy crises of the 1970s."
The US gov't subsidizes oil exploration out the ying yang, but now, when Bush says we want to cut dependence on oil (for national security reasons), we pull the short rug from under these somewhat proven technologies?
We've now been at (undeclared) war longer than the entirety of World War II. The war against Al Qaeda has progressively morphed into the War against Iraq, to the Global War on Terror, all the way to the "early stages" of the Clash of Civilizations. Yet it appears that the entire enterprise is not only illegal but also unconstitutional at its core.
I therefore have a modest proposal aimed at rectifying this situation: Let's declare war!"
"It should be known that every Congressperson who voted for giving the president the right to wage war without a formal declaration of war is guilty of violating his oath to defend and protect the Constitution of the United States. It would be well for the American people to recognize the full complicity of every section of our government in this deliberate violation of the Constitution. They should recognize that this violation of their rights is not only killing Iraqis but killing Americans and looting our treasury."
We should have done this "war" by the book...that is, you know, the Constitution.
He's at Abbey Road, with U2!... Oh, what a dream!
"James Fallows begins in the cover story of this month's Atlantic Monthly, with what I think is the single most important article written since Sept. 11. Fallows spoke with 60 experts in foreign policy, security, national defense, and terrorism, from all political ideologies.
We should take heart in what he found: Al Qaeda is a shadow of what it once was. The group's central organization has been dismantled. Its main sources of funding have been castrated. Its leaders are on the run, and their ability to organize and communicate severely disrupted. Yes, the loose-knit groups of cells that remain can still pull off attacks, and can still kill significant numbers of people. But so can just about any nut in America with a cause and some determination.
The only real threat Al Qaeda still poses, Fallows concludes, is how it can provoke us. "[Al Qaeda's] hopes for fundamentally harming the United States now rest less on what it can do itself than on what it can trick, tempt, or goad us into doing," Fallows writes. "Its destiny is no longer in its own hands."
This is the one thing — the most important thing — our elected leaders and public officials need to learn. Because it's the only cache the terrorists still have. Americans need to realize that we, Americans, determine the success of failure of future terrorists attacks and attempted attacks. If the goal of terrorists, by definition, is to induce panic, fear, and to disrupt our way of life, the best way to defuse them is to refuse to panic, to resist irrational fears, and to retain the open society and civil liberties that make us who we are."
We are our own worst enemy at this point, but we can make it right. We're not where I wanted us to be 5 years down the line, not by a long shot, but we have made real progress against Al Qaeda. If we can stop terrorizing ourselves, we can lay claim to victory.


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Bruno Ganz debuted at the theatre in 1961 and gained there a good reputation as a solid, young actor. In 1970 he founded with 'Peter Stein' the theatre company "Schaubuehne" of Berlin. His debut at the movies was early and unsuccessful in 1960. Only in 1975 after "Sommergaeste (1975)" he could show his talent as a reflexive actor with tendencies towards introspection.
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Tokyo 2020 Olympics: Play the Official Game Free for a Limited Time on PC (Steam)
At the time this news is written, the opening ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games has left a new image to remember: that of the soundtrack of different Japanese video games playing in the background, among which are Final Fantasy or Dragon Quest. Meanwhile, those who want embody athletes from different countries They will have the opportunity to do it for free for a limited time, since the official video game is available for free for a period of three days (until Monday, July 26).
It is important to note that this is a full version, but it will not be permanently added to the library. That is, after the three-day trial, whoever wants to continue playing will have to purchase it. Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games: The Official Video Game is available on the Valve platform at a price of 39.99 euros. It has also been marketed on PS4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch, although it is backwards compatible with the new generation machines, Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S and PS5.
Play free Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games: The Official Video Game
Sports for all tastes
This title edited by SEGA it is an all-in-one, as it includes many different events and sports. Below you can see the complete list:
100m smooth
4x100m relays
110m vallas
Hammer throw
BMX (Cycling)
100m freestyle (swimming)
00m individual styles (swimming)
The game also incorporates a avatar editor that allows the athlete to be customized to suit the player, with more than 100 options for costumes, colors, etc., not to mention fantasy outfits such as the pirate or astronaut costume.
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Royal Mint's 8 Kilo Gold Proof Coin
February 28, 2022 by Buy-Gold.Link in Coin Series, Gold, Rare Coins
It has long been commonplace for mints to produce a certain number of proof coins for collectors in addition to the standard bullion coins that are primarily bought by investors. In recent years, we have also seen a trend for these proof coins to be produced in additional sizes/denominations that are not produced as standard bullion coins. Even though these were usually large coins (for example 5 oz and 10 oz coins as well as 1 kg coins), the coin's denomination was often a multiple of five or ten. Now, Britain's esteemed Royal Mint has produced an 8 kilo gold proof coin that may perhaps even be the world's first gold bullion coin of this highly unusual denomination.
reverse side of the single 8 kilo gold proof coin that the Royal Mint produced in 2022 for the Year of the Tiger
This newly-minted 8 kilo gold proof coin joins the Royal Mint's Shengxiào collection as its largest denomination that was ever produced. It displays the same image of a prowling tiger on its reverse side that can also be seen on the 1/4 oz, 1 oz, 5 oz and 1 kg proof issues of the British Gold Lunar coins that were already issued earlier for the Year of the Tiger 2022. Only one single such 8 kilo coin will ever be issued though which is not so surprising once you consider how much effort it took to produce that coin. First of all, it alone took about 200 hours for the Royal Mint's state-of-the-art engraving machines to cut the design onto the 8 kg coin. Then, a 'Master Toolmaker' removed all cutting marks from the surface of the coin by hand before hand-polishing it for 100 hours.
Finally, it took another 50 hours for the coin to be laser frosted in order to give its surface a matte finish. Besides the coin's weight of 8 kilos, the number eight also appears in the coin's diameter of 185 mm. The Royal Mint's choice to produce an 8 kilo gold proof coin that has the number eight appear frequently in its stats was no coincidence though. Just like the number 6, the number 8 is considered lucky in Chinese culture and often associated with wealth and prosperity.
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Understand your Retail Lease
Most boutiques and shops in NSW would be classified as a retail shop and would likely be subject to the provisions of the Retail Leases Act 1994 ("the Act"). The Act governs the relationship between the Landlord and the Tenant of Leases which fall under the terms of the Lease.
Both the Landlord and the Tenant should be aware of their respective rights and obligations prior to entering into a Retail Lease and should obtain appropriate financial and legal advice regarding the document.
Although most shops and boutiques would be covered by the Act, Sections 5 and 6 of the Act mandate those which are excluded from coverage of the Act. These include Leases with respect to premises which are over 1,000m² of lettable area, Leases which are over 25 years or more and also Leases which had began prior to the commencement of Section 6. Unlike Commercial Lease Agreements, a Retail Lease begins before the Lease is signed in the event that either the payment of rent or possession of the shop is taken, even if the Lease has not been signed.
It is an offence under the Act if the Landlord does not provide a copy of the Lessor's Disclosure Statement to the Lessee, or if there is a serious misrepresentation contained in that Statement. This may give rise to the right of the Lessee to terminate the Lease within the first six (6) months by giving written notice to the Landlord to that effect.
Prior to entering into a Retail Lease, the Landlord must give to the Tenant a copy of the Disclosure Statement together with a Retail Tenant's Guide within certain time frames which are provided for by the Act. The form of both the Lessor's Disclosure Statement and the Lessee's Disclosure Statement is provided for by the Act and such forms are available on the website from the Office of Fair Trading New South Wales.
Under Section 16 of the Act, it is required that a Retail Lease be for a minimum period of five (5) years, unless the Landlord is provided with a Section 16 waiver which is given to the Landlord upon the Lessee receiving advice with respect to the Section by their solicitor or their conveyancer.
It is an offence under the Act for either party to misrepresent or mislead the other party. Such an offence may make that party liable to compensation for damages suffered as a result of the misrepresentation to the other party. This is important as misrepresentations included in a Lessor's Disclosure Statement can, in certain circumstances, entitle the Lessee to terminate the Retail Lease within six (6) months of the Tenant entering into such Lease.
Fit out costs can be quite expensive and they are commonly attributable to the Tenant being liable for the costs of those works. For this reason, it is pertinent that the parties are quite clear about the specification of the works which are required prior to the commencement of the Retail Lease in order to avoid disputes which may arise as to whether the works were necessary or not. The Act provides that a maximum amount for the costs of these works is agreed to in writing by the Lessor and the Lessee prior to the commencement of the Lease. This means that the Act prohibits the Lessor from attempting to charge for works which exceed the maximum agreed value in writing.
The Act strictly prohibits Landlords of Retail Leases from asking or accepting 'key money' from the Lessee or otherwise including clauses in the Lease or Contract which refer to the payment of key money to the Landlord. Key money may be defined as a "premium, non-repayable bond or otherwise… or any benefiting connection with the granting, renewal, extension or assignment of a lease."
It is common for a bond to be requested by the Landlord in respect to a Retail Lease and these are usually given either in the form of a cash bond, which is to be lodged by the Landlord with the New South Wales Retail Bond Scheme or a bank guarantee which is provided in lieu of a cash bond. Banks issue bank guarantees under which they guarantee to the Landlord the performance of the Tenant to the terms of the Lease. It is worth noting that if the Landlord requests that the bank pay the money under the guarantee, the bank must do so, regardless of the merits of the Landlord's claims.
Another common feature of Retail Leases, in our experience, is the insertion of relocation and/or demolition clauses. As the name suggests, a relocation clause allows the Landlord to relocate the premises or terminate the Retail Lease prior to its expiry, usually because the Landlord is undertaking renovations. The Act will only permit the insertion of the relocation clause on the basis that the Landlord gives at least three (3) months written notice to the Tenant in relation to any move. In accordance with the Act, the Landlord shall pay the reasonable costs of the Tenant's relocation which can be agreed upon by the parties or alternatively, by a quantity surveyor which will work them out.
The Act also permits a Retail Lease to contain a demolition clause which enables the Landlord to end the Lease if they require the shop to be vacated for works. The Landlord is obliged to provide at least six (6) months written notice that the Lease will end because of demolition. During the six (6) month period the Tenant may end the Lease with a seven (7) day written notice to the Landlord.
If the Retail Lease includes an option to renew, then the Landlord will be obliged to provide the Tenant with a new Lease on the terms required by that option. However, if there is no such provision for renewal then the Landlord is not obliged to offer the Lessee a new Retail Lease. The Act requires the Landlord, between six (6) to twelve (12) months before the expiry of the Retail Lease, to write to the Tenant and either:-
Offer renewal or extension of the Retail Lease on terms specified in the notification; or
Inform the Tenant that the Landlord does not propose to offer renewal or extension of the Retail Lease.
Negotiating and drafting the terms of a Retail Lease can be quite a daunting task and it requires the right legal advice to ensure that your interests, whether they be as a Landlord or a Tenant, are protected. The experienced, friendly and professional team at Access Law Group can assist you with this process and help you to ensure that the terms as a party to a Retail Lease are as favourable as possible.
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Commercial vehicle dealer named among best in the world
ETS Truck & Van in Poole has been named among the best MAN dealers in the world
A COMMERCIAL vehicle dealership has been named one of the top 20 in the world.
ETS Truck & Van, at Witney Road, Poole, took part in the MAN Service Quality Awards, which involve service outlets across the globe.
Dealers take part in a series of qualification rounds involving online questions, mystery shoppers and then theory-based and practical exercises in Germany for the finalists.
Of 1,500 MAN dealers worldwide, 700 companies entered the 2019 competition and no other British companies made the final. ETS was awarded 20th place worldwide.
Director Darren Gale said: "To be the only representative from the UK to make it to not just the final event but successfully make it through the first and second rounds means a lot to all of us.
"We are flying the flag for every MAN dealer within the UK and to highlight that we have an abun-dance of skilled technicians and office staff represents the heartbeat of the business."
The Service Quality Award is centred on team performance, company skillsets and quality delivery. It is a way to monitor service as well as a benchmark for customer satisfaction.
Ryan Parker, parts manager at ETS, said: "Bringing what we do every day into a competitive environment was a completely different experience for all of us. For instance, we had to identify genuine and non-genuine parts, take part in blindfold tests as well as a practical examination where we had to identify the faults on the bus and truck test.
"It brought us together and to show the rest of the world that a company from Poole can go head to head with anyone."


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The Bitter And The Sweet: Finding Opportunity in the Life Cycle of Erosion
National Geographic Young Explorer Alizé Carrère is researching an innovative method of agricultural adaptation in the Malagasy highlands that has emerged in the face of severe deforestation. Known to locals as "lavaka", literally meaning "hole", they are massive erosional gullies that provide surprising agricultural and socio-economic benefits, turning a deforested landscape into one of opportunity,...
A largely stabilized, inactive lavaka above a homestead – colonized by both natural and farmer-planted tree growth processes. Photo: Alizé Carrère
National Geographic Young Explorer Alizé Carrère is researching an innovative method of agricultural adaptation in the Malagasy highlands that has emerged in the face of severe deforestation. Known to locals as "lavaka", literally meaning "hole", they are massive erosional gullies that provide surprising agricultural and socio-economic benefits, turning a deforested landscape into one of opportunity, not hardship.
If I had to give my title as a qualitative, social science researcher in remote agricultural areas another name, I'd opt for something along the lines of 'Farmer Therapist'.
Once Malagasy farmers get past the initial surprise that I'm not in their villages to preach or teach the ways of the vazaha (white person), arriving instead with the intention of learning their ways of managing life in the bush, the floodgates holding back feelings of despair, frustration, anticipation, and hope swing open.
In other words, it is a lot of hours of story time. And from those stories, it is then my job to extract important details, pry further on certain comments, decode spiritual and mystical references, understand farmers' mental maps, and offer hugs and handkerchiefs when things get emotional (ok not really, but I sometimes feel that urge – life in the bush is no walk in the park).
Ultimately, I will string together these narratives, accompanied by the methods and practices I witness out on their fields, and produce something that translates it all into credible research.
Farmers speak about their experiences managing and living with lavaka. Photo: Jovial S.
On the topic of lavaka, there turns out to be quite a lot of emotion and opinion coming from the farmers who live among them. From what I've encountered during my first few weeks of field work, the variation in their assessments is largely tied to one important distinction.
There is a difference between younger, active lavaka, and older, inactive lavaka. When a lavaka first forms, an incredible volume of soil detaches itself from the hillside and dumps on the land below – this is what gives that impressive scar-like image on the landscape. For what can be up to decades, this raw exposure of steeply sloped, non-vegetated soil is then greatly susceptible to continued erosion, particularly during the rainy season.
Active lavaka are very detrimental to rice farmers who maintain paddies on valley floors. If a lavaka forms, the volume of soil that gets deposited can silt up entire rice fields, destroying crops and generations' worth of physical labor. I spoke with many farmers in villages around the Lake Aloatra region who are currently suffering from the wrath of heavily active lavaka that force them to abandon fields altogether. Their stories are disheartening, often ending with pleads for expertise on how to help.
A fresh, highly active lavaka cut. The rice fields below this lavaka had been abandoned by the farmer due to massive sand/soil deposits. He was beginning stabilization efforts at the base of this lavaka by planting aloe plants and fruit trees. Photo: Alizé Carrère
Inactive lavaka are those that are much older and that have been stabilized by the establishment of trees and other vegetation. This is where my research begins – and where the stories take on a more positive tone.
If left on their own, lavaka will eventually become stabilized via natural tree and shrub colonization processes – even if it takes several decades. This is viewed spectacularly from aerial photos, where clusters of dense woody vegetation are often seen within more mature formations.
In recent years, however, the alarmingly accelerated rate at which lavaka are forming in the highlands has prompted many farmers to take up their own concerted stabilization efforts, planting fruit trees and hardy plants that can withstand, and eventually halt, erosion. Many farmers who do this will then harvest what they can from these trees and plants in the meantime, including wood for charcoal, fruit, and various other forest products for consumption or for sale. Annual and perennial crops are also sometimes planted among the trees.
In conversing with farmers who were dealing with much older, already stabilized lavaka on their land, things sounded even more promising. Most said that their fields at the outflow of inactive, mature lavaka were far more fertile than those at greater distances, and that fertilizer inputs were no longer needed. They attributed this to the natural funneling effect of water and light soil nutrients coming down from the stabilized lavaka.
A collection of much older, inactive lavaka formations creating a fertile agricultural valley among their outflows. Photo: Alizé Carrère
For now, it is not yet entirely clear to me whether farmers practicing agriculture and agro-forestry in lavaka do it more for reasons of stabilizing erosion or because it does indeed provide ideal conditions for growing crops. My understanding thus far is that it is some combination of both, depending on what phase of the lavaka life cycle the farmer is dealing with.
What is certain, however, is that maturing lavaka have the potential to provide farmers with opportunities for increased food security and environmental management over time – even if it occurs on time scales that spread across multiple generations. While we might call that a silver lining, I particularly enjoy the Malagasy way of putting it:
Ao anatin'ny mangidy no ahitana ny mamy – It is in the bitterness that you can find the sweet.
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Alizé Carrère
Alizé Carrère is National Geographic Explorer researching human adaptability to environmental change. She began her research in the highlands of Madagascar, uncovering an innovative method of agricultural adaptation that has emerged in the face of severe deforestation. Known to locals as "lavaka", literally meaning "hole", they are massive erosional gullies that provide surprising agricultural and socio-economic opportunities on an otherwise deforested landscape. She is now working on a series of short films that showcase remarkable human resilience and creativity in the face of environmental change. Alizé obtained her B.A. and M.Sc. from McGill University, and is currently pursuing her PhD at the University of Miami in Ecosystem Science and Policy.