text: Subscribe to our newsletter This thingy has to be empti pwieshh Apr 29, 2018 ✊🏙 Improvements coming for NYC buses 🚌 Cars are ruining cities 🚗 Making a walkable Los Angeles 🌆 Revue Hey urbanists! Some great news this week out of New York City with the announcements about some major April 29 · Issue #31 · View online Hey urbanists!Some great news this week out of New York City with the announcements about some major (positive) changes for the bus network and that Central Park would finally ban cars after decades of activism.There was also a stellar op-ed in the New York Times about how decades of planning aimed at making room for cars has lowered quality of life in cities and I've included a couple of interesting pieces about what's needed to make Los Angeles a more walkable and liveable city.As has become the trend, quick links to other good reads are also near the end — there's a particularly intriguing one about how a video game addressed its in-game housing crisis — and a final article about how one of Montreal Bixi bikes ended up far away from home — can you guess which country it ended up in? Have a great Sunday!— Paris NYC get bus system overhaul MTA Unveils a Bus Turnaround Plan We Can Believe In nyc.streetsblog.org – Share After Gov. Cuomo changed his mind on congestion pricing, it looked like there wouldn't be much good news for NYC transit, but that's not the case!As NYC's traffic congestion got worse, buses became less reliable and ridership dropped, but a new plan from the MTA hopes to turn things around. Some of the headline aspects of the plan include all-door boarding, more priority for buses (including dedicated bus lanes), and a review of the whole system (which hasn't seen much change in decades).Alon Levy at Pedestrian Observations took a look at the plan, and while he criticized the MTA's failure to learn from German and East Asian cities on their chosen payment system, he was otherwise pretty positive about it. Central Park Goes Car-Free Forever on June 27 nyc.streetsblog.org – Share The bus redesign wasn't the only good news out of New York City this week. There was also an announcement by Mayor Bill de Blasio that cars will finally be banned from Central Park beginning at the end of June. NYC Has a Bike-Share System That Works. Why Aren't We Expanding It? nyc.streetsblog.org – Share NYC's bike-share system, Citi Bike, has much higher utilization rates than dockless services, but expansion into more of the city has stalled as the government allows dockless bike-share companies to test their services. This would create a divide between those with access to the more reliable Citi Bike and others with only the more sparse dockless network. Future of urban transportation Cars Are Ruining Our Cities www.nytimes.com – Share A fantastic op-ed in the New York Times makes the argument that cars have been making cities worse places to live for decades, but shows how the tide is starting to turn as people recognize that more roads isn't making their lives better. Why We Can't Leave Transportation Apps to the Private Sector www.spur.org – Share As private companies offering different travel modes proliferate, the need to bring them together in a unified transportation interface is growing. Uber added new features to its app recently, but SPUR argues the platform for transportation services should be publicly controlled because only then can it be organized and developed in a way that serves residents equitably. Uber's Unrealistic Plan for Flying Cars medium.com – Share Studies show that Uber is making congestion worse in major cities. Now it plans to launch a flying-car service so people can escape the traffic, but only if they can afford to pay the premium. Transforming Los Angeles Los Angeles: Focus on Urban Design (Not Just Urban Planning) www.planetizen.com – Share By embracing timeless principles of urban placemaking, Los Angeles can create walkable transit villages and make room for housing at every socioeconomic level. The Continuing Quest for a More Walkable Los Angeles prospect.org – Share After decades of automobile dependency, many transportation planners, advocates, and residents are slowly coming around to new ideas about getting around. Other reads 🎮 Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn figured out that focusing solely on supply won't solve the housing crisis. Why can't politicians?❌ Upwards of 5% of the rental stock in key areas of Toronto's downtown are off the market and listed instead on Airbnb📈 Zillow Research estimated the rent bump from Amazon HQ2 in 17 cities. Toronto, Chicago, and Indianapolis would fare best; Denver and Nashville would be most impacted.😮 HUD Secretary Ben Carson wants public housing tenants to pay an extra 5% of their income toward housing🗳 Billionaire Koch brothers are funding opposition to Nashville's transit referendum Bixi's big adventure BIXI Bike From Montreal Mysteriously Ends Up In Morocco www.mtlblog.com – Share How did this happen? ✊❤ Thanks for reading, and make sure to follow me on Twitter, Medium, and Instagram for even more! Did you enjoy this issue? If you don't want these updates anymore, please unsubscribe here. If you were forwarded this newsletter and you like it, you can subscribe here. Powered by Revue Share Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Subscribe to our newsletter This thingy has to be empti pwieshh


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A score of nitro superstars will be in action this weekend at Orlando Speed World Dragway. And these superstars have made plenty of thunder on the NHRA tour.
However, these racers are not in fire-breathing Funny Cars or Top Fuel Dragsters.
The American Motorcycle Racing Association (AMRA), the nation's premier all-American motorcycle drag racing organization, is bringing in the two-wheeled nitro-burners that have taken NHRA national events by storm, including past champion Jay Turner's incredible ProCharged "Lagertha," which ran 6.18 at nearly 236 mph last time out in Houston. They will be part of the AMRA Speed World Nationals.
"I'm looking forward to going back to a Harley race and getting back to where we came from," said Turner, whose most recent AMRA event was the Jim McClure Nationals last fall at Rockingham Dragway.
Turner will have to face the likes of teammate Randal Andras, Bad Apple Racing's Tracy Kile, Jake Stordeur, Don Becker on one of Don "DJ" Johnson's bikes, and more in round after round of ground-pounding action.
Top Fuel's one gear, injected cousins are Nitro Funnybikes. Champion Rich Vreeland will be in Orlando trying to regroup from a disappointing performance at the season opener at Beech Bend, where "Houston" Hal Cort took home the win. They will have to deal with nitro heroes like Ryan Perry, Gary Stroud on Red Rhea's bike, and more.
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IndyCar driver Pippa Mann is racing in the 100th running of the Indianapolis 500 to raise funds and awareness for
Susan G. Komen and breast health services through her #GetInvolved campaign.
The IndieGoGo campaign began on April 25 and will be live through Sunday, May 29 with a goal of raising $100,000. When you donate on the GetInvolved campaign page, you are eligible to receive prizes and perks such as signed posters, signed Pippa gear, invitations to exclusive racing events and more!
When Pippa races in the Indy500 later this month, her car, firesuit and helmet will all bear the Komen logo.
"This cause is something very personal to me, and to Dale Coyne Racing," Pippa said. "While racing a pink car the past two years certainly attracts attention and awareness for Susan G. Komen, the most important part of our partnership is taking this amazing stage that is the Indianapolis 500, and using it to raise money that can actually go towards care and research."
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NSA Security-Enhanced Linux (SELinux) is an implementation of a flexible mandatory access control architecture in the Linux operating system.
The SELinux architecture provides general support for the enforcement of many kinds of mandatory access control policies, including those based on the concepts of Type Enforcement®, Role- Based Access Control, and Multi-Level Security. Background information and technical documentation about SELinux can be found at http://www.nsa.gov/selinux.


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by Chronis Lalas
In the summer, when the temperature is high, children want to have a cold drink with their meals. That drink usually makes them eat less because they fill their stomach with it!
That, you might think that it's a good thing against obesity, but it's not a good thing at all when this drink is a sugary drink!
When your kids consume sugary drinks with their meal, it turns out to be bad for their health because these drinks contain lots of calories, sugar etc.
Furthermore, when children feed their appetite with liquids, they are going to be hungry soon and there's a high possibly they, now, consume some kind of a snack!
What's the nudge in that case, you ask?
The answer is to find a substitute for these drinks, and in that case it's water!
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Archive for July 20th, 2007
Waking up Quietly
Posted July 20, 2007on:
Back in August of 2005, I received the first ever email from a person who used the "Email Me" link at the bottom of the page. The mail was from a fellow named Matt S. Actually, I know Matt's full name from his emails to me. But since he has never submitted a public comment to this site, and since Googling his name fails to pop up a blog of his, I figured I'll leave it to him to publicly declare himself.
But via email, we had an interesting exchange. Actually, these mails were mostly about Matt expressing his ideas. Very interesting ones at that. In one of his emails in particular, he painted a possible scenario through which Peak Oil could lead to People vs. Corporations. I found Matt's analysis sound and highly interesting. But it was private analysis. Perhaps Matt has painted his picture as a commenter on other sites. I don't know.
Anyway, the reason I thought again of Matt is that I was checking the site logs for Duck and Gather. I do this now and then in between working on my website Holonation.com.
Checking my Duck and Gather site stats has been a discouraging exercise for me over the past year because in looking at the links that were followed to my site, the vast majority are spam links that have been followed 1 or 2 times. But within that forest of spam are clicked links from legitimate sites, like the blogs of Tom Brown, Sean LeBlanc, and And I, to which I link on the left nav bar of my site.
Well, so far this month, there have been over 100 clicks on a link to my site from a posting on a blog called "Of Two Minds", by a fellow named Charles Hugh Smith.
The apparent reason Mr. Smith linked to my site (specifically, to my "Fourth Turning predicts People vs. Corporations" stuff) is that Matt S contacted Mr. Smith and mentioned my site in his own comments. So Mr. Smith put Matt S's interesting comment in the text of his blog posting — including the link to my site. That seems to be the link people are clicking.
Evidently, Mr. Smith has many readers. Because not only do my site stats show those > 100 link clicks (and growing), but there are other indicators too: more saving of my site to "Favorites", more Googling of "peter savich", lots of searches for some permutation of "the people vs. the corporations" (Matt S's phrase), etc.
Of course, none of these people are commenting on my site. Pretty much the only comments this site has received over the last 6 months or so have been spam (e.g. "Hello! Good Site! Thanks you! tfddancyyoa").
But though quiet, these silent visitors, like Matt S, seem to be quietly waking up to the issues discussed within this site, and within many others, like that of Mr. Smith and Jim Kunstler's "Clusterfuck Nation".
For every blowhard like Mr. Smith, Mr. Kunstler, and yours truly, there seem to be a great many more like-minded folk who, for one reason or another, don't feel the urge to share their thoughts. Still, they harbor them.
By the way, I'm not criticizing you for not commenting or emailing, or blogging yourself. I know that the main reason I blog is because my friends and colleagues either don't want to hear these thoughts of mine, or want to hear only the "elevator pitch" version. Most other people faced with this lack of interest would just move on to other socially palatable topics.
But people like myself and the aforementioned authors seem to be suffering from a form of arrested development. We can't stand not speaking, and hate speaking to a wall. So, instead, we feel compelled to speak to the world through our blogs.
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Dispatch Riders needed at Tytec Logistics
Tytec Logistics is a specialist OTR tyre logistics and storage provider, operating throughout Australia. Last year we moved over 30,000 OTR tyres, across more than two and half million kilometres from our depots in NSW, QLD, SA and WA. Our depots have combined more than 100,000m² of bitumen hardstand dedicated to OTR tyre storage.
Over the years Tytec Logistics has invested substantial resources in the design and manufacture of our patented OTR tyre freight trailers, increasing safety and efficiency. These purpose built OTR tyre transporters now allow Tytec Logistics to carry up to 22 gaint 57" tyres, in gauge, without a pilot escort, 24/7.
In 2012 Tytec Logistics was awarded the contract to store and freight all Michelin's 49 to 63" OTR tyres from port to depot and depot to site Australia wide.
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Enroute to a chennai to start the dubbing with our own @superstarrajini for #2.O? resul pookutty (@resulp) December 26, 2016
The first official look of the film was released in November, featuring Akshay Kumar with feathered eyebrows and grey hairdo.
Here's how Akshay will look as Dr Richard in 2.0:
Evil has a new face! #2Point0#3Diwali2017#2Point0FLLaunchpic.twitter.com/k33uwU6eg2? Akshay Kumar (@akshaykumar) November 20, 2016
Directed by Shankar, 2.0 also stars Amy Jackson, replacing Aishwarya Rai Bachchan who played the female lead in Enthiran. Amy has earlier worked with Akshay in Singh Is Bliing.
November 20, 2016
2.0's first look was launched in Mumbai and was attended by Salman Khan. Karan Johar played master of ceremonies. The film's cast, including Rajinikanth, Akshay and Amy, was also present.
The film also features Sudhanshu Pandey in a negative role. Sudhanshu is Akshay's co-star from Khiladi 420 and Singh Is Kinng. The actor plays the son of Dr Bohra, the main villain from Enthiran, played by actor Danny Denzongpa. Adil Hussain, who was last seen in Parched, is also a part of 2.0. The film is scheduled for a Diwali release.
Rajinikanth's last release, Kabali with Radhika Apte, was a blockbuster while Akshay Kumar's last film, Rustom, was also a hit at the box office.
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There's a new flash Matrix game over at the official site, go check it out.
Thank you to Spencer for the heads up.red pill | from inside the mind of krix at August 22, 2003 08:07 PM .
Great! Something else I'll suck at to waste my time!Posted by: :: jozjozjoz :: on August 23, 2003 01:12 AM
DITTO! LOLPosted by: Jen on August 24, 2003 02:54 AM


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- Name: CRAX Commander 1.9.3
- Total Size: 15.26 MB
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Name: CRAX Commander Version: 1.9.3 Mac Platform: Intel Includes: Pre-K'ed OS version: 10.7 or higher 64 bit Whats new: - added German translation - added support for changing permissions for all selected files (currently app operates only on highlighted file) - added option for searcching files in case-sensitive manner - fixed crashes in searching for files - fixed problem with unnecessary locking on files table (Performance Improvement) - fixed refreshing parent folder after creating new file/folder - fixed problem with deadlock on cancelling download operation for FTP - fixed showing progress of background operations - fixed handling of SMB files (crash when connecting to SMB) CRAX Commander is dual-pane file manager with approachable user interface. It is integrated with Subversion 1.6 and it has built-in FTP, SSH client functionality. CRAX provides many of functionalities you need to quickly and effectively access and manage your local and remote files. With CRAX file management is much faster and easier than it has been before. Features: dual-pane and multi-tabbed UI full UI customization (Fonts, Colors, Behaviour, Actions, Toolbar) keyboard shortcuts customization definition of CUSTOM TOOLS as menu items and toolbar items SIDEBAR panel Drag-and-drop operations copying and moving files/folders in background (non blocking GUI file operations) built-in clients for connection to remote volumes using SSH, SFTP, FTP, SMB, AFP protocols built-in text file editor with syntax coloring splitting and combining files calculation and verification checksums archive support: ZIP, RAR, 7-ZIP, GZIP, BZIP2, AR (browsing, selectively unpack, delete, browsing archives in archives etc.) advanced searching for files multi-rename tool support for Subversion 1.6 keychain passwords saving and restoring QuickLook support and much more... More info: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/crax-commander/id696060674?mt=12


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More tech competition is coming out of the woodwork this week, as Sept. 12 marks the release of the Zelle app. And with it, another hat is thrown into the ring for person-to-person financial sharing app dominance with Venmo and Paypal. The Zelle app is backed by more than 30 major United States banks, including Bank of America, Wells Fargo and JPMorgan Chase, a network that has been in development since approximately 2011.
While banking companies currently offer services to do instant transfers, the process for users has proven rather cumbersome. Users usually need to have details like a friend's account number and routing information, to list one major problem. These issues led to the creation of alternate ways to send money, such as today's peer-to-peer payment apps, where you only need is a username, phone number, email, etc.
Similarly, Zelle's new app allows users to send and request money to and from contacts in their phone, using only the contact's phone number or email address. Zelle will also work with Visa and MasterCard debit cards, even if the user's bank is not currently participating in Zelle's payment network.
All of these transactions are processed for free as well, with transferred funds available in the user's account within minutes after the initial transaction has been issued. The current leading app in Zelle's category, Venmo, takes 25 cents per transaction and only allows the money to be available as early as twenty-four hours after the original ordered transaction. Zelle's superior features gives it the opportunity to be a possible major player in the industry. The app will be available in the Apple App Store and the Google Play Store on Sept. 12.


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Donald Trump's proposed moratorium on Muslim immigration certainly isn't a unique idea. Dr. Mudar Zahran, a Muslim refugee living in Europe, warned in an interview last October that Muslim migrants should be kept out of Europe. Nor is it close to the most extreme idea recently voiced; that title belongs to a Samoan proposal to ban Islam itself. And now it's clear that it's also a mainstream idea in the United States, with polls showing that Americans have come to favor a temporary ban on Muslim immigration.
While Trump's proposal has long been a winner with GOP primary voters, it initially was greeted with skepticism by the general electorate. For example, three days after Trump announced it, "the Wall Street Journal released a poll that found 57 percent of Americans objected to the proposed Muslim ban. Just 25 percent of those polled supported Trump's plan at the time," reports the Daily Caller. Yet while different polls have painted somewhat different pictures, one thing is clear: As time has worn on and Americans have heard news of one jihadist attack after another, support for the immigration moratorium has steadily increased. As the DC further relates:
Reuters has kept a rolling poll on the subject since May. On May 31, Reuters found that 54.5 percent of Americans disagreed with the Muslim ban and 40.7 percent supported it.
By June 6, the same poll found that 52 percent of Americans supported the ban, while 44 percent opposed it.
The Reuters poll has remained steady after the Orlando terror attack. On June 14, fifty percent of likely voters supported a temporary ban on Muslims entering the United States, while 42 percent opposed it.
This is significant because Reuters is a liberal news organization that, if anything, would use methodology underestimating support for the ban.
This public-opinion evolution is no surprise given the recent high-profile Muslim terrorist attacks in Orlando, Brussels, Paris, and elsewhere, whose combined death toll numbers in the hundreds. Yet the reality is that every day brings a new battery of jihad-oriented headlines. Consider a sampling from just today at Jihad Watch: "Sweden: Muslim screaming 'Allahu akbar' smashes up Malmo church," "Italy: Saint's statue defaced with 'Allah akbar,'" and "Ramadan in Lebanon: Muslims hit Christian village with multiple jihad suicide attacks." Then there are the "no-go zones" that exist in many European cities; these are Muslim enclaves in which civil law has broken down, Sharia dictates often take precedence and authorities may fear to tread.
Facts such as these make people sympathetic to Trump's simple message that Muslim immigration should be halted until we "can figure out what is going on." And the reality is that our "elites" have no idea what's going on. Newsmax just reported that one million Muslim immigrants have been brought to the United States during Obama's presidency, and it's now predicted that Islam will overtake Judaism in the future to become America's largest non-Christian religion. Moreover, Breitbart reports that the "Obama administration has created a 'resettlement surge center' which has produced a pouring of 100 Syrian refugees in the U.S. per day." And while officials such as Secretary of State John Kerry and Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson (himself a Muslim) have claimed the vetting process for these migrants is "extraordinarily thorough and comprehensive," this rings hollow. As Breitbart also now tells us, "The 'vetting' process, already questioned by leaders in the country, has been fast-tracked from 18-24 months to just three months. The 'refugee mill' can now go through thousands of applications every month."
Yet the reality is even worse — as there simply is no way to reliably vet these migrants. In fact, intelligence officials, the Greek government, and a New York City Syrian community leader named Aarafat "Ralph" Succar have all said as much. Why is it impossible? Because nations such as Syria simply don't possess comprehensive Western-like databases containing accurate information on all their citizens. Moreover, it wouldn't matter if they did. As Succar pointed out last year, you can bribe a public official in Syria and get official government documents stating you're whoever you want to be. As he put it to the New York Post at the time, "When they tell you that [the refugees] are vetted, are you out of your mind?"
And according to the aforementioned Dr. Zahran — a leader of the Jordanian Opposition Coalition — that's precisely what we're out of. Calling the current migrations "the soft Islamic conquest of the West" and warning that naïve Westerners are being manipulated, he explained in his 2015 interview that the "refugees" are not as they appear. He said that many of the Muslim migrants are only claiming to be Syrian to get refugee status, and as for the rest, "Seventy-five percent of those arriving from Syria come from safe area[s]; actually, the ones in disaster areas cannot … leave.… Most of those people arriving ... in fact do not need the protection; they arrive from Turkey, they arrive from Jordan, they arrive from other places which are safe."
And this raises the question: Can America be safe with our free-association immigration policies? While Dr. Zahran's 2015 statements were made in reference to the European Muslim-migrant issue, they should be relevant for our nation as well. As to this, he also said that in his opinion, half the Syrian male migrants "have actually held weapons and fought in the Syrian war." Reinforcing this point, Succar told The Post "that ISIS terrorists have 'absolutely' sneaked into America by posing as civil-war refugees — and joined sleeper cells just waiting to be activated. 'I believe the terrorists from Syria have been coming into the United States, not only in the past few years, but way before that…. I think they're already at work."
Meanwhile, our officials are at work facilitating death by immigration. Consider the refugee ruse: Refugee status is meant to be temporary. A person is granted safe haven and then is repatriated once the danger is his native land has passed. But with "resettlement" the stated goal, it's clear Obama is using gratuitous granting of refugee status as another end-run around the immigration laws. And why? A clue: 70 to 90 percent of our new immigrants vote Democrat upon being naturalized.
In addition, refugees should be accommodated as close to their native lands as possible. Regarding this, why have rich Muslim countries such as Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and Dubai not accepted these co-religionist migrants? Why are they sent thousands of miles farther away to the West? Perhaps the Muslim nations know something we don't, and part of what they know was related by Zahran. Said he, "You read Arab magazines and Arab newspapers; they are talking about, 'Good job! Now we're going to conquest [sic] Europe.' So it's not even a secret." And is the United States next?
While conquest takes some doing, the fact is this: If one-tenth of one percent of the one million Obama-era Muslim immigrants are terrorists or will become so, this amounts to 1,000 violent jihadists. It took two to wreak the havoc in San Bernardino — and only one to create the carnage in Orlando. And this is why the common sense of Trump's idea is becoming increasingly common.
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the Washington Post's Bill Turque wrote a piece yesterday highlighting the stark funding disparity between two DCPS schools spaced a mere 2.5 miles apart (the title to this post is a play on Jim Ryan's Five Miles Away, A World Apart, which I suggested as winter break reading).
- School Without Walls is a pristine school, ensconced in a beautiful building on George Washington University's campus. I've been there on multiple occasions and, each time, I honestly forget that I'm still in a DCPS high school.
- Cardozo is a not-so-pristine school, atop one of DC's most scenic hills, but certainly not housed in a building worth remembering. Built in 1916, it still looks like it hasn't been renovated since then (compare the pool: Cardozo circa 1923 to Cardozo circa 2009).
How much does the district give each each school per student? $10,257 for SWW and $7,453 for the 'Doze (which, frankly, ought to be bulldozed and rebuilt).
I enjoyed seeing this funding gap explicitly brought to light. It helps show that, even within an already low-performing school district, the quality of education that a student potentially receives varies greatly.
Of course, it was already clear that such disparities existed. In the several interactions I've had with teachers at some of the city's better-run schools, I've come away feeling a tad bitter at the school environment in which they teach. Book requests filled? Ceiling pipes that don't leak? Easy access to computer labs? Funded afterschool programs? Many of these things are hard to come by in some of the neighborhood schools.
It is truly unfortunate that students at comprehensive, neighborhood schools like mine maintain an attitude that they are getting shafted. Not a day goes by without at least one student mentioning how students at application school X, magnet school Y, arts school Z have it better. Some even think longingly about some of the other not-so-great neighborhood schools. Of course, with the constant intra-DCPS migration patterns, I get students from some of these "great" schools. They quickly become dejected, sometimes regretting the decisions that led them to transfer or be "put out."
I'm not convinced that the problems we face in DCPS are directly related to per-pupil funding levels. As the article rightly mentions, equity does not require "dollar-for-dollar equality." Depending on the size of the school, we should expect different per-pupil spending, given that there is a high fixed cost to running a school–whether in terms of physical plant or human capital.
Yet, I do think that this study reflects some of the problems that we still face if we are ever to "fix" the system. At the moment, a model exists in which the "lucky" students get into the "good" schools in DCPS. The "unlucky" ones are relegated to schools that are falling apart, literally and figuratively.
How can we make the system fairer? Money is not everything, but it certainly reflects priorities. And I question whether we have our priorities straight right now.


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A new exhibitor for our 2017 Conference is privately owned Stride Insurance, established in 1973 which is a mid-sized independent insurance broker with specific expertise in property insurance.
Based in Denmead, Hampshire with 65 staff, Stride provides specialist property insurance to landlords, property portfolio owners and commercial businesses.
Stride is able to offer its customers wholesale rates, bespoke cover and access to exclusive schemes from a wide range of UK insurers. Stride staff are highly experienced and skilled, taking pride in giving one of the highest levels of service in the industry. Services include
- access to exclusive insurance schemes (many unavailable elsewhere) and offers high-quality cover from top UK insurers at wholesale rates
- online quotes for portfolios of up to 5 properties here backed up by expert advice by phone on 0800 840 6693
- underwriting and claims managed in-house, and an independent appraisal of existing cover and service levels
Stride is a Lloyds coverholder and member of both BIBA (British Insurance Brokers Association) and the MGAA (Managing General Agents Association), with a high proportion of staff qualified by the CII (Chartered Institute of Insurance)
In short…
Stride has the expertise and experience to provide the right cover at a competitive price, offering unbiased and independent advice whatever the property.
If you are attending the Landlord Law Conference
You will be able to speak to Stride at their exhibitor stand, as well as the other exhibitors at the conference, including Aston Shaw accountants, Anthony Gold solicitors, the Property Redress Scheme, Shawbrook Bank, ARLA and the Residential Landlords Association.
If you are not attending the Conference, you can find out more about Stride on their website.


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not to be sniffed at(redirected from aren't to be sniffed at)
not to be sniffed at
To not be something that should be ignored, passed over, dismissed, or treated with disdain; to not be trivial or inconsequential. We may not have won the game, but we scored enough points and caused enough damage to let everyone know we aren't to be sniffed at. Sure, a hundred bucks isn't a huge amount to win in a lottery, but it's still not to be sniffed at!


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Splitting from the StarSingers when they became too arrogant, the WoodSingers chose to return to the ways of their ancestors. They love tree and animal, and generally dislike large cities. They are farmers, hunters, rangers and druids. They generally prefer to keep their villages small communities. It is rare to find a conclave of WoodSingers with more than 400 or 500 people. In modern times on Ma'urwol, while they share the same blood as the elves who live in the cities, the WoodSinger name is generally only taken by those who live in the rural and forest areas.
Shared customary codes and values
The WoodSingers share a love of land, forest, animal and plant.
Average technological level
Their rustic lifestyles should not be misconstrued as being primitive. They work hard to develop new techniques for farming, hunting and gathering. Their skills as blacksmiths and carpenters are unmatched by any except perhaps the dwarves. They simply have little desire to turn those skills to warfare, except as absolutely necessary.
Common Etiquette rules
A WoodSinger farming community is in some ways like a commune. They all work all the fields and crops together. Food and resources are shared equally. Much of what they have belongs to the community, not to individuals.
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Simple, natural forms are preferred.
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Just how private is the closed-door talk of the powerful? And if the unguarded comments of politicians who assume they're speaking in confidence are captured on tape, is it OK to make those tapes public?
That question came up during the 2012 campaign. GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney told a roomful of Florida donors that 47 percent of their compatriots would never vote Republican because they were, essentially, parasitic layabouts who had been bought off by government stipends.
A recording of his talk to a private gathering was made by a bartender and made public by Mother Jones magazine. It confirmed the image of Romney that the Democrats had been peddling, as an arrogant, aloof plutocrat who looked down his nose at the working class voters his electoral success depended on.
Did that disclosure intrude on the privacy that Romney and his listeners assumed? Unquestionably.
But was that intrusion justified? Did it give voters a unique chance to hear a candidate who, apparently speaking his mind, uncorked a foul brew of contempt and condescension for nearly half of his fellow countrymen?
I thought so, and although I found the privacy invasion regrettable, I was convinced what it revealed, and what might not have been heard otherwise, made the intrusion justified. Mother Jones and reporter David Corn performed a public service.
I'm not so convinced by the most recent controversy that Corn and the magazine have stirred up with secret recordings of another big league politician.
Earlier this month, Mother Jones reported that the Senate minority leader, Mitch McConnell, had huddled with campaign aides in Louisville, Ky., to plot his 2014 re-election strategy. According to a clandestine video of their Feb. 2 meeting , the politicos were feasting on the candidacy of film star Ashley Judd, Continue reading "Peephole journalism: What are the limits?"


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Natasha is an unadulterated, no-holds-barred blogger who has chosen to write about her journey from fat to fit. Her honest approach to fitness, health and wellness has meant that Natasha has been able to connect and inspire a variety of people who are on their own fitness journeys.
"After a health scare in December 2016, I found out I was chronically ill and made the decision to embark on a weight loss journey." says Natasha. "Having lost 15kg within 10 months my journey very quickly progressed from one of weight loss to one of fitness. I honestly believe that fitness found me. It's been a saving grace in so many respects and it's something I am now extremely passionate about. Living to inspire was never on my initial agenda, but I've found this to be the best and most rewarding part of my journey."
For some fitness is a 'must' but others feel that their fine with how they look and make no effort to change it. "I very rarely encounter this, however I'm amazed and in awe of people who are happy with themselves. I am all about practising self-love and preaching that people should love the skin they are in. This is an empowering and radical place to be in one's life" says Natasha. "There is however a fine line between being in denial and being self-accepting. Though we are not defined by our weight, it's important for people to understand that the focus needs to be on one's health and well-being."
Not having any dependants is one dynamic, but fitness and the health aspects that are attributed to this kind of lifestyle surely have a strong impact on your life, especially as a parent. Natasha believes that her "role as a mom was the initial motivator to become fit and healthy. The fact that I was chronically ill, was a rude awaking to the fact that my kids stood the risk of growing up without me. I couldn't let that happen. Having a newly restored health status has allowed me to live life to the fullest with my boys. We live an extremely active lifestyle and I no longer have to sit out due to exceeding weight restrictions at certain events or simply being fatigued" she says.
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Being the Face and Body ambassador for Fibo Global Fitness Africa at their lifestyle and fitness show (from Friday 26 October to Sunday 28 October 2018) at the Ticketpro Dome in Johannesburg, opens up a large amount of possibilities for Natasha. The title also "means having a larger platform advocating the principles mentioned above to teach people what self-love and self-acceptance in its entirety is" she says.
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The light at the end of the tunnel for India's 100 million people with disabilities appears to be getting closer as the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment made public the latest version of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Bill.
This Bill which seeks to replace the Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995, attempts to bring India in line with the 21 century understanding of the rights of persons with disabilities as captured in the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD) ratified by India.
This version of the Bill is the last in a series of versions that were made public by the Ministry over the last two years.
There are some major differences between this version and earlier versions and the changes proposed are a mixed bag - some progressive and some regressive ones. Given below are some of the more significant changes in the new version.
The Good
This new clause seeking to 'reward' the employment of persons with disabilities states that any employer with 20 or more employees of whom more than 5 per cent are disabled, shall be eligible to deduct from his taxable income, an amount equal to the salary of the disabled employees above the 5 per cent. For example, if an employer has 100 employees of whom 6 are disabled, he will be able to deduct from his taxable income an amount equal to the salary paid to the 6 person with disability. On the other hand if less than 5 per cent of the total employee strength comprises persons with disabilities, the employer shall be required to add to his taxable income an amount equivalent to the salary of employees to the extent of the shortfall in the 5 per cent. This is a good addition and should lead to much higher integration in the workplace.
The Bad
While the earlier version of the Bill lays almost equal emphasis on special schools (catering only to children with disabilities) and inclusive schools (catering to all children in a common environment), the new version appears to strongly support the integration of children with disabilities into an inclusive education framework. As per the new version all educational institutions funded or recognized by the government have a duty to provide inclusive education. While in theory this is the correct move and is mandated by the UNCRPD, this approach is risky since there is no transition plan to move a set up with adequate numbers of trained teachers and proper infrastructure. Without such a plan, it is likely that an entire generation of persons with some types of disabilities such as children who are deaf-blind (requiring specialized training) and children in wheelchairs (requiring accessible infrastructure) who join the ill-equipped mainstream school system immediately after enactment will be lost in the cracks and get no education whatsoever. The government must address this and elaborate the long term strategy for inclusive education .
The ugly
This new clause provides that reservation for persons with disabilities shall be only for the specific posts that are expressly identified by the concerned authority. Thus, even if a person is able to do the work required for a particular post, he will be ineligible unless it is specifically reserved. This is highly controversial and violates UNCRPD principles since it presumes, wrongly, that persons with disabilities can only perform some jobs or tasks. This provision must be deleted.
The government should relook the flawed parts and seriously consider the input from the disability sector before finalising the Bill.
(The author is with the Inclusive Planet Centre for Disability Law and Policy, and has expertise in disability law, intellectual property law and technology law.)


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As the coronavirus spreads, it is recommended people put extra precautions in and work from home if they are able to. We have put together some tips and tricks for you to implement for when you may need to work from home.
1. Go to work as usual and keep brain activity high
We recommend waking up with your alarm and getting dressed for work as usual. If your usual day includes a commute to work then instead, go for a walk and get your morning coffee, then return home for the workday. Exercise is important to include in your daily routine, even if it is just a short, brisk walk. We do not recommend staying inside all day as this is not a normal workday. If you usually commence work at 9 am then start working from home at 9 am. Do not work in your pyjamas but keep in mind you do not have to wear a full suit. Dress for your day and stay comfortable but presentable. Keeping your brain activity high is imperative. We suggest not slacking off on your usual work commitments and completing all required tasks you may usually perform. An example of a work activity you can perform at home is staying up to date with your CPD. Being a member of Professionals Australia allows you to have online access from home to many CPD courses and webinars.
2. Create a NEAT office environment
It is important to have as much normality to your working day working from home. If you have a desk at home, we recommend setting up your workstation there. If you don't have a desk at home, try using your kitchen table and replicate a neat workspace there. Do not sit on the couch or in bed with your computer. Firstly, it is bad for your back to sit on the couch doing work and secondly it promotes bad habits and can cause distractions as different activities are usually performed on the couch, like relaxing and watching TV. It is important that the two are separated and not confused at either time. We also recommend if using a laptop to try using a proper mouse if you have access to one.
3. Avoid feeling self-isolated
While it is advised to practice social distancing, there are ways to avoid feeling isolated. Try not to stay cooped up in your house working with no contact from the outside world. If you usually go for a walk to eat lunch in your break, then do so when working at home. Leave your workstation and go outside. We suggest making your lunch at home and taking it to a nearby park to eat. We also recommend having frequent phone calls with your colleagues to keep up to date with news and to reproduce the normality of a working office. If you are regularly contacting staff, it reduces the impact of feeling isolated.
4. Don't over work
If you usually work a 9 am – 5 pm day, then do this at home! It is hard to switch off and if you are readily available 24-7 you will go crazy. Remember to not work outside of your working hours and switch off your computer and do not check emails outside working hours. Go about your day as per usual and have your short breaks that you would usually have with staff in the kitchen. Call a friend, colleague or family member to create normality and have conversations that you usually would if working in the office.
5. Think positive and stay up to date
We can't stress this last point enough, but it is important that we are all here together and we need to stay positive. Professionals Australia have resources that you can access from home and stay up to date with the latest news. Being a member allows you to have full access to our internal forum, "The Collective" and chat with like minded professionals within your industry. Staying up to date with your industry can be hard at home. Professionals Australia send frequent updates to members including when registration or insurance expires. Use this time at home to unleash the resources that a union can provide and look at the benefits and take them to your advantage while at home.
Remember to be kind to one another and help those who are struggling. There are a lot of positives to working from home and it is a great skill to have and a great time to test and learn what works for you. If you are requiring any assistance or need help, we are always here to talk.
Please do not hesitate to call us if you are currently struggling or have any questions you may want to ask.


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I really want a shiny.
Yes there are Multiple ways
Masuda Method
>The Masuda method (Japanese: 国際結婚 international marriage), also known as Masuda's method, is a fan-made term which describes a way to obtain Shiny Pokémon more easily in Generation IV and V. While the standard encounter rate for a Shiny Pokémon (either in the wild or by breeding) is 1/8192, the Masuda method multiplies this rate by 5 (to 5/8192 or about 1/1638) in Generation IV and by 6 (to 3/4096 or about 1/1365) in Generation V. It occurs whenever Pokémon of differing real-world geographical origin are bred.
>This method uses the Pokéradar in Pokemon Diamond and Pearl and Pokemon Platinum to encounter chains of the same Pokémon. Using the Pokeradar you can increase you chance to find a Pokemon and it be shiny. Remember you have to keep finding the same Pokemon.
Shiny Charm
>This Key Item increases the likelihood that you will encounter Shiny Pokémon. When you have the item in your bag, then the chances of encountering Shiny Pokémon in the wild is increased to 300% of normal, making it a 1 in 2,730.6 chance. If, however, you're using the Masuda Method to breed, it increased it from 1 in 1,365.3 down to 1 in 1024.
Yes. You have to complete the national and unova dex. Professor Juniper
will give you a shiny charm with increases the chance of finding a shiny Pokemon.


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Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah's director Malav Rajda visits the set; Shoot to start soon!
Before the shoot of Sab TV's Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah begins, Chief director of the show Malav Rajda paid a visit to the sets.
Television shows have resumed the production of daily soaps in different parts of the city with producers following guidelines to ensure the safety of the cast and crew amid the coronavirus scare. The shows which had stopped production in mid-March, has been allowed to resume shootings.
After popular shows, Shakti Astitva Ke Ehsaas Ki, Choti Sarrdaarni, Barrister Bahu, Shubharambh, Naati Pinky Ki Lambi Love Story, Kasautii Zindagi Kii, Yeh Rishta Kya Khelata Hai another popular and longest-running show Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah will resume their shoot soon.
And before the shoot starts, Chief director of the show Malav Rajda paid a visit to the sets. He shared a few pictures on his social media about visiting the set for Reiki and also mentioned that the shoot has not started and hopefully it will start soon.
Have a look at the picture.
The shoot of the show will resume back and the audience will soon witness fresh episodes.


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Pass your driving test quickly and cheaply by booking your driving lessons in blocks of 10 which will be much cheaper and easier than an Intensive Driving Course. No need for time off work. No need to book accommodation. No need to pay more than is needed You book your driving lessons in blocks of 10 which can be used up to 5 hours per day to save you getting stressed out behind the wheel. You will feel more comfortable and learn quickly and cheaply. When you are ready we book your driving test for you We suggest using THEORY TEST PRO for your theory test training. Our Intensive driving lessons in Kings Lynn have been established to train learner drivers to the highest standards of competence and safety quickly and cheaply. Our aim is to teach the learner driver in a short space of time all that the Driving Standards Agency examiner will require of them for the test and beyond without spending more money than is required. During your intensive driving lessons you will be shown how to carry out 5 set manouvres to the standard that the Driving Standards Agency examiner will expect of you on your test. You will be shown all types of road environments including dual carriageways and various types of junctions. You will receive the best training.
Intensive driving lessons are getting more and more popular. The latest government statistics show that such lessons are the most efficient,convenient and cost effective way of learning to drive. The main advantage of intensive driving lessons is that you are condensing driving lessons taken over a long period into a short period of time, usually within 1 month. As a result of this you will improve much quicker and cheaper so basically,you will be able to drive in days instead of months saving you a lot of money.
When thinking about booking intensive driving lessons, please ask yourself
Your driving instructor will be able to give you more advice.
At the Kings Lynn test centre times vary between 6 - 8 weeks waiting time.


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Closes Second Tranche of Private Placement
This page and other parts of the website contain statements relating to the intentions of the management to develop mine production and jewellery production. Such statements are forward looking and readers are cautioned that these statements are subject to risk and uncertainties as further detailed in quarterly Management Discussion and Analysis published on www.sedar.com
22 July 2010: Galantas Gold Corporation (the "Company")(TSX Venture -GAL) (AIM - GAL), which has a 100% interest in Ireland's only gold mine, has completed the second tranche of the private placement announced on June 3, 2010. The Company issued 24,550,000 units pursuant to the second tranche, subject to receipt of approval of TSX Venture Exchange ("TSX-V"). The placing is the final part of a larger offering of 45,550,000 units announced on June 3, 2010 ("Offering"). Each unit is priced at CDN$0.05 and is comprised of one common share and one warrant. Each warrant entitles the holder to purchase one common share within 24 months from closing at a price of CDN$0.10. The gross amount raised by the second tranche of the placing is CDN$1,227,500. A cash fee of 1% is payable to EF Malet de Carteret MCSI, an independent agent.
The securities issued under the second tranche of the Offering are subject to a hold period in Canada from the date of issuance until November 23, 2010 in accordance with applicable securities laws and TSX-V policies. An application will be made to admit shares issued under the placing to trading on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange on the same day that they become free trading on the TSX-V.
Kenglo One Ltd of Jersey, Channel Islands ("Kenglo") has subscribed for all the units issued in the second tranche of the Offering. Subject to receipt of TSX-V, the subscription will increase Kenglo's holding in the Company to approximately 19.3 % of the issued shares in the Company immediately following the second tranche. If warrants within the Offering are exercised, Kenglo's stake in the Company could rise to approximately 32.4% of the issued shares in the Company immediately following the second tranche. The issuance of units to Kenglo pursuant to the second tranche was approved by the shareholders of the Company at the special meeting of shareholders on July 9, 2010 and remains subject to final approval by the TSX-V.
The Company intends to use the funds from the placing for an expanded drilling program, mobile and fixed plant improvements and working capital. The expanded drilling program will concentrate initially on targets close to the operating mine site that have already been reported upon by consultants ACA Howe (Press Release 12th June 2008) and is expected to commence later in the summer 2010.
Following the second tranche of the Offering, the Company has 235,650,055 in issue.
Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
This press release, required by applicable Canadian securities law, is not for distribution to U.S. news services or for dissemination in the United States, and does not constitute an offer of the securities described herein. These securities have not been registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any state securities laws, and may not be offered or sold in the United States or to U.S. persons unless registered or exempt therefrom.
This press release includes certain "Forward-Looking Statements" within the meaning of the US Private Securities Reform Act of 1995. Other than statements of historical fact, all statements are "Forward-Looking Statements" that involve such various known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors. There can be no assurance that such statements will prove accurate. Results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Readers of this press release are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these "Forward-Looking Statements"


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Creating peace, an Akashic Attribute
We can create peace with our questions and our language (a powerful Akashic attribute).
Nonviolent communicator Marshal Rosenberg and world peace advocator explains how.
Nonviolent communication – transcript
Q: In your 40 years of mediating conflicts between warring factions around the world, what's the most important thing that you do that creates peace in between the people involved?
Marshall: First, I never hear what they think. See, I get called a lot of names by people who hear what I'm saying.
You've read my book, you probably can recall that I was in a refugee camp in Palestinian authority and all the crowd had to do was hear from my interpreter that I was an American and a gentleman jumps up and screams at me "Murderer!" and another gentleman shouts "Assassin!" and another one calls "Child Killer!".
Within an hour the guy that calls me a murderer invites me to a Ramadan dinner at his house
I didn't hear what he thought of me, I connected to what he was feeling, what he was needing.
As I walked into that refugee camp there were hundreds of tear gas grenades all over the lawn, shot in the night before when they had a riot there and on the side of each of the grenades was written 'Made in USA'.
So, when this guy calls me a murderer hearing that I'm an American, I tried to hear what is the guy feeling, I said "Sir, are you furious?" and then I tried to hear his needs. "Are you needing a different kind of support from my country than you are getting?"
And he looks at me in a kind of a stunned way, apparently that's not the way people respond to him usually when he screams at them
He said "You're damn right, we don't have sewage, we don't have housing. Why are you sending these weapons?" So I said "Well, that makes it clear why you'd be so aggravated, if you don't have these basics and you get these weapons sent over here I can see that your needs are for some other kind of support.
He said "You know what it's like to live under these conditions for all these years?" I said "So you'd like me to understand just how desperate it can be even for one day, let alone for many years?"
So, I heard what was alive in the guy, not what he thought I was, a murderer. I didn't say "I ain't killed anybody!". I tried to hear what was going on in him.
When he trusted that I sincerely cared what he was feeling, what he was needing he could start to hear me then when I said "Look, I'm frustrated right now 'cause I came a long way to be here, I wanna offer something, I'm worried now because you got me labeled as an American you ain't gonna listen to me".
He said to me "What do you want to say to us?" So he could hear me then.
And incidentally we have a non-violent refugee school in that refugee camp. Whenever I go to that region I am well received hospitably in that refugee camp but I had to see the human being behind the names that he was calling me.
Q: Being called a name is not the same as being violently attacked by terrorists. Do you feel that there is ever justification in using violence or aggression when responding to such an attack?
Marshall: Here I would say no to violence or aggression, yes to the protective use of force. There are times when we need to use the protective use of force. But never violence, and never punishment.
The protective use of force is necessary when another person for whatever reason is not willing to communicate
Meanwhile their actions are threatening our needs, so we need to take whatever action can be made to protect against that happening. But we can do that without violence.
Gene Sharpe's writing show how throughout history show how people have protected themselves against violent armies coming against them through the protective use of force.
I was walking down a street in Paris about 4 years ago, a busy street and a woman was walking next to me, all of a sudden a man comes running up, spins her around and hits her right in the face and he starts with her again and there wasn't time for me to talk with this man so I used force to restrain him from doing that again. I didn't want to punish him, I didn't beat him, but I had sufficient force that I could keep him from continuing.
So yes, sometimes you use force to prevent violence, but not in the form of punishment to make people suffer – because you have judged them as evil.
Q: But just talking to terrorists and to the governments that harbor them doesn't seem to work either. Look at all the peace talks we've had and the violence just continues.
Well the kind of peace talks we have I'm not very optimistic that they can prevent violence
They're not the kind of connections that get people connected withe each others humanness. They're basically arguments where they try to find some compromise. We need to grow up and find out that there are far more powerful ways of having peace talks than the ones we now engage in.
Q: How would you engage these people in peace talks?
Pretty much as I told you I did with the tribes in Africa, or when I was doing a little mediation with a group of Israelis and Palestinians in Jerusalem, and I started that I said "Let's look at what your needs are that are not getting met" and a Mochtar who was the mayor of the village, he looked across at the Israelis and said in a nice tone…
"Does it bother you people to be acting like Nazis?"
Then an Israeli woman jumps up and immediately says "I should have known better than to come to this meeting, that was a totally insensitive thing for you to say Mochtar!" and she starts for the door, she's about to leave.
We've hardly had two sentences and people are already worse off than when we began. So, my role there was help each connect at the need level. So I said to the Mochtar and I knew what he was reacting to, he was reacting to a law that enabled people to be put in prison for 6 months on suspicion, he was reacting to that.
I said "Mochtar, are you needing some understanding of how your need for safety isn't met with that law?" He said "That's what I'm trying to say!" Well, of course, he didn't say it exactly that way.
And then I helped the woman to hear that, and then it was a different connection than when she's hearing she's a Nazi.
And so that's what I do in those cases, I help people speak a language of life which is closer to the truth. It's what everybody needs.
And stay away from these enemy images that can easily sound like blame, criticism, attack.
Unfortunately most people aren't taught the language that I'm suggesting, so I have to loan it to them when I do mediations at that level.
Q: Considering the amount of violence in the news, what do you say to those who describe your ideas as naive or Utopian?
I see a different world than the people probably do on the television and in the news.
For example, I see the violence, I work in the places with the violence, but what they don't see are the people that I work with who have a different world view, they have a different consciousness, and these people are spreading their consciousness rapidly.
So these people are what give me the hope, and they're not hard to find in every country. For example, Father Chris Rajendram, priest in Sri-Lanka, he's doing incredible things there, using our training to get the both sides who've been at war to do reconciliation work, he has an orphanage of kids who have been orphaned by the war from both sides and he's showing these kids now how to relate to each other in a different way, so in many countries now, I'm working in about 35 countries, I see that kind of person every day in my work, so I see a different world than people see on the television.
I'm not naive, I see the suffering
I was in a refugee camp not long ago in Sierra Leone, I was working with a French physician who was accompanying me on this trip and when the director of the refugee camp heard that she was a doctor he said "Would you come with me there's this child that's not very well?" and I followed her over and she was leaning over the child and the mother and I said "Pascal, what's the matter?" she said "The baby is dying of starvation." I said "What?" She said "The mother is dying of starvation". And I turned to the refugee camp leader and I said "Why is this woman starving? Why is this child starving?" He said "Well, we lose 7 a day".
So, I've seen this, I'm not naive, I know what's going on, I've worked in Rwanda with people that have had everyone in their family killed, so I know what can happen in this world. But I'm working with people all over the world that tells me it doesn't have to be that way.
There's people who have survived all that never lost a consciousness that that isn't what our nature is
There's nothing we human beings like more than to contribute to one another's well-being.


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Appearance before the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights (JUST) on Bill C-46, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (offences relating to conveyances) and to make consequential amendments to other Acts
September 19, 2017
Ottawa, Ontario
Opening Statement by Daniel Therrien
Privacy Commissioner of Canada
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Thank you for the invitation to appear before you today on Bill C-46, Appearance before the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights (JUST) on Bill C-46, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (offences relating to conveyances) and to make consequential amendments to other Acts.
I am accompanied today by Patricia Kosseim, my Senior General Counsel.
As you may be aware, we appeared before the Public Safety and National Security Committee (SECU) on a similar Private Member's bill (C-226) a year ago.
As noted on that occasion, I would stress from the outset our Office fully grasps the severity, societal impact and clear dangers of impaired driving.
For governments and law enforcement, combatting impaired driving is clearly a compelling state objective — given the tragic impact on Canadians each year.
Prior concerns
As noted in our testimony before SECU last September on the other bill, we acknowledged the pressing nature of the state objective but also posed three questions related to the necessity and proportionality of the new provisions.
Those questions included consideration of how invasive this new power could be, how necessary it is to move away from the suspicion standard, and whether there is any concrete evidence as to how effective the proposed changes might be?
In the interim, since our last testimony and the introduction of this Bill, the government published a Charter Statement and a Legislative Backgrounder, which attempt to answer these questions.
While we might disagree on some particulars, for instance on the reasonable expectation of privacy of individuals who would be subjected to new mandatory roadside testing, on the whole we find these answers satisfactory.
For instance, these materials referenced above provide information on the limitations of the current system in Canada and how numerous other models internationally have been effective in reducing deaths due to impaired driving.
Disclosure of test results
All that said, however, there are some other substantive privacy issues we would like to raise, including the broadening of purposes for which test results and analyses of bodily samples can be shared and how this sensitive data would be handled.
Clause 15 (new Subsection 320.36(2)) permits the sharing of the results of any evaluation, physical coordination test or analysis of a bodily substance for the purpose of the administration or enforcement of a federal or provincial Act.
Currently, the use and disclosure of this type of information is restricted to specific Criminal Code, Aeronautics Act or Railway Safety Act offences, or administration or enforcement of provincial law.
As a consequence, the Bill would widen the potential uses and purposes for which such results may be put by authorities.
While road safety is clearly a compelling state objective, we do not see how the numerous other administrative objectives would justify sharing of test results.
As part of your study, we recommend that the Committee examine which specific laws are contemplated and consider restricting sharing to enforcement of statutes with sufficiently compelling state objectives that justify sharing sensitive information originally obtained without grounds. Alternatively, you could limit the sharing of information set out in Subsection 320.36(2) to only federal and/or provincial laws that relate to transportation safety.
Retention of records
We would also ask the question whether testing results are retained on individuals who are not found to be in violation of the regulatory limits.
Unrestricted retention of negative test results or false positives would represent a privacy risk if clear ground rules around their required destruction are not set in advance.
Thank you for inviting me to provide this committee with comment — and I look forward to your questions.
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