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Finding job satisfaction as a science communicator
09 Jan 2017 | 13:00 GMT | Posted by Jack Leeming | Category: #ScientistOnTheMove, Academia, Ask the expert, Blog, Career paths, Careers articles, Mobility
Yuko Ueno planned to work in science communication…
…But a supervisor suggested that gaining first-hand research experience might make her a better communicator. Today, she sells workshops to companies, schools and universities and teaches science to Sunday-school students at a private academy in Tokyo.
Smriti Mallapaty catches up with her to learn more.
Yuko Ueno
Why did you become a researcher?
After completing my undergraduate degree in microbiology, I was undecided about whether to enrol in a mass communication programme or join a media company. The head of my lab presented a convincing case for me to stay in school — that to move people with science, I needed to have a more intimate knowledge of the philosophy — the way of thinking — of science. So I decided to join his laboratory.
What did you enjoy the most about being a researcher?
I was working in a small lab in a private Japanese university studying a tiny protein in heat-loving bacteria. At an international conference I met lots of researchers working on thermophiles who talked about their research as if it was the most fun and exciting subject ever. Science gave me access to a whole new world.
Why did you leave the lab?
Research can be very lonely. I wanted to be able to share and exchange knowledge with other people. Most PhD students in Japan begin job hunting after their first year. While searching for science communication companies, I came across Leave a Nest, a company run by former doctorate and graduate researchers aimed at bridging the gap between industry, science and society. I joined as an intern for one year. After I finished my PhD in 2013, I applied for a full-time position with Leave a Nest.
How did you convince Leave a Nest to hire you?
I told them a story. While working as chief editor of someone [a Japanese-language science magazine], I wanted to publish a special feature on the oceans. But a magnitude-9 earthquake and powerful tsunami had just hit off the coast of Tohoku in March 2011, and a lot of people suggested I change the focus of the feature. I disagreed. I didn't want children to be traumatised by the sea. Instead I wanted to offer them hope, so my article about scientific deep-sea mysteries was published. Soon after, I received a letter from a student in Tohoku who told me that reading it had really helped him get through the difficult period.
What is your current role at Leave a Nest?
As general manager of the Human Resource Development Division I organize workshops for graduate students and postdoctoral researchers to help them communicate complex scientific subjects as well as come up with innovative business ideas. We also connect trainees with industry representatives. For example, I recently brought a group of Japanese students to Silicon Valley to pitch their ideas to venture capitalists and business incubators.
What is a typical day like for you?
I visit several companies a day to sell workshops until I have secured about ten projects, which I take to completion. At weekends I teach science to elementary school students at our Sunday school. I teach a doctoral course on thermophiles to children — I collect samples from hot springs across Japan, and we culture them together, screening for any undiscovered thermophiles.
Was your PhD important to the work you do now?
Smriti Mallapaty
Yes, absolutely. I use my lab skills every Sunday at the children's school. Also, when meeting potential clients who are researchers, I can connect with them at a scientific level by sharing my own story. More importantly, I apply the research cycle to help companies identify social problems and innovate.
What advice would you give to other PhD students?
A PhD isn't just about becoming an expert in a specific subject and acquiring lots of information. The skills and experiences gained during the programme can be used to solve entirely different problems. Don't hesitate to get out of the lab.
Smriti Mallapaty is a writer at Nature. This interview has been edited for length and clarity.
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Yesterday while Ryan, Faith, and the kids were driving, Faith pointed out the blooming red buds. She told them those are called "red buds". Maggie giggled and said, "That's a funny name! Red butts!" Giggle, giggle. I love the the things children say. On Easter, we visited Luke and Alissa's church because Claire was being baptized. We learned how rare it is for Roger to wear a suit, when Trent said, "Papa, you have a new dress!" When Lawson saw Papa, he exclaimed, "Papa, you didn't have to be so fancy!" One of my favorites came from Seth Robert's mouth about three years ago. I don't remember how many of the kids were here, but Lawson and Seth were. While we were eating dinner, Lawson started falling asleep. I tried everything to keep him awake, but it didn't matter. He fell sound asleep. Seth finished eating and wanted Lawson to go play with him. I said to Seth, "Honey, I'm sorry, but he is just gone." As serious as could be, Seth asked, "Well, where did he go?" Roger and I lost it. The books we could write from the sayings of kids!
Evie's birth has given me an opportunity to take lots of pics - in the studio, at the Mahoney house, and at Shaw's Nature Reserve. Yesterday at Shaw's, we got some with the "red butts".
I will post more later, but I thought I would share one now. When I told them to walk towards the red bud tree, I heard Maggie giggle.


The Mobius Final Fantasy team have announced that the All-Star Battle Extravaganza begins today in the global version of the game.
The Ultimate Coliseum will be open from today until May 31, 2019 at 7:59 PM PDT (UTC-7).
It features Cloud Strife, Sephiroth, Lightning, Y'shtola, Tidus, Yuna and Tifa Lockhart.
As part of this event you will be able to team up with one of these legendary characters.
Everyone who logs in during this event will get Excalibur for free.
Also coming today in the game is a brand new Ultimate Hero: Gilgamesh and the Supreme card Gilgamesh X.
The event will continue to receive updates throughout the month. See in-game for more details.
This event will also come to Ring of Braves allowing you to get into things with other players.
April 2019's Ranking Event is Pretender to the Throne. It's a Sarah focused event. It begins on April 22.
The month of April also brings an update to Yggdrasil as well as a new Sarah EX Job, Cacciatrice and of course new Ability cards.


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African charity to host Kenyan art exhibition in Cumbria
The Noah Initiative (UK) to hold Kenyan exhibition at Bowness
FOUNDER: Elliot Berry founder of The Noah Initiative
AN African charity set up by a Cumbrian aid worker is to hold a free art exhibition to showcase the creative flair of Kenyan and British artists.
The Noah Initiative (UK), which works with fatherless children and young men in the slums of Eldoret in western Kenya, is hosting the art expo and African market from today to July 13 at the Lakes Christian Centre, Bowness-on-Windermere.
Running daily from 11:00am to 8:00pm, entry to the exhibition is free, with visitors able to view the works of a range of ground-breaking artists, including Mandela, the Noah Boys and Renee Scobel from Kenya, and Julie-Ann Scott, Stephanie Hunter and Gordon Hunt from the UK. The African market will feature an array of art and craft, bowls, jewellery, souvenirs and clothing, as well as Noah Initiative CDs and t-shirts.
"This will be a fabulous event with some really beautiful art on display throughout the week," said the founder of The Noah Initiative, 28-year-old Elliot Berry from Troutbeck Bridge.
"We hope local residents and Lake District visitors alike will pop in to see the work of these talented artists and of course find out more about our work in Kenya."
Inspired by his experience of working in Africa as a counsellor and 'house parent' in Eldoret, Mr Berry set up The Noah Initiative charity to work with local schools and guardians to secure a better education for fatherless, abused or neglected boys.
The Noah Initiative is a self-financing charity which has achieved rapid success.
With four bases in Eldoret, Kenya's fifth largest city, it now has over 70 boys in the programme. Elliot Berry moved to Kenya in 2011
and continues his work 'in the field', with core activity focusing on Eldoret, particularly the slum areas where there are high levels of deprivation.
For further information about The Noah Initiative, visit:
noahinitiative.org

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When the cure causes the illness
Clostridium difficile is a bacterium that attacks the gastrointestinal tract of patients using antibiotics. Researchers in Colombia are currently on the trail of ways to mitigate the harsh impact of this microbe known for its strong resistance.
Photos: Milagro Castro
By José Alejandro González T.
Imagine someone who turns to antibiotics to avoid a possible infection after being bitten by a cat or picking up a scissor cut, little knowing that this innocent measure will activate powerful bacteria that could cause quite profound damage within his or her organism. Although it sounds quite unlikely, this is exactly how the Clostridium difficile bacterium functions.
Over the last 15 years, these bacteria have caused problems and serious injuries in the GI tracts of patients who had to take antibiotics, resulting in a major epidemiological impact in certain regions of the planet. "Clostridium difficile is a highly interesting bacterium in genetic terms, but one barely figuring in studies from Latin American countries. A number of patients began having gastric problems when they used antibiotics, but no one knew why," explains Dr. Juan David Ramírez, leader of this research, and director of the Microbiological Research Research Group (GIMUR) within the Universidad del Rosario's Faculty of Natural Sciences and Ma thematics.
Focusing on this issue, Dora Inés Ríos, who worked for 30 years as Professor of Microbiology at the Universidad del Rosario, carried out a literature review in 2014 alongside Prof. Ramírez, and this led to the decision to investigate this high-impact pathogen under the auspices of the University. In 2015, the GIMUR team was joined by Claudia Marina Muñoz (PhD student in Biotechnology at the National University of Colombia), who thus began her doctoral thesis. The work was to become the first study in Colombia on this microorganism, with the team identifying the infection frequency of Clostridium difficile nationwide, and also managing to describe factors that might be associated with the serious impact caused by certain strains.
According to Muñoz, contamination by Clostridium difficile can occur through contact with its spores, which are resistant to different disinfectants and can be present in hospital centers and surgical zones. Contagion generally occurs through the oral route. The bacterium's spores inhabit the GI tract, where they remain in an inactive form and in harmony with the other microorganisms present.
"This bacterium can even be found in seven percent of completely healthy individuals, who simply do not know they have it," she points out. Once the person consumes antibiotics, the equilibrium existing between the beneficial organisms is broken, and these bacteria activate, taking on a vegetative state and causing illness, the first symptom of which is relatively benign diarrhea. "When Clostridium damage the intestinal barrier, they cause severe problems such as perforations of the colon, pseudomembranous colitis, and toxic megacolon. If the infection is very serious, it can even result in the patient's death," comments Muñoz.
The major problem it involves for our health systems is its powerful resistance to a great number of antibiotics, thus limiting the treatment options and medicines that could be used against it. Only a few antibiotics have been developed to specifically attack the infection caused by this bacterium. Two years ago, it was being treated with Fidaxomicin, an antibiotic that proves efficient but which is not sold in Colombia due to its high price.
The bacterium can be transmitted through contact with its spores, which are resistant to different disinfectants and can be present in hospital centers and surgical zones.
A PROJECT WITH OUTCOMES
The project undertaken by the Universidad del Rosario under Ramírez's direction has enjoyed a boost thanks to the participation of co-researchers. These include Manuel Alfonso Patarroyo, professor at the School of Medicine and Health Sciences of El Rosario and director of the Molecular Biology and Immunology Working Group at the Foundation Institute of Colombian Immunology (FIDIC).
The research team initially set out to find the frequency of infection in patient samples by using microbiological culture and molecular biology techniques, and by evaluating the genetic diversity of Clostridium difficile. They meanwhile managed to isolate the microorganism so as to compile a bacteria bank at the University, from which they began the study of other factors involving this bacterium, such as its complete genome organization and phenotypic traits. This work has allowed the researchers to move ahead with defining the causes of the disease.
Claudia Marina Muñoz, of the Universidad
del Rosario's GIMUR research group, says
the bacterium can be found in seven percent of perfectly healthy individuals,
who simply do not know they have it.
So far, the findings are the result of the analysis of 217 samples collected at both the Hospital Universitaria Mayor - Méderi, Bogotá— thanks to the participation of Drs. Juan Manuel Pardo, Claudia Birchenall, and Dario Pinilla—and the Shaio Clinic Foundation, with help from Dr. Diego F. Josa. Two groups of patients suffering from diarrhea (the main symptom caused by Clostridium difficile) were thought to have acquired the nosocomial infection, the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) beingthe most affected, and despite belonging to the community, these were thought to be suffering from the infection.
"After evaluating the frequency of infection in those analyzed, we found that 56% of the patients with diarrhea in the ICU showed positive for the bacteria," explained Muñoz.
1.4m people worldwide catch nosocomial infections, and this has become a patient mortality factor.
"Besides finding it in patients who were treated in hospitals and who could have acquired the bacteria through other illnesses, a high frequency of contagion was also presenting outside medical centers. Patients were arriving at the Emergency Room with diarrhea, with an infection that was probably picked up outside this environment and which showed up positive for Clostridium," added Muñoz. According to the researcher, Clostridium difficile is a very diverse organism that has a large number of different populations or strains, of which some are more associated with causing infections than others. In this case, the illness begins specifically when the bacteria produce certain toxins.
In broad terms, the bacterium is able to produce two main toxins (A and B), and a third called binary. It should be pointed out that not all strains produce all the toxins, but that there is a range of possibilities. "Of the more than 40 combinations described for Clostridium, the most dangerous are those that produce all the toxins, since these are what damage the GI tract," she explains.
What has been found, therefore, is a high frequency in Colombia of Clostridium positives with infection-causing toxins, as well as combinations of these toxins that had not been reported in other parts of the world.
The project has now reached the stage of analyzing whole genome sequencing data using high-performance techniques in line with the most rigorous way to study microorganisms. This approach has allowed for the identification of genes associated with resistance to antibiotics, atypical organizations of toxins, and other virulent factors involving Clostridium strains circulating in Colombia.
These results enable a diagnostic tool to be created, allowing for early identification of infected Colombian patients and effective management of the illness. The idea is to integrate different strategies for its control, such as not limiting treatment to antibiotics but also reconstituting the balance in the organism, thus enabling control at a biological rather than
chemical level.
A number of patients began having gastric
problems when they used antibiotics, but no one knew why," explains Dr. Juan David
Ramírez, researcher at the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics,
and leader of the study.
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Rutter's Adds a Beloved Australian Food to Its Menu
YORK, Pa. — Rutter's is teaming with Australia's Patties Foods Group to launch the Four'N Twenty Beef Traveller chainwide.
The new item is a beloved product in Australia and a favorite of Philadelphia 76ers point guard Ben Simmons, who serves as a spokesman for the brand and will participate in the marketing rollout.
"Our customers are always looking for great food and short wait time, because they're constantly on the go," stated Robert Perkins, Rutter's vice president of marketing. "The Four'N Twenty Beef Traveller is a perfect fit for our stores, as we aim to exceed our customers' expectations for quality and speed of service."
The flaky, golden pastry is filled with rich gravy and 100 percent Australian beef. It contains more than 14 grams of protein and has no artificial flavors. It will offer ease and convenience to Rutter's customers seeking a quick bite to eat, the company said.
"Patties Foods is thrilled to partner with an industry leader, in Rutter's and continue to bring 'The Great Australian Taste' to Pennsylvanians. Rutter's continues to show a willingness to look beyond their own borders for innovation, which has been key to their success," said Anthony Kwenin, Patties Foods sales manager for North America. "We look forward to a great partnership and continued success in the U.S."
York-based Rutter's is a privately-held chain of 76 convenience stores in Pennsylvania, Maryland and West Virginia.
Rutter's Adds Second Traveller Offering to Its Menu
Rutter's Menu to Feature New Plant-Based Offerings


looks like alasdair will have to be our last hope Dave. my team for this event will consist of a pusher, a verticle spinner, a flipper and a clusterbot.
The Growler toy doesn't fit in the cube if I remember correctly. So would be difficult. Not impossible though.
They look to be up to the usual very high standards.
We have a lot in common when it comes to engineering, I have the same Wickes worksurface bench tops in my workshop.
Sorry to disappoint Peter, but these were actually taken at work I have cheap Ikea tables at home, which are black and therefore not great for taking photos on.
After adding the acetate I realised EmberStorm no longer self-righted, so I had to trim it down a bit. I've also managed to lose the circlip that holds Entropy's motor can on, but it's quite hard to get off anyway so I'm hoping it won't cause any issues.
If I ever heard any potential "famous last words", its those! Haha. Btw, what's the black pole on Entropy for? I thought it might be a self righter but it doesn't look like it does a lot.
You thought correctly; the wedge in front of the disk, the side armour, and that pole are all on a hinge, and lift up to self-right or flip people if they somehow got on top of me.
Oh I see! That's really smart. Disables any plan I had to attack it by driving at the front corner anyway.
Well you've got the right idea; this design's main weakness is that it really only has a small area where the disk is effective. I already have ideas to make that better for the future, but I just wanted to get this built to test the design out. If you can repeatedly get around the sides or back I can't do much about it, apart from flail and hope I catch you with the tooth.
The way mine are this time, if I meet any spinner, I am coming out in bits. But that's always fun.
How drivable is it with the disc at full whack? Do you get any odd gyro effects due to the disc angle?
I don't have an enclosed arena to test it in, unfortunately. I've driven it around at about 25% throttle and it was perfectly controllable, but was too scared to go any higher!


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'Human', 2015, by filmmaker and artist Yann Arthus-Bertrand
'What is it that makes us human? Is it that we love, that we fight? That we laugh? Cry? Our curiosity? The quest for discovery?
Driven by these questions, filmmaker and artist Yann Arthus-Bertrand spent three years collecting real-life stories from 2,000 women and men in 60 countries. Working with a dedicated team of translators, journalists and cameramen, Yann captures deeply personal and emotional accounts of topics that unite us all; struggles with poverty, war, homophobia, and the future of our planet mixed with moments of love and happiness.
Watch the 3 volumes of the film and experience #WhatMakesUsHUMAN.
Part 1 deals with the themes of love, women, work and poverty.
Part 2 deals with the themes of war, forgiving, homosexuality, family and life after death.
Part 3 deals with the themes of happiness, education, disability, immigration, corruption and the meaning of life.'
ww.filmsforaction.org/watch/human/
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Red Kimono event @ Conway Hall, Sat 26 September, 6:30 – 10:00pm
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Pianos!
This week there is a piano auction at Conway Hall and the Red Kimono portraits have been joined in the Brockway Room by a dozen pianos:
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view of Conway Hall hallway with 4 posters
The four posters bear the powerful contents page of the book titled: Fukushima Radiation: Will You Still Say No Crime Was Committed?. This book book contains a selection of 50 witness statements from people who were residing in Fukushima at the time of the triple disaster of March 11, 2011. The people who wrote these statements are among thousands of complainants for the criminal prosecution of the Fukushima nuclear disaster. A selection of the statements can be found on a further 12 posters hung in other parts of the hallway.
Fukushima Radiation: Will You Still Say No Crime Was Committed? is now available in English as an e-book. No need for a Kindle – readable via the Kindle app:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00XKIZRX4
Red Kimono review by Paul Carey-Kent
'Head to the Conway Hall Ethical Society – built in 1929 and housing a large humanist library – for an appropriate combination of passion and restraint. Lis Fields' photographs of an extended network of artists and activists, all dressed in the same vintage kimonoand made up geisha-style (a fairly committed process which typically takes three hours). They pose in solidarity with those affected by the radioactive fallout from 2011's Fukushima nuclear disaster. In a neat play on serialism, people of different races, ages etc initially look similar, but individual characteristics soon burst through. Fields has backed up her concerns through extensive research and has published a booklet of testimonies, all pointing to a failure to acknowledge the full – and potentially worldwide – effects, or to hold anyone meaningfully to account. All without Fields having been to Japan, making this all the more impressive as a lesson in empathy.'
http://paulsartworld.blogspot.co.uk/2015/09/choices-from-sept-dec-2015-now-closed_90.html?m=0
Writer and curator Paul Carey-Kent sets out a rolling ten recommended contemporary art shows in London now. He currently writes freelance including for Art Monthly, The Art Newspaper, Frieze, artcritical, Photomonitor, STATE and Border Crossings, and has a quirky weekly online column at FAD Art News – see http://www.fadmagazine.com.
Red Kimono exhibition: booklet cover
the design for the cover of the booklet titled 'Letters, memoirs and statements by evacuees from Fukushima and people who still live there'. The cover will be folded in half, so M.K.'s picture of the chopped down radioactive trees, piled up and left near her house in Fukushima, will appear on the front. This booklet will be available for visitors to the exhibition to take, free of charge:
A shot of a pile of the booklets and the exhibition lists on a shelf at the exhibition:


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Back To The Future: A Far-reaching Analysis of Nigeria's Elections By Sani Muhammad Uzairu
By Sani Muhammad Uzairu
The re-introduction of multi-party democracy has brought a promise of peace and a new era of governance to all Nigerians. The 2019 presidential, governorship and parliamentary elections marked Nigeria's sixth successful election, and the presidential elections particularly would have seen its second power alternation since the 1999 democratic transition if the PDP's presidential candidate had been declared winner (assuming he won as his party purports) by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
The elections are over and all the hype and anticipation have died down, yet we still live in the shadows of uncertainty due to the alleged electoral fraud that occurred during the voting, counting/tallying process.
While the introduction of the biometric electronic system to identify/verify voters' was a major feat in the country's effort to improve its election administration, the controversy surrounding the electoral process leaves much to be desired.
Regrettably, two decades after Nigeria's political transition and despite its recognition by the international community as a democratic state in Africa, the country even yet faces major electoral challenges, as some parties do not play by the rules, and the spectres of violence, intimidation, and fraud still hung over our elections like dark clouds, symbolic of a country in democratic perdition that has gone back to a past practice in the present.
Considering the extent of hardship in the country today, and the retrogression in Nigeria's economy and its development trajectory in the last four years, the least Nigerians would have expected was another sham elections!
However, if according to the INEC, the putative reforms and investments in the electoral process couldn't purportedly guarantee a better elections, we should all take precautionary measures in our actions, make some soul-searching and advance a foward-looking perspectives in order to forestall any potentiality for Nigeria's degeneration into a chaotic environment.
The Need for INEC's Objectivity, Transparency and Fairness
Looking at the events of the 2019 elections in retrospect, it is justifiable to argue that the INEC must be faulted for its actions or inactions, which sparked controversies in governorship elections in Adamawa, Bauchi, Benue, Kano, Plateau, Sokoto etc. and same across the country for the presidential and parliamentary elections.
As the country's independent electoral body, INEC is not only required to be circumspect, objective and independent in carrying out its functions, but also abide by the principles of professionalism and high ethical standards for transparency, peace and fairness to prevail in every election.
Nothing should be more rewarding for the INEC than organizing free and fair elections, which is acceptable to all the competing political parties to continue the political stability the country has enjoyed in the past 20 years. While the concerns raised against INEC's actions and/or inactions make its objectivity and neutrality in the 2019 elections doubtful, the allegation of fraud and conspiracy is up to the claimants to prove in court for the judges to decide.
No matter what the outcome of the case, the most important lessons of the 2019 elections should set the tone for more effective ways of undertaking further electoral reforms in Nigeria.
The Police and the Principle of Neutrality and Professionalism
The Nigerian Police Force has also been faulted for taking sides in the elections, especially in Kano state where the subsisting security arrangement were allegedly set aside by senior police officers sent from Abuja a night before the re-run election.
And grapevine accounts have indicated similar trend across Nigeria. This is certainly not how to promote peace. To preserve the integrity and professionalism of the police as a national institution for peace and security, and dispel the notion that the police service is corrupt, inefficient and serves as a stooge institution for the ruling government, the police must desist from carrying out the wishes of any government in power and protect and serve all citizens and parties equally and fairly as the police behave in other truly democratic countries.
The police must also understand that respect for basic human rights is a major fundamental pre-condition for good governance, social cohesiveness, peace and social justice as well as socio-economic development and nation-building in general. In this regard, they must desist from any unprovoked brutality against innocent citizens regardless of their political affiliation. There is a need for more police integrity, accountability and human rights training because abuse of innocent citizens' basic human rights is uncivilized, unpatriotic and undemocratic.
Justification for Pursuing a Legal Case at the Tribunal
Given the current situation and all the conspiracy theories circulating from various constituencies across the country, the argument for PDP's motivation to pursue a legal case in the courts to establish the truth is justifiable and plausible.
If the party's evidence is proven credible, the PDP would be vindicated for its allegations, the culprits could be punished for breaking the law, and justice would be served accordingly. More importantly, a repeat of what allegedly happened in the 2019 elections could be checked and avoided in future elections by pressuring the INEC to implement reforms in its election reporting and tallying processes.
While it is prudent to pursue the case at the legal front, the party leaders must exercise a great deal of restrain in order not to encourage their members to engage in violent acts or lawlessness to incur the displeasure of Nigerian voters, especially independent and swing voters who may be watching the current post-election events very closely to see how the PDP behaves.
Any act of lawlessness could tarnish the party's image and have devastating consequences on the country's peaceful and already fading democratic credentials. Nonetheless, I envisage or speculate three possible scenarios in the outcome of the election petition in the tribunal's decision.
First, if the court finds the PDP's evidence credible, the court could declare the INEC's action in making return unconstitutional and nullify APC's victory. Second, the court may argue that while the PDP has a case, the evidence could not have had a tremendous impact on the outcome of the presidential election and decide not to nullify the election.
And third, if the evidence provided is not solid, the courts may disagree on the substantiality of the evidence proving beyond any reasonable doubt that any electoral fraud occurred or even if it did, it was not widespread as claimed.
Even though lessons from past presidential electoral disputes show that out of all the election litigations the courts have adjudicated, they have never overturned a single election to put the rightful winner into office; it's however a different kettle of fish for governorship electoral disputes. Indeed, there are plethora of precedents where elections have been overturned, and the legitimate winners sworn in as governors.
The case may also be prolonged at the tribunals either to avoid increasing the already tensed atmosphere in the country or may come under extreme political pressure to delay the case, but as the saying goes "justice delayed is justice denied."
Due to the frequent and often unnecessary delays in adjudicating cases, most Nigerians may have lost confidence and trust in the country's legal institutions' administration of justice. Hence the present cases will be considered a historic litmus test for the election petitions tribunals to set a precedent for the lower courts in the country to follow its neutrality, objectivity, efficiency and effectiveness.
Despite my misgivings about the various election petition cases as a precautionary measure, I am also optimistic that whatever adjudication the tribunals make would be in the best interest of the nation and not for the sake of any party.
Looking at the current situation and the above analysis, the court cases outcome is unpredictable so all the parties involved should restrain from being overly optimistic about its outcome. Otherwise, shoring up the hope and optimism of party supporters in advance of the final judgement could potentially break their morale, and spark uncontrollable violence and lawlessness by some disgruntled members if the decision is unfavourable to any party.
Democracy and Legitimacy of the APC Government
One of the basic tenets of democracy is organizing free, fair and successful elections to make it acceptable to competing political parties, and more importantly for the legitimacy of the ruling government to promote unity and patriotism.
For national unity, peace and tranquillity to prevail in the country, all parties must be prepared to compete in future elections fairly and win it fairly and credibly. If the alleged widespread electoral fraud is true, then leaders of the APC must realize that we are in the 21st century where most countries are working towards promoting unity and peace through democracy by organizing and ensuring free, fair and transparent elections.
Therefore rigging elections is not a smart thing to do if Nigeria is to achieve peace and national unity. This will not help sustain and consolidate our teething democracy rather it will create disunity in the country and erode the country's hard-earned democratic gains sustained in the last two decades.
Whenever people are directly or indirectly disenfranchised as it reportedly happened in the 2019 elections, part of the population will see the government as illegitimate, voter apathy will set in, and there is a high tendency that democracy will gradually become unpopular among many Nigerians. As we all know, the alternative to democracy could be very costly and very damaging to everyone and our beloved country.
The way forward to addressing the on-going election controversy is to find a common ground for a peaceful resolution. The harm and injustice has already been done to Nigeria's electoral integrity affecting the parties and the INEC for its role.
Nonetheless, all parties involved must adopt a forward-looking approach to address the election challenges appropriately by looking at ideal solutions and ways to prevent such situations in the future. We should understand that democracy develops and grows through nurturing and making constant changes.
As we are well aware, Nigeria's democracy has come a long way since the 1999 democratic transition, overcoming all kinds of adversities and its triumphant moments – electoral disputes over fraud, and electoral failures to name a few as well as electoral successes and power alternations, respectively.
These show the diverse setbacks and triumphant moments Nigeria's democracy and electoral system have gone through over the years since the 1999 transition, but in all these, the country has prevailed. Nonetheless, a great deal of weaknesses and challenges remain to be dealt with, such as eliminating electoral fraud towards promoting free and fair elections, educating the masses in voting procedures, promoting internal party democracy and dealing with the emerging threat of the dominance of monetary influence in politics due to weak campaign financing oversight roles by the INEC.
For the sake of preserving Nigeria's democracy, let's all look retrospectively at the 2019 presidential election experiences from the bright side of things and understand that no matter the current circumstance, it could have been worse.
The idea of democracy either under a parliamentary or presidential system of government is associated with political parties and elections. Political parties and elections are indispensable mechanisms for promoting democratic governance in contemporary democracies, thus our parties must facilitate free and fair competition for votes and power, because the basic foundation of any democracy is organizing transparent, free and fair elections.
If we truly prefer peace and unity to violence and lawlessness as our political leaders preach to us, then let's all abide by the laws, rules and regulations, as well as the constitutional provisions and practice it by playing by the same rules in all cases.
In order to address the country's development challenges adequately and bring progress to the people, we need to imbibe the values of patriotism and bear more allegiance to Nigeria than to our political parties and ethnic groups.
It is the responsibility of the government and institutions of the executive branch, political parties and civil society to sensitize the people on patriotism and the need to consolidate our democracy by creating the right path and setting the right example to place "Nigeria First". In so doing, the rest of the citizens will follow the set pace as is evident in many Western countries and countries in the Asian Pacific region.
In fact, one of the major contributing factors for Asian countries' accelerated development is due to their citizens' patriotism. In nation-building, patriotism is vital for achieving national pride, peace, national unity and ultimately, national development. Unfortunately, many Nigerians and Africans in general do not see things this way and keep promoting partisanship and ethnicity over nationalism.
It is the responsibility of all the political parties to play significant roles as custodians of the country's democracy by behaving responsibly during and after elections and not act in a way to lead the country into political chaos and anarchy.
We should all understand that whether you are PDP, APC or any party for that matter, the success of our democracy and national development depends largely on how we work together to promote democracy and human rights in our society.
We all need to promote tolerance and cooperation among our parties and people, because the behaviour and attitude of our party leaders greatly affect the citizens' relations with one another. Where there is antagonism, hatred and vindictiveness at the top, it trickles down to the masses at the grassroots.
Regardless of our political or ideological affiliation, we should always remember that we are "one nation, one people with one destiny" and seek one common goal – development and prosperity for all – and we can achieve this if we bond together as one nation and work together and not against each other. Long Live Nigeria and Long Live Nigeria's democracy!!
Sani Muhammad Uzairu is a freelance writer, broadcaster and promoter of public service journalism.
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Series Review: Wind Dragons MC by Chantal Fernando (2014)
July 22, 2020 March 30, 2021 Erin
Heat Factor: There is a great deal of graphic sex, but they all have mostly the same sex so you'll know if you're into it after one nibble.
Character Chemistry: She's my woman. What else is there?
Plot: Bikers manufacture drama by being super duper macho and having beefs with other bikers and people
Overall: Good if you like a little MC romance without going full dark emotional mess
This series is low-key MC romance. It's not any kind of full blown dark romance, and I wouldn't even call any of it bully romance (although I'm not an expert in either of those categories). You'll get a little bit of possessive caveman behavior. A little criminal activity (but these guys have hearts of gold, so don't worry, because it's all fine when you're living wild and free). A lot of explicit sex. All in one, big, MC family, the Wind Dragons, residents of western Australia.
If these men have a favorite word, it's "Mine."
In which the MC president becomes the president and finds his old lady, the MC's ball-busting attorney.
Faye has a one-night stand with Dex, her cheating ex-boyfriend's older brother, and whoops! gets pregnant. After her parents kick her out, she leaves town, only to be dragged back to the Wind Dragons MC clubhouse because Dex is pretty clear he wants to be a part of his kid's life.
It's a good start to the series, and it's especially a nice early snapshot of good girl Faye, who becomes a real badass, take-no-prisoners old lady queen to the club later on, but who initially struggles with being a leader among the women of the club.
Arrow's Hell
In which a man who went to prison for murder falls desperately in love with his MC brother's feisty little sister.
Arrow is so angsty because he wants Anna so badly but she's 1. Way too good for him and 2. The younger sister of his MC brother, Rake. It's okay, Anna climbs right on that horse anyway and tames him something fierce.
But he's a mess for pretty much the whole book, so keep that in mind.
Tracker's End
In which we get a little bit meta when a biker who can't quite get himself out of a toxic relationship gets into a really lovely relationship with a secret erotic romance author.
Tracker is tempermental and jealous, and Lana is sweet and quiet. The primary problem is that Tracker can't quite shake off his ex, who's floated through the whole series in one way or another. The other problem is that Lana hasn't told anyone that she's an erotic romance author who makes plenty of money. And writers mine their worlds for book fodder… What could possibly go wrong?
See also: Public sex in the clubhouse.
Dirty Ride (novella)
In which Irish-the-silent finally gets his girl.
This novella occurs almost entirely outside of the MC world. Irish meets Tina at the bar where all the bikers like to go (it's from another series), and he's like, "MINE," and things get messy because Tina's on the run from her abusive, dirty cop, ex boyfriend.
Rake's Redemption
In which a man who tried to get over his first love by having sex with every woman in sight (sometimes more than one at a time), meets his first love once more.
Rake is Anna's brother and aptly named on account of his sexually profligate ways. When he runs into the ex he hoped never to see again (but, let's be honest, for whom he's been pining), sparks begin to fly. But even though he thinks Bailey hurt him, it turns out he done Bailey wrong by miles. Big ole yikes in this story.
See also: Very mild bondage.
Wild Ride (novella)
In which rival MC Prez (and Rake+Anna's step-brother) Talon secretly dates Bailey's neighbor and best friend, who is under the protection of the Wind Dragons. (GASP!)
Tia thinks Talon is sex on a stick, and has for some time, but as a single mom she hasn't really been doing relationships, and she has to keep her hookups on the down low because of Talon's rocky relationship with the Wind Dragons. But Talon's got his own issues brewing in his club…issues that could shake things up pretty permanently.
Wolf's Mate
In which the man we've seen grow up from a prospect has to babysit a rich girl so she doesn't get murdered.
Talon calls in a favor that Wolf/Vinnie owes him, knowing that Vinnie won't be able to casually protect his cousin, Shay. Shay's wealthy but modest and really the antithesis of what Vinnie expected her to be. And her life is in danger because her dad was a super shady criminal. Once Vinnie realizes he's all in where Shay's concerned (it doesn't take long), she's under the protection of the Wind Dragons – permanently.
There are explosions in this one.
Last Ride (novella)
In which Dex and Faye (book 1) enjoy some more exciting shenanigans, and Dex decides the stress of being the Prez isn't more important than his family.
a.k.a. Faye gets kidnapped by the rival MC bad guys, and there's a wee little twist in there.
In which a biker who left a rival club (Talon's club) for the Wind Dragons meets a woman who really can't date a biker.
Johanna is a detective looking for her cousin who's been abducted (hello, human trafficking). Faye, working with the Feds, strong-arms Ranger–the hottest guy you've ever imagined, FYI–into searching for the woman, whom he once knew. Trouble is, once they find her, they discover she thinks Ranger's the one who got away, but Ranger and Johanna are already an item. Other trouble is, Johanna's getting pressure from her boss to dump her biker gang criminal boyfriend.
What's a biker to do?
Fallen Princess
In which the daughter of Dex and Faye from Dragon's Lair falls in love…with a cop.
Clover Black decided way back when she was a little girl trailing her attorney mother that the way she'd change the world was by being a cop. So she becomes a cop in another town without anyone from the MC knowing about it, with the exception of her best friend, Rafe and Bailey's daughter. After being dumped on by her peers for too long, she's assigned to Felix, an up-and-coming police officer who's definitely made his way into her spank bank. I mean who's definitely made a name for himself on the force.
But how does the princess of a notorious biker club manage to pass a background check and even become a police officer? Things aren't always what they seem…
I listened to this whole series over the course of several days (thank you, Audible Escape!), and bingeing them might be a bit much, because while the protagonists are all a bit different, and there are different tropes, the overall tone and the whole MC vibe is super consistent.
Which is to say, Macho Biker sees attractive woman. Macho Biker says, "Mine." Attractive woman says, "IDK about that, but sex is super fun." Problems occur requiring Badass Biker Involvement resolution. Macho Biker says, "Didn't you know I'm madly in love with you?" (How could she possibly know that, Caveman?) → HEA + ride off into the sunset
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Featured in the Vancouver Sun (October 2010) as one among "ten talents to watch out for in the arts," Starr Muranko is making waves, big waves.
Muranko, drawn to her mother's Moose Cree ancestry since childhood, practises and choreographs traditional & contemporary Indigenous dance. Muranko is committed to supporting Indigenous people and the living expression of their cultures through dance, music and story-telling. In all her work, she honours her mixed heritage of Metis, Cree and German.
She has trained and performed throughout British Columbia's Lower Mainland, San Francisco, and as far away as New Zealand and the Andes in Peru. She holds a BFA in Dance from SFU's School for the Contemporary Arts and has trained internationally at the Performing Arts School in Ghana, West Africa, as well as the American Conservatory of Theatre in San Francisco. Starr is committed to supporting Indigenous people and the living expression of their cultures through dance, music and story telling.
Starr Muranko is a choreographer/dancer and Artistic Associate with Raven Spirit Dance and founder of Starrwind Dance Projects. Her choreographic work has been presented at the Dance Centre, Dance in Vancouver, Dancing on the Edge, Talking Stick Festival, Crimson Coast Dance Society and Weesageechak Begins to Dance Festival (Toronto).
She is a proud member of the Dancers of Damelahamid (Gitksan) and has toured across Canada with this group and internationally to New Zealand, Peru and Ecuador. She holds a BFA in Dance/Cultural Studies from SFU's School for Contemporary Arts and celebrates her mixed heritage of Métis, Cree and German in all of her work.


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Chapter 59: Prepared Hearts and Brave Arms
A few moments after the battle began, a strong and distorted wind was blowing in front of the main gate of Garoua Maria.
A large amount of arrows flew in the sky. The guards of Garoua Maria and the soldiers of the Heraldic Order were mixed together in a fierce battle. Gradually, the momentum of the guards on the top of the wall weakened. The number of arrows flying in the sky was noticeably decreasing.
Saint Matia stood proudly beside the Heraldic soldiers to raise their morale and strengthen their voices. Unnaturally for the guards of Garoua Maria, their momentum weakened so suddenly.
This attack was unexpected by the guards and citizens of Garoua Maria. Matia carefully planned for this war to happen. She, of course, expected some resistance from her opponents. The enemy's forces could be tough to overcome, or they could collapse at any moment. Under these circumstances, such natural collapse was in fact unexpected.
Of course, the battlefield was something that changed continuously. Matia didn't think like a little girl that would overestimate such a thing. Everything could happen. Battles were unpredictable sometimes. They couldn't be measured. Events could happen naturally, or they could happen unexpectedly. Today was the day where one had to guess. Yet, there was no need to feel worried over such unexpected events. No need to fret over the unnatural.
However, the next scene everyone saw was much more than Matia's own imagination. In Matia's ears, she could hear a strange sound in the dark.
*reverberating sound*
It was an old sound. The sound of iron shaking and wood breaking a part. The sound of something big moving up.
Not just Matia. The Heraldic soldiers and Largud Ann who accompanied the Saint woman, and also Filaret, blinked their eyes in astonishment. It was both startling and confusing. Many scenes could be assumed when going to the battlefield, but such a scene could never be assumed.
That "big mouth" only opened for specific occasions. Nevertheless, on battlefields, that "mouth" remained closed no matter what happened outside. This "strong guardian" shouldn't be the one kneeling with a spear. Certainly, it was the opposite. Before Matia's eyes, the impossible happened.
The main gate of Garoua Maria opened its "mouth" and invited the Heraldic soldiers into the city-state precincts.
A distorted wind blew through.
「Saint Maria, what should we do now? There are many scenarios. Of course, the main scenario could be a trap waiting for us in the city.」
Ann's words were heard aloud while they wiped out the bad air drifting around. Her words too, showed how skeptical she was at this odd occurrence. This event must have been beyond her expectations. Very unexpected and unnatural.
Matia slowly sighed upon seeing this. She just squeezed her eyes gently so that nobody could read her expression.
Matia carefully chose her words so that her soldiers wouldn't fall to a strange depression.
「Everyone should take a long breath three times. Give me time to settle my feelings and know what direction we should take with the wind.」
Even Ann, who by nature was calm at her core, had a slight upset in her eyes. Likewise, the agitation and confusion of the Heraldic soldiers, who had been caught up in the frenzy of the battle, continued without stopping.
Matia touched her mouth and gritted her teeth so that no one would hear the cracking sound. Uncontrollable rage scattered in the air.
…It was certainly a trap. They probably wanted to catch their enemy by treating them as a stupid bird that fell on the spider's web.
Of course, there was also the possibility that the gate opened because of the Heraldic people that hid in the city. This possibility couldn't be thrown away entirely. Yet, it was just a small possibility either way. Because if it really were the action of the Heraldic people, Matia expected to see some sort of signal that could confirm that option.
The sky was covered in black and the main gate opened without any apparent reason. No signal or action was seen that could confirm that slim possibility. Nobody saw a slight movement.
Therefore, it was the enemy's trap. It was rather obvious. It was as if the opened main gate was calling the Heraldic people to come inside at their own free will.
The correct answer at present would be to choose to withdraw. There was no fool who'd step into the beast's nest. In the first place, today's plan was just a guess. There wouldn't be any problem with withdrawal for now.
However. Matia made a sound while she gritted her teeth.
The one who set this trap was horrid. She clearly understood the situation and the lack of options at present. That's why she felt frustrated.
The most important thing in the rebellion of the Heraldic Order. What was necessary to cut up the strong man's feet and break off their necks? It was the "wind blowing from behind". Yes, it was what pushed the weak and boosted their confidence. The so commonly called momentum was indispensable.
In particular, everyone was finally here, at this precise moment. Matia was honored and praised as a Saint. Everybody counted on her judgement. Pressure filled Matia. Matia prepared her breathing and assembled the words that stuck on her head for a few moments.
The wind blew high and loudly so that it could tell her a destination. Yes, a divine call.
「All members of our units. Prepare your shields and get ready for entry. Our path has been set. We are all prepared to use the corpses of our fellow compatriots as a foothold, all in order to sip the blood of this pitiful enemy. We shall sever the thirst of their throats.」
Her words meant direct assault. No one tried to oppose her and everyone followed the instructions. Everyone believed in the words of this Saint. This woman was absolute. Everyone held the spears and shields.
Saint Matia understood her circumstances very well. She wasn't strong as an aristocrat in political and economic power, nor was she from a historical heraldic lineage. Literally, there was no single backing to her supremacy as Saint.
Everything was based on her own talent and charisma. She got the position of Saint because she was relentless and fearless. In other words, Matia had to convince the Heraldic people with the power of a single woman, the "power of Matia".
Therefore, Matia wasn't allowed to withdraw from this opportunity. She was dignified as a strong hero who could crush any traps waiting for her. That was the greatest expectation on the shoulders of a girl named Matia. Her small shoulders were as heavy as a tight grip.
Yes, it was a trap. She understood that clearly. That cunning brain of hers understood everything. Nevertheless, the soldiers didn't. Matia thought that this was a clear opportunity and must be regarded as such. Therefore, Matia must meet those expectations.
Expectations that believed strongly that Garoua Maria could fall overnight. She firmly believed that they had to continue to produce good results that could reach those expectations. Matia understood what was the real mission carried by a Saint.
If those expectations weren't proven real, then the status of the Saint woman in the Heraldic order could be broken down. Not all Heraldic people were happy about the existence of a Saint woman guiding them as leader. If she couldn't get great results, her future would likely end.
However, if the symbolic Saint woman died, the Heraldic Order would not be longer be able to maintain its momentum. All of their dreams will transform into bubbles that flew in the air. Everything would disappear. That alone couldn't be accepted.
Matia held a spear with the strong grip of her arm. She wanted to inspire her soldiers. Then, from the tip of the spear, she showed them a white beacon.
Everybody was waiting for that signal. It was the proof that their resolve would be put into motion and that the assault against the enemy would continue.
For Filaret, this assault was excessively incomprehensible.
She believed that everything could be achieved through knowledge and wisdom.
The sudden opening of the main gate. It was an unmistakable trap. It must be a ploy to lure the Heraldic people in, surround them inside and kill them off.
Yet, the soldiers began to move forward.
「…I don't know if you're sane or not. But, that is a trap. I don't know about you, but I know that the citizens and the guards of the city would do anything to protect it. Even if it means using traps to lure you in. There won't be any dignity if they want to save themselves. So, I don't know why you are putting your soldiers at risk by responding so quickly to that trap.」
That's right. Indeed, the opening of the main gate was in itself a rushed plan taken quickly to eliminate the ordinary people that tried to change the course of history. Even if the people of the walls knew that this trap could be useless, somewhat, they knew that this ordinary people calling themselves the Heraldic Order were afraid of failure, and still wanted to lurk deep inside of the main gate.
Still, Filaret knew it perfectly well. There was a person in the guardsmen who could choose and execute such a dangerous strategy.
Of course, if this was the case, then this assault was a mistake. They would be crushed entirely.
Yet, there was no doubt that this raid wasn't that great in numbers. The opponent inside the walls understood this much and took that dangerous strategy into motion. Was there anyone here that could make sense into this? Anyone who could provide a different answer for this assault in the middle of this dark night?
Filaret was overwhelmed with the words professed by the Saint woman.
The Heraldic soldiers were no longer stoppable. No language would stop them now. Actually, they were like a group of beasts that only looked ahead. They kept going forward even if they knew that they were going to their tombs.
Therefore, Filaret spoke with the Saint woman about this foolish act. Matia replied as if she understood all the words that were spoken to her.
「Yes, I know it all. Yet, it's you who don't understand it. The world is not entirely commanded by mere intelligence. Sometimes you have to prepare your hearts for every possible scenario, sometimes you have to be brave, and sometimes you just have to be hopeful.」
The black eyes gleamed in the dark night. Filaret's eyes saw no fear nor frustration in Matia's demeanor. Her eyes shined brightly at the assault that was about to unfold.
What did she mean? Matia's words were too mysterious for Filaret's comprehension.
Of course, she tried to transform the world itself once. However, it was done with knowledge and wisdom even if she failed in the end.
Nevertheless. This way was too hastily. The Saint woman knew that everything could be a trap, and yet, she still wanted to enter the depths of hell. That was a reckless choice.
Regardless of everything that was spoken, Matia still wanted to move forward. She said that some things couldn't be done with intelligence on the ways of this world.
Suddenly, Lugis appeared in Filaret's mind.
Speaking of which, he was somewhat similar. It was hard to say that his act in that underground temple was done with intelligence. It was certainly not. It was too hastily as well. Yet, he chose that option too. The option of foolish bravery.
Filaret stopped speaking with Matia. She didn't respond anymore. Only one thing changed. Just follow their backs. Just as she followed Lugis, she'll now follow Matia's back. Filaret hoped to find a clue that could give her an answer to finally understand the prepared hearts of those who acted impulsively without thinking about intelligence.
Filaret the follower.


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Le Petit Sénégal oder Little Senegal ist ein Viertel im New Yorker Stadtbezirk Manhattan.

Lage

Le Petit Senegal ist ein kleiner Teil des viel größeren und älteren Viertels Harlem.  Es ist schwer die genauen Grenzen dieses Viertels zu benennen. Le Petit Senegal liegt in Central Harlem und umfasst die Blocks um die West 116th Street zwischen der St. Nicholas Avenue im Osten und dem Morningside Park im Westen.

Geschichte
Seit Mitte der 1980er Jahre zogen westafrikanische Einwanderer in diese Gegend Manhattans, so dass es schließlich den Namen Le Petit Senegal von den westafrikanischen Zuwanderern des Viertels erhielt. Nur Menschen, die nicht hier wohnen, nennen es Little Senegal.

Le Petit Senegal ist ein wichtiger Ort fűr die Westafrikanische Gemeinde Harlems, um sich hier zu treffen bzw. einzukaufen. So finden sich hier westafrikanische Läden, Restaurants, Bistros, Bäckereien, Cafés und Gewerbe.

Die Mehrheit dieser Einwanderer stammen aus dem Senegal, wo Französisch die Amtssprache ist. So erklärt sich auch der französische Name des Viertels. Jedoch werden auch afrikanische Sprachen in diesem Teil von Manhattan gesprochen – wie etwa die Wolof. Darüber hinaus leben hier auch Einwanderer anderer westafrikanischer Länder wie Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Mali, Gambia und Burkina Faso.

Siehe auch
 Harlem
 Manhattan
 Liste der Viertel Manhattans

Einzelnachweise

Weblinks
New York Times: A One-Woman Welcome Wagon in Le Petit Sénégal (englisch)
Boston Globe (aus der New York Times): In Dense Stews From Senegal, Intriguing Secrets (englisch)
World Cup fans cheer on Senegal at Africa Kine restaurant (englisch)
An unexpected taste of Vietnam in Harlem's Little West Africa (englisch)

Stadtteil (Manhattan)

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaWikipedia


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The Battle of Winceby took place on 11 October 1643 during the First English Civil War near the village of Winceby, Lincolnshire. In the battle, a Royalist relieving force under the command of Sir William Widdrington was defeated by the Parliamentarian cavalry of the Earl of Manchester.

Prelude
During the summer of 1643, the Royalists laid plans to win the war by marching on London. However, before this could be contemplated, it would be necessary for them to defeat the Parliamentarian forces holding Hull and Plymouth; otherwise, as the Royalist forces moved on London, the garrisons of those two towns could sortie out and attack the Royalist rear areas.

While these sieges were under way, King Charles decided to make the best use of his time by reducing Gloucester, the one great fortress of Parliament in the west. Parliamentary forces relieved Gloucester on 5 September. The relieving army was brought to battle by Royalist forces in the First Battle of Newbury; Newbury was a tactical draw but a strategic victory for the Parliamentarians as it reduced the likelihood of a Royalist attack on London.

Meanwhile, the Royalist army under the command of the Earl of Newcastle commenced a second siege of Hull on 2 September. The Eastern Association Parliamentarian forces led by the Earl of Manchester promptly initiated actions to relieve Hull. Manchester's forces began by besieging King's Lynn in Norfolk with his infantry while the Association's horse rode into the northern part of the county to give a hand to the Fairfaxes. At Hull, it was fortunate that egress to the city remained open and available by means of the River Humber.

On 18 September, part of the cavalry in Hull was ferried over to Barton, and the rest under Sir Thomas Fairfax went by sea to Saltfleet a few days later, the whole force joining Oliver Cromwell near Spilsby. In return, Lord Fairfax, who remained in Hull, received infantry reinforcements and a quantity of ammunition and stores from the Eastern Association.

With his forces collected and reorganised, Manchester and his cavalry forces next laid siege to the Royalist garrison at Bolingbroke Castle. In response, Newcastle ordered Sir William Widdrington to take a small force of cavalry and dragoons from Lincoln to confront Manchester and relieve the garrison.

Battle
On 10 October at the town of Horncastle, approximately 6 miles west of Bolingbroke Castle, the Royalist force commanded by Widdrington came upon a cavalry detachment screening for the Parliamentarians sieging the Royalist garrison. A brief skirmish took place and the Parliamentarians withdrew. The Parliamentary detachment reported back to the main army that the Royalists were moving towards them.

The next day the two opposing forces simultaneously took steps to confront each other. Manchester took part of his force and arrayed them on Kirkby Hill to prevent the Bolingbroke garrison from leaving the castle and organizing an attack from the rear. With the remainder of his army, Manchester advanced towards Horncastle. Meanwhile, Widdrington and the Royalists moved out of Horncastle and advanced toward Bolingbroke Castle.

The Parliamentary horse, which moved faster than the infantry, met the Royalists advancing in the opposite direction at Winceby. The field of battle was not ideal as the land falls away into sharp gullies on one side, but it was not poor enough to prohibit a battle. The two forces were approximately the same size and composition, all cavalry.

The ensuing battle lasted about half an hour. Cromwell feigned a retreat and lured the Royalists from a good defensive position onto flat ground. A small party of Parliamentarians advanced on the Royalists who discharged their weapons at them. Cromwell then led his main body of horse in a charge hoping to press home his attack before the Royalists had time to reload but dismounted Royalist dragoons managed to fire a second volley, hitting several of the Ironsides. Cromwell had his horse shot from under him, apparently by Sir Ingram Hopton (who was himself killed in the subsequent fighting and is commemorated by a memorial canvas found above the font in St. Mary's Church, Horncastle).  The canvas's inscription describes Cromwell as the 'Arch Rebel' and bears the incorrect date of October 6, 1643 for the Battle of Winceby.

Cromwell was only able to rejoin the battle after he had secured another mount. A Royalist cavalry division under Sir William Savile counterattacked Cromwell's right flank. The Royalists were, in turn, attacked in the flank by Sir Fairfax's horse. In the resulting melee, the Royalists lost cohesion when the command by Savile to about face was taken to be an order to retreat and Savile's horse fled the battle. On the Parliamentarian's left wing the Cavaliers enjoyed greater initial success, but the collapse of the Royalist left and centre meant that Widdrington had to retreat or face envelopment. A flanking attack by Cromwell's reformed cavalry was enough to cause the Royalists to flee the field in confusion.

In Horncastle, at a place now known as "slash hollow", some Royalists were killed or captured when they became trapped against a parish boundary gate that only opened one way (against them) and in their panic the press of men jammed it shut. For the remainder of the day the Parliamentarians hunted down Royalist stragglers not stopping until dusk, which in October occurs in early evening, when they were recalled by Manchester. The Royalists lost about 300 men and the Parliamentarians about 20 with a further 60 wounded.

On the same day, Newcastle's army near Hull, which had suffered terribly from the hardships of continuous siege work, was attacked by the garrison. They were so severely handled that the siege of Hull was given up the next day.

Aftermath
Manchester left Bolingbroke Castle under siege and proceeded to retake Lincoln and Gainsborough. With all hope of relief gone, the garrison of Bolingbroke Castle surrendered on 14 November.  Thus Lincolnshire, which had been almost entirely in Royalist hands before Newcastle undertook the siege of Hull, was given over to the control of the Parliamentarians.

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Conflicts in 1643
1643 in England
Battles of the English Civil Wars
Military history of Lincolnshire
Registered historic battlefields in England
17th century in Lincolnshire


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Committee to consider parking garage
Butler University's Board of Trustees endorsed the recommendation of the trustee facilities committee to work with Keystone Group to develop a plan for a mixed-use parking garage on campus.
Butler's facilities committee will work with the Keystone Group to develop a facility that could add 300 beds and 1,000 parking spots to campus behind the Howard Schrott Center for the Performing and Visual Arts.
The committee will spend the next two months meeting with Keystone to discuss the project's details and financial impact.
Committee members will meet with the Butler-Tarkington Neighborhood Association next month to get feedback and input as they work to develop the facility's plan.
"The neighborhood is very important to us," Ben Hunter, chief of staff and a committee member, said. "We have to make sure they're part of the discussion along the way."
In December, the committee will meet with the Board of Trustees to possibly present a final proposal.
Keystone was one of 12 developers that responded to the university's proposal last April. Of those 12, five were asked to submit proposals.
The committee graded each plan on specific criteria, including the environmental impact, sustainability and accessibility of each proposal.
Members then whittled the group down to three candidates who participated in a question-and-answer session and further interviews.
Kite Realty Group and Lauth Property Group were the other developments vying for the project.
"We couldn't have been wrong with any of the three groups," Hunter said.
What set Keystone apart, Hunter said, is that the group considered the campus's layout, pedestrian walkways and street traffic.
"They really took a holistic approach to this proposal," Hunter said. "It stood out and matched the historic feel of the campus and the neighborhood."
Though the project is just past its first stages, Hunter said there is still work to be done and that nothing is set in stone, including the cost and the timeline of construction.
Hunter said that if the Board of Trustees decides to approve the project in December, construction could start as soon as spring 2013.
"We are going slower than other institutions might," Hunter said. "But it's our first time on working to build a structure like this one."
The 1,000 parking spots would offset a parking shortage that the university has worked to address.
This year, parking was added behind Clowes Memorial Hall and faculty parking was added in front of the Fairbanks Center.
The extra 1,000 spots would bring the total number of parking spots on campus to about 4,000.
It is not yet known how much the facility would cost to build.
The 2012-13 Budget Forecast, which was presented to Faculty Senate members during Tuesday's meeting, said that the cost of the consulting stage was $40,000.
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