The frequent reference to financial and transportation barriers as the primary issues impacting accessing many of the service categories discussed with participants is particularly troubling. It is unclear whether clients were referring to financial and transportation barriers as keeping them from accessing services like dental care without Ryan White assistance, or whether financial barriers and transportation barriers were present even when receiving services through the Ryan White system. Future needs assessments will be designed to draw a distinction between these two cases, in order to develop a better understanding of true barriers to care.
Two other recurring barriers were participants not knowing the service was available, and information about the service was not available in the client's language. This has guided the development of the service system improvement goal of increasing client self-advocacy by making clients aware, at intake and reassessment, of available services and resources in their area.
Historically, participants have reported a high unmet need for Health Insurance assistance, which was also reflected in the 2009 needs assessment. However, more recently a few rural providers have reported difficulties in expending their full Health Insurance Assistance allocation, though no clients were denied services and funds were eventually expended before the end of the contract year. While lagging utilization may be attributable in part to clients being unaware that the service is available, this may also reflect economic and employment changes in the country since the 2009 needs assessment. As clients, and the general population experience increasing difficulty finding secure, full-time employment that includes benefits, the need for assistance with maintaining health insurance through an employer decreases. This trend does not account for the continuing need for assistance with health insurance payments in all HSDAS, and the particularly high need for health insurance assistance in the Austin HSDA, which is so great that a waiver to restrict eligible services was submitted for the 2011-2012 and 2012-2013 grant years, despite significant reallocations and the addition of supplemental funding. Current levels of utilization indicate that this waiver will be necessary for the foreseeable future in order to ensure continued client access to any form of health insurance assistance in the Austin HSDA.
There has traditionally been a division between HIV care services and prevention activities, extending largely from varying funding sources and a focus on prevention among high risk individuals who are HIV negative, but DSHS' recent development of the Texas HIV Plan as a comprehensive coordinated response encompassing aspects of both treatment and prevention is an encouraging step for bridging this divide. In the past, the Health Education / Risk Reduction category was funded in the CTHASA to educate PLWHA about transmission risk reduction strategies. As the costs of medical and other core services have continued to rise, lower priority, non-core service categories like Health Education / Risk Reduction have been defunded out of necessity to continue providing quality medical treatment and support services for PLWHA in Central Texas. DSHS' increasing inclusion of both HIV care services and prevention is promising for the eventual restoration of prevention-related HIV services activities in the CTHASA.
At the administrative agency level, BVCOG is currently providing support and guidance to one provider who is working to pilot a program that incorporates prevention staff working at the agency in the regular risk assessment activities performed by case managers. These prevention staff members have the training and experience necessary to quickly build rapport with clients and have candid conversations with clients about risk behaviors. As this pilot program progresses, BVCOG may utilize successful portions of this strategy to foster better working relationships between HIV service agencies and prevention bodies. However, changes in the funding environment have resulted in the Bryan-College Station and San Angelo HSDAs no longer being State funded for prevention services. This will require BVCOG and the subcontracted agencies in these HSDAs to for innovative and pragmatic opportunities to increase coordination of prevention activities.
The needs assessment survey tool does not include questions about sexual practices, partners, serostatus disclosure, or intravenous drug equipment sharing, potential transmission to others, or about practices that may exacerbate participants' own infection. These topics are difficult for many clients to discuss candidly with their medical providers and case managers, much less via telephone contact with a researcher. For this reason, there are no findings available for presentation on these particular issues. Future needs assessments will inquire about prevention through less threatening avenues, such as asking clients what they feel most PLWHA would like to know about preventing transmission to partners. However, when asked about the need for outreach programs, 20% of needs assessment survey respondents reported needing this service at 58% of all respondents reported that this service was available. Common responses as to what types of outreach are needed in the CTHASA included more education programs, testing resources, HIV awareness programs and increased condom access.
The needs of clients go beyond the services that BVCOG directly funds. To help meet these needs and maximize limited funding, BVCOG solicits updated resource lists from subcontracted agencies on an annual basis to assess the current care and treatment resources for PLWHA in each HSDA. The following resource inventory is a compilation of information taken from these lists, along with resources funded through Ryan White and State Services. The resources below cover the ten service categories that participants in the 2009 comprehensive needs assessment reported as the most used and needed. Though ranking high among the most important and most needed services to clients in the 2009 needs assessment, Emergency Financial Assistance is omitted below due to the problematic nature of identifying exactly what clients need under this service category. However, this need may often be met through faith-based communities in the HSDAs, a source that is considerably more flexible than BVCOG. It is important to note that many of these resources do not specifically serve PLWHA, meaning that clients utilizing these resources often must compete with other populations in need.
Ambulatory / Outpatient Medical Care: The David Powell Community Health Center in Austin is the main source of primary medical care for PLWHA in the Austin HSDA. The clinic is part of the Austin/Travis County Community Health Centers, a group of federally qualified health centers, with 17 total sites. The David Powell Community Health Center is designed solely for PLWHA, and is accessible by public or private transportation. A clinic at Community Action Inc. of Hays, Caldwell, and Blanco Counties is available for PLWHA residing in the rural areas around Travis County, and who are uninsured and not eligible for any other insurance program. This clinic is also accessible by public and private transportation. Specialty care providers, including infectious disease physicians and OB/GYNs, are available to PLWHA in Austin at many hospitals and community clinics.
AIDS Pharmaceutical Assistance: The David Powell Community Health Center has an on-site pharmacy and is able to fill many prescriptions, serving the bulk of the clients. The pharmacy also has the benefit of 340B status, allowing medications to be purchased at significantly lower costs, the savings of which are passed on to clients. The Community Action clinic also has a pharmacy, but is limited in the prescriptions it can fill and is geared towards clients of a family planning program. Clients may also choose a pharmacy to fill their prescriptions, if the BVCOG contracted provider makes payment arrangements in advance. Such arrangements exist throughout Austin, San Marcos, and the surrounding areas. Community Action is also negotiating arrangements with a local mail order pharmacy and the Wal-Mart Specialty Pharmacy to have ART/HAART and other medications shipped to clients at no additional cost. Initial client feedback indicates that this is a highly favorable option for clients to obtain their medications.
Oral Health: The Jack Sansing Dental Clinic at AIDS Services Austin (ASA) is the primary dental provider for PLWHA in the Austin HSDA. ASA coordinates care with the David Powell Community Health Center, Community Action Inc. and a number of other local AIDS service organizations to serve all clients in the HSDA.
Case Management: Though not currently funded for Medical Case Management through BVCOG, David Powell Community Health Center offers this service to clients. Non-Medical Case Management is provided by two BVCOG-contracted agencies in the Austin HSDA. AIDS Services Austin receives Ryan White Part A and MAI to provide case management services primarily to residents of the five county Austin TGA. Community Action (which has offices in Elgin, Georgetown, and San Marcos) and Wright House Wellness Center (located in Austin) share case management of clients in ten counties of the Austin HSDA. Any clients that receive Section 8 housing assistance from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) must have a housing case manager, provided by HUD.
Substance Abuse Treatment and Mental Health: The Austin/Travis County Mental Health/Mental Retardation (MHMR) Community AIDS Resources and Education (CARE) program provides mental health and substance abuse treatment, specifically targeting out-of-care and difficult to reach populations. They have a location on the east side of the city in a high prevalence area, in addition to a program for people recently released from incarceration. Waterloo Counseling Center in Austin specializes in Gay, Lesbian, Bi-sexual, and Transgendered issues, and provides both mental health counseling and psychosocial support group services to residents of the Austin HSDA.
Food Bank: The Austin resource guidebook published by the Austin Area Comprehensive HIV Planning Council lists over 50 food bank resources in the ten county Austin HSDA. Some require a referral from another agency, while others allow clients to access the food bank on their own. Community Action provides vouchers to grocery stores through its Food Bank allocation so clients may purchase food on their own. ASA operates a food bank specifically for PLWHA residing in the Austin HSDA, but the client must have a case manager at one of the AIDS service organizations in the HSDA, be HIV positive and symptomatic, and provide medical information from their provider to be eligible for assistance.
Housing: The Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA) grant program from HUD provides short term, emergency housing assistance, and long term rental assistance. A person seeking assistance from HOPWA must first apply for Section 8 Housing Assistance through HUD. HOPWA funds may be used if the applicant is ineligible, wait listed, or unable to begin Section 8 assistance for any other reason. For those clients who are able to get on the wait list for Section 8 assistance, the wait time can be as long as four years. Project Transitions provides transitional housing (as well as hospice) for PLWHA in the Austin area. The Austin HSDA has a variety of other housing arrangements including homeless shelters and community centers /community housing. The Austin Area Comprehensive HIV Planning Council resource guidebook identifies 25 organizations that provide services and referrals related to housing. Habitat for Humanity may also be another source of housing assistance.
Transportation: Bus passes, gas vouchers, taxi vouchers and rides from case managers are available to PLWHA in Austin. The public transit system in Austin includes Capitol Metro buses that run throughout the city, as well as MetroAccess, which provided transportation for individuals with disabilities preventing them from riding on the Capitol Metro lines. For those residents outside of the city, gas vouchers, taxi vouchers, and rides from case managers are available for medical and support service related appointments. The Capital Area Rural Transportation System (CARTS) provides transportation to and from Austin for individuals living in the rural counties of the HSDA. Clients enrolled in Medicaid are eligible to use Medicaid transportation.
Outpatient /Ambulatory Medical Care: The Brazos Valley Community Action Agency (BVCAA) is a federally qualified health center (FQHC) with eight sites available to provide primary care to all low-income residents of the Brazos Valley, including PLWHA. For specialty care needs relating to HIV, most PLWHA in the HSDA receive treatment from an infectious disease specialist in his private practice. This provider currently has a MOU with the contracted provider (Project Unity) to provide services at a negotiated rate. Clients are also able to choose their own physician, as long as payment arrangements can be made between the physician and contracted provider, Project Unity. TAMU Physicians/Family Medicine Clinic is a residency program in the Bryan area that sees patients for primary care on a sliding fee scale. The Health for All clinic sees patients who do not qualify for private insurance or Medicare/Medicaid.
AIDS Pharmaceutical Assistance: The BVCAA clinic has a pharmacy available to fill prescriptions for patients of the clinic. Clients of the contracted provider who are not patients at the BVCAA clinic may also choose another local pharmacy to have prescriptions filled, as long as payment arrangements between the pharmacy and contracted provider are made in advance. The contracted agency has many such arrangements in place on a continuing basis.
Oral Health: Dental services are available at the BVCAA FQHC dental clinic, but are limited in capacity. The subcontractor currently has an MOU in place with a local dentist to provide basic dental services at a negotiated rate. Clients requiring more advanced and costly procedures are referred to the Bering Dental Clinic in Houston, which provides care at a reduced or free rate.
Case Management: Medical Case Management and Non-Medical Case Management services are provided by one agency located in Bryan, Texas. For those receiving Section 8 housing assistance, housing case management is offered by HUD.
Substance Abuse Treatment: The Brazos Valley Council on Alcohol and Substance Abuse (BVCASA) is the primary source of both inpatient and outpatient substance abuse treatment. Inpatient substance abuse treatment for residents of the Bryan – College Station HSDA is available at the Freeman Center in Waco. Scott & White hospital also has an outpatient substance abuse treatment program in the Bryan/College Station HSDA that is available for those with third party/private insurance.
Mental Health: The Brazos Valley MHMR is able to see people with severe psychosis or other extreme cases only, due to a lack of capacity. The contracted case management agency has an MOU with a counselor to lead support groups and provide individual counseling on a fee for service basis.
Food Bank: The Brazos Valley Food Bank sells food only to agencies in the Brazos Valley; PLWHA are not able to access it directly. The contracted provider receives food from the Brazos Food Bank and makes it available to clients.
Housing: The Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA) grant program provides short term, emergency housing assistance, and long term rental assistance. A person seeking assistance from HOPWA must first apply for Section 8 Housing Assistance through HUD. HOPWA funds may be used if the applicant is ineligible, wait listed, or unable to begin Section 8 assistance for any other reason. BVCAA and the Community Housing Development Organization partner to provide affordable housing for low-income and special needs households. Phoebe's Home is provides emergency housing/temporary shelter for women and their children. Twin City Mission has programs to assist residents in obtaining stable housing and also functions as a homeless shelter. The Brazos Valley Affordable Housing Corporation can assist people with purchasing their own home, geared towards those with low incomes, and poor or no credit history.
Transportation: The Brazos Transit System operates a bus system within the Bryan – College Station area, as well as the Medicaid bus. The Retired Senior Volunteer Program and the BVCAA Elder Aid Program provides transportation assistance to older residents. The BVCOG-funded case management agency can also provide assistance to clients for medical and support service appointments when other resources are unavailable. Assistance from the provider includes bus passes, taxi vouchers, and gas vouchers, as well as rides to appointments using an agency vehicle.
Health Insurance: There is not an insurance pool available specifically for PLWHA. There are some government programs that PLWHA may qualify for, including Medicaid, Medicare, and County Indigent Health Care programs. Case managers assist clients in determining eligibility and applying for these programs at entry into services, or as needed. Privately purchased individual policies for PLWHA are not common, however, some PLWHA do have individually purchased or employer sponsored private insurance or COBRA. Assistance with premiums, co-payments, and co-insurance is available through the BVCOG-funded provider.
Outpatient /Ambulatory Medical Care: The contracted provider, Shannon Supportive Health Services, is part of a medical center in San Angelo that provides primary medical care for PLWHA in the HSDA.
AIDS Pharmaceutical Assistance: Clients may select a pharmacy at which to fill their prescriptions if payment arrangements are made in advance between the pharmacy and the contracted provider.
Oral Health: The BVCOG-funded agency has a contract in place with a local dentist to provide care to most of the clients in the area.
Case Management: The contracted provider is the primary source of Medical and Non-Medical Case Management for PLWHA in the HSDA. Healthcare Continuum is an agency that offers case management to people with disabilities. Those receiving Section 8 housing assistance receive housing case management from HUD.
Substance Abuse Treatment: The Alcohol and Drug Abuse Council of Concho Valley has a variety of resources available for substance abuse treatment. Additional resources include Rivercrest Hospital for in- and out-patient substance abuse treatment, Sara's House and the West Texas Recovery Center also offer treatment services, and William's House is a sober living facility for those in recovery.
Mental Health: The MHMR authority in the San Angelo area is only able to see severe cases due to a lack of capacity. Samaritan Pastoral Counseling offers counseling services. Shannon Behavioral Health Services, part of the local hospital, offers a range of mental health services as well. The contracted case management agency has also established fee for service arrangements with local mental health counselors.
Food Bank: The contracted provider assists clients by purchasing food from the Concho Valley Regional Food Bank and delivering the food to clients. The Concho Valley regional food bank is accessible by anyone in the area, as is Project Dignidad, another local food bank. Meals for the Elderly is a food assistance program geared towards those over 65.
Housing: The Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA) grant provides short term, emergency housing assistance, and long term rental assistance. A person seeking assistance from HOPWA must first apply for Section 8 Housing Assistance through HUD. HOPWA funds may be used if the applicant is ineligible, wait listed, or unable to begin Section 8 assistance for any other reason. Other community resources include William's House, a sober living facility that combines housing assistance and substance abuse recovery, and Christmas in April, which offers emergency housing assistance and home rebuilding services.
Transportation: The Concho Valley Council of Governments operates the regional transportation system and offers reduced rate bus passes to local agencies (TRANSA Urban for city use and Thunderbird Rural for individuals outside San Angelo city limits). Medicaid transportation is available to those with Medicaid, and the contracted provider offers bus passes, gas vouchers and taxi vouchers for medical and supportive services appointments when other sources are unavailable.
Health Insurance: There is not an insurance pool available specifically for PLWHA. There are some government programs that PLWHA may qualify for, including Medicaid, Medicare, and County Indigent Health Care programs. Case managers assist clients in determining eligibility and applying for these programs at entry into services, or as needed. Privately purchased individual policies for PLWHA are not common, however, some PLWHA do have individually purchased or employer sponsored private insurance or COBRA. Assistance with premiums, co-payments, and co-insurance are available through the contracted provider.
Outpatient /Ambulatory Medical Care: Temple, Texas is home to Scott & White Memorial Hospital (S&W). The hospital provides a large amount of primary and specialty medical care free of charge to PLWHA in the Temple – Killeen HSDA. To qualify for free or reduced cost care, the patient must meet with the hospital's social worker to determine eligibility. The Scott & White Infectious Disease department provides HIV care to PLWHA. A Veterans Affairs hospital is also located in Temple for clients who are veterans or active duty military. . The Temple Community Free Clinic and the Greater Killeen Free Clinic also provide primary medical care. Metroplex hospital is another source of ambulatory care.
AIDS Pharmaceutical Assistance: The S&W Pharmacy can assist patients with accessing low to no cost medications, depending on income. The contracted provider, Central Texas Support Services, also makes payment arrangements with pharmacies throughout the HSDA for clients to fill prescriptions. Oral Health: Scott & White Dental Clinic provides much of the dental care for PLWHA in the HSDA, though the contracted provider is also exploring partnerships with other dental providers in the area.
Case Management: The contracted agency provides Non-Medical Case Management, Scott and White provides Medical Case Management through their Infectious Disease department, and those who receive Section 8 housing assistance also receive housing case management from HUD.
Substance Abuse Treatment: The Central Texas Alcoholic Rehabilitation Center is available for alcohol abuse treatment. The contracted agency has agreements with substance abuse treatment facilities Christian Farms, Meadows House, and Word of Life to take client referrals.
Mental Health: Central Counties Center for MHMR, Scott & White Mental Health Clinic, and Counselors of Texas all provide low or no-cost mental health services to PLWHA in the Temple-Killeen area. Referrals to these care resources have been so successful that additional funding for the provider to arrange private counseling for clients is not necessary.
Food Bank: The Temple, Killeen, Cameron and Bell County HELP (Health, Education, Leadership and Progress) Centers refer individuals to area food banks for assistance. There are several community-based organizations and charities in the area that operate food pantries and provide clothing and emergency financial assistance. The contracted provider also uses BVCOG funding to purchase nutritional supplements for clients.
Housing: The Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA) grant program provides short term, emergency housing assistance, and long term rental assistance. A person seeking assistance from HOPWA must first apply for Section 8 Housing Assistance through HUD. HOPWA funds may be used if the applicant is ineligible, wait listed, or unable to begin Section 8 assistance for any other reason. Families in Crisis provides emergency housing assistance. Martha's Kitchen and Cove House both provide food and shelter for individuals who are homeless.
Health Insurance: There is not an insurance pool available specifically for PLWHA. There are some government programs that PLWHA may qualify for, including Medicaid, Medicare, and County Indigent Health Care programs. Case managers assist clients in determining eligibility and applying for these programs at entry into services, or as needed. Privately purchased individual policies for PLWHA are not common however, some PLWHA do have individually purchased or employer sponsored private insurance or COBRA. Assistance with premiums, co-payments, and co-insurance are available through the contracted provider.
In addition to the contracted provider in Waco there is a charitable organization, the McLennan County AIDS/HIV Resources and Education Services (McCARES), which can assist PLWHA with emergency needs. If the contracted provider is unable to fulfill a need due to funding issues or other programmatic reasons, McCARES is generally able to assist.
Outpatient /Ambulatory Medical Care: The Family Practice Center in Waco is a federally qualified health center (FQHC) that sees patients on a sliding fee scale; due to capacity issues, they limit eligibility to residents of McLennan County. Primary care is also available through the Hillcrest and Providence health care systems in Waco and the Falls County Hospital and Clinic in Falls County. Those with HIV/AIDS outside of McLennan County are able to use Scott & White in Temple for HIV care. The Waco / McLennan County Public Health District (WMCPHD) can provide vaccination services through its immunization clinic.
AIDS Pharmaceutical Assistance: FQHC pharmacies are able to fill prescriptions for clients of the clinic. The provider also has existing payment relationships with several pharmacies used regularly by clients.
Oral Health: The WMCPHD dental unit is consulted first for clients. For residents that live outside McLennan County or have an existing relationship with an oral health care provider, payment arrangements can be made between the contracted provider and a dentist.
Case Management: The contracted provider, WMCPHD HIV/AIDS Services, is funded for Medical and Non-medical Case Management. Those receiving Section 8 housing assistance receive housing case management from HUD.
Substance Abuse Treatment: The Freeman Center is the primary source of in- and out-patient substance abuse treatment.
Mental Health: Due to a lack of capacity, the MHMR agency in Waco is only able to see clients with extreme need, such as debilitating psychosis or other similar problems. The Providence DePaul Center provides mental health services for at a reduced fee or for free for indigent individuals referred by MHMR.
Food Bank: CARITAS is a large community food bank that serves residents of the City of Waco. The Red Door is a food pantry that specifically serves PLWHA. Meals and Wheels delivers food to seniors and people with disabilities living in the HSDA. The contracted provider also receives a Food Bank allocation to purchase nutritional supplements to distribute to clients with a documented need.
Housing: The Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA) grant program provides short term, emergency housing assistance, and long term rental assistance. A person seeking assistance from HOPWA must first apply for Section 8 Housing Assistance through HUD. HOPWA funds may be used if the applicant is ineligible, wait listed, or unable to begin Section 8 assistance for any other reason. Falls County Samaritan Aid provides emergency housing assistance for residents of Falls County. The provider has also established relationships with several apartment complexes that determine client rent payments using a sliding fee scale based on income.
Transportation: County transportation systems, primarily busses, are available. Falls County Samaritan Aid will assist Falls county residents with transportation to medical appointments. The provider can also assist clients by distributing bus passes, gas, or taxi vouchers to use for medical appointments and supportive services when other resources are not available. Meals and Wheels also provides transportation to seniors and people with disabilities living in the HSDA.
Health Insurance: There is not an insurance pool available specifically for PLWHA. There are some government programs that PLWHA may qualify for, including Medicaid, Medicare, and County Indigent Health Care programs. Case managers assist clients in determining eligibility and applying for these programs at entry into services, or as needed. Privately purchased individual policies for PLWHA are not common however, some PLWHA do have individually purchased or employer sponsored private insurance or COBRA. Assistance with premiums, co-payments, and co-insurance is available through the contracted provider.


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Home Lifestyle Suspected killer of woman evangelist, 18 others paraded
Suspected killer of woman evangelist, 18 others paraded
The Oyo State Police Command has paraded one Olaniyi Abegunde, 34, for allegedly killing of a woman evangelist with the Christ Apostolic Church, Oke Imole, Agbeni, Ibadan, Mrs Grace Ajibola.
Abegunde, who is a house painter, allegedly attacked Ajibola at her Oluyole residence on Tuesday, March 17, 2020, and went away with some of her belongings, including three Automated Teller Machine cards.
During the parade of suspected criminals at the state police command headquarters, Eleyele, Ibadan, on Tuesday, the Commissioner of Police, Shina Olukolu, said Abegunde was an errand boy to the victim.
The CP stated, "Abegunde attacked the woman with a wooden object, strangled her and later stole her Tecno mobile phone and three ATM cards, having discovered about N2m in the victim's account, when she sent him to withdraw money for her.
"The suspect was later arrested in his hideout in Akure, the Ondo State capital. Upon interrogation, he confessed to the crime and explained how he withdrew the sum of N120,000 from the victim's account."
Abegunde, a resident of the Apata area of Ibadan, said, "I am a painter and I just got married. My wife is pregnant. I had not killed anybody before now. I have no criminal record. I am from Otun-Ekiti in Ekiti State.
I met the woman (Ajibola) when I painted her house. This made her to like me. I have been with her for about a year now; I used to run errands for her, such as saving money, buying foodstuffs and so on.
"I knew she was rich. I don't have parents and I don't move with bad gangs. I know two of her children. One lives in Ibadan, while the other lives in Lagos. She was not the only one I used to run errands for. I run errands for other elderly people, because I like them.
I strangled the woman in her home in the morning. The child, who was living with her, had gone to school when I perpetrated the act. I don't know what actually came over me when I killed her."
Other suspected criminals, who were paraded, included a gang of kidnappers, who allegedly also engaged in robbery.
Members of the gang are Ibrahim Mohammed, aka Dogo, 39; Kasimu Salisu, 27; Buhari Musa, 35; Folorunso Elijah; and one other, simply called Shago.
It was gathered that Mohammed and his cronies abducted Mrs Omobola Adepoju and her sister, Abiodun Ifeoluwa, from a poultry farm in Badeku village, Egbeda area of Ibadan on March 16, 2020.
The sisters are daughters of a former Director of Sports, old Western State, and Proprietor, Subuola Memorial Nursery/Primary School, Ibadan, the late Chief Emiola Adesina.
According to Olukolu, the hoodlums dispossessed the sisters of an undisclosed amount of money, their mobile telephones and other personal effects after taking them to an unknown location.
The CP said the hoodlums released the women after the payment of an undisclosed ransom, adding that items recovered from the suspects included five Bajaj motorcycles, which they used for operations, and N730,000.
Also in the police net are Usman Umar, 24; Shaibu Haruna, 20; Lawal Haruna; Usman Haruna, 28; and Aliyu Mohammed, 18, who allegedly specialised in robbery and kidnapping in Oyo town and its environs.
They were said to have attacked one Mrs Mary Oyeladun, and her daughter, Deborah, at their residence on Bode Thomas Estate, Oyo, with guns, cutlasses and other weapons on March 17, 2020.
The police said the hoodlums went away with Mary's mobile phone, an undisclosed amount of money and her Toyota Camry car with number plate JBL 204 SA, and also took her to an unknown destination.
"The hoodlums contacted her husband, Rev. Israel Dada, and demanded ransom. A team of SARS operatives later rescued the victim after her husband had paid the sum of N1m as ransom," the CP stated
Other suspects paraded were three armed robbers, who allegedly specialised in snatching commercial motorcycles.
They were said to have armed themselves with guns on April 7, 2020, and dispossessed one Kabiru Adewole of his TVS motorcycle at a desolate spot in the Agodi area of Ibadan.
The victim raised the alarm, which attracted a team of SARS operatives on routine patrol. Two of the suspected robbers were arrested at the scene, while the other escaped with the stolen motorcycle. One double-barrelled pistol and three cartridges were recovered from the suspects," Olukolu said.
The CP, who lamented that some of his men were wounded in the course of operation, warned members of the public against raising false alarms about robbery operations in the state as this could easily dampen the morale of the security agents.
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Video: Texas doctors witnessed protesters paid in cash to disrupt Kavanaugh hearing
On Tuesday, Real Clear Politics reported that author and commentator Adam W. Schindler interviewed three Texas doctors who claimed they witnessed protesters being paid in cash as they waited in line to attend the contentious hearing for Judge Brett Kavanaugh.
Real Clear Politics posted a partial transcript of the video:
ADAM W. SCHINDLER: We are here in the line for the public tickets at the Supreme Court hearing in Washington D.C…. day one… there has been a little bit of chaos here, some interesting things were going on on the line… These are not random protests, and we've got some eyewitnesses here to tell you what happened in line this morning in D.C.
TOM SCHLUETER, TEXAS: Hello, I'm Dr. Tom Schlueter from Texas, we came here to participate in the hearings, to get in the line. They told us to be here at 8:00, 8:30 at the latest, to get in line to go inside and hear the hearings. We got here at about 8:15 and there was already 100 people in line, and most of them would be probably classified by me as 'opposing everything going on with Judge Kavanaugh,' and so we began to see a process of things unfolding as we were standing in line that kept the line from going ahead.
One thing was there were people who had come along… who had a bag of money, and people would hand them a piece of paper, and then they would give them money. So we know money was exchanged for some of the people to be here, just to protest.
There was no depth to what their understanding, they were just here to be a disruption, protesters. They were actually told, we heard them say this, 'when you go in, we want you to yell, to scream, and even possibly to get arrested.' So that was some of the processes we saw happening…
DOCTOR CHRIS DUNDAS, CORPUS CHRISTI: Hey guys, I'm Dr. Chris Dundas from Corpus Christi in Texas, we're up here for these hearings. I gotta tell you, it was very sad. This is a very time-honored institution in the past, and these young people (mostly young people, but some old people) they seem to have no heartfelt convictions about why they are here. If you have to pay somebody to protest, that's a good tell… Being arrested and being proud of it. Some women came back from these hearings and they seemed disappointed they were not arrested…
DOCTOR BURTON PURVIS, ARLINGTON: Good afternoon, I'm doctor Morton Purvis from Arlington. This experience I shared with these other three guys was quite an enlightening one. I took off my credentials and walked among the people to get more information and be more acceptable to those around us. It was quite interesting as we listened to their attitudes and actions about why they were here and what they wanted to do.
Schindler also posted a photo showing proof protesters were paid off:
Proof the protestors were paid off in line. #Kavanaugh #ConfirmKavanaugh #ActivismInAction pic.twitter.com/hMLpP4zWPn
— Adam W. Schindler (@AdamSchindler) September 4, 2018
As we and others reported, a number of protesters, including Islamist Linda Sarsour, were arrested at the hearing. Reports also indicated Senate Democrats, led by Chuck Schumer, plotted to disrupt the hearing, but it's not known if they were part of this effort. According to Schindler, the activists were paid by anti-Trump groups.
"I respect their right to pay people to exercise free speech. But make no mistake, these disruptive views are not representative at most of America. They are paid political operatives working at the direction of their superiors, not the people," Schindler said on YouTube.
Here's the video posted by Schindler:
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Getting to Know Your REALTOR - Molly Nolan Bynre at The Shanahan Group series and that you've been learning more about the dynamic and knowledgeable team who make up Better Homes and Gardens The Shanahan Group. This week, we're pleased to present Molly Nolan Byrne. A native of Winchester, Molly currently resides in Wayland, with her husband, Darin and two (soon to be three!) boys. In addition to being a full time mom and Realtor, Molly and Darin are also renovating their home. Needless to say, keeping all these balls in the air makes Molly one terrific (and energetic) juggler! Growing up in Winchester with my six siblings, we anxiously awaited the EnKa Fair and Town Day as the unofficial kick-off events to summer. After the beautiful fireworks display ends on the evening of Town Day (and what a beauty it was this year!), visions of lazy days at one of Winchester's pools or Borggaard Beach, tennis lessons at the town's Packard Courts, and summer picnics in the Town Common, dance in our heads. Summer in Winchester is a beautiful time to soak up everything the town and its surroundings have to offer. As the mother of two young boys (and an aunt to many more!), I'm always looking for safe and family-centered activities in the area. As a former member of the world-renowned Winchester High School girls soccer team (okay... so maybe I'm a little bit biased...), and wife to one of Winchester's former football team captains (the soccer team was always better!), we appreciate the many children's sports activities and camps throughout the town. On days when the thermometer climbs above 90, we love to sit in the cool Town Library and listen to story time, or stroll through the shady, tree-lined streets on the way to get an ice-cream in the center of town. As a kid growing up in Winchester, while I loved hanging out with my friends during the week, I was happy when the weekend finally rolled around. A short hour-long car ride is all that separated the Nolan clan from Cape Cod, where I spent summers in Bourne, looking for periwinkles, riding bikes ("Don't go past those train tracks!" Nana would yell), and building sandcastles. Whatever you're looking for this summer, this area has it all. I would love the opportunity to show you the town I still consider home to me (and may soon be for you!).


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Vancouver, BC - Camino Minerals Corporation (COR: TSX-V) ("Camino" or the "Company") reports that the Company has granted 1,540,000 incentive stock options to directors, officers, employees and consultants of the Company. The stock options are exercisable for a period of five years at an exercise price of $0.10 per share. The options were granted under and are subject to the terms and conditions of the Company's Stock Option Plan.
Camino is a discovery-oriented mineral exploration company formed in connection with Goldcorp's C$300-million acquisition of Canplats Resources Corp. The Company is led by Canplats' former management and is focused on precious and base metal projects located in Mexico. For more information on Camino's projects, please refer to Camino's website at www.caminominerals.com
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With Hurry-Up Offense and Zurn Products, Orlando's Citrus Bowl Stadium Renovation Completed in Ten Months
Smart Solutions – Winter 2015 Issue
Contractors completed a massive renovation of Orlando's famed Citrus Bowl Stadium in 10 months thanks to Zurn Industries. Zurn was able to engineer and ship customized drainage products and carriers in less than four weeks.
When the scoreboard of the original Orlando Citrus Bowl Stadium was torn down in January 2014, the project team began a hurry-up offense to complete a roughly $200-million renovation in only ten months. Zurn Industries, LLC was drafted to provide its products and to meet the challenges of an expedited project timeline with made-to-order requirements.
Everything below the stadium's upper deck was targeted for demolition and reconstruction to update the storied venue, which opened in 1936. The game plan provides Orlando, FL, a modernized stadium the city can use to host College Football Playoff games, World Cup soccer, and other major entertainment events that require a big, modern venue.
The large-scale renovation included new restrooms, concessions, kitchen facilities, and a team facilities building, as well as locker rooms for athletes and game officials. Zurn products were specified for all of these spaces.
"Zurn's Custom Specification Drainage products and carrier banks were engineered, approved, ordered, and shipped in less than four weeks," said Bill Verdecchia, director of Specification Drainage Product Marketing & Engineering for Zurn.
The roster of products used in this project is lengthy and filled with high-performance veterans, including stainless steel linear floor drains, lavatory and urinal carrier banks, closet carriers, stormwater drainage, custom debris covers, wall hydrants, cleanouts and light-duty grease traps, floor sinks, and floor drain stabilizers.
Plumbing contractors found that using Zurn carriers enabled them to cut the installation time in half for water closets, urinals, and lavatories. They also found that using Zurn products allowed them to prefabricate sturdy units that were then moved to the site and installed with no damage or leaks.
Construction crews worked in 24-hour shifts, and everyone associated with the project was laser-focused on the play clock. Products that allowed for fast, easy installation were essential.
The Citrus Bowl project demonstrates the breadth of engineered water solutions that Zurn provides. "It makes it so much easier for everyone involved to specify, install, and use products that are designed to work as total building systems," said Frank Schaetzke, National Sales Manager for Zurn. "And needless to say, this is a huge building."
Florida Citrus Sports runs major events in the Citrus Bowl. The group was instrumental in getting the stadium renovated.
"Just seeing it in real life, to be able to walk into the bowl—it just blows me away," said Steve Hogan, CEO of Florida Citrus Sports, speaking to the Orlando Sentinel. "Most of the country that would look at bringing business to Orlando has heard about this now, but once they actually come and experience it, I think all bets are off."
The new stadium was unveiled just days before the annual Florida Blue Florida Classic football game November 22, 2014. The stadium hosted the nationally televised Buffalo Wild Wings Citrus Bowl on New Year's Day.
For more information, visit www.zurn.com.
MCAA thanks Zurn Industries for being a benefactor of MCAA 2015.
Prefabricating Zurn carrier systems allowed quick installation of plumbing systems in the modernized Citrus Bowl Stadium. The sturdy prefabricated systems were installed onsite with no damages or leaks.
"Zurn's Custom Specification Drainage products and carrier banks were engineered, approved, ordered, and shipped in less than four weeks," said Bill Verdecchia, director of Specification Drainage Product Marketing & Engineering for Zurn. Here, the prefabricated carriers are waiting to be transported to the Citrus Bowl for installation.
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Chanukah: A Story of Light Prevailing Over Might
The miracle of the Chanukah lights and our mission to make the world a better place for everyone has lasted over 2000 years!
Fiona Prince
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As I write this article about Chanukah, I am struck by the similarities of events in our time with the events of our ancestors. The biblical stories of floods, famine, plagues, wars, political upheavals, and civil unrest could easily make newspaper headlines today. The pandemic and extreme weather effects we are all experiencing makes our return to 'a new normal' seem farther away than any of us could have imagined a year ago. Here we are, at the end of 2021, adapting to difficult circumstances and finding ways to bring light into our troubled world. What keeps us going, I believe, is that there is a brighter future ahead even though it may be difficult to see.
The story behind the story of the Chanukah tells of just such a time, when the future of the Jewish people seemed hopeless. In 199 BCE the Greeks conquered Jerusalem and began to impose a series of laws against the Jewish people and their culture. In the clash of Greek polytheism vs Jewish monotheism, the Greeks had the upper hand. They imposed harsh laws and defiled the Temple. A small group of Jews, the Maccabees, led a revolt against the Greeks that lasted for about two years. They recaptured the Temple, and set about restoring and rededicating it for Jewish worship. The word Chanukah means rededication and it became the name of this holiday.
Strangely, this holiday is not included in the Jewish bible. It appears as almost a footnote in our own scriptures: in Megillat Taanit (the Scroll of Fasting) Chanukah is listed as a holiday when we do not fast; in the Talmud the explanation for Chanukah tells of the miracle of the oil that burned for eight days. In fact, Chanukah is the only Jewish festival that you can read about in non-Jewish sources: Maccabees I and II are part of the Catholic canon, and historians write about this military victory of the Jews as a turning point in history--it was the beginning of the end of the Greek empire and the beginning of the rise of the Roman Empire. It was an event that changed the history of the world.
So why isn't Chanukah and the books of the Maccabees in the Jewish bible? It seems that when our Sages were choosing what to include in our canon, they chose to omit the story of the Maccabees and to focus instead on the restoring of the Temple. Since many celebrations had to be postponed because of the war, the leaders of the Jewish community declared a thanksgiving holiday to make up for the eight-day festival of Sukkot that they had missed in the fall. The holiday became known as Chanukah, which means dedication.
I wonder how we will remember this pandemic time in our history. What stories will be told about the heroes of our time? Will those stories focus on darkness and disruption or on the goodness and compassion that so many people have given to and received from others?
The military victory of the Maccabees over the Greeks lasted only 100 years. In the end, the leaders became as corrupt as their predecessors before the Roman Empire conquered them and destroyed the Temple completely. The miracle of the Chanukah lights and our mission to make the world a better place for everyone has lasted over 2000 years! Which story would you choose to celebrate?
Fiona Prince, MA is a coach and teacher who provides fundamental communication and writing skills through her own company and through Royal Roads Professional & Continuing Studies. Fiona acknowledges that her home and office are located on the traditional territories of the W̱SÁNEĆ and Lkwungen-speaking peoples, on whose traditional territories, she is thankful to live, learn, play, and do her work. She worships at the Chabad Family Shul in Victoria and teaches children and adults how to read Hebrew. Contact her at morahfaiga@princeheron.com if you would like to study with her.
You can read more articles on our interfaith blog, Spiritually Speaking, here - https://www.timescolonist.com/blogs/spiritually-speaking
* This article was published in the print edition of the Times Colonist on Saturday. December 4th 2021
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One day I was fed up. I left the office in the middle of the day and didn't tell my staff where I was going. No one was home and I sat down on the couch and started listing what I could do besides being a pastor: basketball coach, FBI agent, police officer, insurance salesman, and so on. After a few phone calls I realized that my training and experience did not make me a likely candidate for anything other than being a pastor. I returned to the office the next day knowing that if I didn't intentionally change the way I was leading the church, and broadcast it, I would badly misspend my life.
1. Quit teaching a Bible study on Wednesday night composed of veteran church members and start a group in my home for newcomers. This action would give me ten weeks to get to know people who were ready to become apprentices of Jesus. Just to alert you, such decisions are not without a price. There was a reaction, but I cleared the decision with those who attended the sessions; they gave me their blessing. I also cleared the decision with our governing body; they also gave me their blessing. The class was usually attended by fifteen to twenty people; the following Wednesday evening more than seventy-five non-class members crammed into the chapel in protest. It was enough to confirm that I had made the right decision.
2. Concentrate on younger leaders who were hungry to be trained. I had to create a system in which leaders could be identified, trained in that system, and then become teachers in that system. I also had to select leaders who would be willing to meet at 5 a.m. once a week. We formed a group of young men who could argue, learn, and work together for a common cause. By the way, 5 a.m. meetings tend to keep away the spiritual riffraff. By week three the willing are with you, and the unwilling are slobbering into their pillows.
3. Be a disciple-making pastor and start writing about Jesus being a disciple maker. Writing would give me opportunity to think through my ideas and practices. It would also provide material for those I was training and for other leaders who had similar interests.
I made these decisions in 1982; they set my course and have resulted in a meaningful way of life. I have been a voice for discipleship among leaders and their followers around the world. Subsequent crucial turning points have prompted me to refocus my life, but the metrics haven't changed. I still count disciples.
Of course, just because you change actions and get new results doesn't mean you will be happy. I know this because of two things that happened between 1981 and 1984. The first was that I trained a group of about ten men. I spent time with them and taught them how to lead, teach, and, most importantly, think about the world and our role in it. It was a dream come true for me, and those ten men affected hundreds of others then and thousands by now. The second thing was that I was engaged in a spiritual war with various factions in the congregation. The political infighting was intense. People were organizing a rebellion, and my family was attacked. It was a miserable existence.
One night in January 1984 I decided I had to get out of there, and a few weeks later I resigned from the church. I changed my actions and got a new result, but I can't say that I was a happy man. I had been fulfilled in my work with my young leaders; it was the highlight of my week. I loved studying, writing, preaching, and doing pastoral things, but the infighting soured my soul. The reason I left was simple: I could choose to leave and so I did. I would need to learn to stay the course somewhere else, the next time.


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Hillmen Messenger
Lower level football gets less support than Varsity
By Finn Thomas
Messenger Staff Writer
Varsity football games are packed with family and students watching, and supporting the game. However, when it comes to the Junior Varsity and freshmen games, very few come compared to Varsity football game, which is right after Junior Varsity.
Hundreds of Placer students and their families go late Friday night to watch the Varsity team play at the Lefebvre Stadium here on Placer's campus. The games generally start at 7:30 p.m. for Varsity, and a game right before occurs for Junior Varsity at 5:15. Freshman games are on Thursdays. When students start showing up it is not for the Junior Varsity game, but to see and support the Varsity Team.
"I was not on the Junior Varsity team, because my family moved up here from Southern California so I only was at Placer for two years. I played two years on the varsity team," said Rick Solomon, and former Placer football player, for years 1977 and 1978, "I do go to the Junior Varsity games, coach Foley is a friend of mine," Solomon continued.
Many people may not have the time to get to the Junior Varsity games in time, so they just show up to the Varsity.
"I think mostly parents of the kids and some students, but most people can't get there in time for Junior Varsity," Solomon stated who he noticed at the Junior Varsity games, "There is a lot more people that go to the varsity." he concluded.
This situation has gone on for most of time. Students and family want to go to the Varsity game, because they are the highest level, just like people would rather see a Major League Baseball team, rather than a Minor League Baseball Team. Students would prefer the hang out with their friends while everyone is there, which happens to be Varsity games, and not Junior Varsity games, since it is just habit to attend the high level.
"I think it has been the same as far as you know, less people going to the Junior Varsity games," Solomon stated.
It's not just family and students that come and support Varsity games, the band also plays music for the players, and performs a halftime show with the cheerleaders. An option for more support to the Junior Varsity team could be for the band to play at the games, but band students have a set schedule for Friday game nights.
"At 3:05 we meet at the field, then practice from 3:05 to 5:00, then watch a tape of our show that Mr. Lawrenson taped, and discuss it. Then we eat dinner, and change into our uniforms, then meet outside to check our uniforms. After, everyone marches in pairs to the field," said Placer band student Alexandra Buckman.
When they finish this process, it is time for the Varsity game, which they perform at. There is not time in between for the band to play and support for the Junior Varsity, at 5:00.
"When we leave, they come on and start warming up for the game," continued Buckman, stating that after the band finishes practicing for their show, the Junior Varsity team comes to warm up and then continues on to play their game.
Although there is a band period every day in which the students could practice, they need the extra time Friday night for the field show to be at its best.
"If we didn't practice from three to five and eat dinner, then our field show would not be up to par," Buckman concluded.
Varsity games have just been generally more popular, even when Rick Solomon was on the Placer team in 1997 and 1978. If someone was to plan to go to a Placer football game, the would probably prefer to go the highest level football at Placer, in this case, Varsity, rather than the Junior Varsity or Freshman games.
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The Northern Rivers Community Gallery is a community exhibition space created through the refurbishment of the heritage listed former Council Chambers in Ballina.
The gallery provides a centre for the arts and crafts in the region, with four gallery spaces that can be rented for exhibitions and cultural activities, and a learning centre.
The community gallery is managed by a team of 80 volunteers. It fosters community wellbeing through sharing of culture and provides a social activity for the aged community who support the gallery as volunteers.
A solo exhibition by leading Bundjalung artist Digby Moran – featuring artwork from early in his career to his most large-scale canvases.
Where outstanding art meets social purpose.
All money raised goes to support Heartfelt House, an organisation providing support to adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse.
New work and celebrating their 40th anniversary.
Apply to exhibit. Applications are accepted all year round. Next round of applications by COB 24 August 2012 for Feb-Aug 2013.


along with its presenting partner Aditya Birla Group, kicked off the first of its four cities tour at Vadodara. Held on 14th October, 2014 at Surya Palace, Vadodara, The Manufacturing Today Excellence Summit aimed at creating a knowledge based platform where key people from cross sections of the industry could come together and discuss the way forward for Indian manufacturing.
The event was supported by Vadodara Chamber of Commerce (VCCI) and SME Chamber of India. With the German Engineering Federation (VDMA) as the knowledge partners, the summit witnessed a focussed audience of 150.
Another challenge he mentioned is of creating leaders. He said that people limit themselves to the knowledge they have and stop exploring newer areas/avenues to grow. In order to encourage employees to broaden their horizons, he started the trend of compulsory rotation in his company within the purview of manufacturing.
The keynote was followed by a panel discussion on 'Made in India – Manufacturing the way forward'. The contour of the discussion was shaped by Rajesh Nath, MD, VDMA and the panelists comprised an eclectic mix of eminent dignitaries namely Nilesh Shukla, president, VCCI, Ratan Shah, Amit Bhatnagar, MD, Diamond Power Infrastructure, Shirish Divgi, MD, Ferromatik Milacron, Geeta Goradia, MD, Jewel Consumer Care and Ravind Mithe, partner, KPMG.
Shukla started the discussion and though he was enthusiastic about the PMs campaign, he urged the audience to contemplate on the difficulties at hand. "For anything to be successful here, first the mindset has to change. There is too much of corruption everywhere right now and we need a system in place to clear the stumbling blocks. To make the campaign come alive we need to become more productive and for this we need the labour reforms to be redefined.
Skill development is another important area which has to be concentrated on." Taking forward this thread of discussion, Shah ascertained that within the Aditya Birla Group they have a center for higher level learning for senior management, which is based outside Mumbai.
Divgi highlighted the importance of excellence in manufacturing. He mentioned quite candidly how when they started off they were not very good and how excellence was the only way forward. He said that manufacturers in India tend to get complacent when things are going good and he was one of them.
There was another panel discussion in the latter half of the day on 'upgrading competitiveness through process and skill enhancement'. Since, this is such an important topic we shall cover it in detail in the next issue. Do stay tuned in for more.


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Season of Discontent
Unrest in Kashmir reveals the failures of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party
Three people were killed on 12 April after security forces fired on protestors demonstrating against the alleged molestation of a girl by a soldier.
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On 12 April, word spread in Kashmir that a soldier of the 21 Rashtriya Rifles battalion had molested a 16-year-old girl outside a public toilet in Handwara, a town in the north of the valley. The news sparked protests in the town, and the army fired at agitators, killing a middle-aged woman and two young men, one of whom was a promising cricketer.
Mehbooba Mufti, of the Peoples Democratic Party, or PDP, who had been sworn in as the chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir around a week earlier, struggled to contain the crisis. She had faced turbulence as soon as she came to power, when Kashmiri and non-Kashmiri students at the National Institute of Technology in Srinagar clashed over questions of national loyalty. A local newspaper headline the day after the Handwara killings reflected Kashmiris' grim resignation towards those who rule the state: "Army opens kill account for Mehbooba's government."
The government placed Handwara under curfew for a week after the killings, blocking internet services and barring journalists—except for a select few—from the town. But protests raged on. Demonstrators raised slogans against India, ripped an Indian flag off its pole, pelted police and paramilitary personnel with stones, and burnt down an army bunker. Soon after, Mufti, on her first visit to Delhi as chief minister, met the union defence minister, Manohar Parrikar. "He assured me that a probe will be initiated and the culprits will be punished," she said. "At the same time the family"—of the protestors who were killed—"will be compensated. Such incidents should not happen in the future." Another protestor was killed in firing that same day, and yet another two days later.
Keywords: Kashmir militancy Islam BJP Mehbooba Mufti Mufti Mohammad Sayeed PDP Handwara


New Delhi: At ₹ 1.5 trillion, the Indian media and entertainment sector is one of the largest industries in the world, but continues to battle a serious piracy problem with $2.8 billion of its annual revenue going to piracy. A new report by global solution provider in digital platform security and media and entertainment, Irdeto, titled The Irdeto Global Consumer Piracy Threat Report, identified India among the top five countries for peer-to-peer (P2P) downloads, with over 965 million P2P downloads between January 2017 and May 2018. The research looked at P2P and web video trends in 19 high-piracy countries: US, Russia, France, Germany, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Greece, India, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Pakistan, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Spain, UK, and Ukraine.
Demand for high quality video content drives P2P piracy and India accounts for 60% of piracy visits via P2P sites, the report said. India also ranked fourth in downloading Blu-ray files (171 million), surpassing China (50.8 million) and catching up with the US. (180 million).
Moreover, growth in web video piracy only adds to the global movie and TV piracy problem, rather than replacing P2P piracy. According to the report, visits to P2P sites accounted for 70% of global activity for both web video and P2P platforms. This behaviour led to an average of 800 million global monthly downloads from P2P sites in 2017. In addition, P2P activity in the most prominent high-piracy countries, which include Russia, India, Brazil, the Netherlands and the US, is either constant or increasing. The research reveals that web video sites source a significant proportion (28%) of their high-quality video content from P2P sites.
"While many expect P2P piracy to be taken over by streaming and direct downloads, it's clear that this has not happened yet. P2P piracy is still a big threat to the industry, in which the overall piracy problem is growing," said Peter Cossack, vice-president, Cybersecurity Services, Irdeto, in a statement. "While the increase in bandwidth and social media has facilitated growth in content redistribution piracy, particularly around live sporting events, it is clear that other forms of piracy are not going away any time soon. This must be considered by content owners and rights holders in their security strategies."
The issue of piracy affects not just the movie industry, but others such as music, gaming and sport too. According to a study in 2017, 94% of Indian consumers admitted to using some form of piracy to access music. The new over-the-top (OTT) platforms are not immune either. Hundreds of stolen log-in details for popular OTT services are available every month on the dark web for an average of only $8.81/ £6.60, potentially putting consumers at risk and impacting OTT revenues, the report said.
The report discovered 854 listings of OTT credentials from 69 unique sellers across more than 15 dark web marketplaces in one month alone. These credentials were from 42 different OTT services including Netflix, HBO, DirecTV and Hulu.
"Content theft by pirates has become a full-fledged criminal enterprise, with some providing illegal subscriptions in an attempt to compete with established pay TV operators. Content owners, rights holders, technology and security partners and law enforcement agencies are working hard to combat the threat of piracy. However, consumers must also be vigilant to avoid the risks they may be subject to from illegal content," said Mark Mulready, vice president – Cybersecurity Services, Irdeto, in a statement.


The Haryana government has formulated an Industrial Infrastructure Development Scheme aimed at promoting uniform regional and sustainable growth across the state, including in backward areas.
There are many sectors on which we are focusing on like automobiles, petrochemicals, textiles, etc., then now we have this new area, defence, because the government has opened up this sector.
With the adverse effect of demonetisation still looming over the country, the New Year will witness industry bigwigs - both international and homegrown ù queuing up to invest in India´s most industrially developed state, Gujarat. The occasion, Vibrant Gujarat (in its 8th edition), is all geared up to welcome the investors from all across the world.
Steel Authority of India (SAIL) is in talks with Nippon Steel, Sumitomo Metal Corp and Kobe Steel for potential technical agreements to help it expand its global footprint. SAIL may also consider buying troubled domestic steel firm assets if offered a cheaper price.
Steel Authority of India (SAIL) is in talks with Nippon Steel, Sumitomo Metal Corp and Kobe Steel for potential technical agreements to help it expand its global footprint.
COSEC DOOR FMX is a cutting edge multispectral fingerprint based door controller, which boosts security and productivity of modern enterprises.
Make in India (MI) is not a government programme, beyond the terms of facilitation that any Union government can provide to boost industrial growth (in the manufacturing sector). This has been done through an invitation of policy changes to create interest and investment to meet the inevitable growth trajectory in business processes.
The Ministry of Defence's defence estates department is likely to make off-grid solar power provisions mandatory for large buildings, with provisions for incentives in the form of rebates and space exemptions in order to encourage solar power.


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In most cases, safe, reliable transportation is provided from your child's academic school to Texas Karate Institute, and all-day camp for school holidays may also be available!
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If you would like to improve discipline and control in your life, join us for the finest martial arts classes in Dallas, Plano, Garland, Wylie.
As the owner of Texas Karate Institute here in Plano, I have great concern for the teens in our community.
I have good news for you because the training at Texas Karate Institute can prepare your teen for a lifetime of success and happiness!
Texas Karate Institute instructors provide inspiration and motivation to teach your teens to motivate themselves and others! When you believe in yourself, you can accomplish anything!
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Martial Arts Training at Texas Karate Institute is truly an investment in your child's future! Martial Arts training has been shown to greatly improve concentration and focus.
Martial Arts classes are not only a great means of exercise for our little bundles of energy, but also a valuable supplement to academic education in Plano and Dallas, Plano, Garland, Wylie. Kids learn to set and achieve goals, which builds self-confidence; in addition, kids learn leadership skills and develop lasting friendships among their classmates.


In the CD Three Levels Of Power And How To Use Them, Myss continues to lift the curtain on the human body's energy network, and the vast data banks which stores our thoughts and feelings. She explains that the power centers (chakras) can be divided into 3 levels: the tribal, the individual, and the symbolic. She also discusses the 8th chakra, a place of symbolic, or archetypal, sight. Myss says that power (our life force/prana/chi) is the common ingredient within the human experience. Moreso, it is the common ingredient in health, and certainly in the loss of health.
In Three Levels of Power, Myss also discusses how we can manage our own power, especially through choice. We can choose not to put our energy into getting mad about losing a parking space, as well as not leaking energy into a past relationship that we should have let go of long ago. She explains how to build up our "grace account", live in the present, and invest our energy in staying above situations that would drain our precious life force.


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You may or may not have heard in the news recently that the wife of Oklahoma City Thunder's assistant coach Monty Williams, tragically passed away earlier this month. Ingrid passed away from a car accident in which the car that struck her and her three kids was going 92 mph in a 40 mph zone. The three children survived but with serious injuries.
And Jesus did just that. A short while later Monty went back into the hospital to undergo additional testing and he was cleared to play basketball again. Monty went on to be drafted in the NBA and later became the head coach of the New Orleans Hornets/Pelicans.
Everything was going right for Monty and his family again. He was the head coach in New Orleans which had made it to the playoffs with a young team and looked to be a force to be reckoned with for years to come. However, after their playoff run had ended, Monty was fired from his head coaching position. Do you think Monty was down and in the dumps? No, he had been here before. In an interview with a New Orleans news station Monty was quoting Romans 8:28 once again. Monty trusts the lord with all his heart, even when it doesn't make sense.
So when I heard Monty giving his Eulogy speech and listening to his testimony I realized that I had the answer to my question, "Do I know what that verse looks like in the real world?" Through all the adversity Monty had trusted in the Lord with all his heart and didn't try to fully understand it himself. He acknowledged where his strength came from and knows that God has more in store for him. This is what living a Proverbs 3:5-6 life is and I pray that my/your life will prove the same.
Our potential is God's gift to us; what we do with that potential is our gift to God.
It's not that God isn't in control. It's that the things of this world control us.
Super encouraging! Thanks for this today man.


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Q: Filtering a sinusoidal wave with FFT I am trying to write a code in Matlab which takes a one or sum of sinosudal waves imposed with noise and try to filter it using the following algo :

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*first i take the input and place it in a vector

*then i apply fft() to that vector and abs() to that fft
    - example if 'x' is the vector in which wave is stored then
    -  y= abs(fft(x))

*now in 'y' i make all the elements less than a certain threshold value 0

*then apply the ifft() function to get the filtered signal lets say 'x1'
but the final wave i get even though a sinusoidal wave it is out phase (see the graph).is it because  iam applying abs() to the fft??
But the material which i got this algo from doesn't discuss about this.
Do i need to apply any other filter so that i get the actual wave??
here is the plot of the two waves: one i got from above procedure and the other the actual wave which is a sine wave with no noise:
my graph
see how my filtered wave and the actual wave are out of phase how to correct it ??
if you cannot understand the question or have anything you want to ask me please comment i will try to explain it.

A: You are assigning the absolute-values of the FFT result to y, hence you get REAL values. Doing ifft() on that simply assumes imaginary-parts are zero, hence the phase-shift.

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KidZania Kuala Lumpur Opening on 28th Feb at CurveNX
Malaysia Asia Monday, February 27, 2012 Family Travel , Family Travel Malaysia 2 Comments
KidZania Kuala Lumpur opened on the 28th Feb at CurveNX, Mutiara Damansara. Prior to this, the Foundation Day celebrations started at 2.30 pm on the 27th Feb at KidZania Malaysia with the arrival of media, industry partners and VIP guests.
YBhg Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin who is the Deputy Prime Minister & Minister of Education of Malaysia attended the gala event that will be hosted by Tunku Dato' Ahmad Burhanuddin - Governor of KidZania Kuala Lumpur at about 6pm Malaysian Time.
Xavier López Ancona, President of KidZania and the full cabinet of the Central Government of KidZania was also there for this auspicious moment that many have been waiting for.
The Deputy Prime Minister spent about one hour visiting the theme park and observing several activities such as rock climbing, fire fighting and flight simulation by AirAsia. Tomorrow marks the official opening for KidZania Kuala Lumpur.
KidZania Kuala Lumpur Opening
KidZania Kuala Lumpur AirAsia Counter
KidZania Kuala Lumpur is also targeted at kids aged between 4 to 14 years where they can choose among 90 activities from 60 establishments throughout the complex.
In other words, KidZania allows kids to play grown-ups in their own mini-city. For toddlers and infants aged 1 to 3 years, there is a dedicated section located on the Mezzanine floor called 'Urbano's House'.
Dentist at KidZania Malaysia
The kid's theme park is also located in the new Curve NX building at Mutiara Damansara, Petaling Jaya and run by Themed Attractions, the same people that bring us Legoland Malaysia.
In total, KidZania can accommodate 1,700 people at any one time across 80,000 sq ft of entertainment space. It spans across 2 stories of space and is a scaled-down version of a real-life city.
Managed by over 300 staff or Zupervisors, they speak a different language there, Kai (instead of Hi), Zee You (instead of See You or goodbye).
It also has its own currency called the KidZos, and kids earn KidZos which can be used to pay for goods and services and also stored in an ATM card!
KidZania partners with real-life brands in the adult world to provide authenticity to the experience; banking services and the ATM card are provided by CIMB Bank, AirAsia for its airline partner, KPJ Healthcare for its hospital, Dell for computers and etc.
The cockpit of an AirAsia Airplane in KidZania
At KidZania Kuala Lumpur, adults have to accompany their kids but are not allowed in the activity area except for the Theater and TV Studio.
This would be interesting for the kids as they will learn to be by themselves. The overall place is a well-secured facility with over 80 CCTV Cameras and security tags for both parent and child, where a child can only leave the facility with a matching parent tag.
The tags are RFIDed to allow teachers and adults to locate their children's last position, should the need arise. So parents, please check on this.
Medical practice at KidZania Malaysia
KidZania has been well planned, with special areas such as the theater, the club and Urbano's House for private parties which can host groups of about 50-100 at a go.
There are also six different food outlets for parents and children. Parents can dine at these outlets while waiting for their kids, or they can hang around the Independence Square which is at the entrance of the city.
Most importantly, they can easily go shopping at Ikea or at the Curve Shopping Center which is just across the building.
KidZania Malaysia Opening Times:
Mondays to Fridays: 10.00am to 5.00pm
For weekends, school holidays and public holidays there are two sessions:
10.00am to 3.00pm and 4.00pm to 9.00pm.
KidZania Kuala Lumpur Ticket Prices
Toddler (3 years and below) – RM35 (MyKad & Non-MyKad)
Child (4-14 years) – RM55 (MyKad) / RM75 (Non-MyKad)
Adult – RM35 (MyKad) / RM55 (Non-MyKad)
Senior Citizen - RM30 (MyKad & Non-MyKad)
*MyKad is Malaysian Identification Cards, Non-Malaysians pay normal rates.
For more information, pictures and stories, you can visit the official KidZania Malaysia website.
You can also call their Careline at 1 300 88 KIDZ (5439) from 9.00am to 8.00pm (Mondays to Sundays)
KidZania Malaysia (Pix from Venusbuzz.com)
*All images are taken from KidZania Official Website and VenusBuzz.com.
KidZania Kuala Lumpur Address and Information
Rakan Riang Sdn Bhd,
Level 9 Menara UAC,
12 Jalan PJU 7/5, Mutiara Damansara,
47810 Petaling Jaya, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia.
Telephone: 1300 88 KIDZ (5439)
Email:contact@kidzania.com.my
KidZania Map
View KidZania Kuala Lumpur in a larger map Final Thoughts on KidZania Kuala Lumpur
Overall, this place has been much awaited by many from all around the country and even some for neighboring countries.
You can expect a full house during the first few weeks or even months after the official opening so please book ahead to secure your spot here. You can also park your cars at the Curve Shopping Mall or even at Tesco which is just opposite.
With that, I hope many parents will bring their kids to visit Malaysia's latest theme park and kids attraction after the KidZania Kuala Lumpur Opening on 28th Feb at CurveNX, Malaysia.
Things to do with Kids in Malaysia
By Malaysia Asia a la/s Monday, February 27, 2012
Labels: Family Travel, Family Travel Malaysia, Kids Travel, Malaysia, Malaysia Theme Parks, Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Theme Parks, Things to do with Kids in Malaysia
B Subhashini said...
Malaysian children who are born early 2003,2002 and 2001 would not have a MyKid, so do we have to bring their birth certificates to qualify for posted ticket prices at Kidzania?
Malaysia is one of the rapidly emerging stat in the world. In last few years Malaysia has progressed in every field of the world. Nice and informative blog.


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