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US military continues torture in Baghdad, Iraq
Posted on April 24, 2007 by petrel41
This video from the USA says about itself:
An Iraqi man sued two U.S. military contractors Monday, claiming he was repeatedly tortured while being held at the notorious Abu Ghraib prison for more than 10 months.
By Jerry White:
Torture exposed in new US-Iraqi "security stations"
The brutal methods being employed by US forces and the Iraqi military in the current "surge" of US military operations in Baghdad were laid bare by an article that appeared in Sunday's New York Times.
Entitled, "Three suspects talk after Iraqi soldiers do dirty work," the piece details the torture of Sunni prisoners at one of the new American-Iraqi "security stations" set up in the capital city as part of the US plan to crush popular resistance to the occupation of Iraq.
The article, the first in a series on the new military outposts, focuses on a security station in the Ghazaliya neighborhood of western Baghdad, which Times reporter Alissa Rubin describes as "one of the roughest areas" of the capital, where an "active insurgency" against US forces is ongoing.
She hints at the devastation wrought by the US occupation in the mixed Sunni-Shiite neighborhood, describing sectarian conflict, pools of open sewage in the streets, non-functioning water and electricity services and a neighborhood with fewer than half the houses occupied.
The anti-US insurgency, says one Iraqi officer, consists chiefly of young, unemployed men who lack food and money and are too poor to marry.
Nevertheless, the reporter takes as given the necessity to stamp out opposition and suggests in the end that torture may be undesirable but nevertheless necessary to "save" American lives.
"Out here in what soldiers call Baghdad's wild west," Rubin declares, "sometimes the choices are all bad."
Don't expect too much from "embedded" reporters.
In Iraq, not a small or seizable minority, but the majority of people are unemployed.
Also from Iraq, today, from AFP:
Nine US soldiers killed, 20 wounded in Iraq car bomb …
The latest fatalities took the military's losses in Iraq to 70 in this month alone and to 3,330 since the March 2003 invasion of the country, according to an AFP count based on Pentagon figures.
Filipino workers recruited for Iraq despite ban: here.
The case of dead Iraq veteran James Coons: here.
US sergeant: Iraq war is like Vietnam and can't be won, video: here.
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Administrator on April 24, 2007 at 9:44 pm said:
(from: The Independent)
Divide and Rule: Bush's Doomed Plan for Baghdad
Faced with an ever-more ruthless insurgency in Baghdad — despite President George Bush's "surge" in troops — US forces in the city are now planning a massive and highly controversial counter-insurgency operation that will seal off vast areas of the city, enclosing whole neighbourhoods with barricades and allowing only Iraqis with newly issued ID cards to enter.
The campaign of "gated communities" — whose genesis was in the Vietnam War — will involve up to 30 of the city's 89 official districts and will be the most ambitious counter-insurgency programme yet mounted by the US in Iraq.
The system has been used — and has spectacularly failed — in the past, and its inauguration in Iraq is as much a sign of American desperation at the country's continued descent into civil conflict as it is of US determination to "win" the war against an Iraqi insurgency that has cost the lives of more than 3,200 American troops. The system of "gating" areas under foreign occupation failed during the French war against FLN insurgents in Algeria and again during the American war in Vietnam. Israel has employed similar practices during its occupation of Palestinian territory — again, with little success.
But the campaign has far wider military ambitions than the pacification of Baghdad. It now appears that the US military intends to place as many as five mechanised brigades — comprising about 40,000 men — south and east of Baghdad, at least three of them positioned between the capital and the Iranian border. This would present Iran with a powerful — and potentially aggressive — American military force close to its border in the event of a US or Israeli military strike against its nuclear facilities later this year.
The latest "security" plan, of which The Independent has learnt the details, was concocted by General David Petraeus, the current US commander in Baghdad, during a six-month command and staff course at Fort Leavenworth in Kansas. Those attending the course — American army generals serving in Iraq and top officers from the US Marine Corps, along with, according to some reports, at least four senior Israeli officers — participated in a series of debates to determine how best to "turn round" the disastrous war in Iraq.
The initial emphasis of the new American plan will be placed on securing Baghdad market places and predominantly Shia Muslim areas. Arrests of men of military age will be substantial. The ID card project is based upon a system adopted in the city of Tal Afar by General Petraeus's men — and specifically by Colonel H R McMaster, of the 3rd Armoured Cavalry Regiment — in early 2005, when an eight-foot "berm" was built around the town to prevent the movement of gunmen and weapons. General Petraeus regarded the campaign as a success although Tal Afar, close to the Syrian border, has since fallen back into insurgent control.
So far, the Baghdad campaign has involved only the creation of a few US positions within several civilian areas of the city but the new project will involve joint American and Iraqi "support bases" in nine of the 30 districts to be "gated" off. From these bases — in fortified buildings — US-Iraqi forces will supposedly clear militias from civilian streets which will then be walled off and the occupants issued with ID cards. Only the occupants will be allowed into these "gated communities" and there will be continuous patrolling by US-Iraqi forces. There are likely to be pass systems, "visitor" registration and restrictions on movement outside the "gated communities." Civilians may find themselves inside a "controlled population" prison.
In theory, US forces can then concentrate on providing physical reconstruction in what the military like to call a "secure environment". But insurgents are not foreigners, despite the presence of al-Qa'ida in Iraq. They come from the same population centres that will be "gated" and will, if undiscovered, hold ID cards themselves; they will be "enclosed" with everyone else.
A former US officer in Vietnam who has a deep knowledge of General Petraeus's plans is sceptical of the possible results. "The first loyalty of any Sunni who is in the Iraqi army is to the insurgency," he said. "Any Shia's first loyalty is to the head of his political party and its militia. Any Kurd in the Iraqi army, his first loyalty is to either Barzani or Talabani. There is no independent Iraqi army. These people really have no choice. They are trying to save their families from starvation and reprisal. At one time they may have believed in a unified Iraq. At one time they may have been secular. But the violence and brutality that started with the American invasion has burnt those liberal ideas out of people … Every American who is embedded in an Iraqi unit is in constant mortal danger."
The senior generals who constructed the new "security" plan for Baghdad were largely responsible for the seminal — but officially "restricted" — field manual on counter-insurgency produced by the Department of the Army in December of last year, code-numbered FM 3-24. While not specifically advocating the "gated communities" campaign, one of its principles is the unification of civilian and military activities, citing "civil operations and revolutionary development support teams" in South Vietnam, assistance to Kurdish refugees in northern Iraq in 1991 and the "provincial reconstruction teams" in Afghanistan — a project widely condemned for linking military co-operation and humanitarian aid.
FM 3-24 is harsh in its analysis of what counter-insurgency forces must do to eliminate violence in Iraq. "With good intelligence," it says, "counter-insurgents are like surgeons cutting out cancerous tissue while keeping other vital organs intact." But another former senior US officer has produced his own pessimistic conclusions about the "gated" neighbourhood project. "Once the additional troops are in place the insurrectionists will cut the lines of communication from Kuwait to the greatest extent they are able," he told The Independent. "They will do the same inside Baghdad, forcing more use of helicopters. The helicopters will be vulnerable coming into the patrol bases, and the enemy will destroy as many as they can. The second part of their plan will be to attempt to destroy one of the patrol bases. They will begin that process by utilising their people inside the 'gated communities' to help them enter. They will choose bases where the Iraqi troops either will not fight or will actually support them.
"The American reaction will be to use massive firepower, which will destroy the neighbourhood that is being 'protected.'"
The ex-officer's fears for American helicopter crews were re-emphasised yesterday when a military Apache was shot down over central Baghdad.
The American's son is an officer currently serving in Baghdad. "The only chance the American military has to withdraw with any kind of tactical authority in the future is to take substantial casualties as a token of their respect for the situation created by the invasion," he said.
"The effort to create some order out of the chaos and the willingness to take casualties to do so will leave some residual respect for the Americans as they leave."
FM 3-24: America's new masterplan for Iraq
FM 3-24 comprises 220 pages of counter-insurgency planning, combat training techniques and historical analysis. The document was drawn up by Lt-Gen David Petraeus, the US commander in Baghdad, and Lt-Gen James Amos of the US Marine Corps, and was the nucleus for the new US campaign against the Iraqi insurgency. These are some of its recommendations and conclusions:
* In the eyes of some, a government that cannot protect its people forfeits the right to rule. In [parts] of Iraq and Afghanistan… militias established themselves as extragovernmental arbiters of the populace's physical security — in some cases, after first undermining that security…
* In the al-Qa'ida narrative… Osama bin Laden depicts himself as a man purified in the mountains of Afghanistan who is inspiring followers and punishing infidels. In the collective imagination of Bin Laden and his followers, they are agents of Islamic history who will reverse the decline of the umma (Muslim community) and bring about its triumph over Western imperialism.
* As the Host Nation government increases its legitimacy, the populace begins to assist it more actively. Eventually, the people marginalise insurgents to the point that [their] claim to legitimacy is destroyed. However, victory is gained not when this is achieved, but when the victory is permanently maintained by and with the people's active support…
* Any human rights abuses committed by US forces quickly become known throughout the local populace. Illegitimate actions undermine counterinsurgency efforts… Abuse of detained persons is immoral, illegal and unprofessional.
* If military forces remain in their compounds, they lose touch with the people, appear to be running scared, and cede the initiative to the insurgents. Aggressive saturation patrolling, ambushes, and listening post operations must be conducted, risk shared with the populace and contact maintained.
* FM 3-24 quotes Lawrence of Arabia as saying: "Do not try to do too much with your own hands. Better the Arabs do it tolerably than that you do it perfectly. It is their war, and you are to help them, not to win it for them."
* FM 3-24 points to Napoleon's failure to control occupied Spain as the result of not providing a "stable environment" for the population. His struggle, the document says, lasted nearly six years and required four times the force of 80,000 Napoleon originally designated.
* Do not try to crack the hardest nut first. Do not go straight for the main insurgent stronghold. Instead, start from secure areas and work gradually outwards… Go with, not against, the grain of the local populace.
* Be cautious about allowing soldiers and marines to fraternise with local children. Homesick troops want to drop their guard with kids. But insurgents are watching. They notice any friendships between troops and children. They may either harm the children as punishment or use them as agents.
© 2007 Independent Media Institute. All rights reserved.
Administrator on May 4, 2007 at 3:13 pm said:
Stan Winer: Abu Ghraib … Tortured fragments of history (The view from South Africa)
[South African-based writer Stan Winer is author of the book Between the Lies: Rise of the media-military-industrial complex, (London: Southern Universities Press, 2004)]
In April 2004, the world was momentarily shocked by televised photographs from Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison showing hooded Iraqis stripped naked, posed in contorted positions, and visibly suffering humiliating abuse while amused American soldiers stood by. Responsibility for these acts has largely been confined to the lower ranks and kept close to Abu Ghraib itself. Official statements attributed the practice to an unusual and temporary breakdown in "military discipline", thus diverting any suspicion that psychological torture as paraded before our eyes in the Abu Ghraib snapshots is the product of intelligence policies shaped in design and application over a long period of time.
The Abu Ghraib scandal did, however, open a floodgate of news and information leaks about the existence of a mini-gulag of prisons the CIA and US Army Intelligence had set up in Afghanistan, on aircraft carriers, in remote places like the Indian Ocean Island of Diego Garcia, and in the prisons of torture-friendly allies.(1) An official inquiry disclosed that the US Army specifically allowed CIA to house "Ghost Detainees" who were unidentified and unaccounted for in Abu Ghraib, thus encouraging violations of reporting and monitoring requirements under the Geneva Conventions.(2)
What the official inquiry studiously failed to disclose were the reasons why obsessive secrecy was deemed necessary in the first place. Protected by extreme secrecy, such facilities are placed outside the rule of law. They are not subject to review of the manner in which they are operated, the interrogation methods used, and the general conditions prevailing there. Representatives of the Red Cross are denied access to the facilities; nobody knows how many detainees are held there, who the detainees are or where they come from, nor would it be known which authority was responsible for the arrest and bringing them to the facility, who conducted the interrogations, or whether they were authorised to do so.
It is reasonable to assume that, once a prisoner of war is captured, the captor's immediate short-term objective would be to obtain from the prisoner quick information for tactical operations such as strikes, counter-strikes or further arrests. The infliction of physical pain is probably the quickest method of obtaining information, the usefulness of which is usually short-lived due to the changing and changeable nature of battlefield conditions. So why any need for psychological torture, which is comparatively slower at producing results and seemingly more benign than physical methods?
The obsessive veil of secrecy surrounding such methods means that military personnel are themselves largely unaware of how their individual actions fit into the overall picture. Others know exactly what they are doing, but keep quiet because they also know that what they are doing is criminal. The Official Secrets Act also ensures that lips remain tightly sealed. Above all, a perceived need to protect "the national interest" combines with censorship to retain a wall of silence around the subject.
A notable exception occurred, however, several years ago during the long-running trial in South Africa of alleged war criminal Brigadier Wouter Basson, a South African Army chemical and biological warfare specialist. The trial provided a rare glimpse into the horrors that can and did evidently occur in circumstances of extreme secrecy and geographical isolation no less pervasive and extreme as those prevailing currently in America's gulag of secret prisons. Evidence presented at Basson's trial concerned, among other things, certain events taking place in the 1970s and 1980s at an airfield and forward military base named Fort Rev, situated in Ondangwa in Owamboland in the former South West Africa, (now Namibia).
Fort Rev was used by 5 Reconnaissance Regiment and the other Special Forces Regiments as an operational base for launching counter-insurgency operations into Angola and areas of Owamboland. Within the base was also a secret torture and interrogation centre where attempts, not always successful, were made to "turn" or "convert" captured guerrillas into "pseudo operators" for covert deception operations. Hence the name Fort Rev, meaning "reversal". Behavioural scientists have another phrase for it: transmarginal inhibition or TMI — a state of behavioral collapse induced by physical and emotional stress prior to inducing new patterns of actions and beliefs. Successful application of this technique, sometimes referred to pejoratively as "brain washing", requires psychological torturers to have total control of the environment. Existing mental programming can then be replaced with new patterns of thinking and behavior. The same results can be obtained in contemporary psychiatric treatment by electric shock treatments and even by purposely lowering a patient's blood sugar level with insulin injections. (3)
The Namibian deception operations, under the tutelage of battle hardened former Rhodesian special forces operators, had to be kept secret at any cost. If the operations were successful, pseudo gangs consisting of turned guerrillas posing as genuine freedom fighters would be infiltrated back into the field of battle where they would capture insurgents. Some of the captured insurgents, so-called "high value targets", would be turned at Fort Rev, others being useful only as a source of information. But, having served that purpose they then presented a security risk due to the nature of at least some intelligence they themselves would have picked during the course of interrogation, as this could immediately compromise the secrecy of the entire pseudo operations programme. So they could not be processed through normal channels and imprisoned in a central holding facility.
The torturers and interrogators at Fort Rev got around this small problem by simply killing off survivors. "Redundant" prisoners were disposed of without trace after being drugged and their bodies dumped into the Atlantic Ocean from an aircraft. It is difficult to imagine a more horrible way of dying. The doomed prisoners, before being loaded onto an aircraft and dumped 100 miles out to sea, were first injected with powerful muscle relaxants which had the effect of paralysing the victim whilst leaving his mind fully conscious. An anaesthetic drug was also used, having the effect of causing hallucinations. (4)
In the absence of digital imaging technology of the kind evidenced at Abu Gharieb, one can only speculate about the extent to which similar methods were practised during France's battle for Algiers in the 1950s, Britain's suppression of independence movements in Kenya and Malaya in the 1960s, Argentina's dirty war, Britain's Northern Ireland conflict in the 1970 and 1980s, and countless other regional conflicts. But whatever happened then, and whatever the true activities currently taking place in America's gulag of secret prisons, it is certainly the case that extreme secrecy provides an ideal environment for the application of psychological torture techniques aimed at brain-washing prisoners of war.
Yet there remains wide public ignorance and a studied avoidance of this unsettling subject. Few people have been able to fit together the fragments of history and grasp the larger picture. Others simply don't want to know. The practice of psychological torture, never fully acknowledged, is thus allowed to persist inside the secret services as the product of intelligence strategies that have probably been standard practice for at least half-a-century or more. Abu Ghraib is but the tip of an iceberg.
NOTES & REFERENCES:
(1) For a list of US detention sites see http://www.humanrightsfirst.org/media/2004_alerts/0617.htm
(2) For many years the Israeli secret services took this one step further by actually operating a "ghost prison" for political detainees. Code-named Facility 1391, this secret prison intended for "special cases" operated in Israel for many years within the walls of a secret army base, distant from the eyes of the Press and the public, and without being declared a detention facility, as required by statute. See http://www.icj-sweden.org/Facility1391.pdf
(3) The technique was discovered by Russian scientist Ivan Pavlov (see bibliography below) who identified TMI in the early 1900's. His work with animals opened the door to further investigations with humans. The ways to achieve conversion through TMI are many and varied, but the usual first step in brainwashing is to work on the emotions of an individual or group until they reach an abnormal level of anger, fear, excitement or nervous tension. The progressive result of this mental condition is to impair judgement and increase suggestibility. The more this condition can be maintained or intensified, the more it compounds, leading to total behavioural conversion.
(4) Wouter Basson trial records 19, 20 & 20a. The complete trial record is available at http://ccrweb.ccr.uct.ac.za/archive/cbw/cbw_index.html
Eysenck HJ The biological basis of personality, Springfield, IL: Thomas, (1967)
Pavlov, IP Lectures on Conditional Reflexes: The higher nervous activity (Behaviour) of animals, London: Lawrence & Wishart, 1928
Sargant, W The Battle for the Mind, London: Wm Heinemann, 1957
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Avicii Hospitalized Tonight – Cancels Miami Show
byEDM Maniac
Earlier tonight, Avicii was scheduled for a show at the SLS Hotel in Miami Beach, however it appears that earlier Avicii was hospitalized and later released. We're not too sure what happened, but Cazzette did announce to the audience that Avicii had been hospitalized. It is now being reported that Avicii "is no longer a guest at the SLS in Miami Beach."
All of this the night before Ultra Music Festival in Miami, which is a three-day festival with DJs, artists, and performers from all over the globe.
This makes the second DJ hospitalized today after it was reported at 9:00PM PST that DJ Afrojack was being admitted for dehydration.
More info as it becomes available.
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Awe-inspiring place of worship? Visit Salisbury not Stonehenge
Stonehenge's new visitor centre is a huge improvement on what it replaced, but it remains difficult to appreciate the stone circle with a jammed-up major road just a field away. You can do better a few miles south.
First published on Beacon. Continue reading "Awe-inspiring place of worship? Visit Salisbury not Stonehenge"
Author SA MathiesonPosted on August 1, 2014 September 27, 2016 Categories Articles, Arts, Reviews, The South West, Travel
Review: The Filter Bubble by Eli Pariser – how to burst these bubbles
I referred to filter bubbles a while ago, and thought I should get around to reading the book of that name by Eli Pariser. Written in 2011, and subtitled 'What the internet is hiding from you', it is an interesting review of web personalisation and its dangers, current and future. It takes as its starting point Google's announcement in December 2009 that it would personalise every search result, so trapping web users in an 'Adderall Society', where like users of that drug they become more focused and less curious.
It's an interesting read, and Mr Pariser – who among other things has been executive director of the online campaigning service MoveOn.org and is now co-founder of viral-with-a-purpose social media firm Upworthy– has civic-minded concerns about people becoming ignorant of hard news, particularly from abroad, as the likes of Google and Facebook serve up only what someone is likely to click on.
However, while it's good that The Filter Bubble includes a section headed 'What individuals can do', I think quite a lot remained unsaid. The section suggests you delete cookies regularly, and there's a good comparison of Twitter and Facebook, the former with simple rules and lots of user control, the latter with complex, often-shifting ones which have been known to change a user's semi-private data into public. Continue reading "Review: The Filter Bubble by Eli Pariser – how to burst these bubbles"
Author SA MathiesonPosted on February 17, 2014 November 7, 2014 Categories IT, Media, Privacy, Reviews
Review: Bedsit disco queen, Tracey Thorn's creative career advice book
Tracey Thorn's account of her years as half of the band Everything but the girl, Bedsit disco queen , has been praised as both an enjoyable, honest memoir and a fascinating journey through British music from punk to the mid-2000s. It is both, but it is also possible to read as a guide to a creative career, in this case in music. I'm going to review it as that.
Thorn started with a punk ethos of, we can do this ourselves. In 1980, her first band the Stern Bops provided a track to a compilation cassette sold for £1.50 through a couple of local record shops and an NME small ad; she recalls going to a tape copying facility in London to get more run off. The chapter is titled 'DIY'.
Thorn and her partner Ben Watts formed the band Everything but the girl in 1982 at Hull University and continued until 2000. Despite this, she describes being a singer as "a job I wasn't really cut out for" – she feels more comfortable writing and recording, and suffers periodically from stage fright. She uses this distance at some points of the book to assess pop music as a career option. Continue reading "Review: Bedsit disco queen, Tracey Thorn's creative career advice book"
Author SA MathiesonPosted on July 15, 2013 September 30, 2015 Categories Arts, Media, Reviews1 Comment on Review: Bedsit disco queen, Tracey Thorn's creative career advice book
Salford Royal Hope building: a hospital that looks like a design hotel/art gallery
Salford Royal NHS foundation trust makes damaging fewer of its patients its priority (in other words, it aims to be safest trust in the NHS). But when visiting last week for the day job, I noted that 'having a hospital that looks like a design hotel or art gallery' had also been added to the to-do list.
Interviewing trust IT bosses for EHI Intelligence means visiting a lot of NHS hospitals. While special places in many ways, they tend to look functional rather than beautiful. As previously discussed, the new Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham is gleaming and full of light, like a really nice shopping mall. But while I knew Salford Royal was proud of its new Hope building – which was a construction site when I last visited two years ago (it opened in autumn 2011) – I wasn't expecting it to be cool. Continue reading "Salford Royal Hope building: a hospital that looks like a design hotel/art gallery"
Author SA MathiesonPosted on July 8, 2013 September 30, 2015 Categories Arts, Healthcare, Hospitals, Reviews, The North1 Comment on Salford Royal Hope building: a hospital that looks like a design hotel/art gallery
Art galleries in northern France: La Piscine Roubaix beats Louvre Lens
The north of France is a lot like the north of England. It's a bit colder, metropolitan types think it has funny accents and food and it has suffered from a decline in industry, particularly mining. Lille should get itself twinned with Manchester – both cities have great histories and great ambitions for the future (and both are now major student and cultural centres). Continue reading "Art galleries in northern France: La Piscine Roubaix beats Louvre Lens"
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You could go and live in Iceland for 6 months without changing jobs - here's how
By Ethan Shone
Wednesday, 2nd December 2020, 12:32 pm
Updated Wednesday, 2nd December 2020, 12:32 pm
You might be able to go and work remotely in Iceland for six months, so long as you're employed and meet a handful of health insurance requirements.
The country is pushing its Work in Iceland scheme, which previously allowed people to stay and work there for 90 days, but has now been extended to six months.
The Icelandic government believes that, by inviting remote workers from elsewhere in the world to live and work in Iceland, they will speed up the country's economic recovery from the Covid pandemic.
Who can go?
The new scheme is an extension of the previous one, meaning any foreign nationals not required to have a visa are able to apply, rather than just anyone in the European Schengen area.
According to the Work in Iceland website, the criteria you will need to meet in order to be approved for a six month long remote working visa are as follows:
The purpose of your stay must be to work remotely from Iceland for a foreign companyYou do not intend to reside in Iceland long-termYou haven't been issued a long-term visa for Iceland in the last 12 monthsYou can demonstrate that your monthly income is at least 1m ISK (£5,703.52), or 1.3m ISK (£7,427.22) if you are applying to bring a partner and children under 18
Why Iceland?
The country is famous for its breathtaking scenery and untouched natural landscapes. It is considered one of the best places in the world to see the Northern Lights.
Iceland is also known for its vibrant culture, centred around the capital city of Reykjavik, whose inhabitants are known to be particularly friendly.
The cost of living in Iceland is considerably higher than in the UK, particularly in Reykjavik, where the price of a three course meal for two people is around 35 per cent more expensive than the equivalent in London, according to cost of living site Numbeo.


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INTERSCHOLASTIC BEACH VOLLEYBALL LEAGUE
A program of the Southern Pacific Volleyball Committee
2016 Boys' IBVL Pairs Champions
The Southern Pacific Boys' IBVL Pairs Tournament crowned Notre Dame High School (Sherman Oaks, CA) pairs, Timothy Brewster and Chris Hall champions of the 2016 event at Dockweiler State Beach in Los Angeles, CA.. The pair defeated Miles and Marcus Partain of Palisades Charter High School (Pacific Palisades, CA) in the final. Earning the bronze medal were Loyola High School (Los Angeles, CA) pairs, Luke Grafton and Will Bantle and Mira Costa High School (Manhattan Beach, CA) pairs Dane Johnson and Bobby Barkley.
The Interscholastic Beach Volleyball League is a program of the Southern Pacific Volleyball Committee
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Located within a ten minute walk of the Newton retail area, these apartments are situated within a large development with a stunning rooftop swimming pool. The surrounding area is made up of a host of other towering hotels and apartment buildings, while the city's dazzling skyline twinkles in the distance. With such a large number of high-profile retail malls all concentrated into one area, lovers of shopping will certainly be left feeling satisfied. The Istana presidential palace is 2 kilometres away and is worthy landmark for those keen on sightseeing.
These apartments are trendy and quirkily decorated with modern furnishings and attractive on-site amenities. Kitchen areas feature a range of appliances such as a combination microwave and a coffee machine. Living areas include an HDTV flat screen and stylish furniture. Apartments benefit from built in air condition and central heating. Guests will have access to free wireless internet and a communal laundry room. In addition to access to a luxurious rooftop swimming pool, guests will also have access to on-site amenities including a gym, and communal residents lounge. The 24 hour reception and lobby area is artistically decorated with neon lights and vibrant colours. Housekeeping is provided twice weekly and 24 hour security is also provided.


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What Are the Different Types of Animation Career Opportunities?
Dan Cavallari
Animation career opportunities are vast, especially since the advent of 3-D animation and computer animation. Larger production companies will often have numerous animators on staff, as well as computer technicians and other professionals who are responsible for making animations ready for television, film, or the Internet. A person with extensive knowledge or experience with various computer programs can seize on animation career opportunities, as can artists with drawing or painting skills. Other jobs within the animation industry may include accountants, writers, advertisers and marketers, maintenance personnel, and information technology specialists.
A flower drawn by an animation artist.
The process of animation has evolved over the years, and in modern times, several types of animation exist. Many animation career opportunities will be focused on one type of animation, while others may be focused on all different types. A CGI professional creates and manipulates computer generated images (CGI). These images can be used in cartoons, though they can also be used in live action films and television shows. A CGI artist will work primarily with specific computer programs that are often quite complex, so intensive computer training will be necessary to qualify for such animation career opportunities.
More traditional animation involves drawing a series of pictures with ink, pencil, pen, or paints. Some specific animation career opportunities will focus exclusively on this type of animation, and the best job candidate will therefore have extensive knowledge, experience, or skills with painting or drawing. Some artists will draw pencil sketches as the base for the animation, and a painter will then paint over the sketches to give them depth and color. Another person may be responsible for compiling the images and creating the moving picture, essentially filming the movement.
The Internet has opened up a treasure trove of animation career opportunities completely outside film or television. An animator may be responsible for web design and/or content, creating graphics for various websites or even short films for companies. Freelance animators often work in such settings, creating content for businesses or individuals in need of a more attractive web presentation.
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The network has developed its own products including a range of Tiwi jewellery and printed silk scarves. One of its main activities is facilitating Tiwi Art tours where art enthusiasts are flown to the islands to visit the three art centres and meet the artists. The network has a showroom and office in Darwin.
The Tiwi Art Network is a not for profit Aboriginal Corporation. For every item of artwork sold, the bulk of the money is returned to the artist and the remainder is put back into the operations of the art centres and the Tiwi Art Network.


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Editorial: Federal election financing rules should be fairer and more transparent
Horne and his wife were not wrong in taking the funds paid for with taxpayer-subsidized donations but questions remain
(From left): Libertarian Lewis Dahlby, Conservative Doug Horne, Green Brad Nickason, Liberal Ron McKinnon and NDP Sara Norman sparred in an all-candidates debate hosted by the Tri-Cities Chamber of Commerce in the run up to the 2015 federal election. According to disclosure documents, Horne was the only local candidate who was paid a stipend. The election financing rules appear to allow the payment but questions arise regarding fairness, equity and transparency.
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It's an article of faith in the Canadian democratic system that people run for office to serve others — not for pay.
So it comes as a bit of a surprise to learn that Coquitlam-Port Coquitlam Conservative candidate Douglas Horne and his wife were each paid a stipend for their work in last year's federal election campaign.
The rules suggest the couple was not wrong in taking the funds paid for with taxpayer-subsidized donations. Campaign workers are allowed a stipend and candidates can be reimbursed for lost revenue.
It's up to the candidate to make a case for getting paid a stipend (salaries are not allowed, only reimbursement for lost revenue can be claimed), but Horne appears to be the only candidate taking advantage if, indeed, this is how the expense is being claimed.
Certainly, family income shouldn't stop people from running for public office and Horne took a risk when he quit his lucrative $102,000 a year MLA job to run. But the rule should be applied consistently. It's not fair that some candidates get paid and others do not.
According to the online disclosure documents, Horne not only spent the most on his losing campaign in the Tri-Cities, he was the only local candidate to get paid a stipend of $5,000 plus another $5,000 candidate payment that is not explained.
His wife was also paid $5,000 for her work as campaign coordinator during the 78-day campaign.
To be fair, the online disclosures lack the rich detail of scanned documents, such as those required for elected provincial MLAs and some civic politicians, so it's not absolutely clear what Horne is getting reimbursed for and what is a payment.
However, according to the disclosure documents for other top Tory spenders in B.C., stipends for candidates seems to be an exception rather than the rule. In fact, no similar candidate stipend could be found in the disclosures of triumphant South-Surrey White Rock Conservative Diane Watts, or among the losers Erinn Broshko (Vancouver Granville) and John Weston (West Vancouver-Sunshine Coast-Sea to Sky,) who, like Horne, all spent about $190,000 on their campaign.
Given the importance of the riding to the Conservative Party, it's not surprising Horne would be offered some compensation for quitting his job to run.
However, the optics are bad and the rules should be clearer so everyone is on the same playing field.
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Author: Tom published his first children's book in August 2014; List for Santa, List for Life!
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The PMA Partners initially started out as Kind Touch (www.kindtouchonline.com) in 2009. At the time Tom Corner was working in the Financial Services industry as a wholesaler for one of the nation's largest insurance companies.
Working in an industry replete with strong personalities and big egos Kind Touch was inspired by a hidden desire to move people to kindness, a monumental feat in an industry fueled by greed and fear.
An introvert at heart he quickly embraced the power of persuasion through the spoken word. More like a 'sheep in wolf's clothing' he found a way to fit into a world of assertive and influential professionals.
After years of perfecting his trade, he continued to embrace the power of the spoken word. Intrigued by Dr. Wayne Dyer's message of positivity and love and inspired by the speaking prowess of Steve jobs he combined their two styles into his personal approach to speaking and leading.
Tom's vision is a combination of passion and persuasiveness (Steve Jobs) married with inspiration and purpose (Dr. Wayne Dyer). His journey continued as he persisted in finding a way to uplift and inspire with peace, love and acceptance.
Kind Touch transformed into The PMA Partners four years later with the tagline "The endorsers of a Positive Mental Attitude!" focusing on the Physical and Mental aspects of life and business.
Question: What's the logo all about?
Answer: Being better than we were yesterday. Symbolization of life, birth, re-birth, new beginnings.
Question: What do the butterfly and flower represent?
Butterfly — Butterflies are deep and powerful representations of life. Many cultures associate the butterfly with our souls. The Christian religion sees the butterfly as a symbol of resurrection. Around the world, people view the butterfly as representing endurance, change, hope, and life.
Zen ensō circle — Enlightenment, strength, elegance, the universe.
Lotus flower — In Buddhist symbolism, the lotus is symbolic of purity of the body, speech, and mind as while rooted in the mud, its flowers blossom on long stalks as if floating above the muddy waters of attachment and desire. It is also symbolic of detachment as drops of water easily slide off its petals.
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Q: RPC for multiprocessing, design issues what's a good way to do rpc across multiprocessing.Process'es ?
I am also open to design advise on the following architecture:
Process A * 10, Process B * 1. Each process A has to check with proces B on whether a particular item needs to be queried.
So I was thinking of implementing multiprocessing.Pipe() object for all the As, and then have B listen to each of them. However, I realize that Multiprocessing.Pipe.recv is BLOCKING. so I don't really know how I can go about doing this. (if I use a loop to check which one has things sent through the other end that the loop will be blocked).
There are suggestions for me to use twisted, but I am not sure how I should go about doing this in twisted: Should I create a defer on each pipe.handler from all the processes A and then when recv() receives something it goes on and complete a certain routine? I know personally twisted does not mix well with multiprocessing, but I have done some testing on twisted that are child processes of an multiprocessing implementation and I think this time it's workable.
Any recommendations?

A: Personally, I always tend to lean towards socket-based RPC, because that frees me from the confine of a single node if and when I need to expand more.  Twisted offers a great way to handle socket-based communications, but of course there are other alternatives too.  HTTP 1.1 is a great "transport" layer to use for such purposes, as it typically passes firewalls easily, is easily migrated into HTTPS if and when you need security, too.  As for payloads over it, I may be somewhat of an eccentric for favoring JSON, but I've had a great time with it compared with XML or many other encodings.  Though I have to admit that, now that Google's protobufs have been open-sourced, they're tempting too (especially as they ARE what we use internally, almost exclusively -- one sure gets used to them;-).  Pity no specific RPC implementation of protobufs over HTTP has been open-sourced... but it's not THAT hard to cook up one for yourself;-).

A: I'm satisfied with using REST-ful transaction design.
This means using HTTP instead of pipes.
If Process B has a queue of things for the various Process A's to do, it would work like this.
Process B is an HTTP server, with RESTful URI's that handle queries from process A's.  B is implemented using Python wsgiref or werkzeug or some other WSGI implementation.
Mostly, B responds to GET requests from A.  Each GET request takes the next thing off the queue and responds with it.  Since B will have multiple concurrent requests, some kind of single-threaded queue is essential.  The easiest way to assure this is to assure that the WSGI server is single-threaded.  Each request is relatively fast, so single-threaded processing works out quite nicely.
B has to have it's queue loaded, so it probably also responds to POST requests to enqueue things, too.
Process A is an HTTP client, making requests of the RESTful URI's that Process B provides.  A is implemented using urllib2 to make requests of B.  A makes GET requests of B to get the next thing from the queue.

A: Have you looked at MPI? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Message_Passing_Interface.
It is broadly available on UNIX/Linux/etc. I believe it can be had on Windows. Basically it provides all the plumbing that you'll have to build on top of RPC mechanisms, and it has many years of development and refinement behind it. It is a spec for an API, originally done in C so works with C++ too, and there are Python implementations of it out there too.

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Katie Startup: the Charlton goalkeeper talks about mental health in football and why she wears the No 40 jersey
Katie Startup feels that playing in a team environment helps her mind
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She wears the number 40 shirt. A number with no obvious importance in football, but for Charlton Athletic goalkeeper Katie Startup, it holds a special significance.
According to the World Health Organization, one person dies every 40 seconds to suicide. Extrapolate that across a 90-minute match, with a 15 minute break for half-time, and the number of people who take their own lives is 157.
"My first reaction was really just shock," says Startup. "You hear that and it really struck a chord with me, it puts everything into perspective."
For Startup, mental health struggles are something that those closest to her have been through and she also knows people who work to help mental illnesses. When she decided to raise awareness for a cause at the start of the season, it was an obvious choice to focus on mental health.
She said: "I knew mental health was something I wanted to make an impact in, it was the one I wanted to really push and raise awareness for.
"Since goalkeepers so traditionally wear number one, I knew that by changing to such an out of the blue number like 40, people would ask me why. By asking that question, that is starting the conversation."
Startup chose to wear number 40 on the back of her shirt this season, even though she is a goalkeeper
Playing sport at a high level can be mentally tough, especially if you make a mistake that costs your team a result. Startup's position as goalkeeper only heightens that sense of mental pressure. But she knows exactly what to do after an error.
Startup said: "My mindset if I've made a mistake or let a goal in is to be the first person to speak on the pitch. Obviously goalkeepers can be very vocal anyway but I find that if I'm very vocal, then instantly I am focussed back on the game and I'm not dwelling on the mistake.
"Being vocal is about not letting other people see that it is playing on your mind. If I was vocal and confident before a mistake and am vocal and confident after, that gives my team a bit of a boost and they have more belief in me.
"I also think being in a team is very useful. You sometimes see it on the pitch. If someone makes a mistake, we get around them and get them back on track. I think in football, we are lucky that we are surrounded by those people who know you and can support you, rather than having to recover on your own like they do in an individual sport such as tennis."
Over the past few years, footballers speaking out about mental health has become more commonplace and players like Startup are taking a stand to shed light on issues that mean a lot to them. But Startup still thinks more can be done when it comes to integrating mental health support into football.
"I think maybe a little more support within clubs would be good," she said. "We are quite lucky that at Charlton we have a lot of support with psychologists, who do such a great job. To have someone there for the players to go and talk to while being confidential, without going back to the manager, is so crucial.
"The more we speak out about it, hopefully the more we realise that this is something we need to work on and address within a sporting environment."
However, it is not just within a sporting context that Startup wants people to speak up about mental health issues, she wants everyone to do the same. Rather than keeping things to oneself, Startup hopes people will have the courage to speak up.
"I do believe that talking about it [mental health] is such a big relief, whether it is with a close friend or a family member. I know it can sometimes be quite hard to talk to a family member because there are thoughts of being a burden or worrying them. But thoughts like this, which self-sabotage, do not help and you should try and talk to people about it."
Startup was speaking to NewsChain ahead of today's World Mental Health Day. This year's theme is suicide prevention. More information can be found on the World Health Organization's website.
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All performances take place at the Utah Cultural Celebration Center's Outdoor Amphitheater, located at 1355 W 3100 S, West Valley City, UT 84119.  The outdoor amphitheater has 524 fixed seats and a lawn section, with space for ADA seating. Parking is complimentary but limited. We encourage you to car pool or take public transportation.
The Utah Cultural Celebration Center's food and beverage concession stand is open during the show. The concession offers affordable options such as hot dogs, nachos, candy, drinks and more which can be purchased on-site.
No outside food or beverage allowed. Please leave your coolers at home.
Performances are held rain or shine. All seating is general admission, first come first serve. You are welcome to bring your own blanket, chairs are not recommended. Only Service Animals are allowed, please leave your pets and comfort animals at home. Gates open at 7:30 p.m. Performances start at 8 p.m. For more information, please contact us.


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The Facts About Katy ISD's Bonded Debt
According to the District's August 31, 2020 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, Katy ISD's outstanding bonded debt is $1.889 billion. While there is no argument that this is a large number, to truly have an understanding of what this means for the District and taxpayers, it is important to put the District's debt situation into perspective.
Katy ISD's debt is a direct result of student enrollment growth.
Student enrollment has grown from approximately 32,400 in 1999-2000 to more than 83,423 (Reported in October 2019 to PEIMS), a 157 percent increase in students. During this same time period, the District opened 24 elementary schools, nine junior high schools, and five high schools and one alternative high school. Numerous upgrades to District facilities have also been performed over the past 20 years, as well as technology upgrades, the purchase of buses and portable buildings, land acquisition, and other capital project related items.
1999-2000 2009-2010 2019-20 Growth Percentage
Does Katy ISD's debt divert money from "classroom instruction"?
No. Texas public school districts are required by law to keep the Maintenance & Operations/General Operating Fund tax dollars used for instruction and their Interest & Sinking/Debt Service tax dollars used for debt repayment in separate funds. They may not be commingled. As such, no funding has been diverted from the classroom to pay for debt.
Are Katy ISD's capital assets (items paid for by selling bonds) worth more than the District's outstanding debt?
Yes. Bonded debt is very similar to a home mortgage. If the value of the item financed (house/school) is greater than the amount of debt outstanding to pay for it, then it is often seen as "good" debt. Conversely, if the value of the item financed is less than the amount of outstanding debt, then it is viewed as being "upside down" and not a good position.
According to the District's latest Comprehensive Annual Financial Report as of August 31, 2020, the value of the District's capital assets was $2.2 billion. This means that the items financed with bonded debt are worth more than what the District owes.
Has Katy ISD's Debt Service tax rate increased in recent years?
The District's Interest & Sinking/Debt Service tax rate was held steady at $0.40 from 2007-08 through 2014-15, and dropped to $0.39 in 2015-16. In 2017-18 the tax rate was lowered by $0.02 under Section 26.08(a) of the Texas Property Tax Code (in the District's case related to hurricane/flood declared disasters). The Maintenance & Operations/General Fund tax rate was raised by $0.02 and a transfer from Maintenance & Operations fund balance to the Debt Service Fund was budgeted to hold the Debt Service Fund harmless for the tax rate reduction. In 2019-20 the Interest & Sinking/Debt Service tax rate was returned to $0.39 and remains at that rate in 2020-21. During this same time period, from 2007-08 to 2020-21 the District Maintenance & Operations/General Fund tax rate was reduced from $1.1266 to $0.9988, a reduction of $0.1278.
Also during this time period, the District authorized and sold $459 million of bonds from the 2010 authorization, $748 million of bonds from the 2014 authorization, and as of August 31, 2020 has sold $569.2 million of the $609.2 million authorization approved in November 2017. This ability to maintain and even slightly decrease the original tax rate was primarily due to an increase in taxable values through growth and the District's ability to capitalize on low interest rates both in issuing new bonds and by refunding certain outstanding bonds.
How is Katy ISD's debt approved by the community?
One hundred percent of Katy ISD's debt was directly approved by voters pursuant to a bond election proposed by the Board of Trustees, who were also elected by taxpayers. School districts in Texas cannot assume bonded debt without direct approval from local taxpayers. This is in contrast to charter schools and state agencies that are not required to receive voter approval of certain debt obligations.
Is Katy ISD in a good position to sell bonds at a favorable rate?
Yes. It is anticipated that Katy ISD's bonds will receive the highest possible credit rating due primarily to the guarantee by the Texas Permanent School Fund. Because of the high credit rating and the current interest rate environment, the District expects a favorable market for its bonds. Katy ISD's bond ratings put Katy in the top tier of Texas' most creditworthy school districts because of its management of bonded debt. This includes selling bonds when interest rates are favorable, refunding existing bonds to take advantage of lower interest rates, and maintaining a healthy fund balance in the Interest & Sinking/Debt Service Fund.
For each of the 18 years that Texas districts have been rated through the Financial Integrity Rating System of Texas (FIRST), Katy ISD has received a Superior Rating.  The District has also received the Texas Comptroller Leadership Circle Award for Financial Transparency for four years, receiving the gold award for three years and the platinum award in 2015, the first year the award became available. In 2017, the District was awarded a star in the area of Traditional Finances through the Texas Comptroller's Transparency Stars program, and in 2019 the District was awarded the Debt Obligations Star through the same program.
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The indie developer Valorware has announced the launch of a brand new MMORPG called 9th Dawn. This is a title for the iOS (iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch) that is said to feature the largest open world that any mobile role playing game has to offer.
9th Dawn integrates a classic top-down look with modern mobile touch screen controls. Players will take on one of three well known classes (Archer, Knight, and Mage), while encountering dangerous dungeons and vicious enemies. In fact, there are over 100 unique enemies you?ll come across in 9th Dawn.
There are tons of mysteries and plenty of adventures on the Island continent of Montelorne.The encounters seem endless in such a massive world. Whether it exploring dark forests or crumbling castles, 9th Dawn should give many MMO gamers the experience they?re looking for. The game can be found in that famous virtual apple location known as the app store.


To improve the developer experience of API users by converging the OpenStack API to a consistent and pragmatic RESTful design. The working group creates guidelines that all OpenStack projects should follow for new development, and promotes convergence of new APIs and future versions of existing APIs.
This document contains the guidelines and rules for OpenStack project APIs including guidelines and proposed rules concerning API consistency, naming conventions, and best practice recommendations.
These documents from the API Special Interest Group are primarily focused on providing advice and guidelines for JSON-based APIs. While other representations have their place in the OpenStack ecosystem, they present such a diversity of challenges and edge cases, especially with large and/or binary request and response bodies, that it is impossible to provide guidance that is complete.
Where this guidance is incomplete or ambiguous, refer to the HTTP RFCs—RFC 7230, RFC 7231, RFC 7232, RFC 7233, RFC 7234, and RFC 7235—as the ultimate authority. For advice on effectively using HTTP in APIs see Building Protocols with HTTP.


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Summary The Lancet Commission on Dementia Prevention, Intervention, and Care has updated evidence on modifiable risk factors the prevention of dementia, and the "life-course model of dementia prevention". There were nine modifiable risk factors for reducing the risk of dementia … Continue reading →
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Summary of NICE's Impact on Dementia Health and Care (NICE)
Posted on February 9, 2020 by Dementia and Elderly Care News
Summary A National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) marketing report gives an overview of progress in implementing NICE guidance across health and care. The main section headings comprise: Prevent or delay onset of dementia. Referral, diagnosis and care … Continue reading →
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National Dementia Diagnosis Statistics for England (NHS Digital)
Summary Statistical information on recorded dementia diagnosis rates (DDRs) continues to be published monthly by NHS Digital, formerly the Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC). "68.7% of those aged over 65 estimated to have dementia, have a coded diagnosis … Continue reading →
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Dementia Diagnosis Rates in England (NHS Digital / NHS England)
Summary NHS Digital – formerly the Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC) – continues to release monthly statistical information on recorded dementia diagnoses Full Text Link Reference Recorded dementia diagnoses, June 2018. [Online]: NHS Digital, July 13th 2018. Background information on … Continue reading →
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Dementia Services: a Survey of Quality (Healthwatch Network / BMJ Open)
Summary A Healthwatch England report summarises feedback from over 1,000 people across the country about their experiences of dementia care, plus the results of findings from over 120 care homes visited. This document attempts to clarify what may be working … Continue reading →
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Healthcare Pathways For People Living With Dementia: World Alzheimer Report 2016 (Alzheimer's Disease International)
Summary The World Alzheimer Report 2016, entitled "Improving healthcare for people living with dementia" reviews evidence on aspects of healthcare for people with dementia and suggests how improvements and efficiency savings can be made. The authors are against over-specialization of … Continue reading →
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