The Cessna 208 dropped like a stone and hit the runway in Abeche with a hard jolt that almost threw Dr. Elisa King into the back of the seat in front of her, despite the seatbelt. For a moment, she thought that something must have broken. The pilot immediately slammed on the brakes and reversed the props, further throwing her and everyone and everything in the cramped cabin forward as the engines howled, trying to slow the plane down.
She hadn't thought that the runway at Abeche was so short that a relatively small plane like the Cessna would need to decelerate that hard, but given what she'd seen of the pilot, maybe she shouldn't have been surprised.
It wasn't her first time in Africa, but her first time in Chad. The World Health Organization had often sent observers to document the almost routine cholera outbreaks, but this was the first time someone with her specialty had been called for in the Sahel.
The plane having finally slowed to a reasonable pace, the pilot taxied toward the low, one-story terminal. King looked out the window, taking in a part of Africa she hadn't seen yet.
It looked an awful lot like many other parts. The landscape was barren and dusty, obscured by heat waves and dotted with scrub. The flatness of the country was broken only by low, peaked hills that looked like pyramids in the distance.
There were three military jets lined up against the retaining wall to the south of the airport. Two had mechanics swarming over them, and the third didn't look like it was in any shape to fly. Half of one engine appeared to be apart, and there was a dusty tarp draped over the canopy. King only spared them a brief glance; she wasn't particularly interested in the Chadian military, or any military, for that matter, as long as they kept out of her way.
The WHO cavalcade didn't really stand out from the other vehicles gathered at the terminal, because they were all Hiluxes and Land Rovers, just like almost every other vehicle in that part of Africa. But the tall, spare Frenchman standing next to one of the Land Rovers caught her eye, indicating where they were supposed to go. She'd recognize Flavien Paquet anywhere.
The plane stopped far short of the terminal, and the engines started to spool down. King was not amused; she had probably a hundred pounds of baggage, and wasn't looking forward to lugging it the quarter mile to the rest of the vehicles. But the pilot, a local Chadian Sara, didn't look remotely concerned, and showed no signs of starting the engines up to taxi any closer. He was comfortable where he was.
King was finding that she didn't like Strasser very much. But he was, reportedly, a genius when it came to sorting out surprise epidemics, so she was going to have to deal with his prejudices and nasty temperament for a while.
Doctor Alessia Caro murmured something to her companion, Dr. Eguzki Zambrano, and the bearded young man shook his head, smiling a little. King ignored them; she probably would have agreed with whatever Caro had said, but the unprofessional working relationship between the two lovers, she being almost twenty years Zambrano's elder, and married at that, bothered her. She knew it shouldn't; she considered herself quite cosmopolitan and enlightened about such things. But it did, nevertheless.
Paquet had climbed into the Land Rover and was trundling over to the tarmac, with two Hiluxes in tow. King was glad of it; she hadn't relished the several trips it would have taken to get all of their gear over to the vehicles. She seriously doubted that the pilot or any of the crew would have lifted a finger to help.
The hatch stayed closed for far longer than she felt it should have, and she was starting to get impatient as the Sahel heat started to cook them inside the plane. The bird hadn't exactly had good air conditioning in flight, and now that they were on the ground and the engines were off, there was nothing keeping the fuselage from becoming an oven.
When it finally swung open and the crew chief started to lower the short stairs, the breath of wind, as hot as it was, almost felt like a cool breeze. King cleared her sweat-damp hair away from her neck, trying to get a little bit of relief, as she got in front of Strasser, who seemed about as happy about that as he was about being in Africa at all, and started down as Paquet got out of the Land Rover.
King looked out the window as they drove, pondering. It had been a while since a new strain of hemorrhagic fever had appeared, all of the public fears of mutant Ebola notwithstanding. That it was appearing in the refugee camps from the continuing slaughter in Darfur was another odd detail, but not entirely out of the realm of possibility. Let one vector in, and with people crammed together with minimal sanitation, diseases were sure to spread quickly.
As they left the airport, something caught her eye, a stylized emblem of a Greek statue against a winged globe. "The Humanity Front has people here, too?" she asked.
King stifled a smile. Paquet didn't like soldiers, and he liked private soldiers even less. She couldn't say she disagreed with him, but sometimes his prejudices got almost as overbearing as Strasser's. They were just far more acceptable.
"Well, the Humanity Front isn't exactly known for playing well with others," she said. She'd run into the newest and richest NGO in the business in the Caribbean, working on disaster relief, and she'd discovered the same attitude. She liked their mission and their philosophy of improving humanity's ways of thinking along with their material lot, but found that they tended to be extremely exclusive, as if the rest of the international NGO community wasn't quite worthy of working with them.
They were soon past the airport perimeter and heading into Abeche itself. It looked like just about any other desert town anywhere in Africa or the Middle East. Blocky, flat-roofed houses crouched inside walled compounds, the bricks and cinder blocks all looking dusty and dingy. Various scrub trees grew inside the compounds and in the streets between them, but none of them looked particularly healthy, and wore a thin patina of dust.
Thin people watched them go by. Despite the number of Westerners who had descended on Abeche lately, given the crisis going on—that had been going on for years—in neighboring Darfur, the locals were still dirt poor and likely to stay that way. Chad was as dysfunctional as states got, without ever quite getting the "failed state" attention that some other nations did. Continual ethnic strife, revolutions, sectarian violence spilling over from Sudan and Nigeria; all of it conspired to keep these people from ever getting much of anywhere.
The Western enclaves were visible enough, if only from the clusters of people looking for work, or, if they could get them, handouts. Not all of those handouts were necessarily intentional, either. Trucks packed with slovenly-clad Chadian soldiers "guarded" most of those enclaves, but they seemed to be mostly there for the same reason the civilians were.
Finally, after having slowed down several times for Paquet to shoo away the clusters of dirty, barefoot children begging for food, water, candy, or money, they were out of the town and heading east along the one major road that cut through the Sahel toward the Sudanese border and the refugee camps. It was still stiflingly hot, even with the air conditioning running full blast. Dust billowed up from the wheels, despite the fact that the road was nominally paved.
King just watched the landscape roll past. She'd eventually continue her conversation with Paquet, but she didn't want to encourage Caro and Zambrano to participate. So, she rode in silence, her cheek pillowed on her hand, her elbow against the window.
That was why she was the first one to spot the helicopter.
She didn't pay it much mind at first. She was still thinking about the epidemic she was there to investigate. But as the dark-colored aircraft banked sharply toward the road and roared overhead, she looked up, startled. Only then did she see that the back doors of the ovoid craft were open, and that men were hanging half out, with stubby, streamlined rifles in their hands.
"What?" was about all she was able to get out before one of those rifles spat, and a hole sprouted in the Land Rover's hood with a loud bang.
Paquet almost drove off the road, swearing fluently in French. "Those damned bloodthirsty cochons must have lost their minds, looking for 'terrorists!'" he snapped. He stomped on the brake, bringing the Land Rover to a halt, half-slewing it around. As the helicopter came around, flared, and set down on the road, he threw himself out and started storming toward the figures coming out of the cloud of dust kicked up by the aircraft's rotors, already waving his arms and yelling in French.
King felt that time seemed to stop when one of the burly men lifted his rifle and shot Paquet through the chest. She saw the puff of the muzzle blast, faint in the midday sun, and the sudden, violent blossom of red across Paquet's back. Her heart stopped. Her mouth fell open, but for a brief moment, she had no breath to scream.
Then Paquet crumpled to the roadway, falling limply on his face. And the soldiers were suddenly surrounding the Land Rover, their rifles leveled.
Zambrano was jabbering in Basque, completely lost to terror. Caro was screaming incoherently. King could only stare as one of the advancing figures lowered the muzzle of his weapon and shot Paquet's still form through the head.
King stared. The men weren't Chadians. They weren't Sudanese, either. The one standing by her door, his strangely rounded weapon pointed at her window, was wearing a skull balaclava, but his wrists were white between his green flight gloves and his half-rolled tan sleeves. The black man who was wrenching Zambrano's door open and throwing the junior doctor into the dirt was simply too massive to be an actual African; he had to be a Westerner, as well.
King wasn't any expert in military equipment, but she knew that these had to be Americans. Their equipment was simply not shabby enough for Africans. They were wearing modern camouflage uniforms and equipment, and their guns looked like something out of a science fiction movie.
She didn't get any more out. The man with the skull balaclava, moving as if he really didn't care about her outrage, stepped forward, ripped her door open—she had never really thought to lock it—and punched her in the face with his off hand.
Pain hammered through her skull as her head snapped back and bounced off the seat back. She was almost too dazed to notice when he reached in, grabbed her by the hair, and dragged her out of the vehicle.
She rolled over, getting one final look at the masked soldier standing over her. She could have sworn he was grinning, even though that might only have been the skull iconography on his balaclava; his eyes were hidden by sunglasses.
Then his rifle came up, and the last thing she saw was his finger tightening on the trigger.
I like it. It will be interesting to see how you differentiate this series from Praetorians and Blackhearts going forward.
This isn't the new series. This is Blackhearts #6.
At last! Is the release date set yet?
No release date just yet. Looking like first half of December (I hope).
Well written, as always! You drew me right in. Now, I am eager for the rest of the story!


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I want to eat more fish at home. Thanks for this recipe and for the instructions on how to prepare it!
You are welcome as always. :) Tilapia is cheap and consistently good at Trader Joe's, by the way. In case there's one near you.
I am not a big fish eater, but tilapia is one of the few I like (halibut and salmon being the others) and I've never thought of using cornmeal for the crust! Totally going to try this (yummmm).


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Venmo is quite simple — it allows you to send payment to your trusted contacts by using SMS. "This is one of the first things I've done where my mom understands what I'm doing," is how co-founder Andrew Kortina put it during an interview today. Kortina recently left his job at Bit.ly and took a bridge loan from Sam Lessin and other individuals to pursue Venmo full time.
Kortina is well aware that many people have tried peer-to-peer mobile payments, and that more powerful companies are trying to do so today (PayPal (s EBAY) fits in both categories). Amazon (s AMZN), for example, bought a very similar Y Combinator startup called TextPayMe, and offers its functionality as an (albeit buried) Amazon-branded service today. "We have the audacity to redo it even though it's been done many times. We think we can do it better," said Kortina.
Where Venmo aims to win is by using social connections between friends. When you sign up you connect to Facebook and Twitter to broadcast payments (only the ones you choose) and look for other Venmo users among your email contacts. Then you send your Venmo contacts payments by texting Venmo something like "pay Sally $6 for the yummy burrito." You can also declare a contact "trusted," and allow them to directly pull from your Venmo account (which in turn pulls from your credit card or bank account) without your confirmation. Or you can Venmo someone $3 with the message "grab me a coffee" when you know they're on their way over to your office.
Philadelphia-based Venmo, right now a three-person shop from Kortina and two of his former classmates from the University of Pennsylvania, pays a small fee on every credit card transaction and plans to make money by passing that on to merchants. Kortina said they intend the service to always be free for friends. One issue with this plan is Venmo designing itself for the casual spectrum of transactions. If you happen to be buying something at a store that has a point of sale system, you'll just hand over your credit card.
Of course, the other big issue with Venmo is the privacy and security of tying payments directly to your phone number. Kortina said Venmo will allow a high level of user control over every transaction, therefore protecting users.
I'm sure it's going to be more complicated than that, but I think Kortina may be right about mobile payments coming into their own. For instance, after the major earthquake in Haiti earlier this year, people donated more than $35 million through $5 and $10 text messages, according to the Mobile Giving Foundation (this was through a slightly different method of adding the payments onto users' cell phone bills). And there's also plenty of smart people working on the mobile payments problem — for example Twitter founder Jack Dorsey's Square, which is targeting merchants with a point-of-sale hardware dongle.
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So I got invited to Venmo a week ago, and was very excited about it. I started accepting payments on it for my small company, and encouraged my clients and friends to join it. It seemed really cool, allowing customers to pay with their cellphones, or by credit card. But my company doesn't have very much liquidity, what I get paid I use to pay my provider etc. So cash flow is very important.
Being careful, before I accepted payments, I made sure that my bank account was properly linked. I then accepted payments and immediately tried to withdraw those funds to my bank account. Then, my clients received e-mails from Venmo telling them to prove their identity, and they froze my account. Myself and all my clients have to provide a ridiculous amount of information and worst of all we have to sign a legally binding document asserting that we didn't violate the Terms of Service and other things. The problem with this is two-fold. One, my clients don't know the law and won't sign a legal document like this. And two, the TOS, are literally of book length, and until I seek legal counsel I can't sign a document of that nature myself. In fact, if you read the TOS you would likely never use their service, it says that they can confiscate $2500 of your funds for little or no reason with no recourse.
So I have about $15,000 in frozen funds. It says pending to my bank account, it has said this for a while, but my clients can't pay me and it tells them that I'm frozen. I need these funds to pay my bills, because I already provided the product to my clients, who to no fault of their own, already paid. While the TOS are Orwellian, if they confiscated 2500, and let me keep the rest while things are pending, at least I'd be able to pay off my bills. But right now they are violating their own TOS.
I'd advice EVERYONE, to stay away from venmo until these types of issues are resolved. At least be very careful with the funds you put in. I am racking up credit card interest and this is turning out to be very expensive.
I will update you if things change, I'm not just a hater, I actually liked this service, until they stole all my money.
Customers like me definitely would like to embrace new technology which makes me more productive. However there must be measures to be instituted by concerned authorities so that payment systems like Paypal should ensure "fair" practices. Just to cite an actual example. Paypal locked my account with funds in tow without any justifiable reason. And up to now it remains that way.
Venmo has done a couple of things really right: made it super simple for me to send money to my friends (say if we are splitting the tab) and made it very easy to add people to my trusted network of friends.
It's a great service that wins through simplicity.
I would like to second that word to word. Venmo has really made our lives a lot more easier.


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Daniel Belizario Urresti Elera (Huancabamba, 25 de agosto de 1956) es un exmilitar y político peruano que, siendo general de brigada EP en retiro, se desempeñó como ministro del Interior del Perú durante el gobierno de Ollanta Humala de 2014 a 2015 y posteriormente como congresista de la República de 2020 a 2021. Urresti fue dos veces candidato a la presidencia del Perú en 2016 y 2021, así como candidato a la Alcaldía de Lima en 2018 y 2022.

Biografía
Recibió la formación castrense en la Escuela Militar de Chorrillos. Ha realizado estudios de Operaciones Psicológicas en la Escuela de Operaciones Psicológicas del Ejército y estudios de Defensa en el Centro de Altos Estudios Nacionales (CAEN).

Es egresado de la Maestría en Ingeniería Electrónica con mención en Telemática de la Universidad Nacional Federico Villarreal.

Trabajó durante treinta y cuatro años en el sistema de telecomunicaciones del Ejército. Llegó a ser comandante general de la Tercera Brigada de Comunicaciones.

Desde el inicio del gobierno de Ollanta Humala, colaboró en la Presidencia del Consejo de Ministros del Perú (PCM), como asesor, y luego como secretario de Gestión del Riesgo de Desastre.

En el 2013, fue nombrado alto comisionado en asuntos de formalización de la minería, interdicción de la minería ilegal y remediación ambiental de la Presidencia del Consejo de Ministros. En tal calidad, dirigió constantes operativos de interdicción y mayor control de insumos utilizados en la minería ilegal, en las zonas de Madre de Dios, Puno, Arequipa y otras.

Carrera política

Ministro del Interior

El 23 de junio de 2014, juró como el sexto ministro del Interior del gobierno del presidente Ollanta Humala, en reemplazo de Walter Albán, integrando el gabinete presidido por René Cornejo (y, un mes después, por Ana Jara). Su imagen de militar enérgico, que venía laborando desde el inicio del gobierno en la PCM, motivó a que fuera elegido como ministro, ante la decisión del gobierno de implementar varios proyectos de seguridad ciudadana, para los que precisaba de un titular del Interior que encajara en un perfil más ejecutivo. La ceremonia, en la que también juraron los nuevos ministros de Relaciones Exteriores y de Transportes y Comunicaciones (Gonzalo Gutiérrez Reinel y José Gallardo, respectivamente), se realizó en el Salón Dorado de Palacio de Gobierno.

No bien asumió su cargo, Urresti anunció que combatiría a la delincuencia en todo el país: «No le vamos a dar tregua. Vamos a recuperar el principio de autoridad y el brillo que siempre debió tener la Policía Nacional.», dijo al respecto. Prontamente se destacó por su estilo muy activo y locuaz, en constante demanda de presencia mediática, lo que le convirtió en el principal operador político del gobierno de Humala y el ministro con más apoyo popular.

Gestiones
 Captura de Benedicto Jiménez Bacca, director de la revista Justo juez, en Arequipa, personaje sindicado de pertenecer a la cúpula delincuencial de Rodolfo Orellana.
 Captura de Rodolfo Orellana y de su hermana Ludith, acusados por el Ministerio Público del Perú por la comisión del delito de tráfico de terrenos.
 Operativización de equipos policiales, conformados por agentes jóvenes vestidos de civil, denominados Terna.
 En agosto de 2014, se incautó en Trujillo seis toneladas de cocaína y en diciembre en Lima media tonelada de la misma sustancia. En otra oportunidad, recibió críticas por haber presentado la incautación de un cargamento de 400 kilos de cocaína, que luego se supo que en su mayor parte era solo yeso.
 Aunado a la procuraduría, denunció a los dirigentes del Movadef (organización de fachada de Sendero Luminoso) por apología al terrorismo. Se presentó en un local donde se exhibían cuadros y esculturas hechas por senderistas sentenciados, y sostuvo una fuerte discusión con el abogado de Abimael Guzmán, Manuel Fajardo, frente a las cámaras de televisión.
 Un golpe para su imagen fue la huida a Bolivia del prófugo de la justicia Martín Belaunde Lossio, protagonista de un sonado caso de corrupción, que, a decir de algunos, involucraría a las altas esferas del gobierno peruano. La presencia de Belaunde en Bolivia fue dada a conocer a fines de diciembre de 2014 por el entonces Fiscal de la Nación Carlos Ramos Heredia, pocas horas después de que éste fuera suspendido de su cargo, lo que incentiva más las especulaciones sobre el supuesto interés del gobierno en rehuir el asunto.

Exposiciones mediáticas

 Tuvo una polémica con Manuel Burga Seoane, presidente de la Federación Peruana de Fútbol, a quien exigió que procurara su propio resguardo, por representar intereses comerciales privados.
 Intervino en apoyo del ministro de Justicia Daniel Figallo Rivadeneyra, señalado por la ya desaforada procuradora Vilcatoma de intromisión en el caso Martín Belaúnde Lossio. Declaró que la ex procuradora debía someterse a una prueba psicológica.
 Cuestionó que la Coordinadora Nacional de Derechos Humanos (CNDDHH) solo defendía a terroristas, a lo que Rocío Silva Santisteban respondió que dicha organización actuaba a favor de campesinos, obreros, profesores, periodistas, policías, militares, enfermeras, abogados, pastores, sacerdotes.
 Periodistas de Lima, a través de su órgano gremial, le declararon persona no grata, por rechazar un diálogo y por burlarse de comunicadores.
 Usaba habitualmente la red social del Twitter, para responder de manera sarcástica y a veces insultante a quienes criticaban su gestión o la del Gobierno. Sus pullas iban dirigidas especialmente contra Alan García, Mauricio Mulder y Keiko Fujimori (los dos últimos solían responderle por la misma vía). Su tuit más polémico fue el que compartió una imagen que se burlaba de las exparejas y mujeres vinculadas a Alan García. Cuando se le criticó por convertir el Twitter en un campo de batalla, se limitó a responder de manera irónica.

Renuncia
Las denuncias por abusos policiales fue finalmente lo que le obligó a presentar su renuncia.

Durante una operación policial de desalojo de una vivienda de Cajamarca, perdió la vida el ciudadano Fidel Flores Vásquez, a consecuencia del impacto de un proyectil de perdigones en el lado derecho del pecho, y que, pese a estar caído, continuó recibiendo golpes de parte de los efectivos policiales. Urresti se vio obligado a reconocer que en este caso hubo un evidente exceso policial (octubre de 2014).

Otro incidente ocurrió en Pichanaki (Junín), donde, durante una protesta organizada por el Frente de Defensa Ambiental, se desencadenó una ola de violencia, en la que perdió la vida el joven estudiante Ever Pérez Huamán, a consecuencia de un disparo de arma de fuego. Hubo, además, más de 170 heridos, 32 de ellos por arma de fuego (9 de febrero de 2015). Pese a que inicialmente Urresti negó la responsabilidad de la policía en el hecho, aduciendo que ningún efectivo policial portaba armas de fuego durante el operativo de seguridad, finalmente debió admitir que algunos policías si lo llevaban y habrían hecho uso de los mismos. Urresti asumió la responsabilidad política por lo ocurrido, pero la oposición adujo que no era suficiente este gesto y exigió su renuncia.

Aunque Urresti dijo inicialmente que no renunciaría, finalmente debió ceder, pese a tener un alto índice de popularidad. El día 17 de febrero de 2015 se produjo la renovación del gabinete ministerial y Urresti dejó el portafolio del Interior a José Luis Pérez Guadalupe, hasta entonces jefe del INPE.

Caso Bustíos

En 2009 Urresti empezó a ser investigado por el Poder Judicial por su presunta participación en el asesinato del periodista Hugo Bustíos y la tentativa de asesinato del periodista Eduardo Rojas Arce, hechos ocurridos el 24 de noviembre de 1988 en Erapata, Huanta (Ayacucho). En ese entonces, Urresti era capitán del Ejército y se desempeñaba como Jefe de la Sección de Inteligencia S-2 en Castropampa, Huanta, Ayacucho, y supuestamente había comandado la patrulla del ejército involucrada en dicho asesinato. Se dice también que usaba el apelativo de Capitán Arturo.

En el curso del proceso, Urresti fue sindicado sucesivamente de autoría material, autoría mediata (intelectual) y coautoría; también fueron apareciendo diversos testigos que trataban de corroborar la acusación, aunque cayendo muchas veces en contradicciones.

Hugo Bustíos Saavedra era corresponsal de la revista Caretas y Eduardo Rojas Arce del diario Actualidad. El hecho ocurrió cuando ambos se dirigían hacia la vivienda de una familia asesinada por Sendero Luminoso, siendo emboscados y atacados por miembros del Ejército Peruano de la Base Militar de Castropampa, presumiblemente bajo el mando del Capitán Arturo. Bustíos quedó malherido; su colega Rojas Arce corrió, logrando salvarse; luego, los atacantes pusieron una carga explosiva en el cuerpo herido de Bustíos, quien murió a consecuencia de dicho ataque.

En el 2007 se abrió proceso por el asesinato de Bustíos al entonces coronel EP Víctor La Vera Hernández, que había sido el jefe político-militar de Castropampa, y al entonces mayor EP Amador Vidal Sanbento. El primero fue condenado a 17 años de prisión y el segundo a 15 años. En ese entonces, Urresti no fue incluido en el proceso. Fue solo años después, en el 2009, cuando Amador Vidal acusó a Urresti de haber participado en el asesinato del periodista. La fiscalía formuló entonces denuncia a Urresti por autoría material del crimen. En junio de 2013 un juez de Ayacucho abrió un nuevo proceso, pero esta vez acusando a Urresti de ser el autor mediato, es decir, por haber ordenado el asesinato de Bustíos (autoría intelectual). El testimonio de Vidal fue apoyado por el del oficial de logística EP (r) Edgardo Montoya Contreras, quien indicó que Urresti salió con una patrulla de soldados vestidos de civil hacia la zona donde fue ultimado Bustíos.

En consecuencia, Urresti fue sindicado de ser el autor intelectual de un delito contra la vida, el cuerpo y la salud, en la modalidad de asesinato.

En respuesta, Urresti señaló que se trataba de la acusación de una sola persona (el ya condenado Amador Vidal) que no contaba con ningún elemento probatorio, y que la declaración de Montoya Contreras era producto de una venganza personal (según Urresti, Montoya se dedicaba a robar autopartes de los vehículos del Ejército en Castropampa, hecho que él mismo descubrió y reportó, por lo que fue dado de baja; de allí habría surgido su deseo de vengarse). Señaló también, que más de 20 años, nunca había sido citado ante la justicia ni en calidad de testigo. El gobierno de Ollanta Humala le dio su respaldo. Se sabe también que el presidente Humala, antes de elegirlo como ministro del Interior, estuvo informado de dicha denuncia y que luego de estudiar el asunto, concluyó en que no tenía ningún asidero.

El titular de la Tercera Fiscalía Superior Penal Nacional, Luis Landa, pidió a la Sala Penal Nacional abrir juicio contra Urresti, por ser el presunto autor mediato del homicidio del reportero Hugo Bustíos Saavedra, solicitando veinticinco años de prisión y una reparación civil de 500 000 soles. Ello se dio a poco de la renuncia de Urresti al ministerio del Interior (febrero de 2015) y su anunciada afiliación al Partido Nacionalista Peruano, con una probable precandidatura a la presidencia de la República, lo que dio motivo a suspicacias de un trasfondo político en la decisión del fiscal. De todos modos, en junio de 2015, la Sala Penal Nacional acogió el pedido del fiscal Landa y fijó para el 17 de julio del mismo año el inició del juicio oral.

En el curso del proceso, tres testigos del caso Bustíos se retractaron, mediante declaraciones juradas, de sus testimonios que comprometían a Urresti en el asesinato. Entre ellos estaba el oficial EP Montoya Contreras, el mismo que al principio había asegurado que la patrulla que salió del cuartel de Castropampa el día del crimen estaba al mando de Urresti (testimonio que fue clave en el inicio del proceso en el 2013). Montoya se rectificó, aduciendo que se había equivocado y que en realidad desconocía quien era el que comandaba dicha patrulla.

Sin embargo, poco después, en una nueva audiencia del juicio, se presentó otra acusación grave contra Urresti: la testigo Isabel Rodríguez Chipana, aseguró haber visto al Capitán Arturo disparar contra Bustíos y que, como represalia por haber presenciado el crimen, dos días después fue abusada sexualmente por el mismo personaje, quien le amenazó con «hacer polvo y cenizas» a toda su familia en caso de que lo delatara. Aseguró que recién se enteraba que el entonces apodado Capitán Arturo era el mismo Urresti, a quien aseguró poderlo reconocer físicamente. Urresti, que se hallaba presente en la Sala, aplaudió en son de mofa y luego se rio estridentemente, por lo que el tribunal pidió que se retirara de la Sala (2 de octubre de 2015). En declaraciones a la prensa, Urresti negó todas las acusaciones y dijo que había intereses políticos tras de ellas, de organizaciones defensoras de terroristas; incluso, tildó a la misma Isabel Rodríguez de «terrorista».

El 10 de agosto de 2017, el titular de la Tercera Fiscalía Penal Nacional, Luis Landa, pidió acusar a Urresti como coautor (ya no como autor mediato) del asesinato de Hugo Bustíos, solicitando nuevamente veinticinco años de cárcel y el pago de una reparación civil de 500 000 soles. El fiscal basó su tesis en el testimonio de Isabel Rodríguez.

El 4 de octubre de 2018, se dio lectura a la sentencia, siendo Urresti declarado inocente. El tribunal descalificó cinco testimonios que lo señalaban como responsable de la muerte de Bustíos y de otros delitos de lesa humanidad. Ello sucedió pocos días antes de las elecciones municipales de Lima de 2018, en la que Urresti figuraba en las encuestas entre los tres candidatos que más intención de votos tiene, junto con Renzo Reggiardo y Jorge Muñoz Wells.

Candidatura presidencial (2015)

El 13 de diciembre de 2015, Urresti anunció su candidatura a la presidencia del Perú por el Partido Nacionalista Peruano, el partido oficalista, asegurando que tenía como base de inicio un 2 % de la intención de voto del electorado, según las encuestas. El anuncio lo hizo en una entrevista en directo al programa Punto Final.

El 20 de diciembre de 2015, oficializó dicha candidatura, presentado a los dos integrantes de su plancha presidencial: la exalcaldesa de Lima Susana Villarán, como postulante a la primera vicepresidencia; y el exgobernador regional de Huancavelica, Maciste Díaz, como candidato a la segunda vicepresidencia. El 11 de marzo de 2016, el Partido Nacionalista retiró todas las candidaturas.

Candidatura a la alcaldía de Lima Metropolitana
El 5 de abril de 2018, fue presentada oficialmente su candidatura a la alcaldía de Lima Metropolitana, por el partido Podemos Perú de José Luna Gálvez. Todo ello mientras aún seguía ventilándose su proceso judicial por el caso Bustíos. En la campaña electoral hizo recordar su experiencia como ministro del Interior, ofreciendo solucionar el problema de la seguridad, el tema de más preocupación de la ciudadanía. Un ciudadano formuló ante el Jurado Electoral Especial de Lima Centro un pedido para excluirlo de la contienda electoral, señalando que Urresti tenía una sentencia de libertad suspendida por difamación (de acuerdo a la ley de elecciones, un candidato no puede postular teniendo penas privativas de libertad suspendidas o efectivas). Urresti adujo en su defensa que su sentencia no estaba consentida o ejecutoriada pues había presentado un recurso de queja ante la Corte Suprema. El Jurado dio la razón a Urresti y le permitió seguir en carrera electoral. También su partido fue cuestionado por serias irregularidades en su inscripción.

El mismo día del cierre de la campaña electoral municipal, el poder judicial dio lectura a la sentencia de Urresti por el caso Bustíos, declarándolo inocente (4 de octubre de 2018).

Congresista
Tras la disolución del Congreso peruano en septiembre de 2019, el presidente Martín Vizcarra convocó a nuevas elecciones parlamentarias para 2020. Podemos Perú seleccionó a Urresti, quien se desempeñaba como gerente de seguridad de la Municipalidad Distrital de Los Olivos, como cabeza de lista de congresistas del distrito electoral de Lima.

Después de una breve campaña, Podemos Perú se ubicó en segundo lugar a nivel nacional, detrás de Acción Popular. Gracias a los 588 763 votos de Urresti, el partido obtuvo nueve escaños en la circunscripción de once a nivel nacional. Urresti juró el 16 de marzo de 2020.

Durante su etapa como congresista, fue vocero de la bancada del partido Podemos Perú, donde destacó en los hechos importantes como la vacancia del expresidente Martín Vizcarra donde su partido estuvo a favor de ella y la marcha en contra de Manuel Merino.

Candidatura presidencial (2020)

En octubre de 2020, Urresti anunció que postularía por segunda vez a la presidencia de la República, con el partido Podemos Perú. En noviembre, presentó su precandidatura a la presidencia, donde resultó elegido candidato del partido para las elecciones presidenciales.

Véase también
 Gobierno de Ollanta Humala

Referencias

Enlaces externos
 Sitio web de Podemos Perú
 Sitio web de Biografía

Piuranos (Perú)
Militares de Perú
Ministros del Interior de Perú
Congresistas de Perú 2020-2021
Congresistas por Lima Metropolitana
Candidatos a la presidencia de Perú
Miembros del Partido Nacionalista Peruano

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Boissise-le-Roi () is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France.

Demographics
The inhabitants are called Régiboissiens.

Twin towns
Boissise-le-Roi is twinned with:

  Caerano di San Marco, Italy, since 2002

  Alvelos, in Barcelos, Portugal

See also
Communes of the Seine-et-Marne department

References

External links

1999 Land Use, from IAURIF (Institute for Urban Planning and Development of the Paris-Île-de-France région)

Chateau of Boissise, built by the de Thumery family
History of Boissise-le-Roi
History of Church Saint-Denis

Communes of Seine-et-Marne


When reflecting on my career progression, I recall the early years when I first started working. I relied on delegated orders, would dutifully fulfill them and wait for new assigned tasks. It was an endless cycle of repetitiveness and I often found myself on autopilot. Sometimes I even found myself disengaged when I couldn't identify the intent of some of my responsibilities. But, being young and not feeling like I was experienced enough to have a voice, I continued performing without ever questioning it…that was a mistake.
As I've made my way through my career, obtained a degree and became more involved in understanding business and organizational development, I started to see that never questioning anything has done a disservice to my growth and a disservice to the betterment of the organization I was working at. Asking thought-provoking and well-structured questions won't make anyone question your competency (as I often feared it would), but it gives you a chance to perform better. At this stage of my career, I make it a point to perform with purpose. And to do this, you have to start with one simple question – Why?
Asking questions: Once I started to know why certain tasks relevant, I was able to get a bigger picture. Asking what or how always helped too, but I felt the "why" was the most important thing to know. Questioning this allowed me to gain insight into the overall purpose of each function, what the expected outcome was, etc. Knowing this information not only helps you do your job better, but also sets you up to do MORE.
Performing better: knowing key details as to the purpose of your task and what's the expected outcome can help drive the direction of your performance: It gives you a starting point, a path and a goal that you are aiming to meet or exceed.
Continuous innovation: set up time regularly to review the information you gathered from asking questions and critically analyze it. With the fast changes in business, it's important to constantly reevaluate processes to ensure efficiency and effectiveness. Even if you aren't in a role to implement change, your analysis and suggestions can help leadership see ways to positively impact the business.
No matter what level employee you are or how swamped you are at work, I urge you to take the time to ask questions, find ways to perform better and look for opportunities to innovate. I'd personally rather take the time to do these things and ensure every function I'm performing has a purpose than keep my head down. To help your professional growth and your organization's growth, its things like this that can help move everything forward.
As I've mentioned several times before, networking on LinkedIn and Twitter has allowed me to talk to some truly amazing and inspirational people. Today, as I was thinking back on these particular individuals, one stood out in my mind. Over the course of the last few months, he has written so many supportive and encouraging messages to me in regard to my professional competency and my writing. In addition to his motivation, he has also shared some valuable insight in regard to his human resources experience and beliefs. Hearing some of Gio Branco's whole-hearted values really helped restore my faith for human resource's future.
As he partook in some of the discussions I had posted in the Linkedin:HR group, I learned he was a Human Resources Consultant. We talked more about his experience and beliefs and I felt that it was a breath of fresh air. I am positive that his clients appreciate his conviction and passion for HR.
"1. Lack of knowledge, skills or abilities.
I have to agree with the points he made in this posting. A decent amount of times employees don't perform poorly because they're incapable of doing the job but because of other factors.
However, there is another thing to consider when it comes to poor performance: management's role to help fix this situation before it costs the company business or an employee their job. In order to truly assess the situation and determine the best course of action, a manager needs to provide feedback. I feel that one of the biggest mistakes a company can make is to only provide feedback in bi-annually or yearly performance reviews. At that point, the damage is already done. It is imperative that managers give regular feedback to employees and create an environment in which employees feel like they can openly express concerns, issues, or suggestions. Managers may fight that they are too busy to take the time to do this, but if they did it from the start then they wouldn't be busy putting out fires caused by poor performers. Being proactive will help your business and your employees in the long-run.
Allow your employees to fix problems before it becomes a regular occurrence.
Ensure that senior employees don't set a bad example for new employees.
Reduce the issues that the company would need to spend time, money, and energy to fix.
Cut the costs that would incur if the company had to terminate a poor performer.
Cut the costs to hire and train someone new to fill the terminated employee's spot.
Empower employees to be proactive, accountable, and responsible.
Allow employees feel like the company is invested in their professional growth which could make them want to be more dedicated and committed to doing a good job.
Create a better employee and customer experience.
Help a company learn that weak points may be in the structure and training, not the employee.
I literally could go on and on about the importance of providing regular feedback. There are so many benefits, both short-term and long-term. What I know is that the feedback sessions I received from my manager allowed me to professionally grow. I soon became one of the most efficient and accurate employees in the department. I was proud of what I did. This also empowered me to have more time and knowledge to spot weak areas in the company's processes and suggest ways on how to fix them. With that being said, helping me allowed me to help them in return.
You don't need to have poor performers in your company, but in order to reduce that you must invest time to provide the necessary feedback to help them turn around their performance.
Gio's post about poor performance.


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US companies doing business in China: winning in a complex environment
China remains a growth economy and many U.S. businesses continue to do well in the country despite the geopolitical uncertainty and ongoing trade war. But while many U.S. companies wish to venture into the Chinese market, most are not sure how to take the first steps.
Despite the current geopolitical tension between the U.S. and China, U.S. businesses continue to do well in China and this is encouraging more to venture into the Chinese market.
U.S. companies invested US$14bn in China in 2017, an increase of about US$200,000 from 2016, bringing cumulative investment in the country to US$256bn, according to one of two studies by the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations and Rhodium Group.
At the same time, a report by AmCham on 2018 China Business surveyed 434 American companies between April and May 2018, and found that the majority of U.S. businesses in China are operating profitably.
While the statistics may be optimistic, many U.S. companies are still finding it difficult to set up a business in China due to the complex regulatory environment and contrasting business culture to the U.S. market.
Trading disputes between the two countries are further complicating the situation. Here are some insights we believe can be helpful for any U.S. company planning to set up a business in China.
Prepare for tension between Trump and China
Tension between the U.S. and China continues, as President Donald Trump is expected to impose another US$200bn in tariffs on Chinese imports while China has replied with tariffs on U.S. fruit, wine, steel pipes and pork among other goods.
This growing trade war puts many U.S. companies in an agonizing position, as China may further implement additional barriers to trade as it runs out of goods on which it can apply tariffs, making things difficult for the American companies to operate in the country.
U.S. tariffs on China could also do some damage to American companies. CBS News reported: "Tariffs on Chinese imports would increase the cost of raw materials for U.S. businesses, forcing them to pay more to make the same goods, whether cars, appliances or electronics. China's reciprocal tariffs make U.S. goods more expensive for Chinese consumers, hurting the many businesses trying their luck in the world's largest market."
U.S. companies should be prepared for the possibility of the Chinese government imposing regulations to make it harder or stricter for the former to do business in their country.
Compliance regulatory environment in China
China has been adopting global reporting standards and requirements, such as disclosure of the Ultimate Beneficial Owner/s (UBO), the Common Reporting Standard (CRS) and the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA).
As a result, China is one of the most complex countries globally in terms of corporate compliance, according to TMF Group's Compliance Complexity Index 2018.
U.S. companies must clearly identify the rules and requirements applicable when they set up a business in China and always be well-informed of any changes as the government is undertaking efforts to update its regulations, especially in the foreign direct investment segment.
For instance, the Chinese government announced several reform initiatives in April 2018 to further open up its insurance and banking sectors to foreign players. Foreign banks and insurance firms can now set up a branch in the country under loosened requirements.
U.S. companies seeking to set up a new business in China must know the basic requirements, such as the company's name must be written in Simplified Chinese and the company's address must be physical and not just virtual.
Hiring and managing talent in China
China is undertaking several revisions of its Labour Law and this affects companies' human resource functions, including recruitment and payroll.
The official version of the labour contract must be written in Chinese. Only two fixed-term contracts are allowed before an employee is considered permanent.
Foreign companies in China will probably need to hire expats and it's not an easy task to comply with the complex procedures and requirements to obtain a foreign worker permit in the country.
Foreign companies are required to go through the following stages to obtain a work permit for their expats:
Obtain an Employment License and invitation letter for the prospective employee
employee applies for Z Visa abroad (Chief Representatives and Legal Representatives may apply in China)
employee must pass a Health Examination Check once in China
employer obtains a work permit for the employee (valid for 1-2 years)
employer obtains a Residence Permit for the employee (valid for 1-2 years, multiple entry).
China's financial and tax environment
There are plenty of financial requirements for foreign corporations operating in China, such as the statutory reporting requirements, which are non-negotiable. For example, if your company's financial year is different to China's fixed January-to-December year, the company will have to perform year-end closing twice.
China also has strict and restrictive Foreign Exchange controls, which are governed by the State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE). All cross-border transactions are regulated and monitored by the People's Bank of China and are executed by local commercial banks.
Whether it is statutory reporting requirements, cross-border transactions or managing local tax compliances activities, U.S. companies should be mindful of the complicated procedures and strict requirements to ensure their smooth expansion into the country.
Although China has one of the most complex financial environments in the world, as evidenced in our Financial Complexity Index 2018, the government has been undertaking efforts to bring down barriers, making the jurisdiction a more attractive destination for foreign investment.
For more clarity on the key issues please listen to our webinar and learn about the ways you can benefit from accounting and tax reforms in China.
The aforementioned circumstances can make things difficult for U.S. companies setting up a business in China.
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Q: Store a value in a string type field which stores value as an array I am creating a rake take for multiple attachment import and the only issue that I am not able to figure-out is how to store the filename in the documents field as it stores the filename name as an array.
This is what I am try to do,
upload.rake
require 'fileutils'
namespace :request_document do
  desc "Expects to get a file or folder ..."
  task :import_attachment, [:filename] => [:environment] do |task, args|

    source_directory = "/Users/admin/Documents/demo"

    Dir.foreach(source_directory) do |filename|
      if /^(?<client_id>\d+)/ =~ filename
        puts filename
        client = Client.find_by(
          legacy_client_id: client_id
        )
        if client.nil?
          puts "Client Not Found"
        else
          puts "Client found"
          request = client.requests.last
          # document_uploader = DocumentUploader.new
          # File.open("#{source_directory}/#{filename}") { |f| document_uploader.store!(f) }
          # document_uploader.store!("#{source_directory}/#{filename}")
          target_directory = "public/uploads/request/documents/#{request.id}"
          puts request.id
          FileUtils.mkdir_p(target_directory)
          FileUtils.cp("#{source_directory}/#{filename}", "#{target_directory}")
          request.documents.push(['filename'])
          request.save
        end
      end
    end
  end
end

schema for request
create_table "requests", force: :cascade do |t|
  t.string "documents", default: [], array: true
end

I am using carrierwave gem for multiple image upload.
The error I am getting is:
NoMethodError: undefined method `identifier' for ["filename"]:Array

A: I've seen this once with carrierwave before. It took me forever to figure it out, but there was some duplication between the model attribute and the carrierwave mount point. There's a closed issue on the carrierwave repo referencing it here

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iOS 14.5 – Apple's Latest Update, and What it Means for Privacy
iOS 14.5 – Apple's Latest Update
Last Updated on 30th April 2021
On April 25th, Apple released the latest version of their mobile operating system, iOS 14.5. This update includes several fresh features, such as new voice options for Siri and the ability to use Face ID with a mask. But there is one aspect of iOS 14.5 that has Apple on bad terms with Facebook and Google – and it's all to do with your apps.
Apple's latest move is not a safeguarding concern, but rather a safeguarding mechanism. They are implementing App Tracking Transparency (ATT), a feature that will allow users to see which of their apps want to track them. This new tool is a big win for Apple in the war against misinformation and user privacy.
How Does ATT Work?
Have you ever Googled something you're thinking about purchasing? Have you ever liked or followed a brand on Facebook? Many of the apps we use and websites we visit every day utilise tracking and the data collected from it to inform targeted advertising. User information (location, phone number, other app usage, and a unique number that identifies your iPhone) is harvested by advertisers into something called an IDFA (Identifier for Advertisers). This is why you suddenly see adverts on every app for the item you might purchase or the brand you followed on Facebook. These targeted ads are a key source of revenue for big companies like Google and Facebook, even if it is a concern for many privacy advocates.
ATT will make targeted advertising more difficult for companies. Apps will now have to ask users for permission to track them, with most users being expected to refuse. iOS 14.5 will also offer a setting to stop all app tracking (though the setting does note that 'some apps may still track you').
Why Are Apple Introducing This?
Apple cites this controversial move as part of their commitment to the human right to privacy. Tim Cook, Apple's CEO, has previously criticised the tracking approach, saying those seeking to profit from mining personal data were causing real damage to society as well as encouraging the rise of misinformation. He claims this would eventually mean, "You are no longer the customer. You're the product."
Apple cites this controversial move as part of its commitment to the right to privacy.
What is the Backlash?
This type of technology targets big corporate companies, such as Facebook, Instagram, and Google, as it directly challenges how they treat user data. Facebook in particular has gone on the defensive. They have reportedly been building an anti–trust lawsuit against Apple since the release of iOS 14 in January 2021, claiming Apple is abusing "its power in the smartphone market by forcing app developers to abide by App Store rules that Apple's own apps don't have to follow." Facebook insists technology like ATT will hurt small businesses and has said they will combat any alleged deception by showing users an information page that encourages them to allow app tracking. They have also claimed Apple is not doing this to protect privacy, but to increase their own profits.
Apple has stated it is prepared to remove apps that don't comply with ATT policy.
It is important to be aware of how apps and developers are processing your personal details and those of the children and young people in your care. Changes like ATT help give you as a user more transparency and control over how the apps you use track you for target advertising.
We would always recommend the use of any technology that helps protect your data.
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Khloé Kardashian has always been one of the most stylish Kardashian sisters. While she doesn't always get the most Kardashian love, we have really been into her look transformation over the last few years, especially in the hair department. Whether she's sporting boxer braids like her sisters or letting her hair flow, she's changed from a dark, sultry brunette to a stunning blonde, and now we know how she's achieved the look, thanks to her incredibly talented stylist, Tracey Cunningham.
In case you didn't know, Tracey is the mastermind behind Chrissy Teigen's color as well. She has a whole roster of celeb clients. In an interview available to members of her website, Khloé asks Tracey about the process to achieving her natural-looking blond locks. It took Khloé a long time to get the right blond hue, and she asks what it will take for others to get the same results.
Tracey breaks it down by color type and ethnicity/hair type. For example, curly hair and wavy hair is more easily damaged, so proceed with caution. As for Asian hair, when lightening it, the hair has a lot of brassiness, so needs to be toned to keep it cooler. Black hair can be very delicate when going blond, so it needs a lot of TLC.
If you're starting from black or dark brown, Tracey also recommends to spend four spaced-out sessions to achieve Khloé's blond. "This is the most expensive transition procedure," she says. From light brown, it'll take "three times to get your desired color." Surprisingly, red hair requires just as many sessions as black/deep brown hair. "This is a tricky treatment," she says, "but the end results are gorgeous!" If you're a natural blonde, you're in luck. To get to Khloé's shade, you only need two sittings.
Some of her other tips include using OLAPLEX and conditioning your hair more than you think you should before you sit down in your stylist's chair, so that you are starting from the best possible position to achieve your dream results. The biggest takeaway from the Q+A is that patience is the name of the game. No one will achieve this look over night, and results will always vary by hair type.
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Low-income families do not eat enough fruit & veg
By Clarisse Douaud
02-Nov-2007 - Last updated on 19-Jul-2008 at 17:27 GMT
Related tags: American dietetic association, Nutrition
The Journal of the American Dietetic Association is this
month addressing various aspects of poverty and nutrition - in
particular the relationship between income and fruit and vegetable
The current Journal issue explores this particular theme via three studies focusing on different aspects of fruit and vegetable intake by low-income population in the US. It will be important for researchers to gain insight into the correlation of fruit and vegetable consumption and income so as to develop public policy in the US and abroad with regards to reversing the tendency for low-income groups to be at a disadvantage for long-term health. "Fruit and vegetable consumption is becoming a prominent indicator of health because of its potential role in chronic disease prevention," wrote Alanna Moshfegh in an introductory article. As such, the link between poverty and the consumption of fruits and vegetables is significant because it concerns a large portion of populations in developed countries. According to the US Department of Agriculture (USDA), in 2005, 11 percent of the country's households were deemed food insecure. Oxfam in the UK also reports a high correlation between low income and food insecurity, with one in five non-working families on low or moderate incomes in 2000 being unable to afford some basic food items most days. For this special issue, the Journal participated in the Council of Science Editors' Global Theme Issue on Poverty and Human Development. More than 230 scientific journals have taken part, looking at poverty and development through the lenses of different academic fields of research. One of the studies published looks into how food prices impact fruit and vegetable intake, while another focuses on the impact of geography on this same intake. The third study specifically compares the dietary health of low-income but food-secure adults compared to food-insecure adults in the Lower Mississippi Delta region in the US - a region having one of the country's highest rates of poverty. The conclusion out of the three studies is that cost does have an impact on fruit and vegetable intake. "Cost is one of the factors often cited as contributing to less fruit and vegetable consumption among low-income populations," wrote Moshfegh. "Cost, as well as convenience, has been shown to be a leading influence on food choice for low-income individuals." This fact does not bode well when taking into consideration that in the US, less than 10 percent of the entire population is already thought to meet the USDA's dietary MyPyramid recommendations. "Further, those in low-income households were less likely to meet the recommendations," said Moshfegh. The studies drive home a message that nutritionists are all too aware of, and the trick now is to put effective policies into practice. "….these authors have done justice to emphasizing the important role that nutrition research must play to unravel the answers about barriers and strategies to improve the diets of the poor," said Moshfegh. The studies can be viewed online. Source: Journal of the American Dietetic Association. Vol 107: 11. (November 2007). Moshfegh, Alanna. "Research to advance understanding of the interrelationship of poverty and nutrition." 1882-1885. Cassady, Diana, et al. "Is price a barrier to eating more fruits and vegetables for low-income families?" 1909-1915. Champagne, Catherine, et al. "Poverty and food intake in rural America: diet quality is lower in food insecure adults in the Mississippi Delta." 1886-1894. Stimpson, Jim et al. "Neighborhood deprivation is associated with lower levels of serum carotenoids among adults participating in the third national health and nutrition examination survey." 1895-1902.
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We try to limit desserts at the Christmas party. Not because we don't like desserts; I love them. We have learned, however, that people don't eat a lot of sweets at our cocktail parties. So, we just have some small bowls of M&Ms, peanut butter balls, and some sort of cookie.
This year, Kaytie suggested a cranberry and white chocolate cookie. Sounds decadent, no? It is.
This recipe is a riff on the basic chocolate chip cookie. It is also one more reason to keep Butter Flavor Crisco in your pantry.
Put Butter Flavor Crisco, brown sugar, milk, and vanilla in large bowl. Blend until creamy.
Combine flour, salt, and baking soda. Add to creamed mixture, gradually, stirring well as you go.
Stir in orange zest, chocolate chips, cranberries, and pecans.
Drop rounded tablespoonfuls (about 2 measuring Tbsp.) of dough 3 inches apart on ungreased baking sheet.
Remove from cookie sheet immediately and cool on a rack.


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TV Schedule: July 22-26
Rebecca Kivak
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NASCAR has an exciting weekend ahead.
On Wednesday, the Camping World Truck Series gets down and dirty at Eldora Speedway for the Mudsummer Classic, the only dirt race in the sport's top 3 series.
Then the Sprint Cup Series and the XFINITY Series head to Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the mecca of motorsports. Who will kiss the bricks at the Brickyard?
The following is a handy guide to track events and television coverage at Eldora and Indy. All times are in Eastern Standard Time.
Wednesday, July 22:
11:30 a.m. Camping World Truck Series final practice, FS1
5 p.m. Camping World Truck Series Qualifying, FS2
7 p.m. Camping World Truck Series qualifying races, FS2
8 p.m. Camping World Truck Series Last Chance Race, FS1
8:30 p.m. Camping World Truck Series Setup, FS1
9 p.m. Camping World Truck Series: 1-800-CarCash Mudsummer Classic, FS1
3:30 a.m. Camping World Truck Series: 1-800-CarCash Mudsummer Classic (re-air), FS1
Thursday, July 23:
4:30 p.m. NASCAR Whelen Modified All-Star Shootout: New Hampshire Motor Speedway (tape), NBCSN
6 p.m. NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour: New Hampshire Motor Speedway (re-air), NBCSN
7 p.m. NASCAR K&N Pro Series East: New Hampshire Motor Speedway (tape), NBCSN
Friday, July 24:
Noon XFINITY Series practice, NBCSN
1 p.m. Sprint Cup Series practice, NBCSN
2:30 p.m. XFINITY Series final practice, NBCSN
4 p.m. Sprint Cup Series final practice, NBCSN
11 p.m. NASCAR K&N Pro Series East: New Hampshire Motor Speedway (re-air), NBCSN
Saturday, July 25:
11:30 a.m. XFINITY Series Qualifying, NBCSN
1:30 p.m. NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Qualifying, NBCSN
3 p.m. NASCAR XFINITY Series Countdown to Green, NBC
3:30 p.m. NASCAR XFINITY Series: Lilly Diabetes 250, NBC
Sunday, July 26:
Noon, NASCAR RaceDay: Indianapolis, FS1
3 p.m. NASCAR Sprint Cup Series: Countdown to Green, NBCSN
3:30 p.m. NASCAR Sprint Cup Series: Crown Royal Presents the Jeff Kyle 400 at the Brickyard, NBCSN
7 p.m. NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Post-Race Show, NBCSN
11 p.m. NASCAR Victory Lap, NBCSN
11:30 p.m. NASCAR Victory Lane, FS1 (re-airs at 3 a.m.)
TV Schedule: July 22-26 Reviewed by Rebecca Kivak on Wednesday, July 22, 2015 Rating: 5
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I scour the drug-store aisle brimming with body wash in every scent: Mango, tangerine, cucumber-mint. Am I actually in the produce section? Then there are the vacation-infused shower gels of Hawaiian Breeze and Ocean Paradise. Where is the bubble bath? Finally, I spot it: a lone bottle of the store-brand variety on a bottom shelf.
Apparently actual bubble bath, as opposed to body wash or shower gel, is such an oddity these days it isn't even dignified with a lively label. No lavender sprigs or grapefruit slices artfully floating on the front, just an 8-point font of the words, Aloe Vera. I undo the lid and it smells wonderful –clean—even without the fruit or vacation.
Where have all the bath-takers gone? To shower stalls with fancy-head sprayers, I suppose. Not me. I am a bath girl. If nothing else, it's the site of my continuing education. If I'm to get any book reading done, it's in the tub; same goes for magazine flipping, and sometimes (though harder) copyediting and highlighting Bible-study lessons.
I don't give a hoot for showers. They are only necessary evils if one is in a great hurry or has a plastic-covered cast.
My affinity for this evening ritual began as a child on the farm. We had crummy well water and only a fine stream of it, at that. I pulled the evening shift for cleanliness and good thing, because there wasn't time enough mornings before school to wait on the tub to fill.
Well-established in my habit, I continued it as an adult and today, the evening isn't complete until I've bathed and only then donned jammies, ready for bed or at least, getting cozy.
I especially relish winter baths. If I'm cold, which is most of the time in the winter, and usually in the fall and spring too, I can hardly wait to fill the tub with hot water and squirt in what soon becomes scented froth.
I was just thinking about this as I'm in the middle of reading a most delightful novel. It's called The Writing Class, by Jincy Willett. It's funny and entertaining; creative and well-written. I guess I should put my review on Amazon.
It's from the library and yes, I could tell this book by its cover, which also happens to be charming.
By the way, what are you reading these days? Where do you do your reading and thinking and highlighting? Any tub dwellers out there? The only one I know is my friend Darnella. Darnella and I are avid bath girls. We have that in common and it's a lot because there just don't seem to be so many of us out there.
If there were, surely there would be more than a lone jug of cheap bubble bath on the shelf. I take that back. There was a bottle of children's bubble bath next to the one I bought. I shouldn't take that lightly. The day may come when Mr. Bubble is the last man standing on the bottom row. And then, I'll have to take him home.
I take baths once a week to shave my legs and relax- usually on the weekend. I quickly shower before work. I also soak in the tub when my old bod is in pain.
I can't remember the last time I took a bath: maybe childhood? We had a jacuzzi in our prior house and no one used it in the 10 years that we lived there!


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In 2020, IPPFAR Member Associations provided a total of 105,429,716 sexual and reproductive health and rights services, representing close to half of the total number of SRHR services delivered by IPPF that year. Women received 89% of the services provided, while young people accounted for 55% of the total SRHR services provided.
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Email aliya.khalid@education.ox.ac.uk
Meet Our People / Aliya Khalid
Aliya teaches on the Comparative and International Education MSc programme at the Department of Education after having taught at the Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge. Her research focuses on how women in the South navigate their agency in highly constrained circumstances. Her specialised areas of interest are the capability approach, negative capability, epistemic paradoxicality and justice, and the promotion of knowledges (plural) and Southern epistemologies. Aliya actively engages in issues around the politics of representation and knowledge production in the academe. Aliya is currently accepting doctoral students with an interest in these areas.
'Understanding the impact of COVID-19 on learning experiences of secondary school going age children among Bangladeshi and Pakistani ethnic minority families'
Project summary:
COVID-19 related school disruption and closures have significantly impacted the lives of students. Notably, these disruptions have had a multi-fold impact on children living in ethnic minority families. Although ethnic and racial inequalities are persistent across contexts, this project particularly engages with young adults and other family members belonging to Bangladeshi and Pakistani ethnic minority families living in England. Children in these families have been uniquely affected by the pandemic (Bayrakdar & Guveli, 2020), given the higher rates of prevalence of COVID among these communities and also greater and persistent structural inequalities.
Bangladeshi and Pakistani ethnic minority families have been identified as a focus of this research because firstly, these particular groups have been strongly impacted by COVID (Platt & Warwick, 2020; Trivedy et al., 2020) and secondly, their socio cultural specificities make them more susceptible to disadvantage during COVID related school closures (Bayrakdar & Guveli, 2020). Our particular focus is on secondary school children whose learning has been majorly disrupted due to national lockdowns and uncertainty regarding national assessments.
Therefore, this project aims to address the unique situation and experiences of these BAME families with secondary school age children to understand how COVID-related challenges are shaping their learning experiences, household dynamics and future aspirations.
This is an exploratory, project which fills an important gap in existing knowledge by taking a strong cultural lens to understanding how learning among Bangladeshi and Pakistani families could be supported, drawing on a deeper understanding of their lived realities and contextualised understanding of the challenges they face. The aim is not simply to reproduce a deficit discourse (which tends to be associated with families from these ethnic minority groups), but to understand family dynamics and the opportunities offered herein.
Cambridge Humanities Research Grants Scheme
Research team:
Professor Nidhi Singal and Dr Aliya Khalid
'Bridging the Local and Global: Women's Spaces and Collectives'
While globalisation aims to connect the world equitably, global perspectives are often privileged over the local. Often the voices of women from the South (metaphor for marginalised) are least heard. This project acknowledges that any 'Global' ideology of (Dis)order needs to include local women's voices by studying how they have generated order/disorder to create 'spaces of action'/reflection (defined as collectives). We propose a multi-phase, multi-method study of women's 'collective spaces'. We first explore how 'collectives' have been understood. We will learn from women themselves by conducting two interview based case studies on (i) access to reproductive healthcare (Northern Ireland/Ireland) and (ii) mothers' collective experiences of educating their children during a pandemic (ethnic minority families in England). In bringing together law and education, archives and interviews, reproductive healthcare and education, this project offers a novel way of understanding – and recording – collective responses to local/global challenges.
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Dr Aliya Khalid, Dr Jane Rooney and Dr Ruth Houghton, Dr Kate spencer-Bennet, Alana Farrel Kate Spencer-Bennett
'Gendered Inequalities in Education and Capability Spaces for Women/Girls (and others) in Pakistan During Covid'
Project summary: This project explores the cumulative intersectional experiences of women/girls (and others) that are shaped by multidimensional inequalities existing in their physical (urban/rural) and social (market, society, community and family) settings. In particular, how gender interacts with the different vectors of disadvantage (for example, economic, technological, social, cultural and political) within the perimeters of their location (urban/rural) and setting (labour market, society and family) is to be explored. We refer to what we call 'spaces of action/reflection' that provide unique gendered experiences of seeking education. This project will thus conceptualise 'spaces' as those gendered experiences marked by economic, technological, social, cultural and political disadvantages that girls (and others) face in their locations (physical and social) as they seek education in the times of the pandemic. Hence, 'space' not only refers to the physical (urban/rural), but also, the social (community, family), cultural (society) and personal (psychological) aspects within which girls/women (and others) live and seek education.
This research aims to identify how these 'spaces' generate opportunities and constraints for girls/women (and others) in Pakistan. This exploration is essential today when Covid-19 has created ruptures in the supportive structures of educational provision. In this regard, it is essential to understand the limits and opportunities for girls/women's (and that of others) education in Pakistan within these 'spaces' that have come about as a result of Covid-19 related educational and social restructuring of opportunities. In sum, the aim of the project is to contribute to international education by creating a deeper understanding of the gendered vulnerabilities that intersect with disadvantages and placement (physical and social) vectors to produce gendered experiences for the most marginalised in the context of Pakistan.
British Association for International and Comparative Education (BAICE) Seedcorn Fund
Dr Aliya Khalid and Dr Soufia Siddiqui
Khalid, A. (forthcoming). 'Hearing their silences: Mothers agency as they support their daughters' education in rural Punjab Pakistan', Gender and Education.
Khalid, A., & Rose, P. (forthcoming). Mothers' Capability to Influence their Daughters' Education in Pakistan: Interconnections between mothers' value of education, negative capability and agency. Journal of Human Development and Capabilities.
Khalid, A. (in preparation) 'Comparisons of hope, education, and aspirations between Pakistani mothers and revolutionaries: The being and becoming of agents in the contexts of change'. Comparative Education
Khalid, A. & Singal, N. (in preparation) "It's made us stronger as a family': Ethnic minority parenting experiences of educating children in England during Covid'. Journal of Family Studies
Singal, N. & Khalid, A. (in preparation) "Time moves fast but it also goes slow': Secondary school children's experiences of 'preparing' for exams during lockdown in England. Children and Society
Khalid, A., Parpart, J. & Holmes, G. (Eds.) (in preparation) ' From the silence/voice binary to liminal spaces: Understanding gender, agency and power in a changing world'. Routledge
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