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Did you know that nearly half of all charter districts in Texas were in danger of losing out on $200 per student this year? We did, and we fought for our schools.
In December, TCSA was successful in helping protect facilities funding for 72 Texas charter districts. Last year, TEA decided not to issue letter grades to districts impacted by Harvey (17 districts) and single-campus charter districts (55 districts). This is problematic because good academic performance under the new A-F letter grade accountability system is a requirement to receive facilities funds that were set aside in a new law that passed in 2017.
On behalf of our member schools, we worked with TEA to correct this oversight and were the only voice advocating for 72 charter districts that could have lost out on an additional $200 per student. We're thrilled that we helped deliver this win for Texas charter schools. In total, TCSA helped put more than $17 million back into charter school classrooms this school year. Seventeen Harvey-waiver charters received a total of $11,239,502 in facilities funding, and 55 single-campus charters received a total of $5,896,222 in facilities funding.
We're proud to advocate for charter schools – not just at the state Capitol, but at TEA, and the local level as well. We'll continue to fight so that charter schools have the funding, freedom, and flexibility to accomplish their missions and grow to serve the 140,000 names on charter waitlists in Texas.
You can read about our 2019 Policy Priorities here. Have questions about common charter myths? Help debunk them with this information.
Starlee Coleman
It gives me great pleasure to share news of the historic passage of HB 21 by the Texas Legislature. As you know, securing facilities funding has been the primary legislative priority for the Texas Charter Schools Association (TCSA) since our inception in 2008, and this win has been a long time coming.
Under HB 21, students at public charter schools will receive $60 million in direct support from the state for facilities funding. Governor Greg Abbott signed HB 21 on Wednesday and charter facilities funding goes into effect for the 2018-19 academic year.
Only charters with an acceptable overall rating are eligible to access facilities funds under HB 21, though residential treatment charters are exempt from this performance criteria. This requirement coupled with SB 2 (83rd Legislative Session) make for stricter accountability for charters as compared to other public schools. SB 2 mandates the automatic closure of a charter school after three consecutive years of failing to meet academic or financial standards. I know you share our commitment to providing students with an excellent public education and support legislative efforts to ensure greater student outcomes.
Facilities funds provided by HB 21 will help provide relief to public charter schools by keeping instructional funds in the classroom for students and fewer operational dollars going towards the rent or mortgage.
TCSA appreciates Governor Abbott adding school finance to the call for special session allowing for this momentous victory. We also thank Lt. Governor Dan Patrick, Chairman Larry Taylor, and Chairman Dan Huberty for their leadership ensuring that Texans have more options within public education.
I want to personally thank my team--the TCSA staff--for their hard work and long hours contributing to the passage of this bill. TCSA's Elected Advocacy Committee also deserves special recognition for their efforts.
Most importantly, thank you for providing students with an innovative, excellent public education and advocating for your students with your legislators. Together, we can celebrate this great win for students!
The 30-day Special Legislative Session began last week at lightning speed with bill filings, committee hearings, and floor votes. The Texas Charter Schools Association (TCSA) team has been at the state Capitol working on behalf of students at public charter schools.
During a special legislative session, only the governor has the authority to determine the agenda for the legislature. To that end, before the special session began we delivered more than 3,100 signatures from Texas families in a petition to Governor Greg Abbott requesting the addition of facilities funding to the agenda. Thankfully, Governor Abbott added the issue of school finance to the agenda giving us a second bite at the apple at getting our number one priority, facilities funding, across the finish line.
As a result of the demand from Texans for more seats at a public charter school and TCSA's advocacy efforts, we have seen legislation that includes additional funding for public charter schools:
SB 2 (L. Taylor, Friendswood) and HB 253 (Simmons, Carrollton)—TCSA Supports
SB 2 is the Senate's bill that addresses school finance. The bill establishes a tax credit scholarship and educational expense assistance program for students with disabilities, a "financial hardship transition program" for ISDs losing ASATR, $60 million in additional funding for open-enrollment charter schools, and $60 million in additional funding for the existing debt allotment program.
Chairman of the Senate Education Committee, Senator Larry Taylor, filed SB 2 which was heard and voted out of committee by a vote of 9-2 last week and this week the Senate passed the bill on a vote of 19-12. The bill now sits in the House waiting referral to the House Public Education Committee.
Representative Ron Simmons has filed the companion to SB 2, HB 253. This bill has not yet received a hearing by House Public Education Committee.
HB 21 (Huberty, Houston)—TCSA Supports
Chairman Dan Huberty filed HB 21, the House's school finance proposal. This bill increases the basic allotment, increases the bilingual/ESL allotment, expands the grades that may receive the CTE allotment from 9-12th grades to 8-12th grades, creates an allotment for students with dyslexia, creates a "financial hardship grant" for ISDs and charter schools to defray financial hardships resulting from the changes made by this bill, provides $25 million in additional funding for open-enrollment charter schools, and provides $75 million in additional funding to the existing debt allotment program.
HB 21 was favorably voted out of committee this week and may be debated before the full House as soon as Monday, July 31st.
It is important to note that another item added on the agenda by Governor Abbott is a proposal to increase teacher pay. In response, several legislators have filed bills that would accomplish this goal. Not all of these bills impact charter schools, but HB 198 filed by Rep. Travis Clardy (Nacogdoches) impacts all public schools. Amongst other provisions, this bill requires all public schools to increase teacher pay by an average of $1,000. There is no additional funding appropriated by the state for this funding increase. This bill has not yet received a hearing.
We ask you to stay engaged through the special legislative session. As these and other bills move through the process we will ask that you contact your lawmaker to express to them the impact of certain legislation on your schools and students.
Most students earn a well deserved break this summer while their parents continue to juggle work and family responsibilities. It's easy to let the demands of the school year fade away for a couple of months. Homework, tests, and projects give way to some time outside with friends, and maybe a little too much time with video games and smart phones. Some fortunate students will take a trip away to make summer vacation memories. This year, as in all odd numbered ones, our children aren't the only ones taking a break. Within days of the last school bell ringing, the Texas Legislature also wrapped up their regular session. Lawmakers spent the last 140 days debating thousands of bills impacting almost every aspect of our lives. Unlike school they don't meet every year, and because some work wasn't finished on time, Governor Abbott is calling them back to Austin to consider unfinished business in July. Only the Governor has the power to call this "special session," and he alone determines what issues lawmakers deal with during the 30-day period.
Public charter schools made some solid gains at the state Capitol during the regular session this year, with the tremendous support of thousands of parents. Some 18,000 supporters sent more than 12,000 emails and made phone calls and visits to lawmakers. More than 2,000 rallied on the steps of the Capitol and heard politicians pledge support for our most pressing priority: the urgent need for facilities funding. Lawmakers did pass a bill expanding access to the permanent school fund (PSF) bond guarantee program, a move that will make an estimated $3 billon more available to back bonds for school construction and expansion loans. Public charter schools will save hundreds of millions in financing and servicing debt. It's like getting approved for a better credit card with much lower interest rates, but you still need the money to pay for what you charged on the card. Every public charter school student in Texas, and that's about 250,000, deserves facilities funding. If the state provided it, as they do for all other public school students, the 141,000 students on waiting lists to attend a charter school might actually get to enroll and change their lives.
We all fought every step of the way during the last 140 days to make the case for facilities funding, and because of your work, the debate waged on until the very last hours of lawmaking. As proud as we are of all this work, it still hurts to lose. Especially when we are closer than ever before to achieving our goal. So we fight on. It's time to take our advocacy for public charter schools to the next level. We must grow our support from the incredible 18,000 to thousands more from every charter school in our state. State lawmakers are home now for a few weeks before they head back to the Capitol. We can't rest, they need to hear or voices and then they need to act. If we don't take action, our lawmakers certainly won't.
Soon we will begin the work of reaching out to our elected officials to make sure public charter schools are not lost in the shuffle this summer during the special session. To everyone that has helped so far, thank you. Our job is not done, and we are counting on you to help us finish it so that every student can reach his or her potential and every student has an opportunity to attend the school that best fits their needs.
We are approaching the finish line for the 85th Legislative Session with only days left for our senators and representatives to pass important legislation impacting the state of Texas.
As you all know, the key priority for the Texas Charter Schools Association (TCSA) is centered on providing public charter schools with facilities funding to help accommodate exponential enrollment growth and the number of students on a waiting list.
Thanks to your efforts including telephone calls, about 15,000 emails, and in-person visits from public charter school advocates this legislative session, we have made it further in the legislative process than ever before.
For the first time, a public charter school facilities funding bill has passed one chamber of the Texas Legislature, the Senate, and is now in the House. SB 457 provides $50 million for charter school facilities funding and an equal amount to property poor school districts. The potential impact of this critical funding would mean additional classroom space for students on a waiting list, computer labs, libraries, or an increase in teacher salaries.
However, this is by no means a "done deal." In fact, there is still work to complete and the time to act is now!
Together, we must contact our state representatives in the House to ensure a facilities funding bill gets to the Governor's desk. It is critical that you email your state representative right now to let them know public charter school children are not worth less than their peers at other public schools. Ask them to support SB 457!
Public charter schools are an integral part of the state's public education system, held to strict accountability academic and financial standards. However, charter schools are the only public schools that do not receive any direct assistance for facilities funding. It's time to stop short- changing public charter school students!
The 85th Legislative Session is in full swing and more than half-way complete. Several priority bills for the Texas Charter Schools Association (TCSA) have already received a hearing in committee, one of the first steps that a bill must take before moving forward. This is truly great news as the sooner bills are heard in committee, the more time we have to move them through the legislative process.
HB 795, by Rep. Jarvis Johnson, was heard on March 21, 2017, in the House Public Education Committee. This bill allows public schools to appeal a preliminary accountability rating on the basis that the public school made a clerical error. Currently, the Texas Education Agency (TEA) considers appeals only for errors caused by TEA, the education service center, or the testing agent. Richard Rickey, Founder/CEO of Orenda Education and John Armbrust, Founder/Executive Director of Austin Achieve, both testified in support of the bill, which was well received by committee members.
A Harmony student gives testimony at the House Ways and Means Committee hearing
TCSA's Dunn, Rep. Murphy, and student Peter Wofford
That same week, on March 22, 2017, the House Ways and Means Committee heard HB 382/HJR 34, filed by Rep. Jim Murphy. This bill exempts property leased by a public charter school from property taxes. Elizabeth Camarena with Responsive Education Solutions, Peter Wofford, a 12th grade student enrolled in Harmony Science Academy, Tommy Fuller, a charter advocate and David Dunn, Executive Director of TCSA, testified in support of the bill.
Importantly, this week for the first time in TCSA's history, the House Public Education Committee heard testimony on facilities funding for public charter schools. HB 2337, filed by Rep. Harold Dutton, was heard in committee on March 28, 2017. There was strong testimony in support of the bill from the charter school community: Kathleen Zimmerman, CEO of NYOS, Michelle Bonton, Superintendent of The Rhodes School, Priscilla Cavazos and Michele McCurdy - public charter school parents, Mike Feinberg and Albert Black – TCSA board members, Lalla Morris with Families Empowered, and David Dunn. The committee members asked thoughtful questions and engaged in a robust conversation.
Charter parents, leaders, and advocates with Rep. Dutton
NYOS' Zimmerman testifies for HB 2337
Parents Pricilla Cavazos, Senate Staff Bibi Katsev, and Parent Michelle McCurdy
Also heard at this hearing was HB 467, by Rep. Jim Murphy. This bill would increase the capacity of the Permanent School Fund Bond Guarantee Program available to public charter schools. Brent Wilson, Superintendent of Life Schools, Karalei Nunn, Founder/COO of Meridian World School, Tom Sage, a charter advocate, David Dunn, and former SBOE Member Thomas Ratliff all testified in support of the bill.
There was opposition to both HB 2337 and HB 467, with stronger opposition to providing public charter schools facilities funding. Though all bills received a positive reception, we are very far from the finish line. It will take significant effort to get these bills across the finish line.
We will continue to push these important priorities forward, but we need your help. If you haven't contacted your lawmaker yet and asked for their support, it's not too late! Find your lawmaker and contact their office, ask them to support these bills. You may also directly send them an email by taking action. Now is the time to get engaged – now is the time to tell lawmakers public charter school students are not worth less!
By Michelle McCurdy, Mother of a Charter School Student at Altamira Academy
When considering Kindergarten for my daughter, Meredith, I researched every option to find the best school to meet her needs. I eventually selected Altamira Academy, one of three elementary campuses in the Wayside Schools. I chose a public charter school, and more specifically Altamira Academy, for various reasons including the year-round schedule, an international baccalaureate (IB) curriculum, an unwavering commitment to small class sizes, a generally smaller student population, and a required uniform.
Meredith is now a first-grader, and she's thriving in her classes. I couldn't be happier with our choice of a public charter school.
A few weeks ago, I had an amazing opportunity to join other parents in meeting with state legislators about our experiences with our children attending public charter schools. We discussed exercising our option within public education.
McCurdy, Parent Pricilla Cavazos, House Staffer Max Lars, Rep. Donna Howard, Parent Michelle Rodriguez, and Superintendent Matt Abbott
It was one of those roller coaster kind of days. I was filled with sorrow as I recounted the struggle and anxiety that surrounded our efforts to find the best school fit for my child as an individual, and for all of us as a family. I was filled with gratitude and pride as I told the legislators about our joy at finding a school that met so many of our needs.
But I was also filled with anger as I talked about the sacrifices our campus makes every day--the things we give up or trade off. I asked someone to explain to me why my child deserved about $1400 less than my neighbor's child, simply because I didn't believe the traditional school in my zip code was a good fit for my daughter. I implored them to come to our charter campus and see the amazing things that are happening. At the end of the day, I felt galvanized. I feel compelled to advocate, not just for my own children, but for every filled-with-potential face I see at my daughter's public charter school.
Charter Parents and School Leaders at the Texas Capitol
I hope you'll feel compelled, too. We are at a historical crossroads, with companion bills, SB 457 and HB 2337, in the state House and Senate and bipartisan support. I want to thank the legislators who sponsored these bills, but I'm also asking for others at the Capitol to support it. Now is the time to stand up for our students and demand equity in funding. Call, write, visit your elected officials and let them know that choice shouldn't mean compromise.
Rep. Simmons, Rep. Bohac, Rep. Dutton, Sen. Campbell, Parent Pricilla Cavazos, and Larkin Tackett of IDEA
There is significant momentum for charter school facilities funding this legislative session. Earlier this week, Senator Donna Campbell held an event at the Texas Capitol to highlight joint efforts to narrow the funding gap between students at public charter schools and traditional school districts.
Rep. Harold Dutton
Sen. Campbell was joined by state Reps. Harold Dutton, Dwayne Bohac, and Ron Simmons to discuss the importance of providing charter schools with facilities funding through their companion legislation, SB 457 and HB 2337.
Also participating in this event were parents, charter leaders, and advocates from Austin area charters including Harmony Public Schools, IDEA Public Schools, KIPP Public Schools, Not Your Ordinary School (NYOS), Orenda Education, and Rapoport Academy (Waco). These schools, among others from across the state, coordinated a letter writing campaign beginning last fall to encourage families to reach out to their elected officials regarding the need for facilities funding.
Cavazos delivers remarks.
Tackett of IDEA Public Schools
Charter Families
Pricilla Cavazos, a parent whose child attends NYOS, shared her personal story on finding a school to best meet the needs of her child and her experience on a waiting list for a charter school. Additionally, Ms. Cavazos told legislators the need for facilities funding and what it would mean for her child to have access to a school library and large hallways in a brick and mortar building (as opposed to a portable classroom).
Larkin Tackett of IDEA Public Schools also delivered remarks describing their student success and tragically, the number of students on a waiting list to attend one of their campuses.
TCSA wants to thank these legislators for hearing the demand of Texas families and responding with filing SB 457 and HB 2337. This is the first time a House bill for charter school facilities funding has been filed by a set of joint authors representing both bipartisan and geographic diversity. This effort is led by legislators representing Dallas-Ft. Worth, San Antonio, Houston, and the Rio Grande Valley, where a majority of charter schools educate students.
We also want to thank the families from across the state who wrote letters to their elected officials advocating for public charter schools. Many of these letters were delivered to legislative offices later in the afternoon.
Click here to watch the full event in its entirety. (not compatible with Chrome).
State Representatives Harold Dutton, Dwayne Bohac, Jodie Laubenberg, Eddie Lucio, III, and Ron Simmons have joined Senator Donna Campbell in taking the lead to narrow the funding gap for students attending a public charter school and those at traditional school districts. These joint authors filed HB 2337 as companion legislation to Senator Campbell's SB 457 for charter schools facilities funding.
This is the first time in state history that companion legislation specific to facilities funding for public charter schools has been filed in both chambers of the Texas Legislature. The Texas Charter Schools Association and its member schools are elated at potential aid for the 250,000 students currently enrolled at a public charter school and the additional 141,000 students on a waiting list to attend one.
Both HB 2337 and SB 457 propose providing charter schools with $700 per student, which would put them on par with low-wealth school districts.
As a result of the lack of facilities funding, charter schools currently receive on average $1400 less per pupil as compared to other public schools. Charters must use their operational funds meant for student instruction, materials, and teacher salaries to also pay the rent or mortgage for classrooms.
Adding to the momentum, Governor Greg Abbot has specifically identified facilities funding for public charter schools in his budget proposal, which is also a first for a sitting governor of Texas.
Texas Charter Schools Association thanks Representatives Dutton, Bohac, Laubenberg, Lucio, and Simmons, as well as Senator Donna Campbell for their leadership in the Legislature and their commitment to ensuring that all Texas children have access to a high quality, free public education.
For the first time ever there is a bill filed in each chamber of the Texas Capitol that would provide much needed additional funding to public charter schools and their students. We previously reported Senator Donna Campbell filing SB 457. We now also have HB 1269 filed by Representative Jason Villalba.
Public charter schools are the fastest growing public school system in the state with student enrollment at 247,236, increasing at more than six times the rate of school districts per year. The demand from Texas families for a charter school seat is also growing with more than 141,000 students on a waiting list. Since charter schools receive zero in facilities funding they cannot meet families' demand for a public charter school seat and they must use classroom dollars for bricks and mortar. Charter schools receive $1400 less per student on average than other public schools. Much of this gap can be attributed to the lack of facilities funding.
Rep. Villalba's HB 1269 works to close the funding gap between public schools by providing all public charter schools with an additional, estimated $280 per student. Further, if the school achieves a certain academic performance level, it is eligible to receive further supplemental funding. Should the public charter school choose the supplemental funding, the public charter school may only expel a student for a reason expressly allowed in law and must provide a disciplinary alternative education program or juvenile justice alternative education program, as applicable.
HB 1269 also proposes to amend the law regarding the notification of a new charter school campus. It limits the required notification to a three-mile radius of the address or intersection at which the proposed charter school is likely to be located. Further, it would implement a second notification requirement: by the 30th day after the date on which property is acquired that is intended to serve as a public charter school, notice of the property's address must be provided to the aforementioned three parties.
A final important highlight of HB 1269 is that it includes language geared towards facilitating public charter schools and school district partnerships. Such partnerships are not only wins for public charter schools and schools districts, but most importantly, for public school students.
With a funding bill in each chamber of the Texas Capitol, the momentum continues to grow to end the wait list as well as provide equal funding for public charter school students. The Texas Charter Schools Association appreciates Representative Jason Villalba for his support for public charter schools and we look forward to working with him to ensure all students have access to a quality public education!
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Kris Freeman & Noah Hoffman both Top 30 at Worlds
Posted By: The Ski Channel on March 1, 2011 8:59 am
Author of Story: Peter Graves
OSLO, NORWAY – U.S. Ski Team member Kris Freeman (Andover, NH) skied steady in Tuesday's men's 15k classic under cloudy skies, and bathed in fog. Freeman finished in 24th to lead the Americans with a time of 40:24.4 in the FIS World Nordic Ski Championships in Oslo.
Freeman went out with the lead pack consisting of eventual World Champ Matti Heikkinen of Finland for the first 5k. However, he lost stride not able to keep pace finishing the day in 24th. Heikkinen, who finished with a time of 38:14.7 landing Finland's first gold medal of the Championships, outlasted a strong challenge by Norwegian Eldar Roenning finishing 13.3 seconds behind to take silver. Bronze went to Martin Johnsrud Sundby 31.9 behind the winner.
"I latched on to Heikkinen for about 5k and blew up spectacularly and wondered how I was going to get to the finish at 11k," said Freeman of his race. "I was actually pretty surprised that I was still as good as I was at the finish. I was barely making forward progress. I think I could have had a much better day had I skied my own race. But you can't complain when you have the chance. I didn't have it in the tank."
While Freeman led the Americans, the big surprise was the skiing of World Championship rookie Noah Hoffman (Aspen, CO) who was an encouraging 29th, and finished 1:51.5 behind the winner.
"This is a first class day for Noah who did a great job by skiing in the top 30 the entire race. He's another young skier, like Sadie [Bjornsen; Winthrop, WA] and Jessie [Diggins; Afton, MN], that bodes well for the future of this team. Noah skied well under pressure and was super calm," Grover added.
"It was hard. I think I started a little too fast, but felt pretty good," explained Hoffman after the race. "I was definitely struggling with my classic in the beginning of the year but I always felt like it was there. I went to Boulder, CO over Christmas and worked with Zach [Caldwell] on technique and I think that helped a lot."
The USA's Lars Flora (Anchorage) and Simi Hamilton (Aspen, CO) also competed in Tuesday's 15k classic finishing respectively in 39th and 51st.
Action will continue at Holmekollen tomorrow with the men's and women's sprint competitions.
FIS WORLD NORDIC CHAMPIONSHIPS
Oslo, Norway – March 1, 2011
Men's 15k
Gold: Matti Heikkinen, Finland, 38:14.5
Silver: Eldar Roenning, Norway, 38:28.0
Bronze: Martin Johnsrud, Norway, 38:46.6
24. Kris Freeman, Andover, NH, 40:24.4
29. Noah Hoffman, Aspen, CO, 40:42.8
39. Lars Flora, Anchorage, 41:09.5
51. Simi Hamilton, Aspen, CO, 42:08.3

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System of police in Pakistan: An introduction
The implication of concurrence of the subjects of criminal law, criminal procedure and the law of evidence is not fully appreciated by many leading to the popular perception that implementation of human rights and police-related matters is the sole domain of the provinces.
By Kamran Adil
Pakistan is a federation as per its constitution. This federal nature has resulted in the division of work between the federation and the provinces. As far as the criminal justice system is concerned, criminal law, criminal procedure and the law of evidence are 'concurrent' subjects for legislation within the scheme of the constitution (as per articles 142 and 143), therefore, two criminal justice system streams can be discerned in the country: one is the federal criminal justice system and the other is the provincial criminal justice system. There appears to be a lot of confusion about understanding the contours of the very system that many wish to reform.
It is, therefore, in order that this point be stated in so many words to ward off any misperception. The implication of concurrence of the subjects of criminal law, criminal procedure and the law of evidence is not fully appreciated by many leading to the popular perception that implementation of human rights and police-related matters is the sole domain of the provinces. Unfortunately, this misperception of expecting police and criminal justice system reforms from provinces has perpetuated over a period of time and many suggest prescriptions that do not take into account the role of the federation in criminal justice matters.
Read more: Criminology, police corruption and police reforms
Understanding the matter better
While analyzing, many ignore the constitutionality of criminal law, criminal procedure and the law of evidence on this important point; the important question that must be asked is that if criminal justice is a provincial subject, why the federation has enacted laws like the latest Torture and Custodial Death (Prevention and Punishment) Act, 2022, the Anti-Rape (Investigation and Trial) Act, 2021, the Juvenile Justice System Act, 2018 and many other laws that cover the criminal law and procedural part of the criminal justice system.
Against this backdrop, the very architecture of every component of the criminal justice system both at the federation as well as provincial levels must be separately understood to prescribe constitutionally compliant and legally sustainable reform agendas for reforming the criminal justice system. With this premise, the anatomy of the police system will be examined here to inform the public policy considerations on offering a better justice system for the country.
First, the semantics. The terms 'police' and 'policing' are often interchangeably used. This must be noted that the Handbook of Criminology published by the University of Oxford distinguishes between 'police' and 'policing'. While 'police' is the name of an organization, 'policing' is the function. The distinction implies that policing function is being discharged by many governmental organizations along with full-time police organizations. For example, the officers of food authorities like the food inspectors inspect the quality of food, and the drug inspectors of the health department are carrying out policing insofar as drugs are concerned. In contradistinction, full-time police officers of a police organization carry out general policing by implementing the general criminal law.
Second, there are provincial, territorial and federal police organizations. Thus, there are four provincial police organizations i.e., the Punjab Police, the Sindh Police, the Khyber Pakhtunkhawa Police and the Balochistan Police. Then there are three territorial police organizations of the Islamabad Capital Territory Police (ICT Police), the Gilgit-Baltistan Police and the Azad Jammu and Kashmir Police. At the federal level, there are the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA), the National Highway and Motorway Police (NHMP) and the Railways Police. Then there are specialized police-related establishments like the National Police Bureau (NPB) and the National Police Academy (NPA) under the Ministry of Interior and the National Counter Terrorism Authority (NACTA).
Read more: Reviewing legal framework on control of Narcotics substances in Pakistan
Third, each police organization has its own law
The matter of the constitutionality of police as a subject of legislation resurfaces quite frequently before the Supreme Court of Pakistan due to the politics of policing in Pakistan. The moot question before the Court is whether, after the Eighteenth Constitutional Amendment, the provincial police is a concurrent or a purely provincial legislative subject. The present position is that, as of December 2020, the Punjab Police is being governed by the Police Order, 2002, and the Sindh Police works under the Sindh (Repeal of the Police Act, 1861 and the Revival of the Police Order, 2002) Act, 2019, the Balochistan Police operates under the Balochistan Police Act, 2011 and the KP Police under Police Act, 2017.
It must be noted that after the passage of the Twenty-Fifth Constitutional Amendment, and the resultant mainstreaming of the erstwhile Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and Provincially Administered Tribal Areas (PATA), the personnel of the Levis Force and the Khasadar Force have been obligated to perform duties as required by the KP Police Act, 2017 after reconstituting them under the KP Levis Force Act, 2019 and the KP Khasadar Force Act, 2019. The specialized territorial police organizations in the ICT, AJK and GB work under the Police Act, of 1861. The issue of application of the Police Order, 2002 to the ICT is subjudice before the Islamabad High Court for a couple of years now. The FIA operates under the FIA Act, 1974 while the NHMP has been constituted under the National Highways Safety Ordinance, 2000.
Four, the law related to policing powers of registration of criminal cases, stop and search, arrest and investigation is contained in the archaic Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898. The criminal justice processes that affect the functioning of police organizations must be updated. The design and architecture of the Code must be rethought for better service delivery. The process serving, mandatory timelines and collateral criminal justice processes need to be synchronized with modern IT-based policing interventions. The legislative cover for storing citizens' data, its protection and its defined use must be prepared to ensure that rule-based structures and processes flourish.
Five, there are over two dozen official efforts/reports on reforming the police. These reports are inward-looking and must be supplemented by policing reforms that review the criminal processes that affect the working of police organizations.
Six, the leadership of all the police organizations is vested in the Police Service of Pakistan (PSP), an occupational group of the Civil Service of Pakistan that should ideally specialize in the internal security of the country. The legal basis of the PSP cadre is article 242 of the constitution which provides for All Pakistan Service that is to work for the federation and the provinces. The PSP cadre has to work closely with the provincial police officers to ensure that the federal and provincial linkages complement and strengthen each other for effective writ of the state.
Seven, in order to strike gender balance within the police, for the last decade, women in police are increasing. The inclusion of women police officers in the rank and file of police is a welcome step. It not only ensures better service delivery for womenfolk but also increases their access to justice possibilities for them.
Eight, the ubiquitous cyber crimes fall only in the domain of the FIA as per the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act, 2016. This must be reviewed as telecommunication-related technology is being used in every form of crime from child abuse to the auto-theft and from ordinary frauds to shooters' killings in urban centers. All provincial police organizations must be empowered to register cases related to cybercrime.
Nine, organized crime is an area that gets little media coverage in Pakistan
According to the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (UNCTOC), organized crimes comprise money laundering, trafficking in person, corruption and obstructing justice. In the context of Pakistan, terrorism, auto-theft, child pornography, human smuggling, Ponzi schemes may be categorized as local organized crimes as these use the inter-district and inter-provincial ungoverned and unregulated legal spaces to thrive and affect a large number of citizens.
These must be checked and controlled effectively to reassure the populace that the state is concerned about their life and property. Learning from international experience and utilizing the international legal framework of the UNCTOC, the international cooperation regimes of mutual legal assistance and cooperation between law enforcement may be led by the Ministry of Interior in coordination with provincial home departments.
Read more: Evidence based policing and criminal justice system of Pakistan
Final point is that the global trend for keeping peace and tranquility in societies is to minimize conflicts that emanate out of injustice. One of the main sources of injustice, within the justice sector, is the unequal treatment of citizens by law enforcement agencies. For example, the US, in the context of the Black Lives Matter movement, loudly spelled out the issue of injustice in the following words: 'over protected, less policed; under protected, more policed'. The discourse on justice sector reform is, therefore, getting impetus from the issue of unequal treatment before the law. Pakistan needs to learn from this as its peace, law and order and sustainable growth depend on quality policing and a fair justice system that can inspire confidence and trust in its citizens.
Kamran Adil is currently serving as Deputy Inspector General of Punjab police. He studied law at Oxford University and writes and lectures on international law. The views expressed in the article are the author's own and do not necessarily reflect the editorial policy of Global Village Space.
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.class public Lcom/samsung/android/rlc/receiver/handler/InitializeHandler;
.super Ljava/lang/Object;
.source "InitializeHandler.java"

# static fields
.field public static final OPRT_QUERY_PARAM:Ljava/lang/String; = "oprtType"

.field private static final TAG:Ljava/lang/String;

# direct methods
.method static constructor <clinit>()V
    .locals 1

    const-class v0, Lcom/samsung/android/rlc/receiver/handler/InitializeHandler;

    invoke-virtual {v0}, Ljava/lang/Class;->getName()Ljava/lang/String;

    move-result-object v0

    sput-object v0, Lcom/samsung/android/rlc/receiver/handler/InitializeHandler;->TAG:Ljava/lang/String;

    return-void
.end method

.method public constructor <init>()V
    .locals 0

    invoke-direct {p0}, Ljava/lang/Object;-><init>()V

    return-void
.end method

.method public static startInit(Landroid/content/Intent;Landroid/content/Context;)V
    .locals 6

    sget-object v3, Lcom/samsung/android/rlc/receiver/handler/InitializeHandler;->TAG:Ljava/lang/String;

    const-string/jumbo v4, "[startInit]"

    invoke-static {v3, v4}, Lcom/samsung/android/rlc/util/Log;->d(Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;)V

    invoke-virtual {p0}, Landroid/content/Intent;->getExtras()Landroid/os/Bundle;

    move-result-object v1

    const/4 v2, -0x1

    const-string/jumbo v3, "oprtType"

    invoke-virtual {v1, v3}, Landroid/os/Bundle;->getString(Ljava/lang/String;)Ljava/lang/String;

    move-result-object v3

    invoke-static {v3}, Landroid/text/TextUtils;->isEmpty(Ljava/lang/CharSequence;)Z

    move-result v3

    if-nez v3, :cond_0

    const-string/jumbo v3, "oprtType"

    invoke-virtual {v1, v3}, Landroid/os/Bundle;->getString(Ljava/lang/String;)Ljava/lang/String;

    move-result-object v3

    invoke-static {v3}, Ljava/lang/Integer;->parseInt(Ljava/lang/String;)I

    move-result v2

    :cond_0
    sget-object v3, Lcom/samsung/android/rlc/receiver/handler/InitializeHandler;->TAG:Ljava/lang/String;

    new-instance v4, Ljava/lang/StringBuilder;

    invoke-direct {v4}, Ljava/lang/StringBuilder;-><init>()V

    const-string/jumbo v5, "Operation Type in URI : "

    invoke-virtual {v4, v5}, Ljava/lang/StringBuilder;->append(Ljava/lang/String;)Ljava/lang/StringBuilder;

    move-result-object v4

    invoke-virtual {v4, v2}, Ljava/lang/StringBuilder;->append(I)Ljava/lang/StringBuilder;

    move-result-object v4

    invoke-virtual {v4}, Ljava/lang/StringBuilder;->toString()Ljava/lang/String;

    move-result-object v4

    invoke-static {v3, v4}, Lcom/samsung/android/rlc/util/Log;->d(Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;)V

    sget v3, Lcom/samsung/android/rlc/util/RLCUtil;->NOT_SUPPORTED:I

    invoke-static {p1}, Lcom/samsung/android/rlc/util/RLCUtil;->getInstance(Landroid/content/Context;)Lcom/samsung/android/rlc/util/RLCUtil;

    move-result-object v4

    invoke-virtual {v4}, Lcom/samsung/android/rlc/util/RLCUtil;->getRegiStatus()I

    move-result v4

    if-eq v3, v4, :cond_1

    const-string/jumbo v3, "Locked"

    invoke-static {p1}, Lcom/samsung/android/rlc/util/RLCUtil;->getInstance(Landroid/content/Context;)Lcom/samsung/android/rlc/util/RLCUtil;

    move-result-object v4

    invoke-virtual {v4}, Lcom/samsung/android/rlc/util/RLCUtil;->getRLCStatus()Ljava/lang/String;

    move-result-object v4

    invoke-virtual {v3, v4}, Ljava/lang/String;->equals(Ljava/lang/Object;)Z

    move-result v3

    xor-int/lit8 v3, v3, 0x1

    if-eqz v3, :cond_2

    :cond_1
    sget-object v3, Lcom/samsung/android/rlc/receiver/handler/InitializeHandler;->TAG:Ljava/lang/String;

    new-instance v4, Ljava/lang/StringBuilder;

    invoke-direct {v4}, Ljava/lang/StringBuilder;-><init>()V

    const-string/jumbo v5, "RLC Status : "

    invoke-virtual {v4, v5}, Ljava/lang/StringBuilder;->append(Ljava/lang/String;)Ljava/lang/StringBuilder;

    move-result-object v4

    invoke-static {p1}, Lcom/samsung/android/rlc/util/RLCUtil;->getInstance(Landroid/content/Context;)Lcom/samsung/android/rlc/util/RLCUtil;

    move-result-object v5

    invoke-virtual {v5}, Lcom/samsung/android/rlc/util/RLCUtil;->getRLCStatus()Ljava/lang/String;

    move-result-object v5

    invoke-virtual {v4, v5}, Ljava/lang/StringBuilder;->append(Ljava/lang/String;)Ljava/lang/StringBuilder;

    move-result-object v4

    const-string/jumbo v5, ", start initialization"

    invoke-virtual {v4, v5}, Ljava/lang/StringBuilder;->append(Ljava/lang/String;)Ljava/lang/StringBuilder;

    move-result-object v4

    invoke-virtual {v4}, Ljava/lang/StringBuilder;->toString()Ljava/lang/String;

    move-result-object v4

    invoke-static {v3, v4}, Lcom/samsung/android/rlc/util/Log;->d(Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;)V

    new-instance v0, Landroid/os/Bundle;

    invoke-direct {v0}, Landroid/os/Bundle;-><init>()V

    const-string/jumbo v3, "clearOp"

    const/4 v4, 0x1

    invoke-virtual {v0, v3, v4}, Landroid/os/Bundle;->putBoolean(Ljava/lang/String;Z)V

    const-string/jumbo v3, "oprtType"

    invoke-virtual {v0, v3, v2}, Landroid/os/Bundle;->putInt(Ljava/lang/String;I)V

    const/16 v3, 0xd

    invoke-static {p1, v0, v3}, Lcom/samsung/android/rlc/service/RmmTask;->startTask(Landroid/content/Context;Landroid/os/Bundle;I)V

    :goto_0
    return-void

    :cond_2
    sget-object v3, Lcom/samsung/android/rlc/receiver/handler/InitializeHandler;->TAG:Ljava/lang/String;

    new-instance v4, Ljava/lang/StringBuilder;

    invoke-direct {v4}, Ljava/lang/StringBuilder;-><init>()V

    const-string/jumbo v5, "Can\'t reset because RLCStatus is not valid : "

    invoke-virtual {v4, v5}, Ljava/lang/StringBuilder;->append(Ljava/lang/String;)Ljava/lang/StringBuilder;

    move-result-object v4

    invoke-static {p1}, Lcom/samsung/android/rlc/util/RLCUtil;->getInstance(Landroid/content/Context;)Lcom/samsung/android/rlc/util/RLCUtil;

    move-result-object v5

    invoke-virtual {v5}, Lcom/samsung/android/rlc/util/RLCUtil;->getRegiStatus()I

    move-result v5

    invoke-virtual {v4, v5}, Ljava/lang/StringBuilder;->append(I)Ljava/lang/StringBuilder;

    move-result-object v4

    invoke-virtual {v4}, Ljava/lang/StringBuilder;->toString()Ljava/lang/String;

    move-result-object v4

    invoke-static {v3, v4}, Lcom/samsung/android/rlc/util/Log;->d(Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;)V

    goto :goto_0
.end method

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It's still relatively quiet here in Payne Country. Lil' Jameson had his first practice with his new team, the hulks, last Monday, and another practice on Thursday. Sammy had her first practice on Thursday as well. What fun! We've filed for our tax return, which is already spent, and are waiting for the weather to stabilize so we can get back to working around outside. It's been plain beautiful lately, but we don't have the trees to plant, and it's not time for the garden yet, so we're resting on our laurels so to speak. I just hope that the weekends get a little warmer.
I'm going to be heading to Arkansas next month for a couple of days of fun in the mountains. It'll be my first 4-wheeling trip in quite a few years. I'm going to use it as a shakedown run in preparation for future trips to Moab Utah and the Rubicon Trail in CA. I am going to be going this one alone, but the future trips will certainly include the rest of the family. I started prepping the materials I planned on taking with me, and I quickly found that what I would ideally like to take and what I'm actually going to take are two different things. I've got limited interior storage, and I'm not entirely sure I'll have any exterior storage available. We'll see, but I have high hopes for this trip.
I'm on the hunt for some more hay. I bought quite a few bails last harvest extremely cheap, about half the going rate, and I'm almost out. I'd like to grab a large round bale from time to time, but I don't have any way to transport it yet. Until then, I'll be stocking up on the smaller square bales again.
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January 23, 2023 January 20, 2023 / By Marc Chaikin
Dave's jovial attitude masked the corporate life-or-death situation he was in…
Put simply, $550 million was on the line.
Now, Dave might not have known the exact number at the time. But in early 2020, he certainly knew trouble was brewing…
The COVID-19 pandemic had just struck. It threatened to bring business to a standstill. And at first, it didn't seem like Dave could do anything to control the situation.
Dave founded his company in 2003. And after COVID-19 started spreading in 2020, his way of life hung in the balance – as did the lives of all his employees.
You see, just before the pandemic, Dave received a massive buyout offer for his company. But then, the world shut down. And his company's future was in jeopardy.
So Dave did what any skilled founder would do. He leaned on his charisma, built his company's strong standing with its customers, and spent hours every day making sure they never forgot the brand that he had built.
It worked…
Traffic across the company's main website jumped nearly 20%. Its social media traffic soared almost 50%. And importantly, the buyout plan remained on schedule.
In short, Dave won. But most investors don't see it that way…
That's because I'm talking about Dave Portnoy, the founder of Barstool Sports.
As you might know, Barstool Sports is a digital-media company that produces sports and pop culture content. And Portnoy isn't one to shy away from sharing his thoughts…
If you've followed the news at all over the past few years, I'm sure you've seen his name. Portnoy made himself the poster child of "meme stocks." And he's widely ridiculed for it.
It's easy to poke fun at the guy. And I have to admit that I've enjoyed taking some shots at his expense.
After all, he repeatedly told his legions of followers that "stocks only go up." Then, he would melt down publicly on social media whenever his holdings collapsed.
It was a circus… And that was the point.
Portnoy was trying to save his business using a clown-like persona. He wanted everyone to recognize Barstool Sports. And he succeeded and wound up building value in the process.
You see, Barstool Sports started out about two decades ago as a blog featuring irreverent sports commentary. Portnoy was darn good at that. And he soon built a cult-like following.
But the real prize was still ahead. His innovative thinking ultimately made Barstool Sports worth nearly $550 million.
Today, Portnoy has branched out. He's on the leading edge of sports betting.
Over the past couple decades, Portnoy built his brand around high-enthusiasm sports coverage. And as soon as the law allowed, he started focusing on the odds.
When the pandemic hit, Portnoy reminded his audience that all of life is a gamble. He kept up the gambler persona and made things fun for the massive customer list he was building.
To many folks, Portnoy seemed to be on an emotional roller coaster. But in reality, he was doing all he could to keep his business alive. And the antics became part of his brand.
Each emotional day of stock trading was a statement. He was telling customers that even in the hardest of times, you can still escape with a bet on your favorite proverbial horse.
Now, it's worth noting that he never worded it quite like that. Instead, Portnoy simply shouted, cried, and waved his arms around. And all the theatrics proved to be worth it…
That's because this past August, one of the world's biggest gambling companies announced that it would buy the rest of Barstool Sports by early this year. (It already owned 36%.)
The final sticker price is roughly $550 million. Some experts think that's too much to spend on "Dave the Clown"… the meme-stock poster child… and the emotionally volatile gambler.
But the money and the outcome made it clear…
Dave's act got the deal done. And sometimes, that's what it takes in business and investing.
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Psychic Lemon return with their third studio album, Freak Mammal, and their first on Drone Rock Records since their self-titled debut LP back in 2016. This is the band's second release in the space of six months, after their live album Live at the Smokehouse sold out on vinyl within 48 hours back in April this year. Their last studio album, 2018's Frequency. Rhythm. Distortion. Delay. on Tonzonen Records, was regarded as one of the best Psych albums of the year.
Freak Mammal finds Psychic Lemon further developing their unique sound, inspired by many sources including classic space rock, music from 1970s Western Africa and the best of modern psych. As ever, the band aimed to create as full a sound as three people can make, without resorting to endless overdubs. The result is a sound that is wide and expansive, but that can still be reproduced live. While the term "psych" is much overused in 2019, there is no question that this is music made to expand your mind and get lost in. The guitar ranges from tranquil melody to urgent noise, in circular layers of delay, loops and fuzz that seem ready to collapse in on themselves. The bass is nimble but heavy, encompassing melodic phrases, distorted riffs and one-off fills. The drums take inspiration from a variety of sources from Tony Allen to Hawkwind, and are in constant conversation with the guitar and bass.


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Fairgoers Injured; Amusement Park Operator Arrested
The North Carolina State Fair was marred this year by an accident that injured five people when a ride inexplicably started up just as riders were exiting.
On the evening of October 24, the Vortex, a ride enjoyed for wild flips and twirls, had ended. As passengers climbed off the ride, the machinery began moving, dropping riders from as high as 30 feet onto a metal platform beneath the ride.
Five people ranging in age from 14 to 39 were injured, one seriously. Following investigation, law enforcement arrested 46-year-old Timothy Dwayne Tutterrow, the operator of the ride at the time of the accident. Points of the arrest include the following:
Mr. Tutterrow is charged with three felony counts of assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury.
A Georgia resident, Mr. Tutterrow was considered a flight risk, and the court declined to lower his $225,000 bail.
Preliminary inspection of the ride showed safety overrides on the Vortex presented evidence of tampering.
In a bizarre and unrelated twist, a different ride also called the Vortex was the site of a serious accident that critically injured a fair worker at approximately 3:30 a.m. the Monday after the fair closed. A steel seating section of the ride fell, pinning a man beneath the metal.
According to a research study published in May of this year, 92,885 children were injured on fixed-site amusement park rides between 1990 and 2010 in the United States. The most common cause of injury is falling from or against a ride.
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Prosecutor plans to refile charges in N.M. compound case
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Eighth Judicial District Attorney Donald Gallegos plans to file new charges in the New Mexico compound case after child abuse charges were dismissed Wednesday over a procedural error. File Photo courtesy Taos County Sheriff's Office
Aug. 30 (UPI) -- A prosecutor said he plans to refile charges against five suspects arrested at a rural New Mexico compound after judges dismissed their child abuse charges over a procedural error.
Two judges dismissed the original child abuse charges against the suspects because they didn't sit for state-mandated preliminary hearings within 10 days. Authorities said the suspects were found with 11 children living in squalor with no fresh water and little food during an Aug. 3 raid to locate 3-year-old Abdul-Ghani Wahaj, of Georgia. The boy was later found dead.
The dismissal of the child abuse charges Wednesday afternoon prompted Eighth Judicial District Attorney Donald Gallegos' announcement that he would re-file late Wednesday, KOB 4 reported.
District Judge Emilio Chavez dismissed 11 counts of felony child abuse against Hujrah Wahhaj, Subhannah Wahhaj, and Lucas Morten because they didn't have preliminary hearings in the 10-day window for defendants held in custody, state court officials told CNN. The three suspects were released from Taos County Adult Detention Center.
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Judge Jeff McElroy made a similar decision for two other suspects, Jany Leveille and the victim's father, Siraj Wahhaj. But they will remain in custody, because of new child abuse charges filed against them last week, the Taos County Sheriff's office said in a Facebook post.
Leveille and Wahhaj have pleaded not guilty. A preliminary hearing for the pair is set for Sept. 7.
A judge ordered the five suspects released on bond on Aug. 13. Prosecutors said they didn't hold a preliminary hearing because they expected the defendants to be released from jail. If that would have happened, they would have had 60 days to hold such hearing.
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However, the suspects were not released because they couldn't find housing in Taos County.
The Taos County Sheriff's Office expressed shock and defended its investigation on Facebook.
"Unbelievable events have happened yet again today . . I cannot answer for the prosecution, but I will defend that TCSO stepped up and put the search warrants and charges together lawfully and correctly without waiting on another agency any longer," the post said.
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"We have and are still continuing to examine written documents and extract digital evidence with the FBI's help and all agencies involved have provided the necessary discovery that is available on time. BTW, the compound (land) isn't evidence - everything there was diagrammed, photographed and evidence was collected, photographed, and documented properly," it continued.
Law enforcement can no longer re-charge the three suspects, but the prosecuting attorneys can, the sheriff's office said.
"The children are safe and won't be returned anytime soon," it added.


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Experts and NGOs highlight free expression concerns as UN prepares to examine civil and political rights in Pakistan
por RIDH and IFEX | 06-07-2017
In July 2017, for the first time, the UN Human Rights Committee will meet to analyze the situation in Pakistan and make recommendations aimed at promoting and protecting human rights in the country. Civil society is working to make sure free expression concerns are on the table.
The first examination of Pakistan by the UN Human Rights Committee will take place on 11 and 12 July 2017, in Geneva. The Committee, which consists of 18 independent experts, is mandated to oversee the implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Pakistan ratified the ICCPR in 2010, and as such is bound to respect it.
In anticipation of the meeting, individuals and NGOs have been expressing serious concerns regarding the human rights situation in Pakistan, and some have made explicit recommendations aimed at strengthening respect for the civil and political rights of Pakistani citizens, especially with regard to freedom of expression.
Chilling blasphemy laws, rampant impunity that compromises the safety of journalists in the country, censorship of films and online abuse of women in the media all prevail in the country, supported by a constitutional and legal framework that does not align with human rights standards and best practices.
The right to freedom of expression is established through article 19 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights: ''Everyone shall have the right to freedom of expression; this right shall include freedom to seek, receive and impart information and ideas of all kinds, regardless of frontiers, either orally, in writing or in print, in the form of art, or through any other media of his choice."
The Committee has already highlighted in its List of Issues (shared with Pakistan prior to the meeting) its concerns about increasing control of telecommunications by the State and several Pakistani agencies, such as the Pakistan Telecommunications Authority (PTA), as well as the censorship of television programs and websites.
It has also asked Pakistan to explain the legislative steps it has taken to combat its dismal record of impunity; according to the Committee to Protect Journalists' Impunity Index, Pakistan consistently ranks in the top 10 when it comes to failing to solve cases of journalists murdered in the course of their work.
In response, Pakistan has claimed that freedom of expression is protected through article 19 of its Constitution, and defends the broad restrictions it places on that right, claiming that defamatory or other statements that do not comply with the standards of decency, such as incitement to violence, terrorism, pornography or hate speech, are acceptable limitations.
Some non-governmental organizations, local and international, have submitted alternative reports to the Committee in order to supplement — and in some cases call into question —the State's version of its record, and give the experts further information to analyze the situation.
A report submitted to the Committee by the Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF), in collaboration with IFEX, the global network defending and promoting the right to freedom of expression and information, and RIDH, the International Network of Human Rights, argues that there has been a clear deterioration of freedom of expression online, and highlights disturbing issues concerning the safety of journalists and the problem of impunity.
They note that, as of January 2016, 84,000 websites which the Government claimed had objectionable content were blocked. And with respect to impunity and journalist safety, 73 journalists have been killed during the course of their work since 2002, but there have been only 5 convictions in cases of murdered journalists.
Their report also highlights the problem of censorship in Pakistan, often implemented on the basis of vaguely worded concepts accepted as limitations to freedom of speech in the country.
A delegation from IFEX will visit Geneva from 9 to 14 July 2017 to participate in discussions with the Committee and ensure that its concerns are heard during Pakistan's examination, along with those of other civil society representatives.
The Human Rights Committee will then publish its recommendations for Pakistan at the close of its 120th session, which ends on 28 July 2017.
Authors: Nicolas Thiers and Sara Brandão (RIDH) | Editor: Matthew Redding (IFEX)
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You have followed Scotchy's escape pod trajectory to the Combat Simulator, an area of Outer Zyzzlvaria where battle-tested veterans train with robotic and live opponents. Scotchy's been in his fair share of barroom brawls, but this place... Here, it's impossible to take even one step without having to fight someone or something.
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GSK Consumer India business had a turnover of about $600 million in the year ended March 2018.
FMCG major Hindustan Unilever Ltd (HUL) announced on Monday it would merge with GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Health (GSKCH) in a deal worth Rs 31,700 crore ($4.52 billion).
In one of the largest M&A deals in India's consumer goods market, the all equity merger will involve 4.39 shares of HUL being allotted for every share in GSKCH India.
"With this proposed strategic merger with GSKCH India, we will be expanding our portfolio with great brands into a new category catering to the nutritional needs of our consumers," Sanjiv Mehta, chairman, HUL, said in a statement.
The statement also said the merger will create significant shareholder value through both revenue growth and cost synergies for HUL.
"The turnover of our food and refreshment business will exceed Rs10000 crore ($1.42 billion) and we will become one of the largest F&R businesses in the country," Mehta said.
GSK Consumer India business had a turnover of about Rs 4200 crore ($600 million) in the year ended March 2018, primarily through its Horlicks and Boost brands.
GlaxoSmithKline chief executive Emma Walmsley announced in March a strategic review of Horlicks and its other consumer healthcare nutrition products, adding that the company was exploring a partial or full sale of its stake in Indian subsidiary GSK Consumer Healthcare by the year end.
Horlicks is by far the market leader in the malt-based beverages segment with 43 percent market share, followed by Mondelez International's Bournvita, which has around 13 percent share.


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#include "config.h"
#include "web/GeolocationClientProxy.h"

#include "modules/geolocation/Geolocation.h"
#include "modules/geolocation/GeolocationPosition.h"
#include "public/web/WebGeolocationClient.h"
#include "public/web/WebGeolocationPermissionRequest.h"
#include "public/web/WebGeolocationPosition.h"

namespace blink {

GeolocationClientProxy::GeolocationClientProxy(WebGeolocationClient* client)
    : m_client(client)
{
}

GeolocationClientProxy::~GeolocationClientProxy()
{
}

void GeolocationClientProxy::setController(GeolocationController* controller)
{
    // We support there not being a client, provided we don't do any Geolocation.
    if (m_client) {
        // Ownership of the WebGeolocationController is transferred to the client.
        m_client->setController(new WebGeolocationController(controller));
    }
}

void GeolocationClientProxy::startUpdating()
{
    m_client->startUpdating();
}

void GeolocationClientProxy::stopUpdating()
{
    m_client->stopUpdating();
}

void GeolocationClientProxy::setEnableHighAccuracy(bool highAccuracy)
{
    m_client->setEnableHighAccuracy(highAccuracy);
}

GeolocationPosition* GeolocationClientProxy::lastPosition()
{
    WebGeolocationPosition webPosition;
    if (m_client->lastPosition(webPosition))
        m_lastPosition = static_cast<GeolocationPosition*>(webPosition);
    else
        m_lastPosition.clear();

    return m_lastPosition.get();
}

void GeolocationClientProxy::requestPermission(Geolocation* geolocation)
{
    m_client->requestPermission(WebGeolocationPermissionRequest(geolocation));
}

void GeolocationClientProxy::cancelPermissionRequest(Geolocation* geolocation)
{
    m_client->cancelPermissionRequest(WebGeolocationPermissionRequest(geolocation));
}

DEFINE_TRACE(GeolocationClientProxy)
{
    visitor->trace(m_lastPosition);
    GeolocationClient::trace(visitor);
}

} // namespace blink


I never thought I was ever going to see Lita Ford live. Her coming back was a total surprise to me.
Unbelievable but true, there she was on stage at the Gods Of Metal festival.
Most people at the Festival didn't know her songs, but I'll say her come back was a total success.
Well, first impression... Lita Ford is alive and well!
She's got all her energy on stage and her songs sound great.
Lita Ford's setlist included all her classics, including a very nice version of Close My Eyes Forever played on a double neck guitar.
A good surprise was that Lita Ford's line-up included Ron "Bulblefoot" Thal from Guns N'Roses on guitars. Lita and Ron played some really good harmonic solos together. It was a pleasure to to me to see such a good performer on stage again.
Lita Ford was also the first band to play an encore at the festival: There's Only One Way To Rock from Sammy Hagar.
About her look... Well, there's only one thing to say: I'm not married, but I want my wife to look like her when she'll be 50!
She still so hot, she plays and sings like a goddess and knows how to rock! What else can you whish for?


If you are selling to small and mid-sized companies, it's a common (though often false) assumption that all your customers contribute to your earnings, and that it's only a matter of how much. If you do make that assumption, it's likely that you have averaged all your customers' earnings contributions to your bottom line. However, by doing so, you may not have recognized that some customers contribute a great deal of profit, some break even for you, and some actually cost you money.
Fact is, if you don't know your individual customer's profitability down to the net level – after thoroughly allocating overhead, deliveries, cost of credit, marketing, collections, etc. – you probably don't really know which customer makes you money, which contributes no profit, or which one costs you money.
Start by creating a simple graph (shown above) that rates Risk and Profitability on the X and Y axes. By plotting your customers in each quadrant, you can generate a visual indicator of each customer's value to your bottom line. Their position will also help guide you to take remedial action for the unprofitable / high-risk customers, while determining which "keepers" to reward.
Bottom left: Customers unlikely to pay you back.
For this customer, you may know from talking with other customers that recent payroll checks have bounced, and he might even be delinquent with another business across town.
– It will be hard to move him into a better quadrant, and you may consider suspending his account all together, or moving him to COD.
Top left: Customers typically 60+ days out on A/R.
This could be a great customer. He regularly buys high-margin products, but he has cash flow problems.
– Ask him to pay down the line. Then, monitor his credit more frequently and be ready to take more aggressive action if the risk worsens.
Bottom right: Customers who will eventually pay, yet are not profitable.
This customer is low risk: He's shown evidence that his credit line isn't maxed, and his credit score remains high. But he is so slow to pay that he actually costs you money. If you could just get him to pay on-time, he could be moved to a better quadrant. This may be a simple matter of enforcing existing A/R policies, or putting strict new ones in place.
Top right: Customers who are high profit and low risk.
These customers are keepers, because they have great cash flow, are not speculating, and they pay on time. These are the customers you bend over backwards to keep happy.
To map your customers, establish an index system, where each customer is assigned a profitability number (say, 1-100, with 100 being high profitability) and a risk assessment (1-100, with 100 being low risk), which can be plotted on the graph. To determine how many points each customer gets, go through each line item of your costs for that customer, plus all of your overhead costs. Then, proportionally allocate these costs to each and every customer.
How quickly they pay, e.g. net 10, net 30, net 60, net 90, 90+.
What is the customer's credit rating?
Do they have a bankruptcy in their past?
Have you ever had to place a lien on them?
Did the customer's slow pay cost you missed buying opportunities?
If so, how much, and how much can be allocated to the level of the individual customer.
Did the customer's slow pay cause you to tap your line of credit, and what is the allocated cost of that debt?
Did the customer use a credit card to pay, and what is that allocated cost?
How many hours of staff time does the customer consume, e.g. when estimating, designing, and purchasing products from you?
Is the customer eating up field staff or technical support, causing your staff to provide time-consuming favors, when they really should be selling?
Number of site deliveries for every $1,000 of spend.
How much cost can be proportionately allocated to each customer for overhead, including rebate management, marketing, advertising, publicity?
Once you use these points to calculate the risk and profitability ratings, it's time to plot your customers. If you find customers in undesirable locations (bottom left and bottom right), you don't have to automatically cut them loose. In fact, for customers in the bottom right (given the low-risk rating) you can help improve their profitability by assessing fees or modify pricing.
Because they are low risk and high profits, customers in the top right quadrant are the ones you want to pay the most attention to (e.g. free deliveries, rebates, special pricing), so you maintain their loyalty…and their high profitability.
For customers in the top left quadrant, who are high profit and high risk, you want to move to the top right, by helping them find paths to lower their risk to you.
By de-averaging customers, you see that the overall profitability of your business does not indicate that you're making money from each and every customer. Once you gain insights into their true cost to you, consider using a credit management company like BlueTarp to reduce the risk further. BlueTarp protects you from risk, provides upfront payments on B2B sales, and streamlines the customer experience, so you can focus on growing your business.
Check out this article to learn four ways A/R automation can cut costs while improving customer experience.


Why Choose Naturopathy at Family Health Professionals Helensvale?
Naturopathy is a holistic medicine which views how the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual elements of a person are interconnected to maintain complete body health. The treatment focuses on the whole person rather than just on the presenting symptoms or illness.
The aim of the naturopathic treatment is to empower the vital force in order to optimise one's own healing ability and maintain a positive health profile.
Naturopathy can assist and alleviate both acute and chronic conditions and is beneficial to people of all ages.
The naturopathic approach can help boost general body function, restore energy and prevent disease.
Our Naturopath will conduct a thorough medical history including your family history, diet and lifestyle in order to gain a better understanding of the underlying causes associated with your current conditions. Your assessment may include blood pressure check, random blood glucose testing, body composition analysis, zinc tally testing and tongue analysis depending on your symptoms. Functional pathology tests may be requested for further investigation of thyroid hormone profiles, salivary hormone testing, hair mineral analysis, allergy testing, heavy metal testing and stress hormone testing. Live blood microscopy screening may also be done and will be discussed with you during your personalised consultation.
During the 2nd consultation our Naturopath will discuss the findings of the initial consultation. During this visit your personalised treatment plan will be discussed with you together with your health goals to help you return to your optimum health.
The follow up consultation is important to assess the progress of your treatment and provide ongoing support to ensure maximising efficacy of treatment.


A thermometer is a tool for measuring temperature. Temperature is denoted by degrees, such as 75 degrees Fahrenheit. In this case, the thermometer's having a "degree" refers to an academic accomplishment, compared to that of the "graduated" cylinder (another tool for measuring).


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International commission for Sadie Harrison
Sadie Harrison has been commissioned by Cuatro Puntos to write a new work for viola and rubab as a gift to the Afghanistan National Institute for Music.
The work will be premiered by American violist Kevin Bishop and a young rubab student at the ANIM in June 2014 (Sarataan 1393) at the Institute's Summer School in Kabul. Cuatro Puntos describe themselves as 'a collective of chamber musicians dedicated to global cooperation and peace through the writing and performance of new music worldwide', and have recently been involved in exceptional outreach work in Brazil and Bolivia. ANIM's school mottos are:
BUILD LIVES THROUGH MUSIC REVIVE AND PRESERVE AFGHAN MUSIC TRAIN FUTURE MUSIC EDUCATORS ESTABLISH INTERCULTURAL DIALOGUE ASSURE MUSICAL RIGHTS
www.sadieharrisoncomposer.co.uk www.kevinbishopviola.com www.cuatropuntos.org www.afghanistannationalinstituteofmusic.org
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(17 Apr 2014)
Launch of Stef Conner's album 'Riddle Songs'
UYMP is delighted to announce that Associate Composer Stef Conner is embarking on a project to create a new CD in Old English. Stef writes that her album will be a combination of 'beautiful new music with very old words, for voices and lyre; a medieval-meets-modern choral concept album'. To read more about the CD and to support Stef's fund raising campaign, please go to: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/stefconner/riddle-songs-an-album-by-stef-conner?ref=b3i7et&token=39fe9e26
World premiere of Robert Saxton's 'Suite'
Madeleine Mitchell and Clare Hammond will premiere Robert Saxton's new work for violin and piano, Suite at 3 Choirs, 28 July 2019.
World premiere of David Lancaster's 'Of Trumpets and Angels'
On 29 June, 7:30, 2019, the Oxford Harmonic Choir will perform the world premiere of David Lancaster's work for soprano soloist, chorus, and orchestra Of Trumpets and Angels at Oxford's Town Hall.
First review in for Sadie Harrison's The Oldest Song in the World on Métier/Divine Art
https://divineartrecords.com/recording/jaipur-to-cairo/
www.sadieharrisoncomposer.co.uk
www.cuatropuntos.org
Sadie's new work The Oldest Song in the World for two violas (2018) has been released on Métier/Divine Art, available from June 2019. The piece was written especially for the virtuoso violists Kevin Bishop and Steve Larson from the US ensemble Cuatro Puntos.
SADIE HARRISON'S 'Anthem' premieres as part of In The Steps of Apollo 3D at the Bristol Planetarium
We are delighted that Sadie has been commissioned to write a new work for the Zelkova String Quartet in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing. 'Anthem' will be premiered in a brand new specially created 3D Planetarium show In The Steps of Apollo: from the first moon landing to the Universe beyond… at We The Curious (Bristol Planetarium) on 20 July alongside new works by Julian Leeks, Litha Efthymiou, Michael Ellison and Richard Blackford.
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Brendan Fowler at Richard Telles
Artist: Brendan Fowler
Venue: Richard Telles, Los Angeles
Exhibition Title: New Pictures, Six Sampler Works, and Benches
Date: February 21 – April 4, 2015
Note: The audio component of this exhibition can be found here, here, here, here, and here.
Images and audio courtesy of Richard Telles, Los Angeles
Richard Telles presents a solo exhibition by Brendan Fowler, his first with the gallery, featuring a suite of new embroidered pictures, sampler-based sound works, and wooden benches. Operated by the gallery staff, the sampler is equipped to perform a group of six ever-morphing sound works composed by the artist, each one never playing the same way twice. Extending a corollary between the facture of his paintings and sound, Fowler further stakes his interest in the tension between spontaneity and control, performance and the quotidian.
Ever gleaning from the memory card of his point and shoot camera, the fount of his daily archive, Fowler prints these images onto fabrics, which are embroidered onto canvas using the line-art of common domestic patterns—often "off- registered" as the ghost of the silk-screen print. Also capable of reproducing photographs with thread, the embroidery machines under Fowler's care continue to exploit the distinct banality of "gonzo" imagery in his new pictures. These machines are industrial-level, but whose aim Fowler has reversed: commonly used for mass-produced hats, sweatshirts, and other sportswear, to emblazon them with logos and graphics, Fowler uses the machine to create a unique 'painterly' object. Through its inherent technical glitches and soft material—colored thread—it renders the image tactile, not usually within the digital picture's realm, while also making its approximate impression of photo-realist painting or the analog print.
The digital programming for the embroidery machine and the sound sampler interweave a hidden formal structure for the show as a whole. For the paintings, Fowler programs the movements of fifteen needles threaded with different colors of his choosing. As for the sampler, Fowler can play twelve samples through ten different data banks. In both machines he inputs sets of data, which are then subjected to a wide range of manipulations through choices, glitches, and physical re-presentations. The nexus between the spontaneous (i.e. realizing the work as it's being made through "intuition") and the rigid control of set data schemes (the pre-designated structure) is where Fowler's work runs amok generalized assumptions about authorship, appropriation, and personal agency. In a culture that encourages personal agency, yet represses it in a panoply of ways, Fowler subverts this with joyous abandon.
Link: Brendan Fowler at Richard Telles
Tags: Brendan Fowler, Los Angeles, Richard Telles, United States


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All rates are based on 6 persons. There is a $25 per person, per night, charge for additional guests. The maximum number of occupants at Lighthouse Manor is 8.


In November 2012, Scottish Borders Council commissioned DC Research Ltd to carry out an evaluation of the South of Scotland Creative Enterprise Initiative (SoSCEI) project. SoSCEI is known to the creative sector and other agencies by its brand name – Creative Arts Business Network (CABN) http://www.cabn.info/.
The aim of the evaluation was to: assess the degree of success and impact of the CABN project in the Scottish Borders; analyse the quantitative and qualitative benefits to businesses involved in activities promoted by the project; present 3 case studies of creative businesses who have benefited from the CABN project; and analyse the delivery model of the CABN project providing recommendations and learning.
As well as a range of desk based research tasks, the study involved face-to-face consultations and meetings with key stakeholders and project beneficiaries as well as an e-survey of creative individuals and enterprises involved in the CABN project.


We've never been much into planning weekly menus. But a month ago we decided to give it a serious try. Every Sunday morning after breakfast I look through my cookbooks and browse the net for inspiration. After discussing back and forth with my husband we decide the meals for the coming week. A grocery list is written and then we go grocery shopping.
I have to say that so far we're sticking to the plan pretty well. It's great to only have to go shopping once a week, in some periods we've been planning for only 1-3 days ahead and that was quite stressful and time consuming since we had to shop quite often. To make it more fun we've bought a blackboard and a liquid chalk pen so we can put the menu on display. I want to believe that it actually helps us to stick to the planned menu and it makes you look forward to the meals as it reminds you every time you pass by.
Mon: Spicy lamb patties in pita bread with salad and yoghurt.
Tue: Tom Ka Ga with duck ( with roasted duck left overs from Sunday).
Wed: Spicy chorizo potatoes with fried egg.
Thu: Homemade pasta with tomato sauce.
Sat: Chicken skewers with amazing satay sauce.
Sun: Teriyaki Salmon. Polish apple pancakes (racuchy z jablkami) for dessert.
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Själv kör vi sedan något år tillbaka med en av de där matkassarna som levererar färdiga recept och ingredienser till dörren. Inte lika inspirerande och kreativt som att skapa egna veckomenyer, men det funkar och blir betydligt roligare än att det var tidigare.
This is a great idea to write down the menu on a blackboard!!
I know what you mean about planning a week's worth of meals: While it does require some time planning at the beginning, it saves the frustration that can come in the evening when one is hungry but hasn't thought about what to cook, not to mention saving time shopping. Good luck with your planning as the weeks go on! It's a worthy endeavor.
I tried weekly menu once but then I found it difficult to follow as sometimes we were fancy something else or simply I didn't have time to do what was in menu.
I've been doing this for a while and love it. We also plan on Sundays and then I do the shop on Monday. But here's an extra tip that helps … I keep a list of our favorite meals. Divided into columns: chicken, fish, other meat (lamb, pork, etc), vegetarian … and whatever. Each column has our favorite meals that fit. I'm about to split it into spring / summer and fall / winter to make life even easier as we enjoy the heartier soups and stews in the colder months and lighter meals in the warmer seasons.
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Q: Why can't we use vector images for icons in Android? By default, Android creates the mipmap directories for the icons. But, the support for Vector images is provided starting with Android Support Library 23.2. Vectors are recommended for small resolution images(less than 200dpx200dp recommendation) and keeps the App size down.
So, why can't we use(or why is it not recommended) vector images for App icon instead by default?

A: You can change default icon and use your own app icon. By creating vector icon.
Right click on resources and create a new vector image from there.

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Just after 5:00 am on Thursday, October 19, 2017, APD officers responded to the intersection of Santa Ana St and Helena regarding subjects fighting in the street. The first officers on scene located Daniel Reyes, a 32 year old resident of Los Angeles, suffering from at least one stab wound. He was pronounced deceased at the scene.
The investigation revealed Rodriguez-Martinez was jealous of Reyes who was now dating his former girlfriend. Rodriguez-Martinez and a friend, Adan Zapot-Leyva, were waiting for Reyes when he left his girlfriend's Anaheim residence and attacked him, leading to Reyes' death.
Zapot-Leyva was arrested without incident on October 21, 2017, and has been charged with Reyes' murder. He is being held in Orange County Jail on $1,000,000 bail. His booking photo is shown below.
An arrest warrant has been issued for Rodriguez-Martinez, who is believed to be hiding in the San Diego area. Rodriguez-Martinez' tan Toyota Corolla was recovered in the City of San Diego on October 26, 2017, one week after the murder.
Rodriguez-Martinez should be considered armed and dangerous. Anyone with information regarding the crime, or the whereabouts of Humberto Rodriguez-Martinez, is urged to contact Crime Stoppers at 855-TIP-OCCS or www.occrimestoppers.org. A reward up to $1,000.00 may be paid for information leading to the arrest and conviction of Rodriguez-Martinez.


I'm based in Scottsdale so not that far at all.
a few things to ask if that's ok.
first is the wolf is 4'foot 2"in right?
2.what would shipping to 33772 be?
and why the 30% down payment? is it already made or do you have to make it and the one in the pic is a demo?
I hope to hear from you soon and thank you your time.
Hi, thanks so much for the inquiry!
The wolf in the picture is 4 feet 2 inches, correct.
Shipping would be 30 bucks to that address, I always try my best to pack my boxes small to get the best prices!
This is a ready made item. You are getting the wolf in the picture! The 30% downpayment is only if you are choosing to proceed on a payment plan! This is to both insure you the slot and if you back out, insure I have at least got my materials cost.
If you plan to pay the full price upfront you can completely ignore this.
Would be possible to maybe get another one in another fur color? Plus how much would be shipping to 78610.
Shipping would be 25 USD. I do take custom orders for these! They are a flat price of 400 USD and are over 4 feet. Please feel free to email me at [see my User Profile for e-mail address] or check me out on Twitter or Instagram @Frouzon to get more information on custom orders for these giant plushies!


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Kolkansaari est une île de l'estuaire du fleuve Kymijoki à Kotka en Finlande.

Géographie
L'île est bordée par les rapides Korkeakoski et Koivukoski, par le bras Huumanhaara du Kymijoki, et par le golfe de Finlande.
Le point culminant de Kolkansaari est Äijänvuori (56 m).

Il y a une zone agricole et résidentielle en particulier le long du bras Huumanhaara du Kymijoki.
La partie sud de l'île (la partie sud de Jumalniemi) est en grande partie une zone forestière à l'état naturel.
La route nationale 7 et le chemin de fer de Kotka traversent Kolkansaari.

Les quartiers suivants sont situés sur Kolkansaari :
30.Jumalniemi
40.Kalliokoski
41.Hovila
42.Koivula
43.Kierikkala

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Île de Kotka

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