Recent figures published by the Interim Management Association (IMA) suggests that the number of interim HR assignments has almost doubled over the past two years. The research shows that HR is now the third most common job function for interim managers, behind Special Projects and Finance. The niche sub-sector of HR which is most sought after by clients is Change Management.
IMA's research shows that, the market for HR interims is divided into three tiers: lower-tier interim (up to £500 per day), mid-tier interim (£500 to £999) and executive interim (£1,000+). This research was based on information gathered from 23 leading interim management businesses.
The number of HR professionals looking to move into Interim management has increased for a number of reasons, including: better work life balance, the opportunity to specialise within a HR vertical, the satisfaction of being able to deliver a project without the day-to-day HR issues to contend with, the opportunity to help companies put policies in place that will increase diversity.
with Human Resources practitioners increasingly being expected to take the lead in organisational development activities, Mark Edwards has made a successful interim career out of supporting HR functions with the provision of organisational development and executive coaching. "I wanted to focus on the things I'm very good at and can add value on rather than being a jack of all trades," he says. "I have a greater sense of achievement when I'm given a huge level of responsibility, with a clear budget and a clear set of deliverables within a finite period of time. I find it rewarding to go in, make a big change, and then go on to the next project."
Before retirement, Stephen Huard spent 15 years as a professional HR Interim working for a varied collection of organisations including: Ainscough Group, News International, Reckitt Benckiser, Victor Chandler (Betvictor.com). He warns on the pitfalls of interim management, "Being an interim is not for the faint-hearted," he says. "At certain times there can be a surplus of interims, and for every job you face a negotiation over your rate."
Interim Managers within HR acknowledge there are professional and personal characteristics needed to build a successful career as an interim. "The ability to hit the ground running is vital, says Carole Harden. "I'm used to arriving and performing on the day," she says. "You don't go in there on a learning curve. You've got to have the experience and confidence to move in and advise some very senior people." Carole is a Director level Interim HR Executive with experience of working for a diverse range of organisations both private and public such as: The Church of England, WPP, GrainCorp, Laura Ashley, HMRC, Transport for London, and Thales Aerospace.
Interim HR professionals generally have more commercial acumen than HR professionals in permanent roles as they have more experience working in different industries, understand complexities and often working closely with C-Suite Executives and are responsible for managing business transformation and other strategic projects. Interim HR professionals can therefore coach permanent HR leaders in how to make HR more visible and central to the business.
What most clients need is an independent interim HR professional with no axe to grind who can go in and give a quick but comprehensive view of what the organisation needs, and then deliver the solution. An experienced Interim HR professional will implement the solution with minimum histrionics and disruption.
It is often the case that clients are seeking a specific skill-set that the existing HR team do not have, so interim management is ideal for bringing in that specific skill for a short-term or fixed-term period. If the interim is bringing a skill-set that doesn't exist, clients expect them to work closely with the existing team, almost in a mentoring capacity and transfer some of the skills and knowledge they have onto the existing team to leave a legacy once they exit the assignment.
Client's also report they are more likely to use an interim HR professional during times of significant upheaval and popular activities for HR interims to undertake include: organisational development, change management, transition, talent management, TUPE transfer and redundancy. There is also strong demand for HR interims to get involved with projects around gender equality, diversity, inclusion, executive pay and reward, employee relations, succession planning, talent acquisition and retention.
An example of such an assignment is a role with a large Technology firm in London who recently recruited an Interim Chief Feminism Officer, after realising they were performing poorly on gender equality. The role paid £1000 per day and the interims main responsibilities include managing female talent, including ensuring that more female talent is hired, and supporting, coaching and mentoring existing female staff.
Clients expect HR interims to be delivery and outcome focused, change-oriented, highly motivated, able to deliver against the brief, motivated and able to work at pace. Due to the nature of the work, Interim HR professionals may not necessarily be at the company to see the benefits of the work they have instigated. For example, a HR Interim may assist an organisation to implement a Diversity Policy, but it may be 2+ years before the Policy delivers the expected outcomes. Therefore, HR professionals new to Interim Management may miss the satisfaction that comes from seeing the fruits of their labour. Clients therefore need to engage with HR Interims who are able wholly focused on delivery without the need for emotional satisfaction.


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Lavrov plans to discuss with Kerry observance of intl law in Syria
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov intends to discuss international law violations by the United States in a meeting with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry scheduled to be held in Berlin on Tuesday.
"If the country wants its actions to be perceived right, the only way is to observe international law," Lavrov said while meeting with students at the Diplomatic Academy on Monday.
"I am hoping to address specific examples, including the Syrian crisis, when I meet with John Kerry in Berlin tomorrow," the minister said.
Lavrov reiterated that Russia and the United States want the bloodshed in Syria to end as soon as possible.
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Victims' right to truth, national security & dealing with the past: When does legitimate state secrecy become cover-up?
Paul Seils began his professional career as a criminal defense lawyer in Scotland in 1991. From 1997 he spent nearly five years in Guatemala as legal director of one the country's main NGOs, designing and directing investigations on behalf of victims into massacres committed by the military during the civil war. He has held senior positions in the Office of the Prosecutor of the ICC, in the Rule of Law section of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, and at the International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG). He has written widely on theory and practice in transitional justice, particularly on the importance of national prosecutions and complementarity, challenges in investigating mass crimes in transitional contexts, and on mapping and selection issues. He returned to ICTJ in October 2010, having been one of its original senior associates when the organization began in 2001.


Heart disease is one of the leading causes of death in America today. When most people think about ways to combat it, they think of diet and exercise. However, professional teeth cleaning such as that performed by your dentist during routine dental exams can also reduce your risk.
Though doctors aren't completely sure about the causes of the connection, numerous studies have shown that periodontal disease can increase the overall risk of heart disease. Cardiovascular problems are often linked to systemic inflammation. When the causes of inflammation are examined more closely, studies have found bacteria that is linked to gum disease in other parts of the body, apparently contributing to the root causes of heart disease.
Similar findings have shown a link between dental health and risk of Alzheimer's, also a disease that seems to be related to abnormal inflammation. Visiting the dentist on a regular basis, then, is important to more than just the condition of your smile.
If any of these situations applies to you, you should take additional precautions to avoid developing gingivitis or advanced gum disease. Your dentist or doctor can help control the underlying condition, such as diabetes or dry mouth, by prescribing medications. Over-the-counter treatments for dry mouth are also helpful. If you are pregnant or know you have a family predisposition to gum disease, your dentist might recommend special toothpaste or mouthwash to reduce the bacteria in your mouth that leads to inflammation. If you are a smoker, cessation is the best thing you can do for both your oral and overall health.
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Rosebud Coal Sales Company, a division of Peter Kiewit and Sons, arrived in Hanna to mine coal in 1960. The company's first year of coal production in Hanna was 1961. The last year of production was 1992. Rosebud produced coal in Hanna for 31 years.
Rosebud built a coal dump in 1960 on the West end of Hanna, just past the abandoned Union Pacific Coal Company's No. 4 mine. After a few years on the West end of Hanna, the Rosebud operation move north of Hanna to the Union Pacific Coal Company's abandoned No. 4A mine tipple and remained there until they left Hanna in 2000.
The company spent from 1992, the year it closed production, until the year 2000 involved in reclamation work. In total, the company was present in Hanna for 40 years.
During the production years, the mine produced 33,814,977 tons of coal with a peak work force in 1979 of 243 workers.
Unfortunately, the mine experienced four deaths during its years of production. Bernard Jeff Thompson, age 47, was killed at the Rosebud Mine on March 14, 1963. Dale L. Miller, age 24, was killed at the Rosebud Mine November 28, 1969. Ferris Bowthorpe, age 31, was killed at the Rosebud Mine in 1972. William "Bill" Johnson, age 29, was killed at the Rosebud Mine in 1974.
Rosebud built a coal dump in 1960 on the West end of Hanna, just past the abandoned Union Pacific Coal Company's No. 4 mine.
After a few years on the West end of Hanna, the Rosebud operation move north of Hanna to the Union Pacific Coal Company's abandoned No. 4A mine tipple and remained there until they left Hanna in 2000.
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Written by Margaret Atwood
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On sale Apr 13, 1998 | 352 Pages | 978-0-385-49108-2
English > Comparative Literature: Commonwealth Nations > Canadian
Joan Foster is the bored wife of a myopic ban-the-bomber. She takes off overnight as Canada's new superpoet, pens lurid gothics on the sly, attracts a blackmailing reporter, skids cheerfully in and out of menacing plots, hair-raising traps, and passionate trysts, and lands dead and well in Terremoto, Italy. In this remarkable, poetic, and magical novel, Margaret Atwood proves yet again why she is considered to be one of the most important and accomplished writers of our time
Margaret Atwood, whose work has been published in more than forty-five countries, is the author of more than fifty books of fiction, poetry, critical essays, and graphic novels. In addition to The Handmaid's Tale, now an award-winning TV series, her novelsinclude Cat's Eye, short-listed for the 1989 Booker Prize; Alias Grace, which won the Giller Prize in Canada and the Premio Mondello in Italy; The Blind Assassin, winner of the 2000 Booker Prize; Oryx and Crake, short-listed for the 2003 Man Booker Prize;The Year of the Flood, MaddAddam; and Hag-Seed. She is the recipient of numerous awards, including the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade, the Franz Kafka Prize, the PEN Center USA Lifetime Achievement Award, and the Los Angeles Times Innovator's Award. In 2019, she was made a member of the Order of the Companions of Honour for services to literature.
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Several women's groups have had their funding cut under the Status of Women Canada's Women's Program in the past few weeks.
For many of the programs facing cuts it is a first in their histories according to the Ad Hoc Coalition for Women's Equality and Human Rights.
During recent weeks Status of Women Canada (SWC): the New Brunswick Coalition for Pay Equity, le Conseil d'intervention pour l'accès des femmes au travail (CIAFT), the Ontario Association of Interval and Transition Houses, Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women (CRIAW), Réseau des tables régionales de groupes de femmes du Québec, the Centre for Equality Rights in Accommodation, Action travail des femmes were all denied funding by the Harper government.
During the past few years the Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women, Womenspace, the Child Care Advocacy Association of Canada, the Alberta Network of Immigration Women, Centre de documentation sur l'éducation des adultes et la condition feminine, Association féminine d'éducation et d'action sociale (AFEAS.) have also been denied government funding.
Funding for these groups have played an important role in women's equality in Canada in the past. The current funding cuts is a direct violation of directives set by the United Nations to address women's equality through compliance with Canada's international human rights obligations and treaties it has signed.
These cuts have helped lower Canada's World Economic Forum gender gap index from 2004's seven ranking to the 2009 ranking of 25.
"These cuts to feminist advocacy will significantly erode women's equality in Canada. The Harper Government is conveniently weakening the very organizations that could challenge his government's attacks against reproductive rights, pay equity, child care and other human rights." Stated Jennifer Beaman from le Conseil d'intervention pour l'accès des femmes au travail (CIAFT) in a press release obtained by Digital Journal.
"Canada is being called on by the United Nations to address urgent violations of the human rights of women in Canada. These cuts further undermine the ability of the Government to meet its obligations under international human rights law. Cuts to service providers leave the most vulnerable women in Canada with nowhere to safe to go and cuts to policy and advocacy organizations leave women in crisis with no democratic voice with which to cry for help", said Kate McInturff, from the Canadian Feminist Alliance for International Action in a press release obtained by Digital Journal.
"The current Government is trying to quash any and all dissenting voices in Canada and those who promote and defend human rights seem to be a particular target," said Patty Ducharme the National Executive Vice-President of the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) in a press release obtained by Digital Journal. "Since the start of the year, the Government has shut down human rights commission offices, fired high level public servants for speaking out and denied funding to human rights and development organizations working on issues such as reproductive rights and access to contraception and abortion."
The current cuts are following a trend with women's advocacy within the Harper Government. In 2006, the Harper Government shut 12 out of 16 Status of Women's offices throughout Canada, eliminated the Courts Challenges Program and abandoned a funding agreement on universal child care.


We are quite happy to hurtle ourselves hundreds of miles over seas and continents in cramped aircraft, giving very little consideration to the journey itself. But what if travel was more relaxing and not so stressful? What if we took days to reach our destination and arrived feeling refreshed and relaxed? This is exactly what Seymourpowell, a London-based design and innovation company, is proposing in its latest visionary transportation concept called Aircruise.
Tanya Weaver, our UK correspondent, spoke to Nick Talbot, Design director at Seymourpowell, about an impressive concept in visionary transportation.
Aircruise is a 265-metre tall luxurious airship concept powered by natural energy in the form of hydrogen and solar, and instead of taking a few hours to reach your destination it may take a few of days of drifting leisurely alongside the clouds.
With this self-generated project, Talbot and his team wanted to challenge our preconceptions about the way we travel in the future.
"Obviously when you are doing pretty much full-time client work there are constraints in terms of practicalities of production and so on, which sometimes can be a little bit of a dampener on unbridled creativity," says Talbot.
The design process started off by brainstorming and kicking some different ideas around before settling on the idea of the classic Zeppelin airships of the 1930s. The design team felt that there is a certain emotional appeal and romanticism about these majestic airships that would whisk passengers across the Atlantic in comfort and style.
"As a starting point, the idea was to think about reinterpreting a lighter-than-air vessel for travel in the 21st century," says Talbot.
The concept subsequently captured the imagination of Samsung Construction and Trading (C&T), the South Korean company who was the primary contractor on the recently opened Burj Dubai, a 828 metre skyscraper in Dubai.
They invested some money into the project and appointed Seymourpowell to further refine the idea, together with their own designers, and produce a de-tailed computer animation of the proposed experience.
Samsung C&T are especially interested in new materials for building and were intrigued by the advanced materials, particularly carbon composites and lightweight aerospace materials that Seymourpowell were proposing to use to construct the airship.
"This was a dream project for us, helping to realise a future of sustainable buildings combined with innovative and luxury lifestyle," says Seung Min Kim, design director at Samsung C&T.
It was important that when it came to the interior design, which consists of a three-storey bar/lounge area, four duplex apartments, a penthouse and five smaller apartments, it was not only beautiful from a tactile point of view but would also enhance the experience of gently drifting alongside the clouds with uninterrupted views of Earth below.
As a result, the Samsung C&T team of interior designers and architects felt it would be important to replicate centuries-old Korean philosophies and traditions in the design – enhanced, of course, with cutting-edge modern technology.
For instance, in one of the apartment's guest bedrooms, which has a very tranquil theme and feeling about it, at the push of a button, a screen – a bit like a giant iPhone – rises up from the floor.
Additionally, in the kitchen a raised plinth with cushions scattered on top of it is featured right next to the kitchen units. This is because traditionally Koreans will eat in very close proximity to the area where the food was prepared.
"Even though it is a very technologically advanced proposition, the actual layout and the way people would live on board this aircraft is rooted in something really quite old," adds Talbot.
Externally, the structure consists of eight vertical composite lattices supporting four main envelopes with each containing a self-sealing lifting bag. These lifting bags contain 330 000 cubic metres of hydrogen gas that equates to 396 000 kilograms available lift at sea level.
Despite the perceived risks of hydrogen (who can forget the spectacular Hindenburg airship disaster of 1937 when the airship caught fire when attempting to dock and burst into flames within seconds), this gas has been chosen for its inherent lifting efficiency and as a power source.
As a result, large surface area PEM (Polymer Electrolyte Membrane) fuel cells generate enough energy both for propulsion as well as providing onboard power and some drinking water. Additionally, this primary power generation will be augmented by flexible solar panels that cover the upper part of the envelope.
Aircruise's average cruising speed is between 100 to 150 kilometres per hour, equating to 37 hours from London to New York and 90 hours from Los Angeles to Shanghai. The service ceiling is limited to 12 000 feet; however, if there are areas of interest en route, the airship can drop down to within a few hundred feet off the ground in order to give passengers a better view.
In fact, Talbot's favourite feature in the concept design is the 'moon pool' – a glass viewing floor located at the very bottom of the three-storey bar and lounge area, which is surrounded by a ring of lounge seating.
"I just love the idea of being able to sit there with friends or loved ones with a cocktail in hand and look straight down to watch the world float by underneath," says Talbot.
The style, luxury and romantic appeal sound almost too good to be true and one is left wondering how long it will be until we will be seeing the Aircruise drifting across our skies.
According to Talbot, although it is a conceptual proposal – and there are challenges from an R&D and a materials point of view and it would require a huge investment – the transportation design team at Seymourpowell have developed a detailed and achievable technical specification for the airship.
It is a project that Talbot and his team have enjoyed working on because having the opportunity to be able to forecast and work out future scenarios is a welcome distraction from their 'bread and butter' client work. As he says, every now and then it's good for them as designers to spread their wings a bit, so to speak, and do something really visionary.
Australian designers across a variety of design disciplines and industries entered more than 300 projects for the State of Design 2004 Awards, based in Victoria.
The contact lens industry has endeavoured for the last thirty years to find the 'Holy Grail' – a soft lens material that would enable the contact lens to be worn for long periods.
The International Design Excellence Awards (IDEAs) were announced in July this year. The program, sponsored by BusinessWeek magazine and the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA), is receiving an increasing number of international entries.


Total Education Solutions: What to look for in an Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) Intervention?
What to look for in an Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) Intervention?
The road to finding the right treatment for your child with special needs can be confusing and cumbersome. Among other options, Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) has unique features. I hope the following will assist you in choosing the most effective help for your child.
1. ABA interventions are individualized: they are developed and carefully monitored to ensure progress for clients. Therefore, ABA is a continuous data-based decision making progress that guarantees "to be certain, through constant measurement and experimentation, that the particular case in hand is going well and will continue to go well," as stated by Cooper, Heron and Heward in the preface of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2nd edition, 2007. Weekly and monthly meetings with the supervisor of the program should be provided so you have the chance to discuss progress on a regular basis.
2. Priority is placed on identifying challenging behaviors and replacement behaviors, reinforcements, proactive and reactive strategies, behavior tools to implement those strategies, and parent/caregiver training.
The anticipated outcome would be for your child to make steady progress in a variety of domains, such as social skills, functional communication, independent living skills, etc.) while undesired behaviors are decrease/eliminated, thus ultimately reaching their maximum potential. The main objective is for the child to function independently in all of the developmental domains.
· Clients will learn appropriate coping strategies in order to deal with frustration, and manage disruptive behaviors.
· Clients will decrease the frequency, intensity, and/or duration of maladaptive behaviors that prevent them from accessing community settings.
· Parents and caregivers will learn strategies and techniques to help facilitate positive interactions with their child while learning to manage problem behaviors.
· Clients will develop functional communication skills in order to communicate independently.
· Clients will increase their ability to function independently in their environment by improving independent living skills (e.g., dressing, potty training, eating with a utensil, drinking from a cup, washing face/hands, brushing their teeth, money management, community safety skills, etc.).
· Clients will increase appropriate social interactions while decreasing behaviors that focus on isolation.
· Children will learn functional play skills in order to increase positive social interaction with peers, relatives, and siblings.
· Clients and their families will learn specific strategies and techniques to deal with problem behaviors when they occur in the community.
The "Applied" component of Applied Behavior Analysis means that interventions are conducted in natural environments (i.e. home, school and community), rather than in clinical settings. This allows for the direct implementation of learned skills, thus aiming for generalization across settings, people and time.
As a parent, look for, request and demand the above mentioned components.
In sum, by taking this individualized, data-based approach, we maximize the chance of success of the treatment plan.


Will Saira Munoz be deported after caught selling pot brownies.
Home Scandal and Gossip Will Saira Munoz be deported after caught selling pot brownies.
Should the law be lenient on Saira Munoz and not expose her to the chance of being deported?
Saira Munoz is waiting to find out if immigration authorities will deport her. The predicament comes after authorities became alerted to the fact that the then Californian high school student in 2013 was selling pot brownies.
Asked why she was selling pot brownies, the girl told in order to finance a prom dress.
At the time, the River Valley High School student even took to employing a fellow student in order to help her make the pot brownies. But things eventually unraveled when a fellow student fell ill after eating one of the pot brownies, having to be taken to hospital. It wasn't too soon long after that authorities caught up with Saira Munoz.
This past week, Saira Munoz was sentenced to nine days in prison and four years' probation after being convicted of felony child endangerment and misdemeanor possession of marijuana on school grounds after admitting to selling the cakes in March last year.
The conviction has now put the former student according to US immigration law in the very real position of being deported to her native country of Mexico as a consequence of arriving in the U.S. in 2000 with only temporary visa.
Immigration law allows any felony charge of a non native grounds for their deportation.
Despite technically having broken the law, many close to Saira Munoz don't believe she should be deported, questioning the wisdom of the law and wondering if the law is too severe and not necessarily within the spirit of why it was created.
Of course what strikes this author as inconsistent is does it really matter what Munoz was intending to do with the money from operations that by law are illegal. Is her crime less onerous because it involves marijuana, a substance that many consider ought to be legalized in the first place? And then there's the obvious question, how was it that the Saira Munoz was able to still remain in the US if she had overstayed her temporary visa in the first place?


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Israel, Jerusalem, Palestine, Sheikh Jarrah - 27 de junio de 2021
1,500 Palestinians in Silwan are being forced to demolish their own homes for theme park
In recent weeks, Sheikh Jarrah's fight for survival against displacement and ethnic cleansing by Israel has been the subject of widespread international attention, leading to protests across Palestine and worldwide. But just five kilometers away exists another group of Palestinian families who are also facing Israeli ethnic cleansing. At least 1,500 Palestinians in Silwan are being forced to demolish their own homes so Israeli settlers can build a religious theme park.
Silwan is located in occupied East Jerusalem and is home to thousands of Palestinians. The human rights organization Al-Haq reports that Palestinians in occupied East Jerusalem make up the majority of the population, but "Israeli zoning laws have allocated 35 percent of the land area for the construction of illegal settlements by Israeli settlers".
In 1967, Israel's victory in the Six-Day War gave Israel's occupation control of East Jerusalem. Not long thereafter, various occupation groups launched lopsided "legal" battles "contesting" property ownership of much of Sheikh Jarrah. Those battles continue today, triggering mass protests among Palestinians who live under the specter of mass displacement and apartheid. Palestinians who live in the area report that their neighbourhood is "under siege," and abuses by settlers and Israeli forces are mounting.
Israel vs Palestine Explained (WATCH)
The May 2021: Israel vs Hamas War
In early May 2021, anti-eviction protests in Sheikh Jarrah and elsewhere in East Jerusalem were one of the triggers for the 11-day war between Israel and Hamas. The fighting began when settlers and police decided to carry out an ethnic cleansing operation, stealing several homes. This led to mass protests in Jerusalem, when protestors refused to withdraw, Israeli police decided to violently storm the compound of the al-Aqsa Mosque, Islam's third-holiest site. Soon after Hamas issued an ultimatum to Israel: Withdraw from the Temple Mount (which includes al-Aqsa), and Sheikh Jarrah or there will be consequences. That evening, after the ultimatum went unanswered by Israel, Hamas unleashed thousands of rudimentary rockets and Israel responded by heavily bombing Gaza and violently repressing protestors in the West Bank. By the time a ceasefire was brokered between Israel and Hamas on May 21st, at least 256 people, including 66 children, had been murdered by Israel, most in Gaza.
While Israeli courts suspended rulings on the evictions during the war, but they are now back and settlers backed by Israeli forces are now harassing and attempting to ethnically cleanse the Palestinians living Sheikh Jarrah and Silwan.
Will the new Israeli government be better for Palestinians?
Most Palestinians and supporters don't think the new government, which was sworn in on June 13, ending the long reign of Benjamin Netanyahu, will reverse course on the evictions. Netanyahu's replacement, Naftali Bennett, is the leader of the far-right Yamina party and fully supports the establishment of occupation settlements. Naftali also does not believe in Palestinian statehood and wants Israel to annex large swaths of the West Bank.
Discrimination against Palestinians?
Israel has discriminatory laws, regulations, and policies covering property that favor Israel-jews only. It also controls the movement and every other aspect of Palestinian lives, which places them at a severe disadvantage. The Israeli National Parks Authority has declared parts of East Jerusalem national parks, purposely limiting Palestinian construction development. An archeological site was also set up in Silwan and later transferred to Elad, a settler occupation group.
What is The Absentees' Property Law?
Palestinian homes in Silwan, Sheikh Jarrah and other areas are being targeted by settlers citing the 1950 Absentees' Property Law. The 'Israeli Absentee Property Law 1950' ('Absentee Property Law') is the main law in a series of laws that regulate the treatment of property belonging to Palestinians who left, were forced to flee, or were deported during the 1948 War. It denies Palestinians the right to reclaim properties lost in West Jerusalem in the 1948 Arab-Israeli war and allows Israeli Jews to reclaim properties "lost" in the same year in East Jerusalem. The UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR) has reported that the 1950' Absentees' law and the 1970 Legal and Administrative Matters Law, are both discriminatory against Palestinians. The laws are based solely on the nationality or origin of the owner and the laws facilitate the ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian population in occupied East Jerusalem.
Who are the settler occupiers displacing Silwan?
The settler occupation group Ateret Cohanim (Crown of Priests) claims Jewish settlers are "legitimate returnees" because they allegedly owned the occupied land in the 19th Century or earlier. The group also claims it "facilitates" the "purchase" of properties owned by Palestinians.
Since the 1980s, hundreds of Jewish occupation settlers have moved into Silwan, some with the help of Ateret Cohanim, leading to an increase in displacement. Jews and Arabs are fighting over who owned what property when, with both sides accusing the other of using faulty or insufficient documents. In most cases, settlers don't leave their newly stolen houses without private armed guards who are paid by the state.
So what happens now in Silwan?
On June 27, 2021 a deadline was set by the Israeli occupation authorities ended for 13 Palestinian families who received orders to self-demolish their homes in the Al-Bustan quarter in Silwan within 21 days. These homes are among 86 homes that the Israeli occupation courts had issued demolition orders against without specifying a date for implementation.
If any of the families refuse to self-demolish their own homes, Israel's occupation government has threatened to demolish the homes themselves and fine their owners with the demolition costs. In addition, at least 119 families across 88 buildings are currently under the threat of ethnic cleansing and home demolition to make room for new Israeli construction projects. The Israeli occupation government has also officially changed Al-Bustan's name to Gan Hamelekh (The King's Garden). Palestinian residents have been forced to share homes with settlers in some cases. Since they were displaced from the Old City in the 1960s, some of these families have lived in Silwan for over 50 years.
Which crime is Israel committing?
The Israeli occupation's policy of home demolitions and destruction of other property affects innocent families. In April, Human Rights Watch reported that Israeli authorities "are committing the crimes against humanity of apartheid and persecution" as they pursue the policy "to maintain domination by Jewish Israelis over Palestinians." At least 3,000 Palestinians in 200 East Jerusalem properties are under threat of eviction. 20,000 Palestinian homes are under threat of demolition for lacking permits that are routinely denied to Palestinians. Such demolitions are regarded as illegal collective punishment and are a violation of international human rights law.
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Experienced actions against the police specialist Andrew Frederick says he is delighted to have joined Hudgell Solicitors – a firm he says is 'meeting the increasing need' to challenge unlawful treatment of innocent people by state bodies.
Mr Frederick has more than 10 years' experience in the specialist area of work and joins Hudgell's growing Civil Liberties department in London, having worked in the capital at GT Stewart for the past six years.
With experience of representing people with civil claims against the police, the prison service, Home Office, Magistrates' Courts, and other detaining authorities, he has expertise in leading claims for assault, unlawful arrest, false imprisonment, malicious prosecutions, breaches of human rights, discrimination, and data protection issues.
Mr Frederick says whilst actions against state bodies and their representatives often lead to compensation settlements, holding to account and exposing the wrongdoings of those in positions of authority which is often the motivating factor for the people he represents.
"Compensation is obviously a big factor in the work we carry out on behalf of clients, but I'd say that for most of the people I represent, holding people to account is what they want to do most," he said.
"They want to make sure they are exposed for what they have done and to ensure others don't suffer at their hands.
"People have often been bullied and feel they have no place to turn. My legal expertise is in helping people make complaints, often against police officers but equally other detaining authorities and public bodies, which can lead to criminal proceedings or misconduct proceedings and dismissals.
Mr Frederick recently represented the family of 18-year-old Osvaldas Pagirys, who died whilst detained on remand for stealing sweets at HMP Wandsworth in November 2016. He had been held in prison as he awaited extradition to Lithuania under a European Arrest Warrant for minor theft.
Mr Frederick said: "It was his first time in prison custody and he found the experience extremely distressing. He struggled to cope, repeatedly self-harmed and had been found with a noose around his neck on five separate occasions prior to his death.
"Despite this, on the day he died officers didn't respond to his emergency bell from his cell for 37 minutes. This was despite the Prison Service's target response time of five minutes.
"They found him hanging in his cell and a 10-day inquest earlier this year subsequently returned a unanimous verdict identifying numerous failures in the actions of the prison staff, and that the delay in responding to his emergency cell bell was a failure which did contribute to his death.
Andrew Petherbridge, head of civil liberties at Hudgell Solicitors, said: "We are delighted to have added somebody of Andrew's experience and expertise to our team in London.
"Andrew is passionate about standing up for the rights of people and challenging and holding authorities to account for unlawful actions.
"Most importantly he is dedicated to getting the best results for his clients, which fits perfectly with our commitment to always righting wrongs and seeing the person and not just the claim.


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Real Estate & Demographic Data
Most expensive Deltona neighborhoods
Lake Butler Shores
Deltona South
Deltona Northwest
Deltona Lakes South
Deltona North
Deltona Lakes Southwest
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Monticello St / Providence Blvd
Deltona profile
Living in Deltona
Deltona is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Florida. With a population of 95,782 people and 21 constituent neighborhoods, Deltona is the 29th largest community in Florida.
Deltona is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Deltona is a city of sales and office workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Deltona who work in office and administrative support (15.22%), sales jobs (11.86%), and management occupations (7.59%).
In Deltona, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 34.90 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.
The percentage of adults in Deltona with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 16.46% of adults in Deltona have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Deltona in 2018 was $23,198, which is lower middle income relative to Florida and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $92,792 for a family of four. However, Deltona contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Deltona is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Deltona home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Deltona residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Deltona also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 36.91% of the city's residents. Important ancestries of people in Deltona include Irish, German, Italian, English, and Polish.
The most common language spoken in Deltona is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and German/Yiddish.
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Be an Angel
'Together, we have brought smiles and goodwill': The Morning Call's 22nd annual Be An Angel campaign raises over $300,000 for local nonprofits
By Ryan Kneller
The Morning Call's Be An Angel annual giving campaign (mammuth/Getty Images)
Congratulations, angels! Your generosity during the holiday season has made The Morning Call's 22nd annual Be An Angel Campaign a bona fide success.
Donations to Lehigh Valley nonprofit agencies, made in December and January, totaled $307,000, up $70,000 from the 2020-21 season.
The drive has now yielded nearly $5.3 million in donations since it was started by former Morning Call reporter Irene Kraft in 1999.
Gift cards and monetary donations were once again abundant, but other requested items also poured in.
Allentown's Sharing Life received a pop-up tent; Bethlehem's LifePath received a cookware set; Coopersburg's Lehigh Valley Girls Rock received a laptop; Allentown's Salvation Army received an oven; YWCA Bethlehem's Adult Day Services Center received 20 crocheted lap blankets; and South Whitehall Township's Cedarbrook Senior Care & Rehab received five large-print Bibles, more than 60 colored pencil packs and more than 100 adult coloring books.
"Our residents are grateful and so are we," Jennifer Szakacs Strohl, Cedarbrook's director of life enrichment, said in regard to the Be An Angel campaign.
"We appreciate this generous program!" added Victoria Mahon Bednarick, LifePath's development and communications specialist.
The biggest beneficiary of the campaign again was Bethlehem's Cops 'n' Kids Children's Literacy Program, which received more than 20,000 book donations over the holidays.
The program, which has a mission of "connecting kids and community through literacy," has distributed more than 1.1 million free books to children since the organization was started in 2003.
"The 'Be An Angel' publication has let people in the community know that they are needed, and your readers continue to step forward year after year to lend a helping hand," Cops 'n' Kids president Beverly Bradley said. "We know that we have impacted the lives of thousands in our community because of the kindness and commitment of thousands, and we are appreciative and humbled that so many have stepped forward to collaborate with us in this inspiring mission."
Donors contributed items to a wide array of organizations, including Allentown's Sixth Street Shelter, which received new blankets, pillows and sheets for families in need; Germansville's Krysta Hankee Memorial Fund, which received Giant gift cards and monetary donations for medical transportation costs; and Upper Nazareth Township's Pets in Need, which received animal food, supplies and monetary donations for its resident cats and dogs seeking forever homes.
Schools and other organizations benefiting children also ignited the spirit of giving.
Bethlehem's Broughal Middle School, for example, received donations of music scholarships and instruments such as flutes, while The Boys & Girls Club of Allentown and The Children's Home of Easton received more than a dozen board games.
"Thanks so very much for providing this wonderful service to our community," Deborah Fries-Jackson, Boys & Girls Club of Allentown's CEO, wrote in a campaign wrap-up email. "The Morning Call has certainly impacted many nonprofits with some wonderful donations."
For some angels with big hearts, their wings were earned by spreading the love among several nonprofits.
Veronica Hertzog of Bath, for example, donated to a handful of animal organizations, including the Peaceable Kingdom in Whitehall Township, Forgotten Felines and Fidos in Germansville and The Center for Animal Health & Welfare in Williams Township.
Other generous individuals include William Jesse of Allentown, Robert and Joan Kern of Zionsville and Dennit and Donna Golden of East Bangor, who together donated to more than a dozen organizations, including Support the Troops in Easton, Blue Mountain Community Library in Pen Argyl, Catasauqua Food Bank, Lehigh Valley Families Together, The Kindness Project in Emmaus, Eastern PA Down Syndrome Center in Trexlertown and Tails of Valor, Paws of Honor in Coopersburg.
"Thank you for once again supporting all of our community nonprofits," Tails of Valor founder Heather Lloyd said when reporting the organization's donations. "We greatly appreciate it, and it provides us the opportunity to continue to do what we love to do — help our veterans."
Companies also stepped up, contributing gift cards, pet food and other needed items to agencies.
Standouts include Allentown's Jack Lehr Heating Cooling & Electric, which in conjunction with its associates and clients donated a truck load of dry and canned pet food, cat scratchers, paper towels, cleaning supplies, pet toys and more to Animals in Distress in Upper Saucon Township; Allentown law firm Fitzpatrick Lentz & Bubba, which donated art supplies to Robbins Bower Crisis Residence in Allentown, monetary donations and supplies to Camelot for Children in Allentown, retail gift cards to The Pediatric Cancer Foundation of the Lehigh Valley and grab-and-go breakfast items, coffee and tea to Zion's Reformed UCC Jubilee Breakfast in Allentown; and Bethlehem "inventive packaging solutions" company Hovus Inc., which donated a table and eight chairs to The Neighborhood Center in Allentown, four baby swings and 36 sleep sacks to St. Luke's NICUs, gift cards to Emmaus' East Penn Neighbors Helping Neighbors and Topton's Diakon Adoption and Foster Care, and 10 cases of copy paper and 30 bags of dog and cat food to Meals on Wheels of the Greater Lehigh Valley.
For Cops 'n' Kids, PPL sponsored Martin Luther King, Jr. events at Fountain Hill Elementary School and Allentown's Hays Elementary School by purchasing more than $500 worth of books for classroom libraries; the Allentown and Schnecksville branches of Lehigh Valley Educators Credit Union donated more than 600 books; and the Allentown office of Greenman-Pedersen, Inc. donated more than 700 books.
Cops 'n' Kids president Bev Bradley, a retired Southern Lehigh High School teacher, is especially touched by the young angels, including students from DeSales University, Emmaus High School's Key Club, Bethlehem Catholic High School's Peer Listeners and Liberty High School's Cops 'n' Kids Club and National Honor Society, who all hosted holiday book fairs at The Promenade Shops at Saucon Valley.
As a result of their efforts, nearly $29,000 worth of merchandise was purchased in support of Cops 'n' Kids, and the program also received more than $4,300 in gift cards.
"Together, we have brought smiles and goodwill and the joy of reading to hundreds," Bradley said.


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/*
 * dispatch-test.js: Tests for the core dispatch method.
 *
 * (C) 2011, Nodejitsu Inc.
 * MIT LICENSE
 *
 */

var assert = require('assert'),
    vows = require('vows'),
    director = require('../../../lib/director');

vows.describe('director/router/dispatch').addBatch({
  "An instance of director.Router": {
    topic: function () {
      var that = this;
      that.matched = {};
      that.matched['/'] = [];
      that.matched['foo'] = [];
      that.matched['f*'] = []

      var router = new director.Router({
        '/': {
          before: function () { that.matched['/'].push('before /') },
          on: function () { that.matched['/'].push('on /') },
          after: function () { that.matched['/'].push('after /') }
        },
        '/foo': {
          before: function () { that.matched.foo.push('before foo') },
          on: function () { that.matched.foo.push('on foo') },
          after: function () { that.matched.foo.push('after foo') },
          '/bar': {
            before: function () { that.matched.foo.push('before foo bar') },
            on: function () { that.matched.foo.push('foo bar') },
            after: function () { that.matched.foo.push('after foo bar') },
            '/buzz': function () { that.matched.foo.push('foo bar buzz') }
          }
        },
        '/f*': {
          '/barbie': function () { that.matched['f*'].push('f* barbie') }
        }
      });

      router.configure({
        recurse: 'backward'
      });

      return router;
    },
    "should have the correct routing table": function (router) {
      assert.isObject(router.routes.foo);
      assert.isObject(router.routes.foo.bar);
      assert.isObject(router.routes.foo.bar.buzz);
      assert.isFunction(router.routes.foo.bar.buzz.on);
    },
    "the dispatch() method": {
      "/": function (router) {
        assert.isTrue(router.dispatch('on', '/'));
        assert.isTrue(router.dispatch('on', '/'));

        assert.equal(this.matched['/'][0], 'before /');
        assert.equal(this.matched['/'][1], 'on /');
        assert.equal(this.matched['/'][2], 'after /');
      },
      "/foo/bar/buzz": function (router) {
        assert.isTrue(router.dispatch('on', '/foo/bar/buzz'));

        assert.equal(this.matched.foo[0], 'foo bar buzz');
        assert.equal(this.matched.foo[1], 'before foo bar');
        assert.equal(this.matched.foo[2], 'foo bar');
        assert.equal(this.matched.foo[3], 'before foo');
        assert.equal(this.matched.foo[4], 'on foo');
      },
      "/foo/barbie": function (router) {
        assert.isTrue(router.dispatch('on', '/foo/barbie'));
        assert.equal(this.matched['f*'][0], 'f* barbie');
      },
      "/foo/barbie/": function (router) {
        assert.isFalse(router.dispatch('on', '/foo/barbie/'));
      },
      "/foo/BAD": function (router) {
        assert.isFalse(router.dispatch('on', '/foo/BAD'));
      },
      "/bar/bar": function (router) {
        assert.isFalse(router.dispatch('on', '/bar/bar'));
      },
      "with the strict option disabled": {
        topic: function (router) {
          return router.configure({
            recurse: 'backward',
            strict: false
          });
        },
        "should have the proper configuration set": function (router) {
          assert.isFalse(router.strict);
        },
        "/foo/barbie/": function (router) {
          assert.isTrue(router.dispatch('on', '/foo/barbie/'));
          assert.equal(this.matched['f*'][0], 'f* barbie');
        },
        "/foo/bar/buzz": function (router) {
          assert.isTrue(router.dispatch('on', '/foo/bar/buzz'));

          assert.equal(this.matched.foo[0], 'foo bar buzz');
          assert.equal(this.matched.foo[1], 'before foo bar');
          assert.equal(this.matched.foo[2], 'foo bar');
          assert.equal(this.matched.foo[3], 'before foo');
          assert.equal(this.matched.foo[4], 'on foo');
        },
      }
    }
  }
}).export(module);

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