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Activision Blizzard and online eyewear retailer Zenni have announced a multi-year partnership that will see the retailer become an official partner of the Call of Duty League (CDL).
The deal will see Zenni named as the presenting partner for the Stage Two Major, which begins on April 7th, and the 2022 Kickoff Classic.
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Alongside being the sole presenting partner for two significant tournaments in the CDL calendar, a range of integrations will take place. This includes CDL casters wearing Zenni eyewear during broadcasts and an original content series with a professional player that has yet to be revealed. The retailer will also be named as the competition's official eyewear partner.
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La Asamblea Nacional de Vietnam (en vietnamita: ) es el organismo legislativo unicameral de la República Socialista de Vietnam.
La Constitución de Vietnam reconoce a la asamblea como el "máximo órgano de poder del estado." La Asamblea Nacional, un organismo unicameral de 498 miembros elegidos por un periodo de cinco años, se reúne dos veces al año.

La asamblea nombra al Presidente (Jefe de Estado), al Primer Ministro (Jefe de Gobierno), al Presidente de la Corte Suprema de Justicia Popular de Vietnam, al Jefe de la Procuraduría Suprema Popular de Vietnam y, a los 21 miembros del Gabinete (del Poder ejecutivo). Últimamente, sin embargo, el Partido Comunista de Vietnam (CPV) tiene gran influencia sobre el ejecutivo y ejerce control a través de los 150 miembros del Comité Central, los cuales eligen a los 15 miembros del Buró Político en el Congreso Nacional del Partido que se lleva a cabo cada cinco años. Los miembros del partido tienen todos los altos cargos del gobierno.

Constitucionalmente, la Asamblea Nacional es la organización gubernamental más alta y el órgano representativo de más alto nivel del pueblo. Tiene el poder de redactar, adoptar, enmendar la constitución, hacer y enmendar las leyes. También tiene la responsabilidad de legislar e implementar los planes y presupuestos estatales.

A través de sus poderes constitutivos define si propio papel y los roles del Presidente del Estado vietnamita, el Gobierno vietnamita, los consejos populares locales y los comités populares, el Tribunal Popular Supremo y el Supremo Poder Popular. La asamblea puede elegir y destituir a los ministros del gobierno, al juez supremo de la Corte Popular Suprema y al procurador general de la Procuraduría Popular Suprema. Por último, tiene el poder de iniciar o concluir guerras, asumir otros deberes y poderes que considere necesarios. El mandato de cada Asamblea Nacional es de cinco años y las reuniones se convocan dos veces al año, o con mayor frecuencia si así lo solicita el Comité Permanente de la Asamblea Nacional.

Anteriormente, a pesar de sus muchos deberes formales, la Asamblea Nacional existía principalmente como un brazo legislativo del Buró Político del Partido Comunista de Vietnam. Convierte las resoluciones de la Mesa Política en leyes y decretos y moviliza el apoyo popular para ellos. En esta función, la Asamblea Nacional está dirigida por el Consejo de Ministros que actúa a través del Consejo de Estado y un número variable de comités especiales.

El debate actual sobre la legislación no se produce. En cambio, un proyecto de ley se origina en el Consejo de Ministros, que registra el proyecto de ley y asigna un miembro del partido clave para presentarlo en la sala. Antes de la presentación, el miembro habrá recibido instrucciones detalladas del caucus del partido en la asamblea, que ha celebrado sesiones de estudio con respecto a la legislación propuesta. Una vez presentada la legislación, los miembros votan de acuerdo a las pautas del partido.

Sin embargo, recientemente, la Asamblea Nacional ha sido gradualmente más activa y cubierta en la vida política de Vietnam. Aunque la mayoría de las legislaciones todavía provienen del gobierno, estas legislaciones son ahora más acaloradamente debatidas en la Asamblea Nacional y atraen a más audiencias. En 2009, entre las muy debatidas legislaciones están las relativas al proyecto de bauxita de Vietnam en las Tierras Altas Centrales y el plan de Vietnam para nuevas centrales nucleares en Ninh Thuận.

Historia de la Asamblea Nacional de Vietnam

Orígenes
El precursor de la actual Asamblea Nacional de Vietnam fue el Congreso de Representantes Nacionales (), convocado el 16 de agosto de 1945, en la provincia norteña de Tuyên Quang. Este Congreso apoyó la política de levantamiento general a nivel nacional del Viet Minh contra las fuerzas Japónesas y Francesas en Vietnam. También nombró al Comité de Liberación Nacional () como gobierno provisional.

 La Primera Asamblea Nacional (1946-1960)

Después de una serie de eventos que más tarde se denominaron colectivamente "Revolución de agosto", el Viet Minh tomó el poder en todo el país, y la República Democrática de Vietnam (Việt Nam dân chủ cộng hoà) fue declarada por Hồ Chí Minh en Hanoi el 2 de septiembre de 1945. El 6 de enero de 1946, las primeras elecciones generales alguna vez en Vietnam se llevaron a cabo en todo el país en el que todas las personas mayores de 18 años tenían derecho a votar.

La primera sesión de la Primera Asamblea Nacional ("Quốc hội khoá I") tuvo lugar el 2 de marzo de 1946 con cerca de 300 diputados en la Ópera de Hanoi. Nguyễn Văn Tố fue nombrado presidente del Comité Permanente de la Asamblea Nacional. La Primera Asamblea Nacional aprobó a Hồ Chí Minh como jefe de gobierno y su gabinete, y al ex Emperador Bảo Đại como "el Asesor Supremo". La segunda sesión, Bùi Bằng Đoàn fue nombrado presidente del Comité Permanente de la Asamblea Nacional. Tôn Đức Thắng fue presidente interino desde 1948, y desde 1955, cuando murió Đoàn, fue presidente del Comité Permanente.

La primera y segunda Constituciones de la República Democrática de Vietnam fueron aprobadas por esta Asamblea Nacional en 1946 y 1960, respectivamente. El mandato de la Primera Asamblea Nacional se prolongó (14 años) debido a la situación de guerra en Vietnam, particularmente la partición de Vietnam según los Acuerdos de Ginebra de 1954. De 1954 a 1976, las actividades de la Asamblea Nacional sólo fueron efectivas en Vietnam del Norte.

Vietnam dividido

Vietnam del Norte
 La Segunda Asamblea Nacional (1960-1964)
Debido a la partición de Vietnam y la declaración de la República de Vietnam en el Sur, no se pudieron organizar elecciones generales a nivel nacional. La Segunda Asamblea Nacional estuvo conformada por 362 diputados electos del Norte y 91 diputados del Sur de la Primera Asamblea Nacional que continuaron su mandato. Trường Chinh fue nombrado presidente del Comité Permanente de la Asamblea Nacional y ocupó este cargo hasta 1981.
 La Tercera Asamblea Nacional (1964-1971)
La Tercera Asamblea Nacional estuvo integrada por 366 diputados electos del Norte y 87 diputados continuando su mandato. El mandato de la Tercera Asamblea Nacional se prolongó debido a la situación de guerra. El Presidente Hồ Chí Minh murió durante el período de la Tercera Asamblea Nacional, y fue sucedido por Tôn Đức Thắng.
 La Cuarta Asamblea Nacional (1971-1975)
Fueron elegidos cuatrocientos veinte diputados para la Cuarta Asamblea Nacional. Durante el cuarto mandato, Estados Unidos retiró sus tropas de Vietnam de acuerdo con los Acuerdos de Paz de París de 1973.
 La Quinta Asamblea Nacional (1975-1976)
La Quinta Asamblea Nacional estuvo integrada por 424 diputados electos. El quinto período fue el período más corto de la Asamblea Nacional, ya que se acortó para organizar las elecciones generales a nivel nacional después de la Reunificación de Vietnam.

Vietnam del Sur
Cuando existió la República de Vietnam, tenía su Asamblea Nacional como su única legislatura. Después de que la nueva constitución fuera aprobada en 1967, tenía dos cámaras parlamentarias: el Senado (Thượng-nghị-viện) y la Cámara de Representantes (Hạ-nghị-viện), modelada en gran parte en base en el Congreso de los Estados Unidos.

Desde 1976
 La Sexta Asamblea Nacional (1976-1981)
Esta fue la primera elección después de la reunificación del Norte y el Sur y los votantes seleccionaron 492 miembros, de los cuales 243 representaron al Sur y 249 al Norte. En este término, la Asamblea Nacional adoptó el nombre de "República Socialista de Vietnam" (Cộng hoà xã hội chủ nghĩa Việt Nam) para el país reunificado, fusionando las organizaciones correspondientes entre el Gobierno de Vietnam del Norte y el Gobierno revolucionario provisional de la República de Vietnam del Sur, y renombrando Saigón como Ciudad Ho Chi Minh. También aprobó la nueva Constitución en 1980.
 La Séptima Asamblea Nacional (1981-1987)
La Séptima Asamblea Nacional y sus 496 miembros presenciaron el fin de la economía vietnamita centralizada y fuertemente planificada y el lanzamiento por parte del PCV de la Política de Renovación ( ) para adoptar la economía de mercado. Trường Chinh fue elegido como Presidente del Consejo de Estado y Nguyễn Hữu Thọ fue elegido como Presidente de la Asamblea Nacional.
 La Octava Asamblea Nacional (1987-1992)
En elecciones anteriores, debido a que los candidatos seleccionados fueron elegidos de antemano, el proceso electoral no fue genuino. Nadie podía postularse para un cargo a menos que lo aprobara el Partido Comunista y, en muchos casos, el organismo local del partido simplemente designaba a los candidatos. Sin embargo, todo ciudadano tenía el deber de votar y, aunque la votación era secreta, el electorado, a través de sesiones de estudio electoral, recibía directivas del partido sobre quién debía ser elegido. Sin embargo, las elecciones de 1987 fueron comparativamente abiertas para los estándares vietnamitas. Era evidente que el partido estaba tolerando una elección más amplia de candidatos y más debate.
La elección de 1987 eligió a 496 diputados para la Octava Asamblea Nacional. En este período, la Asamblea Nacional aprobó la Constitución de 1992, en la que se garantizaba la propiedad personal de los ciudadanos sobre las propiedades comerciales. Lê Quang Đạo fue designado presidente de la Asamblea Nacional.
 La Novena Asamblea Nacional (1992-1997)
Las elecciones de 1992 establecieron la primera Asamblea Nacional después de la entrada en vigor de la Constitución de 1992. A partir de este período, la agenda de la Asamblea Nacional se ha llenado de procedimientos legislativos al servicio de la Política Đổi mới. La Asamblea Nacional constaba de 395 diputados electos. En este período, Nông Đức Mạnh fue elegido como el séptimo presidente de la Asamblea Nacional.
 La Décima Asamblea Nacional (1997-2002)
La Asamblea Nacional constaba de 450 diputados electos. En este período, el presidente Nông Đức Mạnh fue reelegido como presidente de la Asamblea Nacional y se convirtió en la segunda persona en ser reelegido después de Trường Chinh. A mediados de 2001, fue elegido Secretario General del PCV en su Noveno Congreso Nacional y cesó en su cargo de Presidente de la Asamblea Nacional. Nguyễn Văn An fue designado para reemplazar a Mạnh y se convirtió en el octavo presidente de la Asamblea Nacional.
 La Undécima Asamblea Nacional (2002-2007)
La Asamblea Nacional constaba de 498 diputados electos. En este período, Nguyễn Văn An fue elegido presidente de la Asamblea Nacional. Vicepresidentes de la AN: Trương Quang Được, Nguyễn Phúc Thanh, Nguyễn Văn Yểu.
Tras el Décimo Congreso Nacional del PCV, se retiró. A mediados de 2016, Nguyễn Phú Trọng fue designado como el noveno presidente de la Asamblea Nacional.
 La Duodécima Asamblea Nacional (2007-2011)
La Asamblea Nacional estaba formada por 493 diputados electos. En este período, Nguyễn Phú Trọng fue elegido como el décimo presidente de la Asamblea Nacional.
 Vicepresidentes de la AN: Tòng Thị Phóng (primero), Nguyễn Đức Kiên, Huỳnh Ngọc Sơn y Uông Chu Lưu
 La Decimotercera Asamblea Nacional (2011-2016)
La Asamblea Nacional constaba de 500 diputados electos. En este período, Nguyễn Sinh Hùng fue elegido como el undécimo presidente de la Asamblea Nacional. Vicepresidentes de la AN: Tòng Thị Phóng (primero), Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân, Uông Chu Lưu y Huỳnh Ngọc Sơn.
 La Decimocuarta Asamblea Nacional (2016-2021)
La Asamblea Nacional estaba formada por 496 diputados electos. En este período, Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân fue elegida como la 12.ª Presidenta de la Asamblea Nacional y la primera mujer en ocupar este puesto. Vicepresidentes de la AN: Tòng Thị Phóng (primero), Uông Chu Lưu, Phùng Quốc Hiển y Đỗ Bá Tỵ.
 La Decimoquinta Asamblea Nacional (2021-2026)
La Asamblea Nacional estaba formada por 499 diputados electos. En este período, Vương Đình Huệ fue elegido presidente de la Asamblea Nacional. Vicepresidentes de la AN: Trần Thanh Mẫn (primero), Nguyễn Khắc Định, Nguyễn Đức Hải y Trần Quang Phương.

Estructura y organización

 Comité Permanente (Ủy ban Thường vụ): Este es el órgano ejecutivo y permanente de la Asamblea Nacional, que incluye a la Presidenta/Presidente, las Vicepresidentas/Vicepresidentes y otros miembros permanentes. El número de miembros del Comité Permanente lo decide la Asamblea Nacional, estos miembros no deben ocupar simultáneamente un cargo en el gabinete. El Comité Permanente del período anterior continuará con sus funciones hasta que la Asamblea Nacional recién elegida establezca su nuevo Comité Permanente. Los deberes constitucionales del Comité Permanente incluyen: (1) preparar, convocar y presidir las sesiones de la Asamblea Nacional; (2) explicar/interpretar la Constitución, leyes, actos y ordenanzas; (3) promulgar ordenanzas a solicitud de la Asamblea Nacional; (4) supervisar la implementación de la Constitución y las leyes, y las actividades del Gobierno, el Tribunal Supremo del Pueblo y la Fiscalía Suprema del Pueblo; (5) supervisar y orientar las actividades de los consejos populares provinciales (órganos legislativos locales); (6) dirigir y coordinar las actividades del Consejo Étnico de la Asamblea Nacional y otras comisiones, orientando y garantizando las condiciones laborales de los diputados; (7) aprobar los asuntos de personal del gabinete entre las sesiones de la Asamblea Nacional y presentar informes a la Asamblea Nacional en la próxima sesión; (8) declarar guerras si es necesario entre las sesiones de la Asamblea Nacional y presentar informes a la Asamblea Nacional en la próxima sesión; (9) iniciar una movilización general o una movilización parcial y declarar el estado de emergencia nacional o local si es necesario; (10) realizar actividades de relaciones externas de la Asamblea Nacional; y (11) organización de referéndum a solicitud de la Asamblea Nacional. Todos los miembros del Comité Permanente deben permanecer de pie durante todas las reuniones.
 Comisión de Aspiración Popular (Ban Dân nguyện): Este es un subordinado del Comité Permanente. Es responsable de recopilar las aspiraciones y opiniones de la gente y presentar esas opiniones a la Asamblea Nacional. Está encabezado por un Jefe
 Comisión de Asuntos Delegados (Ban Công tác Đại biểu): Este es un subordinado del Comité Permanente. Gestiona todos los asuntos y cuestiones que involucran a los delegados de la Asamblea Nacional. Está encabezado por un Jefe
 Instituto de Investigación sobre Legislación (Viện Nghiên cứu Lập pháp): Este es un subordinado del Comité Permanente.
 Oficina de la Asamblea Nacional (Văn phòng Quốc hội): encabezada por un Secretario General
 Consejo de Minorías Étnicas (Hội đồng Dân tộc): Las funciones principales incluyen contribuir, investigar y supervisar los documentos legales (leyes, actos, ordenanzas) y procedimientos sobre cuestiones étnicas. Está dirigido por un presidente
  Comité de Leyes (Ủy ban Pháp luật), encabezado por un Director
 Comité de Justicia ( Ủy ban Tư pháp ), encabezado por un Director
 Comité de Economía ( Ủy ban Kinh tế ), encabezado por un Director
  Comité de Finanzas - Presupuesto ( Ủy ban Tài chính - Ngân sách ), encabezado por un Director
 Comité de Defensa y Seguridad ( Ủy ban Quốc phòng và An ninh ), encabezado por un Director
 Comité de Cultura, Educación, Jóvenes, Adolescentes y Niños (Ủy ban Văn hóa, Giáo dục, Thanh niên, Thiếu niên và Nhi đồng), encabezada por un Director
 Comisión de Asuntos Sociales (Ủy ban Các Vấn đề Xã hội), encabezada por un Director
 Comité de Ciencia, Tecnología y Medio Ambiente (Ủy ban Khoa học, Công nghệ và Môi trường), dirigido por un Director
 Comité de Relaciones Exteriores (Ủy ban Đối ngoại), dirigido por un Director

Otras agencias que son elegidas por la Asamblea Nacional, pero que funcionan de manera independiente, son:
 Consejo Nacional Electoral (Hội đồng Bầu cử Quốc gia), encabezado por un presidente
 Oficina de Auditoría del Estado (Kiểm toán Nhà nước), dirigida por un Jefe Auditor del Estado

Últimas elecciones

En las elecciones nacionales de 2021, el Partido Comunista de Vietnam ganó 486 escaños, mientras que los candidatos no partidistas (independientes) (sin embargo todavía afiliados al Partido Comunista) ganaron los 14 restantes.
Sin embargo, un delegado electo fue sancionado y relevado de sus funciones debido a delitos legales. Por lo tanto, la actual Asamblea Nacional de Vietnam consta de 499 delegados en lugar de 500 delegados.

Véase también
 Historia de Vietnam
 Anexo:Parlamentos de Asia

Referencias

Estudio del país  y

Vietnam
Vietnam
Política de Vietnam
Gobierno de Vietnam

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Ken McGrath (born 20 February 1978) is an Irish hurler and hurling selector who played as a centre-back for the Waterford senior team. He joined the team in 1996 and was a regular member of the starting fifteen until his retirement in 2011.

Son of former hurler Pat and older brother of former player Eoin, McGrath was a stalwart on the Waterford team for more than a decade.  He has won four Munster winners' medals, one National League winners' medal and three All-Star awards. He ended up as an All-Ireland runner-up on one occasion.

At club level McGrath is a Munster medalist with Mount Sion. In addition to this he has also won six county club championship medals.

McGrath has also served as a selector with the Waterford senior hurling management team.

Playing career

Club
McGrath plays his club hurling with the Mount Sion club in Waterford city and has had several successes.

In 1998 McGrath won his first county club championship medal following a 3–19 to 0–10 trouncing of Ballyduff Upper.

After surrendering their title to Ballygunner in 1999, Mount Sion were back the following year to exact revenge. A 1–20 to 0–9 defeat of Ballygunner gave McGrath a second county championship medal.

Mount Sion surrendered their club title in 2001, however, McGrath's side were back in the final again in 2002. A 1–19 to 2–14 defeat of Ballygunner secured the championship once again. It was the first of three county final victories in-a-row over Ballygunner.

In 2002 McGrath won a Munster club medal as Mount Sion defeated Sixmilebridge to take the title. The club was defeated in the subsequent All-Ireland semi-final.

Four club titles in-a-row proved beyond Mount Sion, however, the club bounced back in 2006 with McGrath winning a sixth county championship medal following a seven-point defeat of Ballygunner.

Inter-county
McGrath first came to prominence on the inter-county scene at the age of seventeen as a member of the Waterford minor hurling team.  He later played with the under-21 county side.

By 1996 McGrath had joined the Waterford senior team and made his debut in that year's championship.

In 1998 McGrath played in his first Munster final in the senior grade. Waterford held All-Ireland champions Clare to a draw in the Munster final, however, the Decies lost the replay.  McGrath's side later faced Kilkenny in the All-Ireland semi-final in what would be the county's first appearance in Croke Park since 1963. Kilkenny won by a single point.

Four years later in 2002 McGrath claimed his first Munster winners' medal as Waterford defeated Tipperary by 2–23 to 3–12 to claim the provincial crown for the first time in thirty-nine years.

After surrendering the Munster title to Cork in 2003, McGrath's side were back in the provincial showpiece for a third successive year in 2004. In the Munster final, Waterford defeated Cork for the first time in forty-five years to take the title by 3–16 to 1–21.

In 2007 McGrath added a National Hurling League medal to his collection when Waterford defeated Kilkenny by 0–20 to 0–18 in the final. He later claimed a third Munster winners' medal as Waterford defeated Limerick by 3–17 to 1–14 in the provincial decider. While Waterford were viewed as possibly going on and winning the All-Ireland title for the first time in almost half a century, Limerick ambushed McGrath's side in the All-Ireland semi-final.

2008 began poorly for Waterford as the team lost their opening game to Clare as well as their manager Justin McCarthy. In spite of this poor start McGrath's side reached the All-Ireland final for the first time in forty-five years. Kilkenny provided the opposition and went on to defeat Waterford by 3–30 to 1–13 to claim a third All-Ireland title in-a-row.

McGrath lined out in another Munster final in 2010 with Cork providing the opposition. A 2–15 apiece draw was the result on that occasion, however, Waterford went on to win the replay after an extra-time goal by Dan Shanahan. It was a fourth Munster winners' medal for McGrath, a record that he shares with five other Waterford players.

McGrath returned to inter-county hurling for the National League in 2011, however, midway through that competition he retired from the Waterford panel due to injury.

Inter-provincial
McGrath was also a regular on the Munster team at various times between 1997 and 2009. He won two Railway Cup medals, in 1997 and 2001.

Coaching career
McGrath has some coaching experience with various Mount Sion underage teams. In 2012 he was announced as a replacement for Nicky Cashin as a Waterford selector under Michael Ryan. He resigned as selector in 2013 when Ryan stepped down.

Media career
McGrath has been an analyst on League Sunday.

Honours

Team
Mount Sion
Munster Senior Club Hurling Championship (1): 2002
Waterford Senior Club Hurling Championship (6): 1998, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006

Waterford
Munster Senior Hurling Championship (4): 2002, 2004, 2007, 2010
National Hurling League (1): 2007

Munster
Inter-provincial Championship (2): 1997, 2001

Individual
All-Stars (3): 2002, 2004, 2007
In May 2020, the Irish Independent named McGrath at number ten in its "Top 20 hurlers in Ireland over the past 50 years". He was the only inclusion without an All-Ireland medal.

References

1978 births
Living people
Gaelic games writers and broadcasters
Hurling backs
Hurling selectors
Mount Sion hurlers
Munster inter-provincial hurlers
Waterford inter-county hurlers


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A reliable source close to Ooni Adeyeye Ogunwusi has punctured the explanation of the Oba of Lagos, Oba Rilwan Akiolu, on why he snubbed the Ooni at a public event in Lagos last Tuesday.
The event was the World Conference of Banking Institute hosted by the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria.
But a reliable source confided in Newspeakonline that the Ooni "offended" the Oba of Lagos in March and the Lagos monarch is yet to forgive him, even though the Ife monarch acted based on his rights as a king.
The source revealed that the cause of Oba Akiolu's anger was the Ooni's last trip to London where the Commonwealth invited him to deliver a speech.
According to the source, Ooni always informs other Yoruba monarchs, including the Oba of Lagos, of his plans and trips. The source said that when the Ooni got the Commonwealth invitation, he informed Oba Akiolu on phone. The 74-year-old was angry, wondering why he was not invited. He then told the Ooni not to attend the event.
But the Ooni suggested that he could talk with the organisers to also invite the Lagos Oba. The heated phone call however ended with Oba Akiolu's insistence that the Ooni must not honour the invitation.
But since he is a monarch in his own rights and the Commonwealth organisers knew why they invited him, the Ooni made the trip. While in London, he presented a speech and graced other events. That angered Oba Akiolu.
The April 25 event was the first time both monarchs would see each other after the Ooni returned from London.
The video of the event showed the Ooni arriving venue of the event where the Obi of Onitsha, Nnayelugo Alfred Nnaemeka Achebe and Oba Akiolu were already seated. He and the Obi exchanged greetings and when he walked over to greet Oba Akiolu, the Oba shunned him and looked away.
A report by Encomium quoted a source at the event as saying that when Ooni mounted the podium at the event, he acknowledged the Oba of Lagos and Obi of Onitsha. But when it was the turn of Oba of Lagos, he did not recognise Ooni.


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The night I callously defrauded a penniless Burmese child
The eyes of the world are on Burma as the fight continues to move towards democracy and away from militarism, division and violence. The incarceration and liberation of democracy and human rights leader Aung San Suu Kyi followed a longstanding and powerfully mythic template of gendered superstition, symbolic objectification and beatified mortification: female strength, female isolation, female suffering, female stoicism, female beauty, female purity, female fortitude, female spiritual endurance despite being stripped of everything, female forgiveness towards persecutors and a victory gained through surviving the longest under unjust mental and physical duress, not fighting the hardest in open and equal mutually granted combat. In the years that follow the unglamorous, quotidian labour of working towards democracy, development, integration and sustainability must be undergone and there are many problems to solve.
As one strand of their global activities Health Poverty Action have launched a campaign reaching out to thousands of struggling people living in rural, remote areas of Burma. They write,
In this forgotten area of Burma, conflict has forced 100,000 people - mostly women, children and the elderly - to flee their homes and live in displacement camps. They have no access to running water. There is not enough food. The freezing conditions and lack of toilets make them vulnerable to disease.
Nearly 50% of children under the age of 5 in the region will die, usually from easily treatable conditions including malaria or diarrhoea. Medical teams are working there to assist children and their families in providing vital basics: HPA has been helping feed 9,500 people, immunising 2,000 children, assisting over 500 women to give birth safely in the camp clinics and installing 350 toilets to improve sanitation. 36,000 people are currently living in the worst affected areas and money is needed to provide basic support there. Health Poverty Action stress that a £20 donation could immunise four children, provide two months' food for a child living in a displacement camp, provide three quilts for families in mountainous areas which get very cold or provide two days' training for camp volunteers looking after the whole community.
The charity ActionAid are also advocating and campaigning on behalf of Burma, which they are terming Myanmar. I call it Burma because Aung San Suu Kyi does. Although Burma has more international links and exchanges than it did before, there are still very few outreach, aid and charity programs serving its poorest communities. ActionAid's vision takes in the country as a whole and its focus is on broad-scale development and the establishment of basic services and infrastructures. In particular, they highlight the necessity of access to clean water, to education and to healthcare. They also point out, shockingly, that in Burma "one child in every 10 dies before the age of five." A basal 10% infant mortality rate, rising to nearly 50% in displacement camps in remote regions, is extremely alarming.
Conditions were worsened by Cyclone Nargis in 2008, in response to which ActionAid mobilised to assist 200,000 people in Burma and established a national system providing staple food supplies, educational facilities and health stations to those most in need.
ActionAid also offer international supporters the chance to sponsor a child in Burma, in a scheme which first launched in 2012. They cite a Fellowship Programme which trains young Burmese volunteers (er – if they're unpaid volunteers then where does the sponsorship money go? Labour should be paid – white ActionAid staffers in the UK get paid a salary after all) to work with remote communities, tackling the complex challenges that arise when trying to lift societies out of poverty. The work needed varies from establishing infrastructure like well-maintained road networks, agricultural training for sustainable farming practices and microfinance to empower people in starting up small scale enterprises.
ActionAid state,
We have worked with over 390 communities, supporting more than 150,000 of the most vulnerable and marginalised people [worldwide].
Although I know their intentions are good, I am very wary of child sponsorship after I once half completed an ActionAid Burmese child sponsorship application in a not-drunken-but-humanitarian stupor in the middle of the night.
As I filled out the first part of the form I felt increasingly self-critical about sponsoring another human being, like hiring some sort of pity pet, an individual I would never meet or speak to, just to make myself feel good. This person would never be positioned as any kind of equal but instead would be a distant and exotic source of self-congratulation, a faraway star lighting up my own ego, a collection of clichés about poverty and development, an object onto which various fantasies could be projected. Here are some subtextual justifications, arrogant self-compliments and snobby secret thoughts which underpin the actions of a child sponsorer (it's just like being a horse whisperer except that you don't even need to get close to the recipient to establish that special connection):
I am a good rich person of conscience helping a poor grateful person with no house/education/food/family/shoes with my few pounds a month.
Even if I'm not rich I feel rich because I'm so much richer than someone who's got nothing that I can afford to give them a tiny little amount every single month and not even miss it.
I would like to pay them a few pounds but I wouldn't want them living in my house or saying they want to visit. But I might want to go there and have a look one day out of curiosity.
I am happy to correspond by letter to maintain the romance of the thing but not by phone because that would be a massive imposition.
I am happy to pay my money but would not like to be troubled by any further demands as that would really be pushing it.
I will pay ten pounds a month but not twenty even though I spend sixty pounds a month on giant lattes at Costa and I just happily bought a £200 Zara winter coat made by exploited brown child labourers not unlike the kid I'm sponsoring. Yet somehow I'm sure it all balances out.
I have never been to the country and know absolutely nothing about the location where the child I'm sponsoring lives but I know the conditions are dreadful.
I didn't care before but now I've received an endorsement from a likeable, sensible and unaggressive white person like Emma Thompson I'm willing to get on board. After all, she played Eleanor Dashwood in Sense and Sensibility so she's got a combination of feminine sensitivity and English brains I'm willing to listen to.
I can't remember the exact name of the child I'm sponsoring as it's very long and foreign but I'm sure she or he is just absolutely lovely. They'd better be.
It's just like sponsoring a panda/goat/donkey/snake except that pandas etc don't give you the extra satisfaction of writing you a letter to show you how grateful they are.
So, I had some ideological oppositions to it. I would much rather donate directly to projects for everyone and, let me make this pledge to ActionAid now, I would be very happy to travel to Burma to volunteer in the long term doing anything you want, from manual labour to teaching, and also report back and raise consciousness.
I junked the application midway, before I'd given the Internet my credit card details. A few days later I received a piece of paper from ActionAid. It was green and on the front was written in jaunty white lettering, 'Child Message from Myanmar', above a cartoon of a big-eyed, happily smiling yet barefoot kid in traditional Burmese dress, with, yup, a flower in her hair, holding a brightly coloured parasol and with not one but two extra parasols lying on the ground next to her. Part beanie baby, part Disney Princess, part prostituted child in brothel window forced to eye the punters beguilingly.
At the bottom of the leaflet it said, "The illustration above depicts a girl wearing traditional Myanmar costume and carrying a traditional umbrella made in Pathein. Pathein umbrellas are a popular souvenir from Myanmar." I love it when sexism and racism come together: it's like acquisitive colonial nuclear fission. An infantilised female, used as an object to unthreateningly boil down and sell an exoticised region to a cultural tourist. The message is loud and clear: this is what you've bought. Burma: she's cute, she's not pushy, she's definitely not angry, she's innocent, she's traditional (note the word being repeated twice in the leaflet sentence) and she's designed to please. You don't get an actual photograph of an actual human being because, North or West, South or East, whatever the language or culture or country, the objectified, sexualised, depersonalised, minimised, infantilised all-purpose female cartoon image is easier to use and provokes more sympathy than a real human female.
Coming next in the series:
Sponsor an Indian child and get a cartoon of a barefoot Indian girl in pastel kurta pyjamas or full-on wedding sari, bindi, khol, jewellery, red bangles, jasmine garland and ankle bells, next to a sacred cartoon cow.
Sponsor a Japanese child …okay, Japan really doesn't need your money… and get an impeccably realised Manga geisha with detachable wig, whiteface panstick makeup, stiffly alluring smile and fully rigged sushi-printed kimono, standing either barefoot as mandatory or on wooden soled platform sandals.
Sponsor an Arab child and hit the jackpot: child in a veil, everyone, child in a veil, yet still somehow conventionally pretty around the eye area. Camels, pyramids, deserts and palm trees in the background. Angry brown male hordes (rebels, breakaway militia, idealistic students, army or government – or choose an assortment) to be Photoshopped out, or in, depending on your preferences.
Sponsor a Chinese child. Much like the Japanese child option but with a kiddy cheongsam and chopsticks in hair. Lit alluringly by paper lanterns hanging from a pagoda/noodle restaurant in the middle of a rice paddy in which Pokemon creatures and Moshi Monsters cavort. Or maybe that's the Japanese option. Whatever, right?
Sponsor an African child (any southern African country will do) and get a very colourful cartoon! This time your child comes swathed in richly patterned kente cloth in the form of a head wrap, blouse and skirt, stretched-lobe beaded earrings, tribal lip plate, multi-stranded beaded neckpiece, rough hewn walking staff with feathers attached, ceremonial facial tattooing and extensive decorative scarring. Mud hut and red earth in background optional.
I opened the leaflet and there was a hand drawn picture inside:
On the back was a message from Mar Ku, the field worker looking after ActionAid's project in the village of Yae Twin Kone. It was handwritten in careful English capitals.
Dear Supporter,
Warm greetings from Myanmar!
How are you? I hope you and your family are in good health. Now, I am writing about the update of your child Moo Keh Blute and his family.
He has drawn a picture for you. There are flag, ship, fish, tree, school, vase and flower. There are six family members. He has two brothers and one sister. He is the second one in his siblings. His father works in making bricks. He lives with his parents. His mom is a housewife.
Thank you for your kind and generous support to this child and his community. We will update more about your child in the next child message card.
And then, obviously, I felt dreadful.
"You mean," said my mother, "you're sponsoring a child, without paying anything?"
It seemed so, mum. It certainly seemed so.
What does this signify on the part of ActionAid? That when you think you are sponsoring an individual, you are not really doing so but instead having your money pooled and used generally for everyone? I am not against that. That when you provide your name and address via a web site, it will immediately be sent to a Burmese community project that has various already-done kids' drawings on file to send to you to make you feel like they're responding directly, when really no individual child has any idea who you are? That a field worker like Mar Ku, who no doubt has plenty of much more worthwhile work to do, has to go through the charade and labour of hand-writing updates to each supporter so that they feel they're getting their interpersonal money's worth? That when you think you'll strike up a relationship of patronage with one kid - or, to put it less cynically, you will have the feeling of supporting one child's path in life - you will actually receive standard communications from a field worker writing automatically on their behalf? I am not against that, either. In fact I approve of what is really going on. I am critical, instead, of the illusion: that patronising, ignorant westerners think they are reaching out to one grateful Burmese child in a million and that a charity would encourage this problematic illusion when the reality of its work is much more credible and worthy of respect.
If any established charity is doing medium to long term outreach work in Burma, I would love to be involved and can be contacted at bidisha.contact@gmail.com
Bidisha is a 2013 Fellow of the International Reporting Project, covering global health and development.
Posted by Bidisha on Thursday, December 05, 2013
Labels: ActionAid, Burma, children, collective action, development, feature, global health, Health Poverty Action, human rights, humanitarian crisis, international, IRP, patronage, poverty

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Great British Bake Off episode six review: The pie was the limit and one baker saw their flaky-breaky tart broken
Episode 6, Signature Bake; Sandi with Ruby baking (C) Love Productions
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It's pastry week and the judges rolled out some new challenges for the bakers which included a Tudor-style banquet pie. Ironically Manon struggled on the French technical challenge, Jon revealed pastry has 'cannibalistic tendencies' and there was plenty of red-hot steamhole action.
Episode 6, Showstopper Bake; Manon with Kim-Joy (C) Love Productions
It's week six of the GNFBBO - The Great Noel Fielding's British Bake Off.
Newly-titled to reflect Noel's increasingly mesmerising performances, he really is the star of the show. I realise it's the bakers who we are supposed to be attached to, but it's Noel who stealing all the glory. He even referenced Old Gregg this week: a collective exhalation of joy was heard from Mighty Boosh fans nationwide.
Pastry was the theme of the day: you've got to roll with it or you'll end up in hot water (paste) and be chouxed off the show. These puns are on a knead-to-know basis - no half-baked reviews here, there's no loafing about when it comes to my thoughts on Bake Off (I'll stop now).
This week's challenge was samosas. Most of the bakers seemed to have been inspired by their mother's recipe. I feel slightly cheated, my Mum doesn't even know what a samosa is. Her Eccles cakes however, are the best.
Episode 6, Showstopper Bake; Ruby baking (C) Love Productions
Rahul and Ruby shone, both receiving 'the handshake'. Even Paul is beginning to refer to his own hand in the third person. He's definitely losing the plot in this series, and this becomes more apparent as the week progresses.
Dan thought he'd save time by using a pasta roller. It didn't really work out. By the time he had thrown his first batch away and started again, he just had enough time to mess it up, again. A bad start to the day. It could only get better, or so he thought.
This week's "cake that no one has ever heard of" was the Puit d'amour, or well of love. So named because the combination of puff, choux, crème patisserie and strawberry compote supposedly has erotic connotations. Any lust in the room was soon dampened at the sight of Jon swigging half a dozen egg whites from a measuring jug. Down in one - my dinner almost came up in two.
If truth be told, I don't think there's anything that Jon will ever make that I'd fancy eating. At a push I'd let him make me a cup of tea. Maybe.
Episode 6, Showstopper Bake; Briony baking (C) Love Productions
Ruby came last, Rahul a very fortunate third and Bryony came first. Dan's day did get worse. At least he had the next day to make amends.
So we came to the showstopper, with contestants given free rein to produce a Tudor pie fit for a banquet. I'm of the belief that anything in a pie tastes great: that belief was well and truly shattered this week.
A Tudor pie should contain, blackbirds, peacocks, bitterns or thrushes. We got the full gamut of octopi, mermaids, dragons and some sort of silver fish. Ok they weren't in the pies, but were rather pastry representations of these creatures. Who else but Kim-Joy would think of Silke the vegetarian mermaid, let alone make her in pie form?
(I had squirrel pie once, made for me by the very same chef who is making a sold-out guest appearance at The Assembly House on Thursday night. Karl Goward was head chef at the famed St John Bread and Wine, where his squirrel pie was a best seller)
Episode 6, Technical Bake; Briony, Manon & Rahul baking (C) Love Productions
Jon (did he tell you he was Welsh?) made a dragon pie that was incredibly scary, the most frightening thing of all being that the judges had to eat it. Teachers' pet Rahul made one of the worst things we've seen on the programme so far, a hideous mess of a fluorescent butterfly that Paul said was exquisite. He also said Dan's damp squib of a soggy silver-sprayed fish "looked great". Is he seeing what I'm seeing? Methinks he should borrow Prue's specs.
Briony was triumphant, by virtue of being the only contestant to truly produce a showstopper, an incredible Alice in Wonderland tribute, complete with a bottle of booze for Prue, all made in the same time frame as Desperate Dan made his floppy fish cake.
She had a superlative week and was made star baker. Before the episode started, I'd tipped her to go home but in fact it was hot favourite Dan who ate humble pie at the bottom of the pastry pile - I didn't see that coming. Then again, should you really trust a man who eats squirrel pie?
* Squirrel pie will be the least of anyone's concern next week when the bakers will face VEGAN WEEK. The offical synopsis for the episode reads: "Judges Prue Leith and Paul Hollywood have set three very different challenges to test the remaining bakers - a savoury pastry Signature, with no butter involved, a Technical with a very unusual ingredient and a spectacular Showstopper that in the heat of the tent threatens to lead to catastrophe. Who will keep their cool and win star baker? And who will be meeting their end?"
Episode 6, Technical Bake; Jon baking (C) Love Productions
* Read Richard's review for week six of The Great British Bake Off.
DAN LEAVES THE BAKE OFF TENT: I suppose you could say that from his first pastry disaster he was going, going, scone. Sorry.
Q: Who encouraged you to fill out the application form to be on The Great British Bake Off?
Dan: I've wanted to take part in The Great British Bake Off for a while, and didn't need much encouragement! My husband has been my biggest supporter throughout the experience.
Q: What age or time in your life did you start baking and who has inspired you?
Dan: My mother taught me to bake when I was a small child, but I had a renewed interest about six years ago when we decided to have a family of our own.
Q: What is your signature bake that the family or friends love or expect for a special occasion?
Dan: I think everyone expects a birthday cake, or some of my decorated biscuits. I am also known for my enriched white breads, and tangy sourdoughs.
Q: How did you find it in the Tent, walking in on that first morning?
Dan: Walking into the tent was a surreal experience! I was overcome with fear, excitement, and disbelief all at once!
Q: Which Judge did you want to impress the most and did you find Sandi and Noel a boost to get you through?
Dan: Whilst Paul tends to be more harsh in his critiques, Prue is equally discerning; I knew I would need to impress both of them. Having Noel and Sandi in the tent was a huge help – his jokes kept me smiling and Sandi always left me feeling better - and more positive than when they found me.
Q: Sweet or savoury – what is your preference and why?
Dan: I love sweet food – it's what I get excited about, and what I love to eat the most - I love my bakes to be a real indulgence, because it's something I'm doing for the sheer enjoyment of it.
Q: Favourite bake to make… and what would be your Desert Island Dish?
Dan: My favourite thing to bake is probably birthday cakes – I really enjoy every part of making them, but especially the pleasure of making someone feel good. I make a killer lemon sponge that everyone raves about. My desert island dish would probably be a simple pain de mie – I don't think I could live without bread!
Q: Were you sad to be eliminated in week six?
Dan: It was expected. I've had some good moments. Sometimes as a stay-at-home parent you don't get to do much but it's been nice to do something for me,


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Bernd Sobeck (* 6. März 1943) ist ein ehemaliger deutscher Fußballspieler und der Sohn des Altinternationalen Hanne Sobek.

Sobeck war seit 1953 Jugendspieler bei Tennis Borussia Berlin. Er spielte in den 1960er- und 1970er-Jahren für Tennis Borussia Berlin und Wacker 04 Berlin (1968–1975). Mit Tennis Borussia wurde er 1965 Meister in der Regionalliga Berlin, 1972 mit Wacker 04. Er spielte danach mit dem Aufsteiger in der 2. Bundesliga Nord. In der Saison 1974/75 kam der Abwehrspieler auf 31 Einsätze.

Literatur
 Michael Jahn: Hertha BSC. Eine Liebe in Berlin. Verlag Die Werkstatt, Göttingen 1999, S. 74f. ISBN 3-89533-257-7

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Art, heritage industries, and the legacy of William Morris in Michel Houellebecq's The Map and the Territory
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Q: A way to import only certain Blogger posts to Wordpress I would like to import a client's posts from Blogger to Wordpress
I have searched for blog posts, plugins, and scripts that do what I need, and have not been able to find what I am looking for. A question from 2016 asks the same thing, but the solution offered is to upload all posts and delete the ones you don't want. I would like to try to avoid having to delete 600+ posts manually. Has anyone found a solution for this issue?
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Requirements from client:
She has compiled a spreadsheet in Google Docs of posts that she would like to keep that has the Original Blogger Title, Original Blogger Post Date, What will be the new category, and what will be the new tags. This is the only way I know which posts she would like to bring over. So far I have been using process of elimination and deleting posts one-by-one.
Things I've tried:
The default Blogger importer froze. So I've tried to use Blogger Importer Extended, but I'm not sure what's extended about it, because it does the same as the default importer, indiscriminately importing everything.
Update:
Reporting back. I cannot get a Blogger XML export to open in Excel to be converted to .csv. I tried then exporting the Wordpress posts as XML to convert to CSV also. However, both times I tried this with different methods, I got the same error from Excel:

So I now need to know how to convert whichever XML format that Blogger/Wordpress use to .csv so it can be compared/contrasted to the list I have received from the client. Will report back later.
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Was able to convert to csv using the online service proposed below, however the output is seemingly useless, unless I'm missing something. The output appears as below:

A: Note the default WP Importer have issues when you import XML filtered to a particular author. For this type of task, CSV Import/Export plugin will be useful. Also, you must install the WP export add-on for export option and use the filter options like "Export data by specific Author" or "Specific Period" checked as in this image https://ps.w.org/wp-ultimate-exporter/trunk/screenshot-2.png?rev=2134132. Now you can export the CSV of blog posts filtered for particular Author or Date range. You can use this CSV now to import again.

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Spotlight on Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet (#21)
Published: May 2nd, 2020
Author: Krzysztof Wolowski
Reviewed by: Paul R. Brown - IPMS# 24085
Company: Mushroom Model Publications
Other Publication Information: Hard cover, 44 pages, 40 color profiles; published 2019
Product / Stock #: Spotlight On 21
This book is one of MMP's Spotlight series and deals with the Me 163 Komet.
The book begins with a brief two-page history of the development and deployment of the Me 163.
The bulk of the book consists of 40 color plates illustrating many of the color schemes used on the Me 163 with a couple of plates for the DFS 194 development aircraft and the Me 263. The Me 163A test aircraft and many of the Me 163B prototypes were painted in overall RLM 76. Several of the plates show different prototype configurations and some of the aircraft have dark red anti-corrosive paint patches on them evidencing either repairs or places where the paint has worn through to the underlying primer. The plates also include Me 163B V41 in overall RLM 23 Red flown by Maj. Wolfgang Spate.
The color plates covering operational aircraft show a lot more variation in colors than what I was expecting. While most of the aircraft were painted in a two-color scheme on the upper surfaces over RLM 76 undersides, others were overall RLM 76 on the undersurfaces and on the fuselage with RLM 70 or 71 patches and two-color splinter scheme on the wings. For fully camouflaged aircraft, the colors for the upper surfaces varied apparently quite a bit as the plates list several different combinations: 70/71, 74/75, 82/75, 81/82 and 81/83. There are a several plates illustrating a couple of variations of the upper surface paint schemes.
There are also plates illustrating schemes applied to captured Me 163s operated by the United States, the Soviet Union, France and England after the war, included a Me 163S trainer in Soviet markings. The French aircraft is particularly colorful being overall silver with red fuselage spine, tail and underbelly fairing.
I enjoyed finding out about the many color variations seen on the Me 163 and highly recommend this book. Thank you to Casemate Publishing for the review sample and to IPMS-USA for letting me review it.
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This week on Earthgauge, we take a look back at what happened in Michigan in 2010 when an Enbridge pipeline ruptured spilling roughly 1 million gallons of oil into the Kalamazoo River. What is the legacy of the spill and is there anything for the rest of us to learn as we debate the construction of more pipelines from the tar sands of Alberta to B.C. and the Gulf of Mexico?
We'll also have our usual update from Kathy of Ecology Ottawa on local environmental events and campaigns.
Thanks to a fellowship from the Institute for Journalism and Natural Resources, I had the opportunity to travel to Kalamazoo and the surrounding area last week to learn about the Kalamazoo River and, in particular, the Enbridge oil spill of 2010.
On Sunday, July 25, 2010, Enbridge Line 6B ruptured near Marshall, Mich. and released more than one million gallons of tar sands diluted bitumen into Talmadge Creek and the Kalamazoo River. Illustration by Catherine Mann for InsideClimate News.
Remember that one? It happened on July 25 just a couple weeks after BP finally sealed their leak in the Gulf of Mexico following the explosion of the Deep Water horizon oil rig that killed 11 workers.
Six inches of rain fell in the days after the Enbridge pipeline spill, raising Talmadge Creek and the Kalamazoo River into "a roiling brown torrent that overflowed its banks by several feet," according to the seven-month, Pulitzer prize-winning investigation conducted by InsideClimate News. Talmadge Creek, which is usually five to six feet wide and a foot deep, stretched 100-feet wide after the downpour.
The spill occurred in Marshall, a community of 7,400 in southwestern Michigan. It drove 150 families permanently from their homes, yet the media spotlight never settled on their story — perhaps in part because this spill occurred 10 days after BP Plc's Macondo well was finally capped after three months of spewing oil into the Gulf of Mexico.
Enbridge Energy Partners, a U.S. affiliate of Enbridge Inc., operated the pipeline. The company has spent more than $765 million cleaning up the spill.
Oiled sections of the Kalamazoo River reopened to the public in June 2012 — 23 months after the spill.
On today's special show, we hear a couple different perspectives from residents who have been affected by the spill and its aftermath. First up is Susan Connelly, a local resident who was living near the oil spill when it occurred. Her kids daycare was just a half mile away so she tells us about some of the health effects her family and her community suffered immediately following the spill and in the intervening 3 years.
Next we hear from another local resident Jeff Insko who started the Line 6B citizen's blog. After the rupture of the pipeline known as line 6B, Enbridge decided to replace a huge section of pipe through Michigan, some of which runs through the property of local residents. Jeff will tell us why he has been less than satisfied in his dealings with Enbridge as they exercised their legal authority to do dig up his property and cut down all his trees in order to install new pipe. Will his experience be echoed by many other property owners as new pipelines are constructed in the coming years across North America?
Finally, we hear from Josh Mogerman of the Natural Resources Defense Council on why he feels tar sands oil is much more difficult and problematic to transport through pipelines than conventional crude and how this may have played a role in the Kalamazoo spill.
First though, to get some context on what actually happened in the summer of 2010, we hear a piece from The Rachel Maddow Show on MSNBC, which was broadcast in July 2012 following the release of the US National Transportation Safety Board's scathing report about Enbridge's handling of the spill and their mistakes leading up to it.
Why does a pipeline rupture in Michigan matter? Well, because many plans are afoot for new pipelines from the tar sands of Alberta, including proposals through the US in the form of the Keystone XL pipeline and to the west coast of B.C. with the Northern Gateway pipeline. So today we're going to find out about the experiences of local residents looking back 3 years later at the Kalamazoo River spill in 2010. Let's hope we've learned our lessons and don't repeat the mistakes of Kalamazoo as we debate the merits of constructing new pipelines across North America to extract even more tar sands oil at ever increasing rates.


This musical performance is a remarkable event in the making. Jason Rebello and Robert Mitchell are pianists / keyboardists, musicians, composers and individual musical forces that constantly break new ground and prove the impossible to be possible. Jazz, Funk, Soul, Latin, Western Classical and Pop; in any of these genres, Robert and Jason are incredibly successful whether playing with their own bands or through collaborations with Sting, Wayne Shorter, Brandford Marsalis, Steve Coleman and Omar Puente to name a few. This performance promises to mix Electric with Acoustic, Simplicity with a huge palette of Musical Colours and the meshing of 2 great human spirits resulting in a much greater whole. Prepare to be moved and Amazed!
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Anti-Corruption Commission lawyer Mosharraf Hossain Kazol has failed to save a house, what he says belongs to his father-in-law, from demolition during the ongoing eviction drives to free the Buriganga River from encroachment. The three-storey building, constructed at Jhauchar in Dhaka's Kamrangirchar, was among over 100 structures that were bulldozed in the drive by Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority or BIWTA on Wednesday. "It was built illegally," AKM Arif Uddin, a joint director at the BIWTA,said. "Its owner Mosharraf Hossain Kazol came during the demolition, but he could not show any valid document," he added.
Kazol said his father-in-law bought the property in 1961. "It's not illegal. We have all necessary documents, but they have demolished it without giving any notice and checking papers," Kazol said. He questioned the competency of the executive magistrate who led the drive, calling the magistrate a "stupid" and raising allegation of nepotism.
"It (eviction) has been done without demarking the boundary of the river bank. A stupid magistrate has done it. Another adjacent building was not demolished because it belongs to a BIWTA engineer," the ACC lawyer said. He threatened to sue for compensation. BIWTA Joint Director Arif had earlier said the authorities identified 609 illegal structures on the banks of the river from Sdarghat to Gabtoli and these would be razed gradually. The authorities are conducting the drives following High Court orders.


EAGLE — Eagle police weren't certain where Al Paolo Duzyurt Lucci was from or where he was headed, but he had an armload of cellphones he had not paid for.
His cross-country excursion ended in Eagle last fall with his arrest. Monday morning, District Judge Russell Granger sent him to prison for 3 1/2 years.
"This court takes identity theft very seriously," Granger said during Duzyurt's sentencing.
Duzyurt is originally from Turkey and Duzyurt is likely a fictitious last name, authorities said Monday. He pleaded guilty to a fistful of felonies.
Duzyurt used a stolen Wells Fargo debit card to pay the sales taxes on thousands of dollars worth of prepaid cellphone purchases, beginning in the Carolinas and stretching across the country through Shawnee, Kansas; Denver; Dillon and Eagle. While Duzyurt paid the sales taxes with his stolen credit cards, he did not pay for the phones themselves.
He was caught in Eagle, and when Eagle police began their investigation, their inquiry led officers to believe there was more to this case, and the fraud was not be an isolated incident, Eagle Police Chief Joe Staufer said in a statement.
Duzyurt claimed to be affiliated with two businesses — one in California and another in Oklahoma — but neither had ever heard of him and had not authorized anyone to activate phone lines on their behalf, police said.
Eagle police were called to the AT&T store in Eagle at 9:30 a.m. on Nov. 23, when an employee reported a possible fraud in progress.
Police arrived at the store to find Duzyurt arguing with a "short" female employee. He was "towering over her" in what appeared to be an attempt at intimidation, the arrest report said.
Police strode into the store, past one unattended vehicle left running outside.
Later, police determined that the vehicle was Duzyurt's, that it was a rental car out of North Carolina and that the rental agreement had expired. He was three days overdue returning the car to the rental agency at Los Angeles International Airport.
It didn't take police long to determine that Duzyurt was trying to buy four phones and a tablet that morning from the AT&T store in Eagle. He had also purchased two phones from the same store the night before.
Duzyurt had tried to make those purchases on a new account he had set up through a Santa Barbara, California, business. However, he had set up that account while he was traveling through Shawnee, Kansas.
The AT&T Eagle store employees told police they did a little research and learned that Duzyurt had used a personal Gmail account, and not the name associated with the business he listed, Integrated Medical Inc. in Santa Barbara, California.
The phone number Duzyurt had provided wasn't associated with Integrated Medical, either, the police report said.
With a little more digging, the AT&T employees learned that employees with three other stores had activated phones for Duzyurt in the past seven days, but only one phone had been used.
The Eagle AT&T store employees called Integrated Medical in Santa Barbara, and learned they had never heard of Duzyurt, and that any activity associated with the California business was fraudulent.
When he was confronted, Duzyurt told the AT&T employee he had activated hundreds of lines with AT&T and threatened to cancel them all. He also said he was the CEO.
Police said Duzyurt became agitated and while he was in the store he called AT&T customer service. While he was on the phone, he told customer service he had 147 lines with AT&T and threatened to cancel them all.
Duzyurt had set up accounts in Denver several days before, and an AT&T employee there had notified AT&T's internal fraud department.
Duzyurt's own explanation to police differed significantly.
According to the police report, he said he owned a small company in New Mexico that makes hoses and tubes for oxygen tanks.
Duzyurt told police he was from California. However, he was driving a North Carolina rental car and produced a New Mexico driver's license.
While he was talking with Eagle Police, he dropped a business card from a Verizon store in Dillon. Duzyurt had been in there the day before to purchase four cell phones, using a business name from Oklahoma City.
When Eagle Police called that Oklahoma business, they had never heard of Duzyurt.
Eagle police also learned that Duzyurt's birthday does not match the one on his driver's license, that his name is spelled several different ways on different documents and that his criminal record goes back to 2001 and includes a federal prison stint in Texas.


Well... another year of cropping in South Australia is complete with most farmers finishing their harvest around Christmas.
It is estimated that around 2.3 million tonnes of barley will be produced by SA farmers in the 2013-14 season from the 925,000 hectares grown. This is an average to above average result.
Since barley crops in South Australia are not irrigated farmers rely solely on rainfall events to keep the crop ticking along. Farmers hope that the rain falls at the right time in the right amount to ensure their crops grow and develop, set the right amount of tillers and 'fill' resulting in good quality, plump grains. Other environmental conditions such as wind, frost, humidity and temperature also affect crop production.
There was average rainfall in September, however, maximum temperatures were the highest on record in most regions.
There was below average rainfall in October while maximum temperatures were mostly above average. Crops were relying on stored soil moisture and got a tad thirsty!
Throughout October (when the grain was filling and ripening) there were strong to gale force winds which flattened many crops and caused some 'shattering' (meaning the grain fell out of the barley head). Some farmers estimated that they lost 30% to 50% of their grains.
Severe frosts throughout October caused damage to crops across the State. Frosts can cause frost bite resulting in grain sterility and impairing the grains ability to fill.
Despite these events, growers still achieved an average to above average year. How you ask? It comes down to science and good management. The crops grown these days are a result of years of research and development. They are bred and selected to be more stress tolerant and better suited to harsh Australian conditions. Farmers are also great managers of their land, they use techniques such as no till cropping and weed management to help retain and conserve stored soil water, meaning there is more for the plant to access. See our water use efficiency blog for further info.
According to Primary Industries and Resources South Australia, the South Australian grain industry contributes up to $4.6 billion to the State's economy.
ABARES 2013, Australian crop report, Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences, Canberra, December, CC BY 3.0.


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Iced-over trees, power lines could get downed by high winds into Wednesday morning
By Katherine Rosenberg-Douglas and Liam Ford
Feb 12, 2019 | 7:10 PM
Wind gusts of up to 40 mph in Chicago caused low visibility from blowing snow and put the area at risk for further outages Tuesday evening after an overnight ice storm caused snow and ice to cascade from Loop high-rises amid a messy morning commute.
Lake and McHenry counties were under a winter weather advisory until midnight Tuesday, while Cook, DuPage, Kane, Kendall, Will and seven other northern Illinois counties, as well as Lake, Porter and three other Indiana counties, were under a wind advisory from 2 p.m. Tuesday through 3 a.m. Wednesday.
The strong winds Tuesday evening and early Wednesday were expected to exacerbate problems begun with the ice storm that started Monday night and lasted into Tuesday morning.
The overnight ice storm, which left a half-inch of ice in some areas, snarled the Tuesday morning commute, caused the cancellation of train lines and disrupted power to more than 80,000 Commonwealth Edison customers. As the day warmed, falling ice led to street and sidewalk closures throughout downtown, including near the Willis Tower and 875 N. Michigan Ave., the former John Hancock Center.
The ice combined with the wind storms was expected to lead to more power outages into Wednesday morning. By Tuesday evening, the National Weather Service recorded peak gusts of between 40 and 45 mph in northern Illinois and northwest Indiana.
By about 4 p.m. about 12,000 ComEd customers were without power throughout much of northern Illinois, with more than 68,000 customers having had their power restored, according to the utility. ComEd had about 400 crews in the field, restoring power and preparing for the wind storms, said Marrietta Harrison, a spokeswoman for the utility.
"With a storm like this, it's not just iced lines," said John Schoen, a spokesman for ComEd. "It's tree branches that get coated in ice and then a branch that maybe weighed 10 pounds suddenly weighs 20 pounds and it snaps off, hitting a power line."
Strong westerly winds that began developing in the afternoon were expected to increase the threat of power outages later Tuesday into the night.
"The combination of the added stress from the weight of the ice and the strong winds will likely result in downed tree limbs and power lines which may result in power outages," the weather service said. The winds also will make for "difficult travel, especially for high-profile vehicles on north to south roads," the weather service said.
Look up: Why 'Caution, falling ice' signs sprout in the Loop in cold weather
By Elvia Malagon
The weather also forced cancellations at O'Hare and Midway airports. By 7 p.m., there had been just under 360 canceled flights at O'Hare over the previous 24 hours, with about 105 canceled at Midway.
Because of the ice that fell overnight on overhead power lines, train service on the South Shore Line and Metra Electric District was suspended Tuesday morning, according to the transit agencies, though the lines resumed limited service by the afternoon.
Also complicating the morning commute, northbound Lake Shore Drive near the Chicago River was closed until Tuesday afternoon because of two cracked steel beams that support the roadway, but it reopened for the evening commute, authorities said.
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Chicago area to face dangerous, possibly record-setting temperatures starting Thursday, as excessive heat warnings declared
After temperatures below the normal high Wednesday of 35, reaching only about 28, Thursday was expected to see a high of about 40. Temperatures on Friday through Sunday were expected to be in the upper 20s. Rain was expected Thursday, with possible freezing rain and snow Thursday night and Friday morning.
Check back for updates. Check the Tribune's weather page for updated forecasts.
Chicago Tribune's Madeline Buckley contributed.
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Please register (and Check Box for Event #307) for the Wednesday evening dessert reception at the Constitution Center. We are asking our members to attend and serve as ambassadors for our colleagues from out-of-town. Come and enjoy a wonderful evening and the magnificent Constitution Center and help us welcome our out-of-town colleagues to the 100th Anniversary Annual Meeting while enjoying the company of your friends and colleagues.
Please contact Zenaida Otero Gephardt (gephardtzo@rowan.edu) or Ken Ford (kenneth_ford@merck.com) if you have any questions about this event.