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Risk from Second-Hand Smoke on Children Greater Than previously Thought
The federally supported research was recently published in the journal Nicotine & Tobacco Research, and involved testing saliva samples over 1,200 children. The researchers found that up to 15% of the participants had levels of cotinine, a byproduct of the body's breakdown of nicotine, comparable to the level which would be found in an adult smoker.
Approximately 63% of the babies and toddlers who participated in the study had discernible levels of cotinine, which is clear evidence of a significant level of exposure to second- and third-hand smoke. Previous similar research which was focused on older children, had detected cotinine in less than half of the subjects.
"We're finding (as much as) 15 percent of the babies have levels as if they were smokers themselves," said senior study author and professor of cognitive psychology at New York University, Clancy Blair.
The situation is worse than previously thought
The study's lead author and a professor of human development and family studies at Pennsylvania State University, Lisa M. Gatzke-Kopp, said that these levels are alarming. "It was definitely more than we expected, and it's scary," she said. "Smoke continues on in the environment even after the cigarette is out."
"I think some parents are trying to reduce their children's exposure," said Gatzke-Kopp. "They're making a good effort. They go outside, or they don't smoke around their child, but they may not know it's all over them, and when they pick the baby up and cuddle the baby, the baby's getting it through their clothes, their hair."
The study author pointed out that the majority of the children's mothers said that they do not smoke. On the other hand, about a quarter of them admitted to smoking while pregnant, and about 30% of them said they started smoking again only after their children were born.
Children could be at an even higher risk in urban areas
The children tested came from rural and low income communities, however the researchers pointed out that the situation for children from urban areas may be even worse. "It might be even more worrisome, in that kids in urban environments are operating in more of a toxic chemical soup than kids in a more rural environment," Blair said.
The researchers said they will be using this data to determine whether increased exposure to second- and third-hand smoke is related to later health problems, such as learning disabilities. "It's definitely true that nicotine binds in the brain in special receptors that affect things like cognition and attention, and there's every reason to believe all brains are equally vulnerable," said Gatzke-Kopp.
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"External storage" => "Eksternt lager",
"Local" => "Lokal",
"Location" => "Placering",
"Amazon S3" => "Amazon S3",
"Key" => "Nøgle",
"Secret" => "Hemmelighed",
"Bucket" => "Bucket",
"Amazon S3 and compliant" => "Amazon S3 og kompatible",
"Access Key" => "Adgangsnøgle",
"Secret Key" => "Hemmelig Nøgle ",
"Hostname (optional)" => "Værtsnavn (valgfri)",
"Port (optional)" => "Port (valgfri)",
"Region (optional)" => "Region (valgfri)",
"Enable SSL" => "Aktiver SSL",
"App key" => "App-nøgle",
"App secret" => "App-hemmelighed",
"Host" => "Host",
"Username" => "Brugernavn",
"Password" => "Kodeord",
"Root" => "Root",
"Secure ftps://" => "Sikker ftps://",
"Client ID" => "Klient ID",
"Client secret" => "Klient hemmelighed",
"OpenStack Object Storage" => "OpenStack Object Storage",
"Username (required)" => "Brugernavn (påkrævet)",
"Bucket (required)" => "Bucket (påkrævet)",
"Region (optional for OpenStack Object Storage)" => "Region (valgfri for OpenStack Object Storage)",
"API Key (required for Rackspace Cloud Files)" => "API-nøgle (påkrævet for Rackspace Cloud Files)",
"Tenantname (required for OpenStack Object Storage)" => "Lejers navn (påkrævet for OpenStack Object Storage)",
"Password (required for OpenStack Object Storage)" => "Adgangskode (påkrævet for OpenStack Object Storage)",
"Service Name (required for OpenStack Object Storage)" => "Service Navn (påkrævet for OpenStack Object Storage)",
"Timeout of HTTP requests in seconds (optional)" => "Timeout på HTTP forespørgsler i sekunder (valgfri)",
"Share" => "Del",
"SMB / CIFS using OC login" => "SMB / CIFS med OC-login",
"URL" => "URL",
"Secure https://" => "Sikker https://",
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"Grant access" => "Godkend adgang",
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"System" => "System",
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"Storage type" => "Lagertype",
"External Storage" => "Ekstern opbevaring",
"Folder name" => "Mappenavn",
"Configuration" => "Opsætning",
"Options" => "Valgmuligheder",
"Available for" => "Tilgængelig for",
"Add storage" => "Tilføj lager",
"No user or group" => "Ingen bruger eller gruppe",
"All Users" => "Alle brugere",
"Groups" => "Grupper",
"Users" => "Brugere",
"Delete" => "Slet",
"Enable User External Storage" => "Aktiver ekstern opbevaring for brugere",
"Allow users to mount the following external storage" => "Tillad brugere at montere følgende som eksternt lager",
"SSL root certificates" => "SSL-rodcertifikater",
"Import Root Certificate" => "Importer rodcertifikat"
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Brentuximab vedotin plus CHP was associated with improved progression-free and overall survival vs CHOP.
Median progression-free survival was 48.2 vs 20.8 months.
As reported by Horwitz et al in The Lancet, the phase III ECHELON-2 trial showed that brentuximab vedotin (Adcetris) plus cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, and prednisone (CHP) improved progression-free and overall survival vs cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine, and prednisone (CHOP) in previously untreated CD30-positive peripheral T-cell lymphomas. The trial supported the recent approval of brentuximab vedotin plus chemotherapy in this setting.
Data from ECHELON-2 were also presented at the 2018 American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting & Exposition.
In the double-blind trial, 452 patients from 132 sites in 17 countries with previously untreated CD30-positive peripheral T-cell lymphomas, targeting 75% with systemic anaplastic large cell lymphoma, were randomly assigned between January 2013 and November 2016 to receive brentuximab vedotin plus CHP (n = 226) or CHOP (n = 226) for six or eight 21-day cycles. All patients received cyclophosphamide 750 mg/m² and doxorubicin 50 mg/m² on day 1 of each cycle and oral prednisone 100 mg once daily on days 1 to 5 of each cycle, followed by either brentuximab vedotin 1.8 mg/kg and placebo or vincristine 1.4 mg/m² and placebo on day 1 of each cycle.
The primary endpoint was progression-free survival on blinded independent central review in the intent-to-treat population. Overall, 72% of the brentuximab vedotin group and 68% of the CHOP group had systemic anaplastic large cell lymphoma.
After median follow-up of 36.2 months, median progression-free survival was 48.2 months in the brentuximab vedotin group vs 20.8 months in the CHOP group (hazard ratio [HR] = 0.71, P = .0110). Three-year progression-free survival was 57.1% vs 44.4%. Hazard ratios were 0.29 (95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.11–0.79) among 98 patients with ALK-positive and 0.65 (95% CI = 0.44–0.95) among 218 patients with ALK-negative systemic anaplastic large cell lymphoma.
As of data cutoff, death had occurred in 23% of the brentuximab vedotin group vs 32% of the CHOP group (HR = 0.66, P = .0244). After median follow-up of 42.1 months, median overall survival was not reached in either group; 75th percentile overall survival was not reached in the brentuximab vedotin group vs 17.5 months in the CHOP group.
Adverse events of grade ≥ 3 occurred in 66% of the brentuximab vedotin group vs 65% of the CHOP group. Diarrhea of any grade was more common in the brentuximab vedotin group (38% vs 20%). Serious adverse events occurred in 39% vs 38%. Adverse events led to discontinuation of treatment in 6% vs 7%. Febrile neutropenia occurred in 18% vs 15% and any grade peripheral neuropathy in 52% vs 55%. Adverse events led to death in 3% vs 4% of patients.
Steven Horwitz, MD, of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, is the corresponding author for The Lancet article.
Disclosure: The study was funded by Seattle Genetics, Inc; Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc, a wholly owned subsidiary of Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited; and the National Cancer Institute. The study authors' full disclosures can be found at thelancet.com.


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Martin Hugo Maximilian Schreiber, plus connu sous le nom de Martin H. M. Schreiber, est un photographe tchéco-américain né  à Prague (Tchécoslovaquie).

Il est surtout connu pour avoir pris des clichés de Madonna nue en 1979 alors qu'elle était encore anonyme, photos qui furent par la suite publiées dans le magazine Playboy en 1985.

Biographie
Martin Hugo Maximilian Schreiber naît le  à Prague (Tchécoslovaquie). Ses parents immigrent aux États-Unis en 1952, et s'installent à New York, où sa mère fait du mannequinat.

Il devient par la suite photographe, et remporte une mention honorable lors d'un concours photo pour le magazine Life. Il enseigne ensuite pendant plusieurs années dans des écoles d'art de New York, comme la New School Parsons (en 1977) ou la School of Visual Arts.

En 1979, alors qu'il enseigne la photographie de nu dans un atelier intitulé «  » à la New School for Social Research de Manhattan, il rencontre la chanteuse Madonna, alors modèle anonyme cherchant à gagner de l'argent pour ses cours de danse. Ils se mettent rapidement en couple, et il la paie  pour qu'elle pose nue devant ses étudiants à l'occasion d'une séance de photographie en noir et blanc. Il réutilisera d'ailleurs quelques clichés de cette séance dans son livre Bodyscapes (1980).

En , il aperçoit Madonna, devenue célèbre, sur la couverture du magazine Time, et décide alors de vendre les clichés au magazine Playboy, pour plus de . La publication de ces clichés le rend célèbre, et lui permet de vivre de son art.

En 1989, il déménage en France, et s'installe notamment dans la région du Perche à partir de 1993.

Expositions

2016 :
Indigenous, Galerie Meyer Oceanic & Eskimo, Paris, ()
Madonna II exhibition, The Colour Factory, Melbourne, Australie
conférence à la Maison européenne de la photographie (MEP), Paris,
2015 :
 Group show, New Gallery 4 , Cheb, République Tchèque
"Madonna Nudes II, Alcazar, Paris,
"Madonna Nudes II", DAAB Publishers, Cologne, Allemagne
2012 :  Cowboys and Nudes, Brothers Lumiere Centre, Moscou
2010 :  Ode to Art Gallery, Singapour
2009 :
Houses of Arts, Marbella, Espagne
Solidni Nejistota, Prague, République tchèque
Art Distric Gallery, Amsterdam
Impure Art, Brighton, Royaume-Uni
Impure Art, Londres, Royaume-Uni
Casa Della Arte, Istanbul, Turquie

2008 : Galerie 4, Cheb, République tchèque
2007 : Espace Abbe Fret, Bretoncelles, France
2005 :
Espace Abbe Fret, Bretoncelles, France
 Level 3 Gallery, Adelaïde, Australie
2004 : Picto, Montparnasse, Paris
2003 : James Gallery, Moscou
2002 :
Royal National Theatre, Londres
James Gallery, Moscou
Ministero de gusto, Marrakech
1999 :
National Cowboy Hall of Fame, Oklahoma City, États-Unis
Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, États-Unis
1993 : Korun Gallery, Prague, République tchèque
1990 :
Portofolio Gallery, Londres
 Agelli and Pamblad/Vanzaff, Göteborg, Suède
Neikrug Gallery, New York, États-Unis

 1988 :
Galeria Occidente Colombiano, Cali, Colombia Galeria La Francia
Medellin, Colombia Galeria El Museo, Bogota, Colombie
1984 : Central Fall Gallery, New York, États-Unis

1983 :
Scurry County Museum, Snyder, Texas, États-Unis
Boor Hill Museau, Dodge City, Oklahoma, États-Unis
Central Fall Gallery, New York, États-Unis
Hardison Fine Arts, New York, États-Unis
1982 :
Gallery of Photographic arts, Cleveland, Ohio, États-Unis
The Afterimage, Dallas, Texas, Amarillo Fine Arts Center Museum, Amarillo, Texas, États-Unis
1980 :
Stanley and Schenk, Atlanta, Géorgie, États-Unis
International Center of Photography, New York, États-Unis
Secret Gallery, Provincetown, Massachusetts, États-Unis
1979 : L'Apos, Affiche Gallery, New York, États-Unis
1978 : Neil Gallery, New York, États-Unis

Albums et livres

2015 : The Rape of Prague (essai) traduit en français Le viol de Prague
2015 : Madonna Nudes II, Éditions Daab Media, Allemagne
Last of a Breed II, Éditions Verlag Kettler, Allemagne
Retrospection, 1966-2015, Éditions Duncan Meeder, Pays-Bas

2010 : Madonna Catalogue, Ode to Art, Singapour

2009 :
Q, Castor and Pollux, France
Madonna Catalogue, Casa Della Arte, Istanbul, Turquie
Le Perche des arts, Reflect Éditions, France

2005 : Cooking at home, On Rue Tatin, Morrow, États-Unis
2002 : Chef Daniel Boulud, Assouline, New York et Paris

2001 :
Madonna Nudes 1979, Longwind Publishing, Floride, États-Unis
Last of A Breed, Longwind Publishing, Floride, États-Unis
1998 : Café des artistes, Éditions Plume, Paris

1993 :
Hamish Heartland, Parco Publishers, Japon
Buckaroo, Callaway Editions, New York, États-Unis
Alexandra S, Fototage Editions, Francfort, Allemagne

1991 :
Czech Photographers in Exile, Prague (Tchécoslovaquie)
Bilderlust, Éditions Braus, Heidelberg, Allemagne
Way Out West, Treville Publishers, Japon

1990 : Madonna Nudes 1979, Taschen Verlag, Cologne, Allemagne

1988 :
I, Madonna, Shueisha Publishing, Japon
Last of a Breed, Bantam Books, New York, États-Unis, paperback
Cafés d'artistes à Paris (textes de Gérard-Georges Lemaire), Plume, Paris

1986 : The Majestic World of Arabian Horses, Abrams, New York, États-Unis
1982 : Last of A Breed, Texas Monthly Press, États-Unis
1980 : Bodyscape, Abbeville Press, New York, États-Unis

Notes et références

Liens externes

Photographe américain
Naissance en juin 1946
Photographe tchèque
Naissance à Prague
Photographe de nu
Naissance en Tchécoslovaquie

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This research specifically examined aspects in relation to the Regional Games and particularly in relation to the Far Eastern Championships and the African Games, organized in the prewar period, and the resistance movement of the GANEFO Games, hosted in the troubled postwar context. The research approach that was adopted in this project seeks to identify the structures and processes in development at play across these two periods in the Olympic world. This was done by the archival analysis of several documents (such as correspondence, minutes, proceedings etc.) found at the Olympic Studies Centre of the IOC. The method that was followed for the analysis of the collected documents was the Qualitative Content Analysis (QCA) and more specifically the variation of the Ethnographic Content Analysis (ECA). The prewar period provided evidence of colonial interests in the diffusion of modern sport and a concentration of power on the IOC as a key international organization in enabling and/or constraining any other sporting regional movements to survive or cease. The prewar period, especially in the context of Asia, witnessed the existence of Eastern imperialism which added another pressure on sporting structures, beyond the western cultural imperialist practices and forces. In relation to the postwar period, the major concerns on the part of the Western elite represented within the IOC were linked to a fear of a threat to the global / universalist claims of the IOC. The organization and hosting of the Games of the Newly Emerging Forces (GANEFO Games) in 1965 posed a real threat of a breakaway movement to the IOC and reflects part of the challenges and tensions raised in the postwar context.


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Pittsburgh 59 - 62 Cincinnati
Hrycaniuk, Vaughn help Cincinnati topple Pittsburgh
Jan 20, 2008 - 2:45 AM CINCINNATI (Ticker) -- Adam Hrycaniuk and Cincinnati went on a big run to help put this one away.
Hrycaniuk scored 12 points and grabbed seven rebounds as the Bearcats posted a 62-59 Big East Conference victory over No. 16 Pittsburgh on Saturday.
Deonta Vaughn finished with 10 of his 14 points on free throws and Rashad Bishop had 11 for Cincinnati (9-9, 3-2 Big East), which has won three of its last four.
"Today was a big game for us," Cincinnati coach Mick Cronin said. "The Panthers are a team who knows how to win Big East championships. It's a huge win for us over a team that really has been a benchmark program in the conference for the last nine years."
After the Panthers used an 18-9 burst at the end of the first half to take a 28-27 advantage at intermission, the Bearcats responded with an impressive second-half spurt to break open a tie game.
"Congratulations to Cincinnati. I thought they played very hard," Pittsburgh coach Jamie Dixon said. "All credit goes to them for a very good job. They are a well coached team."
With the score knotted at 40-40 just over 10 minutes left in the second half, Cincinnati went on a 13-0 burst over the next 3 1/2 minutes that was capped by a jumper by Jamual Warren.
"The crowd was getting involved in the game, and it was easier to play during that run," Hrycaniuk said. "We wanted to do all we could to make them happy."
Hrycaniuk and Bishop each had four points in the run for the Bearcats, who finished 46.5 percent (20-of-43) from the field.
Dixon also noted the double-digit spurt was the key to the game.
"We didn't turn it over, but it was mainly our shot selection," Dixon said. "They made some plays, and we put them at the free-throw line. We thought we had to score too quickly. There were plenty of possessions to get back in the game, but we realized that too late."
Despite their panic, the Panthers put together a 12-4 run capped by a follow shot by freshman Gilbert Brown with 2:43 remaining to cut the lead to 56-52. However, a free throw by Bishop and a layup by Vaughn with 78 seconds remaining gave the Bearcats a seven-point lead.
"We had a lot of contributions," Cronin said. "I was really proud of our guys."
Pittsburgh was not done yet. Keith Benjamin nailed a 3-pointer with 34 ticks to go to cut the deficit to 59-57, but Vaughn hit three attempts from the stripe in the final 18 seconds and Bishop blocked a 3-point attempt with two seconds left to preserve the win.
"Rashad's got a long wingspan," Vaughn said. "He can block a lot of shots from (the arc). He blocked a shot, (Benjamin) tried to get it off again, and luckily it was an airball."
Young had 24 points and nine boards and Benjamin scored 11 for the Panthers (15-3, 3-2), who shot 42 percent (23-of-55) and saw their three-game winning streak end.
"We had trouble in the first half and were only up by one," Young said. "If we play the way we're capable of playing, we're up 10 or 15 and we wouldn't have had this problem."
PITTSBURGH (16) 28 31 59
CINCINNATI 27 35 62 FINAL
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Q: Getting the attribute holder of an attribute Is a reference exists from an attribute to the attribute holder?
Here is an example what I mean:
class classA(object):
    def __init__(self):
        pass

class classB(object):
    def __init__(self):
        self.a=classA()

    def methodB(self):
        print "ClassB-s methodB called"

b=classB()
a=b.a

Is it possible to reference b from a? I like to call methodB from a.

A: No, not really.
When you initialize b.a, it becomes a reference to a classA object:
>>> b.a
<__main__.classA object at 0x7feeb904df10>

To call the method, you could pass the parent object to classA:
>>> class classA(object):
...    def __init__(self, parent):
...        self.parent = parent
...
...    def method(self):
...        self.parent.methodB()
...
>>>
>>> class classB(object):
...    def __init__(self):
...        self.a=classA(self)
...
...    def methodB(self):
...        print "ClassB-s methodB called"
...
>>> b = classB()
>>> a = b.a
>>> a.method()
ClassB-s methodB called

From there, you have access to the whole parent.

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AudioVision in the Middle Ages: Ste. Foy at Conques
Thu January 26th 2023, 11:00am - Fri March 17th 2023, 5:00pm
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On View: January 24th - March 17th, 2023 | Monday - Friday, 11:00 - 5:00pm
Bissera Pentcheva directs the interdisciplinary project "Enchanted Images" which explores the synergy between medieval chant and image. Sponsored by a Cultivating the Humanities grant 2021-2024, support from the Deans of Humanities and Sciences, and Bob and Kathy Burke, this collaborative research is producing three public-facing events in 2023: this exhibition at the Stanford Art Gallery "AudioVision in the Middle Ages: Ste. Foy at Conques (January 24-March 17); a concert at Bing Hall through Stanford Live "Auralizing the Medieval Image," February 10; and an international symposium "Medieval Art and Music between Heritage, Modernity, and Multi-Media," February 11.
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Auralizing the Medieval Image: Friday, February 10th - Bing Concert Hall
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Here's a concise and informative page showing the lineage of flutists at the famed Paris Conservatory, from which we get so many of our wonderful solo works!
A former professor of mine, Dr. Greg Yasinitsky, has written new compositions for flute – here's excerpts of Ann Yasinitsky (also a former professor) performing the two pieces, "Concertino for Flute and Orchestra," and "Magic" for flute and chamber orchestra. I had forgotten how brilliant Ann's tone is!
So this isn't flute-related, but it does relate to who I am as a musician.
I was fortunate to have Michael Yannette as a wonderful piano/music/life teacher during my high school years. During that time, he wrote and performed a one-man show about George Gershwin that was absolutely fantastic.
Fantasia on Mysterium is his new show on the life of Alexander Scriabin. The "videos" link on the site wouldn't work for me, but I did find Mr. Yannette's YouTube channel.
I have no doubt that this show will be most entertaining and well done.
I had the good fortune of seeing Greg Pattillo and his group, Project, perform recently. I think most flutists have seen the YouTube videos of Greg beatboxing, and maybe visited his websites and such. All the videos and recordings are great, bu it's nothing like seeing them live!
If you get the chance to see Project perform live, I can't encourage you more strongly to seize the opportunity. They truly are fantastic musicians.
I saw this flutist mentioned on a listserv and had to check her out. If you have time to listen to any of her other recordings, it's very much worth it!


Lotus lantern festival is on the night of May 12, 2018.
More than one hundred thousand louts lanterns will light up the Seoul night.
The majestic parade of lanterns in unimaginable shapes and colors will bring the hearts of both participants and spectators together as on.
And you can join the festival get a first-hand experiece!
Then we prepare to 1night stay in templestay program with the festival.
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This is a program to experience of various (Korean) traditional culture linked with historical characteristics of Buddhist temple.You can learn many traditional culture such as Lotus Flower Lantern Making, Ingyeong ( Wood Block Printing from the Tripitaka Koreana ), story of Buddhist picture(Sim-u-do), Intensive Seon Meditation, Walking Meditation, Breathing Meditation, Happiness Meditation(Widen mind), Lying Meditation, Mandala Art Meditation, Mind Sketching, Sharing Dharma and Mind, Tea time with Sunim, The last Seven days of life, Traditional rubbed copy, Sutra copying practice, 108 prostration and making prayer beads and so on by yourself.


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UNHCR Corruption: Resettlement Spots for a Price
Since 'vulnerability' is no longer the key to selecting refugees for resettlement, does that mean bribery is?
By Nayla Rush on April 23, 2019
Download a PDF of this Backgrounder.
Nayla Rush is a senior researcher at the Center for Immigration Studies.
A story about alleged corruption in refugee resettlement at the UN refugee agency was published recently by NBC News.1 The seven-month investigation into refugee processing centers in five countries — Kenya, Uganda, Yemen, Ethiopia, and Libya — found widespread reports of U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) staffers accepting bribes from refugees in order to refer them for resettlement in a Western country.
Years ago, as I began researching the UN's role in the U.S. refugee resettlement program, I forewarned of the likely "subjectivity" of UNHCR's national staff (citizens of the countries where they are working, usually in regions of turmoil and economic unrest) responsible for refugee status determinations and resettlement referrals.2 Their appraisals can be at best complaisant and at worst open to the highest bidder.
In the wake of the NBC report, I looked at the five countries mentioned and found the following:
In FY 2019, the United States resettled 2,756 refugees from the processing centers in Kenya, Uganda, Yemen, Ethiopia, and Libya.
A total of 1,914 UNHCR staff members work at the refugee processing centers, of whom 79 percent (1,506) are national staff and 21 percent (408) international staff.
The average Transparency International average corruption score in 2018 for the five countries was 23.6/100 (the lower the number the more corrupt). The average ranking of these five among the 180 ranked countries was 150.6 out of 180 (180 being the most corrupt country in the world — Somalia). For comparison, the United States had a score of 71/100 and ranked 22nd out of 180 countries.
The United States is the top funder of UNHCR activities in four of the five countries.
UNHCR, Resettlement, and Fraud
UNHCR has the international mandate to determine who is (and who is not) attributed refugee status, to provide refugee assistance, and to decide who is eligible for resettlement in third countries. Resettlement is the "transfer of refugees from the country in which they have sought asylum to another state that has agreed to admit them as refugees and to grant them permanent settlement and the opportunity for eventual citizenship."3 A number of countries (29 nations in 2018) participate in UNHCR's resettlement program; the world's top resettlement country remains the United States.4
UNHCR's resettlement program is not impermeable to fraud. By UNHCR's own admission, "Refugee status and resettlement places are valuable commodities, particularly in countries with acute poverty, where the temptation to make money by whatever means is strong. This makes the resettlement process a target for abuse."5
UNHCR distinguishes between "external resettlement fraud" and "internal resettlement fraud".6 "External resettlement fraud" applies to "fraud perpetrated by persons other than those having a contractual relationship with UNHCR", such as the refugees themselves. One example of external resettlement fraud is identity fraud: "Identity fraud occurs when an identity is either invented, or the identity of another real person is assumed by an impostor. Supporting documents may be missing, or fraudulent documents provided." Other types include "family composition fraud", "one of the areas where misrepresentation or fraud is most likely to be committed"; and "document fraud" or "material misrepresentation fraud", whereby "refugees deliberately exaggerate, invent, or otherwise misrepresent the nature or details of their refugee claim or resettlement needs."
"Internal resettlement fraud" (the subject of the NBC story) refers to fraud perpetrated by UNHCR staff themselves. Examples include drafting false refugee claims or false needs assessments for resettlement; facilitating preferential processing or access to the procedure; charging a fee or asking for a favor to be added to an interview list; coaching refugees prior to or during the interview; and providing false medical attestations. Resettlement procedures are free of charge, but the fraudulent actions described above are often undertaken for a fee, a favor, or a gift and constitute corruption.
Personal relationships with the refugees can also pose problems as "they involve a relationship of unequal power and are thus easily subject to exploitation. The staff member will always be perceived as having power over the refugee, and the refugee may thus feel obliged to provide favors, including those of a sexual nature, in order to obtain certain benefits, or to avoid negative repercussions." This could be of added concern in countries where familiarity and congeniality are general cultural traits.
UNHCR has taken measures to combat fraud and corruption in order to "preserve the integrity of resettlement". One of the most effective measures, according to the agency, is following standardized operating procedures carefully. Others include:
Clearly defining roles and responsibilities for all staff;
Counselling refugees on the implications of committing or being complicit in fraud before signing the RRF (Resettlement Registration Form); and
Ensuring that there are file management and tracking systems that allow each step and action to be reconstructed.
Main NBC Investigation Findings
The NBC investigation showed widespread allegations of corruption within UNHCR's refugee resettlement program:
The allegations of corruption at the UNHCR are not limited to one man or one place. A seven-month investigation across five countries with significant refugee populations has found widespread reports of the UNHCR's staff members exploiting refugees, while victims and staff members who report wrongdoing say the agency fails to act against corruption, leaving them vulnerable to intimidation and retaliation.
NBC interviewed refugees, current and former UNHCR employees, aid workers, and two former U.N. investigators and reported the following:
Refugees, current and former UNHCR employees, aid workers and two former U.N. investigators say bribery and corruption are found in a variety of services the UNHCR and companion organizations are charged with providing, but report that it is especially unavoidable in resettlement — a precious opportunity for the world's most vulnerable refugees to restart their lives in safe new countries, usually in the West.
UNHCR staffers and officials from organizations that work with them demand bribes for everything from medical referrals to food rations to contacting police, and it can cost $5,000 in bribes to resettle a family.
A number of UNHCR staff members who denounced this fraudulent behavior claim they were replaced by "corrupt staffers in positions of power who were more willing to tolerate bribery or other misconduct." Alternatively, staff suspected of misconduct may receive good references so they are promoted and moved to other locations.
According to the NBC report, in southwest Uganda, refugees claim that "resettlement, the ultimate prize, can cost 1 million Ugandan shillings to 3.5 million ($268-$938) for a person, $5,000 for a family (or four cows, according to two refugee interviewees, who said the cows are shared between the Ugandan authorities and the UNHCR)."
Sex was another form of payment. Some refugee women and girls claimed they were asked for sex in exchange for resettlement promises.
Many refugees also complained of stolen identities and case details:
Refugees in Kenya, Uganda, Yemen, Ethiopia and Libya said being resettled on someone else's case, after they've done the grunt work and initial interviews, substantially raises the cost of the payment demanded. The former U.N. contractor and middleman in Dadaab agreed. He said that it costs 3 million to 7 million Kenyan shillings ($29,250-$68,270) to buy an identity right at the end of the UNHCR process, when cases move over to potential host governments for vetting.
Exploitation of refugees by UNHCR staff is not new. The NBC article refers to a former senior UNHCR investigator and narcotics detective who in 2001 uncovered a refugee extortion racket in Kenya. He told NBC staff following this investigation: "We're 18 years later, and it's even worse now than ever before. … The demand side of resettlement is enormous and the supply side is small. UNHCR refuses to look at the context in which it operates."
UNHCR denied to NBC all accusations of fraud and corruption within its organization, admitting however to the existence of scammers who pose as UNHCR staff members to take advantage of refugees' vulnerabilities and promise resettlement.
Resettlement Support Centers (RSC) Fraud
The NBC investigation relayed allegations of bribery and corruption taking place not just at UNHCR, but within "companion organizations" charged with providing services to refugees. The United States relies on UNHCR for refugee determinations and resettlement referrals and on the Resettlement Support Centers (RSC) for the pre-screening process and case applications of refugees.7 These "companion organizations" could be one or more of the nine State Department-funded RSCs abroad. RSCs act as overseas processing entities that pre-screen refugees abroad and help them build their cases to submit to U.S. officials for resettlement.
RSC's collaborate closely with the State Department:
The RSC conducts an in-depth interview with the applicant, enters the applicant's documentation into the Department of State's Worldwide Refugee Admission Processing System (WRAPS), cross references and verifies the data, and sends the information necessary to conduct a background check to other U.S. agencies.8
RSCs have a central role in the process of vetting refugees for security threats:
U.S. national security agencies, including the National Counterterrorism Center, FBI, Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the Department of Defense, and the Department of State, as well as the intelligence community, begin screening the applicant using the data transmitted from the RSCs. [Emphasis added.]9
Three RSCs — Church World Service, the International Rescue Committee, and the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society — are also "resettlement agencies" (formerly called "voluntary agencies" or Volags) that get paid by the State Department per head to receive and place them inside the United States.10 The conflict of interest is clear.11
RSC staff (who are generally citizens of the countries they are stationed in) are entrusted with an important part of the resettlement process. They conduct in-person pre-screening interviews, help refugee applicants prepare their cases, and collect information that U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) officers later use to adjudicate cases. Also, all biographic checks are based on data gathered by RSCs. The RSCs' pre-screening job is less than perfect, to say the least.
A U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) review of the U.S. Refugee Admission Program's (USRAP) screening process and vulnerability to fraud uncovered major concerns with RSC case preparations, including staff fraud.12
GAO staff observed RSC caseworkers as they reviewed applicants' identification documents (passport, birth certificate, marriage certificate), recorded name variations (alternate name spellings), and family tree information; and took note of the applicants' flight journey and persecution stories (information later used by USCIS officers in their interviews, as we noted above).
GAO found that measures put in place by the U.S. State Department to monitor RSCs' performance and evaluate their key activities like pre-screening and preparation of case files for resettlement applicants were insufficient. Of the 70 Refugee Affairs Division (RAD) trip reports GAO analyzed that contained feedback on RSC activities, only 10 (14 percent) showed satisfaction with RSC case preparations; 45 (64 percent) identified major concerns. Other concerns such as staff fraud and applicant fraud were also underlined by GAO.
The Resettlement Support Center for sub-Saharan Africa that covers Ethiopia, Kenya, and Uganda and is based in Nairobi is the Church World Service (CWS).13 CWS, as mentioned above, also acts as a resettlement agency inside the United States.
The RSC for the Middle East and North Africa, which cover countries like Libya and Yemen and is based in Amman, Jordan, is run by the International Organization for Migration (IOM).14
UNHCR Staff, Mostly Local
UNHCR's workforce constitutes the "backbone" of the refugee agency.15 The agency employs some 16,765 staff in 138 countries, of whom nearly 90 percent are based in the field close to where refugees are. Refugees usually flee to neighboring countries in regions of turmoil and conflict. The largest portion of staff works in countries in Asia and Africa, continents that host as well as generate the most refugees. Many of these hosting countries are themselves beset by political instability, civil unrest, and economic hardships (not to mention human rights and corruption issues).
UNHCR local staff, in unsettled countries where citizens are already struggling, are likely to be tempted to abuse their position of power to take advantage of refugees' vulnerabilities.
UNHCR Staff Composition. Following NBC's investigation of UNHCR resettlement processes in Kenya, Uganda, Yemen, Ethiopia, and Libya, let's look at these countries' respective data on UNHCR staff composition (Table 1), country corruption indexes (Table 2), and U.S. funding (Table 3).
A total of 1,914 UNHCR staff members work in these five countries, of whom 79 percent (1,506) are national staff and 21 percent (408) international staff. Corruption might be more widespread among local staff who work in troubled settings and are citizens of countries that face economic setbacks, social turmoil, and corruption issues.
Country Corruption Index. Transparency International's "Corruption Perception Index 2018" ranked 180 countries and territories by their perceived levels of public sector corruption using a scale of 0 to 100, where 0 is highly corrupt and 100 is very clean.16
Somalia was last on the list of 180 countries, scoring 10/100 and earning it the spot of the most corrupt country in the world in 2018. The least corrupt country was Denmark, with a score of 88/100.
The average corruption score in 2018 for the five countries was 23.6/100. The average ranking was 150.6/180 (180 being the most corrupt country in the world). For comparison, the United States had a score of 71/100 and a ranking of 22/180.
UNHCR Funding. The United States is UNHCR's top funder in four of the five countries in question.
Number of Refugees Resettled in the United States. The Refugee Processing Center Portal tracks arrivals of resettled refugees into the United States by processing country.17 A total of 2,756 refugees from processing centers with widespread allegations of UNHCR staff corruption have been resettled in the United States so far in FY 2019. There have been no refugees resettled from the processing centers in Libya or Yemen, but the numbers for the reporting period October 1, 2018 (beginning of FY 2019) through March 31, 2019 for the other three countries are:
Ethiopia: 638
Kenya: 395
Uganda: 1,723
Do we know how many bribed themselves out of these hosting countries for a life in the United States?
The United States is entrusting the local staff of UNHCR with the selection of refugees eligible for resettlement in the United States, and entrusting the RSC staff with pre-screening and preparation of case files for resettlement applicants. We don't know much about these men and women the U.S. government believes possess the exceptional good judgment, expertise, and integrity needed to make refugee determinations and resettlement referrals. But we do know that most work in difficult conditions and are citizens of unsettled countries where corruption is at times deemed an acceptable, even necessary, means of survival.
Let's not forget that resettlement is one of UNHCR's "durable solutions". Resettled refugees are required by law "to apply for a green card (permanent residence) in the United States one year after being admitted as a refugee".18 They can apply for citizenship four years later (not five, as the five-year count for refugees starts on the day of arrival). From this perspective, a resettlement card gives access to citizenship. UNHCR staff are, in a way, deciding not only who can move to the United States, they are also choosing who will have the opportunity to become an American. Given such high stakes, and the reports of abuses, the U.S. government might want to reconsider the whole resettlement referral system put in place by UNHCR.
If "vulnerability" is no longer the key to selecting refugees for resettlement, does that mean bribery is?19
1 Sally Hayden, "Asylum for sale: Refugees say some U.N. workers demand bribes for resettlement", NBC News, April 6, 2019.
2 Nayla Rush, "The UN's Role in U.S. Refugee Resettlement: A "benefit of the doubt" screening policy", Center for Immigration Studies, June 10, 2017.
3 "UNHCR Resettlement Handbook", UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), 2011.
4 Nayla Rush, "U.S. Resettled More Refugees than Any Other Nation in 2017 and 2018", Center for Immigration Studies, March 14, 2019.
5 "Policy and Procedural Guidelines: Addressing Resettlement Fraud Perpetrated by Refugees", UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), March 2008.
7 "Who We Serve", Cultural Orientation Resource Exchange (CORE) website.
8 "The Refugee Processing and Screening System (text version of infographic)", U.S. Department of State website, January 20, 2017.
10 "United States Resettlement Partners", UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) website.
11 Nayla Rush, "IRC's Involvement in the U.S.-Australia Refugee Deal: A Clear Conflict of Interest", Center for Immigration Studies, June 13, 2017.
12 "Refugees: Actions Needed by State Department and DHS to Further Strengthen Applicant Screening Process and Assess Fraud Risks", United States Government Accountability Office (GAO), July 2017.
13 "Refugee resettlement from sub-Saharan Africa", Church World Service (CWS) website.
14 "Resettlement", International Organization for Migration-Jordan (IOM) website.
15 "Figures at a Glance", UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) website.
16 "Corruption Perception Index 2018", Transparency International website.
17 "Admissions and Arrivals", Refugee Processing Center, accessed April 10, 2019.
18 "Green Card for a Refugee", U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services website, last updated March 30, 2011.
19 Nayla Rush, "Vuulnerability' Is No Longer the Key to Selecting Refugees for Resettlement: But we knew that already", Center for Immigration Studies, October 23, 2017.
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We welcome you to the site of the Society for the Protection of the Environment of South Karystia (S.P.E.S.K. - Σ.Π.ΠΕ.Ν.Κ. Greek initials).
The Society for the Protection of the Environment of South Karystia - S.P.E.S.K. (ΣΠΠΕΝΚ - sppenk@gmail.com) was established in 1998 in Karystos.
The aim of the society is to protect the nature of South Karystia area, with special emphasis to the protection of the Ochi mountain area (NATURA). The society is working especially on the issue of prevention of installation of wind parks inside the protected area of the Ochi mountain. It watches the wind parks licensings through the whole area of South Evia and informs the local community.
It has expressed it's protest to all relevant authorities and to the European Commission of Environment, about the excessive installation of wind parks in the South Karystia area and especially in the area of the Ochi mountain.
The basic objective of the society is to support the scientific study of the Ochi mountain area and to document it's value in order to be brought out to the public and to be appreciated. Therefore, it cooperates with and supports scientific sectors and independent researchers that are interested in studying the chlora and fauna as well as the geology and archaeological monuments of the area.
For the information of it's members and it's local community, the society used to publish the newsletter 'The News of Spizaetus' (Spizaetus is a species of eagle). Currently, it informs it's members and the local news via regular email communication and this site. Also, it organizes visits to the countryside of S. Karystia area, aiming at bringing the general public in contact with the nature of the Ochi mountain and at raising it's awareness for it's protection.
This site is devoted to the natural environment of the Ochi mountain and to the wider area of South Karystia. Our objective is to present in a concise manner the natural landscapes and their values which are tightly bound to the traditional culture.
The natural and cultural wealth of the South Karystia area was never become known more widely, neither it's value was ever acknowledged, on the contrary, it was abandoned to it's fate with the result of being in danger of extinction.
The advance of wind turbines that will overwhelm the South Karystia area, as well as the development of extensive fish farms in the South Evoikos gulf are going to have a catalytic effect to the future of the area. We believe that the area of South Karystia deserves to be saved, instead of ending up as a construction site for the wind industry and industrial zone for fish farming.
Now, that the extinction of the natural and cultural heritage of the South Karystia area is approaching, we feel the urge to alarm the local community, because the salvation of the area is in it's hands.
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Discussion in 'MacBook' started by ashjamben, Apr 19, 2009.
rather strange that i ask, but let me explain.
i started getting wierd little grey marks on my palm rest, on the right hand side, and didn't have a clue what they were. they look like ''splodges", kinda dark on the outside and lighter on the inside. i then noticed these on the top case aswell. i also noticed my girlfriend has a few aswell on her topcase and palmrest, although not as bad.
i've tried figuring out what it could be, and one crazy idea what oust. i use it in my room every now and again, and often make sure my screens closed but sometimes forget. i thought maybe the liquid has fallen on my laptop on made the marks.
anyone else with this problem? or use oust with no problem?
edit: this is a white macbook, btw.
I've also just noticed this... Is it not just dirt from your hands?
i was thinking that, but i clean it pretty often (damp/almost dry micro fibre cloth, then bone dry micro fibre cloth) and it just won't come off. it could be something else, but i was just curious about the oust theory.
also, for anyone who doesn't know, oust is a spray air freshener.


PHP 220 was a Daimler CVG6 demonstrator of 1952 with a Northern Counties H33/28R body bought by Burwell and District in 1956 and withdrawn in 1972. It is seen here on 26th August 1959 in Drummer Street bus station, Cambridge (nowadays altered beyond recognition from its early layout) leaving on its way to Soham. It is passing one of the numerous Eastern Counties lowbridge K5Gs. Eastern Counties had very few low bridges in its territory, but allocated lowbridge double deckers to most of the country routes, keeping the highbridge fleet employed mainly on the Norwich and Cambridge town services. The contrast in refinement between the preselective, flexibly mounted, six cylinder highbridge Daimler and the rigidly mounted, five cylinder, constant mesh, lowbridge Bristol could surely not have been greater.
I well remember being very impressed by this lovely vehicle when, as a demonstrator, it was on loan to Leeds City Transport. I recall seeing it near the Town Hall on service 42 to Lower Wortley – can anyone recall if it was in some kind of deep purple, very dignified, or is the grey matter here really failing now ??
I was on that very last journey on June 6th 1979 and still have the ticket to prove it. It was operated by four Fleetlines and there was a certain amount of jockeying for position by the drivers in order to claim the title of the last Burwell bus to leave Drummer Street Bus Station. Our bus (9 DER) driven by Jim Neale, a relation of the Mansfield family, gained that honour although it wasn't the last to arrive back at the depot. I recall that villagers stood at their garden gates and waved goodbye as the final service passed by.
Chris, Peter Gould gives the production date of PHP 220 as 1952, but Paul Carter, a highly respected expert on East Anglian operators, says it dates from 1954. When was it on loan to Leeds? Can anyone verify the issue date of the registration? I plumped for 1952 in the above text as the 1954 date seemed rather late for a demonstrator of such a very well established vehicle type.
Volume 4 of Leeds Transport says that it was on loan from 24 August to 14 September 1954 and the livery was "maroon and cream without lining".
Many thanks for that reassurance Trevor – at least my memory of the colour, while not 100% accurate, wasn't too far wide of the mark. Mind you,in September 1954 I had other things on my mind, having just received from Her Majesty such a kind invitation to join her troops in blue on October 20th for a two year "event".
Regarding the issue date of the registration of PHP by Coventry. I have two books which give details of various histories, issue dates, etc, of UK registrations. Both agree that Coventry started to issue PHP in July 1954. The next mark (PRW) followed in September 1954. So this would narrow down PHP220 to the summer of 1954. If the chassis dated from 1952 as suggested above, perhaps it was used by Daimler for it's own internal purposes (or on trade plates?) before it's use as a demonstrator. That's just my speculation – I have no documentary evidence on Daimler's use of the chassis, or when the body was built.
Bus Lists on the Web gives the date new as being 1954.
But according to the recent PSV Circle publication regarding Daimler Chassis Numbers 16685 etc, the bus was built in 1952 as the 4th prototype CL lightweight chassis. Bodied in 1952 and first registered as a demonstrator in 1954. Sold to Burwell and District in March 1956. Re-designated as a CV by Daimler.
I also think that the shot above was photographed at Middlewich not Northwich.
'A History of Motor Vehicle Registrations in the United Kingdom' by L.H. Newall shows that the County Borough Council of Coventry issued PHP marks from 7/54 until 9/54.
'Bus Lists On The Web' gives a date new of 1954 on the Northern Counties body list, and the chassis number seems to point to much the same date. Coventry's 1951/2 batch of CVD6s had KVC registrations, and their next delivery, CVG6s delivered in 1955/6, were RWK. So all the evidence appears to indicate that when this vehicle was on loan to Leeds, it was very, very, new.
Stephen's account of the history of this vehicle is endorsed by Alan Townsin's book on Daimler published by Ian Allen. If I had looked in my copy first I would have found the answer. He says that chassis 18337 was one of the CL prototype lightweight chassis of 1952, which suggests that it began life with a Gardner 5LW engine and the power hydraulic braking system of the CD650. It eventually emerged for psv use as PHP 220 with a lightweight Northern Counties body in 1954, by which time it had become a CVG6 with conventional vacuum brakes.
I understood that the reason for lowbridge buses in the Eastern Counties fleet was the restricted headroom in their Ipswich depot and bus station.
PHP 220 was acquired by B&D on 5th April 1956 and sold on 7th January 1972. While with B&D air brakes and gear change were fitted.
Jim, the air-operated preselector was quite new to Daimler in 1954, having been announced that year as an option on the Freeline; according to a leaflet somebody sent me a scan of.
Stephen, the newest B&D Freeline with vacuum brakes was NVE 1, built in 1954. only the last 2, built in 1958/58 had air brakes and gearchange.
An amusing anecdote regarding the air-change on PHP was of a part-time driver, not familiar with the system parking on the bay in Drummer St. bus station leaving it in reverse gear. (i.e not engaging neutral by depressing the pedal after selecting). After tea-break and a slight air-leak when the engine was started the bus was stuck in reverse gear which required half of the bus station to be cleared while the embarrassed driver reversed round far enough to build up enough air-pressure to disengage reverse and then engage a forward gear to proceed.
The same P/T driver was also embarrassed a few years later when driving a Fleetline for the first time. He parked in Drummer St., opened the door with the gear selector and stopped the engine. When it was time to depart he pressed the starter button and nothing happened as the gear selector was still in the door position. After a few moments fiddling and no sign of life the Conductress was about to go to the phone box to call for assistance. I was a 16 year old passenger sitting on the back seat and knew what to do so made my way to the front of the bus, flicked the gear selector in to neutral and pressed the starter button and we were away.
I don't think the driver liked being shown up by a teenager like that but I went on to drive many more miles in that bus than he ever did!
I've one question from your original post info, Roger. Did the family sell the company to Eastern Counties in the end, or at least the goodwill, since EC didn't buy their vehicles?
Jim. Vacuum braked Freelines? I have only previously heard of hydraulic or air.
Stephen, To be honest I am not sure about the difference between vacuum and hydraulic brakes. I know the earlier Freelines did have a peculiar system which also involved the gear-change pedal but my experience driving them was very limited and I was only 21 at the time as most buses and coaches that I have driven have had air brakes.
Yes, Chris, according to Paul Carter in his writings on Cambridge area operators, Burwell sold out to ECOC after all other approaches to independents proved fruitless. Paul's book, "Cambridge 2", includes some reminiscences by Jim Neale about his time with Burwell & District and afterwards – well worth a read. Turning to the Freeline braking question, I, too, can find no reference at all to a vacuum braked option. The power hydraulic braking system with which Daimler became rather besotted was the standard fitment to the Freeline, but Daimler very quietly introduced an air braked option in 1952. I cannot discover just how many Freelines had air brakes, but surely the eight that went to Great Yarmouth must have been so fitted. Geoff Hilditch is unremitting in his loathing of the brakes of the Halifax CD650 'deckers. He would assuredly not have ordered Freelines with the hated hydraulic system. Incidentally, the Freeline had a high driving position because the spare wheel was located beneath the floor at the front of the chassis. On the subject of the power hydraulic braking, steering, gearchange system, one wonders why Daimler became so wedded to this arrangement. The AEC Regent III had shown the way forward with air operated brakes and gearchange, and power assisted steering was always a possible extra fitment to any chassis if required. Daimler had previously adopted air brakes entirely successfully in its trolleybus chassis from 1936 onwards, so the firm was fully familiar with the system. Power Hydraulic braking was never popular with the operating industry, and apart from the special cases of London Transport's RMs and Midland Red's D9s, bus operating engineers elsewhere generally kept well clear. Those chassis that did have the full hydraulic system didn't sell very well, witness the Dennis Lancet UF, Foden PVD/PVSC and the Tilling-Stevens Express MkII. No doubt other correspondents can think of some more examples.
G. G. Hillditch did indeed specify air-operated brakes and gears (Daimatic) on FEX 524-5 and AEX 18-20B: he also had fitted Gardner rather than Daimler engines. He detailed the specification process in "Looking At Buses".
Some pictures of the last days of Burwell & District may be found here:- http://angliaandthamesvalleybusforum.com/index.php?
With reference to Stephen Allcroft query re: Freeline vacuum brakes. I think what Jim meant was "Servo (vacuum) assisted hydraulic system" Lockheed called this "continuous flow system" It was also use3d on a lot of early Routemasters.


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Gannon Abused Minors, Adults Across 3 Institutions; Later Taught Sociology at GU
by Myroslav Dobroshynskyi — March 15, 2019
In 1983, Fr. Thomas M. Gannon, S.J., received the faculty member of the year award from Loyola University Chicago for his work as chair of the sociology department. The same year, Gannon left Loyola to become a professor at Georgetown University and the director of the Woodstock Theological Center in Ida Ryan Hall — a move that came after Gannon sexually abused a minor at a church in Highland, Ind., that year.
That accusation, deemed credible by the U.S. Midwest Province of the Society of Jesus in 2018, is one of several against Gannon, both before and after his time at Georgetown from 1983 to 1986. Gannon, who died in 2011, also sexually abused minors while teaching at an Ohio high school in the 1960s and at two parishes in the 1990s, according to the Midwest Province.
WOODSTOCK THEOLOGICAL CENTER ARCHIVES | Fr. Thomas M. Gannon, S.J., was credibly accused of sexually abusing a minor in Indiana before he became a professor at Georgetown, according to a report by the Midwest Province of the Society of Jesus.
While he was chair of the sociology department at Loyola, Gannon — who would later teach sociology to undergraduates at Georgetown — allegedly sexually assaulted and harassed at least two graduate students, allegations that were reported at the time to Loyola administrators in the Jesuit order, but were not public until now.
Gannon taught Georgetown undergraduate classes on comparative social structures and the sociology of religion from 1983 to 1986, according to archives of class schedules from those years. During his time at Georgetown, Gannon lived in a Jesuit residence two blocks from the front gates and worked as the director of the Woodstock Theological Center, a research center located in Ida Ryan Hall that was managed by the Maryland Province of the Jesuit order until the center closed in 2013.
Georgetown University, which first learned of allegations against Gannon from the Midwest Province's report Dec. 17, 2018, has not publicly acknowledged his past work on campus.
As chair of Loyola's sociology department from 1972 to 1983, Gannon advised graduate students on their research projects. Two graduate students studying in the department under Gannon were harassed by him in the 1970s, they said in interviews with The Hoya. They reported Gannon's actions to Jesuit administrators, who dismissed the complaints, leading both students to leave the university.
Gannon routinely invited one of those students, Sam Terzich, to his off-campus apartment while Terzich was conducting research in the early 1970s. During Terzich's last visit, Gannon made unwelcome advances on him. Gannon's harassment included a physical attack where he attempted to unbuckle Terzich's belt and pull down his pants. Gannon said he wanted to spank Terzich and pull him over his knee. Terzich resisted the attack, pushed Gannon to the floor and left the apartment.
"He was a sick guy," Terzich said in a phone interview with The Hoya.
In the subsequent weeks, Gannon harassed Terzich, calling him repeatedly and showing up to his apartment. Terzich avoided Gannon, rejecting his calls and not answering the door at his apartment. Communicating through other students, Gannon threatened to revoke Terzich's research assistant position if he did not meet with him.
Terzich informed two professors and Fr. Robert McNamara, S.J., then Loyola's vice chancellor, about the events and the continued harassment. McNamara did not offer support, though he was not surprised by the assertions of Gannon's behavior, according to Terzich. McNamara, who died in 1985, supported Gannon, citing the latter's esteemed status in both the university and the Chicago Province, which has since been combined with other regions to form the Midwest Province.
Terzich left Loyola during his first year of graduate studies because of McNamara's lack of support. After leaving school, Terzich moved, changed phone numbers and did not hear from Gannon.
When Loyola contacted Terzich several months later regarding the status of his research, Terzich informed them of Gannon's actions and the circumstances of his departure. The university never followed up.
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One of Terzich's fellow graduate students at Loyola in the 1970s, referred to by the pseudonym Stephen, was also sexually harassed by Gannon, he said in a phone interview with The Hoya. Gannon invited Stephen to his apartment by passing messages through his receptionist, who warned students it was in their best interest to meet with Gannon, the chair of their department.
After rejecting several attempts by Gannon to meet with him, Stephen went to the professor's apartment, where Gannon tried to spank and hug him. Angered by these unwanted advances, the student pushed Gannon away.
After this incident, Stephen informed an on-campus community of Jesuits and then-president of Loyola University Chicago Fr. Raymond C. Baumhart, S.J., of Gannon's predatory behavior. Baumhart sent an administrator to speak with the student, and contacted Gannon about the student's complaint, according to Stephen.
Stephen told the administrator that many male students were uncomfortable with Gannon's behavior and said they were considering leaving the program because of him. After no disciplinary action was taken against Gannon, Stephen left the graduate program after one semester.
On Baumhart's behalf, Fr. Robert J. Scullin, S.J., the superior of the Jesuit community in Michigan where Baumhart lives, declined to comment.
In 1983, Gannon left Loyola and began his work at Georgetown, where he taught undergraduate students for three years.
Gannon sexually abused minors at two institutions before coming to Georgetown and two more institutions after, according to a report by the Midwest Jesuit Province released in December 2018 that deemed the allegations against Gannon credible.
The first known abuse, committed between 1961 and 1966, was at St. Ignatius High School in Cleveland, where Gannon taught. Gannon went on to sexually abuse a minor in 1983 at St. James Church in Gary, Ind., before the province reassigned him to the Woodstock Theological Center at Georgetown, where he served as director from 1983 to 1986. After leaving Georgetown, Gannon also sexually abused minors in the 1990s at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church and Holy Family Church, both in Chicago.
The Midwest Province, which was sent questions for this article March 8, has not commented on when it received allegations against Gannon.
Before 2002, when the Boston Globe's Spotlight report revealed the Catholic Church's sexual abuse cover-up, Woodstock did not commonly check for sexual abuse allegations when hiring a Jesuit, according to Fr. John Langan, S.J., who was acting director of Woodstock after Gannon left in 1986 and worked as a senior fellow at the center from 1976 until 1995, according to archival records of the Maryland Province.
"Woodstock is a research institution, and so it doesn't have a well-defined clientele of students or faculty," Langan said in a phone interview with The Hoya. "So there is not the kind of direct pastoral responsibility or the likelihood of situations that are focused on the discussions of the abuse of children. I think most of the time we didn't think much about that."
Gannon was also the director of studies and religious formation for the Chicago Province of the Jesuits from 1970 to 1980. For six of those years, he was elected chairman of the national policy group for Jesuit training in the United States, where he also acted as a consultant to the Jesuit Superior General in Rome.
Gannon's positions of power in the province and the university provided him access to students dependent on his advice and counsel. These types of relationships, in which a priest advises someone under their supervision, enable abusers to draw on their embedded power to take advantage of adults, according to David Pooler, a professor at Baylor University researching clerical abuse of adults.
"When someone becomes 18, we make some assumptions that aren't true, which is that they can provide consent," Pooler said in a phone interview with The Hoya. "And they can't when there's that kind of power differential."
If you would like to share any information regarding this investigation, please contact The Hoya at [email protected] or through any methods described here. Campus, local and national resources for processing this content can be found here.
This article has been updated to correctly reflect the location of Woodstock Theological Center from Gannon's time working there.
Tags: abuse, gannon, jesuit, Loyola University Chicago, Thomas M. Gannon, woodstock
Author: Myroslav Dobroshynskyi
While working on my Master's Degree in Human Resources, I worked as a clerk in the Sociology Dept. at LUC during the late 70's. It was always rumored that Gannon would give basketball players enrolled in his sociolgy classes passing grades if he could spank them. This helped the players maintain the necessary grade point to remain eligible to play. After reading your article, it was most likely true.
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A family at the Khazair checkpoint after fleeing Mosul. Credit: R. Nuri/UNHCR-ACNUR via Flickr (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0).
Baghdad, Iraq, Jul 24, 2014 / 10:50 am ().- Following the effective expulsion of Christians from the city of Mosul by Islamists last week, a prominent local abbot has voiced the need for concrete action supporting Christians in Iraq.
Early in June, the Sunni militant organization ISIS began attacking cities in north and northwest Iraq, capturing Mosul, the capital of Nineveh province. On July 18, the group issued an ultimatum to Christians in the city, insisting they convert to Islam, pay jizya tax, or be killed. Thousands of Christians and other religious minorities fled the city, seeking refuge in villages in the Nineveh Plains and Kurdistan.
Archimandrite Youkhana's letter detailed the extent of ISIS desecration in Mosul: the city's some 30 churches and monasteries have all been seized, and their crosses removed. Many were looted and burned. The Syriac Orthodox cathedral of Mar Ephraim has been converted to a mosque.
The homes of Christians who have fled have been marked with the Arabic letter 'nun', standing for 'nusrani' – meaning Nazerene, or Christian. The homes have been confiscated for use by ISIS.
As Christians flee both north and east into Kurdistan and the Nineveh Plain, they are being stripped of what few possessions they had been able to carry with them. According to a report of Christian Aid Program Northern Iraq, a displaced family was forced from a car at a check point, beaten, and their gold, phones, cash, and car were all confiscated.
ISIS has begun implementing female genital mutilation, according to reports.
Local Shiites of both the Turkmen and Shabak peoples have had their homes seized and destroyed, and they have fled to Erbil, in nearby Iraqi Kurdistan, 55 miles southeast of Mosul.
Archimandrite Youkhana noted that Turkmen and Shabak people adhering to Sunni Islam have been left in safety, saying this "reflects how deep the sectarian conflict is" in Iraq.
Last week, Archimandrite Youkhana visited Bakhdida, Bartella, and Bashiqa, towns located fewer than 30 miles east of Mosul. All of them suffer from a lack of drinking water, electricity, and medicine, ISIS having cut off their supplies. Most of the Christians there are Syriac, either Catholic or Orthodox.
Bakhdida is a city of some 50,000, nearly all of them Syriac Catholics. Much of the city fled when ISIS seized Mosul, but local leaders told the abbot that about 80 percent had returned. "The current security situation is calm but the fear and horror is there as well," he said.
Looking to the future, the abbot said he does not expect ISIS to expand into the Nineveh Plain, because of the peshmerga, or Kurdish militants; the Iraqi military in Tikrit; and because the population is not largely Shia, and so is not inclined to accept the Sunni Islamist group.
The Mosul bishops called on the Iraqi government to protect Christians and other minorities; to provide financial support for the displaced families; and to give those families housing and schools if the crisis persists.


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It's been a while since I did Music Monday, which I intend to start up again from now!
Today's Music Monday track is a tune from BattleBlock Theatre, the latest game from The Behemoth, most known for their arcade game Castle Crashers. I purchased the game yesterday, and am having a lot of fun so far. The Behemoth's humour is continued in this title, along with the cute style and fun multi-player.


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