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Al-Qeeq Suspends His Strike After Reaching An Agreement For His Release
The Palestinian Prisoners' Society (PPS) has reported that hunger striking journalist Mohammad al-Qeeq, who is held by Israel without charges or trial, has suspended his strike that lasted for 94 days, after reaching an agreement for his release, in May.
Lawyers Hanan al-Khatib and Hiba Masalha, of the Palestinian Detainees' Committee, said al-Qeeq has officially suspended his hunger strike, on Friday 26, in a statement made in front of his family and Arab political leaders, including lawyers, Arab Members of Knesset and members the Detainees' Parents Committee.
The PPS said the agreement is an official declaration of ending his strike, in exchange for his release on May 21, 2015, and that he will continue to receive medical treatment in Israeli hospitals until his release.
Head of the Detainees' Committee Issa Qaraqe said al-Qeeq's will, and determination, overcame Israel's policies of death, and that he managed to challenge Israel's illegal Administrative Detention policies, that enable Israel to hold hundreds of Palestinians indefinitely captive, without charges.
Qaraqe' thanked the Palestinians, their institutions and all Palestine solidarity activists around the world, for their support. He also thanked all lawyers involved with al-Qeeq's case and the fight for his release.
Israeli Soldiers Assault Nonviolent Protesters In Hebron
Israeli soldiers attacked, Friday, dozens of Palestinians, accompanied by Israeli and international peace activists, holding a nonviolent protest, demanding Israel to reopen the Shuhada Street, in Hebron's Old city. The attack caused several injuries.
The Hebron Defense Committee said the protesters carried Palestinian flags, and posters in Arabic, English and Hebrew, demanding the removal of Israeli colonizers from the heart of Hebron city, and to lift the siege on Shuhada Street.
They started their procession from Nimra area, heading towards the entrance of the Old City of Hebron, demanding Israel to lift its closure of the Shuhada Street, to allow the Palestinians to reopen their stores, and be able to move freely without the choking Israeli restrictions, and siege.
Issa Amro, the coordinator of the Youth Coalition against Settlements, said the soldiers fired several gas bombs and concussion grenades, causing many protesters, and journalists, to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation.
It is worth mentioning that Israel closed the Shuhada Street in 1994 after Israeli terrorist Baruch Goldstein stormed the Ibrahimi mosque and opened fire on the worshipers, using his Israeli-issued automatic rifle, before the worshipers managed to kill him.
By the end of the year 2000, Israel prohibited the Palestinians from even walking in the Shuhada Street, and only allowed the nearly 600 settlers, who illegally reside there, to use the street.
Israel also closed more than 500 Palestinian stores in the heart of Hebron city, and installed at least 100 roadblocks, and iron gates, in the Old city, while the settlers have unrestricted freedom of movement.
Lawyer Masalha: Prisoner Qeiq could die any moment
The lawyer of the Palestinian Detainees Committee Heba Masalha said on Wednesday that the health condition of captive Mohammad al-Qeiq, who has been on hunger strike for three months, is tragic and he could die at any moment.
In a press statement on Wednesday, lawyer Masalha said that Qeiq is suffering from severe hardening of intestines and stomach, chest pain, weak vision, eye redness and inability to speak in addition to sharp decline of heart beats indicating that a heart attack is a likely possibility.
Detainee Qeiq has been held under continuous and intensive watching by doctors of Afula hospital who are expecting his sudden death at any moment. "They try to wake him whenever he falls asleep in order to make sure he is still alive," Masalha said.
MEP Anderson urges EU to save life of journalist Qeiq
Member of the European Parliament Martina Anderson has called on the European Union (EU) to take steps to save the life of hunger-striking prisoner Mohamed al-Qeiq.
Anderson, who heads the European parliament's delegation for relations with Palestine, urged the EU to pressure Israel to release prisoner Qeiq. "Al-Qeiq is undertaking this strike for all Palestinian prisoners.
He is hunger-striking in protest at being detained without charge and against being tortured," she told a news conference following a recent meeting of the delegation.
The European lawmaker called on EU high representative Federica Mogherini to "pick up the phone and call Israeli prime minister Netanyahu to intercede on Al-Qeiq's behalf. "Al-Qeiq has asked to be transferred to a hospital in Ramallah.
He is near death and his family is not even allowed to visit him," she added. "Slamming people in prison without charge and shooting alleged attackers on sight are not going to put an end to the violence or resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
The only way to do this is with a serious push for a two-state solution and the EU must live up to its political commitments and lead an international effort to make this a reality," Anderson underscored. "The EU must act now because the situation in Palestine is a powder keg," she warned.
Palestinian hunger-striker's challenge to Israel's detention system
By Ghada Ageel
The Israeli government is poised to execute the Palestinian political prisoner Mohamed Al-Qiq who has been on total hunger strike - drinking water only - since 25 November. The justification the Israelis are claiming for this decision is state security, their standard justification for the infamous mechanism known as "administrative detention".
This mechanism has enabled the government to hold Al-Qiq without charges or trial and even, despite suspension of Al-Qiq's detention by the High Court of Justice, to block his request for transfer to a Palestinian hospital in the Occupied West Bank.
The government and the judicial system are accordingly on the verge of wilfully meting out a death sentence to Mohamed Al-Qiq, without having ruled him guilty of any crime.
On 17 February, Israel's High Court of Justice rejected a petition by Al-Qiq's lawyers demanding his transfer. This was a sequel to numerous calls from his lawyer, his family, his wife, from a series of international organisations and human rights groups to release Al-Qiq and to facilitate his transfer.
Israel's dismissal of these urgent humanitarian demands to either free Al-Qiq or allow him due process as he has demanded, both of which would save his life, amounts to a denial of one of the last available routes on non-violent Palestinian resistance to unlawful incarceration, oppression and occupation.
Al-Qiq - a 33-year-old Palestinian journalist and the father of two children - is in critical condition and at high risk of a stroke. On entering his 89th day of hunger strike, Al-Qiq had lost some 40 kilogrammes of his weight and is suffering uncontrollable convulsions. Reports confirmed that he was hardly able to speak and had lost his ability to see and hear.
In a short video, his wife Fayha Shalash stated that her husband continued to suffer from spasms of acute chest pain twice or more a day, adding that his doctors warned her that he could die of a heart attack at any moment.
Six-hundred and sixty Palestinians are currently being held in administrative detention. They are all denied access to the charges against them, whose details, like the detainees themselves, are locked up by Israeli security forces. The accusations ostensibly proving Al-Qiq a security risk punishable by death are held in classified files.
Israel's judicial system and government are allowing Al-Qiq and four other Palestinian administrative detainees' passive resistance and a gradual, excruciating, silenced death, but barring any move that might actively encourage others to resist this unjust system. By the same token, they are disallowing a nonviolent option potentially encouraging civil resistance among the 4.5 million Palestinians living under day-to-day oppression.
Through a single act, Israel is denying Al-Qiq the fundamental human right to life and freedom and powerfully reiterating its ongoing violation of an entire people's right to live in liberty and dignity. Al-Qiq is certainly not the first Palestinian political prisoner to go on hunger strike. Nor is he the first Palestinian administrative detainee to take himself to the verge of death.
Many have taken this path over decades of protests against the evil of administrative detention. Yet Al-Qiq has been unique in many respects. On realising during his third day of incarceration that he wasn't going to be released, he decided immediately to challenge this arbitrary treatment by going on strike. Locked into his cell and unable to issue reports, this Palestinian journalist was determined to continue sounding his voice by refusing to take food.
He opted to use the only sounding board left to him in prison – his own body and his life.
Freedom or death
From day one of his strike, he has issued a single, short, consistent message to his torturers: freedom or death. These are his terms, the ones that have rendered his strike legendary. This is the answer he has repeated for 89 days now, when interrogators have faced him with two options - either confess to incitement or spend up to seven years in detention.
Even now in danger of imminent death, Al-Qiq remains steadfast, determined to resist his captors and go free. In between his many comas, Al-Qiq makes his consistent message clear. During the first 66 days of his strike, Al-Qiq wrote his will. His handwriting reflected his deteriorating health, for his words could hardly be read.
In an unprecedented gesture, he included detailed directions for his funeral, including its place and time of day. He also expressed a hope to see his family. As testimony to the deep love he holds for the two women in his life, he asked to be laid to rest in his mother's tomb and to see his wife before he died. By the 72nd day of his strike Al-Qiq was suffering severe physical deterioration. However, when the strange, indecipherable ruling of Israel's High Court temporarily "suspended" his detention but denied his freedom to transfer to a Palestinian hospital, Al-Qiq remained determined to claim his rights.
A two-minute phone call from his bed in Haemek Hospital, in the Israeli town of Afula, was an epic act of Palestinian resistance and a model of Palestinian strength just as it testified to the resilience of his family bonds.
Al-Qiq assured his father and his wife that his rights had not been compromised. In taking the painful decision to resist to the end in full knowledge of how devastating this would be to his family, he urged his dear ones not to cry. His wife Fayha collected her voice and answered loudly, "I am strong Mohamed and I am not crying." With a very moving soft voice, her young husband replied, "No, you are crying Fayha, Do you think I am an idiot. It is normal to cry."
His father then intervened to give Fayha time to breathe, saying that his daughter-in-law had been in the family home since the day of her husband's detention and that Fayha was safe under his caring eye. On uttering the word "eye," his father recalled of the problems Mohamed was experiencing with his eyesight as a result of the long strike. He urged his son to look after his eyes and his health. Mohamed then asked his father to take care of his two children, Yazan, four and Nadi, one.
Finally, he took the initiative in leading his family away from the emotional abyss when spirits seemed to be flagging and asked for an end to the call, saying he was losing his energy. The activist campaign focused on Al-Qiq even inside Israel represents a unique and unprecedented kind of solidarity. Many demonstrations have been held by both Palestinian and Jewish citizens of Israel. In addition, Al-Qiq's fast has carved out a degree of unity among Palestinians across the Green Line.
Mohammad Barakeh, chairman of the Higher Arab Monitoring Committee inside Israel, and Sheikh Ra'ad Salah, leader of the northern branch of the Palestinian Islamic Movement, announced together, along with 20 other activists, that they were joining Al-Qiq's hunger strike in support for his cause. Israel, however, in an attempt to crush this sign of unity and to criminalise civil political protest, arrested both leaders on 18 February during a joint visit to Al-Qiq. Barakeh has stated, however, that the wave of solidarity with the Palestinian journalist has been rising daily despite the crackdown inside Israel.
Internationally, calls for action, for mobilisation in support of Al-Qiq have been issued in many countries. Counteracting Al-Qiq's forced silencing, citizens worldwide are demanding their governments' support for Palestinian rights. Western liberal governments are being called out on freedom of expression, civil action and participation and due process. They are being exposed for failing to support these fundamental principles when the offender is one of their allies supposedly acting to ensure state security.
In crushing liberties and blocking a non-violent form of resistance, the Israeli government is issuing a death sentence to both Al-Qiq and to human liberty. While Al-Qiq may or may not win his freedom, he has already affirmed his dignity and his voice. His message already rings strong in the ears of his occupiers: Palestinians will maintain the struggle, regardless of the cost. In the words of Fayha Shalash: "We can cope with the result of this hunger strike but can they?"
- Ghada Ageel is a visiting professor at the University of Alberta Political Science Department (Edmonton, Canada), an independent scholar, and active in the Faculty4Palestine - Alberta. The article was published in the Middle East Eye.
Shalash: Health condition of captive Qeiq reaches final stages
Fayha Shalash, the wife of captive Mohammad al-Qeiq who entered the fourth month of open hunger strike, said that the family is no longer talking about the health condition of Qieq as it has reached its final stages.
Shalash explained in an exclusive interview with the PIC reporter on Tuesday that the withdrawal of lawyers from Qeiq's file was done by the agreement of the family because of the Israeli insistence on refusing to meet his demands.
Qadoura Fares, head of the Palestinian Prisoners Society, affirmed that the society will boycott Israeli courts on Wednesday and Thursday as a means of solidarity with al-Qeiq's case.
Fares pointed out, in an exclusive statement to the PIC, that the legal procedures on Qeiq's issue had come to an end after the case had reached the Supreme Court and had thus turned into a political, national case. Fares pointed out that the PPS is waiting for the Israeli response to its proposals including releasing and transferring detainee Qeiq to the Makased hospital.
Solidarity rallies increase in West Bank, Gaza
Solidarity events and sit-ins have increased across the West Bank and Gaza Strip in demand for Mohamed al-Qeiq's immediate and unconditional release as he enters his 92nd day of hunger strike.
In al-Khalil, dozens of activists and journalists participated in a sit-in in support of Mohamed al-Qeiq who is in real danger after 92 days of hunger strike. During the event, head of the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) Amjed al-Najar stressed the importance of popular support for al-Qeiq in this particular time especially after "Israeli authorities took the decision to kill him."
Israeli intelligence services continue to refuse any appeal or offer for al-Qeiq's release although he has entered unprecedented health deterioration, al-Najar added. Similar solidarity events were also organized in Gaza Strip in support of Mohamed al-Qeiq's heroic steadfastness and determination in face of Israeli authorities.
A sit-in was organized Wednesday outside the Red Cross headquarters in Gaza amid large participation of journalists. The participants chanted slogans calling for al-Qeiq's release and held banners reading "the last call." Al-Qeiq, a 33-year-old journalist from the southern occupied West Bank city of al-Khalil, went on hunger strike in late November to protest Israel's policy of administrative detention without trial or charge.
Numerous Palestinian prisoners have undertaken hunger strikes to protest the controversial practice, including last year Khader Adnan and Muhammad Allan, who were both close to death by the time Israel agreed to their release. Countless international bodies, including the UN and European Union, have condemned Israel for its continued incarceration of al-Qeiq, as well as Israel's use of administrative detention for some 660 Palestinian prisoners.
Al-Qeiq refuses Israeli deportation offer
The imprisoned journalist Mohamed al-Qeiq, who has been on hunger strike for 90 days, has refused an Israeli offer suggested by Israeli Intelligence Services (Shin Bet) to deport him for two years.
The PA committee for prisoners' studies affirmed that the Israeli military prosecution has refused any agreement that might save al-Qeiq's life despite his very serious health condition.
The military prosecution has also rejected an appeal on behalf of the family of imprisoned Palestinian journalist to allow them to visit him at an Israeli hospital as al-Qeiq's hunger strike reached 90 days. Israeli authorities took the decision to destroy al-Qeiq's life even if it would lead to his death, the committee said, pointing out that al-Qieq refused along with his family and lawyer an Israeli deportation offer for two years.
Israeli Shin Bet aims to kill al-Qeiq under political and judicial cover, the committee added. The PA committee for prisoners' studies considered the Israeli deportation offer as part of the Israeli revenge policy especially that al-Qeiq has showed heroic determination in face of Israeli interrogators in Jalama detention center despite the ill-treatment and torture he was subjected to.
Israel is turned into a Shin Bet state that has no respect to the moral and humanitarian laws and norms, according to the committee.
After 90 days of hunger-strike, al-Qeiq without lawyer
Family of the Palestinian hunger-striker Muhammad al-Qeiq said the latter has no attorney to defend his case after 90 days of ongoing hunger strike.
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) backtracked on defending al-Qeiq's case in response to the reluctance maintained by the Israeli intelligence as regards the appeals filed by PPS lawyers.
Head of the prisoners' and ex-prisoners' committee, Issa Qaraqe, said, as his spoke to al-Qeiq's family by phone, that the reluctance maintained by the Israeli prosecution is a sign of a preplanned attempt to kill al-Qeiq.
The PPS had informed the Israeli occupation authorities of its intent to abandon the case if a response to the appeals they filed earlier is not issued by Sunday evening.
The PPS said the Israeli occupation, and nobody else, is responsible for al-Qeiq's life, adding that the family has been updated on the move. Lawyer, Hanan Khatib, from the prisoners' committee, also raised alarm bells over the critical health condition of prisoner al-Qeiq after three months of ongoing hunger strike.
She said al-Qeiq has endured severe heart attacks, excruciating pains, weight loss, spasms in his limbs, loss of his hearing ability, and cardiovascular disorders, among other illnesses.
Al-Qeiq was arrested from his own home in Ramallah on November 21, 2015 and has been subjected to harsh torture during the investigation procedure then held in administrative detention without trial or charge, which made him declare an open-ended hunger strike a few days later.
Commercial strike in al-Khalil in solidarity with al-Qeiq
A commercial strike paralyzed al-Khalil's commercial sector on Sunday in solidarity with journalist Mohammed al-Qeiq who has been on hunger strike in Israeli captivity for three months.
Political forces in the province called for the strike via loudspeakers that were held over vehicles touring the streets of the province with photos of al-Qeiq attached to them.
Eyewitnesses told the PIC that shopkeepers were absolutely committed to the strike, closing their doors and hanging photos of al-Qeiq along with the phrase "closed in solidarity with the captive hero Mohammed al-Qeiq".
After 89 days of hunger strike, Berlin protest calls for freedom for al-Qeiq
A solidarity vigil was staged by a consortium of human rights organizations in Berlin in solidarity with the Palestinian detainee Muhammad al-Qeiq, whose hunger strike has entered its 89th day.
Journalists, activists, students and representatives of international human rights institutions joined the protest and called for freedom for hunger-striker al-Qeiq. The demonstrators called, in a statement propagated online, for stepping up pressure on the Israeli occupation so as to release al-Qeiq before he dies.
The statement urged the concerned human rights bodies to immediately step in and work on ending Israel's infringement of journalists' rights to freedom of expression and of the press, holding the occupation authorities responsible for al-Qeiq's exacerbated health condition.
Al-Qeiq has been on an open-ended hunger strike for the 89th day running in protest at being held arbitrarily, with neither charge nor trial, in Israeli custody.
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Conservationists are celebrating the return of an enigmatic marsupial, previously thought extinct.
SHE'S KNOWN SIMPLY as 216. But she's unquestionably special, and as the small, black bag is peeled back to reveal her long snout and large dark eyes she's greeted with a hushed ripple of reverential "oohs" and "aahs".
This is the 216th Gilbert's potoroo to be counted since the species was rediscovered in 1994 after a century on our list of extinct mammals. One of just 100 that remain, this is arguably the world's rarest marsupial: a rabbit-sized, wallaby-like, ball of soft fur that lives almost exclusively on native truffles.
The man who's headed the recovery program since it began in 1999 is Dr Tony Friend, a scientist with WA's Department of Environment and Conservation. When we last spoke to him about the potoroo's plight (AG 88) there was little good news. The only natural population, at Two Peoples Bay, had been secured but was at maximum capacity of about 30. The species still hung on a knife edge with the real threat that one fire could wipe it out for good.
"We tried captive breeding," Tony says. "And other things, like cross-fostering – using surrogates from another potoroo species to raise babies." But all had proved expensive with little success.
Then, in 2005, the decision was made to risk a couple of adults to establish an 'ark' population on 800ha Bald Island, 25km east of Two Peoples Bay. It had already been used with success to build a population of noisy scrub birds, another species rediscovered in the 1960s at Two Peoples Bay (see map, below). The calculated gamble on Bald Island – which is free from the foxes and feral cats that have been largely responsible for the demise of Gilbert's potoroo and so many other mammal and bird species – worked.
After 10 potoroos were released on Bald Island they began breeding, and by early 2010 numbers were great enough to start a second mainland population. Work finished on the new feral-free enclosure where 216 will eventually be released, and at the time of going to press there'd been three mainland releases of Bald Island potoroos and a fourth helicopter airlift of animals was being planned for later this year.


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Lions running back Jamaal Williams gifts custom robes to offensive players and staff
Lions' Jamaal Williams gifts players and staff custom robes
Detroit Lions running back gave his offensive teammates and staff custom robes on Thursday. Eric Woodyard / Twitter
ALLEN PARK, Mich. -- The Christmas spirit of giving entered the Detroit Lions' locker room early.
Running back Jamaal Williams, the NFL leader in rushing touchdowns, played the role of Santa Claus, gifting members of the offense -- as well as the coaching staff -- customized robes Thursday to show his appreciation for them as he's enjoying the best season of his career.
"I like free stuff, so I know other people like free stuff," Williams said.
The robes feature cartoon-style images of Williams flexing in a Lions uniform. He personalized the gifts by adding the individual name and number of each teammate on the back.
Jamaal Williams gifted his #Lions teammates on offense, as well as the coaching staff, with these custom robes. "I thought this was what you're supposed to do as a vet," he said. "This is what I've learned." Williams said Aaron Rodgers would gift the team with Ugg boots in GB. pic.twitter.com/RWs4AhLdYp
— Eric Woodyard (@E_Woodyard) December 1, 2022
"I thought this was what you're supposed to do as a vet. I'm just giving presents," Williams said. "This is what I've learned growing up. I'm used to every year with [Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers] giving us Uggs or something. I'm just trying to do my best as a good vet."
Williams, 27, has run for 734 yards and a league-high 13 rushing touchdowns in his second season in the Motor City. He spent his first four seasons in Green Bay.
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Teammate Jonah Jackson was the first to sport the robe in the locker room. The Lions offensive tackle appreciated the gesture and ranked it in his top-three gifts he's received from teammates over the years.
"It's big. It just shows what kind of guy he is. He's a selfless guy and he's a giving guy," Jackson said. "Something like this is awesome. You never really think to get yourself a robe and how comfortable it is, but now this might be worn to the game, walk around my house, doing duties around time like grocery shopping and I'll put this on real quick."
Jackson said his former teammate and Los Angeles Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford once let them select items from the YETI website. He also recalled Lions guard Halapoulivaati Vaitai hooking the guys up with a Shinola watches and Bose speakers.
The Lions (4-7) will host the Jacksonville Jaguars on Sunday after winning three of their past four games. Williams has a chance to become the first Lions player to score a rushing touchdown in four consecutive games in a single season since Kevin Jones in 2004. His 13 rushing touchdowns are tied for the third most in a season in franchise history behind Hall of Famer Barry Sanders, who scored 16 in 1991 and 14 in 1989.

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IoT sensor firm AmbiSense gets €1m to fund international expansion
3 Apr 20171.27k Views
AmbiSense founders from left: Scientific advisor Dermot Diamond, CTO Dr Fiachra Collins and CEO Stephen McNulty. Image: DCU
DCU spin-out AmbiSense – a maker of environmental IoT sensors – has secured €1m in funding to help further its international expansion.
Founded as a research project within Dublin City University (DCU) in 2008, AmbiSense went on to become an Enterprise Ireland High Potential Start-Up in 2014, led by co-founders Stephen McNulty, Dr Fiachra Collins and Prof Dermot Diamond.
Working within the booming field of the internet of things (IoT), the company designs and manufactures low-cost, smart, solar-powered, gas monitoring instruments and networks.
Expanding R&D activities
Last year, the company released GasfluX, the world's first online, continuous and adaptive-ground gas risk assessment platform for use in land remediation, oil and gas, and waste management applications.
AmbiSense recently revealed it has secured €1m as part of a funding round led by Atlantic Bridge's University Bridge Fund with support from existing investors including Enterprise Ireland.
The company said that with this additional funding, it will be able to expand its operations and develop next-generation sensor technologies for international markets.
AmbiSense CEO Stephen McNulty said: "Since launching GasfluX last year, customer feedback has been incredibly positive.
"We now wish to rapidly expand our commercial presence and accelerate our R&D activities. The opportunities to bring data analytics and a service model to traditional land asset management are exciting."
One of 31 adopted start-ups
Meanwhile, Atlantic Bridge venture partner Chris Horn said: "Atlantic Bridge is delighted to welcome AmbiSense to our growing portfolio of early-stage companies in the university fund.
"The company strongly represents the commercial strength of world-class academic research undertaken in Ireland, and illustrates how the University Bridge Fund can accelerate the global growth of such opportunities."
Last January, AmbiSense was included among the 31 start-ups chosen for Google's Adopt a Startup programme, receiving 12 weeks of hands-on mentoring, and access to exclusive lectures and workshops.
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Bermudian triathlete Tyler Butterfield won the prestigious Abu Dhabi International Triathlon in the United Arab Emirates on Saturday [Mar 15], competing against a field consisting of the top triathletes from around the world.
The first place finish, achieved in a time of 6 hours 43 minutes, allowed Butterfield to walk away with $40,000 in prize money, and one of the top titles available in the triathlon world.
Butterfield's prize-winning effort included a 3km swim, a 200km bicycle ride, and a 20km running course. Belgium's Bas Diederan came second, with Frenchman Sylvain Sudrie finishing third, and defending champion Frederik van Lierde of Belgium rounding out the top four spots.
Approximately 2,000 triathletes from 68 different countries competed in this year's event, each of them seeking a portion of the $200,000 in available prize money.


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Guy Kawasaki visits Klick to talk nepotism, hard work and, of course, Steve Jobs
October 1, 2019 October 1, 2019 by Chris Powell
Legendary Apple evangelist Guy Kawasaki was the featured speaker at the third chapter of the Klick IDX Authors Series in Toronto last week, following previous appearances by Non-Obvious author Rohit Bhargava and Hacking Darwin author Jamie Metzl.
An overflow crowd of more than 300 Klick employees attended the hour-long session in the Klick Cafe at the agency's Bloor St. E. headquarters. Kawasaki (right in picture, being interviewed by Gautam Gulati, MD, curator of the author series and Klick's medical innovator-in-residence) was here to speak at Elevate Tech Fest and to promote his latest book (his 15th) Wise Guy: Lessons From a Life.
Famously part of the team that helped launch the Apple Macintosh (which he described as "the largest collection of egomaniacs in the history of Silicon Valley"), Kawasaki, 65, is now chief evangelist for online graphics design firm Canva (which last year became Australia's second startup unicorn) and a brand ambassador for Mercedes-Benz USA.
During his presentation, the Hawaii-born tech guru spoke about his fondness for Canada ("a great neighbour of ours for a very long time"), espoused the value of nepotism, hard work and taking the high road, and even indicated his preferred way of dying (right after surfing a perfect wave, followed by burial at sea).
Naturally, he also gave the audience some insight into legendary Apple leader Steve Jobs. "Everything you've read, heard and seen about Steve is true," said Kawasaki, who worked for Apple twice (1983-87 and 1995-97)—stints that he has publicly referred to as "tours of duty" in recognition of Jobs' prickly and demanding nature.
"He was very difficult to work for," said Kawasaki. "He ruled by fear, and contrary to every HR theory you've ever heard, fear works. I was deathly afraid of being humiliated."
Kawasaki shared a famous story that simultaneously underscored how Jobs liked to flout convention and just how different he was from mere mortals. In California, drivers were historically given a six-month grace period before being required by law to put plates on their vehicle.
Jobs, however, thought license plates ruined the aesthetics of his Mercedes-Benz SL55 AMG, so would only drive it up to the six-month mark before trading it in for an identical model—reportedly even parking in handicapped spots or driving solo in the carpool lane with impunity (California closed what was known as the "Steve Jobs loophole" this year).
"One of the dangers of Steve Jobs is that from the outside looking in, people say 'I want to be a visionary. I want to create a trillion-dollar company. I want to go buy a pair of Levis 501s, New Balance running shoes and a black mock turtleneck, and buy a car and not license it, and drive in the carpool lane and I'll be the next Steve Jobs,'" said Kawasaki. "No you wont. You'll just be an asshole."
At the same time, he said, it was "an honour and a privilege" to work in such close proximity to one of the founding fathers of the modern tech industry. "He was just brilliant," said Kawasaki. "I think the world is a lot less interesting without Steve Jobs, and I promise you he's telling God what to do right now.
"They're probably designing Universe 2.0, and if Steve is developing Universe 2.0, I can tell you a few things about it: First of all it's going to be late, second it's going to be very expensive, third it's going to be the best universe ever except until about 3 p.m., when the batteries die, and the fourth and most important thing is that none of the cables from this universe will work with it."
Built around a series of lessons from his book, Kawasaki's presentation got off to a rocky start when he couldn't get the screens to properly display his slides, leading to a well-delivered quip: "You must be running off a Windows laptop."
Jokes out of the way, he delivered an engaging, frequently funny presentation that included some illuminating insights into contemporary business and the power of brand.
While discussing the importance of doing whatever it takes to succeed, Kawasaki recalled how legendary Virgin Group founder Sir Richard Branson convinced him to switch from United Airlines to Virgin Airlines by polishing his shoes. "I guarantee you Steve Jobs never get down on his knees and polished anybody's shoes for them to buy an Apple product."
Kawasaki also presented a slide that he said summed up everything from product development to life. It featured a two-by-two matrix, with the vertical axis represented by "uniqueness" and the horizontal axis represented by "value."
The upper left corner of the grid is where brands that are unique but not valuable exist ("in that corner you're just plain stupid," said Kawasaki); the bottom left corner, he said, is populated by brands that are not valuable "and other stupid companies are doing the same thing."
The bottom right quadrant is occupied by brands that are valuable but not unique, which Kawaski referred to as the "Dell corner." "It's always about price in that corner, because when you slap the same Windows operating license on the same hardware, guess what? It's about price."
The place to be, he said, is high and to the right; that's the spot occupied by products and brands that are unique and valuable, such as the iPod when it first debuted. "This explains all marketing: It's all about communicating to prospective customers why your client is unique and valuable," he said. "That's where margin is made, that's where money is made and that's where history is made.
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Pleasanton officials' smart planning has produced a balanced-budget forecast over the next decade, something most cities would envy.
City voters should continue that sort of fiscal prudence by re-electing Councilwoman Kathy Narum and choosing Joe Streng, who served two terms on the Parks and Recreation Commission, for the second seat on the Nov. 6 ballot.
They both support and understand the details of the city's successful financial strategies, and they are well-versed in the challenges of controlling pension costs.
Pleasanton, like most cities, has significant pension debt. But, unlike in most cities, Pleasanton officials began setting aside money in a trust to help cover the rapidly escalating future installment payments.
They insisted that employees, who previously paid nothing toward their pensions, pay their full share. They didn't rapidly hire back staff after the last recession.
And they earmarked money for capital and maintenance to ensure that they don't have to spend large future sums on replacement of buildings and equipment.
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UP IN THE AIR, a tribute to dance legend Louis Johnson, will take place Monday, October 5, 2015 at 7:00 pm in the Peter Norton Theater at Symphony Space located at 2537 Broadway in New York City. The event has two purposes: to honor the life and work of Johnson and to raise funds to complete a feature length documentary about the renowned dancer entitled UP IN THE AIR.
Tickets for the event are $125, 75 and $25 and can be purchased online at www.symphonyspace.org, calling 212.864.5400, and in person at the Symphony Space box office.
Louis Johnson, whom UP IN THE AIR is about, was born in Statesville, North Carolina March 19, 1931. Johnson was one of the first African Americans to perform in the ensemble of a Broadway show. Some of the shows that he danced in were Aida, House of Flowers, Hallelujah baby and both the stage and screen versions of Bob Fosses Damn Yankees.
As a choreographer Johnson created popular ballets for Dance Theatre of Harlem and Alvin Ailey. In 1970 he was nominated for a Tony Award for his choreography in the musical Purlie. One film that he is well known for choreographing is The Wiz, which starred Diana Ross and Michael Jackson.
The night will be hosted by Phylicia Rashad and include excerpts from Louis Johnson's choreographic works performed by the Philadelphia Dance Company (Philadanco!) and Howard University's department of dance.
Tony Award winner Melba Moore, who worked with Mr. Johnson on the musical Purlie and Marva Hicks of Motown The Musical, who was trained by Mr. Johnson at Howard University, will provide vocal selections. Last but not least, dancer/choreographer/teacher/filmmaker and UP IN THE AIR producer David Robertson will re-stage the Emerald city scene from the "The Wiz" movie utilizing some of the original dancers from the film.
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Dance and theater luminaries such as Tony winners George Faison, Chita Rivera, will join Maurice Hines, Dr. Glory Van Scott and Carmen De Lavallade in paying tribute to their friend and colleague.
For more information about UP IN THE AIR, both the tribute event and the documentary, visit upintheairdoc.com.


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An interview with Geoff Proctor, December 12, 2007
Euro 'Cross Camp readies for fifth year
For its fifth consecutive year, the Euro 'Cross Camp will travel to Belgium for two weeks with some of America's most promising cyclo-cross talent. Euro Cross Camp Director and US National Team Coach Geoff Proctor selected 16 male riders to take on some of the toughest courses and strongest riders abroad. He spoke to Cyclingnews' Sue George about the upcoming camp.
Geoff Proctor talks with a UCI official
Photo ©: Joe Sales
This year's camp takes on a more youthful feel with eight juniors and six espoirs joining elite riders like Ryan Trebon and Tristan Shouten. Campers will arrive in Izegem, near Brussels, on December 20 and stay through January 3.
"Each year, I try to choose as many riders as I can who are vying for worlds spots." In addition Proctor selects "those riders I see as hungry, motivated and who love cyclo-cross. These are the riders I want because it's a tremendous leap to move beyond our [American] nationals to international competition in late December. Both mentally and physically, you can't do it if you haven't the will to do it."
Proctor picks his athletes based on their performance at the USGP of Cyclo-cross, a series for which he also serves as technical director. The USGP events represent one of the few opportunities where the top 'cross racers of all categories come together in one place to compete against each other.
The Euro 'Cross Camp supports the mission of USA Cycling to develop medal capable and future medal capable athletes, which requires international experience. "European racing experience and preparation for the world championships are the core objectives. For cyclo-cross, the camp is a great vehicle for that."
"At the camp, these guys will see six or eight venues with different conditions, different courses, and different styles, so they get a lot of experience."
- Geoff Proctor on the Euro 'Cross Camp
As one of this year's two elite riders, Trebon is one of America's most talented 'crossers. "For Ryan, this is a crucial phase," said Proctor. "For him to achieve a spot in next year's European pool of top riders, he needs to have some consistency and strong results for the rest of the current season."
On the other hand Shouten is more of an up-and-coming rider looking to make the world's team. "Tristan has been a mountain bike guy, but he was sick for most of this mountain bike season, and he's had better results in 'cross. Because he had such a light season on the mountain bike, he's pretty fresh."
19 year-old Danny Summerhill may be the best known of the espoir camp riders. While Proctor acknowledges that every rider is different in preparation for the world's biggest races, he thinks that Summerhill, one of his loyal camp riders, would not have earned a silver medal at last year's World Championships in Hooglede-Gits, Belgium, without the benefit of two previous Euro Cross Camps.
Ryan Trebon
"Some guys like to prepare for worlds by being at home and getting in solid training and rest. Other guys like Danny relish the competition and learning the other riders and races and the level. I'm not pressuring the younger guys either way. But ultimately, a rider needs experience at the international level. Worlds is not the best place for that, so that's one of the reasons for the camp."
"It's hard to live over there all season. Jon Page is the only guy who's been able to do it. It's a tough environment. USA Cycling will pick spots for the World Championships in mid-January, so our guys will have a chance at Euro Cross Camp to prove themselves internationally. The camp improves the comfort level of racing over there." This means riders don't have to show up at their first international competition at the World Championships. "I also see a need for riders to get some racing in between our US Nationals [which happen weeks ahead of the nationals of European nations] and the Worlds."
Danny Summerhill
Proctor gets excited when one of his camp riders sees good results, but he said he is taking the six-year view and his main goal is to groom riders for the longer-term future. "I'm looking at the big picture for these guys."
"At the camp, these guys will see six or eight venues with different conditions, different courses, and different styles, so they get a lot of experience. Like with mountain biking, the 'cross courses in Europe are a more technical and just different."
While it might be more ideal for campers to go over the first part of January and stay over for Worlds, going during the two weeks around Christmas gives them an opportunity to race every day. The timing also corresponds with the winter class break for Proctor, a high school English teacher in Helena, Montana, and for his campers, many of whom are high school and college students.
Jeremy Powers is a graduate
"It's hard to come to Europe, go home and then turn around and come back later. Financially, the riders bear the burden for the camp and for Worlds. It's not a cheap endeavour, but it's also mentally tough. Summerhill has done it a few years and nothing is ideal, but if you have the right attitude and talent, you can do well."
Campers stay in Belgium at a house set up in 2000 by U23 Road Program director Noel Dejonckheere. "It's a modern home with beds - small and non-descript," said Proctor. One unanticipated side benefit of the Euro 'cross camp is that some riders get noticed by the road program and migrate from 'cross to the road. "Danny Summerhill and Bjorn Selander came through the Euro 'Cross Camp. The road guys noticed them and pick them up. Summerhill got seventh at Junior Worlds in Mexico. Bjorn is one of the best 20 year-olds out there.
Erik Tonkin
Missing this year will be camp veterans Erik Tonkin, Barry Wicks, Troy Wells, and Jeremy Powers. "We'll miss these guys very much. Erik just became a first-time father. Barry planned this winter for his break period after many seasons of combining both cyclo-cross and mountain bike. Troy only recently made his decision for a break. Thankfully, Jeremy Powers (and Tim Johnson) will be based in Belgium at a private home so we'll see them at all the races." Chance Noble will stay home this year and try a different approach after attending the camp the previous two years.
No women are part of the Euro 'Cross Camp this year. Proctor said he's tried inviting women in the past, but they are often older and more mature than their male camper counterparts and most seem to be able to find and thrive in their own set-up in Europe.
Proctor said he "is proud of how his group comes together at a time when most Americans are enjoying the holidays." The campers draw collective strength in pursuit of strong performances. "We do try to create strong friendships and respect through the camp experience. Let's face it, it's a tough environment and to be 'all in it together' goes a long way towards improved results."
Ryan Trebon, 27, Kona-YourKey.com, Bend, Oregon
Tristan Shouten, 26, Planet Bike, Sheboygen, Wisconsin
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Jaimey Driscoll, 22, FiordiFrutta Elite, Jericho, Vermont
Danny Summerhill, 19, Clif Bar Development, Englewood, Colorado
Nicholas Weighall, 21, Rad Racing NW, Mill Creek, Washington
Mitchell Peterson, 21, Devo, Sandy, Utah
Carson Miller, 19, Fred Meyer, Bend, Oregon
Brady Kappius, 21, Clif Bar Development, Littleton, Colorado
Steve Fisher, 18, Rad Racing NW, Lynnwood, Washington
Gavin Mannion, 17, Hot Tubes, Dedham, Massachusetts
Eric Emsky, 17, Rad Racing NW, Fall City, Washington
Andrew Llewelyn, 18, Papa Johns, Louisville, Kentucky
Clayton Omer, 18, Papa Johns, Louisville, Kentucky
Jeremy Ferguson, 18, Team Spine, Rocklin, California
Zach McDonald, 17, Oberto/Redline, Bainbridge Island, Washington
Ian Terry 17, Rad Racing NW, Seattle, Washington
December 22: Huijbergen, Holland (C1)
December 23: Balegem, Belgium (NE)
December 26: Hofstade World Cup, Belgium (CDM)
December 28: Loenhout Gazet Van Antwerpen Cup Series Race, Belgium (C1)
December 30: Diegem Superprestige, Belgium (C1)
January 1: Baal Gazet Van Antwerpen Cup Series Race, Belgium (C1)
January 2: St. Niklaas, Belgium (C2)
Stay tuned to Cyclingnews for an upcoming diary detailing the experiences of the Euro 'Cross Camp riders. To read a previous feature from 2005 about Euro 'Cross Camp, click here.
Images by Joe Sales
Danny Summerhill is a Euro 'Cross Camp regular.
Ryan Trebon headlines the elite roster for this year's camp.
Jeremy Powers is a graduate who'll be racing and training in Europe on his own.
Erik Tonkin will sit out this year's camp as he tends to his new baby.
Geoff Proctor talks with a UCI official about starting positions for his riders.
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Our patient, Joe, came in recently with acute bi-lateral hip pain and was greatly restricted in his mobility. Dr. Wayne treated his structure first, putting his femur heads back in place on both sides, using the activator. Then he stabilized him with a round of needle acupuncture. The adjustment held for 12 hours but then the patient was back where he started…stiff, limping and in pain.
Dr. Wayne adjusted him again but looked deeper and referred to his training in Applied Kinesiology about the correlation between the tensor fascia latae muscle that runs down the leg and digestion problems. He then asked Joe to stick his tongue out at him! Sure enough, this functional test revealed a severely coated tongue. This confirmed Dr. Wayne's suspicion that there was a fungal overgrowth in his large intestine.
It was time to have a heart-to-heart with Joe. An anti-inflammatory diet was necessary. Also, a therapeutic dose of probiotics was prescribed along with a product to kill candida (fungus) overgrowth and a supplement to heal the gut from its intestinal hyperpermeability. Upon further investigation, the patient revealed that he had been taking a steady dose of omeoprazole for several years to combat acid reflux.
Joe called in and said his hip pain was 80% improved. He had been eating an anti-inflammatory diet with no grains, no sugar and no bad fats. He also reported he has been clocking 1 mile, 3 times/week on his treadmill and was down 10 pounds. His energy had improved dramatically and his stomach did not have its usual discomfort. He has also reduced his acid reflux medicine to just 1/2 a tablet.


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by Andy Zagastizábal • October 19, 2007 • 0 Comments
A 9-foot blue pole topped with a flashing light will soon be installed somewhere at Jamaica Pond—just one of 20 police call boxes going into various city parks.
The box will allow people to call the Boston Police Department's (BPD) 911 service with the push of a button.
But in the cell phone era, it remains unclear if the phones are necessary and useful or a cosmetic solution to the controversial lack of Boston Park Rangers. It is also unknown how much it costs to acquire, operate and maintain the phones.
Gerry Wright, head of the local advocacy group Friends of Jamaica Pond, expressed concern that the call box could be a "photo-op, superficial" item with unintended negative consequences.
"The blue pole indicates you're in a crime area, when we're trying to say the park is a place nature dominates," Wright said. "It's a contradictory message, from my perspective."
"People have cell phones these days," Wright said. "What's the efficiency of this phone on a blue pole compared to somebody nearby with a cell phone?" He noted that there is also already a public pay phone at the pond's gazebo.
Wright, who learned of the call box plan from the Gazette, said he wants more information about the phones and the pond's crime statistics.
The Boston Parks and Recreation Department referred all questions to BPD, which did not respond to Gazette questions.
However, both departments have given vague or perception-based rationales for the phones in other media reports. None of the rationales involve a jump in crime at Jamaica Pond Park or other city parks. Incident reports from the local E-13 Police Station show very little crime of any kind in the pond area.
The Dorchester Reporter quoted BPD Superintendent Daniel Linskey as saying, "It provides a deterrent. It's kind of like a park ranger in uniform. You see it and if you have concerns it alleviates them. And something like a blue light makes people less concerned and if you push [the call box button], it oscillates and everyone around it would know you had a problem."
The first call boxes were installed in Dorchester's Ronan Park in 2005 in response to a murder there. However, Linskey was quoted in the Boston Bulletin as saying that the call boxes in Ronan Park are mostly used to report sports injuries.
Wright expressed concern that a call box at the pond could create a perception of a crime problem that doesn't exist. In terms of deterrence, he said, it might simply make a criminal think, "'I'm going do my thing on the exact opposite side of the pond [from the phone].'"
Wright said that the biggest problem at the pond from his understanding is not major crime—it is minor "civility" issues, such as skateboarding, that disturb the park's atmosphere. He noted that a 911 call box won't address such issues, but a park ranger could, as well as providing an educational function.
One of the first of the new round of call boxes was installed last month on the Dorchester side of Franklin Park. It is unclear when and exactly where the Jamaica Pond call box will be installed. It is unclear why any of the nine parks receiving call boxes were targeted for the service. The Franklin Park Coalition, a local advocacy group, did not return a Gazette phone call about the use of the boxes there.
Wright expressed concern that the large pole could be an aesthetic "distraction" at the pond. He said he hopes Friends of Jamaica Pond will be consulted about its location.
Similar call boxes have been common public safety features for years on college campuses. However, the popularity of such devices appears to be declining with the success of personal cell phones.
About 67 to 80 percent of the US population uses a cell phone, according to recent estimates by the US Census, Harris Poll and the industry trade group CTIA The Wireless Association. That percentage is increasing annually, and is higher for people aged 30 and younger.
The Sacramento Bee reported in 2005 that use of emergency call boxes on Los Angeles County freeways plummeted by a factor of 8 over the previous 10 years, a drop attributed to the rise in personal cell phone use. However, the county maintained the program, not only for drivers without cell phones, but because government funding of the program was used for other transportation improvements.
It is unclear whether there has been some sort of problem with cell phone calls to 911 made from Boston parks. During the most recent emergency at Jamaica Pond, a July drowning death, the victim's boyfriend reportedly contacted police with his cell phone. There does not appear to have been a problem with the response time.
One benefit of a push-button call box over a cell phone may be the confusing cell phone 911 system. If a Boston resident dials 911 on a cell phone, they will get the State Police, who can patch them through to BPD. To get BPD directly on a cell phone, a caller has to dial 343-4911. However, it is easy to program most cell phones to dial that with the touch of a single button.
The BPD is a subscriber to CitizenObserver.com, an organization that sends text messages about local police news and emergency information to residents' cell phones.
The original Ronan Park call boxes were cell phones, according to Boston Globe reports at the time. It is unclear how the new phones operate.
The Sacramento Bee also reported on a 2005 federal lawsuit, later settled, filed against Los Angeles County because its roadside call boxes did not have a TTY service for hearing-impaired users, in apparent violation of the Americans With Disabilities Act. It is unclear whether the Boston police call boxes are TTY-enabled.
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Anambra APC Responsible For Insecurity In The State, Not Buhari, Says Obiano Govt
Gov. Willie Obiano
By Frank Oshanugor
In light of the unabating spate of politically related killings in recent time in Anambra State, the State government led by Governor Willie Obaino has advised the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Anambra State to stop indicting President Muhammadu Buhari and the APC-led Federal Government publicly for the spate of assassinations in the state.
In a statement on Sunday, the State Commissioner of Information & Public Enlightenment, Mr. Don Adinuba said
"no society plays politics with its security without severe consequences. This is all the more so in a country like Nigeria which is now going through its most difficult security challenges in decades.
"It beats the imagination that the Anambra State branch of the All Progressives Congress (APC) should insist in the last three weeks on playing politics with the current security situation in Anambra State in particular and the Southeast in general, though there is a greater security crisis in some other parts of Nigeria.
"Anytime violence or murder is reported, as Anambra prepares to conduct a gubernatorial election on November 6, the APC in Anambra State points a finger in the direction of the state government. It does all this as part of the electioneering campaign strategy.
"But Anambra APC indicts President Muhammadu Buhari anytime it comments gratuitously on a negative security development in the state. President Buhari, not Governor Willie Obiano, is the Commander in Chief of the Nigerian Armed Forces and head of all security agencies in the country. Security is on the exclusive list of the 1999 Constitution, as amended.
"Each of the 36 state governors in the federation is merely the titular chief security officer of his state. No governor has control over the police force or the Department of State Security or the Nigeria Security & Civil Defence Corps(NSCDC) in his state, let alone any of the armed forces. Even the Anambra Vigilante Group (AVG) is supervised by the state police command, like any other state vigilante service.
The statement added that"the Anambra State APC has always been aware of all these trite facts, but insists on playing to the gallery anytime there is a security issue. The people and government of Anambra State are convinced that the state APC is indicting President Buhari deliberately over security lapses.
"The party leadership is frustrated with the President for changing his mind about attending the party's gubernatorial campaign flag-off in the state, causing the Andy Uba Campaign to change the flag-off three times. Even so, there are no indications that even Vice President Yemi Osinbajo can ever attend it.
"The Presidency is now fully convinced that there was no primary election or congress held on Friday, June 26, 2021, to nominate the APC candidate in the November 6 governorship election in Anambra State. There was no genuine attempt to conduct any form of congress on June 26. Hence, none of its 14 gubernatorial aspirants voted anywhere or was voted for.
The statement added that President Buhari, a man of immense personal integrity, and Vice President Osinbajo, a leading pastor, have decided to stay away from the Andy Uba campaign for the governorship of Anambra State. They do not want to be seen as canonizing iniquity.
"This is the cause of the frustration which the Anambra State APC has been taking out on President Buhari over insecurity while pretending in public to blame the state administration for the new spate of murders witnessed in the state in recent days.
"It is most unconscionable that the APC in the state deems it appropriate to play politics, for instance, with the murder last Tuesday at Nkpor in Idemili North Local Government Area of such persons as Dr Chike Akunyili, a leading hematologist and husband of the late Minister of Information and Communication, Professor Dora Akunyili who also was the legendary director general of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC).
"APC's obnoxious behavior like this makes most Anambra people strongly believe that it is the mastermind of the recent politically motivated killings in the state. After all, it is the only party in Anambra State which plays politics with not just security but also politically guided assassinations in our beloved state which for seven years enjoyed the richly deserved reputation of the most peaceful state in the whole country.
"The APC in Anambra State is advised to stop indicting publicly President Buhari and the APC-controlled Federal Government for the spate of assassinations in the state. These are the times which try men's souls."
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The essay topic I have selected is Statistics and Football. I would like to investigate how statistical methods are used in analysis of teams' performance.
Who's Number 1 in College Football?... And How Might We Decide. by H.S. Stern, Chance 8, 7-14.
Consistency and Predictability of Football Results. by H. Phillips and D. P. Wilburn.
These two articles both discuss statistical methods for rating football teams, but from different points of view. The first article proposes an analysis method called least squares for using available data on college football teams to select the overall best college football team in a given year. The second article concentrates on high school football, and defines a numerical measure of consistency and predictability called C-P, which I think is the extent to which the better team tends to win.
Statistics: Concepts and Controversies. D.S. Moore (W.H. Freeman): 2nd ed.~1985; 3rd ed.~1991.
Statistics. Freedman, Pisani, Purves, Adhikiri (W.W. Norton): 2nd ed.~1991.
I will also refer to the book Management Science in Sports, eds. Machol, Ladany and Morrison (1976), as it has at least one article related to college football, and may have others.
Critique: In this section I will consider whether I think statistical analyses are helpful to understanding the sport of football. I will also critique the relevant articles on the basis of their clarity, general interest, and persuasiveness. I will particularly comment on whether or not the articles sparked my interest in exploring the subject further.
Data (tentative) Stern's article has a large table of data, and one or two graphical displays might have been very helpful. If I can, I will try to plot some of this data so that the arguments being made stand out visually.
The essay topic I have selected is Genes and Intelligence. I would like to find out how statistical arguments have been used in the debate on genetic determinations of intelligence.
The Bell Curve, by R.J. Herrnstein and C. Murray (1994) New York: The Free Press.
The first article concentrates on criticizing the statistical techniques used in The Bell Curve. This article doesn't appear to be too technical, so I will try to summarize the main points made in the article.
I am not sure it will be feasible to read all of The Bell Curve, especially the technical parts, so I will plan to concentrate on chapters that discuss actual data sources, and spend little or no time on the chapters on social policy implications.
The articles in The Bell Curve Debate that I will consider are those that particularly address the statistical arguments that the authors of The Bell Curve use. I would particularly like to see if The Bell Curve is criticized for flaws in its scientific approach, or instead is criticized because the point of view it presents is `politically incorrect'.
I also plan to consider at least briefly the history of the debate about genes and intelligence, with reference to the eugenics movement in the twenties, views of Arthur Jensen and his collaborators in the sixties, and the current debate generated by Herrnstein and Murray.
The Bell Curve's thesis that intelligence is hereditable: a summary.
The data sources and statistical arguments used in The Bell Curve.
Critiquing the statistics: discussion of Chance article and relevant articles in The Bell Curve Debate.
The historical context for The Bell Curve.
The essay topic I have selected is the link between childhood leukemia and alcohol consumption of the mother during pregnancy that was reported in the Minnesota Star Tribune on Jan.3, 1996, and included in Chance News 5.01 on the World Wide Web.
The full text of the article is available online, and reports that researchers found that drinking is associated with a 10-fold increase in the risk of developing acute myeloid leukemia and a 2.3-fold increase in the risk of developing acute lymphoid leukemia.
The study was published in the January 2nd issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, and I plan to base my essay on that article. Since I don't know what relative risk is, or how the analysis was carried out, I will need to refer to some articles or textbooks on statistical methods in medicine, which I can hopefully find in the references to the JNCI article. I will also need to find some basic medical information on what acute myeloid leukemia and acute lymphoid leukemia are, and whether there are any other known risk factors for these diseases. I will look for most of the information on the world wide web. I will use http://www.yahoo.com/Health/index.html as a starting point for finding health-related articles, and http://www.enews.com/health.html which lists several electronic journals on health, including one called ``Cancer causes and control".
Summary of the article in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute: methods, data collection and conclusions.
Technical notes on childhood leukemia and its causes.
Technical notes on observational studies, relative risk, etc.
Potential difficulties/biases in the JNCI study.


You are going to listen to another interview with Laura, a self-employed person. You will use your listening skills to correct mistakes. You will also read a note from Laura's employers and correct mistakes.
Laura works for herself as a cleaner in London. She cleans people's houses and they sometimes leave her notes when they are out.
Listen to the recording and choose the best answer for each question.
Listen to the interview with Laura again.
As you listen, write one word in each gap to show what the interviewer, Trudie, says.
Do not use capital letters or full stops when typing your answers.
T So, Laura. Can you tell me what happens in a typical day of your life?
L Um, a typical day… wake up, prepare my sons to go to school. I left them in the school and I go to work. I read the notes in the house if they left me notes and I do my work.
T So, they leave you notes sometimes, do they…?
T What do they say in the notes?
L Er, sometimes to do the windows and sometimes to do the patio and things.
T OK. So when you finish your job, what do you do then?
T So, that's good… the work fits in with your family life?
T That's really good. So, what do you like most about your work?
L Um, be my own boss.
T That's nice isn't it?
L Yeah. And have the time for my family, to be with my…hours.
T So, Laura, is there anything you don't like about the job?
L Um, there's not much I don't like. Sometimes I find hard, hard work but, it's most, the things I like than dislike.
T That's good. And is there a difficult part of the job? Is there something you'd say was the most difficult, or challenging part of the job?
T Right, yeah. I can understand that. So, I'm going to ask you about the future now. Um, I don't know if you've thought about the future, but where do you want to be in five years?
L Ah, in five years, I wish to have my own business.
T Ah, will you employ other cleaners?
L Yeah, maybe, I can do that… to have my own company, of cleaning.
T That would be wonderful!
T Oh, best of luck with that. And if somebody else, one of our listeners is thinking, or perhaps they are doing cleaning now or they are thinking of cleaning, is there any advice you could give to them about being a self employed cleaner?
L The advice I can give is, the best way to share the time with the family and you be your own boss and you can work easily? Easy?
T Easy. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
T So, Laura. Could you describe a typical client of yours to me?
T So, if one of your children, for example, can't go to school, if they're sick, you phone your clients, and they're OK?
T What do they say?
T That's nice. Yeah, good. And how do you get your clients?
L I get my clients… to advertise myself, and someones, the people recommend me.
T Absolutely. And, the last question! How do you know if your clients are happy with your service?
L I know because I talk to with them and I ask if everything's OK. If they are happy with the job and I tell them if is something wrong, if is something missing, just they let me know and… I like to, to talk, and ask if they are happy or they are dislike myself.
T Oh, I don't think anyone could dislike you! Well thank you ever so much for that, Laura. That's brilliant and best of luck and I hope you have a thriving business in five years time.
T OK then. Thank you then.


text:
using QFramework;
using UnityEngine;

namespace ShootingEditor2D
{
    public class Bullet : ShootingEditor2DController
    {
        private Rigidbody2D mRigidbody2D;

        private void Awake()
        {
            mRigidbody2D = GetComponent<Rigidbody2D>();

            Destroy(gameObject,5);
        }

        private void Start()
        {
            var isRight = Mathf.Sign(transform.lossyScale.x);

            mRigidbody2D.velocity = Vector2.right * 10 * isRight;
        }

        private void OnCollisionEnter2D(Collision2D other)
        {
            if (other.gameObject.CompareTag("Enemy"))
            {
                this.SendCommand<KillEnemyCommand>();

                Destroy(other.gameObject);

                Destroy(gameObject);
            }
        }
    }
}

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London, UK - 25 September 2002, 16:00 GMT - September 2002 has seen 9,011 overt digital attacks so far, shattering all previous monthly records. The record was previously held by August 2002 (5,830) and by July 2002 (4,904) before that. Monthly records have now been broken for three consecutive months. September's record this year stands in sharp contrast to September 2001, when 9/11 precipitated a dramatic plunge in the number of overt digital attacks to just 816 from 2,820 in August and 3,499 in July 2001 according to the mi2g SIPS database.
Attacks on Microsoft Windows systems (5,854) in September 2002 have dwarfed attacks on all other operating systems combined including Linux (1,740), BSD (933) and Solaris (229).


text:
package main

import (
	"testing"
	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
	"os"
	"time"
)

func TestExecutor(t *testing.T) {
	// TODO...
	jobExec := JobExecutorFromScript("./test_wrapper.sh", os.Stdout)
	jobExec("my job","/path/to/@ 1 @ @ @ @ my job.godoit", noTimeout)
	assert.True(t, true, "Failed to parse job")
}

func TestExecutorWithTimeout(t *testing.T) {
	jobExec := JobExecutorFromScript("./test_wrapper_sleep.sh", os.Stdout)
	start := time.Now()
	jobExec("my job","/path/to/@ 1 @ @ @ @ my job.godoit", time.Second * 3)
	duration := time.Since(start)
	assert.True(t, duration.Seconds() < 4.0, "Job took to long")
}


text:
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