A post from almost 2 years ago is hot again, thanks to memories from Pete Goss and Alan Hills. Enjoy!
I was the station photographer at RAF Seletar 1962 -64. Just after JB I was asked to take photos of productions at the theatre club – I think the first was Alladin? Xmas '62 – and I continued until repat in Aug 1964. I still have many photos from that time, plus old programmes, of the productions, the fire, etc.. I remember Julie Goss very well. I am still in touch with John Baker (lighting) who went on to work with Joan Littlewood at Stratford (East), then Chichester, now in South Africa. Also Joyce Dobbie.
Hi, I spent 5 yrs at RAF Seleter – 1958 to 61 and 1966 to 69. Have many, many happy memories. Dad was in Signals, ComCen – Dan McNally. 2 sisters Poppy and Brenda. Spent a lot of time at Theatre Club doing programmes and posters etc. mainly socialising – met Pan Ayres who was only about 20 then. Anyone remember a gorgeous bloke called Andy at the Club? The Brittania club was great – spent loads of time there. Anyone who was there can contact me anytime – I would love to chat about Seletar. I've got lots of snaps if anyone wants to see them. Thanks!
I will copy and return if necessary. I am sure that the Seletar magazine "Searchlight" would love to do an article on the Theatre Club.
Hi David, I was at Seletar 1966 to 1969 and spent a lot of time at the Theatre Club – am trying to keep in contact with Margaret Timms. I have a great photo of Pam Ayres and a lad called Andy cleaning out the fish tank that was in the lounge/bar dressed in shorts at the back of the club near the loos. I also have a great after show party photo – thing it was 'Boeing, Boeing'. Can you tell me how to get these snaps on the site please? I will try now but it might not work. Thanks – I have lots of good photos of my time in Singaport and would love to share them. Hope I can find a way! Regards, Julie.
I dont know how you can send photos to this website but I can get them on to the RAF Seletar Association Website – where I am sure you will find a lot of people who would appreciate them. If you wish to send me any material then I can do that – especially the Pam Ayres stuff – photos, programmes etc. I received a message from Rex Plowman via Facebook, but no photos – I hope he reads this and can get in touch.
I was at Seletar 1960/62 but was not a member of the Theatre Club – however, when I was seconded to the Zambian Air Force – 1968/69 – I was a member of the Lusaka Theatre Club and played Ken Scudamore in the "Brides of March" – Is there anybody out there from those days?
Anything would be gratefully received – by post or email. ( I can supply my address if needed.
Hi Julie, would love to see your photos. I was the prompt for Boeing Boeing, Tony Miles produced it if I remember rightly. If you save your photos and then email them to me as an attachment, that may the easiest way.
Thought you might like to know that I hold 2 large albums of Seletar Theatre Club material as I am RAF Seletar Archivist.
Hi Will – bit of a bolt from the blue. The last time I saw you was 73/74 at Scampton. I went to Oman from there – my last overseas tour – and finished up at Odiham. Never did get to a Zambia reunion but have had contact with Ben Casey, Nick Glenton, "Granny Marr, Bob Perkins and Frank Dixon over the years – but not recently. Ben was living in Cyprus and I have a place in Paphos, so we met up and had a drink or three. Alice and I agreed to split up in 1981 but remain good friends – we have two girls – Gwyneth and Olwyn. I married a Chinese Indonesian in 84 and we still get on! Bit of a culture change I finished with aircraft in 2003 and went on to work for Compassion in World Farming – retiring last year, but kept very busy. I hope Sylvia and the family are well?
Hi Dave, sorry I haven't got back sooner. I still keep in touch(Xmas card) with Denis Smith but haven't met anyone else from ZAF. I left the RAF in '81 to work for Racal-Decca Survey but took early retirement in '96. Now a man of leisure. Sylvia and the boys are all OK.
Hello everyone, A mere strippling here. I was at Seletar schools from 1967 to 71 and saw the change over to SAF! I lived with my family just ouside Seletar camp at Poulden Court which sadly has been demolished now! I remember some of the guys i was at school with particularily Steve Ingram, Glen Hendy and Skippy Duncan I was in Gibson House and if by a fluke there is anyone who was at Seletar Secondary i would love to get in touch again!
Hi Dave – Roger Peach forwarded your message to me. I found him after looking at the Theatre Club site ages ago as I was always trying to find people I knew during my time in Seletar. I was with my Dad (WO Dan McNally) and family from 1966 to 1969 firstly at Jalan Kayu village and then in our house on Mornington Crescent right opposite Seletar Secondary school. We arrived when I was 15 and left when I was nearly 18 years old. A lot of the time was spent at the Theatre Club where I met Pam Ayres and many others whose names I can't really remember except Dino and Andy? My memories of Singapore are really happy ones – sun, swimming, dancing, trips into the city and all the usual tourist places. Also trips into Malaya were great fun too. Were you there with your family? I would love to compare notes with you if you want. My name now is Julie Nixon but then I was Julie McNally. It would be great to hear from you.
Hi Julie, Sorry for the wait for a reply from me! My Email is mrbluesman1@btinternet.com if you'd care to chat that way! Incidently i have a trip to Singers, Malaysia and Thailand planned sometime in the next 12 months or so!
I have posted comments on a different Postcards site before.There is now a Facebook page for Seletar Theatre Club,and i see Julie Nixon has contributed a picture of Boeing Boeing. So thanks Julie.I must have met you Julie,but I can't exactly place you I'm sorry to say .I do remember a Wendy Barrie though,we were in a one act play together Henry Hereafter .She played either Jane Seymour or Catherine Howard,I played Anne Boleyn.George Watkins played King Henry 8th.
I don't know if there will be any of the boys from thay era still around, I'm 78, but it would be great top hear from them. Sorry, I wouldn't be able to get to any rfeunions as I live in Tasmania, Australia.
Looking forward th some feed back and I do have some photos of the early days. I don't know if the semi circular bar was there in the corner in later years, but I designed and helped to build it!
hello John Routledge.David Carr here.I was Danny inNight Must Fall at Seletar produced by Gerry Ball who is now sadly deceased.I was also in Flarepath with you.I played Teddy. I was also in The Deep Blue Sea. I used to enjoy your great Noel Cowerd song mimes. Sorry to say all programmes and photos are lost..You brought back some lovely memories. Keep well. Best wishes from David Carr.
Hi David, I can copy programmes but emailing would save me postage and printing costs. my email is david.lloyd84@ntlworld.com – please send yours.
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#JumpStartBikeTravel: Meet the Four Talented Greg Siple Award Winners
Adventure Cycling's The Greg Siple Award for Young Adult Bicycle Travel (The Greg Siple Award) selection committee recently chose the four winners of this award for 2018 and, boy, was it a tough decision. With nearly 100 applications — and the best proposals we've ever seen — we winnowed it down to four talented young adults who will inspire a new generation to travel to by bike. Ankur Kumar, 21, Thea Garrett, 30, Rachel Horn, 28, and Mohamed Ukach, 18, have inspired us already.
In its fifth year, The Greg Siple Award was developed based on feedback by Adventure Cycling members to introduce bicycle travel to more young people. The award is named in honor of Adventure Cycling's cofounder and longtime art director, Greg Siple, who discovered bike touring as a young adult and then inspired generations of people to travel by bike.
Winners of the award will get bike-touring gear and will take an Adventure Cycling educational course. In return, the recipients perform an outreach project in their community to promote bicycle touring to their peers. This year we asked nine finalists in the two categories of the award — Intro to Bike Travel and Outdoor Leadership — to submit a two-minute video about their project. The videos are creative and full of passion and purpose. We keep hitting play over and over watching these talented young adults embark on an exciting journey.
Intro to Bike Travel
The Intro to Bike Travel award is for those who dream of going on a self-supported bicycle tour, but aren't quite ready to hit the road. This year's Intro to Bike Travel award winners are Ankur Kumar, 21, of Morgantown, West Virginia, and Mohamed Ukach, 18, of Omaha, Nebraska.
Ankur Kumar
"I am applying for The Greg Siple Award because I want to dive further in this world of bike touring. I'd like to learn more skills related to cycling long distances, and soon I'd like to embark on a coast-to-coast journey. With the training and supplies provided by The Greg Siple Award, I'll be able to amplify and continue in my bicycle journeying." –Ankur Kumar
Kumar will start a bike-touring program at West Virginia University, where he is a student, and take peers on a four-night trip on the C&O Canal. Kumar included a succession plan in his application. "My eventual goal with this would be to find two to three younger students to take over the reins when I graduate in May of 2018 and continue hosting these rides monthly," he wrote.
On maintaining a healthy and balanced lifestyle:
"I am proud to have lost 115 pounds. At age 18, I weighed in at 325, suffering from high blood pressure, and truly, I was unable to fully function. Something inside of me kicked into gear, and I made the outside world my savior. I spent time hiking, biking, kayaking — just doing something every single day — and little by little, I have transformed into a body that I can feel comfortable with. Since college started, I've certainly gained some more weight to my current 240 pound weight, but I've learned that obesity is as much mental as it is physical. I still face challenges every day, but I feel more equipped now than ever to tackle these challenges."
Mohamed Ukach
"I've been on one multi-night bike camping trip in my life and it was one of the best trips I have ever been on and I would like to share that passion with others." –Mohamed Ukach
Mohamed is a senior at Central High School in Omaha, Nebraska and regularly volunteers at Community Bike Project Omaha. He will take youth and adults on a bike overnight with support from Community Bike Project Omaha. "This trip will also serve as a primer for teaching city youth who have never experienced spending a night outdoors how liberating and exciting that can be," Ukach wrote in his application.
Mohamed's proudest accomplishments:
"In my young life I have done several things I am proud of. One of those accomplishments is immigrating to the United States from Kenya and assimilating into a new culture and learning a new language. I have strived to experience as much of this country as I can and try to reach outside of my comfort zone to try new things. The second accomplishment in my life that I am proud of is planning and starting a new outreach event at the Community Bike Project Omaha. The third is attending the Youth Bike Summit in Washington D.C. I learned about several new ways to engage youth at the shop and got to talk to people involved in other awesome shops all over the country. That experience opened my eyes to the fact that I could have a future building community through bicycling."
We look forward to hearing about Ankur and Mohamed's experience at an Intro to Road Touring course and watching their progress on their outreach project. Ankur and Mohamed will receive a touring bicycle from REI along with camping gear from Big Agnes, panniers from Arkel, bike gear from ABUS and Planet Bike, and bike shipping from BikeFlights.com to and from their Intro to Road Touring course.
The Outdoor Leadership award is for those who have bike travel experience and want to get more involved in outdoor leadership. This year's Outdoor Leadership winners are Thea Garrett, 30, of Eugene, Oregon, and Rachel Horn, 28, of Los Angeles, California.
Thea Garrett
"The skills that I would learn in the Adventure Cycling Leadership Training course and on the tour would be invaluable to continuing my career. I want to be able to draw upon my experience working with the general public, youth, and underserved communities to support greater bicycle use. This award would help me to take the next step." –Thea Garrett
Thea Garrett, left, with her Southern Tier touring partner, and Warm Showers host, Jim Strickland from Kirbyville, Texas, of the United Methodist Church.
Garrett, who works for the National Park Service, will be based in arctic Kotzebue, Alaska this summer to work with local youth, who make up nearly 40 percent of the population. She plans to teach youth bike safety, instruction, and maintenance and take them on community rides that incorporate science and history curriculum.
On bikes and public lands:
"Getting people on bikes and strengthening the rapport between gateway communities and public land is something that I am passionate about. This kind of community outreach project has the potential to be scaled up or down and be replicated in other towns adjacent to public lands. It could be adapted in parks that are increasingly congested with automobile traffic — exploring the connection between human and environmental health (healthy people, healthy parks!) and recognizing that some of these changes can be initiated at the local community level."
Rachel Horn
"I believe that bicycle travel has the potential to help achieve world peace. Throughout my travels, it has been my experience that most people are good, that the human body is incredible, and that the earth is a thrilling place to live." –Rachel Horn
Horn will lead weekend group rides in the Los Angeles area throughout 2018 with a goal to get more women and people of color interested in bike travel. She will also share her travel-inspired watercolors and encourage her tour mates to make art on the road. "I see myself continuing to plan bike tours that provoke action in menstrual health and social justice, that encourage underrepresented populations to hop on the saddle and be seen, and that offer the opportunity for young people to do the same," she says.
On bike touring alone:
"I had been planning the bike tour from Los Angeles to Mexico City for a year and when my tour partner bailed, I still wanted to go! The dread of riding alone was semi-paralyzing but after speaking with several women who had done similar solo trips, I conquered my anxieties and rolled through one of the best adventures to date."
Thea and Rachel will complete an Adventure Cycling Leadership Training Course this fall and learn about our philosophy of leadership and how it applies to self-contained and supported bicycle tours. They will put their new skills to the test when they go on an Adventure Cycling self-contained tour later this year or in 2019. Garrett and Horn will also receive a $100 gift certificate to Adventure Cycling's Cyclosource store to update their gear, an ABUS lock, and bike shipments from BikeFlights.com.
Thanks to all the 2018 applicants. It was extremely difficult to select just four people from nearly 100 applications.
And thank you to The Greg Siple Award sponsors: REI, Arkel, Big Agnes, BikeFlights.com, ABUS, and Planet Bike.
Photo 1 & 5 courtesy of Rachel Horn | Photo 2 courtesy of Ankur Kumar | Photo 3 courtesy of Mohamed Ukach | Photo 4 courtesy of Thea Garrett.
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Celtic Manor is a luxury five-star resort in South Wales. You may know it as the venue for the 2010 Ryder Cup, but the three 18-hole golf courses are merely the tip of the iceberg! Visitors can also take advantage of six restaurants, two spas, a country inn, a high ropes course, laser combat and all kinds of other fantastic facilities.
TimberTech recently received a call from Lodgico, a contracting company specialising in the design and construction of timber lodges. The management team at Celtic Manor had asked Lodgico to build 10 new luxury lodges on the resort, and they were looking for some high-quality lodge decking to incorporate into their designs.
Being a Cardiff-based company, we were already well aware of the Celtic Manor Resort and its reputation for high-end luxury. The idea that our decking products might soon be part of this spectacular and iconic Welsh venue was a thrilling one indeed!
The representative from Lodgico contacted our sales assistant Sharif to discuss the requirements for the Celtic Manor lodges. To get the ball rolling, they ordered a free sample of our Reliaboard decking in Cedar; a very natural-looking choice, ideal for the magnificent surroundings of the Usk Valley.
It all starts with a sample!
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As you'd expect, the Celtic Manor lodges look absolutely stunning now that they're finished, and the Reliaboard decking is a big part of that. The Cedar colour is a good match for the lodges' natural timber door frames, and as we've already mentioned, the appealingly natural design is utterly perfect for the location.
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Q: How to create a AngularJS jQueryUI Autocomplete directive I am trying to create a custom directive that uses jQueryUI's autocomplete widget.  I want this to be as declarative as possible.  This is the desired markup:
<div>
    <autocomplete ng-model="employeeId" url="/api/EmployeeFinder" label="{{firstName}} {{surname}}" value="id" />
</div>

So, in the example above, I want the directive to do an AJAX call to the url specified, and when the data is returned, show the value calculated from the expression(s) from the result in the textbox and set the id property to the employeeId.  This is my attempt at the directive.
app.directive('autocomplete', function ($http) {
    return {
        restrict: 'E',
        replace: true,
        template: '<input type="text" />',
        require: 'ngModel',

        link: function (scope, elem, attrs, ctrl) {
            elem.autocomplete({
                source: function (request, response) {
                    $http({
                    url: attrs.url,
                    method: 'GET',
                    params: { term: request.term }
                })
                .then(function (data) {
                    response($.map(data, function (item) {
                        var result = {};

                        result.label = item[attrs.label];
                        result.value = item[attrs.value];

                        return result;
                    }))
                });
                },

                select: function (event, ui) {
                    ctrl.$setViewValue(elem.val(ui.item.label));

                    return false;
                }
            });
        }
    }
});

So, I have two issues - how to evaluate the expressions in the label attribute and how to set the property from the value attribute to the ngModel on my scope.

A: Here's my updated directive
(function () {
'use strict';

angular
    .module('app')
    .directive('myAutocomplete', myAutocomplete);

myAutocomplete.$inject = ['$http', '$interpolate', '$parse'];
function myAutocomplete($http, $interpolate, $parse) {

    // Usage:

    //  For a simple array of items
    //  <input type="text" class="form-control" my-autocomplete url="/some/url" ng-model="criteria.employeeNumber"  />

    //  For a simple array of items, with option to allow custom entries
    //  <input type="text" class="form-control" my-autocomplete url="/some/url" allow-custom-entry="true" ng-model="criteria.employeeNumber"  />

    //  For an array of objects, the label attribute accepts an expression.  NgModel is set to the selected object.
    //  <input type="text" class="form-control" my-autocomplete url="/some/url" label="{{lastName}}, {{firstName}} ({{username}})" ng-model="criteria.employeeNumber"  />

    //  Setting the value attribute will set the value of NgModel to be the property of the selected object.
    //  <input type="text" class="form-control" my-autocomplete url="/some/url" label="{{lastName}}, {{firstName}} ({{username}})" value="id" ng-model="criteria.employeeNumber"  />

    var directive = {
        restrict: 'A',
        require: 'ngModel',
        compile: compile
    };

    return directive;

    function compile(elem, attrs) {
        var modelAccessor = $parse(attrs.ngModel),
            labelExpression = attrs.label;

        return function (scope, element, attrs) {
            var
                mappedItems = null,
                allowCustomEntry = attrs.allowCustomEntry || false;

            element.autocomplete({
                source: function (request, response) {
                    $http({
                        url: attrs.url,
                        method: 'GET',
                        params: { term: request.term }
                    })
                    .success(function (data) {
                        mappedItems = $.map(data, function (item) {
                            var result = {};

                            if (typeof item === 'string') {
                                result.label = item;
                                result.value = item;

                                return result;
                            }

                            result.label = $interpolate(labelExpression)(item);

                            if (attrs.value) {
                                result.value = item[attrs.value];
                            }
                            else {
                                result.value = item;
                            }

                            return result;
                        });

                        return response(mappedItems);
                    });
                },

                select: function (event, ui) {
                    scope.$apply(function (scope) {
                        modelAccessor.assign(scope, ui.item.value);
                    });

                    if (attrs.onSelect) {
                        scope.$apply(attrs.onSelect);
                    }

                    element.val(ui.item.label);

                    event.preventDefault();
                },

                change: function () {
                    var
                        currentValue = element.val(),
                        matchingItem = null;

                    if (allowCustomEntry) {
                        return;
                    }

                    if (mappedItems) {
                        for (var i = 0; i < mappedItems.length; i++) {
                            if (mappedItems[i].label === currentValue) {
                                matchingItem = mappedItems[i].label;
                                break;
                            }
                        }
                    }

                    if (!matchingItem) {
                        scope.$apply(function (scope) {
                            modelAccessor.assign(scope, null);
                        });
                    }
                }
            });
        };
    }
}
})();

A: Sorry to wake this up... It's a nice solution, but it does not support ng-repeat...
I'm currently debugging it, but I'm not experienced enough with Angular yet :)
EDIT:
Found the problem. elem.autocomplete pointed to elem parameter being sent into compile function. IT needed to point to the element parameter in the returning linking function. This is due to the cloning of elements done by ng-repeat. Here is the corrected code:
app.directive('autocomplete', function ($http, $interpolate, $parse) {
return {
    restrict: 'E',
    replace: true,
    template: '<input type="text" />',
    require: 'ngModel',

    compile: function (elem, attrs) {
        var modelAccessor = $parse(attrs.ngModel),
            labelExpression = attrs.label;

        return function (scope, element, attrs, controller) {
            var
                mappedItems = null,
                allowCustomEntry = attrs.allowCustomEntry || false;

            element.autocomplete({
                source: function (request, response) {
                    $http({
                        url: attrs.url,
                        method: 'GET',
                        params: { term: request.term }
                    })
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In August we photographed a wedding that took place at two stunning venues as big and grand as they get. Louisa and Ben got married at Malvern College chapel with the reception at Eastnor Castle.
After dropping off Sarah to cover Ben's preps at the Abbey Hotel in Malvern, Rob drove across the border in Herefordshire to meet Louisa and her bridesmaids at Eastnor Castle, where they were getting ready for the day ahead before travelling to Malvern for the service itself.
Louisa and Ben found us after seeing the photographs we did for Susie and Mike's wedding in April 2015 and like them, they chose the chapel of their old school in which to get married. Although the word 'chapel' suggests a small place of worship, the one at Malvern College feels huge and would dwarf most parish churches.
Wedding services in the college chapel always feel special and Louisa and Ben's was no exception – a lovely ceremony conducted by Rev Andrew Law with no silly restrictions on what we could photograph. Following the service, everyone gathered in front of the main Malvern College building for the confetti throw and large group photo and we did a few quick photos of the couple here too. We particularly loved capturing all the little interactions here between the couple and their guests, especially the young bridesmaids and flowergirls.
Eastnor has never been a defensive castle but was built in the 18th century as a 'show of wealth' and family home and the descendants of the original owners still reside there today. The castle and grounds are usually open to the public, but for weddings it operates on an exclusive-use basis only. The guests relaxed into the afternoon on the rear terrace with drinks and string quartet and enjoyed the gorgeous views across the lake and to the Herefordshire countryside.
Following the meal and speeches it was time for Louisa and Ben's main photo session. Eastnor Castle is a huge building with many great spots inside for photos, but the grounds are also extensive. We had already been to the castle as guests at our friends' wedding a few years ago but we needed to get a little more familiar with the place before working there. So, we took an afternoon out to do a 'recce' visit to the venue shortly before Louisa and Ben's wedding. We always do this for any venue we've not worked at before. The recce gave us the opportunity to get to know the layout of castle and grounds and become acquainted with some of the staff and it came in so useful during the evening couple shoot when time was short.


Live (in your new house) and learn.
Most of us have moved at least once in their life. How long did it take you to be all settled in, unpacked, and start enjoying your new house?
We have lived in this house close to two years now. And though a lot has been done to make it ours, it is far from being finished. For different reasons– not enough time/energy (new baby!)/money– the house has been coming together slower that I would have preferred. But that is not a bad thing, as I have come to realize. It is actually the best way to approach the whole making- it-ours process.
Here is why: right after moving in we made plans for each room and prioritized our home improvement projects based on those plans. According to the plan, our front room– the room you walk into through the front door– was supposed to be a mudroom, since we had no closets by the door. We had researched and brainstormed tons of built-in options to make it a functional mudroom.
So the original plans were replaced with a new crazy unconventional idea: to build a mudroom in the home office/homework zone/family command center room that is just to your right when you walk in.
Once the mudroom was finished, the whole space came together organically. It was a logical thing to do: now when we come home, the kids leave their coats and shoes in the mudroom, step to the command center to look at the calendar and the messages (I will write about the command center in a separate post. It's been SO helpful), leave their school papers for me to sign/sort. And if the mudroom corner gets messy, it is contained to that corner and doesn't hurt my OCD soul every time I walk by.
The office/homework/mudroom space has been working hard for us.
Those shoes are not gonna sort themselves!
I will be sharing how we made it functional in future posts.
1. Sleep on it! Give your new house and your family time to get to know each other. Observe how you use the space on a daily basis, and plan your home improvement projects based on your actual needs, and not on conventional expectations.
2. Do not be afraid to think outside the box. You may come up with unique ideas. The fact that it hasn't been done before, doesn't mean you shouldn't do it in your home. If it is fits your family lifestyle– go for it!
3. Involve the whole family (or at least the people who can talk) in the design process. Have an open discussion. It may force you to give up some "brilliant" plans you had been developing in your head, but the end result will be a well thought- through and realistic plan (don't ask me how I know).
What is your approach to home improvement? Do you prefer to attack everything at once, and then relax and enjoy your home? Do you plan your projects or do you let things shape up naturally?


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Guide to Packers training camp What you need to know for 2016 Green Bay Packers training camp Check out this story on packersnews.com: http://pck.rs/29XJryQ
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Published 9:50 a.m. CT July 24, 2016 | Updated 3:24 p.m. CT Aug. 12, 2016
Fans watch along the fence line during the Green Bay Packers training camp at Ray Nitschke Field on Thursday, July 30, 2015.(Photo: Evan Siegle/Press-Gazette Media/@PGevansiegle)
The Green Bay Packers training camp will be at St. Norbert College in De Pere for the 59th consecutive summer, the longest stay at one location for any NFL team. Forrest Gregg, the coach from 1984-'87, at the time attempted to convince management of the benefits of training at a more remote locale. One thing he didn't like was the sound of traffic alongside the practice field. The Packers investigated such sites as Whitewater, River Falls, La Crosse, Madison and Marquette, Mich., but were dissuaded by vigorous protest from fans, club hierarchy and tourism officials. Previously, the Packers trained at Rockwood Lodge just north of Green Bay from 1946-'49, on fields around old City Stadium in '50, in Grand Rapids, Minn., from 1951-'53 and in Stevens Point from 1954-'57.
Players again will be housed on the St. Norbert campus at Victor McCormick Hall, which is outfitted with 100 custom beds. Players generally will eat breakfast, lunch and dinner in the team dining room at Lambeau Field, but select meals and snacks also will be served at St. Norbert. They will check out of the dormitory Aug. 13. Marginal players then will take lodging in a nearby hotel for several weeks until their fate is determined. The St. Norbert campus is about 6 miles south of Lambeau Field and the team's administrative-training complex. All practices are conducted at the team facility just as they are during the regular season.
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PRACTICE TIMES
The Packers have made major changes in their practice schedule under coach Mike McCarthy. Gone are the days when they'd practice once in the morning and once in the afternoon. In 2006, McCarthy eliminated about 25% of the practices by rotating days with two workouts followed by days with one workout. McCarthy hoped to keep the players more energized and to spend more time watching video with players after each daylight practice. From 2007-11, he scheduled no practice on the first three Wednesdays of camp. In 2012, McCarthy went back to morning practices in the first two weeks of camp, night practices in weeks 3-4 and morning practices in weeks 5-6. In 2013, McCarthy practiced in the early morning for the first 2½ weeks and in the late morning for the final three weeks. In 2014, McCarthy conducted 12 practices in pads, five in shells and four in shorts, and 17 of the 21 were open to fans. Last year, there were 13 practices in pads and four in shells, and four walk-throughs on the day before exhibition games that were closed to the public.
Under coach Mike Sherman, the Packers had 51 open practices in 2000, 41 in '01, 49 in '02, 46 in '03, 37 in '04 and 38 (including 17 in pads) in '05. Under McCarthy, a total of 28 practices were open in '06 (15 in pads), 24 in '07 (15 in pads), 22 in '08 (13 in pads), 25 in '09 (17 in pads), 24 (15 in pads) in '10, 20 (17 in pads) in '11, 20 (15 in pads) in '12, 20 (11 in pads) in '13, 21 (13 in pads) in '14 and 21 (13 in pads) last year. The 2011 collective bargaining agreement prohibits teams from conducting two practices a day.
McCarthy's tentative schedule this summer will include the possibility of 16 practices and five walk-throughs over the 37 days of camp. For the third straight year, the schedule released by McCarthy in June didn't indicate if pads would be worn. During the first week of camp the practices will start at 8:15 a.m. During the second week, night practices return after being off the schedule a year ago. There will be four in all, starting at 6:15 p.m.
For the first time in years, the Packers scheduled a practice in 2013 that was closed to fans. In 2014, McCarthy increased the number of closed practices to four, including two on the first practice following an exhibition game. In 2015, the only practices designated as closed to fans were the light workouts on days before exhibition games. This year, it would appear the Packers will practice Saturday, Aug. 20, but fans won't be able to attend.
PLAYER DAYS OFF
No practices are scheduled on July 29 and Aug. 2, 5, 8, 13, 16, 19, 21, 24, 27-28. Players will not practice more than three days in a row, and only twice all camp does the schedule show three days in a row with practices.
In good weather, the Packers will practice on Ray Nitschke Field, which was dedicated in 2009.
A mini-stadium with a brick façade, Nitschke Field contains two north-south fields: one is a regulation 100 yards and the other, which measures 70 yards, has an underground heating system identical to Lambeau Field. The Packers use the heated field late in the year to practice outside.
Five rows of permanent metal bleachers raised 6 feet off the field can accommodate about 1,500 fans. There also are standing-room areas at the north and south ends. The seats have been virtually filled at the start of many practices each of the last six summers, but after the first hour or so the crowd dissipated, leaving plenty of opportunities for fans to sit. Gates will open 90 minutes before the start of practice and close 30 minutes after it ends. Most players will arrive and exit through a gate at the northwest corner. Eight permanent light standards provide lighting equivalent to what Lambeau Field had before its renovation.
The surface is DD GrassMaster, the same grass-and-synthetic field that was installed on Clark Hinkle Field in 2005 and on Lambeau Field in 2007. Hinkle Field will be used most of the time during the regular season until late in the year.
As always, admission to practice is free. Spectators are allowed to bring in small bags and coolers (no alcohol). Small stadium seats are permitted. Alcohol and smoking are prohibited, as are video recording devices and still cameras with lenses longer than 12 inches.
In case of rain or wet grounds, the Packers will practice in the adjacent Don Hutson Center. Because of limited space, fans aren't able to attend. On rare occasion, the Packers will allow some fans into the Hutson Center so they can observe from the eastern sideline.
This will be the eighth summer since 1958 that Hinkle Field, formerly known as the South Oneida Street Practice Field, won't be the primary practice field during training camp. There had been bleachers seating about 1,100 at Hinkle.
Tuesday, Aug. 30, is the last day for fans to attend practice. Canvas then will be drawn around the fields so the Packers can practice in privacy to prepare for the regular season. The NFL allows scouts from other teams to attend training-camp practices if admission is charged. Free practices are off-limits to opposing scouts.
Parking for practice is available in the Lambeau Field lot, where tailgating is welcomed.
Food and beverages will be available for purchase near the practice field. Food also will be available in the Lambeau Field atrium at half a dozen restaurants starting with lunch. Having closed the former Curly's Pub, the Packers opened the new 1919 Kitchen & Tap last summer. It's located on the first floor of the atrium below the former location of Curly's. The new restaurant-bar opens at 11 a.m. and closes at 10 p.m. The atrium is open from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday, 9-6 on Saturday and 10-5 on Sunday.
Perhaps the best places are the team's websites, packers.com and lambeaufield.com. The latest alterations in the practice schedule will be available there. Fans also can obtain daily reports on times and attractions by calling (920) 569-7502. There also is a fan assistance kiosk located near the practice field, and employees/ushers in red vests are in abundance around Nitschke Field.
The team's guest relations desk in the atrium generally will be staffed Monday to Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and from 9-5 on Saturday and Sunday.
The Packers didn't hold a major intrasquad scrimmage in 1997 or '98. Before that, the so-called Intrasquad Game had been a fixture at Lambeau Field for years; at times, it was held on the South Oneida Street practice field. There were occasions when it was free to the public. The Packers began charging $6 for the scrimmage in 1999. Attendance was 46,420 in '99, 50,240 in '00 and 48,898 in '01. It was canceled in 2002 and '03 due to stadium renovation but returned in '04 with attendance of 60,216. It took seven weeks but the event was considered a sellout.
Later, the event became known as the Family Night scrimmage, and the ticket price was raised to $10 and parking was $5. Attendance was 62,492 in 2005, 62,701 in '06, 59,362 in '07, 56,600 in '08, 50,787 in '09 and 47,844 in '10. The scrimmage in 2008 was delayed by rain for 71 minutes. In 2009, the decision was made at 9 p.m. to cancel the scrimmage because of severe weather. In 2011, due in part to the lockout, the Packers conducted a normal practice without live tackling. The attendance was 43,048. Once again, storms rolled into Green Bay and the final hour had to be canceled.
Attendance was 55,605 in 2012 and 63,047 in 2013.
In 2014, coach Mike McCarthy eliminated the scrimmage at Lambeau Field and turned it into a practice in pads. Attendance was 67,366 and 67,191 last year.
Tickets priced at $10 for this year's practice at the stadium went on sale June 27 and were sold out July 20. Last year, tickets were sold out in a day. Tickets were sold out in nine days in 2014 and in 17 days in 2013.
The padded practice will be held Sunday, July 31, with warmups beginning at 6:30 p.m. Practice starts at 7:30. A jersey giveaway and fireworks/laser show will conclude the evening. No refunds will be given unless all stadium activities from 5:30 through the fireworks are canceled.
An appearance by the Buffalo Bills in 2005 was the first by an opposing team during a training camp in Green Bay since 1991. That year, the Packers practiced against the New Orleans Saints in Stevens Point and then against the New England Patriots in Green Bay. In '90, they practiced against the Cleveland Browns in Green Bay.
In 2007, the Packers held a night practice at Old City Stadium adjacent to Green Bay East High School. Otherwise, every practice has been on their fields.
PHOTOS/AUTOGRAPHS
Citing safety risks, the Packers realigned their old parking lot in 1997 to reduce the number of fans who could wait outside the building for players and coaches after practice. In recent years, players and coaches used a reserved lot on the northeast side of Lambeau Field that was off limits to fans. At times, players would sign for fans that lingered outside the fence. Now players park in a new surface area just south of the previous existing lot on the east side of the stadium. Fans might be able to hail players and receive autographs outside the parking-lot fence.
It has been a tradition for players either to walk or ride on kids' bicycles to and from practice, and coach Mike McCarthy encourages the practice. However, in the last decade or so, many starters and key players have been hopping into vans driven by St. Norbert personnel after each practice for rides from the field to the facility, making them inaccessible to fans. Youngsters with bikes are encouraged to line up in a new bike corral on the east side of the stadium at least 20 minutes before practice and on the street just north of Nitschke Field after practice. Many players then pick a bike to ride, with the youngster hitching a ride on the back of the bike or running alongside. The biking tandems have about 100 yards more to cover with the move to Nitschke Field. Beginning Tuesday, children from the Boys & Girls Club of Greater Green Bay will ride with players on five custom three-wheeler bikes in a promotion known as DreamDrive.
The Packers instituted a program in 1997 to help some fans obtain autographs by having players and coaches sign at nearby tables after the morning practice. The Packers did away with autograph tables in 2006 and erected something called the Tundra Tailgate Zone in 2008. A free attraction, the enclosed area on the east side of the stadium is contained in a large tent. Kids have a chance to meet players, shake their hands and potentially get autographs.
In recent years, the Packers initiated the Future Lambeau Leapers Autographs program designed for kids ages 12 and younger. This year, the chance for kids to mingle with players will be held in the Hutson Center for about 20-30 minutes. Although subject to change, players are scheduled to appear in the Hutson Center July 26-28 and 30-31. Other opportunities for autograph-seekers present themselves as players head to and from practice.
The Packers Experience, a free interactive training camp playground, operated from 2005-'13. It has been replaced by an interactive DreamZone located in the Tundra Tailgate Zone in the east parking lot. Note that the DreamZone will be open for only the first week of training camp, or July 26-Aug. 1. The DreamZone also will feature ChalkTalk, an area where McCarthy, players and alumni will speak about pursuing one's dreams. The schedule of speakers is available online.
The Packers have arranged activities for fans just east of Nitschke Field over the first week to 10 days of camp. Check online for the various offerings.
The Packers Pro Shop was expanded from 9,000 to 21,500 square feet before reopening in July 2014. Hours are 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday-Friday, 9-6 Saturday and 10-5 Sunday.
ROSTER REDUCTIONS
Training camp rosters, which increased from 80 to 90 in 2011 due to the lockout, remain at 90 this summer. Rosters must be cut to 75 players by 3 p.m. Aug. 30 and to 53 players by 3 p.m. Sept. 3. After 11 a.m. Sept. 4, clubs may establish a practice squad of up to 10 players.
HALL OF FAME/STADIUM TOURS
The Packers Hall of Fame reopened last summer. It includes 15,000 square feet and spans two levels in the atrium.
Guided stadium tours have been divided into three distinct categories this year.
Classic Stadium Tour: One hour. Prices are $15 for ages 18-61; $12 for ages 62 and up, 12-17, students and military; $9 for ages 6-11; and free for 5 and under.
Champions Tour: 90 minutes. Prices are $21 for ages 18-61; $20 for ages 62 and up, 12-17, students and military; $15 for ages 6-11; and free for 5 and under.
Legendary Tour: Two hours. Prices are $30 for ages 18-61; $28 for ages 62 and up, 12-17, student and military; $16 for ages 6-11; and free for 5 and under.
A limited number of tickets are sold online. Tickets in the atrium are sold on a first-come, first-served basis for each day's tours. They often sell out. During training camp, tickets are sold starting at 9 a.m. Monday-Saturday and at 10 a.m. on Sunday.
Groups of 20 or more should call stadium tours (920) 569-7512 for reduced rates. Specific tour times for the first few weeks of training camp are available online. However, they are subject to change on a daily basis.
Adult tickets for the Hall of Fame are $15 during peak-pricing periods, which includes training camp. Combined tickets for both the Hall of Fame and stadium tours are available. Hall of Fame hours are 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 10-5 on Sunday.
July 25: Players report.
July 26: 8:15 a.m.
July 29: No practice
July 31: Family Night, 6:25 p.m.
Aug. 1: 6:15 p.m.
Aug. 2: No practice
Aug. 6: No public practice
Aug. 7: vs. Colts, 7 p.m., Canton, Ohio
Aug. 10: 11:45 a.m.
Aug. 11: No public practice
Aug. 12: vs. Browns, 7 p.m.
Aug. 13: No practice
Aug. 14: 12:15 p.m.
Aug. 18: vs. Raiders, 7 p.m.
Aug. 26: at 49ers, 9 p.m.
Sept. 1: at Chiefs, 7 p.m.
Packers punter JK Scott active, safety Raven Greene not against 49ers
Live game blog: Packers at San Francisco 49ers
Packers Buzz: Green Bay defense must do dirty work against Garoppolo
Tom Silverstein's NFL picks: Conference championships


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Q: NPGSQL seems to have a rather large bug? this is a weird one, when I run the following code all rows are returned from the db. Imagaine what would happen if this was an update or delete.
    Dim cmd As New NpgsqlCommand

    cmd.Connection = conn
    cmd.CommandText = "select * FROM ac_profiles WHERE profileid = @profileId"
    cmd.Parameters.Add("@profile", 58)
    Dim dt As DataTable = DataAccess2.DataAccess.sqlQueryDb(cmd)

    DataGridView1.DataSource = dt

My question is why is this happening?

A: I'm no pg-sql expert, but I strongly suspect it's because you're adding a different parameter from the one you're using in the SQL statement. I think you're also using the wrong syntax to refer to a parameter. See the user manual for more information. Try this:
cmd.Connection = conn
cmd.CommandText = "select * FROM ac_profiles WHERE profileid = :profileid"
cmd.Parameters.Add("profileid", 58)
Dim dt As DataTable = DataAccess2.DataAccess.sqlQueryDb(cmd)


" Blood / Lines " is a collection of gorgeously dark song vignettes built on a foundation of reverbed emotion, rhythmic drive, and minor-key pop sensibility.
The album features less of the folk / rock minimalism that shaped Emily's previous works. She layers synthesizer, electric guitar and multiple tracks of ethereal vocals into nine heavily affected scenes. With the help of friends and collaborators Wainwright Hewlett, Shawn Alpay, Marissa Nadler, Nick Ott, and Darwin Meiners, her songs diversify with strings, backing vocals, bass, and heavy drums. Blood / Lines reveals loyalty to classic gothic motifs by moving through passion, anger, melancholy, destruction, isolation, romance, and abandonment.


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Q: Different behaviour at synonyms migrating from solr 3.6 to 4.0 I'm studying the migration from SolR 3.6 to 4.0.
I've developed a tiny system with no more than 2500 documents. Furthermore, I've developed more than 4100 tests to make sure that at every change, there isn't a deterioration in the functioning of the system.
For this migration, I have kept the default settings of Solr 4.0, just adding my own fieldType (I've seen a lot of new settings at schema.xml and solrconfig.xml).
Thus, in a first run without synonyms, the difference between versions 4.0 and 3.6 was just a sentence (a phrase that in 4.0 works better than 3.6) from 4100. However, if I include synonyms, the deviation becomes much more evident, with considerably worse results at 4.0.
My fieldType is as follows:
<fieldType name="text_es_lemma" class="solr.TextField" positionIncrementGap="100">
  <analyzer type="query">
    <tokenizer class="solr.StandardTokenizerFactory"/>
    <filter class="solr.LowerCaseFilterFactory"/>
    <filter class="solr.ASCIIFoldingFilterFactory"/>
    <filter class="solr.SynonymFilterFactory" synonyms="synonyms.lnk" ignoreCase="true" expand="false"/>
    <filter class="solr.StopFilterFactory" ignoreCase="true" words="stopwords.lnk" format="snowball" enablePositionIncrements="true"/>
    <filter class="solr.KeywordMarkerFilterFactory" protected="protwords.txt"/>
    <filter class="myownlibrary.solr.analysis.SpanishLemmaFilterFactory" dictionary="lang/avatar_dictionary/adj_num_ord-lex.src,lang/avatar_dictionary/basic-lex.src" ignoreCase="true"/>
  </analyzer>

  <analyzer type="index">
    <tokenizer class="solr.StandardTokenizerFactory"/>
    <filter class="solr.LowerCaseFilterFactory"/>
    <filter class="solr.ASCIIFoldingFilterFactory"/>
    <filter class="solr.SynonymFilterFactory" synonyms="synonyms.lnk" ignoreCase="true" expand="true"/>
    <filter class="solr.StopFilterFactory" ignoreCase="true" words="stopwords.lnk" format="snowball" enablePositionIncrements="true"/>
    <filter class="solr.KeywordMarkerFilterFactory" protected="protwords.txt"/>
    <filter class="myownlibrary.solr.analysis.SpanishLemmaFilterFactory" dictionary="lang/avatar_dictionary/adj_num_ord-lex.src,lang/avatar_dictionary/basic-lex.src" ignoreCase="true"/>
    <filter class="solr.RemoveDuplicatesTokenFilterFactory" />
  </analyzer>
</fieldType>

The file with synonyms is the same at both versions.
Is there any difference between how synonyms are used at 4.0 and 3.6? Do I have to specify them in a different way at 4.0?


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Building a quarterly journal that spans broad topical and technical themes can be challenging, and the selection of articles for any one journal intimidating. Over the last five years CSIAC has published special issues on military research laboratories (Volume 5 Number 1; Volume 4 Number 1), focused in on particular relevant technical thrusts (i.e., Serious Games M&S, Volume 5 Number 4, December 2017), and operational considerations (i.e., SCADA, Volume 1 Number 3). This quarter, the CSIAC Journal presents five articles which represent different perspectives on Insider Threat and approaches to understand and remediate that threat. Due to the cost of reproduction and distribution, we are releasing the print journal with the first four articles, and incorporating into the journal a reference to the longer and more complex fifth article available online at CSIAC.ORG. All five articles are included in the PDF version of the journal available online.
In this journal we are proud to identify and include work by two organizations with a long history of research and good counsel regarding Insider Threat – the Software Engineering Institute (SEI) at Carnegie Mellon University and the SANS Technology Institute.
Any collaboration between people in a group requires a certain degree of trust to be successful. Whether in financial, political, military, or social situations, the ability to trust those around you is a primary enabling factor to success. Misuse of that trust to gain advantage for purposes counter to the group's success can also be a primary factor in the group's failure. For the last few decades in the cybersecurity realm, the term "Insider Threat" has been used to identify individuals or entities that misuse some level of trust gained within an organization to adversely use information or information systems to the detriment of the organization. The designation is somewhat broad, encompassing intentional and unintentional actions, individuals and groups of people, even human and machine/computer activities. Approaches to the remediation of the Insider Threat are also quite broad, with current best practice combining several to achieve the best results. Physical, technical, behavioral, policy, and process means are all parts of an effective Insider Threat program.
When any concept or technology becomes widely relevant, it begins to differentiate into sub-components on its path to full maturity. New and innovative approaches leverage and augment the foundational ideas that generated the original concepts, frequently evolving to new areas and spawning their own subcomponents. Insider Threat remediation research has made that journey, growing in relevance and maturity, and many alternative paths evolved from those foundational ideas as the methods and technology behind information management (and the methods and technology available to Insider Threat actors) have become more powerful and complex. One piece of the puzzle has remained a constant – the human aspect.
In a Counterintelligence Trends document from 19933 summarizing the overall Project, it states clearly that none of the people studied intended to spy at the point they were granted access to information.
With that firmly in mind, this special issue will focus on the "Insider Threat and the Malicious Insider Threat" that pose unique security challenges to all organizations due to their knowledge, proficiencies, and authorized access to information systems.
How do you interpret people's behavior in the context of the Insider Threat? The next article identifies and amplifies concepts associated with a core concern of many involved with Insider Threat – what about the unintentional insider? Professor Coffey expands on the Software Engineering Institutes' (SEIs') Insider Threat Ontology to recommend some ways to incorporate non-malicious behavior within that construct, and provides an exemplar of how it might be used.
If you can't stop the Insider, how do you mitigate the effects? The following article identifies a truth about compromise (with enough effort, virtually any organization can be compromised) and then proposes methods for most effectively mitigating the effects of compromise. Dr. Cole proposes best-practice methodologies for Detect, Contain and Control with an emphasis on the Insider Threat.
How do you integrate policy and compliance with an effective Insider Threat program? A very different perspective is provided by Christian Moldes in his article on the policy-level components of an effective Payment Card Industry (PCI) compliance program, identifying the effective integration of the objectives of compliance with the organization's organic actions/processes in place to assure protection of information assets.
What about the threat of "Insider Hardware" that isn't even a person? With the Internet of Things (IoT) becoming a component part of any organization, what about the threat of embedded hardware inside your organization? Eric Jodoin provides a very detailed example of revealing an embedded devices' information flow using serial port access. It is illuminating both for the ability to access embedded information streams and the reasoning process that can provide insight into how embedded devices can be used in an insider scenario.
We hope that this combination of articles across a broad spectrum of Insider Threat remediation techniques and analyses will help you go beyond the basic, first-order effects of traditional Insider Threat tools and ideas and begin to reason about the wider aspects of how people, technology and policy can combine more coherently to analyze, deter, discover, and ultimately prevent such activities from occurring.
CSIAC Deputy Director / Managing Editor.
Michael Weir, CSIAC Director, has been with Quanterion Solutions, Inc. for about four years with a primary focus in cyber security. Prior to joining QSI, Michael spent 32 years in and out of the Air Force and Air National Guard, maintaining ties with the Air Force Research Laboratory while supporting operational units in the US and overseas. He has degrees in Music Performance, Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Information Management along with several certifications in network and computer security.


Chris Akhavan is Chief Revenue Officer at Glu Mobile.
Chris shares that companies have become sophisticated when it comes to UA. When he joined Glu, the company didn't actually have a way to measure the ROIs of campaigns so they were just spending blindly. They have now invested in the right infrastructure, a creative services team and talents to upgrade the quality of campaigns being deployed and be able to get ROIs down to the granular level. Now, UA and infrastructure is a continuous theme for Glu.
Growth hacking stuff employed entrepreneurs are also very relevant to big companies. Glu also spends a lot of time looking at ASO and SEO to ensure they optimize things that they put out there. They also look at other forms of marketing such as working with influencers and other non-traditional UA methods.
When they look for potential acquisitions, first and foremost, is talent. They find talented teams and talented creative leadership as that is the core of everything that they do.


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HRW, October 13, 2016
Afghanistan's Shia Hazara Suffer Latest Atrocity
Over the past three years, insurgents have specifically targeted Hazaras traveling on rural roads for kidnap or killing
By Ahmad Shuja
Afghan Shi'ite Muslims men mourn over the grave of a victim who was killed in an attack at the Sakhi Shrine in Kabul, Afghanistan October 12, 2016. (Photo: Reuters)
A gunman wearing an Afghan National Security Forces uniform opened fire on Shia mourners at Kabul's landmark Sakhi Shrine on Wednesday, killing 18 people and wounding 54. The attack on members of the Shia Hazara community occurred on the eve of Ashura, the Shia mourning day. Victims included four women, including Sumaya Muhammadi, a member of the Daikundi provincial council, and two children. The Islamic State, also known as ISIS, claimed responsibility for the attack.
The Shia Hazara community's agonies didn't end on the eve of Ashura. The following morning, a blast from an improvised explosive device (IED) killed at least 15 Hazaras in Afghanistan's northern Balkh province. ISIS claimed responsibility for this attack, too, its third on the country's Hazara community since the July 23 bombing of a peaceful protest in Kabul that left more than 85 dead and 400 wounded.
The security environment is worsening for all Afghans in the face of an intensifying insurgency. However, these targeted attacks on Shia Hazaras underscore their increasing vulnerability, even in big cities under firm government control. Over the past three years, insurgents have specifically targeted Hazaras traveling on rural roads for kidnap or killing.
Afghanistan already has a grim history of killings targeting the Hazara community. The Ashura attacks brought back chilling memories of the house-to-house searches by the Taliban in 1998 to identify and kill Hazaras in the northern province of Balkh. The killing spree, which followed speeches by the Taliban governor demanding that Hazaras convert to Sunni Islam, left thousands dead.
The plight of Shia Hazaras in neighboring Pakistan offers a grim lesson of what might happen if the Afghan government fails to protect vulnerable minorities. Pakistan's besieged Hazara communities have faced a bloody onslaught by the extremist anti-Shia militant group Lashkar-e Jhangvi for more than a decade in the face of official indifference, or worse, government complicity. Lashkar-e Jhangvi has already sought to export its trademark targeting of large religious gatherings to Afghanistan in 2011, when an attack on an Ashura gathering killed more than 60 people.
Sectarian attacks against Afghanistan's Shia Hazara community have yet to reach the frequency and severity of those faced by the community in Pakistan. Nor is there any evidence of Afghan government complicity in these attacks. But that does not excuse government complacency toward the possibility that such attacks could further escalate in the face of an insurgency whose offensives are increasingly sustained, successful, and sectarian.
The Afghan government should take more effective measures to protect its Hazara community from insurgents, starting with improving security at religious gatherings in large urban centers under government control. And those insurgents, whether they are ISIS or Taliban, should be on notice that widespread or systematic attacks on civilian populations amount to crimes against humanity.
URL for news «Afghanistan's Shia Hazara Suffer Latest Atrocity»
http://www.rawa.org/temp/runews/2016/10/13/afghanistans-shia-hazara-suffer-latest-atrocity.html


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Category Archives: Educational Outreach
If you believe, you'll achieve – Soremekun tells Crawford University students
The National Information Officer of the United Nations Information Centre (UNIC) Lagos, Mr Oluseyi Soremekun has urged the students of Crawford University Igbesa, Ogun State, to believe in their abilities as they seek academic excellence and gainful employment afterwards.
He said this during an interactive session with the International Relations and Political Science students of Crawford University who on Wednesday, 11 May 2016, were on educational visit to the United Nations (UN) office in Lagos. Answering questions on career in the UN, the National Information Officer affirmed that the United Nations is an organization of equal opportunities and open to all. However, Mr Soremekun charged them to concentrate on their studies; prepare well for any future interview opportunities and believe in themselves. 'If you believe, then you achieve', he added.
Earlier in his presentation on 'The United Nations, Global Realities and Global Goals', he explained the response of the United Nations and member States to global quest for development when in 2000, the Millennium Development Goals with a 15-year life cycle were adopted.
Having taken stock of the achievements and short-comings of the MDGs towards the end of its cycle in 2015, he continued, there was a wide consultations with UN member States, the private sector and the Civil Society to build on the achievements of the MDGs and address areas that left much to be done. The outcome he explained to the students was the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), adopted and signed off by 193 countries in September 2015.
Many of the students who answered questions on the presentation correctly were given copies of the United Nations Charter' and the 'Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)'.
The faculty was presented with copies of the Charter and the UDHR as well as the UNIC Lagos SDGs Year Planner.
This entry was posted in Educational Outreach on May 13, 2016 by Oluseyi Soremekun.
UN works for you – Students told
Students of Attwool Schools Lagos have been told that the United Nations (UN) works for them and other peoples of the world. 'The UN works to improve living conditions of poor people, to conquer hunger, disease and illiteracy and to encourage respect for each other's rights and freedoms', the National Information Officer of the United Nations Information Centre (UNIC) Lagos, Oluseyi Soremekun has told the students.
Making a presentation on 'UN for School children', Soremekun explained to the students, who were on excursion to the Centre, that through its specialised agencies, the UN deals with all kinds of issues, ranging from keeping the peace, fighting poverty to caring for our planet and making sure everyone is safe.
He enjoined the students to be obedient and thankful to their parents for giving them education to brighten and secure their future. 'Many school-age children', he continued, 'were without education and on the streets as they had to work to support their parents.' The National Information Officer reminded the students that the UN condemns child labour and advocates for the right to education.
Speaking further on tolerance and rights of every child, Soremekun observed, 'When children are born, they are free and each should be treated in the same way. They have reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a friendly manner.'
He added that every child has the right to a name and a nationality; Protection from violence; Education and Freedom of thought.
The students, numbering twenty were accompanied by two teachers.
This entry was posted in Educational Outreach on March 31, 2015 by Oluseyi Soremekun.
UN@70 dominates discussion at school outreach
A group picture after the UN4U/UN@70 session
As the United Nations Information Centre (UNIC) Lagos continued its educational outreach activities, the 70th anniversary of the United Nations (UN) tagged 'UN@70' has remained the dominant point of discussion with students in both Primary and Secondary schools in Nigeria.
Interacting with the students of Intesida Schools, Alagbado Lagos, during an outreach session in the school, the National Information Officer of UNIC Lagos, Oluseyi Soremekun, explained that the UN was created 'to save succeeding generations from war, protect human rights, establish conditions for justice, help stabilize international relations, give peace a more secure foundation, help the less developed countries, promote social progress and better standards of life.'
Soremekun presents copies of UN publications to Mrs Atinuke Bankole, Proprietress of Intesida Schools
Soremekun stated that the UN 'provides food to 90 million people in 80 countries; vaccinates 58 per cent of the world's children, saving 3 million lives a year; assists over 38.7 million refugees and people fleeing war, famine or persecution; works with 193 countries to combat climate change and make development sustainable as well as keeps peace with 120,000 peacekeepers in 16 operations on 4 continents.
He added that the UN also fights poverty, helping improve the health and well-being of 420 million rural poor; and promotes maternal health, saving the lives of 39 million women a year.
A cross-section of students
Answering a question on why the UN leaves out men and prioritizes women and children during conflicts and crises, the National Information Officer explained that in a situation of conflicts and crises, women and children were the most vulnerable and always the victims while most conflicts were led and initiated by men.
Receiving some UN publications from the National Information Officer, the Proprietress of the school, Mrs Atinuke Bankole, acknowledged that the briefing session was very educational, informative and beneficial to the students and teachers in attendance.
UNIC intensifies outreach activities, urges students to shun discrimination against girls
The United Nations Information Centre (UNIC) Lagos, has continued to intensify its educational outreach activities outside Lagos when it visited three schools: a University and two High Schools in Ibadan, Oyo State, South-West Nigeria, reaching over 250 students and teachers.
Students of the University of Ibadan
Engaging with the students of the Department of Communication and Language Arts, University of Ibadan; as well as Crystal International Academy and Boladayo College, in separate sessions, the National Information Officer of UNIC Lagos, Oluseyi Soremekun, highlighted the history, purpose and the works of the United Nations as well as the activities of the UN Information Centres.
National Information Officer, Oluseyi Soremekun at Boladayo College, Ibadan
In promoting elimination of violence against women and girls in line with the 16 days of activism to end violence against women and girls, Soremekun urged the students to shun all forms of discrimination against the girl child. He underscored the need to stop gender-based stereotypes that are disadvantageous to women and girls in comparison to the male gender.
UNIC Lagos National Information Officer, Oluseyi Soremekun at Crystal International Academy, Ibadan.
"Stop violence against women! Stop inflicting pains on women and girls. Prevention is possible and essential" he added.
United Nations publications such as the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) Report 2014; the Basic Facts about the UN 2014; the UN Charter; the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (English and translated copies in Yoruba, Igbo and Hausa languages); the Freedom of Information Act; and Africa Renewal magazine, were presented to the management of the schools.
Oluseyi Soremekun addresses students of the University of Ibadan
This entry was posted in Educational Outreach on November 29, 2014 by Oluseyi Soremekun.
Protect your right to education – UNIC tells students
Scholars of Tender Years Preparatory School, Abuja, North-Central Nigeria, have been charged to protect and hold on tight to their right to education by studying hard and rewarding their parents' efforts with excellent grades and good behaviours.
The National Information Officer of the United National Information Centre (UNIC), Lagos, Oluseyi Soremekun gave this charge during an outreach activity which coincided with the school's cultural day that required students to dress up in their cultural attires.
Speaking on 'Human Rights' during his presentation on the 'United Nations for School Children', Oluseyi explained that 'every child has the right to a name and a nationality; Protection from violence; Education; and Freedom of thought. He harped on the right to education and the need for the students to protect that right by ensuring that they do not drop out of school due to poor grades or bad behaviours.
'Education is the greatest legacy a parent can bequeath to a child', he added, 'Through dedication to studies and good conduct, you can become the President, the Secretary General or rise to any exalted position in the society.'
The students who displayed a modest awareness of their environment, asked questions concerning the UN peace keeping operations around the world as well as the efforts of UN in addressing the Boko Haram challenges in Nigeria.
UN publications were later presented to the Head of School, Mr Vincent Eyituoyo, for the school library.
This entry was posted in Educational Outreach on June 28, 2014 by Oluseyi Soremekun.