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Thetford basketball players Kiana Johnson and Jake Colby at Thetford Academy on Thursday, Feb. 7, 2019. Both have reached their 1,000-point career mark after transferring to Thetford Academy from Chelsea High School, which closed due to consolidation. (Valley News - Jennifer Hauck) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.
Thetford's Kiana Johnson drives for the hoop through the Randolph defense of Kasie Mills, left, and Morgan Fordham in the first quarter of their game in Thetford, Vt., on Feb. 7, 2019. The senior reached the 1,000-point career mark this season, her first year at the school. Johnson transferred to Thetford Academy after Chelsea High School closed due to consolidation. (Valley News - Geoff Hansen) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.
Thetford's Jake Colby passes the ball off to a teammate during their game against Woodstock in Thetford, Vt., on Jan. 7, 2019. The senior reached the 1,000-point career mark this season, his first year at the school. Colby transferred to Thetford Academy after Chelsea High School closed due to consolidation. (Valley News - Geoff Hansen) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.
THETFORD — It seems fitting that two gymnasiums, two high schools, two communities some 20 miles apart will remember the names Kiana Johnson and Jake Colby together forever. Half Panther and half Red Devil, the career 1,000-point scorers represent two different places at once.
Johnson and Colby are two former Chelsea Public School students, refugees of Act 46 — the Vermont state law that required small school districts to either merge with others voluntarily or eventually be mandated to do so — who just so happen to be talented athletes, too. Ask them about it and they'll tell you about years of frustration, a year of lasts, a few months of confusion and a stressful search to find a new high school home.
They each eventually landed at Thetford Academy and seem comfortable five months into their first and only year with the school, turning a new-kid-on-the-block situation into a positive experience before college. Johnson helped TA win a VPA Division III girls soccer championship in the fall; Colby returned from a broken right index finger late in the soccer season. Both Johnson and Colby also have become key parts of the TA girls and boys basketball teams, each of which entered the weekend near the top of the D-III standings with two weeks remaining before playoffs.
They also each entered the basketball season within reach of the 1,000-point milestone. Colby reached the mark on Dec. 27; Johnson hit the plateau on Jan. 31. Their names are in the process of being added to the 1,000-point banners at Thetford and Chelsea, another reminder that their varsity basketball careers — through no fault of their own — span multiple stops.
Talk about making the best of a situation out of their control.
In hindsight, Johnson and Colby view the negative of Chelsea's closing as a productive part of young adulthood. That didn't make the change any less difficult.
Johnson remembers the rumors starting during her sophomore year at Chelsea in 2016. Slowly, she said, those rumors turned into a vote to close to school for good.
Colby said he just remembers the feeling of helpless frustration.
Parrish Eiskamp, the former Chelsea athletic director who now works at Blue Mountain Union High School in Wells River, said that feeling was widespread.
Chelsea held its final home regular-season basketball game against Whitcomb-Rochester last year on Feb. 22. After the season was over, Colby and Johnson got to work searching for a new school.
Colby said he remembers putting the decision off, not wanting to think about where he would spend only one year of high school before going off to college.
Added to decision was their athletic abilities, a valuable asset for neighboring schools looking for a boost. Johnson said she was approached by some coaches and admitted athletics played a big part in her decision. Colby said he received a few text messages from kids on other teams trying to convince him to join up, but said he tried to keep athletics out of the equation.
Eric Ward, the Thetford girls basketball head coach, went to a few of Johnson's games at Chelsea and said he offered to help make the decision easier, though Ward did admit it was a fine line between actively trying to sell his school to a student-athlete and offering to help guide them through the decision-making process.
Helping them through that decision felt at times, he said, like a competition for athletic talent.
"The athletes were probably pushed a little bit more," Ward said.
Eiskamp admitted guiding students to make the right decision based on academics and not solely athletic ability was difficult to navigate.
"It was a challenge," Eiskamp said. "There were a lot of informal conversations among students who played at other schools, a lot of coaches tiptoeing around that area.
Both Colby and Johnson considered Williamstown; eventually they chose Thetford. For Johnson, a chance to have Ward as a coach played a big part in her decision. Colby's younger sister, Emma, also a former Chelsea student, first chose Thetford; Colby followed suit a few weeks later.
The pair joined Thetford's summer athletic activities to help get them acquainted to new teammates. Johnson played summer basketball and joined the girls soccer team during preseason in August. Colby broke his finger over the summer and showed up to boys soccer practice with his arm in a sling.
The feeling of being new or out of place didn't last long, both said. Being athletes made the transition easier.
Johnson scored a goal for Thetford in the D-III girls soccer championship game against Vergennes in November, helping the Panthers win their second consecutive title in their third straight trip to the final. Colby, a goalkeeper, played in the final five games for the Thetford boys, who lost in the opening round of the D-III tournament.
Nearly two months later, Colby was at center court at Thetford's Vaughan Gymnasium accepting the game ball for scoring his 1,000th career point in basketball. The gym was lined with red T-shirts; Eiskamp, the former Chelsea AD, was on hand to participate in the celebration.
Colby went into the weekend leading the Thetford boys (10-3 overall and winners of eight of their last nine games) with 12.2 point per game. Johnson paces the Panthers (14-1 overall and on a 14-game win streak) with 12.9 points per game.
She admitted the increased competition — up to D-III from Chelsea's D-IV — has helped her focus, even if the mentality change of being the go-to athlete on a small team to a small part of a bigger team was a difficult transition, at first.
Both Colby and Johnson admitted a part of Chelsea will always be part of them. It's their home, where they grew up and, perhaps most importantly, where they learned to play and developed into the athletes they are today. In some ways, the communities have merged to support the Panthers, with Johnson and Colby carrying on some of the last of Red Devil greatness.
Their names on two 1,000-point banners is just the consolation prize.
"Now that I'm not at home, five minutes from my house, I feel like I'm a little bit more independent," Johnson said. "My parents may disagree, but I feel like I'm more independent. I've kind of branched out, changed in a better way, I've come out of my shell and tried new things.


[Updated] The police are appealing for the public's assistance in locating 14-year-old Hillary Coddington, who was apparently last seen on Monday, November 27th in the City of Hamilton.
A police spokesperson said, "The Bermuda Police Service is appealing for the public's assistance in locating 14-year-old Hillary Coddington.
"Ms. Coddington, a student of The Berkeley Institute, is described as brown complexioned, between 5 feet 1 inch and 5 feet 2 inches tall with her hair in long braids.
"She was apparently last seen on Monday, November 27th in the City of Hamilton wearing her school uniform.
"There is concern for the wellbeing of Ms. Coddington, who has never gone missing before and is said to frequent the City of Hamilton as well as the Stowe Court, Pembroke area.
"In addition, she usually travels on foot or by bus and has been known to visit the St. George's area.


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Achtung Berlin 2018 – "Talking Money"
Ahorn | Friday April 20th, 2018
Regardless of where in the world, banks are frighteningly similar – so are the conversations held there. Sebastian Winkels confirms this assumption with his documentary film "Talking Money", which Andrew Horn eyed up at this year's Achtung Berlin Filmfestival.
Sebastian Winkels' documentary, "Talking Money", begins with a quote from Karl Marx: "Money is not a thing, it's a social relationship." I guess you can take that any number of ways, but Winkels decided to take it to the bank – literally. Inspired, as he says, by personal experiences at his bank, the film sets out to document a wide variety of interactions between bank representatives and their clients/customers to get a global overview of how such relationships play out. And when I say global, again, he takes it literally, visiting banks in Chicago, Karachi, Zurich, Benin, Bolivia, Tiblisi, Naples and Potsdam and recording what he found.
Winkels says that in organizing the film, he contacted ca 180 banks world-wide and was refused by all but these few. The customers on the other had, were much more willing. He says that all it took was to show up at a bank with his crew, hang around the lobby and approach people coming in. He was surprised to find that most were willing to do it, and of the ones he filmed, everyone agreed to sign their release.
The scenes were set up so that the camera focused solely on the customers, with the bankers heard but never seen. The situations we observed ranged from corporate loans of 30 million rupees (ca 250,000 Euros) to a micro loan of 500 dollars. There were people who wanted credit lines and people struggling to pay off debts. There was one man trying to cash a check over his limit and a family trying to settle a relative's estate. One woman was in the market for environmentally friendly investments and a couple needed a loan to buy an apartment. A young man was investing in a 30 year fund and an old man was trying to organize his pension payouts.
Information was predictably requested by the bankers but the customers would often offer more then they needed to. One woman insisted on discussing her relationship with her boyfriend, another couple talked about various family members who were their beneficiaries. At least two people found themselves blabbing about other debts that they probably shouldn't have mentioned, and another man got into a whole rap about his paint and varnish business. Both women trying for loan extentions were offering up various scenarios, probably true, but with limited success.
The bankers could be congenial, helpful, stubborn, or exasperated. One was bamboozling a client about hidden fees, while another seemed less a banker and more a sleazy loan shark. And a couple of them seemed like they were a bit too accepting of someone's dicey credit history. Clients, for their part, were friendly, insistent, victimized, accepting, slightly dishonest, and often confused. Some relationships worked out in the end (ask the man who walked off with his pockets literally stuffed with cash), a few were unresolved, and one or two not so great. All in all a little paradigm of life.
In fact, the film made me think of an experience of my own. When I was making my first documentary here in Berlin, I spent a lot of time at the bank dealing with my rather uneven cash flow. It go so I was in there so much, my banker and I found ourselves drawn into big discussions about the film, whose theme, it turned out, she actually had a personal connection to. In fact she had enough to say about it that I asked her to be in the film. And I came out of it all with a rather hefty credit line. I guess Marx was right.
Andrew Horn
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Emmanuel "Laykay" Dada
Emmanuel "Laykay" Dada took an early interest to music and the drums as an up growing kid in church at the age of 3. The mantle of anointing on his grandparents was passed down to him and this anointing manifested in his life through a musical inclination. Laykay's fascination with rhythm and percussion began on simple couches, chairs and tables as well as pots and pans. He continued to play in churches and with local community choirs throughout the city of Kaduna devoting the gift of drumming back to the Lord.
Laykay got his first major Performance with the 'Set Him Off' programme (Musical Concert) in London at R.C.C.G Living spring centre when Minstrel Dayo Bello and God's Gift heard him playing the drums and offered him the opportunity to minister with him. Laykay also continued to play for artistes such as Deitrick Haddon, Chevelle Frankyln, Tonya Baker, Pastor Kunle Ajayi, OBI Shine, Muyiwa & Riversongs, Sonnie Badu, Gabriel Eziashi, Remi Odumesi, Ben Okafor, Mike Aremu, Asu Ekiye, Tim Godfrey, Sammy Okposo, Wale Adenuga and many others just to name a few. Laykay was part of the London based Gospel Jazz musical band called the 4Seasons and is now a member of the Gospel Live Recording group "HIS LEVITES". He is privileged to be part of the Festival of life Choir which is a major Mass choir of the Redeemed Christian Church Of God (R.C.C.G London) with the event "Festival Of Live" taking place twice every year.
Laykay was part of the London based Gospel Jazz musical band called the 4Seasons and he was privileged to play and arrange the Rhythm and percussion for their first debut album "Sound of Light" with tracks including Harvest of Light, Daylight dream and ATEKPA.
Laykay has been blessed to record with some great musicians and producers like Ayobami Soetan(Light child), Shabach Akinyele, Precious Obimdi, 4 Season Band, Ayobami "Light Child" Soetan and Jason Emberton. Laykay is a Director of Music, Producer, an Educationist and a Drum tutor who mentor and train young upcoming musicians on how to worship GOD effectively with their musical instrument(s).
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MSF UK's commitment to responsible behaviour
MSF UK's commitment to responsible behaviour and a workplace free from abuse
Herve is a medical doctor in the Doro hospital, originally from Central African Republic he worked with MSF there as national staff for four years before becoming a travelling expat. Herve has worked with various ministry of healths in various countries so working with MSF is great as he can work in better conditions with better resources, you have access to staff, the drugs and the logistics.
© Tom Barnes
MSF considers itself a responsible employer and association, and this rests on the responsible behaviour of its members. We actively promote responsible behaviour and a working environment free of exploitation, harassment and abuse.
Use the tabs below to find out more about our behaviour commitments, and our progress on promoting a working environment free from harrassment, exploitation and abuse. This includes statistics from 2019.
Our commitments to responsible behaviour
There is a mutual and complementary role of the employee and the employer to prevent, detect and address unacceptable behaviour and MSF staff should deploy the means to inform its patients and direct beneficiaries on the behavioural commitments stated below.
Within MSF, all members of staff (employees, including staff on international assignment, volunteers, daily workers) and operational partners (including consultants and guests) understand and adhere to the commitments below, incorporate them into their professional and personal conduct, and abide by them.
Should this not be the case, MSF offers channels for reporting at every level of the organisation and any non-compliance will entail due consequences.
These Behavioural Commitments are considered as a minimum behavioural standard, more specific rules may apply to MSF staff members depending on the context in which they work and their area of activity.
Behavioural commitments
1. MSF staff members and operational partners shall behave respectfully and not discriminate against patients, colleagues or members of the local population on the basis of their race, opinions, lifestyle, gender, sexual orientation, socio-economic background, origin, religion or beliefs and others markers of identity;
2. MSF staff members and operational partners shall not abuse anyone physically (i.e. physical violence, sexual aggression or other form of physical abuse) or psychologically (e.g. bullying, abuse of power, harassment, discrimination or favouritism);
3. MSF staff members and operational partners shall not accept, under any circumstances, behaviour that exploits the vulnerability of others, in the broadest possible sense (sexual, economic, social, etc.). This includes exchange of goods, benefits or services for acts of a sexual nature, including the use of sex workers' services while on assignment;
4. MSF staff members and operational partners shall not accept child abuse, exploitation and violence and not engage in sexual relations with children;
5. MSF staff members and operational partners shall not take advantage of their position for personal gain. Each member shall use MSF resources (including premises, goods, money, reputation, image etc.) with respect and care and in the interests of the organisation and the populations it seeks to assist.
Promoting a work environment free of harassment, exploitation and abuse
Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) promotes a working environment free of harassment and abuse.
Our leadership has unequivocally committed to fight abuse and to reinforce mechanisms and procedures to prevent and address it. All staff are expected to abide by the MSF movement's Behavioural Commitments and our guiding principles as stipulated in our Charter.
Each year, MSF publishes a statement on the number of reports of responsible behaviour incidents that have been received and the actions that have been taken in response; along with an update on activities undertaken by MSF to address the wider issue. These statements can be found below.
Yearly reports of responsible behaviour incidents
MSF continues to face a challenge of under-reporting when it comes to responsible behaviour. Since 2017, we have seen an increase in the number of complaints being reported, which is an encouraging sign that MSF's reporting mechanisms are being more widely used.
While the total number of reports has dipped slightly (by 10 percent) between 2018 and 2019, we believe this is primarily due to a large number of historical cases having been reported in 2018 – likely a result of the increased levels of communication on this issue, both internally and externally.
We need to continue working to improve levels of reporting, especially among groups which have tended to be under-represented when it comes to making complaints – including locally-hired MSF staff, patients in MSF projects, and their carers.
2019's figures have shown increases in the number of reports received from these groups, which is encouraging, though we acknowledge that there is still a long way to go.
There is a range of ongoing work to address issues around responsible behaviour that has been taking place across the MSF movement in recent years. Examples include:
Creating new positions and/or increasing staff support to provide training, field visits and investigation on these issues.
Undertaking workshops and other forms of consultation with staff to assess the problem and the steps needed to address it.
Revising, promoting and strengthening guidance provided to staff on how to report harassment, abuse or exploitation.
Reinforcing awareness at the patient and community level where we have operations
Improving data-gathering and sharing across the MSF movement.
2019 figures in detail
Total grievance complaints
In 2019, we had approximately 65,000 individual staff movement-wide, of more than 90 percent were working in the field.
We saw a total of 322 grievance complaints made, down from 356 in 2018. This figure relates to alerts and complaints made in the field but does not cover headquarter offices.
Confirmed cases of abuse or inappropriate behaviour
Of those complaints, after investigation, 154 were confirmed as either situations of abuse or of inappropriate behaviour (134 in 2018).
This includes 104 cases which were qualified as abuse, compared to 78 confirmed cases of abuse in 2018 (this covers many forms of abuse: sexual abuse, harassment and exploitation; abuse of power; psychological harassment; discrimination; physical violence).
A total of 57 staff members were dismissed for all forms of abuse in 2019 (52 dismissals in 2018).
Of the 104 cases of abuse, 63 were cases of sexual harassment, abuse, or exploitation, up from 59 in 2018. Thirty-seven staff were dismissed as a result of those cases in 2019 up from 36 in 2018.
There were also 50 confirmed cases of inappropriate behaviour, down from 56 in 2018 (inappropriate behaviour includes: mismanagement of people; inappropriate relationships; inappropriate behaviour not in line with societal standards or affecting team cohesion; and the use of substances).
Complaints by under-represented groups
While the overall number of complaints is down by 10 percent compared to 2018, it is encouraging to see an increase in the number of complaints being made by groups that have been particularly under-represented: The number of complaints made by national staff increased from 128 in 2018 to 144 in 2019.
This is a step in the right direction, although national staff continue to be under-represented, accounting for only 45 percent of all complaints despite making up more than 90 percent of MSF's field-based workforce.
Complaints by MSF's patients and carers
The number of complaints made by MSF's patients and their carers has also increased, although it must be noted that this was from a very low base: from 13 in 2018 to 19 in 2019 (an increase of 46 percent).
Underreporting from patients and their carers clearly remains an area where we must continue to focus, to ensure that mechanisms are accessible and understood.
During 2019, a number of measures were taken to address this, including the development of staff training modules and workshops to get input from patients and carers.
Staff numbers: Please note that the 65,000 figure for MSF staff refers to the total number of individuals that have worked for MSF in the course of a year, as opposed to the total number of full-time equivalent positions – which will be a lower number as more than one individual can hold the same position in the course of a year. The latter figure has also been used in some previous statements.
In early 2018, MSF published a statement (see '2017' tab) on the actions we had taken to combat abuse and harassment, the challenges we faced, and the number of cases recorded in 2017.
One year on, we have put together the following short update on progress so far, including figures from 2018, which we hope will help maintain a constructive focus on this important issue.
One of the most significant challenges we identified previously was that of underreporting – and the need to do more to ensure that our staff and patients are aware of, and trust, our reporting mechanisms.
While the 2018 figures show an increase in the reporting of incidents of unacceptable behaviour compared to 2017, we still believe this picture to be a significant underestimate – this is likely due to a combination of challenges around both underreporting and data gathering.
Our statement last year set out a number of ongoing measures to improve the detection and prevention of unacceptable behaviour. These included training, workshops, field visits, and the production and distribution of leaflets and audio-visual materials.
2018 saw continued activity in all these areas, as well as the allocation of increased staffing to MSF's responsible behaviour teams; the development of new tools for improving awareness, prevention and detection of unacceptable behaviour; and the improvement of data-gathering and sharing across the MSF movement.
It is worth acknowledging that an increased public focus on this issue will very likely have contributed to increased awareness and reporting.
In 2018, MSF had 43,000 staff working in the field (the following figures relate to complaints from the field and do not include the additional 4,000 staff working in MSF HQs).
Total complaints
2018 saw a significant increase in the number of complaints from the field recorded about all types of behaviour, a total of 356, up from 182 in 2017.
Of those complaints, after investigation 134 were confirmed as either situations of abuse or of inappropriate behaviour (83 in 2017).
This includes 78 cases qualified as abuse of all forms, compared to 61 in 2017 (this category includes sexual abuse, harassment and exploitation; abuse of power; psychological harassment; discrimination; and physical violence).
A total of 52 members of staff were dismissed for all forms of abuse (58 in 2017).
Of the total 78 cases of all forms of abuse in 2018, 59 were confirmed after internal investigation as cases of sexual abuse, harassment or exploitation, up from 32 in 2017. Thirty-six staff were dismissed as a result of those cases, up from 20 in 2017.
There were also 56 confirmed cases of inappropriate behaviour, up from 22 in 2017 (inappropriate behaviour includes: mismanagement of people; inappropriate relationships; inappropriate behaviour not in line with societal standards or affecting team cohesion; the use of substances).
It is worth stressing again that this is still not the complete picture that we would like to have – while we have improved data-gathering since last year, we still have more work to do to address both this issue and the challenge of under-reporting.
However, we hope that these figures are an indication that an increased focus on the issue has encouraged more people to come forward.
We continue to urge staff, patients or anyone else who comes into contact with MSF to report any incidents of unacceptable behaviour which they come across.
Changes to the 2017 figures
Due to improved data collection and compilation, MSF has updated its figures for 2017. As a result, the total number of complaints for 2017 is found to have been higher than previously estimated: 182 as opposed to 146; the number of confirmed cases has also risen slightly. The above comparisons use the updated 2017 figures; but for the purposes of comparison, the original figures remain available in last year's statement.
2018 figures
Please note that some cases from 2018 are still being investigated and have not yet been qualified, so the figures may change slightly.
In the wake of recent scandals concerning abuse and exploitation in the humanitarian sector, we have rightly been asked whether MSF has faced similar problems, and what steps it takes to combat them.
It is positive that this issue is coming under the spotlight, regardless of how uncomfortable it may be for the organisations involved.
MSF is not free of problems on this front – we know that there is work to do and no room for complacency.
We have received reports of abuse by MSF staff, we have processes for investigating and dealing with those reports, and we have dismissed people – 19 in 2017 and 10 in 2016 – for sexual harassment or abuse.
We are very aware that we have work to do. We are concerned that there is a significant problem with under-reporting of abuses, which means that the real number of cases is likely higher.
We need to work to improve our processes, and to increase awareness of – and confidence in – those processes, among both our staff and the people we help.
Numbers of complaints
The data we have is incomplete, but still we believe it is important to share publicly what we have been able to gather.
We currently have 42,000 staff members. The available figures indicate that MSF received 95 grievance complaints in 2016, of which 29 related to sexual harassment or abuse, with the rest relating to other forms of abuse of power, discrimination, or inappropriate behaviour.
Sexual harassment and abuse include a large variety of cases from verbal disrespect to physical aggression. In 2016, MSF dismissed 10 staff due to sexual harassment or abuse.
In 2017, the total number of confirmed cases of abuse or harassment received was 40, of which 24 concerned sexual harassment or abuse (as with the 2016 figures, the others concerned other forms of abuse or harassment).
Two of these 24 cases were situations of sexual abuse or harassment by MSF staff against non-MSF staff (patients or members of the community).
Of these 24 cases, 19 people were dismissed from MSF, with the remaining five cases seeing other sanctions.
It is worth stressing again that these figures represent a partial picture, capturing only complaints received from our medical programmes that have been documented at HQ level.
This means that they don't cover any complaints which may have been made in MSF HQ offices, each of which will have their own procedures – collating that data is an ongoing process.
The figures above will also not necessarily include cases dealt with directly by our programme teams which haven't been referred to the HQ level.
Our processes
MSF has codes of conduct, procedures and behavioural review committees in place, including whistle blowing mechanisms, through which all members of staff can report inappropriate behaviour or abuse – with a range of sanctions available, ranging from warnings or suspension to dismissal.
In some cases, we may alert the local police (in agreement with the victim). We also support the victim as needed, which can include providing psychological and medical care and finding legal support.
We're currently stepping up efforts to increase awareness across MSF of these processes, to make sure that everyone knows how to access them, and that victims and whistleblowers who register complaints feel protected at all times. This is included in training, field visits, briefings and internal staff regulations.
Reasons for underreporting may relate to a fear of not being believed, stigmatisation, or reprisals. This is all the more acute in many crisis settings where we work, such as conflict areas, where there's often a general lack of protection mechanisms for victims, a high level of generalised violence, where impunity is common, and where populations may be highly dependent on external assistance.
For the past 15 years, MSF's leadership have recognised the need to fight abuse. Earlier last year, in May and again October 2017, the leadership bodies of MSF emphasised their unequivocal determination to fight abuse and ensure there is no tolerance for such behaviour throughout the organisation – including the reinforcement of grievance channels at all levels.
Vickie Hawkins | Executive Director, MSF UK
Updated figures
June 2019: Due to improved data collection and compilation, MSF has updated its figures for 2017. In 2017, the total number of confirmed cases of abuse of all forms or inappropriate behaviour was 83, of which 32 concerned sexual abuse, harassment or exploitation. Of these 32 cases, 20 people were dismissed from MSF, with the remaining 12 cases seeing other sanctions.
MSF UK is part of an international movement of legal entities, commonly referred to as MSF, which are bound by a shared name and identity, and shared commitment to the MSF Charter and principles.
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Infant and toddler foods sold in pouches have lower nutritional value than foods sold in jars and other packaging, according to a new study led by researchers from the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus.
The findings of the study are published in the current issue of the journal Nutrition Today.
"The high level of sugars in some pouches is potentially concerning because pouches are coming to dominate the market for infant and toddler foods," said Kameron Moding, PhD, assistant professor of Human Development and Family Studies at Purdue University. "While pouch products are popular and convenient, the nutritional profiles differ from products sold in other packages, particularly with respect to sugars coming from fruits."
Moding conducted the research for this study as a postdoctoral fellow at CU, working with Susan Johnson, PhD, professor of pediatrics at the CU School of Medicine, who is senior author of the article.
The researchers evaluated the contents of 548 products. Of those, products in pouches totaled 274, nearly twice as many as sold in jars or other packaging, such as trays, that were made by companies based in the United States. These products were reviewed for their ingredients and evaluated for their nutritional content and the age of children targeted to consume the product.
One of the key findings was that pouches more commonly had blends of fruits and vegetables than other packaging types. Pouches also were less likely to contain single vegetable products. Previous studies have indicated that incorporating dark green vegetables into the diets of infants and toddlers is limited perhaps because of a lack of commercially prepared single-vegetable products.
"Since early experiences with flavors and textures of foods may provide the foundation for later food acceptance, it is important to expose infants to a wide variety of flavors, textures, and nutrient-dense foods" said Moding.
According to national estimates, between one-third and one-half of infants in the United States consume at least some commercially prepared infant and toddler foods, with infants between six months and eight months of age being most likely to consume these products.
"We need to conduct more studies to understand whether the sugar contents of these pouch products reinforce infants' innate preference for sweetness and influence the trajectory of the transition to family foods," said Moding. "We do know that infant and toddler foods that contain fruit purees and juice concentrates may create 'health halos' that lead caregivers to believe such blends are more healthful than they truly are, especially when they are high in sugars, but low in fiber."
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3 things to watch this weekend: Netflix's Clickbait explores the dark and deadly side of social media
By Immy Abdullah|5 months ago
Is there anything worse than a rainy week? Here's hoping the sun shines all weekend long. Regardless of the weather, we think you should treat yourself with the best entertainment dropping on streaming services this weekend.
So prep your favourite snack, get comfy on the lounge and watch the rain away.
Adrian Grenier as Nick Brewer in Clickbait. (Netflix)
What: In the era of binge-watching, most series can be divided into one of two categories. The first are premium dramas, where the writing, directing and acting are so incredible that you can't look away, you must consume every episode as quickly as possible. Think The Queen's Gambit, Eden or Mare of Easttown.
Then there's the other type of addictive television, where plots are so out there, the acting is laughable, but strangely you can't look away. Think Sex/Life, You, Behind Her Eyes or the new Gossip Girl.
Netlfix's new series, Clickbait, is definitely the latter, and yet we can't recommend it enough.
Clickbait explores the ways dangerous and uncontrolled impulses are fuelled in the age of social media and reveals the ever-widening fractures between virtual and real-life personas.
The series opens with Nick Brewer (Adrian Grenier) and his wife Sophie (Betty Gabriel), along with their two teenage sons Ethan (Cameron Engels) and Kai (Jaylin Brewer), who are living a blissful normal family life. Soon, Nick goes missing, and instantly he goes viral. Battered and bruised, he appears in an online video, holding up handwritten signs that say "I abuse women" and "At 5 million views I die". The series explores if this is a sick prank or indeed a heinous crime.
Each episode continues to follow the mystery but is told from a different character's perspective.
Though the series is set in the United States, the production of the series was filmed in Melbourne.
When: Stream every episode now.
Where: Netflix.
What: Work in Progress is a comedy series following Abby (Abby McEnany), a 40-year old self-identified "queer dyke" whose life is a quiet yet ongoing crisis. A therapy veteran who suddenly finds herself without a therapist, Abby is faced with a self-imposed timeline to figure herself out or she will make a drastic choice to end her life.
McEnany, who built her comedy career doing improvisation, created the show, which is based on her one-woman show, also titled Work in Progress. The series also stars Saturday Night Live veteran Julia Sweeney (who plays a fictionalised version of herself), The Politician star Theo Germaine, Karin Anglin as well as a special appearance by "Weird Al" Yankovic.
The show is hilarious as it's relatable and uncomfortable, and if you've never heard of Abby McEnany, this is the perfect chance to witness her talent.
Where: Stan.
Naked Attraction's Naughtiest Bits
What: Naked Attraction is a dating show where a clothed person is faced with six naked people who are initially hidden in booths. Their bodies and faces are gradually revealed through the successive rounds (from the ground up). At each round, the chooser eliminates one naked person until only two are left. This is when the clothed chooser also takes off their clothes to make the final choice on who he/she would like to go on a date with.
And when we say naked, we truly mean it. Imagine big, small, hairy, trimmed, waxed and everything on display in its full unashamed glory. There's no blurring here. And it's not for the faint-hearted.
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If you're new to the Naked Attraction phenomena, 9Now has a new 'best of' type series for you to binge. This takes the series' naughtiest bits from the first five seasons and presents them in their true uncut glory. (Sorry.)
Yes, this is far from normal reality television.
Where: 9Now.
Bonus: Cruella
What: Emma Stone's Cruella is a prequel to the original 101 Dalmatians saga, which Disney adapted from the 1956 novel by Dodie Smith. Like with Angelina Jolie's Maleficent, the film follows Cruella's backstory. In fact, at the beginning of this story, the character's name isn't even Cruella, it's Estella.
Set in 1970s London, amid the punk rock revolution, the film follows a young grifter named Estella. She's a clever and creative girl determined to make a name for herself with her designs. One day, Estella's flair for fashion catches the eye of the Baroness von Hellman (Emma Thompson), a fashion legend who is devastatingly chic and terrifyingly haute. But their relationship sets in motion a course of events and revelations that causes Estella to embrace her wicked side and become the raucous, fashionable, and revenge-bent Cruella. It's the character that terrified us all as children.
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Stone is brilliant in this role and is extraordinarily devilish. The film also stars Joel Fry, Kirby Howell-Baptiste, and Jon McCrea. Glenn Close, who previously played the character in the previous 1996 live-action adaptation 101 Dalmatians and its sequel 102 Dalmatians, also serves as the film's executive producer.
Previously only available with premium access, Cruella is now available for all Disney+ subscribers.
When: Streaming now.
Where: Disney+.
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Billy Gilman is an American based singer, who is best recognized for his debut single entitled "One Voice," beginning his career as a young country music artist. He is also famous for his top 40 hit made on the Billboard Hot 100 as well as a top 20 hit made on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart during the year 2000. Let's find out how much is Billy Gilman's net worth in 2019.
Early Life:
Billy Gilman was born in the year 1988 to Frances "Fran" and William Wendell "Bill" Gilman, Jr. His birthplace was Westerly, situated inside Rhode Island. His upbringing was done within Hope Valley, in Rhode Island, within the city of Richmond.
His father functions in maintenance. He started singing prior to appearing in school; also he had offered his initial public based performance when he was of seven years old.
When he was of age nine, he was found out by Ray Benson of Asleep at the Wheel, the one who assisted him to record demos. Later, he got contracted to Epic Records Nashville during the year 2000.
Billy Gilman started off his career through his debut single entitled as "One Voice," turned as top 40 hit on Billboard Hot 100 ranking at rank 38. Moreover, the singer too turned top 20 hit within the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart during the year 2000.
As he was just eleven years of age during that time, he turned as the youngest artist who has ever offered a top 40 single right on the country chart.
Besides, the singer's debut album, alternatively named as One Voice got released during the year 2000 right on Epic Records, and it also got authorised as double platinum within the US.
This singer has launched one Christmas album during the year 2000 entitled Classic Christmas, and the album went gold. Later in the next year, the second album entitled Dare to Dream was followed, and it too got certified gold.
However, its singles namely "Elisabeth" as well as "She's My Girl" cannot make a place in top 40 within the Billboard country singles charts and just ranked at 50 and 56 place respectively.
Post-release of Dare to Dream, the singer's voice started to alter due to the start of puberty, which has forced him to withdraw shortly from his works in singing.
Awards & Achievements:
Billy Gilman got nominated for one Grammy Award in the category of Best Male Country Vocal Performance on account of his debut single entitled as "One Voice," and he also got nominated for Best Country Song meant for the songwriters namely David Malloy and Don Cook.
Net Worth of Billy Gilman:
Billy Gilman has an estimated net worth of $5 million. He makes most of his income with his major career as a singer, and he is commonly identified as a country music artist.
Being a country music artist, he made debut when he was of age eleven, in association with the single entitled "One Voice" and turned as the youngest singer who have a Top 40 hit right on the Billboard country music charts.
He earned well through his debut studio album entitled One Voice which got released during the year 2000 on Epic Nashville as well as got certified 2x Platinum within the US. It is found that the singer's single entitled "Oklahoma" too charted on the Billboard Hot 100 as well as US Country charts.
Overall, this singer has launched five studio albums and also a popular Christmas album during the year 2000 which got certified Gold.
Billy Gilman is one of the growing singers who have made his fame right from the release of his debut album and debut single. He considers music as a different passion and continued to turn his dreams to reality for getting great heights in this industry.
Whenever he makes singing performances in the crowd, he gets the audience's attention for his singing style. You would surely be satisfied if you ever listen to his singing.
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Sfânta Adelaida de Italia (), numită și Adelaida de Burgundia, a fost cea de a doua soție a împăratului romano-german Otto I "cel Mare". Împărăteasa Adelaida a fost poate cea mai proeminentă femeie din Europa secolului al X-lea. Ea a fost regentă a Imperiului occidental în numele nepotului său, Otto al III-lea între 991 și 995.

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Adelaida era fiica lui Rudolf al II-lea de Burgundia cu Bertha de Suabia. Prima sa căsătorie, încheiată la vârsta de 15 ani, a fost cu fiul rivalului tatălui ei în Italia, Lothar al II-lea, rege al Italiei; alianța matrimonială era parte unui aranjament politic destinat să încheie pacea dintre tatăl ei și Ugo de Provence, tatăl lui Lothar. Din această căsătorie a rezultat o fiică, Emma de Italia.

Căsătoria cu Otto I

Potrivit "Vieții Sfintei Adelaida", primul soț al Adelaidei a murit otrăvit de către deținătorul adevărat al puterii , succesorul său Berengar de Ivrea, care a încercat să își întărească puterea politică prin forțarea Adelaidei de a se recăsători cu fiul lui, Adalbert; când ea a refuzat și a încercat să fugă, a fost prinsă și întemnițată vreme de patru luni la Como. A reușit să fugă din nou, la Canossa, bucurându-se de protecția contelui Adalbert Azzo; ca urmare, Berengar a început asediul asupra Canossei. Adelaida a reușit să trimită un emisar prin care să anunțe că este dispusă să se pună la mila lui Otto I cel Mare, regele Germaniei. Ca urmare, Otto a pornit cu o armată în sprijinul Adelaidei, după care cei doi s-au întâlnit în vechea capitală a longobarzilor de la Pavia, iar în 951 s-au căsătorit. Otto a fost încoronat ca împărat la Roma la 2 februarie 962 de către papa Ioan al XII-lea și, fapt la acea vreme neobișnuit, Adelaida a fost și ea încoronată ca împărăteasă în cadrul aceleiași ceremonii. Dintre copiii avuți cu Otto, patru au ajuns la vârsta maturității: Henric (n. 952); Bruno (n. 953; Matilda, devenită prima abatesă de Quedlinburg (n. 954; și Otto al II-lea, viitor împărat (n. 955).

În Germania, zdrobirea în 953 a unei răscoale a lui Liudolf, fiul lui Otto din prima lui căsătorie, a întărit poziția Adelaidei, care a reținut toate pământurile lui Liudolf. Mai departe, ea l-a însoțit în 966 pe Otto în a treia sa expediția în Italia, ea rămânând alături de el vreme de șase ani.

Curtea lui Otto al III-lea
Când Otto I a murit în 973, el a fost succedat de către fiul lor, Otto al II-lea, iar Adelaida a exercitat vreme de câțiva ani o puternică influență la curtea imperială. Mai târziu totuși, nora sa, prințesa bizantină Theofano, l-a întors pe Otto al II-lea împotriva mamei sale, Adelaida fiind alungată de la curte în 978. Ea a trăit o vreme în Italia, o vreme alături de fratele ei Conrad de Burgundia, prin intermedierea căruia s-a reconciliat în cele din urmă cu fiul ei; în 983, Otto al II-lea a numit-o ca reprezentantă a puterii imperiale în Italia, cu titlul de viceregină.

Însă Otto al II-lea a murit în același an și, cu toate că atât Theofano cât și Adelaida au fost numite drept co-regente pentru regele-copil Otto al III-lea, Theofano a forțat-o pe Adelaida să abdice și să se autoexileze. Când nora sa a murit în 991, Adelaida a revenit ca regentă a nepotului ei. În această poziție, ea a fost sprijinită de către Willigis, arhiepiscop de Mainz. În 995, Otto al III-lea a ajuns la vârsta maturității, iar Adelaida s-a simțit liberă să se dedice exclusiv operațiilor de caritate, în special de întemeiere și restaurare a așezămintelor religioase.

Ultimii ani
Adelaida menținuse deja de multă vreme relații apropiate cu Abația Cluny, la acea vreme centrul mișcării de reformă ecleziastică și, în principal, cu abații Majolus și Odilo. După retragerea din viața politică, a s-a stabilit într-o mănăstire pe care tot ea o întemeiase în 991, la Selz, în Alsacia. Chiar dacă nu a devenit niciodată călugăriță, Adelaida și-a petrecut restul zilelor în rugăciune. La un moment dat, fiind pe drum către Burgundia pentru a-l sprijini cu sfaturile sale pe nepotul ei de frate, Rudolf al III-lea de Burgundia împotriva unor răsculați, a murit la abația de la Selz în data de 16 decembrie 999, la câteva zile distanța de noul mileniu în care ea spera să fie de față la a doua venire a Mântuitorului.

Adelaida s-a devotat în mod consecvent serviciului religios și păcii, ca și Imperiului; de asemenea, ea s-a arătat interesată în opera de convertire a slavilor. Ea a fost astfel un principal agent al lucrării Bisericii Catolice de construire a unei culturi creștine în Europa. Ziua ei ca sfântă, 16 decembrie, este sărbătorită în multe dioceze din Germania.

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Bibliografie
 Donald Attwater și Catherine Rachel John, The Penguin Dictionary of Saints, New York, Penguin Books, 1993. ISBN 0-14-051312-4.
 John Coulson, The Saints: A Concise Biographical Dictionary, New York, Hawthorn Books, 1958.

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 Genealogie-Mittelalter: "Adelheid von Burgund".

 Women's Biography: Adelaide of Burgundy, Ottonian empress

Nașteri în 931
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Istoria Italiei
Italia medievală
Femei din Evul Mediu
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Împărătese ale Sfântului Imperiu Roman
Regine ale Italiei
Împărătese ale Germaniei

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In New York, this week, alongside the global gathering of the U.N. General Assembly, one meeting holds special resonance for the Arab world and its corporations, in particular. On September 23, Gordon Brown, the U.N. global education envoy, rallied support for a new plan to address the most overlooked element of the humanitarian crisis caused by the war in Syria—education.
The case for corporate investment in education has always been strong. The urgency, however, to help transform the shattered lives of hundreds of thousands of refugee children through education is a moral imperative. It can also be an opportunity for corporate community investments to be at once responsive, results-driven and aligned with national aid commitments.
Education is a top priority for refugees. "Education for my children is more important than anything else," said one Syrian mother last week, echoing the sentiment of over 100 parents interviewed inside Syria and in refugee camps during what should have been back-to-school week. The U.N. reports families moving from one location to another in search of a school that might have space for their children. Education for these families is not only about learning to read and write. It is about bringing back some measure of normalcy to their upturned lives. It provides much needed protection for their children who would otherwise be roaming around in dangerous surroundings. Through schooling, counselors can work with children to begin to address their traumas and lay the foundation for healing.
Going to school does not only represent hope in the immediate term, it is also a critical investment in every refugee child's future. It begins to address what is becoming a long- term development issue for Syria and the region, as the conflict extends into its third year and the prospects for returning to school for many children diminish.
A UNESCO report, released in July of this year, underscored the impact of ongoing conflicts in the region on education. 4 million children were out of primary school in conflict-affected Arab states. This represented approximately 84 percent of the out-of-school children in the Arab world. With the massive addition of the out-of-school Syrian children, the region is quickly heading towards its biggest education crisis to date.
Yet, the aid allocations for education have fallen far short of the need. According to Education Without Borders, a new report by the head of the Overseas Development Institute, Kevin Watkins, some 270,000 children in Lebanon alone are estimated to be out of school. The situation is exacerbated by the fact that the Lebanese government has received very little funding for refugees. "If Syria's refugee children were a country, they would have the world's lowest enrolment rates for both primary and secondary education. Palestinian children face equally desperate prospects. One report from UNRWA documents that only around one-third of children displaced from Palestinian camps in Syria were enrolled in school at the end of the 2013 academic year," wrote Watkins.
Despite the Lebanese government's effort to accommodate refugee children, without more financial and delivery support, they risk shattering their already stretched education system. In 2012, 980 public schools accepted around 30,000 Syrian children at the primary level. That is 20 percent of the existing school population. With current estimates suggesting an increase to 409,000 school-age children, the public education system would be forced to double its students in the space of one year. This is simply not plausible, warns Watkins.
Existing efforts by regional governments and non-profit organizations from countries such as the UAE and Qatar have been essential to delivering basic humanitarian needs to Syrian refugees. Recognizing the importance of education, some of that aid has been spent on education but much more is needed.
Gordon Brown is proposing a three-year, $500 million plan to get all school-age refugees from Syria (Syrian and Palestinian) in Lebanon into school. The plan aims to build the capacity of the strained Lebanese public education system, as well as support several national and international NGOs, ready to scale up high quality programs. Led by UNICEF, key strategies include: expanding double shifting across the education system; rehabilitating sub-standard premises; recruiting new teachers; covering registration costs; and providing essential learning and psycho-social support for children. It will secure schooling for the 300,000 children already in Lebanon and prepare to absorb another 200,000 as the flows of refugees increase. It also includes approximately $100 million to cover prohibitive transportation costs and school meals.
The bottom line is the goal is within reach. At a cost of $400-600 per student, the international community can and should save the future of a would-be lost generation.
Today's children are tomorrow's workforce. Companies understand the importance of education; they invest heavily in training and education of their employees, and increasingly in schools and other community education programs that ensure the foundation of an educated and skilled workforce and informed society. These are understood as essential long-term investments. Making sure these Syrian children actually get to go to school is the absolute base of this foundation.
Companies thrive in stable, healthy societies. Companies in the region have an urgent stake in investing effectively to increase stability. For these Syrian children, at the very minimum, getting into school is the difference between some semblance of hope and stability, and utter despair. Companies and institutions vividly understand the consequences to long-term regional stability if these children suffer in despair without even the basic right to an education.
Companies seek results and value for money. Companies invest and manage for tangible results. There are very few corporate community investment programs in the Arab region that can claim better impact than a $400-600 investment to put a conflict-stricken, displaced child in school for a year. Every company considering this investment can make a direct comparison of the impact per dollar invested in this program vs. typical initiatives and arrive at an overwhelmingly compelling conclusion.
Companies seek alignment and leveraging of resources. Companies enter into this project in a collaboration that draws on the resources and expertise of organizations from around the world. It is a chance to contribute to, and learn from, effective partnerships with a large-scale impact, which in turn could be applied to other major regional challenges. Furthermore, it is a chance to align and support the spending commitments of regional governments on education for these refugees, while simultaneously sending the message of the importance for those governments to invest more.
The best companies seek to do the right thing. Above and beyond the convincing business case, the moral imperative of this humanitarian crisis demands action. CEOs of the best companies in the region understand their companies to be indivisible from the societies they are in. A society's anguish is everyone's responsibility. These CEOs find strength, energy and wisdom—for themselves and their corporations—simply by doing the right thing in the time of greatest need. Which corporations will heed the call?
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The more people there are at the scene of an accident, the less likely it is that individuals will step up to lend a hand. This phenomenon is referred to as A. diffusion of responsibility. B. diffusion of interest. C. antisocial behavior. D. crowd apath
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Automotive Network Update for Friday, May 14, 2021
Operational Performance
BNSF operating teams continue to direct their efforts toward driving greater network productivity and reducing congestion at several terminals. As demand remains strong across multiple business segments, we remain focused on aligning resources with freight volumes.
We have generated some improvement this week in key service metrics. Overall car velocity increased and is slightly above the average level recorded in April. Average terminal dwell as well as our local service compliance measure are both currently running about two percent better than the prior month.
In the current freight environment, ongoing collaboration between BNSF and customers is key to driving performance improvement and efficiencies. The prompt pick-up of shipments that have been unloaded at intermodal facilities remains critical. We encourage customers to utilize our suite of Web and mobile tools to track shipments.
Also, we offer a suite of application programming interfaces (APIs) which make it easy to retrieve data from BNSF and take actions to manage shipments directly in your applications. For more information or assistance with implementing APIs, please contact our technical support team at the following email address: CustomerAPI@bnsf.com.
Capital gangs remain active across the BNSF network with ongoing rail and/or tie replacement projects, including in areas on our Northern and Southern Transcon routes. Some trains may experience delays and/or speed reductions through locations where maintenance work windows are in effect. As always, our operations and engineering teams are working together to mitigate any delays.
As part of our capital program, BNSF conducts comprehensive inspections and significant maintenance work throughout the year on our 13,000 bridges across the network to ensure that each bridge remains safe, secure and structurally sound. Our engineering team recently completed a two-year project in north Texas that replaced a 70-year-old timber bridge, which crosses the Trinity River near Dallas, with a new steel and concrete bridge. The original span was built in the 1940s and was 1,200 feet long. The new structure, with a foundation made of approximately 500 tons of steel and supported by more than 100 concrete beams, is more than a quarter-mile long and built to avoid the impact of the 100-year floodplain in the area.
Service Expectations for the Week Ahead
Multiple rounds of severe weather are expected in the Southern Plains this weekend and into early next week. This active pattern will likely bring heavy rainfall to parts of Texas. BNSF teams in the region are monitoring conditions for any potential service impacts. In most other areas of the network, favorable operating conditions are expected during the upcoming week.
As always, we thank you for your business and appreciate the opportunity to serve as your transportation service provider. We welcome your feedback and questions.


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Palestinian gunman shot dead after killing 2, injuring several in Jerusalem attack
Oct. 9, 2016 10:34 A.M. (Updated: Oct. 9, 2016 8:42 P.M.)
BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- An Israeli police officer and an Israeli woman were shot dead and at least five others were injured in a drive-by shooting near the occupied East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah Sunday morning. The gunman, a native of occupied East Jerusalem, was shot and killed by Israeli police at the scene.
The shooting attack came a day after the gunman told Ma'an that he intended to turn himself in to serve a prison sentence, after he was charged with assaulting an Israeli police officer in 2013.
According to a statement by Israeli police spokesperson Luba al-Samri, the gunman first opened fire across from the regional Israeli police headquarters while he sped towards the Ammunition Hill light rail station, critically injuring a 60-year-old woman, identified by Israeli media as Levanah Malichi, who later succumbed to her injuries after receiving treatment in a hospital. A man was also moderately injured at the same site.
The gunman then continued toward a junction on the other side of the police station, where he opened fire at a woman driving in her car, moderately to seriously injuring her, al-Samri added.
The assailant then fled toward Sheikh Jarrah as Israeli police special forces chased him, and he opened fire at them, critically injuring one policeman and lightly injuring another. The critically injured policeman, identified in Israeli media as First Sergeant Yosef Kirme, succumbed to his wounds in the hospital later in the day. Border police officers then arrived to the scene, shooting and killing the assailant.
Israeli media also reported that three other victims were moderately wounded, while a further three were lightly wounded by shrapnel or suffered from shock. According to Hebrew-language news site Walla, one of the injured was a 63-year-old Palestinian man from the occupied West Bank city of Hebron.
Two of the wounded were reportedly treated at Jerusalem's Hadassah University Hospital, Mount Scopus, including one moderately wounded and one lightly wounded by shrapnel.
Al-Samri said the slain gunman was a 39-year-old from the neighborhood of Silwan in occupied east Jerusalem.
She later announced that Israeli authorities issued a 30-day gag order for Israeli media on all further details of the shooting, including the name of the slain gunman and the names of the victims. In spite of the gag order, which doesn't affect Palestinian media, local sources in Jerusalem identified the shooter as 39-year-old Misbah Abu Sbeih from Silwan.
A day prior to the shooting, Abu Sbeih told Ma'an in an interview that he was planning on turning himself in to the Israeli Ramla prison at 10 a.m. on Sunday, to serve a prison sentence.
39-year-old Misbah Abu Sbeih from Silwan.
According to Israeli Minister of Public Security Gilad Erdan, Abu Sbeih held an Israeli identity card.
Erdan told reporters in Jerusalem after the incident that there had no been a specific terror warning issued for Jerusalem prior to the shooting, though Israeli police had already increased their presence across the city in preparation for the Jewish high holidays of Rosh Hashanah last week and Yom Kippur, which begins on Tuesday.
Tensions around occupied East Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque compound were a main contributor to a wave of unrest that began last October, after right-wing Israelis made frequent visits to the site during the Jewish holiday season this time last year.
The 39-year-old gunman was the 232nd Palestinian to be killed by Israelis amid the violence, while 34 Israelis have been killed by Palestinians. The violence has mostly been characterized by small-scale attacks with knives or similar weapons.
However, a number of attempted and actual shooting attacks have targeted Israelis over the past year. A total of 17 Palestinians have been killed while committing shooting attacks, while 16 Israelis have been killed by Palestinian gunmen.


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William Shakespeare's Works/Tragedies/Antony and Cleopatra
< William Shakespeare's Works | Tragedies
The Tragedy of Antony and Cleopatra is a tragedy by William Shakespeare. The date that the play was written is a source of debate among modern scholars. Some believe that it was written between 1606 and 1607, while others say that it was between 1603 and 1604. The play is a retelling of the classical story of the love affair between Marc Antony and Cleopatra, the Queen of the Nile.
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Q: Unable to use box plot with fixed LOD in tableau According to my requirement, i need to use LOD in the Box plot which is not giving the exact chartPlease find the link for the report . In the attached workbook,the "With LOD" sheet is where i am using the LOD function .
Thanks in advance..

A: PRoblem is not with LoD, problem is using Median function.
Any reason behind using the Median function in LoD?
If Median function is your necessity then tableau box plot behaving correctly.
More detail about median here
I have checked the attached data in workbook and found everthing is correct.
If you are seeing wrong then add data how exactly you want to see the data using LoD and Median together.


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Modulation of calcium signalling by the actin-binding protein cofilin
Gilda A. Nusco, Jong Tai Chun, Emanuela Ercolano, Dmitry Lim, Gianni Gragnaniello, Keiichiro Kyozuka, Luigia Santella
LIF - Research Center for Marine Biology, Asamushi
Cofilin is a small protein that belongs to the family of actin-depolymerizing factors (ADF). The main cellular function of cofilin is to change cytoskeletal dynamics and thus to modulate cell motility and cytokinesis. We have recently demonstrated that the actin cytoskeleton is involved in the modulation of Ca2+ signalling in starfish oocytes. To extend these observations, we have explored whether cofilin influences Ca2+ signalling in the oocytes. Here we show that microinjection of the functionally active cofilin alters the Ca2+ signalling mediated by the three major second messengers, InsP3, NAADP, and cADPr. Cofilin intensifies the Ca2+ signals induced by InsP3 and NAADP, and delays those induced by cADPr. Furthermore, the injection of cofilin increases the Ca2+ signals during hormone-induced oocyte maturation and fertilization. The results suggest that the dynamic regulation of F-actin by its binding proteins may play an important role in the modulation of intracellular Ca2+ signalling.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbrc.2006.07.023
1-Methyladenine
Actin-depolymerising factor
Cyclic ADP-ribose
Inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate
Latrunculin A
Nicotinic acid adenine dinucleotide phosphate
Phosphatidylinositol-4,5-bisphosphate
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Nusco, G. A., Chun, J. T., Ercolano, E., Lim, D., Gragnaniello, G., Kyozuka, K., & Santella, L. (2006). Modulation of calcium signalling by the actin-binding protein cofilin. Biochemical and biophysical research communications, 348(1), 109-114. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbrc.2006.07.023
Modulation of calcium signalling by the actin-binding protein cofilin. / Nusco, Gilda A.; Chun, Jong Tai; Ercolano, Emanuela et al.
In: Biochemical and biophysical research communications, Vol. 348, No. 1, 15.09.2006, p. 109-114.
Nusco, GA, Chun, JT, Ercolano, E, Lim, D, Gragnaniello, G, Kyozuka, K & Santella, L 2006, 'Modulation of calcium signalling by the actin-binding protein cofilin', Biochemical and biophysical research communications, vol. 348, no. 1, pp. 109-114. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbrc.2006.07.023
Nusco GA, Chun JT, Ercolano E, Lim D, Gragnaniello G, Kyozuka K et al. Modulation of calcium signalling by the actin-binding protein cofilin. Biochemical and biophysical research communications. 2006 Sep 15;348(1):109-114. doi: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2006.07.023
Nusco, Gilda A. ; Chun, Jong Tai ; Ercolano, Emanuela et al. / Modulation of calcium signalling by the actin-binding protein cofilin. In: Biochemical and biophysical research communications. 2006 ; Vol. 348, No. 1. pp. 109-114.
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5 Non-fiction Books on Belonging and Identity
While I love reading fiction and the escapism it can bring, I also really enjoy the depth, expertise and range of nonfiction literature.
Here are a few titles I have absolutely loved!
1. In My Mother's Footsteps by Mona Hajjar Halaby
Mona Hajjar Halaby's memoir is written with a quiet strength and gentleness as she captures the experiences, emotions, thoughts and loss of refugees everywhere. For Mona, Palestine has always been home, despite not having been born there or spent time there while growing up. In many ways, Palestinian is depicted as a magical place just a little too far out of reach, and yet a huge part of the core of her identity and very essence. I imagine this is the experience of many Palestinian refugees.
Mona's family have lived in Alexandria, Geneva and she has eventually settled in California. Like refugees everywhere, they have strived to make home everywhere, but the deep longing and heartache for Palestine never fades.
In Palestine, Mona teaches conflict-resolution at the Ramallah Friends School for one year and she uses this time to explore the country and her mother's neighbourhood. The memoir alternates between Mona's experiences in Palestine and emotive letters from her mother detailing her life growing up in Palestine.
Mona presents both a detailed analysis of the historical context behind current day Palestine and details of her own family's experiences. I loved this, making the memoir both personal and deep, and informative and insightful. Mona shares her experiences of teaching conflict resolution to Palestinian which I found incredibly fascinating.
This is a really incredible read – essential reading, moving, insightful and tender.
2. I Refuse to Condemn
I Refuse to Condemn is a selection of essays teaching us the importance of and the ways in which we can resist the expectations and demands placed upon us as Muslims by others to condemn acts of violence and terrorism committed by Muslims. The demand to condemn in this way is racist and Islamaphobic. The same condemnation is not required from other groups in the face of violence, and the ramifications for the muslims when choosing not to condemn are unparalleled.
This selection of essays has helped me feel seen and understood like ever before.
3. The Short Life of Qandeel Baloch by Sanam Maher
This book details the life of Qandeel Baloch, a young woman from Pakistan who shared promiscuous videos on social media and went viral. She was the centre of controversy and was murdered by her brother at her parents home in Multan.
This book describes Qandeel's life, her experiences in chasing fame and fortune in a society deemed oppressive and controlling. While the book seems a case study, it also analyses Pakistani society a whole, social media fame and the status and challenges that women face.
4. I Saw Ramallah by Mourid Barghouti
Mourid Barghouti captures his emotive and powerful journey back to Palestine, returning after 30 years of being unable to do so. This book is his journey, his yearning, his loss and his pain.
5. The Roles We Play by Sabba Khan
In her beautiful graphic novel, Sabba takes us on a journey of self discovery and acceptance of self, as she reconnects to her roots to learn about her family history and heritage, and follows a journey from the scenic lands of Mirzapur, Azad Kashmir all the way through to the bustling streets of East London.
She captures the huge questions we ask as children of immigrants and the people who are constantly told we dont belong.
Samia is a freelance writer and communications consultant working in the international development sector. She is an avid reader, with a particular interest on books written by authors from around the world. Samia runs a blog on Instagram where she shares book reviews, recommendations and opinion.
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Noman Rais	on January 19, 2022 at 10:08 am
👍good reviews readers can definitely choose n decide to read topics/interests of their choices..well written!!!
Mariama kamara	on January 20, 2022 at 3:37 am
Hi Mariama
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Mohamed	on January 19, 2022 at 10:32 am
Hi,that's was very interesting
Sajna Shajahan	on January 19, 2022 at 10:50 am
If i could get her instagram link would be good
Fauzia	on January 19, 2022 at 11:13 am
As I am an avid reader all these books inshAllah will be in my next buying list ! Good review keep it up
Farida Haji	on January 20, 2022 at 2:22 am
The link is shared in the About the Author section. You may click on the word Instagram and it will take you to sister Samia's page.
Zainab	on January 19, 2022 at 2:08 pm
Maashalla maashalla they are all inspiring. Shukran for sharing with us it means a lot to me.
Keep up the good work mau Allah continue to guide you
Dhakia Abdur-Rahman	on January 20, 2022 at 2:24 am
Alhumdulilah May Allah Reward You For sharing such beautiful knowledge it's been a long time coming. Masha Allah. Jazak Allah Kihar.❤🥰❤
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