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'Motivation for our work is the health and well-being of women and families in Central Europe': ICM Board member Andrea Stiefel writes about the midwives' associations and recent advances for midwifery in 'Central Europe--an active region within ICM'.
Of 18 member associations in the region, 15 sent delegates to work on an action plan for the Triennium. Member associations from Poland, Hungary and Romania did not respond to the invitation, but we will strengthen efforts to contact and keep the associations informed. We also have to clarify whether the midwives from Israel or the Lebanon want to belong to our region. Political influences make it difficult for them to stay in the Mediterranean region together.
Country reports
Our two days were filled with ICM business and strategic development. The most interesting part were the country reports. We learned a great deal about the policy within our member associations and how to address future needs for midwives, women and families in our countries. Although we come from countries with a diversity of health care systems, we understood the common issues and we recognised the vital importance of networking. Central Europe has a tradition of strong associations and we would like to highlight a few of our activities, developments and future plans.
Austria: The President of Osterreichisches Hebammen Gremium, Renate Grossbichler-Ulrich and Maria Spernbauer, former ICM President, informed us that in 2005 Austria established education for midwives at tertiary level. Future plans include: a higher salary for midwives especially when they have a higher qualification; paid consultations during pregnancy and access to primary midwife care for pregnant women; negotiating a new contract with health insurers.
Belgium: Serena Debonnet reported that midwives in Belgium have been very active since they celebrated the 10th anniversary of Vlaamse Organisatie van Vroedvrouwen in 2004. Special groups work on issues such as: basic and ongoing midwifery education; independent midwifery; scientific research; childbirth education; profile of midwifery in society; and the midwifery magazine. Each group has a coordinator, who is also a member of the Board. As well as many achievements, the Belgium midwives have numerous items on their agenda for the future, including: prescription rights for midwives; midwifery competencies; bachelor's and master's degrees in education; and strengthening co-operation with other professional groups and consumer groups.
Bosnia-Herzegovina: We welcomed our colleague Adisa Hotic for the first time since the Association of Midwives of Bosnia Herzegovinia joined ICM. Adisa and her colleagues have organised training programmes and workshops for 140 midwives and nurses on 'Supportive care in pregnancy and childbirth'; some also qualified as a trainers. They aim to get accreditation for the programme by the Ministry of Health. Adisa has also organised a round table conference to promote breastfeeding. Among future plans are: basic and ongoing education workshops for 2006; presentation of the programme in public together with representatives from the Ministry of Health; strengthening the midwifery association; and a national conference with international speakers from Europe.
A particular aim is to strengthen the FENIX-Centre for the numerous women and families who still suffer from war trauma: this is a place where people listen to them and their needs. Adisa and her friends offer services such as social support, food supply, a club for mothers, a children's play group and the FENIX gardening project.
Croatia: Barbara Finderle, Vice President, informed us that the Croatian Association of Midwives is facing a hard time because of lack of money and many midwives leaving the association. Some were forced by their employers to join the Chamber of Nursing and could not afford membership of two associations. Despite these problems, the Croatian midwives held a symposium in April and have plans for the future: an event called 'Your midwife is remembered all your life' will be organised in co-operation with the Association of Parents to inform the public and media about the importance of midwifery; and in October, during the Croatian Perinatal Days, there will be a workshop about alternative birthing methods. They also aim to improve their midwifery journal.
Czech Republic: Zuzana Stromerova wrote in her report that the former Czech Association of Midwives is reorganised, has a new name--the Czech Confederation of Midwives (CKPA)--and a new president, Vera Vranova. Stabilisation of the Confederation, politically and financially, is the first aim, as well as gaining recognition of an autonomous midwifery profession, with midwives working in primary care. The European Perinatal Conference is to be held May 24-27 in Prague with a programme for midwives; Czech midwives look forward to meeting colleagues from all over the world.
Germany: A new President of BDH, Helga Albrecht, was introduced, together with new delegate Ute Lange. Susanne Ratz described concerns about the education of midwives. Expert groups are working on plans for tertiary level midwifery education, but the progress is slow, due to lack of money and minimal support from the government. Despite this, BDH is trying to implement a quality management system for midwifery schools. A pilot project with seven schools will start soon under supervision of either a university or a professional advisory group. On May 5, International Day of the Midwife, BDH will launch an expert hearing and will present a blueprint of the situation of midwifery in Germany, called 'Geburtshilfe neu denken'. This will be a milestone towards professionalism.
Gisela Carreras of BfHD (Association of Independent Midwives of Germany) also introduced a new President, Susanne Schafer. In 2005 BfHD organised a very successful two-day conference called 'Homebirth Days'. BfHD also supports the report about midwifery in Germany. A prenatal care conference in Frankfurt is among future plans, as is work on a liability insurance contract for out-of-hospital birth.
Ireland." Rhona O'Connell from the Midwives Association of Ireland sent apologies, but Deirdre Daly and Mary Higgins (Midwives Section, Irish Nurses Organisation) announced with great pleasure that direct entry midwifery education will commence in the Republic of Ireland in 2006. There will be a four-year honours degree in midwifery offered at five universities. Deirdre was elected President of the European Midwifery Association (EMA) in October 2005 and this will intensify the contacts between EMA and ICM. Despite repeated lobbying, the legislation governing midwifery practice has not changed. The Irish midwives will continue with their efforts to get legislation which recognises the separate and distinct nature of the midwifery profession.
The Netherlands: Greta Rijninks-van Driel, newly elected Vice President of the Royal Dutch Organisation of Midwives (KNOV) and Marian van Huis, former President, highlighted the emphasis on a market system and competition within the Dutch health service. Continuing activities are: empowering midwifery by strengthening the role as primary care gate-keeper and co-operation with other health professionals; quality management; and quality systems for midwifery practices. They also discussed broadening of midwives' role to include prenatal screening, external cephalic version and preconceptional consultations. Topics related to professional development are installation of a quality register; co-operation to improve perinatal registration of obstetrical data; and a new MSc in midwifery.
Slovenia: Anita Prelec, Vice President of the Nurse and Midwifery Association of Slovenia, Section of Midwives also told of a very active year in 2005. In October midwives implemented an important document with new competencies for midwives, in accordance with changes in midwifery education, based on EU directives. The midwifery section established a website in October 2005 (www.sekcija-babic.si) and organised the ICM Young Midwifery Leaders Workshop in March 2006 combined with the National Conference. For the future the work is currently focused on gaining competencies for midwives in antenatal and postnatal care.
Switzerland: Jocelyne Bonnet from Francophone Switzerland could not attend, but Zuzka Hofstetter reported from the Swiss Federation of Midwives who are busy with many projects. From 2008 two universities at Bern and Winterthur will offer tertiary level programmes in midwifery education. By 2012 all new midwives will have a higher education degree. A media campaign by Swiss midwives has raised public awareness concerning the increase of Caesarean section rates. In 2005 Switzerland started a data collection from all independent working midwives. SHV also published a position statement concerning doulas, as they believe that in Switzerland the work of a doula is not meeting the needs of childbearing women. Midwives are working for government acceptance of birth centres, prescription rights and payment for complementary therapy.
United Kingdom: Four UK organisations participated. The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) was represented by Karlene Davis, Frances Day-Stirk, Maggie Elliott and Ruth Clark. They focused on the three issues identified in Brisbane--normality of birth, recruitment and retention, and education of midwives. Health ministers have been lobbied on recruitment and retention of midwives, with a student hardship campaign to achieve a bursary for students in order to stem the attrition rate. RCM organised a 'midwifery week' May 1-7, around the IDM, to raise the profile of midwifery. Activities for the week included a joint conference with RCN, Voluntary Service Overseas and Medecins Sans Frontieres.
From the Association of Radical Midwives (ARM), Pam Dorling informed us that ARM has contributed to a wide range of consultations and is active on bodies including the Maternity Care Working Party, Breastfeeding Law Group and EMA. One project was thought by all of us to be a brilliant idea! ARM has a festival tent and travels to festivals like Glastonbury and The Big Chill to offer a space for women to relax or get a massage. This is a very communicative way to get in contact with women and promote midwifery.
The Association of Supervisors of Midwives (ASM) was represented by Sandra Arthur, President. Sandra told us that currently membership is declining, which may become a problem. ASM is involved in many activities, especially work with the Nursing and Midwifery Council and has been invited to join the preparations for the ICM Glasgow Congress 2008. In April the Annual General Meeting was held and the annual journal was published in February 2006.
The report from the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) Midwifery Society was given by Carolyn Basak, Midwifery and Women's Health Adviser, and Donna Kirwan, who focused on activities of: stopping violence against women; helping vulnerable women; and promotion of diversity awareness in midwifery. The RCN Midwifery Society published an excellent paper in April about female genital mutilation to bring this to the attention of the public and health care professionals.In September 2005 the RCN Midwifery Society joined the Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health, the new global health partnership.
I would like to thank the midwives from our region for their active participation, enthusiasm and warm atmosphere at our meeting. Motivation for our work is the health and wellbeing of women, children and families in Central Europe and worldwide. In the long term we will continue until every woman in childbirth has access to a midwife.


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I have found that at the beginning when I started my job. I was on time, punctual, never missed any days. As time went by I found that I was missing days some were legitimate, some were semi legitimate where I really didn't have to but decided I would, and others because I didn't feel like it.
I developed an attitude like it was ok, or like I was getting away with something, when in fact I was just harming myself.
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Does this happen to others, and what are the ways to avoid falling into such traps, sometimes I think that is my underlying personality, but I don't know.
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Sent to the end of the world, a largely submerged New York City, where he is shockedshocked!to discover the reification of human relations that mechas represent, little David dives from the top of Radio City deep into the dream dump. For an unforgettable moment, I thought that Spielberg would really leave us with a bizarre, albeit truly despairing, image of eternity: Pinocchio frozen forever in a world where Jiminy Cricket is mute and Disney dead. Not to worry. The shamelessly milked miracle arrives 2000 (and one?) years later, replete with thunderous wonder, appropriate white light, and a symbiotic reunion so obliterating in its solipsism it could split your skull.
A.I. is a curiously divided work. As in a Kubrick movie, the humans are universally shown as vain, treacherous, selfish, jealous, and, above all, cruel. But Spielberg understands that, no less than robots, we have feelings too. There won't be a dry eye in the theater when, having been treated to his first-ever birthday cake, ageless David finally goes to "that place where dreams are born." Some eyes, however, may be be wet with tears of mirth.
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As cliché-rich as it is compelling, Raoul Peck's passionate biopic of the African liberation martyr Patrice Lumumba is a movie of jungle mist and elegiac bugles. The spirit of Oliver Stone hovers over the proceedings, which begin at the end, with its doomed protagonist in the hands of his enemies.
Although a martyr of the old Communist world (Hungary's film studios were located on the boulevard called Lumumba utca) and a black nationalist namesake, the Congo's first (and last) democratically elected national leader is now barely remembered here. Peck provides a hectic tour through the waxworks: Lumumba mixing it up with future secessionist Moise Tshombe, meeting the young eventual tyrant Joseph Mobuto, participating in the independence tumult of 1959, being beaten by Belgian thugs in jail. The movie never gives a clear sense of the hero's origins or background. (In the American press of 1960 the Congo's leader was dismissively identified as a 35-year-old former postal clerkwhich, to this child of a career city worker, actually seemed like excellent credentials to head a nation.)
Eriq Ebouaney has an uncanny resemblance to the tall, dapper, charismatic Lumumba. Not exactly a get-along guy, although he does try to keep up his alliance with the more phlegmatic Joseph Kasavubu, fiery Lumumba is cast by Peck as an idealist among gangsters. (Lumumba's third-worldist rhetoric and insistence on economic independence made him the African equivalent of Fidel Castroand thus, from the U.S. point of view, a marked man.) The movie rightly emphasizes his angry rejoinder to King Baudouin's patronizing speech at the Congo's independence ceremony in June 1960. To fully appreciate its significance, though, it helps to know something of the Nazi-like savagery with which Belgians administered their prize colony.
Somewhat hampered by its protagonist's intermittent (posthumous) first-person voice-over, the movie hits its stilted stride dashing through the succession of crises that marked Lumumba's few months as prime minister. Peck orchestrates a series of chaotic scenes. The army revolts against its white officers and its black political leaders as Belgian tycoons conspire and foreign intervention provokes civil war. There are riots, racial massacres, and atrocities against civilians. The movie clocks in at just under two hours, but given the material, it could easily have been twice as long.
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Russell Martin didn't have a season like Rod Barajas had in 2012, but he wasn't exactly elite. The catcher hit for a .211 average and a .713 OPS, which was almost 90 points higher than Barajas. Those numbers don't look like an elite catcher, but that doesn't mean Martin won't be a highly sought after target on the free agent market. In perhaps the biggest sign of how weak the catching market is, Jon Heyman explains how Martin is the top free agent on the catching market. Heyman notes that Mike Napoli is seen as more of a hybrid player who will spend time as the DH and at first base. He also points out that after the options for Brian McCann and Carlos Ruiz were picked up, the market looks thin. Martin and AJ Pierzynski are the top names on the free agent market, although Heyman notes that the White Sox could bring Pierzynski back. He also notes that the Yankees have good depth at the position, but could bring Martin back to be their starter. If not, he mentions the Pirates, Mariners, and Rangers as teams who are in need of a catcher and could spend. After Martin, the list of catching options isn't that appealing. David Ross seems to be the next best name, even though he's strictly a backup. Ross had 196 plate appearances last year and played in 62 games. Both were his highest marks since 2007. After Ross there's guys like Miguel Olivo, Yorvit Torrealba, Kelly Shoppach, Gerald Laird, and Barajas. None of those guys are prime candidates to be starters. Martin made $7.5 M last year with the Yankees. Considering the lack of talent on the market this year, he could be looking at something similar for 2013. If the Yankees want him back, they'll probably get him, which means the already thin market would only get worse.
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London Enriched: The research behind the report
Ben Gidley is a senior researcher at the Centre on Migration, Policy and Society (COMPAS). He is primarily working on projects around integration and cohesion. His research interests include the impact of new forms of diversity on local contexts in the UK; both new and old forms of intolerance and conviviality; and the politics of migrant citizenship and belonging, both today and historically.
As reported by MRN, the Greater London Authority (GLA) has this month published the Year 2 Implementation Plan for London Enriched, the Mayor's refugee and migrant integration strategy. In Year 1, London Enriched focused on refugee integration. The Centre on Migration, Policy and Society (COMPAS) at Oxford University wrote the evidence base that informed the development of the Year 2 plan. At the end of our report, there was a "framework of interventions", setting out some of the areas of possible action suggested by the evidence. Some of these areas have helped shape the GLA's priorities for the coming year. There are eight major themes in the implementation plan, with a number of priorities and objectives set out under each. In this post, we will not look at all of these, but instead focus on a few areas which we think are particularly important.
English for speakers of other languages (ESOL)
The Mayor's first core objective continues to be ESOL, and ensuring access to appropriate tuition for those who need it. The Mayor has long emphasised the importance of English for the full participation of migrants, and this is something both supported by many politicians and by the academic literature. The evidence is clear on the centrality of language to the possibility of integration in all spheres – but not on what sort of provision works best or represents good value for money. One element that stands out from research is the importance of access to classes in places and at times migrants can attend, particularly for those groups of migrants identified in the literature as most in need of provision: the overlapping categories of women, carers, low-paid workers and part-time workers, as well as pre-entry learners. Despite national policy insistence on migrants' duty to learn English, there is an enormous shortfall of places, especially in the capital and contracting opportunities for migrants to access tuition.
Thus our report concluded that there is an urgency to the requirement for a better understanding of the supply and demand of ESOL in London – and, following from this, negotiating for appropriate resources to meet the capital's need, from employers as well as from central government. The implementation plan recognises this, in setting out to continue advocating for ESOL as a priority for skills investment in London, in order to develop a "diverse ESOL offer... at the level, times and locations that meet the needs of refugees, women, pre-entry learners and low paid workers".
The Mayor's theme around employment includes some very important related actions. First, there is the promotion of the London Living Wage. This is a commitment that Boris Johnson signed up to when campaigning for election as Mayor, and part of the London Citizens' charter, along with the regularisation or earned amnesty of undocumented workers. London's migrant population is highly polarised, with a dependency on migrant labour at both the top and bottom of the scale. At the bottom of the economy, migrants, regular and irregular, are concentrated in vulnerable employment and at risk from poor employment practices. Regularisation and the Living Wage together provide a mechanism to reduce this sort of precariousness and exploitation, to reduce destitution, and according to some analysts reduce the slight negative impact of migrant labour on low-skilled non-migrant wages and employment.
However, London Enriched goes further too, in also advocating for stronger standards, information and enforcement, including the extension of regulation in some of the sectors where the evidence shows that migrant labour is concentrated, such as construction and hospitality. Such sectors, crucial in London's economy, have high levels of agency sub-contracting and are currently outside schemes such as the Gangmasters Licensing Authority. The plan includes an impact assessment and consultation around extending regulation in these sectors. For those concerned with migrants' rights in London, this is clearly one to watch.
Even where there is not poor employment practice or below Living wage pay, migrants face barriers in the workplace. Our evidence base noted the need for employment support targeted at the actual needs of migrants: personalised, holistic and developmental, with an emphasis on sustainable employment rather than simply numbers into jobs; the evidence suggests that employment retention and underemployment may be as important issues for migrants as actual employment rates. Hence targeted employment support, focusing on improving quality of provision and monitoring actual outcomes for migrants, is another significant element in the implementation of the Mayor's action strategy.
Community development, cohesion and communication
The Mayor's definition of integration closely follows that set out in many European policy debates – e.g. in the definition set out in the Eurocities charter on integration launched at City Hall in London last year – and in the European academic literature. This definition understands integration as occurring in a series of different spheres – the labour market, social life, political life and so on – underpinned by the legal foundations for migrants' and citizens' rights and responsibilities. It also understands integration as a dynamic, two-way process, rather than in terms of the ideal of an ultimate "integrated society" or in terms of a migrant's duty to integrate.
In the academic literature, civic participation is one of the key spheres of integration. Correspondingly, community development is one of the Mayor's key themes in the plan. In our evidence base, we set out the evidence for the importance both of a thriving migrant and refugee community organisation (MRCO) sector and of migrants being able to engage in wider civil society. The government's Big Society agenda includes both opportunities and threats for the sector, and in the period of fiscal austerity MRCOs will be experiencing the cutting edge of the contradiction between an increased role for civil society and decreased resources available to support it. Both of these dimensions are recognised in the Mayor's plan, which includes a commitment to work with a range of partners to ensure MRCO access to funding.
Migrants' civic participation is of course related to attitudes in the receiving society, and both of these are involved in community cohesion, another of the Mayor's priority areas. In reviewing the evidence on cohesion, we suggested that the challenge is very different in what have been called the "new contact zones" where migration's demographic diversity is being experienced for the first time. Our demographic review showed huge variations in London's demographic landscape, with many parts of the outer city seeing fairly low numbers of migrants, but larger changes in the proportion of the population who are migrants. Consequently, the Mayor's strategy highlights "community cohesion in outer London boroughs (or 'new contact zones')" and the need to identify and promote models for working in such areas.
Communication – the messages London's leaders articulate about migrants and integration – is central to this, including taking concerns seriously while developing a positive narrative. Hence "messaging" – "a coherent and consistent message on migration in London" – is one of the final commitments in the Implementation Plan.
Arguably, the objectives set out in London Enriched – the strong commitment to regularisation and a living wage, advocating for investment in ESOL and in MCROs, and making the London case about the threats of caps on particular categories of migrants – are both practical tasks, but also send out a clear message about the importance of migrants to London. Depite the external factors constraining the GLA's priorities, in particular the tightening of resources and the national policy landscape, the plan is strongly based on the evidence we provided, and reflects the key issues facing migrants in the capital.
Thank you to Jacky Moran for sending me this link. My overwhelming response to this is that the experience of refugees and of staff in refugee supporting agencies during 2010 and 2011 has been of dismay at the wholesale deconstruction of the sector. Well managed and on-target programmes that were assisting refugees into employment. Refugees into Jobs, the Home Office RIES programme (in the Autumn), Camden CITE , all LDA programmes and probably soon the NHS and TDA teaching programmes. Policies or no policies, the reality is that services to this group of highly vulnerable people have been massively cut and refugees are left high and dry with access to few advisers that understand how to address the multiple issues that they face: housing, emotional and physical health, ESOL, education and training - and of course employment. Transitions is run on a shoestring (www.transitions-london.co.uk) and is an attempt at a social enterprise model that may survive the ignorance of officials who can cut such important services. In a civilised society that respects the rule of law (refugees are not law breakers) refugees should expect at least a qualified, specialist adviser who is put there to support them into meaningful employment and into joining civil society as equals. Sheila Heard [email protected]
I couldn't agree more with Sheila Heard's comments, having also been a career and employment adviser for this sector and witness the reduction of very innovative services to provide real employment opportunities for this sector. Refugee services have always been at risk to cuts, now they are invisible or non existent. If the present coalition government priority is integration and fairness then they should not only talk the talk but also walk-it ...
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Former world champ Jaro to fight in Ambunda-Kameda undercard
FORMER WBC flyweight world champion Sonny Boy Jaro will fight Gerpaul Valero of the Flores Boxing Gym of Mandaue City on the undercard of the WBO world bantamweight title bout between champion Paulus Ambunda of Namibia and Japanese challenger Tomoki Kameda on Aug. 1 at the Waterfront Cebu City Hotel and Casino.
The 30 year-old Jaro (34W-12L-5D, 24 KOs) made one of the biggest upsets in boxing last year when he stopped WBC flyweight champion Pongsaklek Wonjongkam of Thailand in the 6th round in Chonburi, Thailand. But he lost his world crown in his first defense by split decision to Toshiyuki Igarashi in Saitama, Japan. He also lost his last fight to Hiroyuki Hisataka, also in Japan, by unanimous decision last April. Jaro fights out of the Jaro Boxing Gym of Binangonan, Rizal.
The 22 year-old Valero (14W-14L, 10 KOs) ruled the super flyweight category of the 2011 GMA boxing reality show and tournament 'Buhay Boksingero.'
Before joining that boxing show, he had a losing record and was on the verge of quitting the fight game. But he was retooled by trainer Brix Flores and subsequently scored 12 straight wins. Valero's unlikely winning run climaxed last year when he knocked out Marjun Macahilig of the ALA Gym in one round in Balamban, Cebu. His streak was stopped last January by another ALA boxer, Gerson Mancio, who beat Valero by unanimous decision at the Gaisano Country Mall. Valero bounced back last March by stopping Amero Ricablanca in four rounds in Liloan, Cebu.
This fight card will also feature Marlon 'The Nightmare' Tapales (22W-3L, 9 KOs) of Lanao del Norte against Mexican Edgar 'Chololo' Martinez (15W-7L, 9 KOs).
Ambunda (20-0, 10 KOs) vs. Kameda (27-0, 18 KOs) dubbed 'Battle of the Undefeated' is presented by Kameda Promotions, RWS Promotions and GMA TV. /Correspondent Rene Bonsubre Jr
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NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) - Fighting back tears and struggling to catch his breath, the father of a 6-year-old gunned down in the school shooting in Connecticut told the world Saturday about a little girl who loved to draw and was always smiling, and he also reserved surprising words of sympathy for the gunman.
Robbie Parker's daughter Emilie was among the 20 children who died Friday in the one of the worst attacks on schoolchildren in U.S. history. He was one of the first parents to speak publicly about their loss.
"She was beautiful. She was blond. She was always smiling," he said.
Parker spoke to reporters not long after police released the names and ages of the victims, a simple document that told a horrifying story of loss.
He expressed no animosity, said he was not mad and offered sympathy for family of the man who killed 26 people and himself.
To the man's family, he said, "I can't imagine how hard this experience must be for you."
He said he struggled to explain the death to Emilie's two siblings, 3 and 4.
"They seem to get the fact that they have somebody they're going to miss very much," he said.
Parker said his daughter loved to try new things _ except for new food. And she was quick to cheer up those in need.
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The world is a better place because Emilie was in it, he said.
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With the ban on iron ore mining in the State pushing the bank deposits to an unprecedented negative growth of 11 per cent during the year 2012-13 and the non performing assets(NPAs) in the mining-related sectors too rising steadily, bankers in Goa see robust growth in agricultural lending in 2012-13 as the only silver lining for the otherwise dark clouds hovering over the banking horizon.
The agricultural lending of Goan banks has gone up to Rs.556.99 crore in 2012-13, a significant 145 per cent above State's annual credit plan(ACP) target of Rs.384.08 crore and as against Rs.369.89 crores of ACP achievement in 2011-12.
The figures released at the quarterly State Level bankers' Committee(SLBC) meeting held here on Friday under the lead bank State Bank of India(SBI) has brought out the contours of huge impact of the current mining banon the overall economy of the State where banks could not have been expected to be immune to.
To add to their woes of rising NPAs amounting to approximately Rs.400 crore from nearly Rs.1400 crore exposure totrucks, barges, mining machinery and other mining related small businesses andactivities, the banks showed poor achievement of 24 per cent(Rs.109crores out of Rs.464 crores projected) in non-farm sector disbursements in 2012-13. Disbursements under Other Priority Sector too was abysmally low at Rs.1314 crores, a 67 per cent achievement of annual target of Rs.1951 crore.
The overall achievement under ACP for the State was Rs.1980 crore against annual target of Rs.2800 crore, 70 per cent as against 108 per cent achievement in the immediate previous year.
Understandably, while at the SLBC meeting while the State Chief Secretary B. Vijayan tried to push for restructuring of advances to the various stakeholders of mining like transporters and barge industry, etc., the Reserve Bank of India(RBI) representatives continued to be non-committal. Regional Director, RBI, Mumbai J. B. Bhoria was present for the meeting along with Ms. Anshula Kant,SBI's General Manager, Regional Head Office,Mumbai.
All eyes are now set on the next hearing of the Goa mining case in Supreme Court on July 7, sources in the SBI said on Tuesday.
On the agricultural front, the high rate of credit-absorption was not very surprising.State government, in recent times has been giving a major boost to farming in the hope of providing an alternative to the mining affected people. Reports coming from traditional mining areas also indicate that the agricultural land, water resources, etc.,which were hitherto devastated by mining activities have shown signs of revival thanks to closure ofmindless mining.State government's impetus on agriculture and allied activities like dairy have shown good results with Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar declaring in the recent budget session of the State Assembly that milk production in the State has shown over 20 per cent increase owing to improved and effective implementation of its "Kamdhenu" scheme meant to procure quality milch animals to farmers. Bankers on their part have been liberal in lending through schemes like joint liability groups to overcome the fragmented land holding problem faced by the State.
A massive dip in the deposits during the financial year 2012-13 is nevertheless a cause of concern, bankers here admit.
While deposits for the first time showed a decrease of Rs.4933 crore during the previous financial year by 11 per cent, advances increased marginally by Rs.672 crores(5.7 percent) as against the projected growth of 14 per cent in deposits and 36 per cent in advances.
Goa, traditionally a high deposit State with high levels of NRI deposits too. In the absence of good credit absorption opportunities on one hand and high growth of deposits on the other, State's Credit Deposit(C:D) ratio has perennially been a cause of concern for the bankers. While stagnationof CD ratio around 32-34 per cent for years has attracted flak from the State government to the bankers about poor deployment of funds in the State, the figures released at theSLBC meetingshowed a marginal spurt in C:D ratio, by default. A negative growth in deposits coupled with a marginalincrease in the lending last year has pushed the C:D ratio for the year 2012-13 to 31 per cent from 27 per cent in 2011-12.
According to SLBC figures, deposits of banks in Goaas on March 31, 2013, were Rs.39,661.43 crore as against Rs.44,594.84 crore in the previous year.
A senior official of the SBI associated with lead bank affairs admitted that the stoppage of mining in October last year has affected Goan economy and hence, fund inflow to banks is drying up as people particularly in many mining taluks of the State have lost incomes,and are often compelled to live on their savings.
The bankers also admit to decline in bulk deposits from entities like mining companies, Mormugao Port Trust (MPT), Goa's major port which till recently prided itself as country's leading iron ore exporting port.The port is struggling to diversify its cargo as the revival of mining activity and consequent exports is entirely uncertain.
Sectors dependent on mining such as the transporters, small commercial establishments and mining employees are an affected lot. State government has recently begun implementing relief package for the mining-affected people. Goa has also urged the Centre to give a special package to tide over its mining crisis. Direct loss of Rs.1200 crore per annum from iron ore royalty for the tiny State is too much of a dent to its finances, not to speak of other indirect revenue losses and overall adverse impact on its economic growth and employment situation.
The mining activity in Goa was stopped by an interim order of the Supreme Court over illegalities in miningon October 5 after a local environmental group approached the apex court demanding action on illegalities pointed out in the inquiry report submitted to the Centre by Justice(retd) M. B. Shah Commission of Inquiry.(eom)
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I have lived in the Tampa Bay Area for 34 years.
A long time ago I used to ride a motorcycle and for sport in the summer I rode East until I started to get wet. Then the sport was to turn and try to stay dry. Lots of fun.
Generally in the summer one can watch the storms build in the East and traverse westward. Some days they travel faster than others, but not that much. This is in the "normal" pattern days. We have not had them yet this year, by the way. And in the past 5-10 years the "normal" is not as regular nor as consistent. To this I attribute humans and concrete.
If you don't want to just practice then the i-phone idea or a laptop with a wireless card could keep you with up to date (15 min.) radar.
NWS radar image loop of Composite Reflectivity from Tampa Bay Area, FL
This way you can be sure of bearing and speed at all times.
There is, of course, the chance of a small one "popping up", but if you keep alert you can see this happening.
I used to sail an 18' Westerly Nimrod (trailer sailer) in the upper bay, Ft. Desoto or Tarpon Springs area. Day sails would be going out earlier and as the storms were observed the afternoons would be spent closer to the ramp. On overnights we either got hit or did not.
We did sail less in the summer though because of the heat and lack of wind in the day and the storms in the afternoon.
I don't know where your mooring is. This has a lot to do with it as within the bay area itself there are differences in the patterns. (patterns within patterns??)
You might figure some of them out by just sitting on the boat in the mooring and watching a few "normal" afternoons to see what it looks like.
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Scoopy, thanks for the update and your voyages this past summer sound great. There are quite a few YouTube's of sailing on Lake Michigan so I have a pretty good vision of life on the Lake. I just recently read about St. James Harbor and Beaver Island. I'm happy to hear about your new headsail. Magic could really use a new set of sails. The mainsail is very stretched out. I have read that the shape would cause a significant amount of weather helm. And we certainly have that on Magic. Our budget says we are going to make do for now. Mark and I did get the fuel filter inserts replaced and the additional filter in place. We now have 30, 10 and 2 micron filtering. Our Perkins fired up and we motored over to the pump out and out on the Lake for awhile. Our sailing season is just starting. This weekend is predicted to be 10 to 15 with gusts to 20 each day and Lake Lanier is above full pool, the first time since early 2005. And it is a strange time of year to be at full pool. Mama has wanted for a year or two a dinghy to motor about the marina. Mark and I tried resurrecting an old Zodiac. That was a disaster. Regluing the seams! It held air nicely but we could never get all the leaks in the floor seams glued. We moved on to looking for a Boston Whaler. We found an 11'4" model in Frankfort, KY and drove up and back in one day to bring it back. Although it is a 1977, it is in good shape. It has a 25 horsepower Evinrude that runs well and we can really scoot about. The Whaler is very stable getting in and out off the dock. I'll post some pictures this week. Creekmore John
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mission of the day : Mannheim
Lt Alberts crew (14 missions between 29 dec 44 and 2 march 45) lost on Dresden aboard 43-39058, on 2 march 45, all returned macr 12847
crewmen : 1Lt Aiken (pilot) 2Lt Henford Jr (copilot) 2Lt Osborne (navigator) 2Lt Benton (bombardier) S/Sgt Barrow (radio) S/Sgt Peterson (engineer) Sgt Baal (ball turret…
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20 january 1944 : "Hell's Angels" 41-24577, returns to United States twelve men aboard for the trip home
Lt Bingham crew 32 missions between 11 jan and 19 june 44 (20 aboard "Hell's Angel out of Chute 13" source 401bg.org website
12 july 1944 (mission to Munich) Lt Hill crash landed "Mollita" (#2 engine out, tanks on empty) crew safe
22 dec 43 : mission to Osnabruck, 42-37835 (SC-J "Channel Express") was unable to land due to loss of controls and the crew bailed out over the base. The plane crashed near the…
2Lt Neill crew (401st BG 615th BS) 13 missions (between 2 june and 7 july 1944) lost on Leipzig aboard 42-37981 "Belle of the Barbary Coast" source 401bg.org website
Capt W.R. Smith crew (401st BG 614th BS) 28 missions between 24 dec 43 and 4 june 44 source 401bg.org website
could be Capt Kirkuff crew (614th BS)
extract from 448th Sub Depot (381st BG) December 1943 : "One of the Engineering's steadiest customers, 42-29923 (532nd VE-K LUCKY STRIKE) - came for repairs four times during…
17 oct 1943 : Lt Sellars and the surviving crew stand by "Tinkertoy" (42-5846 MS-X). Despite the damage, neither man in the nose compartment was wounded. Lt Sellars later (18…
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I'm working on a video game objects set and I was wondering if it would be okay to include more objects in the same EPS file. Saving each object as a separate file when there's tens of them would only annoy the end users (and reviewer) in my opinion.
I looked around a bit (maybe not enough, so I apologize if that's the case), but I didn't find any information regarding this.
Thanks in advance for the help!
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I have a custom kernel and am trying to install latest nVidia drivers (6111) using the automatic installer. I've read the manual and the advanced options and the installer is still having trouble finding the kernel sources, despite what the advanced options state....
--kernel-source-path=[KERNEL SOURCE PATH]
The directory containing the kernel source files that should be
used when compiling the NVIDIA kernel module. When not
specified, the installer will use '/lib/modules/`uname
-r`/build', if that directory exists. Otherwise, it will use
So the options I'm using to run the installer are....
sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-6111-pkg1.run --kernel-source-path=/usr/src/linux-2.4.26/ -a
(I've also tried --kernel-source-path=/usr/src/linux/ with the same result, but then thats not surprsing given...
$ ls -l /usr/src/
total 2
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 12 Jul 13 20:02 linux -> linux-2.4.26/
drwxr-xr-x 15 573 573 608 Aug 9 16:24 linux-2.4.26/
(There sources do actually exists, its not just an empty folder ;-))
and as a result I end up with the following in /var/log/nvidia-installer.log
nvidia-installer log file '/var/log/nvidia-installer.log'
creation time: Tue Aug 24 18:47:02 2004
option status:
license pre-accepted : true
update : false
force update : false
expert : false
uninstall : false
driver info : false
no precompiled interface: false
no ncurses color : false
query latest driver ver : false
OpenGL header files : false
no questions : false
silent : false
X install prefix : /usr/X11R6
OpenGL install prefix : /usr
Installer install prefix: /usr
kernel source path : /usr/src/linux-2.4.26/
kernel install path : (not specified)
proc mount point : /proc
ui : (not specified)
tmpdir : /tmp
ftp site : ftp://download.nvidia.com
Using: nvidia-installer ncurses user interface
-> License accepted by command line option.
-> No precompiled kernel interface was found to match your kernel; would you li
ke the installer to attempt to download a kernel interface for your kernel f
rom the NVIDIA ftp site (ftp://download.nvidia.com)? (Answer: Yes)
-> No matching precompiled kernel interface was found on the NVIDIA ftp site;
this means that the installer will need to compile a kernel interface for
your kernel.
-> Using the kernel source path '/usr/src/linux-2.4.26/' as specified by the
'--kernel-source-path' commandline option.
-> Kernel source path: '/usr/src/linux-2.4.26/'
-> Performing cc_version_check with CC="cc".
ERROR: If you are using a Linux 2.4 kernel, please make sure
you either have configured kernel sources matching your
kernel or the correct set of kernel headers installed
on your system.
If you are using a Linux 2.6 kernel, please make sure
you have configured kernel sources matching your kernel
installed on your system. If you specified a separate
output directory using either the "KBUILD_OUTPUT" or
the "O" KBUILD parameter, make sure to specify this
directory with the SYSOUT environment variable or with
the appropriate nvidia-installer command line option.
Output of uname -r is 2.4.26 so I'm using the correct sources. If its of any relevance I'm using a recenlty updated slackware 10 (used swaret to upgrade from 9.1).
One thought was that it may be a different versions of gcc currently installed than that which was used to compile the kernel, but I can't remember what date I did the upgrade (before or after recompiling the kernel).
Any suggestions or advice would be greatly appreciated.
P.S. - Beyond take the casing off is there anyway of determining what card I have (I lost the details of what I bought ages ago)
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can anyone suggest courses of action I might take, I'm pretty sure I've followed the instructions with the t's crossed and i's dotted and am at a loss.
Re: problems with custom kernel
Try sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-1.0-6111-pkg2.run -K
after booting with the custom kernel. Worked for me but I can't explain why.
Re: problems with custom kernel
Hmm, can't think why that might make a difference, whilst I do have several different kernels installed (still ironing out alsa/2.6 problems, but thats not relevant to here), I'm trying to get it working with just one kernel.
The -K option.....
-K, --kernel-module-only
Install a kernel module only, and don't uninstall the exisiting
drive. This is intended to be used to install kernel modules
for additional kernels (in cases where you might boot between
several different kernels). To use this option you must
already have a driver installed, and the version of the
installed drive must match the version of this kernel module.
I'll give it a go, but I'm not holding out much hope.
Thanks for the suggestion though and I shall post with the results when I get home this evening.
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