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Legendary comic book master Will Eisner's groundbreaking graphic novel "A Contract with God" is being adapted into a live action feature film, it was announced this evening at Comic- Con International 2010 by the film's producers.  In what is considered by many to be one of the most influential graphic novels ever written, in "A Contract with God" Eisner utilizes the comic book format in an innovative and pioneering way to explore stories and memories from his childhood growing up in a New York City tenement. Each tale captures the brutality, fragility, and tenderness that exists among people living in close quarters in challenging economic times.
A quartet of acclaimed independent directors are attached to direct each of the graphic novel's four adjoining chapters: Alex Rivera ("Sleep Dealer"); Tze Chun ("Children of Invention"); Barry Jenkins ("Medicine for Melancholy"); and Sean Baker ("Prince of Broadway," MTV's "Warren the Ape").  The film will be produced and adapted for the screen by Darren Dean, whose first feature "Prince of Broadway," about an illegal immigrant in contemporary New York City, is being released this fall and whose second feature, Rwanda-shot "Kinyarwanda" (directed by Alrick Brown) is in post-production, due for a festival bow in 2011.
The film adaptation of "A Contract with God" will be produced under the auspices of the Eisner estate in the spirit of the original work.  Bob Schreck, a 30-year veteran of the comic book industry and Michael Ruggiero, former head of original programming at STARZ, will serve as Co-Executive Producers.  Black Squirrel Films Co-Founder Tommy Oliver will serve as Co-Producer and Mark Rabinowitz, Co-Founder of indieWIRE.com, will serve as Associate Producer.
Focusing on the immigrant struggle,  "A Contract With God" takes a look at a salient theme across four separate but related stories, set primarily in a New York City tenement in the 1930s.  The four segments are: "A Contract With God" (Rivera), "The Street Singer" (Chun), "The Super" (Jenkins) and  "Cookalien," (Baker). Each of the filmmakers comes to the project with a distinct aesthetic approach which will capture the diversity, style and essence of Eisner's story. Nat Sanders ("Medicine for Melancholy," "Humpday") will serve as editor on the entire film.
The announcement regarding the film adaptation of "A Contract with God" was made this evening at the 22nd annual Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards, which honors creative achievement in American comic books including induction ceremonies into the comics industry Hall of Fame, the first time such an announcement has been made at the Eisners. Will Eisner was a regular participant in the award ceremony until his death in 2005.
Darren Dean said, "I look forward to finding the fine balance of offering Eisner fans a very faithful interpretation of his work and allowing the voices of these strong and competent filmmakers to be heard. We are all approaching the inaugural stage of this project with respect, honor and anticipation and hope that the fans will welcome us with both faith and scrutiny. This is for them, as much as any of us."
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Bob Schreck said, "Getting to know Will Eisner was one of the great honors of both my personal and professional journeys. We are all well aware that the work ahead has a very high bar of excellence to aspire to set by Mr. Eisner's pioneering achievements in storytelling."
Tze Chun said, "Before I became a filmmaker, I wanted to be a comic book artist, and I spent many nights poring over Eisner's Comics & Sequential Art.  The book should be mandatory reading for every person who wants to be a storyteller regardless of their intended medium.  Eisner's magnum opus, "A Contract With God," is a master class in visual storytelling — groundbreaking, humanistic, moving, and rich in detail.  Within these four short stories, Eisner creates an entire world.  I'm very excited to be a part of the team that will bring this film to life."
Key roles will be cast in the coming months with principle photography set to begin in 2011.
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Q: $x^2 + y^2 = 10 , \,\, \frac{1}{x} + \frac{1}{y} = \frac{4}{3}$ I couldn't solve the above equation. Below, I describe my attempt at solving it.
$$x^2 + y^2 = 10 \tag{1}$$
$$\frac{1}{x} + \frac{1}{y} = \frac{4}{3} \tag{2}$$
Make the denominator common in the RHS of $(2)$.
$$\frac{y + x}{xy} = \frac{4}{3} \tag{2.1}$$
Multiply $(2.1)$ through by $3$:
$$\frac{3(y + x)}{xy} = 4 \tag{2.2}$$
Let $y = mx$
Substitute $y = mx$ into $(1)$ and $(2.2)$:
$$x^2 + m^2x^2 = 10 \tag{1.1}$$
$$\frac{3(mx + x)}{mx^2} = 4$$
Factorise:
$$\frac{3x(m + 1)}{x(mx)} = 4$$
$$\frac{3(m + 1)}{(mx)} = 4$$
Cross multiply:
$$3(m+1) = 4mx$$
Collect like terms:
$$4mx - 3m = 3$$
Factorise:
$$m(4x - 3) = 3$$
Divide through by $(4x - 3)$:
$$m = \frac{3}{4x - 3} \tag{3}$$
Substitute $(3)$ into $(1.1)$
$$x^2 + \left(\frac{3}{4x - 3}\right)^2x^2 = 10$$
$$x^2 + \frac{9x^2}{16x^2 - 24x + 9} = 10$$
Multiply through by ${16x^2 - 24x + 9}$:
$$16x^2 - 24x^3 + 9x^2 + 9x^2 = 10(16x^2 - 24x + 9)$$
Divide through by $2$:
$$8x^4 - 12x^3 + 9x^2 = 80x^2 - 120x + 45$$
$$8x^4 - 12x^3 - 71x^2 +120x - 45 = 0$$.
$x = 0$ is not a solution of the above equation, so divide through by $x^2$:
$$8x^2 - 12x - 71 + \frac{120}{x} - \frac{45}{x^2} = 0 \tag{1.2}$$
Let $v = x - \frac{k}{x}$.
$$v^2 = x^2 - 2k + \frac{k^2}{x^2}$$
Rewriting $(1.2)$:
$$\left(8x^2 - 71 - \frac{45}{x^2}\right) + \left(-12x + \frac{120}{x}\right)$$
$$\left(8x^2 - 71 - \frac{45}{x^2}\right) + \left(-12(x - \frac{10}{x}\right) \tag{1.3}$$
Putting $k = 10$, works for $v$, but not for $v^2$.
I don't know any other approach to solving the equation from $(1.3)$.

A: The right approach is via symmetric functions: set $s=x+y$, $p=xy$. Then

*

*$x^2+y^2=s^2-2p,\:$  so we have the relation: $\;s^2-2p=10 \tag{1}$

*$\dfrac 1x+\dfrac 1y=\dfrac sp=\dfrac43,\:$  whence a second relation: $\;3s=4p\tag{2}$.

Relation $(1)$, taking relation $(2)$ into account, yields a quadratic equation in $s$:
$$2s^2-3s-10.$$
Solve for $s$, then $p$, and it comes down to the high school classical problem of finding two numbers, given their sum and their product.
You should find $4$ pairs of solutions corresponding to the fact that two conics intersect in $4$ points.

A: from the second equation we get
$$x+y=\frac{4}{3}xy$$ and $$x,y\ne 0$$
solving this equation for $y$ we get $$y=\frac{x}{\frac{4}{3}x-1}$$
this can we insert in the first equation
$$x^2+\left(\frac{x}{\frac{4}{3}x-1}\right)^2=10$$
simplifying and factorizing we get
$$2\, \left( x-1 \right)  \left( x-3 \right)  \left( 8\,{x}^{2}+20\,x-15
 \right)
=0$$
can you finish?

A: Let $s=x+y$ and let $p=xy$. Then you know that $10=x^2+y^2=(x+y)^2-2xy=s^2-2p$ and that $\frac43=\frac1x+\frac1y=\frac sp$. So let us solve the system$$\left\{\begin{array}{l}s^2-2p=10\\p=\frac34s.\end{array}\right.$$Replacing $p$ by $\frac34s$ in the first equation gives $s^2-\frac32s=10$. This equation has two solutions: $s=4$ (for which $p=3$) and $s=-\frac52$ (for which $p=-\frac{15}{8}$). Now, all that's left is to solve the systems$$\left\{\begin{array}{l}x+y=4\\xy=3\end{array}\right.\text{ and }\left\{\begin{array}{l}x+y=-\frac52\\xy=-\frac{15}8.\end{array}\right.$$

A: help from the graph :
$$x^2+y^2=10 \to \text {Circle}$$
$$\dfrac{1}{x}+\dfrac{1}{y}=\dfrac{4}{3}\to y=\dfrac{3x}{4x-3}\to \text{Hemographic
}$$

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Q: How to create a user password with an expiration date in C# I'm working with WindowsForms and C#. The deal of my project is that i need to set a password per user (there are currently 4 users) that expires in a month and after that they need to generate a new random password.
The part of the random password i already have it, but i can't make the expiration time to work.
I have been working with the DateTime class, but i cant make it to work.
I try to make an if condition like the example below:
if(DateTime.Now < DateTime.Now.AddSeconds(-10))
{
//Message box that tells you that the password has expired
}
else
{
//Random password generator code
}

Also i have try comparing seconds with a variable i define, example:
int Time = DateTime.Now.Seconds;
int Time2 = 10;

if(Time2 > Time)
{
 //Message box that tells you that the password has expired
}
else
{
//Random password generator code
}

I'm also using sql for the database, and i have a table user, where i stored the username and the password. But i haven't tried of accesing theme, because i wanted to get the code for the expiration password work first.
Also i have been investigating about my problem and i only found something Active Directory, but i don't think that solves my problem.
Any way i can solve this?

A: You can't auto make the password expire. The most common solution to this answer is to hold the Password Expiry date on the table where you keep your username and password.
During login process, check for valid login, if successful then check for password expiry. If the password is expired redirect to change password page instead of main form. And as tha password is updated don't forget to update the new expiry date as well.


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Q: How to handle compressed response with JSforce in NodeJS How might we uncompress responses using JSforce? I'm using Connect REST API.
I have tried to decompress the content of String with Zlib (because the header Content-Encoding is set to gzip) and decode as UTF, moving into a Buffer and decompressing but none of it worked (for Zlib I keep getting an error like incorrect header check).
This is the code with JSforce as of today:
import jsforce from 'jsforce'

const webStoreId = '0ZE...';
const communityUrl = 'https://myDomainName--sandboxName.sandbox.my.site.com/siteSuffix';
const accessToken = '00D...';
let conn = new jsforce.Connection({
    instanceUrl: communityUrl,
    accessToken: accessToken
  });

const searchTerm = 'vita';
const pageIndex = 0;

const response = await conn.request(
    {
        url: `/services/data/v54.0/commerce/webstores/${webStoreId}/search/product-search`,
        method: 'post',
        body: `
        {
            "searchTerm": "${searchTerm}",
            "includePrices": true,
            "fields": ["Name", "StockKeepingUnit", "Description"],
            "page": ${pageIndex},
            "pageSize": 1
        }
        `,
        headers: { "Content-Type": "application/json"},
    }
);

The response contains something like '\x1F�\b\x00\x0.
I was able to make it work with a regular request using Axio library but this does not seems to benefit from other features that JSforce can provide:
import axios from 'axios'

const communityUrl = 'https://myDomainName--sandboxName.sandbox.my.site.com/siteSuffix';
const webStoreId = '0ZE...';
const searchTerm = 'vita';
const accessToken = '00D...';

let response = await axios
  .post(
      `${communityUrl}/services/data/v54.0/commerce/webstores/${webStoreId}/search/product-search`,
      {
        "searchTerm": searchTerm,
        "includePrices": true,
        "fields": ["Name", "StockKeepingUnit", "Description"],
        "page": pageIndex,
        "pageSize": 1
      },
      {
        headers: {
          "Authorization": `Bearer ${accessToken}`,
          "Content-Type": "application/json"
        }
      }
    );

The response.data then contains the JSON response.
Worth knowing that if I disable uncompressing on Axios, I get the same result as JSforce. And this is not happening in all instances.

A: gzip, zlib, and zip are three separate file formats that are incompatible with each other. zlib should be able to handle it, according to this answer on Stack Overflow but needs to be told that it is supposed to be using gzip (RFC 1952) rather than the native zlib (RFC 1950). Instead, consider just using gzip directly, you can install it with npm i --save gzip.

A: I have found a solution to this problem that can save others countless hours.
I added gzip: true on the request object. It works because the request object is sent to the request module with its attributes.
The source of the answer shared by Yamyle: https://stackoverflow.com/a/28583320/8255460
See the gzip: true after the headers:
import jsforce from 'jsforce'

const webStoreId = '0ZE...';
const communityUrl = 'https://myDomainName--sandboxName.sandbox.my.site.com/siteSuffix';
const accessToken = '00D...';
let conn = new jsforce.Connection({
    instanceUrl: communityUrl,
    accessToken: accessToken
  });

const searchTerm = 'vita';
const pageIndex = 0;

const response = await conn.request(
    {
        url: `/services/data/v54.0/commerce/webstores/${webStoreId}/search/product-search`,
        method: 'post',
        body: `
        {
            "searchTerm": "${searchTerm}",
            "includePrices": true,
            "fields": ["Name", "StockKeepingUnit", "Description"],
            "page": ${pageIndex},
            "pageSize": 1
        }
        `,
        headers: { "Content-Type": "application/json"},
        gzip: true
    }
);

Note: this is required because because as stated on request documentation:

For backwards-compatibility, response compression is not supported by default. To accept gzip-compressed responses, set the gzip option to true. Note that the body data passed through request is automatically decompressed while the response object is unmodified and will contain compressed data if the server sent a compressed response.


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Bojjanakonda, a historical place with great monuments and sculptures of Buddha..
The Second Largest fresh water lake in Andhra Pradesh.
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Bojjana Konda, Lingala Konda historic place with great monuments and sculptures of Budhdha. This Tourist spot is just 2 km away from Anakapalle. It is highly crowded on the festival of Kanuma.
This Bojjana Konda was built in SATHAVAHA's time (1st A.D) ,this is in SHANKARAM village. This Shankaram village previous called as SANGARAVAM (Means buddhist living place) but people using this Sangaravam as Shankaram.
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Around 10 km from Anakapalle is Kondakarla Ava. It is the second largest freshwater lake in the state and has been designated an ecotourism destination. Near the lake is a temple dedicated to Shri Dakshina Kasi Visweswara Swamy which houses the largest crystal lingam in the world. There is also a temple for Bhagiradhi ammavaru, where on every dussara 10 days festival will takaplace.
Anakapalle is known for its seashores such as Mutyalammapalem, Tantadi (Shooting Spot), and Pudimadaka. Pudimadaka is visited by Hindus during the festival of Kartika Pournami every year.
It is also Called Lingala Tirugudu , It is a famous and Oldest Shiva Linga Temple.
As per History of this temple the Linga was Rotating Around it self continuously after some years it was stopped right now it was slightly in side angle.
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This village is situated at a distance of about 10 kms. North East of Yelamanchili and 24 kms. From Anakapalli, it derived its name from the five Jets of water coming out of five fountains which receive their supplies from a natural perennial spring. Near by there is lingam on which are carved other lingams in 12 rows of 85 each and which is consequently known as the Kotilingam or Crore of lingams. There are several inscriptions on the pillars of the Mandapam in the temple and two of them dated in AD 1407 and 1428 contain a genealogy of chiefs who claimed Eastern Chalukya ancestry and bore the Eastern Chalukya titles of Sarvalokasraya and Vishnu Vardana.
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Infinix Hot S3: Should you buy it?
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Hong-Kong based smartphone manufacturer Infinix launched its first smartphone last year. This year, Infinix launched its new affordable smartphone Infinix Hot S3 at an attractive price tag of INR 8999. The smartphone offers attractive features like a 20-MP front camera with dual LED flash and a Full View 18:9 display screen. We had used the Infinix Hot S3 for better half of last month and here we present you our thoughts about the device and is it worth your money?
Infinix Hot S3 has a metal-like finish with a unibody design. The volume rocker keys and the power button is placed on the right side of the edge while the SIM card and SD card slot is stapled on the left. The rear panel has a camera and LED flash on the top right, a fingerprint sensor at middle and Infinix Logo at the center. Front panel features a camera and other sensors at the top and on-screen buttons at the bottom of the display. Speaker grill and microUSB port are present on the bottom and the 3.5mm audio jack is present on the top.
The Hot S3 features a 5.65-inch 2.5D curved glass display with a resolution of 1440 by 720 pixels and a pixel density of about 285 PPI. It offers a 18:9 aspect ratio and a screen-to-body ratio of 81 %. With a big and colorful display size, this device it is good for multimedia viewing. However, the screen is a bit dull because of low sharpness. The Night Light and Ambient Display option give better use. It measures 153 x 72.85 x 8.4 mm and weighs 150 grams which makes it bit heavy to use. Overall the design is simple but the build is sturdy.
Infinix Hot S3 is powered by an Octa-Core Snapdragon 430 chipset with four ARM Cortex A53 cores clocked at 1.2 GHz per core and other four at 1.5GHz per core. The Snapdragon processor is supported by Adreno 505 for GPU. There's a 3GB or 4GB of RAM depending on the model but we got the 3GB RAM variant. It also has 32GB of onboard storage out of which we got 23GB of free space.
It is a dual-SIM smartphone which supports 4G VoLTE. Both the SIMs support 4G, but you can enable 4G only in one SIM at a time, while the other switches to 3G. It also has other connectivity options like Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.2, GPS and USB OTG. The device is backed by 4000mAh of battery.
Infinix Hot S3 runs on Android 8.0 (Oreo) with custom XOS Hummingbird V3.0 UI on top. The UI has a customizable quick settings toggle, custom home screen that lets you adjust icon size, desktop grid and more. The XOS UI name may be different but it almost resembles to all other Chinese UI. Apart from the utility apps and Google apps, it has few bloatwares like Flipkart, Facebook, PHX Browser, Calcare Service app for device support, XClub, XShare and XTheme apps.
With Snapdragon 430 SoC, 3GB RAM and Android 8.0 it runs pretty smoothly. The multitasking ability is good and we didn't find any type of lag in our usage. The gaming performance of Infinix Hot S3 with Adreno 505 GPU is great although there was a bit lag in high-end games gameplay. The benchmark performance was also quite good. The fingerprint sensor works very well and unlocks the smartphone quickly. The 4000mAh of battery offers a full day battery backup with heavy usage. It doesn't have fast charging and it took almost 2 hours to fully charge the device. The audio and video playback is average as the sharpness in display was missing.
Infinix Hot S3 is equipped with a 12-megapixel rear camera with f/2.0 aperture and dual LED Flash. The rear camera captures decent images with good color compositions. The daylight images with HDR and Focus were great however it struggles with the low light conditions.
The front panel sports a 20-megapixel camera with dual LED flash and f/2.0 aperture. The selfie camera captures well-cloured images. It has decent in-depth details too. It also offers a Portrait Mode which blurs the background.
The camera UI is simple and easy to use. It also offers several modes such as Panorama, Night, Timelapse and professional to adjust metering, exposure, shutter speed, ISO, white balance, and focus. It offers maximum video recording of 1080p at 30fps. The video quality is good it has very less distortions.
The Infinix Hot S3 is definitely modern and has a processor and memory combination that is totally apt for this price segment. It's rear camera is not great but it is definitely not bad for the price that you pay. At INR 8999 the Hot S3 competes directly with the Redmi Y1 and Oppo Realme Real 1. And on compairing, the Infinix Hot S3 has an edge over the Redmi Y1 when it comes to selfie camera, battery life, full-screen display and Android version. Overall the device is good at this price point but with newer devices such as Realme Real 1, its really hard to compete.
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IT's like no other place on Earth. That was the promise before we left for our visit to Queensland, Australia's Sunshine State… and it was far from an idle boast. This place is a living treasure, a place that keeps on giving. Just when you think you've seen it all, it gives you more.
From the moment our flight landed at Cairns International Airport, and our faces felt the first burst of heat on the short walk across the apron, it was hard to shake the feeling that something special was about to unfold. From our endless coastlines to the great outback expanses, the world famous Great Barrier Reef and our array of luscious rainforests, our home state is a giant living and breathing postcard waiting to be explored.
Cairns, in north Queensland, is a relatively small city, the fifth largest in the state, with a population of around 145,000. It is often referred to as the gateway to the Great Barrier Reef but with two world heritage areas side by side, the reef and the Wet Tropics rainforest, it is much more than that.
The Reef needs little introduction. It is the biggest coral reef system in the world, stretching for 2,300km along the Queensland coastline. And still it is just part - admittedly a large part - of the Queensland story. The reef will assuredly take your breath away, with its crystal blue waters and array of colours and marine life. There are plenty of day tours from Cairns to different parts of the reef, by sea and air, but just be sure to give yourself time to savour its splendour.
For a taste of what lies beyond Cairns, a good first port of call is the city's aquarium, even if the truth, of course, is that nothing can truly prepare you for what lies beyond. It is the only aquarium in the world to showcase aquatic wildlife from both the forest and the reef, taking you on a memorable journey through 10 North Queensland ecosystems, from the fresh clear waters of the ancient rainforest to the sea. As they like to say out there, it's the only place in the world where the rainforest meets a coral reef.
If - as many people do - you are using Cairns as the starting point for your tropical adventure, then a visit to the aquarium will really whet your appetite with its large collection of colourful and rare species, from endangered sawfish, grey reef sharks, humphead wrasse in their freshwater and marine habitats, to the amethystine python and Boyd's forest dragon making a spectacle of themselves in their treetop displays.
With more than 70 exhibits to occupy your time, it is a good idea to take one of the guided tours to enhance your experience.
On leaving Cairns, our first port of call was 30km north to the wonderfully picturesque, and aptly named, Palm Cove. It is a gentle retreat, an idyllic getaway with golden sandy beaches and restaurants and boutique hotels with ocean views to die for. It is an ideal spot to start, or finish, your Queensland adventure.
We chose the Reef House and Spa, with its charming colonial South Pacific ambiance, and dined out front to the sound of the ocean waves breaking gently on the shore only metres away.
The hotel underwent a complete refurbishment less than two years ago, and each room has its own individual character with features such as bespoke carved bedheads and four-poster beds, soft linen armchairs, and a variety of featured art works like shell artefacts and driftwood sculptures.
A walk along the shore at sunrise is a must - just don't allow the crocodile warning signs put you off. So long as you stay out of the undergrowth - where you have no business being anyway - you'll be fine!
There are so many daily excursions - to the reef and rainforest - that one of the hardest things can be organising your itinerary. One that offers a nice change of pace - and gives you a touch of both worlds - is to take the Fitzroy Flyer from the marina in Cairns to Fitzroy Island, a tropical paradise of rainforest and coral beaches. The Flyer, as its name suggests, gets you there fast.
There are plenty of activities for the whole family on Fitzroy. We opted to kayak from the main beach in Welcome Bay to Nudey Beach on another part of the island and back, while others decided to have a go at paddleboarding and snorkelling. Other activities on offer were diving lessons and tours - while if you have more time, I recommend one of the island's walking trails.
The island is also a resort, offering quality overnight accommodation in ocean suites, beach cabins or self-contained apartments. The resort's facilities include a cinema and a large pool, and guests can also avail of the beach bar and restaurant.
A little bonus for visitors to Fitzroy is that it is home to the Cairns Turtle Rehabilitation Centre, which is run by a group of volunteers who take care of sick and injured turtles, nursing them back to health to be released back into the wild.
The Great Barrier Reef is home to six of the world's seven species of marine turtles but they are constantly under threat - natural and otherwise. There are daily tours of the centre, where one of the volunteers will explain their work, and their passion for it, and introduce you to some of the turtles being cared for.
The next leg of our adventure was the sleepy town of Mossman at the edge of Daintree National Park, further up the famous Captain Cook Highway. Our destination proved to be one of the most stunning places I have ever had the good fortune to visit - the Silky Oaks Lodge and Spa, a luxurious five-star hotel. Although 'hotel' doesn't quite do it justice, because while the central building in the resort houses the lodge's main facilities (restaurants, bars, etc) and the spa, the rooms are spread throughout the forest in the form of individual cabins. They are referred to as 'treehouses', and all have private balconies.
A network of paths and trails link the cabins and the main area, which also has a large pool, and you can also venture a little further into the woods or take a stroll down the gorge to the Mossman River. The lodge will also organise bushwalks, kayaking and even yoga classes for you during your stay.
There are tennis courts there too, which might seem a little odd in that setting, until you learn that the owner of Silky Oaks Lodge is Paul Van Min, a former pro. The Dutchman has followed his success on the court by creating this spectacular forest getaway. An absolute must on your visit here is to indulge yourself in one of the many spa treatments on offer.
As someone who has only learned to swim in recent years, I find myself seeking out water-based activities all the time now - so the opportunity to go drift snorkelling in the river was an opportunity too good to turn down.
It was a new and thrilling experience for me. We had two guides who had intimate knowledge of the area. They expertly steered us through the forest and down the river, and even threw in a picnic. The beauty of this is that it is family friendly, as smaller children can journey down the river on inflatable river sleds.
The staff at the lodge will organise this or any of the other activities available in the area. Bicycles are available at reception too, so I spent a leisurely afternoon exploring Mossman and its environs.
There are many remarkable things about the Daintree River and the world heritage site it lends its name to - the Daintree National Park - but surely the fact that there is just one crossing point as it winds its way from where it rises beneath Black Mountain to the Coral Sea trumps them all. And that crossing point is by cable ferry. There is no hurry around here. A relaxing boat trip down the river yielded plenty of crocodile sightings.
One fascinating way to learn more about this vast territory is to take a walking tour with one of the local Aboriginal guides. We received extraordinary insight from our guide who has lived all his life in the park and who learned, and still upholds, many of the traditions of his people, who have lived there for generations. The Kuku Yalanji are the guardians of this place, and their connection with it is deeply ingrained.
One of the best known places in the park is Cape Tribulation, once a favourite haunt of backpackers. The story goes it was given its name by James Cook, whose ship Endeavour ran aground on a reef off the headland, and he wrote in the ship's log: "I name this point Cape Tribulation, because here began all my troubles".
Captain Cook's troubles may well have began there, but this is the kind of remote and beautiful place where you could wash some of your own troubles away. Life here moves at a different pace, harking back to simpler times and simpler demands.
The same could be said of this whole little - well it's not so little, as Queensland is about seven times the size of Britain - corner of the world. The best way to enjoy it is to immerse yourself in it.
You can mix some fast-paced action with more gentler pursuits, or learn from the locals to appreciate the world around you.
True, it's easier when it is so beautiful, be it out on the reef, snorkelling downstream, strolling through the rain forests, or just relaxing in your treehouse in Silky Oaks Lodge, it's all there for you… and so much more. Not so much Queensland, as Godsland.
What a place — with your very own 'treehouse' and a private balcony to bask in the sights and sounds of the rainforest. There's plenty to do in this luxurious hideaway; or, if you prefer, plenty of time to recharge.
Ah... the Daintree River, slowly meandering its way to the sea, with just one crossing point, a cable car ferry (above). Take a step out of the fast lane and savour a leisurely boat trip, spotting crocodiles and all manner of creatures as you go.
* Fitzroy Island - easily reached by regular ferry transfers on the Fitzroy Flyer, from €50 for adults and €25 for children. (4-13 years) www.fitzroyisland.com.


Thus, the Vail Jazz Festival was born and has since blossomed into its current incarnation, a year-round exhibition of top musical talent from across the globe, hands on, in-depth educational programming and free performances.
In celebration of its 25th anniversary, Vail Jazz will launch into its biggest summer ever, with free and ticketed performances throughout the week from the end of June through Labor Day weekend. On Wednesday and Thursday evenings, respectively, the Vail Jazz Club and Vail Square series feature a lineup of the biggest names in jazz today. The Club Series emulates a true jazz club experience with intimate performances in the luxurious setting of Ludwig's Terrace in the Vail Sonnenalp Hotel, while the Vail Square series allows artists to let loose on the big stage in the spacious, all-weather Jazz Tent in Lionshead. The grand finale of the festival is, of course, the original main event – the Vail Jazz Party over Labor Day weekend, bigger than it's ever been for year 25.
Tickets for all summer performances are on sale as of this week. Here's the breakdown of what's in store this summer, so be sure to mark your calendars.
Every Sunday from June 30 through Aug. 25 – Vail Jazz presents free live music from a rotating lineup of highly acclaimed regional musicians, 12-3 p.m. at The Jazz Tent at Solaris during the Vail Farmers Market & Art Show.
Every Sunday night from July 7 through Aug. 25 at 8 p.m., a rotating cast of musical talent joins pianist Tony Gulizia and drummer Brian Loftus for free live music at The Remedy Bar in the Four Seasons Vail.
Every Sunday in July (July 7 through 28) from 11:00-11:45 a.m., the Jazz Tent at Solaris in Vail calls all kids from 4 to 12 years old. Vail Jazz's Tony Gulizia and a team of musical educators lead a FREE hands-on workshop teaching the basics of rhythm and melody. Instruments provided.
Every Friday at 6 p.m. from July 5 – Aug. 23, Vail Jazz kicks off the weekend with a variety of acclaimed blues, funk, rock, bluegrass and jazz artists performing live at the outdoor amphitheater at The Riverwalk in Edwards. Bring a blanket, picnic and an urge to dance. Food and alcohol are available for purchase.
Veronica Swift and the Emmet Cohen Trio return to Vail Aug. 7 and 8.
The Vail Jazz @ Vail Square fires up the all-weather Jazz Tent in Lionshead from 6 to 8 p.m. every Thursday from July 4 to Aug. 29. General admission seats are $25, preferred seats are $40 and premium seats are $50. Drinks are available for purchase. The Vail Jazz Club Series features the same artists who take the big stage at Vail Square, but performing two intimate dinner club sets at 5:30 and 8 p.m. every Wednesday from July 10 to Aug. 7 at Ludwig's Terrace at The Vail Sonnenalp Hotel. Tickets are $40. Full dinner and drink service are available for purchase.
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July 8 – This one-of-a-kind event features internationally lauded trombonist Wycliffe Gordon displaying his funk stylings at Larkspur Restaurant. Expect a night of dancing, amazing food and an open bar. General admission tickets are $250, VIP Experience $300.
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From Aug. 29 to Sept. 2, more than 40 of the world's most talented jazz artists (including the iconic Vail Jazz House Band) converge at the Vail Marriott and in Vail Square for a Labor Day weekend stacked with explosive indoor and outdoor performances. In the same format as that first fateful event 25 years ago, artists rotate from stage to stage, some in unlikely combinations that result in a flurry of unique and previously untapped talent and improvisational masterpieces. To witness these shows are truly once-in-a-lifetime opportunities. New this summer, Niki Haris' Gospel Prayer Meetin' – historically the Vail Jazz Party's most popular performance and always the first to sell out – will take place at the Gerald Ford Amphitheatre on Sunday, Sept. 1.
Get tickets here for the 25th Annual Vail Jazz Party.
For more information about Vail Jazz, call 970-479-6146.
It is with deep gratitude and excitement that I write this letter as the newly appointed Executive Director of the Vail Jazz Foundation. While the valley quiets down for the off-season, the Vail Jazz staff is gearing up for the biggest summer of music yet! Featuring artists from more than 10 countries and spannin g the jazz world from swing to salsa and from the American Songbook to straight ahead, the Vail Jazz Festival comprises more than 80 performances from June 30 – September 2!
We are proud to announce that tickets for the 25th Annual Vail Jazz Festival are now on sale! This summer, we will celebrate Howard Stone's legacy of entertainment and education with a unique lineup of world class performers that bridge the past and the future. We will pay tribute to Nat King Cole, reminisce to the soundtracks of films from The Jazz Singer to Casablanca, honor New Orleans pianist Henry Butler, explore the relationship between jazz and the civil rights movement, and remember the legendary Ray Brown.
This celebration will be one for the history books and we sincerely hope you'll join the community from around the globe that support it through attendance, donations, and sponsorship. We are preparing for a remarkable summer in Vail and we can't wait to share it with you.
John Chin is a humble guy. Although he's had a Grammy nomination and has been lauded for his musical talent since he was a young boy, he'll tell you he was no child prodigy.
A Korean-American growing up in Los Angeles, Chin recalls his first encounter with a piano, but is sure to emphasize that he was not beckoned to it by any sort of guiding light.
"My parents always had a piano even though they didn't play. They were classical music fans. They told me I gravitated to it, but it's not uncommon if you have little ones in the house that they make their way to the piano," he says.
Nonetheless, his parents nurtured his interest and set him up with a piano teacher by the age of 4 or 5. Chin's first public performance was in kindergarten, but that, too, he is reluctant to regard as a milestone.
That last part tells you something. Also, the fact that the young pianist's gift was recognized by California State University, where he was admitted at age 14 and graduated with a B.A. in music at age 19 before continuing on to a masters program at Rutgers University under the great pianist Kenny Barron and pursuing an Artist Diploma at Juilliard, eventually becoming a fixture in New York City's jazz scene.
Jazz was nonexistent in Chin's childhood home, so he'd save money to go to the record store, choosing blindly depending on what album cover looked jazzy or which featured a picture of a pianist.
According to Chin, his early days attempting to play jazz were a struggle.
By all counts, Chin has managed to find that grasp. He's released four albums as a band leader and has recorded or shared the stage with artists such as Benny Golson, Ron Carter, John Ellis, Dayna Stephens and Mark Turner, to name just a few. He has toured extensively with Vail favorite Rene Marie and his piano work was nominated for a Grammy on Marie's 2017 Sound of Red album. His versatility in moving between complex styles – not only those under the jazz umbrella such as bebop and swing, but also hints of classical and pop – have been revered by audiences and music critics across the globe.
Returning to Vail on March 26 for his debut performance as a bandleader (he performed as sideman with Rene Marie on two previous visits), Chin and his trio highlight the music of Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn, who he refers to as "timeless" and whose numbers have found their way into his performance for decades. When it comes down to describing the style of his own compositions or the flourish he adds to the classics of icons such as Strayhorn and Ellington, Chin is once again self-effacing.
John Chin is joined by Sean Conly on bass and Darrell Green on drums to perform two riveting sets featuring the music of Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn. Performances take place at The Vail Sonnenalp Hotel. Seating is jazz club style in Ludwig's Terrace with full dinner and bar service available (a $30 food and beverage minimum applies). Doors open at 5 p.m. for the 5:30 p.m. performance and at 7:30 p.m. for the 8 p.m. set. Tickets to each performance are $40. For more information, call 970-479-6146.
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Doubtless for most of us, when we hear the word "soulful," it calls to mind individuals such as Aretha Franklin, Carole King, Gladys Knight or Peggy Scott-Adams.
It is also quite likely the most common adjective used to describe singer Niki Haris. However, according to Haris herself, the word means far more than the ability to express oneself vocally like a gale force wind, wailing melodically from the very depths of one's body.
Haris has long been a favorite among Vail Jazz audiences. Her Gospel Prayer Meetin' is typically the first performance to sell out every Labor Day weekend at the annual Vail Jazz Party. A back-up vocalist for Madonna for a number of years, Haris' 15-year solo career has seen her front and center on stages all over the world and her recordings, ranging in genre from pop to jazz, R&B to funk, have topped Billboard charts.
When it comes to specifying who has touched her soul musically and how, Haris, who grew up outside in Benton Harbor, MI and currently resides in Augusta, GA, offers an immediate bank of inspirations, all of whom feel so familiar to her (in spite of having never met the majority), she lists them by first name like one would close friends. They are women whose songs call to mind unforgettable milestones and profound emotions.
Haris believes that singing from the soul is especially crucial during turbulent times. She notes that such expression has, historically, provided a guiding light through some of America's darkest eras.
The vocalist equates the human ability to tap into one's soul with unleashing a glow that can brighten one's own heart and discover one's best self as well as cast warmth on everyone in the room … everyone in earshot. Her own ability to do this has been on stark display every time she steps onto the stage, in Vail especially.
Enter the sister(s) of soul.
Accompanied by Jeff Jenkins on piano, Mark Simon on bass, Paul Romaine on drums and Steve Kovalcheck on guitar, the powerful vocalist performs two sets that just might be life-changing at Vail's Sonnenalp Hotel. Seating is jazz club style in Ludwig's Terrace with full dinner and bar service available (a $30 food and beverage minimum applies). Doors open at 5 p.m. for the 5:30 p.m. performance and at 7:30 p.m. for the 8 p.m. show. Tickets to each performance are $40. For more information, call 970-479-6146.
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Emmet Cohen's recipe for a winning performance involves four simple ingredients: connection, consistency, concentration and love.
Playing the piano since age 3, 29-year-old Cohen's career is still in its early stages, but he's already made some big waves.
A three-time finalist for the prestigious American Pianists' Cole Porter Fellowship, Cohen is in the running for the 2019 award this spring. Growing up in New Jersey and Miami, where he studied under the great Shelly Berg, the young composer now resides in New York City, where he is the Hammond B-3 organist-in-residence at the SMOKE jazz club and has performed at major jazz festivals all over the world, including New Orleans, Monterey, Newport, Jerusalem and Bern. He even performed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi and, after becoming a finalist in the famed Thelonious Monk International Piano Competition, was escorted by jazz greats Herbie Hancock, Jimmy Heath and Wayne Shorter to the White House to meet President Obama.
He's released six albums, including a Masters Legacy Series featuring (so far) drummer Jimmy Cobb and bassist Ron Carter. His versatile range has been likened to that of Chick Corea, his one-handed solo playing to Red Garland, his surprising variations to Martial Solal. He's been praised for his fluidity, charisma and unique ability to connect with a vast gamut of fellow musicians and audiences.
Of course, the world has its fair share of hot and cold talent. Some days, an individual's skills could be smoking while other days they're frozen. As Cohen sees it, this doesn't fly for great jazz.
"The greatest people at any job where you have to execute – it could be sports, music, even being a scientist – the biggest thing involved is consistency. I try to be as consistent as possible. Whether I've gotten 10 hours of sleep or zero, whether I've traveled all day or not," he says.
Consistency cannot be confused with flexibility, for which Cohen and his trio are famous. In order to jump from one eclectic number to the next, channeling the mystique of a certain musical era and stamping it with a fresh twist, a deep level of focus comes into play.
Though not taste-specific, love is the first flavor any audience member immediately picks up in Cohen's formula. It's probably safe to say that it's the key ingredient.
And if there were a sprinkle of something extra Cohen brings to his dish, it's hope.
The Emmet Cohen Trio, featuring Russell Hall on bass and Kyle Poole on drums, ignites The Sonnenalp Hotel with love, hope and mind-blowing instrumental talent in back-to-back performances at Ludwig's Terrace. Seating is jazz club style with full dinner and bar service available (a $30 food and beverage minimum applies). Doors open at 5 p.m. for the 5:30 p.m. performance and at 7:30 p.m. for the 8 p.m. show. Tickets to each performance are $40. For more information, call 970-479-6146.
From the first time Joe McBride touched a keyboard at age 4, he was hooked … as in, he could not let it go.
Four years later, the gift was a piano, purchased for an 8-year-old McBride by his church.
As a teenager, McBride contracted a degenerative eye disease that would eventually take his eyesight. But that did nothing to slow musical pursuits.
After studying at Webster University in St. Louis and then in North Texas, McBride spent the next three decades creating and recording music and touring the world as a bandleader.
McBride made his way to San Diego and Dallas, quickly establishing himself as a respected and sought after singer/pianist in each city's jazz scene. From 1992 to 1998, he recorded four albums – Grace, A Gift for Tomorrow, Keys to Your Heart and Double Take, featuring contributions from greats such as Larry Carlton, Dave Koz, Rick Braun, Peter White and Grover Washington, Jr., to name a few.
He's opened for stars such as Whitney Houston and The Yellowjackets and recorded a total of nine full-length albums, including 2009's Lookin' for a Change, a testament to his musical versatility, as he infuses a broad gamut of popular tunes from numerous genres (Coldplay, John Mayer, Gnarls Barkley) with his own vocal and harmonic style. Whether personally revamping a contemporary pop tune or performing a Ray Charles classic with a smooth and distinctive flare that's all his, McBride embraces every opportunity to grow.
McBride is often compared to Ray Charles, though anyone who's heard and witnessed his performance – including last summer's Vail debut, a charismatic tribute to Brother Ray – knows that McBride takes the stage with his own distinctive energy and presence.
Joe McBride returns to Vail for back-to-back performances at The Sonnenalp Hotel on Feb. 26, highlighting classics by the likes of Ray Charles and Stevie Wonder as well as McBride originals. Seating is jazz club style at Ludwig's Terrace, with doors opening at 5 p.m. for the 5:30 p.m. performance and at 7:30 p.m. for the 8 p.m. show. Full dinner and bar service will be available (a $30 food and beverage minimum applies). Tickets to each performance are $40. For more information, call 970-479-6146.
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Why is the sound of old jazz making new waves? Elizabeth Bougerol of The Hot Sardines has a simple explanation.
Launched in 2007 when Bougerol and co-founder Evan Palazzo were drawn together over a mutual love for jazz icons such as Fats Waller, Billie Holiday, Ray Charles and Louis Armstrong, The Hot Sardines have established themselves as one of the hottest jazz ensembles in New York City.
A Sardines' performance is both an auditory and visual feast of energy, all eight members of the band hitting individual bright notes that fit into the rich flow while the marionette moves of tap dancer AC Lincoln are so oddly cool and hypnotizing that one cannot help but become entranced, tapping one's own toes if not leaping up and grabbing a dance partner.
The Hot Sardines have performed all over the world, notching more than 100 gigs a year, gathering enthusiastic ballrooms full of new fans everywhere they go. Their 2014 self-titled album debuted in the top 10 on the Billboard Jazz Chart and remained there for more than a year and 2016's French Fries and Champagne debuted at No. 5 on Billboard's Jazz Traditional Chart, No. 6 on Jazz Current & Top 20 Heatseekers Chart and was No. 1 on both iTunes & Amazon jazz charts. Roll into one of their local NYC gigs and find an audience comprised mostly of millennials, passionate and committed to this energetic collective of swing revivalists, looking every bit like a jazz club might have in 1920. The crowds at their road performances comprise of every generation of jazz fan – from high schoolers to life-long connoisseurs who may have eye-witnessed a performance by Ray Charles or Ella Fitgerald in their younger years.
As a testament to this and also to The Hot Sardines' unerring improvisation skills, during their Vail debut last summer, the electricity went out for several minutes, cutting the volume level into a whisper while the band did not miss a stride or a note. Palazzo, whose voice has unbelievable carrying capacity, seamlessly moved from piano to vocals, turning in his seat and projecting his voice out to the crowd as the horn section ramped up its blows. A pair of acoustic numbers took on fresh excitement until the power was restored and the band's harmony and fiery movement locked smoothly back into full volume.
Not only did this make for truly impressive entertainment, but it also proves Bougerol's point about the music's potential for connecting people, which is certainly not a quality possessed by all artists, genres or even subsets of jazz.
The Hot Sardines return to the Vail Valley for the holiday event of the season – a live performance and dance party at The Ritz-Carton Bachelor Gulch on Dec. 27. Doors open at 7:30 p.m. and performance/dance begins at 8 p.m. Tickets are $90 and include two drinks each. For more information, visit the event page or call 970-479-6146.
In its 24th year, the summer grand finale over Labor Day weekend has become famous for its rare fusion of talent.
When you see an artist perform live you're naturally moved by their talent – by the way they're able to mix up their regular numbers, extend solos, improvise. How about if you rotated 35 of the world's most talented musicians on and off of stages with one another for four days and nights of live performance? There would be some unforgettable sparks.
Such is the format of the Vail Jazz Party over Labor Day weekend. In its 24th year, the multi-day live music experience was originally cast on the extravagant, one-off whim of Vail Jazz founder Howard Stone.
The original lineup of Grammy Award winners and internationally acclaimed jazz stars included John Clayton and his brother Jeff Clayton, Phil Woods, Tommy Flanagan, Jack McDuff, Slide Hampton, Bobby Hutcherson, James Moody, Joe Wilder and Jeff Hamilton.
Now, 24 years later, the Vail Jazz Party has established itself as one of the world's premier jazz gatherings, still replete with star-studded lineup (more than 35 headlining artists) and a contagious aura of exaltation that participating musicians swear taps into some sort of higher power.
As the creator of the score to West Side Story and musical director of the New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein stands as one of America's most revered conductors and composers. His legacy has been honored by numerous fellow musical greats. One of these is Vail Jazz Party House Band pianist Bill Cunliffe, who won a Grammy Award for his arrangement of Oscar Peterson's "West Side Story Medley." Cunliffe will be joined by fellow House Band members John Clayton and Lewis Nash as well as guitarist Peter Bernstein (no relation to Leonard) for what is sure to be a lively, one-of-a-kind exploration of the Leonard Bernstein songbook.
Master of groove, Jimmy Smith single-handedly rendered the B-3 organ a cool instrument, especially in the world of jazz and blues. Viewed by many as the world's organ king, he mentored contemporary keys king Tony Monaco, who has gone on to become recognized as one of the top five international jazz organists himself. Don't miss the soaring and swelling melodies on tap for this heart-felt tribute.
Did someone say dance party? What better way to spend Sunday afternoon on Labor Day Weekend … Nu Funk is a movement that originated in Brooklyn in the 1980s, blending hip hop and deep funk with danceable riffs and climatic breaks. Internationally lauded (not to mention Vail favorite) trombonist pegs Nu Funk to hits from James Brown, Stevie Wonder and Marvin Gaye. It's bound to be a party.
The morning, afternoon and late-night sessions throughout the Vail Jazz Party feature unlikely fusions of artists who have often never met, much less performed on stage together. This is when the real magic happens.
From Aug. 31 to Sept. 3, the Vail Jazz Party features more than 70 musicians delivering special performances, tributes and jam sessions. Tickets to individual sessions start at $55 and weekend passes are available. Performances take place at the Vail Marriott and in the all-weather Jazz Tent in Lionshead's Vail Square.
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Police Detain Man For Reporting Enugu CP, Abubakar, To IG
By Deolu
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A businessman, Mr Friday Nnaji , who petitioned the Inspector-General of Police against the Enugu State Commissioner of Police, Adamu Abubakar, has been detained by the police in Enugu.
Nnaji was clamped into detention along with Uwaezoke Agbo, Uchenna Okoh and Nwigwe Stanley on December 29, 2014. It was gathered that the police detained the petitioner because the petition reportedly embarrassed the CP.
Nnaji had in his petition, dated December 20, 2014, asked the IG to redeploy and investigate the CP for allegedly confiscating his family land and conspiring with hoodlums to kill his younger brother, Chinedu.
The Enugu indigene alleged that Abubakar sold the confiscated plots of land for N9m.
Punch reports that, However, the CP had denied complicity in Chinedu's death and involvement in the land issue, adding that it was the Nnaji family members that offered him the plots of land which he said he rejected.
But the lawyer to the petitioner, Sunny Anyanwu, who confirmed the detention of his client and his brothers to our correspondent on the phone, explained that the police detained the men because of an allegation that they were involved in armed robbery.
Anyanwu said,
"My client and three others have been in police detention since December 29, 2014, on the allegation by one Ugwu, who claimed that some armed robbers attacked his home.
"Ugwu is a suspect in the murder of Chinedu, my client's younger brother, whose corpse is still at the Eastern Nigeria Medical Centre in Enugu. An autopsy has yet to be carried out on the body."
The lawyer said a witness to Chinedu's murder, Paterson Nnamani, who visited the police to give a statement on the incident was also detained by the CP.
Nnaji in the petition, which was also copied to the Police Service Commission, alleged that the CP violated a Supreme Court judgment which awarded the land to the Umunenshi family against the Umuewo-ukwu family.
When contacted, the Enugu State Police Public Relations Officer, Ebere Amarizu, in a text message said,
"There are two groups that allegedly clashed, leading to death of someone. The case is being investigated with a view to establishing those that participated in the alleged incident."
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Akosua Agyapong To Appear In Court Over GHc105,000 Fraud Case
Anthony Boakye
Ghanaian and highlife musician, Akosua Agyapong, has been brought before the Accra Circuit Court for her involvement in a GHc105,000 fraud case.
The prosecution believes she conspired with a man identified as Frank Agyemang (a.k.a Killer Boss) to sell a piece of land, which did not belong to them to a car merchant who wanted to buy the land in order to showcase his cars.
It is alleged that the merchant asked Akosua for assistance and she told him she had a plot of land for rent, but he wanted an outright sale. She later introduced Agyemang as her brother who had a plot of land opposite the West Hills Mall for sale.
They then made a visit to the Lands Commission where it was confirmed that the land belonged to Agyemang.
The merchant showed interest and paid GHc105,000 for the land and gave Agyemang a Toyota Rav 4 vehicle, which is valued at GHc100,000 for another plot of land.
After a successful transaction, the merchant went to work on the land only for another person to come claiming ownership of the land with original documents.
He made a report to the police which led to the arrest of Akosua and Agyemang; they are set to appear in court on 24th October, 2017.
Interesting right?….. We'll definitely keep you posted.
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Narendra Modi and the unsurprising politics of vendetta
Samar Halarnkar, Scroll
'Of all the laughable – and they are laughable – charges levelled by the Indian government against Kannan Gopinathan, the most preposterous is the one that says he failed to apply in time for a prime ministerial award on innovation in public administration. "I think I'll be the only officer in history who has been chargesheeted for not applying for an award," he said this week.
Gopinathan, who resigned in August 2019 from the elite Indian Administrative Service to protest against the crackdown in Kashmir, was a respected, capable officer who had been graded 9.5 out of 10 in his latest appraisal and achieved fame for anonymously – a colleague revealed his identity – volunteering at relief camps during a 2018 flood in Kerala.
Among the other accusations against Gopinathan, who was the district collector of Daman and Diu: a delay in laying underground cables, not submitting a tour report after the Kerala floods and a vague charge of "insurbodination"...'
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Axis Of Oversteer: Axis of Ferrari Challenge Asia Pacific!
Axis of Ferrari Challenge Asia Pacific!
Another full week end of racing around the world, F1 in Germany, ALMS, IMSA GT3 Challenge in Canada and on the other side of the world it's the second round of the 2011 Ferrari Challenge Asia Pacific on the Shanghai International Circuit.
... wait a minute...what is that I see???
That's right, our friend HFO (and we can call him Axis HFO from now on), Hideki Francis Onda has added the Axis logo to his awesome Tunewear/Focal Point inc. Ferrari 458 Challenge for this week end's race in China. Axis HFO knows well that the simple addition of an Axis logo will cut a minimum of 1.3 secs off your best lap time!!
Thank you Francis and have fun ripping that 458 Challenge in China!
Nice to see the Axis supported around the world!
I noticed the interesting webbing on the rims and I'm wondering if it's just for looks or is it because race car?
So if I set my VW Corrado tight in the back and put your logo on my car it will drop the same amount off my time?


Fiji Island Holidays is the perfect itinerary for honeymooners. Spend 7 nights relaxing in one of the islands most luxurious resorts, before boarding your cruise around the Yasawa Islands. With its unspoilt beaches, stunning coral gardens and beautiful lagoons, this is a heaven on earth destination.
Begin your special Fiji Island Holiday by flying Business Class with United Airlines from Heathrow to Los Angeles then onward to Nadi Airport in Fiji with American Airlines.
You will be met at the airport and taken by private transfer to the beautiful 5 star Outrigger on the Lagoon situated on the heart of Fiji's Coral Coast.
This resort is pure luxury, set on a stunning white sand beach, amongst lush tropical gardens with a real traditional Fijian feel.
All of the Bures, Suites or Deluxe Rooms come with a Talai VIP butler service giving you the perfect opportunity to just sit back and relax.
If you prefer to keep busy, the resort features a large outdoor swimming pool, fully equipped fitness centre, 2 tennis courts and an extensive range of water activities.
The resort also boasts 4 award winning restaurants and 5 bars to suit every taste.
After your stay at the Outrigger, you will be collected and taken to the MV Mystique Princess to embark on your 7 night cruise around the Yasawa Islands of Fiji.
This is an exquisite way to spend your days aboard this luxurious ship with 35 spacious staterooms, each with a sea view.
You will only be cruising for a few hours a day, so there will be plenty of opportunity to enjoy the two cocktail bars on board, a gorgeous forward lounge to relax in or sunbathe on one of the ship's three sundecks.
There is also a variety of activities and entertainment to experience the true Fujian culture, or if you prefer, make the most of the on board Spa for some rest and relaxation! All of your meals, cruise activities including the traditional Fijian entertainment, the beach party, coral viewing and entrance to the village are all included in the cost.
Back on dry land, you will be transferred back to Nadi Airport, for your Business Class flight home via Los Angeles into Heathrow.


Usually Anemones, especially small ones are considered food to sea stars.
Well hell that's what happened.
Sorry, for your loss. Bigger anemones can do better with sea stars but chocolate chips can grow large too just FYI.
Neither the beautiful red knobby starfish for the chocolate chip star are considered reef safe.
You will have to choose between your corals and your starfish.
Serpent starfish come in many colors and the Harlequin serpents stay under about 6 inches.
All of the Serpent's are reef safe except for the giant green ones which will eventually grow to 2 feet and kill Zoe's and fish.
Please research your critters! Then they won't get accidentally eaten by your other critters!
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My chocolates do that at the surface too . When they are at the surface ,I put a piece of fish or shrimp on their outstretched arm. They will eat it. I always wanted a red knob but I have too many seperate rogues gallery of tanks . I had to seperate my roseline snails from the good snails. I had to seperate the chocolate starfish from my pencil and red urchins which are in a fowlr seperate from the coral tank and I have a beautiful green brittle starfish that can not be housed with any small goby . Don't get my wrong , I love them all .
Definitely pay closer attention to your water params, its pretty much required in this hobby if you want to have any sort of success that doesn't end in massive costs and loss of life.
That said, starfish do that a lot for some reason. I'm not sure anyone knows exactly why but its normal.


Wonder water seems like a new hype, however it is an interesting principle discovered by some researchers at Organic Gardening magazine. Sign up to your free Extra - Care card for your local CVS pharmacy or at CVS. It can be stated as the easiest method of buying medicine.
Limited awareness and lack of oversight among doctors, pharmacists along with the patients may also contribute on the problem. An Internet pharmacy is simply an online store; a web site that sells medicines for the web. " Another great article to take a look at is "Why Should I Become a Pharmacist.
Hence, they are constantly seeking solutions to control extra weight from birth control pills bought from any discount pharmacy or Canadian pharmacy. ' Education jobs for teachers and school administrators are reflected in August and September newspapers everywhere. They are managing the resources efficiently of the organizations like hospital or clinics also evaluate medicines and make sure that these are safe to use.
Most physiologists required a Ph - D degree and licensing. Insurance is confusing to begin with, and it also is constantly changing. The massive surge in people creating an online business for many of the shopping and daily needs has led to many pharmacies having an online site built, where they have numerous services which can help you avoid making unnecessary trips to the local pharmacy.
" Also, please read "Job Ideas for People Who Like to Help Others. This service is just not free, so you will must pay $140 for first pharmacy school and $40 for each and every pharmacy school after that. Some pharmacies try to find technicians which are self motivated and action takers.


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Pandemic Delays 9/11 Trial Past 20th Anniversary of Attacks
This article was produced in partnership with the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting.
The military judge overseeing the Sept. 11 case at Guantánamo Bay in Cuba delayed litigation deadlines again on Friday, postponing the start of the trial of the accused mastermind Khalid Shaikh Mohammed and four accused co-conspirators until after the 20th anniversary of the attacks next year.
The death penalty case, in its eighth year of pretrial proceedings, was already complicated by its remote location, procedural issues, legal challenges and the control of classified evidence by different elements of the U.S. government.
"The coronavirus Covid-19 pandemic has continued to worsen," the judge, Col. Douglas K. Watkins of the Army, wrote in a two-page order that extended deadlines for another 30 days, for a total of 300 days of delay since the start of the pandemic.
Based on the timetable toward trial set by a previous judge, the selection of the military officers for the jury will now start on Nov. 7, 2021, at the earliest.
The pandemic has paralyzed much of the work of the court, whose participants commute from the mainland to the military commissions courtroom in Cuba for each session. The last hearing in the case was held in February by Judge W. Shane Cohen, who abruptly announced his retirement a month later and has taken a position as a deputy district attorney in Salt Lake County, Utah.
Hijackers seized control of four commercial aircraft on Sept. 11, 2001, and crashed them into the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and into a Pennsylvania field, killing 2,976 people. Mr. Mohammed, his nephew and three other men are accused of organizing the plot by training or selecting the hijackers or by assisting them to reach the United States with financing and travel arrangements.
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So far, six judges have served on the case since the defendants were arraigned in 2012. Judge Watkins, who is the chief military commissions judge and is based at Fort Hood, Texas, is now presiding after twice trying to replace Colonel Cohen.
In October, he assigned Lt. Col. Matthew N. McCall of the Air Force to preside, but prosecutors protested that Colonel McCall was unqualified to serve because he had served less than two years as a judge in the military's court-martial system, a prerequisite for presiding at a military commission. A recent court filing showed that, after prosecutors protested, Colonel Watkins sought a written waiver of the requirement from the Deputy Secretary of Defense, David L. Norquist, who refused.
Earlier, a Marine judge with childhood ties to New York City, Col. Stephen F. Keane, got the assignment but recused himself within weeks after discovering "a significant personal connection to persons who were directly affected by the events of 9/11."
The pandemic has forced cancellation of all hearings in the case, which recessed in the midst of the judge taking extensive testimony on the question of whether key interrogations of the prisoners at Guantánamo in 2007 are inadmissible at trial because they are tainted by C.I.A. torture.
The pandemic has complicated other aspects of preparing for the joint conspiracy trial.
One of the accused, Ramzi bin al-Shibh, has not yet met his death-penalty lawyer, who was assigned to the case in April. The lawyer, David I. Bruck, has said in a court filing that, once he has met with Mr. bin al-Shibh, he would need 30 months to prepare for trial.
One option would be to drop Mr. bin al-Shibh from the case, and give him a separate trial later, something the first judge did for a time in 2014 before reversing himself because the prosecutors objected. Even so, the latest litigation order postpones the start of any version of the case until November at the earliest.
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What a time to be alive! Or more accurately what a time to be "time" cuz "time" is having a moment.
First the TimeLord took the world by storm causing mass hysteria across the Internet.
Robert TimeLord Williams has about 354 blocks over the last two Celtics games and people went nuts.
The TimeLord nickname has actually been around for a minute for those of us in the know but the mainstream "normals" are just now catching on and oh boy has that been a ride. You know when something final crosses the gilded high throne desk of Bill Simmons that you've reached peak Internet. And now apparently Danny Ainge and friends are trying to end all the fun because of course they are by banning the nickname from being used on Celtic broadcasts. Which is all well and good but guess what? Robert Williams is the TimeLord.
Next up is your still undefeated World Champion – Father Time.
Father Time took down the GOAT this weekend as Tom Brady and the New England Patriots lost their second in a row, this time to their usual punching bags, the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Brady had the ball in his hands at the end of the Fourth Quarter but just could not muster up his usual magic, throwing three straight incompletions to end the game.


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With the Santec OCT Image Viewer Software, OCT 3D image presentations can be developed using OCT volume image data measured with an OCT system (TD, SD, SS-OCT). Simply import processed OCT data into the software to generate clear and striking images. OCT data can be presented effectively when using settings such as rotation, transparency, trimming and contrast adjustment, together with the ability to save either still or movie files, all standard in the OCT 3D Image Viewer.
Save Bitmap file , Movie file save function is now supported in the latest version*.
Input OCT Data format: Volume data consists of a multiple of 2D slice data file.
Data type: byte, short, ushort, int, uint, float, double.
Data size: up to 256×1024 pixel (for 2D) x 256 slices.
Simple data loading from standard OCT program in Santec OCT system(Inner Vision).
Simultaneous analysis of all X-Y-Z planes data generates a powerful tool to extract detailed information from datasets to better understand and quantify 3D image content.


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This is the first book for bankers and finance managers on Credit Appraisal with Analysis of Financial Statements in very simple language covering various problems being faced by the officers of almost all banks specifically after introduction of Companies Act 2013. The book has been updated to 30.06.2018. Mounting NPAs & disciplinary actions in the banks are reported to be a result of weak appraisal. This book has covered all such aspects to understand logically with all ins and outs of appraisal along with financial statements. It will prove to be a bible for all officers who are working in banks but have no background of banking terminologies and its technical aspects with logical understanding besides finance officers.
This is the first book for bankers and students of MBA (Finance) on working capital in simple language covering various problems being faced by the new officers joining the banks since last one decade. This book is very convenient and understandable logically with all the ins & outs of the working capital management and its finance. It will prove to be a bible for all the officers who are working in the banks including the students of MBA (Finance) but have no background of financial terminology and its technical aspects with logical understanding.


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House Committee Has Finally Approved Cryptocurrency Tax Provisions
February 10, 2022 October 9, 2021 by Joel Kelly
The tax portion of the amended reconciliation package of about $3.5 trillion has been approved by the House-of-Representatives-committee, which is committed to ensuring the revenue. On Wednesday, voting has been cast by the "Ways-and-Means-Committee" for the "Budget-Committee" to transmit the draft. The voting resulted in a 24-19 ratio, and the only member who broke party ranks was Stephanie Murphy (a Democratic Representative). The Ways-and-Means-Committee of the House is accountable for the legislation related to taxation. It is then a significantly strong sub-section of Congress. As the Democrats are determined to further accomplish the "budget bill," the present language is questionable to be altered without a stern disturbance in the country's Senate.
Ahead of the Budget-Committee's acquisition of the vast-scale provisions, the Ways-and-Means-Committee conducted voting for the approval of an amendment comprising of the latest sub-portion for incorporating the rules regarding the virtual assets trade like constructive trades and wash sales. It has been reported previously this week that Democrats proposed the latest rules for providing a way to minimize the "tax-loss-harvesting" between the crypto trades as being a portion of the general struggle to broaden the revenue for funding the wide-ranging agenda's provisions.
If the bill's current version were to approve, the holders of cryptocurrency would have to delay for up to 30 days period before (as well as after) purchasing the same coin which they sold, being at a loss. The taxpayers will not be completely deprived of their loss's tax benefit. It would be incorporated into the respective cion's basis. Thus, it would result in lower capital gains at being redisposed. The constituent sections of the budget, which has been revised through the "BBB" (Build-Back-Better) strategy, have been taking turns since the House approved of a budget structure during the later period of August.
There is critical coordination between Senate and the House because the Democrats are attempting to connect this legislation to that of the infrastructure bill having additional bipartisan support. Republicans included in the "Ways-and-Means-Committee" filed a large amendment list on Wednesday from which a majority lost votes. Certainly, Republicans relating to the committee bemoaned for being unable to understand the bill's language until recently. One among the staffers remarked on the latest extended amendment by saying that they are not to be blamed as they are for the first time working on the respective bill.
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Seminole County reopening 2 boat ramps after weekend gatherings forced closure
Updated: 10:46 AM EDT Apr 9, 2020
Seminole County boat ramps
Two boat ramps in Seminole County will reopen on Thursday after the county closed all ramps last weekend because boaters weren't social distancing. Seminole County officials said ramps at Wayside Park and Lake Jesup Park will reopen at noon on Thursday. Since the decision to close was made, county officials said the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has agreed to commit resources to enforce social distancing on county ramps and waterways. The Seminole County Sheriff's Office will also monitor waterways via helicopter. A photo posted last weekend on the county's Twitter page showed a group of boaters congregating along the river's edge, seemingly too close for the order mandating social distancing. The ramps were shut down a short time later. "The last thing the policy group in Seminole County thought it would have to do on a weekend, during a pandemic, is close boat ramps," Seminole County Emergency Manager Alan Harris said.Officials said that if the additional enforcement from the FWC and sheriff's office aren't able to stop social distancing, they will close the ramps again.
SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. —
Two boat ramps in Seminole County will reopen on Thursday after the county closed all ramps last weekend because boaters weren't social distancing.
Seminole County officials said ramps at Wayside Park and Lake Jesup Park will reopen at noon on Thursday.
Since the decision to close was made, county officials said the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has agreed to commit resources to enforce social distancing on county ramps and waterways. The Seminole County Sheriff's Office will also monitor waterways via helicopter.
A photo posted last weekend on the county's Twitter page showed a group of boaters congregating along the river's edge, seemingly too close for the order mandating social distancing. The ramps were shut down a short time later.
"The last thing the policy group in Seminole County thought it would have to do on a weekend, during a pandemic, is close boat ramps," Seminole County Emergency Manager Alan Harris said.
Officials said that if the additional enforcement from the FWC and sheriff's office aren't able to stop social distancing, they will close the ramps again.


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Teleset follows Breaking Bad remake with drug cartel series
27th January 2014 @ 11:51
Teleset, the Sony Pictures TV-backed Colombian producer, has secured an order for a new original series about a drug cartel.
The prodco is producing one of the most anticipated Spanish-language series in years, Metastasis, the remake of AMC cable hit Breaking Bad (Metástasis).
Like Metástasis, En la Boca del Lobo will delve into the drug underworld, but rather than focus on a start-up meth dealer, will dramatise the story of the events that ultimately led to the downfall of the notorious Cali drug cartel.
Columbian free-to-air broadcaster RCN has commissioned the 80-part series, which will be shot on location in the country.
It is based upon investigative reporter William C. Rempel's non-fiction book At the Devil's Table: The Untold Story of the Insider Who Brought Down the Cali Cartel.
SPT is on sales duty and hoping for more deals in Latin America and with one of the US Hispanic broadcasters.
At the Devil's Table: The Untold Story of the Insider Who Brought Down the Cali Cartel by award-winning investigative reporter William C. Rempel.
Alexander Marin, senior VP, distribution, Latin America and US Hispanic for SPT said: "En la Boca del Lobo' is a high-calibre production much like El Mariachi and Metástasis, so we are already seeing substantial interest from buyers across the region."
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Liner Notes Cat. No. 80569 Release Date: 2003-01-01
Lydian String Quartet; with Edwin Barker, double bass (Serenade)
The revival of Harold Shapero's Symphony for Classical Orchestra by André Previn and the Los Angeles Philharmonic in 1988 spearheaded a renewed interest in his long-neglected major works. Nevertheless, Shapero's vastly underrated portfolio today remains the great undiscovered treasure trove of American neoclassicism. The String Trio, the String Quartet, and the Serenade in D encompass a uniquely broad-based introduction to Shapero's compositional thought processes.
In this welcome release, the listener is afforded an excellent opportunity to experience first-hand these important examples from his infrequently encountered body of work. The String Trio (1937) is a very early work written under the tutelage of Ernst Krenek. It was composed in approximately one week's time on his teacher's suggestion that Shapero look at Alban Berg's Lyric Suite and produce something like it. Not surprisingly, the influence of this piece and of Krenek, best remembered as an early champion of serial composition, are most keenly felt here.
The String Quartet (1941) bears a dedication to Walter Piston, his primary teacher during his undergraduate years at Harvard. Like the Trio, it's by and large an intense, edgy opus, but the sound world encountered is less clangorous, demonstrating kinship to Piston's oeuvre not only in its jagged rhythmic gestures but also in its non-triadic yet scalar harmonies built from stacked fifths.
Like Aaron Copland's Sextet for Clarinet, Piano, and Strings, the Serenade in D is a chamber arrangement of a large ensemble opus that was motivated by practical concerns. Completed in 1945, it's a major entry from this composer's wartime-era output, ambitious in scope and sizable in duration. Here we find the composer at the height of his powers; the astringency of the Trio and raw drive of the Quartet give way to a manner of expression both urbane and supremely confident. While there's plenty of energy encountered here, it is channeled into delineating finely chiseled, often deliberate gestures that show an inimitable sense of self. Not unexpectedly, the work is unambiguously neoclassic, more keenly aware of music from earlier eras than that of any other composer writing in this style.
Lydian String Quartet
Harold Shapero
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Serenade in D for String Quintet: I. Adagio/Allegro
Serenade in D for String Quintet: II. Menuetto (scherzando)
Serenade in D for String Quintet: III. Larghetto, poco adagio
Serenade in D for String Quintet: IV. Intermezzo: Andantino con moto
Serenade in D for String Quintet: V. Finale: Allegro, pochetto presto
String Quartet: I. Slowly
String Quartet: II. Moderately fast
String Quartet: III. Very slowly
String Quartet: IV. Fast
String Trio: I. Allegro risoluto
String Trio: II. Adagio
String Trio: III. Allegro
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Regarding the Right to Education: Universities and the State of Emergency
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The idea of "privilege" used by Prime Minister Trudeau, or that of "reward" used by Premier Legault, are not legal concepts.
Vaccinated persons cannot be granted privileges, nor can they be granted rewards. The imposition of such medieval, paternalistic, and infantilizing rules by our leaders has no place in a democratic society.
Working is not a privilege or a reward, nor is educating oneself and educating others, or moving freely, to name only a few of the rights that are now being severely infringed. The law does not recognize "privileges" or "rewards". The law only recognizes the concept of "rights". Canadian citizens have rights. The Canadian Constitution and provincial legislations provide broad protection for the rights of individuals and communities, and infringements of rights must be done within the limits authorized by the Canadian Constitution. Thus, no person or category of persons can be granted privileges or rewards in defiance of the constitutional rules that govern our country. The use of such terms runs counter to the rule of law, which can be defined as, "the institutional system in which public power is subject to the law, bound to respecting the hierarchy of norms, the separation of powers and fundamental rights. […] Any attempt to destabilize or distort [the rule of law] must be seen as an attempt to take society away from the democratic model. All the more so when fundamental principles are abolished".
But that is not all. It should be remembered that Canada is a signatory to most of the major international treaties, particularly the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights.
Although these instruments have not been incorporated into the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms or into the provincial charters of rights, and although Canada showed great reluctance and even disinterest in these instruments when they were being prepared—much to the dismay of John P. Humphrey, a McGill professor leading the United Nations Human Rights Secretariat at the time of the drafting of the Declaration and a formidable contributor to this fundamental legal text—Canadian courts, through their broad and liberal interpretation of the Canadian Constitution and quasi-constitutional provincial instruments, do not hesitate to refer to them.
Thus, in addition to seriously undermining the rights enshrined in the Canadian Constitution, the health measures put in place are at odds with these international texts, recognized by the entire international community. Such disproportionate measures cannot be justified in a free and democratic society.
For example, Article 26 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, adopted by Canada in 1945, states in paragraphs 1 and 2 that:
1. "Everyone has the right to education. Education shall be free, at least in the elementary and fundamental stages. Elementary education shall be compulsory. Technical and professional education shall be made generally available; and higher education shall be equally accessible to all on the basis of merit.
2. Education shall be directed to the full development of the human personality and to the strengthening of respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms. […]"
As for the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Article 6(1) states:
"The States Parties to the present Covenant recognize the right to work, which includes the right of everyone to the opportunity to gain his living by work which he freely chooses or accepts, and will take appropriate steps to safeguard this right".
As for Article 13 of the Covenant, it elaborates on the various principles affirmed in the Declaration with respect to the right to education.
The imposition of a vaccine or health passport in educational institutions, whether for the youngest, the adolescents or the adults, runs counter the right to education. A group of people cannot be categorically, completely, and permanently excluded from the precincts of such institutions solely based on a health choice which is their own.
The Role of Universities as Guardians of our Free and Democratic Society
The participation of universities in particular, through their administrations, professors, and students, in establishing such a discriminatory regime, is something that goes against their very raison d'être, their mission. Indeed, the university fulfills a specific role in a free and democratic society as an independent institution allowing teaching and research to be undertaken by anyone who wishes to do so, thus contributing to the self-reflection of society, and allowing for dialogue among different ideas. In this respect, universities enjoy a great deal of freedom in their functioning, the determination of curricula, the accreditation of professors, etc., and the academic freedom it advocates cannot be reconciled with the segregationist demands of current governments. Moreover, our universities, their professors and students have a duty to stand up against the establishment of a discriminatory regime based on personal health status.
On the Notion of "Emergency"
A State of Emergency cannot constitute a justification that would facilitate the possibility of infringing rights in a generalized manner. It is, by its etymology, the state of an urgent and therefore exceptional situation. We have been living for 18 months in this state of emergency; 18 months of exacerbated restrictions on freedom and surveillance of the population; of decisions taken behind closed doors; of increased police powers, which finally has nothing exceptional left. Yet, if there is a time in a democratic regime when the infringement of fundamental rights should be scrutinized and very methodically analyzed, particularly by the courts and within the civil society, it is when a state of emergency is proclaimed.
This is not to say that fundamental rights and freedoms are absolute. However, the state of emergency, justified by a health security imperative chanted everywhere in the media, at press conferences or in legislative forums, constitutes one, if not THE most effective means of avoiding the application of the rule of law, thus of restricting freedoms, while maintaining the appearance, but which ultimately only distorts the fundamental principles of a free and democratic society.