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One final question for today. We were warned that the world would almost certainly end if UK environment minister, Michael Meacher, did not attend the summit. (Oxfam described him as the David Beckham of the British governmental team.)
So what difference did Mr Meacher make once he made it to Joburg?
David Steven |
September 3, 2002
Northern Ireland First Minister, David Trimble gave a sparsely attended press conference today where, speaking from experience, he told journalists that "sustainable development requires a political solution and a local solution."
Mr Trimble took the opportunity to attack Robert Mugabe and the "ghastly mess" he has made of Zimbabwe. He also stressed "development" over "sustainable development," and warned against romantic views of "peasant agriculture." Developing countries needed to get people into the cities and the formal economy, he said.
David Steven |
The UK appears to be mounting a concerted media strategy today to portray the summit as a success, with an official describing the glass as "80 percent full" and Margaret Beckett, UK environment minister, telling the media that the "remarkable" outcome was better than she had though possible over the weekend.
Journalists did not seem to be impressed, with one referring to an agreement most countries would just throw in the bin, and another telling Daily Summit off the record that he knew the summit was going to be a disaster before he arrived, with the events of the past week serving to confirm this impression.
The UK has provided a detailed brief on what they think has been achieved and what gaps remain. Daily Summit will try and get hold of an electronic copy so that readers can judge for themselves...
David Steven |
According to Geoffrey Lean, Tony Blair's speech yesterday underlined the weakness of the summit. Writing in the "Summit Star", the Independent journalist says the British Prime Minister made the mistake of trying to "cover the whole gamut of issues in bland banalities."
David Steven |
September 2, 2002
Tony Blair and Jacques Chirac made a total hash of their joint press conference which finished a few minutes ago.
They kept the media waiting for half an hour, while the room was rewired so that they could speak while standing up (probably a hundred press conferences have been conducted with the great and the good sitting down).
An official was then heckled when he announced that the leaders would not be speaking about the summit, but only about an Franco-Anglo initiative to encourage private financing of development.
After the leaders had finished speaking, further chaos ensued. It transpired that the microphone used to ask questions was no longer working. Mr Blair gamely tried to hear what reporters were shouting, but the translators in their booths were silenced, to President Chirac's growing frustration.
Suddenly the leaders were whisked off and had managed to get up two flights of escalators before the British press pack, led by a surprisingly agile Geoffrey Lean, made it out of the room.
The whole thing, Daily Summit thinks, was stage-managed to death
David Steven |
The British delegation has just completed its daily press briefing. Negotiations were described as protracted, tough and detailed - but the UK seems confident that a result will be achieved sometime soon.
The US gave way on the sanitation target late last night, handing the UK victory on its top priority. It seems certain the UK will declare the summit a success when agreement is finally reached - based in particular on the agreements on fisheries, chemicals and sanitation.
Daily Summit had confidently predicted that the sanitation target would be traded for EU agreement to drop targets on renewable energy. This does not seem to have happened - prompting questions about what the US has got out of this summit.
The UK delegation revealed that text on reproductive health was still under discussion - Daily Summit is trying to track down what the issue is here.
David Steven |
Tony Blair has also focused strongly on climate change in his speech to the conference, as the European attack on US policy continues.
"The whole world must face up to the challenge of climate change," he said. "Kyoto is right and it should be ratified by all of us. Markets must also be opened up to agriculture products from developing countries," he continued.
The British Prime Minister underlined Britain's commitment to poverty reduction, saying that "development for us is a priority - Africa for me is a passion." Speaking of the children he had met on his recent visit to Mozambique, he described their opportunities as stunted by poor health, education, housing and sanitation.
"If Africa is a scar on the conscience of the world, we have a duty to heal it" he concluded.
David Steven |
August 31, 2002
Rowenna Davis spent £1800 of her own money plastering London with 10,000 posters about the World Summit (recycled paper doubled the cost).
Today, she came to Sandton to present the official UK delegation with a letter from its counterpart at the Children's Earth Summit.
The letter called for the government to offer incentives to make sustainable development more attractive; encourage environmental awareness through designers, magazines, and the media; increase government investment in renewable energy; and reduce trade barriers and support fair trade with the developing world.
It also demanded a code of conduct for corporates, backed by an international reporting mechanism - though Ms Davis admitted that young delegates from developing countries give this issue a much lower priority than their Western counterparts.
"They are interested in poverty, health, clean water and crime, with many of them wanting to bring back the death penalty," she said.
Daily Summit asked Ms Davis her impression of John Ashton, a senior Foreign Office official who received the letter on behalf of Margaret Beckett, the UK head of delegation.
"You expect a government representative to always give you the answers you want to hear, but I felt he was trying to be open and that he cared about what we were saying," she replied. "I feel hypocritical sitting in a 5 star hotel and talking about sustainable development, but it's good that I could with him after conducting what some people think of as a campaign of vandalism."
David Steven |
August 30, 2002
Was London's Sunday Times one of the papers to complain about the size of the UK delegation?
Well, they've got four reporters here, I learned tonight. Hope their coverage is good the day after tomorrow!
David Steven |
David King, UK chief scientist spoke today about the rich world's habit of cherry-picking developing country talent (see his comments on GMOs and famine here).
The US, he said, has a deliberate policy of making up its skills deficit by offering a green card to anyone taking a PHD in the States.
The Chinese and Indians are becoming more relaxed about this practice, as they try to poach scientists back once they have 20 years' experience. Other developing countries, however, are less able to keep scientists, or to encourage them to return.
His remarks open up a deeper issue. We have see liberalisation in the movement of goods and capital, but not labour - which is where the third world is most competitive.
South African Minister, Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma complained bitterly about the West's use of selective quotas at the summit's opening press conference - and this issue is set to rise up the agenda as the population ages across the developed world.
David Steven |
The British media is restless after Deputy Prime Minister, John Prescott, gave an interview to Geoffrey Lean of the Independent.
The British delegation had been adamant that Mr Prescott would have no contact with the press at the summit and journalists are complaining about a stitch-up. The UK has previously won much praise for its handling of the press, but relationships are more frosty this morning
David Steven |
"Castro, Gaddafi, Mugabe and Blair - there goes the neighbourhood!" a billboard for a South African radio station's coverage of the Summit.
David Steven |
August 28, 2002
John Prescott is in town and the British media are sniffing for an angle to attack their least favourite politician.
Mr Prescott's handlers today issued a statement from the UK's Deputy Prime Minister, but announced that he won't be allowed anywhere near the press.
"I am pleased to be here at this crucial summit to play a part in securing success," Mr Prescott's statement read. "Failure can only mean more poverty, hunger and environmental degradation. We are working against a background of cynicism and misunderstanding."
The DPM said his job is to be Tony Blair's "eyes and ears" at the summit. He is expected to fly home as the Prime Minister arrives. One hopes they will meet at the airport - if only to shake hands...
David Steven |
August 27, 2002
Margaret Beckett, UK environment minister, and head of the UK delegation finished speaking in plenary session a few minutes ago.
Ms Beckett said that money spent on subsidies ($350 billion) dwarfed money spent on aid ($57 million). Opening up markets could benefit poor countries by around $150 billion a year.
The UK delegation confirms that it is lobbying hard for language in the summit agreement that will confirm commitments made at the Doha meeting to negotiate on farming subsidies within the next trade round. They also want the Doha round completed by 2004.
By all accounts, this is the official EU position too - though as the South African trade minister has just pointed out, the UK are much more anti-subsidy than are some other countries, particularly the French.
The position of the US is more mysterious. At Doha, it strongly supported reducing subsidy, but has since introduced a Farm Bill which has pushed subsidies up.
David Steven |
August 25, 2002
Also in the Observer, Jonathon Porritt realises that NGOs are going to have a hard job convincing the UK public that the summit is important, when they have been so busy slagging it off.
The leader seems to have similar fears. It admits its enjoyed the jokes and the jibes - but now urges the Prime Minister to remember that "it's not impossible to change the world."
I'm sure he'll cherish the advice.
David Steven |
August 24, 2002
British NGOs do not come across as summit supporters, but, of course, they are aghast now the opposition Conservative Party is urging Tony Blair to block agreement on parts of the political declaration relating to Africa (see here for that story).
David Steven |
August 23, 2002
Block summit business on Africa, is today's call from the UK's opposition Conservative Party.
Writing in the Guardian, Michael Ancram, the shadow foreign secretary, says while the summit is "essentially about the need to forestall our planet's destruction by human avarice and neglect," in Zimbabwe "Robert Mugabe and his henchmen" are destroying the environment and "getting away with murder."
"Mugabe is every bit as evil as Milosevic. So why is our government afraid to stand up to this despot?" he asks. "Zimbabwe is not some distant country of which we know little. We know it very well and we owe it our support."
The Tories are furious that Tony Blair will "share a platform" with President Mugabe at the summit on September 2.
Mr Ancram calls on the Prime Minister to make it clear he will not participate in the parts of the agenda relating to Africa or agree any parts of the final communiqué that relate to African development.
"Of course it is upfront and uncomfortable and we will be accused of seeking to divert the summit," he admits. "We all want to see the summit succeed, but it must be on the basis of shared values and not cynical political manoeuvres. If Mugabe is allowed to strut this world stage unhindered, the summit will be corrupted. Britain must have the courage to take the lead."
David Steven |
August 21, 2002
The UK Foreign Office's Iain Orr sends an enigmatic piece of advice for those frustrated by slow progress.
"Yaks travel very slowly - about two miles an hour - grazing as they go," wrote Lt-Colonel F M Bailey in the Geographical Magazine in September 1948. "Any attempt to hurry them ends in disaster."
David Steven |
UK Round-Up 8: Futerra has published an online database full of "interesting stories to tell about sustainable development." Surf it and see here.
David Steven |
"Many environmentalists adopt a perspective on international trade and investment that is seen by developing countries as being against their interests. That perspective comes out of a genuine concern for the planet, but leaves out the need for economic growth and investment to improve the lives of the one in five who still live in abject poverty."
"These fears led to demands at Seattle to put inappropriate environmental conditions into world trade rules. If agreed, those demands would have locked developing countries out of the opportunities of growing their economies through trade and caused great anger. Developing countries are fearful that the OECD countries, having plundered and polluted the planet as we developed, are now planning to pull the ladder up behind them by imposing rules and environ mental standards that create enormous barriers to their economic growth."
More from Tech Central Station (see below)?
No, it's Clare Short, UK International Development Minister - who starts twitching whenever a "green" enters the room.
In today's Guardian, she also argues that "the conflict between the interests of people and wildlife is growing," that rich countries must stop undercutting poor farmers, and that renewables are too expensive for developing countries.
Despite all that we should use "the summit to bring the environment and development movements closer together."
David Steven |
August 20, 2002
"The media coverage of the UK delegation has been ridiculous," Derek Osborn, chair of the Stakeholder Forum tells the Daily Summit.
"When the UK delegation was in Bali, there were complaints from holiday-makers in the hotel we were staying in. They weren't happy with all the people in suits, looking terribly serious and dashing about at all hours. They thought it was spoiling their holiday."
Jane Frewer |
August 19, 2002
UK Round-Up 7: Ministerial Speeches
Tony Blair, explains how the government plans to "get real" on the environment and claims that Britain hasn't made a bad start on sustainable development. John Prescott overdoses on junketing stories and challenges other nations to send in a heavyweight delegation.
Margaret Beckett, tries to persuade the USA that environment matters to them too, reassures the World Bank that it really is invited to Johannesburg, and hopes to marry the enthusiasm of Rio with a more pragmatic approach in Johannesburg.
Clare Short makes it clear that WSSD isn't about tree-hugging and points out that WSSD will benefit from a lot of good groundwork
Michael Meacher, doesn't want to go on a jamboree but puts a brave face on it, lays out sustainable development theory, and says that all the stakeholders are on board for WSSD.
Peter Hain, sets out the Foreign Office's environmental stall, while Robin Cook believes that plants = money.
David Steven |
August 18, 2002
Today's most desperate headline, is in the Observer - which goes with "Blair's Earth Summit plea to Bush."
The paper reports that the British PM "believes it is vital that the US President makes an appearance in Johannesburg to avoid derailing the most important environmental talks for a decade."
However, "indications suggest that Bush is almost certain to shun the event."
That's a front page story?
David Steven |
The UK government's green record comes under attack in today's Sunday papers.
The fieriest quotes come from Edward and Zac Goldsmith of the Ecologist magazine (which covers "the dangers of globalisation, the real reasons behind climate change, the threat of corporate power, the risks of GM food, the truth about global cancer").
"On every important issue, the government has either lied or U-turned," says Zac. "On climate change, agriculture, biotechnology, planning, Blair has become the enemy of the greens."
'We have the worst government we have ever had on green issues,' adds Edward.
More here, here and also in the Sunday Times (article seemingly not online).
David Steven |
August 16, 2002
UK Round-Up 6: Business Initiatives For the past 18 months, Tony Blair has been pushing five business initiatives as part of UK preparation for the summit.
The Sustainable Finance initiative recognises that someone has to pay for sustainable development, with long-term investment desperately needed. Outputs so far: the London Principles and some corporate responsibility guidelines.
The Sustainable Tourism initiative has got most of the UK package holiday industry on board, and plans to develop a worthy (but dull?) "structured communications plan with UK tourists", and is set to establish a "Responsible Tourism Foundation."
Water and Sanitation focuses on providing water to poor people in smaller towns in South Africa, Nigeria and Uganda. The idea is to involve the private sector in "identifying innovative financing arrrangements for water supply and sanitation services directed at the poor."
The Energy initiative should lead to a Global Partnership for Sustainable Energy at WSSD. UK Business Council for Sustainable Energy, meanwhile, is calling for clear targets for introducing cleaner energy, government support for these targets, the removal of subsidies for other forms of energy, and support for developing an international sustainable energy market.
The Forestry initiative, finally, aims to combat illegal logging, ensure public money is only spent on right-on timber, promote forest certification, create a business-led sustainability strategy, build international partnerships on forest restoration, and create a clear government position on forestry for WSSD. This initiative is currently "out to consultation".
More information on the initiatives, at the government's sustainable development site
David Steven |
Members of the British delegation have briefed the media ahead of the summit.
"There is no shortage of agreements and texts," says John Ashton, for the Foreign Office, "but there is not a very good record of turning these into delivery." He believes "there is too much cynicism about multilateralism. The summit must show that it can work.
Sheila McCabe, at DEFRA, argues that "a cut-down in lifestyle is difficult because no government likes to take such measures." But she believes that developed countries must lead the way in exploring more sustainable consumption patterns. "
Adrian Davis, DFID, focuses on where European development money is spent. We believe this aid should be made more effective in its delivery and disbursement, and we are trying to work with the relevant agencies in Brussels to improve that.
David Steven |
August 15, 2002
"America more of a global threat than Iraq" - The Times.
As Daily Summit reported, Michael Meacher got into hot water for criticising UK progress on the environment.
The government has now released a transcript of the interview. It makes interesting reading.
Here is a sample exchange:
Interviewer: "America is more of a pariah state than Iraq in terms of potential global damage that they could cause."
Mr Meacher: "I notice you have some very leading questions, well no I am not going to rise to that one, they are totally, totally different situations. America is not a pariah state."
Interviewer: "But nevertheless, it must concern you, their policy."
Read the whole transcript here - it is fascinating how hard a journalist has to work to get a government minister to say what you want him to say.
David Steven |
August 14, 2002
John Prescott comes out fighting, in an article in the Guardian, clearly riled by the press the government, and the summit, have been getting.
"Sustainable development - economic, social and environmental - is the biggest challenge facing the world in the 21st century," he writes, "and it is at the heart of this government's domestic and international agenda."
According to Prescott, the UK government wants rich countries to "lead by example to achieve more sustainable consumption and production patterns." It also wants global targets for increasing the use of renewable energy, providing poor people with access to water and sanitation, and stemming the loss of biodiversity.
David Steven |
August 13, 2002
UK Round Up 5: Yesterday, we looked at devolved administrations. Today, UK local government.
93% of UK local authorities had Local Agenda 21 Strategies by December 2000 (see case studies here and here - or download a global survey of Local Agenda 21 here), while a new Local Sustainable Development Unit has just been set up.
The Local Government International Bureau and the Local Government Association Environment and Regeneration Executive will be represented on the UK delegation, promoting a declaration (pdf) that highlights the importance of communities in achieving sustainable development.
The Local Government Information Bureau has a Joburg website here.
David Steven |
August 12, 2002
The Prime Minister at the World Summit will have "in addition to health, education, crime and transport, the environment and Africa....on his list of priorities." It was also confirmed that he will be there from "2nd to 4th September" according to today's lobby briefing
Jane Frewer |
UK Round-Up 4: Last week, we looked at UK government activity. Today, a brief overview of what the UK's devolved administrations are up to.
Scottish First Minister, Jack McConnell will lead a delegation that includes the CEO of Scottish Power, the heads of environment, social justice and international development NGOs, a local authority representative. He is also taking 12 year-old Earth Champion, Stephanie Wiseman with him and together they plan to visit a Scottish school. The Scottish Executive has recently set up a Sustainable Development Forum, which brings together business, unions, public sector, voluntary organisations and the public to explore sustainable development and environmental justice.
Uniquely among EU nations, Wales has sustainable development build into its constitution, measuring its environmental policy through the Welsh Ecological Footprint. In April, the Welsh Assembly and WWF ran Wales and the World in preparation for the summit. What is described as a "small delegation" will be heading to the summit.
The Northern Ireland Executive sees sustainable development as providing common ground for working for a peaceful, prosperous and fair society. In particular, it is working in partnership with community groups on a range of urban and rural development programmes that combine economic, environmental and social goals. The first minister will lead Ireland's delegation.
David Steven |
Getting better? Getting worse? Part 4. In the UK, things are getting better - at least according to the government's sustainable development indicators.
Since 1990, one economic indicator (economic output) has improved, while two (employment and investment) remain unchanged.
Of the social indicators, poverty, health and housing have stayed the same. Education has improved and non-violent crime decreased. But violent crime is on the up.
For the environment, the news is good on climate change, air quality and river water quality; bad on farmland birds and waste; and neutral on road traffic and land use.
So that's six indicators improving, three deteriorating, and seven unchanged.
David Steven |
The New Statesman has a forthright perspective on the ongoing Meacher hoohah.
"To those who work closely with him," it editorializes, "Tony Blair has made no secret of being thoroughly bored with environment issues. He is unconvinced that human activity can exert an irreversible, negative effect on the earth's climate... and he is irriated by those whom he considers to be evangelistic, sandal-wearing purists. Technological advance and men and women of goodwill willsave the planet - not the green lobby....
"But there is an important point at which Mr Meacher and Mr Blair make contact, and that is in their ambitions for the world's poorest people. Both believe that poverty, particularly in Africa, is a scourge on the civilised world. Both believe that access to clean drinking water and non-polluting energy are among the continent's urgent priorities."
More here (paid subscription only).
David Steven |
August 11, 2002
And now it's a ministerial spat, with International Development secretary, Clare Short, hitting back at her colleague, Michael Meacher.
"This isn't an environmental summit. It's a summit about sustainable development," she told the BBC, in reponse to Meacher's criticism of the government's green credentials. "The biggest challenge to the world is to guarantee to the poor of the world development in a planet that we keep sustainable."
David Steven |
Michael Meacher hits the headlines here in the UK once again - with a Sunday Times interview (subscription needed) that has now been picked up by television and radio.
Last week saw a rumpus about whether the Minister would be going to Joburg, now he says he is determined to push the government into accepting a green agenda.
"There are areas where I am a force in the government to push policy in a different direction, particularly on the environment," he told the paper. "I make no bones about it. I don't think the government as a whole is yet ready to take the magnitude of the decisions I think are necessary."
The Sunday Times reckons that events of the last week have made Meacher's position in the government "even stronger." Surely, this is wishful thinking. The Daily Summit expects the summit to be Michael's swansong.
David Steven |
August 10, 2002
Rowenna Davis is 17. A couple of weeks ago, she arranged for ten thousand posters to be plastered around London in order to raise environmental awareness in advance of the earth summit.
Printing alone cost over £1500 - money she raised through tutoring, babysitting, by drinking tap water in pubs and shopping in car boot sales.
"Globalisation has been responsible for a deterioration in many people's quality of life," Rowenna believes, "yet I believe it has the potential to be incredibly beneficial to everyone if harnessed in the correct way."
She has the following advice (word doc) for Margaret Beckett: "I will be attending the Childrens Earth Summit in Johannesburg. On my way to it I shall be thinking of the one billion people in the world starving, the one quarter of people without water and the number of people who will die of aids while delegates tell the world that they cannot afford to help it. I suggest you do the same."
David Steven |
August 9, 2002
Sir Robert May, former UK Chief Scientist and now in charge at the Royal Society, was on typically boisterous form at a recent student-led conference in Oxford.
"We don't know the answer to many of the questions we ask," he says "Anyone who tells you how many species went extinct last year is just a fool, they don't know what they're talking about. We dont how many species there are, so we clearly don't know how many went extinct last year."
"Even if we all know all the facts completely, that's all science does," he continues. "It paints map of what are the choices. It doesnt tell us whether we ought to be worried about them. Those come from our beliefs and values. Science is there to constrain the discourse, to make sure it is not taking place in cloud-cuckoo land, beyond that it leaves it up to democratic processes in open societies."
Great stuff - and if you've got the bandwidth, you can listen to the whole thing (and 30 other talks) here...
David Steven |
Updates, more detail on DFID and FCO input to the summit - and Dr Morgan Williams, New Zealand's Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, doesn't support lower growth and higher taxes...
David Steven |
August 8, 2002
UK Round-Up 3: Yesterday, we briefly outlined what the UK government hopes to get out of the summit - and who does what (including all the acronyms). Today: more on national government preparation...
DEFRA runs the government's sustainable development website, which has been hosting discussions about the summit (one "what does sustainable development mean to you?" is still open). The site will be updated in the next week or so as they add details of what UK organisations are doing for the summit. Next week, they're running an event for the UK media to meet delegates before they head for Joburg. DEFRA is also about to start distributing a glossy to the UK public on what the summit is and why it's important.
DFID has produced a special edition of Developments magazine and is sponsoring three side events: Negotiating Social Sustainability, Sustainable Agriculture and a panel on poverty and environment (all on 3rd September). It is also putting up the money for the Knowledge Pool at the Water Dome, which promotes the work of a network of organisations which share information on water management (here's their press picture).
In the run-up to the summit, the FCO has been promoting work on environmental democracy (with the British Council) and will be publishing a report at the summit. It's also been supporting sustainable development projects around the world through its project fund, with ongoing projects in Slovenia, Ukraine, Colombia and Kosovo. Daily Summit notes that the head of its environment policy department, John Ashton, will be speaking at a LEAD International side event on practical ways for improving capacity for sustainable development.
Coming next: business, NGO and local government
David Steven |
With his ticket now safely booked, Michael Meacher writes about the summit for the Independent.
As a green minister, he calls it the "earth summit" and focuses almost exclusively on climate change. "Entire ecosystems, or compoenents within them, may already be near their tolerance thresholds for key climate variables," he writes. "Science is telling us to expect large change."
The minister tell us about an Inuit woman he met on a recent trip to the Artic. "The environment is our supermarket," she told him. "You go to the supermarket for food. We go out on the land to hunt, fish, trap and gather. Imagine for a moment the emotions we now feel shock, panic, rage, grief as we discover the food, which for generations has nourished us and keeps whole physically and spiritually, is now poisoning us."
David Steven |
August 7, 2002
UK Round-Up 2: Government position. The second instalment in our series on activity in the UK.
The Department for Environment, Rural Affairs and the Regions (DEFRA) leads on the summit with the Foreign Office (FCO), the Department for International Development (DFID), the Department for Trade and Industry (DTI), the Treasury, the Cabinet Office, the Performance and Innovation Unit (PIU), and No 10 all chipping in.
Main idea: globalisation can work for poor people.
Essential reading: the globalisation white paper (discussed here).
Ambition: for the World Summit, the Doha Trade Talks, and the Monterrey Financing for Development Conference to lead to a global coalition to tackle international problems and ensure the UN Millennium Development Goals are met.
Coming next: well try to unpick what each bit of the UK government is actually doing for the summit
David Steven |
Predictably enough, the junketing story refuses to die, though it takes a new twist in today's papers.
Yesterday, we were told that Michael Meacher has been banned from going to the summit. Today, however, the Independent says says he is fighting back. The Scottish and Welsh first ministers are also reported to be fighting for their place on the plane.
Perhaps it has all been part of a cunning plan. The opposition parties are now all arguing that the British delegation risks being too small, rather than too big.
The Guardian says that Oxfam, Friends of the Earth, the RSPB, WaterAid and other major charities have even offered to pay for the environment minister's air fare.
"It's like leaving David Beckham out of your football team. Why leave a key player on the bench?" was Oxfam's response.
David Steven |
August 6, 2002
Junket Update - I don't think other countries are getting so het up about the size of their delegations, but in the UK, it's still the only game in town.
Today, the Guardian weighs in claiming that Alistair Campbell, the Prime Minister's spin doctor, now has his sights set on environment minister, Michael Meacher.
According to the paper, John Prescott, deputy prime minister, is insisting he be allowed to go. Development minister, Clare Short, meanwhile, is keen to stay home, but Tony Blair is insisting she attend.
The paper regards the loss of Meacher as a major blow. "He is," the paper claims, "the only minister credited with understanding all the issues to be discussed."
It seems that the attendance of the Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish first ministers is still uncertain, while 30 government officials have had to hand back their tickets!
David Steven |
August 5, 2002
UK Round-Up 1: Before it sets sail for Joburg, Daily Summit is coming to you from a small town on the south coast of England.
So over the next week, we'll be ringing round and trying to put together a picture of what the UK is doing for the summit.
As an appetiser, let us introduce you to the only Green in the Scottish parliament. Robin Harper.
Disappointed at slow progress on sustainable development in Scotland and the UK, Robin tells the BBC he will be travelling to Joburg to "represent the 85,000 Scots who voted Green at the last election and to keep a beady eye on the executive delegation."
David Steven |
August 3, 2002
The difference a day makes Yesterday, as reported here and here, the Daily Telegraph was speculating that UK deputy prime minister, John Prescott would not be allowed to go to the summit.
Today, the paper reports that Prescott will indeed be attending. Straightfaced, it blames Downing Street for the confusion - and is silent about its speculation from only a day earlier!
Update: "It looks like Two Jags has put his foot down," says Tory chairman David Davis in The Sun. "But taxpayers should be concerned by this obsession with sending vast numbers of ministers and officials to lavish conferences."
David Steven |
August 2, 2002
Junket Update As we report today, the Telegraph is suggesting that Blair plans to stop Messrs Prescott, Trimble, McConnell and Morgan travelling to the summit.
The Daily Summit has discovered that sources close to Trimble are bemused by the reports. So is the report off the mark? Or are the first ministers the last to be informed?
Update: Friends of the Earth Northern Ireland have greeted the speculation about Trimble with "dismay"...
David Steven |
Junket Watch II Last week, The Daily Summit reported on British government sensitivities about the size of the delegation it is sending to the summit.
Today, The Daily Telegraph tries to keep the story moving. As even John Prescott is the easiest target. He may become a victim of Tony Blair's desire to streamline the British delegation, the paper reports.
According to the Telegraph, Rhodri Morgan, Welsh First Minister, Jack McConnell, Scottish First Minister, and David Trimble, Northern Irish First Minister, are also threatened with exclusion.
The paper quotes an unnamed 'summit insider' as asking: "There are only four chairs allocated for each country in the main debating chamber in the convention centre, so where would they all sit?"
It also reveals that ministers will be staying in the plush Michelangelo Hotel - though most of the rest of the delegation will be in a £50 a night hotel.
Intriguingly, the paper claims that Tony Blair will probably not even spend the night in South Africa, suggesting he will fly in for a photo opportunity and then head for home. Given that the PM has been pushing WSSD fairly hard, the Daily Summit predicts a longer visit...
David Steven |
July 29, 2002
Porrit pours scorn Jonathon Porritt, chairman of the UK Sustainable Development Commission, pours scorn on the summit process, claiming that politicians are willfully ignoring hard scientific evidence that we are running out of planet. "What we have is ideology-based policy," he says, "with science deployed in a partisan and self-interested way to justify political expedience." The draft summit text, meanwhile, is "anaemic and duplicitous."
Porrit's solution?
First, rid markets of "perverse" farming subsidies. Second, make polluters pay. Third, allow poor countries to drive the development agenda. Fourth, slow population growth. Fifth, rein in capitalism.
However, these steps would "demand a quality of political leadership that earth scientists and green activists currently can only dream about."
David Steven |
July 25, 2002
Clare Short's financial times UK Development Secretary, Clare Short, tells the FT today that "you have to change the whole mindset on aid away from the idea that it is a little charitable pot of handouts to the poor after you've done your mainstream foreign and trade policy."
As she prepares to leave for the summit, her focus is on ensuring her department is a leading player in the international system and working for peace in Africa. She thinks it "noble to care for the poor of the world," enjoying the opportunity to "legitimately poke around in all parts of the international system."
David Steven |
July 23, 2002
Junket-Watch The World Summit is getting close (official kick off is 26 August though the word is itll start a few days early) and the British press is getting interested.
First up: the junket story. This ran in May at the Bali warm-up meeting when John Prescott, British Deputy PM, dismissed it as an indication of how press prattle tends to dominate an awful lot of matters of substance.
Returning to the attack, The Sunday Times reports (subscription needed) that the British will fly at least eight ministers and more than 100 aides to the summit, estimating the cost at £600,000. The delegation will stay in five star hotels, it reports, with its most senior members being ferried the few hundred yards to the conference halls in air-conditioned limousines. In the Sun, Richard Littlejohn is even blunter, claiming that, while the summit will end in failure, 60,000 so-called public servants will have enjoyed a luxurious free vacation in the sun, while salving what consciences they have by posing as friends of the earth.
Back in May, however, the Independents Geoffrey Lean was dismissive of junket stories from a trade not noted for its eagerness to spurn freebies. The real story, he said, were frantic efforts at work for South African President, Thabo Mbeki, to save the summit. He sees the summit as a key part of Government efforts to counter terrorism by launching the most concerted drive against Third World poverty in decades and predicts that Prescott, who has spent the last few years building an international network of political contacts, could emerge as a key broker.
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Access to the Yellowstone River from Yellowstone Lake to Livingston, Montana
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From the closed section below Fishing Bridge to Sulphur Caldron offers one of the more productive sections on the river, and one of the more popular in terms of angling pressure. This seven-mile stretch lures visiting anglers with broad runs, riffles, deep pools and rapids. Wading can be difficult and treacherous in places so good wading boots and a wading staff are highly recommended. Buffalo Ford may be the only place to cross the river when the flow drops. No floating is allowed in the park. The Yellowstone River opens July 15, and generally good hatches of PMD's, and Green Drakes abound along with caddis hatches that are in full swing.
Below Sulpher Caldron to Alum Creek the river is closed to all angling for six miles. Alum Creek, Trout Creek and Elk Antler Creek are closed to fishing to protect spawning beds. Preserved in its wild state, this area draws wildlife observers and photographers. The next area to fish in this section is the two mile stretch between Chittenden Bridge and Alum Creek. Here the water is mostly flat and wide, although the current is swift as the water is drawn over Upper Falls. Fewer anglers work this water than the Buffalo stretch.
Upper and Lower Falls through the Grand Canyon Section
Accessible only by foot or by horseback, the canyon is a challenging section, albeit with potential rewards. Stretching from the Chittenden Bridge to Quartz Creek, anglers beware. The beauty of the canyon walls is awe inspiring, but the wading can be tough. One of the more frustrating challenges in the canyon is to work down to the water, have great fishing for fifty yards only to find that it is too dangerous to move any further upstream or downstream. The trail near Canyon Village is a 1500 vertical feet drop from the canyon rim to the water. When I was a younger man, I put off this trail. Now that I am on the downhill slope towards 70, I know that I shall never take a deep breath and head down this steep trail, but I am not sad because so much great fishing water is easily accessible.
Fishing is closed from Inspiration Point Overlook to the Chitteden Bridge.
Tower Junction Bridge through the Black Canyon of the Yellowstone to Gardiner
The Black Canyon from Knowles Falls to the Rattlesnake Butte section above the town of Gardiner, provides almost twenty miles of good wilderness fishing and camping. This section may be reached from the Blacktail Trail, Yellowstone River Trail, the Garnet Hill Trail as well as the access trail at Tower Junction. The lower section may also be accessed from the town of Gardiner along the Yellowstone River Trail.
From Gardiner to Corwin Springs: This section is swift for most of its run with some of the water rated class II and class III. (More information and photographs needed.)
Corwin Springs to Yankee Jim Canyon (Joe Brown exit): Although this stretch flattens out and makes float fishing easier, it is essential that newcomers exit the river at the Joe Brown exit to avoid the treacherous Yankee Jim Canyon, a notorious white-water section.
Carbella (Tom Miner Bridge) to Emigrant: This is a long 12-mile stretch so depending on the river's flow, it can make for a long float. For a shorter float, anglers may exit at Point of Rocks, a 4.5 mile float trip. The upper section provides good fishing opportunities. From Point of Rocks downstream the river flattens out substantially.
Emigrant to Mallard's Rest: Noted for its increased flow and numerous riffles, this is a popular section, and the float trip ends at a great campground. Floaters may launch at the Emigrant Bridge, which is steep and narrow, or they may launch at Emigrant West or Grey Owl. MM 41.4: Mallards Rest Campground: The campground is a fee campground and offers 20 sites on a "Pack it in – Pack it Out" basis. The campground also offers a boat launch and good access for wade fishermen.
Mallard's Rest to Mill Creek Bridge:
Carter's Bridge to the Highway 89 Bridge, 9th Street Island or Mayor's Landing (The town stretch)
From Livingston to Big Timber, the Yellowstone River offers less prime holding water, fewer fish and less pressure. Nonetheless, it does provide good fishing. I would recommend purchasing the Montana Afloat map for this section, as well as stopping in a local fly shop for current conditions.
Hatches and Suggested Patterns (Expand summer 2010)
December to March: Sporadic midge hatches
April – June: Baetis mayfly, March brown drake
May (run-off period): March brown drake
June: Salmon fly nymphs stir and begin their migration to the shore.
July: Salmonfly, golden stones, yellow sallys, caddis and green drakes
August and September: Terrestrials
October-November: Baetis, midges
Highway Access from Livingston to Gardiner
MM=Mileage marker signs
MM 60: Livingston, Montana
MM 51: East River Road Fishing Access
MM 50: Carter Bridge: Carter Bridge has a good boat take-out and is a good spot for wade fishermen.
MM 45: Trail Creek fishing access
MM 43.3: Pine Creek: Take the Pine Creek road 1.4 miles to the bridge fishing access and boat launch.
Note: From Carter Bridge to just above Point of Rocks, the East River Road parallels the river. The East River Road has Loch Levin Campground. Loch Levin is 9 miles south of Livingston. Take the Pine Creek Road and head south again to the campground. Loch Levin Campground has 30 campsites, water, toilets and a boat launch.
Mill Creek
Cross the bridge and follow the paved road for six miles and then a dirt road for another 7.4 miles to a private meadow. Although the meadow is on private property, this section may be accessed later in the summer from the highway about a hundred yards downstream. Look for a pullout. Follow the fence line to public access to the water on National Forest land. However, be sure you stay under the high water mark at all times. The meadow gets fished heavily. Snowbank Campground is a fee campground with plenty of shade and garbage removal. Above the campground are some primitive campsites. The water is icy cold above the meadow section and interspersed with a lot of private property. Late in the summer small parachute hoppers work best.
East Fork of Mill Creek
Although the East Fork is small and shallow, small pockets and riffles offer up good catches of 8- to 10-inch cutthroats. It is a great creek for kids. The access road ends a mile and a half at a locked gate to a private ranch. The ranch can be bypassed by trail, but I did not have time to explore it.
West Fork of Mill Creek
The West Fork road cuts right through a Bible camp and climbs high up into a steep canyon. The creek is fast moving, but it does hold some nice pools and pockets in the canyon section. The road ends 5.8 miles at the trailhead. I walked down into the canyon, but the going is tough due to downed trees from the 1988 fire. The creek is loaded with 5- to 9-inch cutthroats, but it is also loaded with mosquitoes.
Dailey Lake
Dailey Lake may be reached from the Mill Creek Road or from Emigrant. From Emigrant to the lake is eight miles. The lake is shaped like a silver dollar, and it is shallow all around the shoreline. Although the lake holds some trout, most of the locals fish for perch and walleye.
MM 25.5: Fishing access.
MM 24: Big Creek. Don't judge this creek when you pass over it on the highway. Big Creek fishing access is 5.5 miles from the highway and six miles to the trailhead. The road is bumpy, but the creek is charming and host to 7- to 9-inch cutthroats, which are plentiful.
MM 23.8: Meditation Point. Here is a rest area and picnic site large enough for the largest RVs with good fishing access to the river.
MM 21: Tom Miner Creek. Tom Miner Creek provides a nice campground 11 miles from the highway, but it is too small to be worth fishing. The scenic drive is beautiful as the road winds through open parks and aspen shaded hillsides.
MM 21: Point of Rocks. Point of Rocks has a boat launch.
MM 19.7: East River Road.
MM 18: Carbella Campground. Carbella is an unimproved campground one mile west of the Tom Miner Bridge. It has five campsites.
MM 13: Yankee Jim fishing access. Just upstream from Yankee Jim is the Slip and Slide access, but you will need to carry your boat to the water's edge.
MM 7.1: Corwin Springs Boat Launch. From the boat launch, visitors may take the dirt road that parallels the Yellowstone River on the western side. The road winds above the river for eight miles. It provides a few access points down to the river and passes a few primitive campsites.
MM 6.3: LaDuke Spring picnic site.
MM 3: McConnell Landing.
MM 0: Gardiner, Montana.

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Ever wonder how the leaders of the Infocomm industry got where they are today? Watch this space and hear from the luminaries themselves what inspired them to join the Infocomm industry and what inspired them to join the Infocomm industry and what continues to drive them to excel.
Jessica Tan
IT Leader
Managing Director for
Microsoft Singapore
Jessica Tan
Jessica believes in leveraging technology to narrow the opportunity divide within the community.
Underlying the areas she champion is the belief that we need to be empowered with the right skills to actively participate in the opportunities presented to us. To ensure that our youth are equipped with the right skill sets for the future, she initiated the Code for Change programme, a tie-up between IDA and Microsoft to bring computational thinking capabilities to our youth.
| Jessica has also called for Microsoft's greater support of the local startup community which is another integral part of the local IT ecosystem. In addition to the Microsoft BizSpark programme that has benefitted close to 1,300 startups in Singapore, her leadership has resulted in Microsoft supporting the startup ecosystem more intimately by being a part of the LaunchPad@one-north, which hosts 500 startups and 35 incubators. She also challenged her team to better mentor startups through the BizSpark Residency Programme, where Microsoft offers 1,200 square feet of complimentary co-working space at the revamped Microsoft Innovation Centre to promising local startups.
| Jessica believes in leveraging technology to narrow the opportunity divide within the community. With the Society for the Physically Disabled (SPD), she has played a major role in empowering people with disabilities through education and technology, including setting up the YouthSpark Scholarship which has helped 27 youths with disabilities pursue tertiary education in IT-related fields. She has also been instrumental in helping active seniors at the Retired & Senior Volunteer Programme (RSVP) upgrade skills which has helped some of them to secure a second career.
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Under his guidance, SCS also renewed collaborations with Nanyang Polytechnic (NYP) and QAI Global Institute, to add certifications to the existing three offered in SCS.
| A Young Professional of the Year winner of the IT Leader Awards 1999 and SCS President's Award 2007 recipient, Chak has displayed great passion and visionary leadership serving in various roles in the Infocomm industry. Chak first joined SCS Executive Council in 1994 and was on the council for 12 consecutive years till 2006, taking on different key positions such as Vice-President and Honorary Secretary. He also took on the role of SCS President in 2012. He has served in numerous capacities and led many working committees such as Chairman of the Student Chapter Board, Chairman of the National PC Proficiency Programme Committee, Chairman of the Membership Committee and President of the Interactive Digital Media Chapter.
With three decades of contributions to the infocomm industry, Chak is a well-known personality with an impressive track record. His interest in involving the youth and enabling them to actively participate in the advancement of the industry can be seen through his commitment to education, serving on the boards of various educational institutions. He also mentors young entrepreneurs and youths under the NUS Enterprise Programme and Young Entrepreneur Network by sharing his rich experience and knowledge.
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Virtual Reality for Aged Care
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Challenge of global ageing
In the 21st century, the world faces an unprecedented challenge – global ageing. Around the world, the elderly population is the fastest growing demographic group, thanks to the gradually but constantly increasing global life expectancy. By 2030, approximately one in five Singapore residents will be 65 years of age and older. With this significant demographic change taking place, it becomes more and more crucial to develop technologies that enable the elderly to live at home independently for as long as possible, thus reducing the burden on the healthcare system and on the country's economy more generally. Indeed, as part of its Smart Nation plan, Singapore has identified ageing in place as one of three priority areas, clearly showcasing its importance for the future of the nation.
As people age, they usually suffer from a decline in their sensorimotor functions, including vision deficiencies, hearing limitations, motor impairments, cognitive deterioration, and others. In this context, providing the elderly with affordable and practical systems and services that can improve their level of independence and thus enhance their quality of life has become a must for Information and Communication Technology (ICT) developers.
Virtual Reality
Virtual Reality (VR), which can also be referred to as immersive multimedia or computer-simulated reality, replicates an environment that simulates a physical presence in places in the real world or in an imagined world, allowing the user to interact in that world. There are four key elements for a typical VR system: virtual world, immersion, sensory feedback, and interactivity.
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Air pollution has become a global environmental problem affecting everyone's health. In today's globalized world, even Singapore cannot escape the plight of air pollution entirely. In 2015, Singapore had one of the worst haze episodes in her history due to persistent forest fires in neighboring countries coupled with unfavorable wind directions.
Air pollution typically occurs when the environment is contaminated by chemical, physical or biological agents that change the natural characteristics of the atmosphere. In view of that, monitoring air quality is usually done with equipment like sensors which are able to detect fine particulate matter in the environment. Advances in Information and Communication Technology (ICT) offer new ways of tackling the air quality monitoring challenge. Indeed, thanks to breakthroughs in artificial intelligence (AI) and crowd science, new cost-effective solutions are now available.
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The term 'Artificial Intelligence' was coined in 1955, when it was defined as "the science and engineering of making intelligent machines". It is also the name of the academic field of study which researches how to create computers and computer software that are capable of intelligent behavior. Major AI researchers and textbooks define this field as "the study and design of intelligent agents", in which an intelligent agent is a system that perceives its environment and takes actions that maximize its chances of success.
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Augmented reality (AR) is no newcomer in the technology playing field. However, for AR to fulfil its truest potential, it must leverage on devices that can support and display AR.
Through the enhancement of camera features and various sensors, these devices provide the ability to display computer-generated images or information that is overlaid on top of your real world. This is in contrast to virtual reality (VR) technology that provides an entirely and completely immersive artificially created environment. AR offers a unique dimension to visual communications via a part-real part-virtual experience.
The evolution of hardware has been pivotal to the exponential growth of the AR trend. However, the maturity of software engineering capabilities has also played its part in boosting the growth of AR. Users and businesses have fuelled this trend through deploying AR creatively and across a wide array of applications to improve the way we work and deliver content. Conversely, we also see the reverse, that demand has also driven technological advancement.
AR and its devices with possible software applications, are set to revolutionize the way businesses operate by ultimately looking to reduce expenses, minimize down time, and operate with precision.
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Two years in the making, the recently unveiled Infocomm Media 2025 report on August 11 points the way to realising Singapore's goal as the world's first Smart Nation. Not surprisingly, you and I are integral to the achievement of this master plan.
More than a holistic blueprint for Singapore's infocomm media sectors for the decade ahead, Infocomm Media 2025 offers a compass to navigate the ever-changing environment and leverage potential of upcoming technology and business trends.
In a world where technologies evolve, business models change and disruptions by the unexpected constantly take place, the Plan sets out to not only create a globally competitive infocomm media ecosystem that enables and complements Singapore's Smart Nation vision, but also provide a "living" reference on broad directions and strategic focus areas. These include the need to:
• nurture an ecosystem that encourages risk-taking to create Singapore-made content, products and services, and
• connect Singapore's people through infocomm media to enhance quality of life and foster a stronger Singapore identity.
Data and analytics will play a big part in many areas, underpinning Singapore's efforts in becoming a Smart Nation. For example, intelligence on traffic patterns paves the way for more efficient urban logistics and smoother city commutes; data insights gained from location-based services and mobile apps enable retailers to better connect with customers, increasing the probability of sale closure.
Similarly, media services companies can turn to audience measurement tools, which take into account minute details of customer behaviour, to predict customers' consumption habits and offer relevant products and/or services at opportune moments. Case in point: a game service analyses players' on-screen actions to predict when they would most likely purchase an in-game item or watch an in-game advertisement.
Usually, talk of data and analytics involves sensors. Whether they are virtual sensors that measure online actions or physical ones that detect air quality, they require robust infrastructure to deliver raw data. To which end, Singapore is currently bolstering the island-wide fibre optic network with HetNet – heterogeneous network technology – to ensure pervasive and strong connectivity, as well as more efficient use of limited radio frequency spectrum so that more end users can be hooked up on the go.
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SCS IT Youth Awards
Out of the 6 finalist below, who do you think deserves to be IT Youth 2016?
The IT Youth Award is a highly acclaimed award that recognises and honours youths 25 years and below for their shown outstanding achievements in innovations, research undertakings and projects in the infocomm and digital media arena.
Out of the 6 finalists below, who will be the next IT Youth Winner?
- Jason Chee
- Singapore Polytechnic
- Goh Jin Qiang
- Singapore Polytechnic
- Girish Kumar
- NUS High School of Math & Science
- Raniel Lee
- Nanyang Polytechnic
- Lee Xiang Rui
- Singapore Management University
- Lynnette Ng
- National University of Singapore
- Winner(s) will be announced at the SCS Gala Dinner and IT Leader Awards 2016 on 4 March 2016 at Shangri-La Hotel.
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Seven Tips for Better Networking
For many, walking into a room and introducing themselves to strangers is a daunting prospect. As a result, many miss out on networking as an effective tool to form connections. In this issue of The IT Society, Suren and Tommy from ITYC provide simple and practical solutions to make networking work for you and I.
1. Be confident
• Confidence comes from the belief you have in yourself. Practice and prepare mentally. Everyone loves a person who can carry himself/herself well. Iron your shirt and dress well, but try not to overdress.
2. Learn the art of small talk and listening
•Great conversations often start with a little bit of banter. Prepare a few starting questions such as "How was your day?"; "What are you currently doing?" Also, think of some simple follow up questions before the event.
3. Set yourself apart by thinking before you speak
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text: 29 September 2011 archive See all show photos HE wasn't wanting to say too much when we caught up with him before Fashion Week about what we could expect for spring/summer 2012 – other than it was more complex and specific than he has done before. And Gareth Pugh is usually pretty specific and complex when it comes to his clothes. They are elaborate in a conceptual way, and one that makes you think hard about how to wear them but by the end of it, we always seem to get our heads round it to some degree. He opened the collection today with a film – a collaboration with long-term collaborator Ruth Hogben, with whom earlier in the year he worked with to create a special film for Pitti (see it here) – before launching into a series of caged constructions to house his models. In typical Pugh fashion they came in black and white and legs were encased in Stormtrooper boots of the same effect. READ OUR EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH GARETH PUGH Sitting somewhere between armour and a magnified insect's silhouette, the cages zipped into place and even the nail polish matched the pattern it created. Funnel necks took on a new meaning – literally funnels, around the neck. Lattice work moved the collection into more wearable realms as tops or hooded dresses before a series of monochromatic looks that merely echoed the shapes of those that opened stepped out – and as a result will have more shop floor appeal no doubt. Four metallic looks at the end came as a mini dress, a splaying skirt variation, a billowy draped number, and a belted coat version – but being Gareth Pugh, he wasn't going to give them to us just like that. Cue the pointed masks that made the models turn into alien characters. But a mask can easily be removed. SEE THE GARETH PUGH SHOW ARCHIVE Jessica Bumpus Continue reading Back to top


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A hearty winter soup which gets its delicious flavour and lovely colour from a combination of ingredients: red peppers, tomatoes, peanut butter, chilli pepper and brown rice.
Good food does not have to be complicated or time-consuming. This simple, homely casserole is made without a lengthy shopping list of exotic fresh ingredients or hours of precise slicing and chopping. Raid the storecupboard and use everyday vegetables from the refrigerator for a warming and heart-healthy meal.
This spicy stew is simple to make with canned tomatoes and flageolet beans. Try serving with thick plain yoghurt and crusty bread or boiled rice for a complete meal.
A traditional soup made by my parents and grandparents and a traditional winter soup in Northern Ireland and especially popular served as a starter to Christmas dinner. Pure, simple, wholesome comforting and natural food. As with all one pot dishes, it always tastes better the following day when all the ingredients have had time to marinate and got to know each other so if you want to impress, make it the day before serving. Enjoy.
Basmati rice and green beans are stirred into roast sweet potato and cauliflower and baked for a one pot vegetarian biryani. Thanks to Cheryl Humphreys for this recipe.
A simple, hearty and tasty vegetarian dish. Good as a light main, side, or wrapped in a flour tortilla with cheese. I always make a double batch and freeze some.
I love pilau rice, so I came up with this Indian-inspired version that is a meal in itself!
Kidney beans simmered with onion, pepper, garlic, tomato purée and rice. A perfect one-pan meal. Leftovers are tasty wrapped in a tortilla, too.
Tender cooked chickpeas are simmered lightly with tomatoes, lemon juice and onions in a spicy blend of toasted cumin seeds and chilli powder. Served warm, this is eaten often during Ramadan at Iftar.
Alter the chilli powder amount according to your preference. Peeling the squash is quite difficult, but I have found that a carrot peeler is the most useful tool for this job.


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Interfaith Dialogue
Demonizing Muslims: a Christian Tradition
Despite their hopes for Muslim conversions, American Christians have also anticipated that Islam would meet its demise in the end times, when Jesus would return to earth and establish his kingdom. In early America, many Protestants believed that Islam and Roman Catholicism would be destroyed simultaneously. Some even saw the two as the eastern and western Antichrists. The expectation of Roman Catholicism and Islam's downfall, and the imminent return of Christ, led to bold date-setting in the early 19th century, capped by the forecasts of William Miller and his followers, who expected the end to come in 1843.
Jesus' failure to appear at the appointed hour helped to transform standard Anglo-American interpretations of Bible prophecy, and by the early 20th century "dispensational" theology had become dominant in conservative circles. Dispensationalists began to anticipate the re-establishment of the state of Israel, where the final battle between good and evil would transpire. The founding of Israel in 1948 and the subsequent struggle between Israel, the Palestinians, and the Arab states has become the frame for many conservative Christians' interpretation of prophetic scenarios.
There remains a common expectation among American Christians of Islam's coming downfall. Many now interpret the mysterious description of the attack by "Gog and Magog" against Israel in Ezekiel 38 and 39 as forecasting a time when Arab Muslims would unite with Russians to destroy Israel. Their attack would be miraculously foiled in a hail of fire and brimstone, and this event would set the stage for the rise of an atheistic Antichrist, who would launch a genocidal campaign against the Jews. This would lead to the final battle of Armageddon and the return of Christ to earth.
The attacks of September 11, 2001, inaugurated a sharply heightened interest in Islam among American Christians, and in time we may also see that it generated lasting departures in prophetic interpretation, as some conservatives have begun to put Islam squarely at the center of end-times theology. Some have even begun to argue that the messianic Mahdi expected in some Muslims' beliefs actually represents the Antichrist.
Despite some post-9/11 novelties, the history of conservative American Christian thought regarding Islam is largely a story of continuity, not change. Although they have often seen Islam as an inherently violent, malevolent religion, traditional Christians have also maintained persistent hopes of mass Muslim conversions to Christianity. Those who did not convert would ultimately fall before a returning Christ in the last days. Although the details may have changed over time, their convictions about the end of days have helped assure many American Christians that their God, the father of Jesus, would triumph in the end.
This article first appeared at History News Network, and is reposted here with the permission of the author.
Mr. Kidd is associate professor of history at Baylor University and the author of American Christians and Islam: Evangelical Culture and Muslims from the Colonial Period to the Age of Terrorism (Princeton, 2008), and The Great Awakening: The Roots of Evangelical Christianity in Colonial America (Yale, 2007).


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To reduce the development of drug-resistant bacteria and maintain the effectiveness of Bacitracin and other antibacterial drugs, Bacitracin should be used only to treat or prevent infections that are proven or strongly suspected to be caused by susceptible bacteria. When culture and susceptibility information are available, they should be considered in selecting or modifying antibacterial therapy. In the absence of such data, local epidemiology and susceptibility patterns may contribute to the empiric selection of therapy.
Infant dose: For infants under 2500 grams-900 units/kg/24 hours in 2 or 3 divided doses. For infants over 2500 grams-1,000 units/kg/24 hours, in 2 or 3 divided doses. Intramuscular injections of the solution should be given in the upper outer quadrant of the buttocks, alternating right and left and avoiding multiple injections in the same region because of the transient pain following injection.
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Cathedral boys hockey tops Austin Prep in overtime, 2-1, in Super 8 pool play action
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LOWELL – When it comes to scoring overtime game-winners for Cathedral High School, it pays to be a Fenton. Senior forward Colin Fenton scored off an opposing defender 3 minutes, 31 seconds into overtime Monday as Cathedral defeated Austin Prep of Reading 2-1 in a Division IA "Super Eight" boys hockey state tournament game at Tsongas Center. The last time the Panthers won a postseason game in overtime, it was Colin's cousin, Dan, who ended last year's Division I state title game. This time, the stakes were just as high. "We lose tonight, and we're done," Cathedral coach Brian Foley said of the goal that gave his team life in the opening round-robin stage. "Hopefully now we have a chance to get in on Sunday with a win." Fenton's goal and P.J. D'Amario's outstanding goaltending kept No. 6 Cathedral (16-3-5) alive for the semifinals heading into Sunday's game against Xaverian Brothers Academy of Westwood, at a time to be announced. The teams with the top two records in each bracket advance to the semifinals March 9 or 10, also at Tsongas Center. Two wins pretty much guarantees that. D'Amario, a senior, made 25 saves against an aggressive Cougars attack. As a result, the Panthers earned their first-ever victory in their third trip to the Super Eight. "We just played more as a team and gave 100 percent all the time," D'Amario said. The winning goal was set up when junior defenseman Steve Metayer chipped the puck deep into the offensive zone. Fenton prevented it from going for icing by heaving the puck toward the net, and it hit an Austin Prep defenseman and trickled behind goalie Brendan Leahy. "We were just trying to throw everything on net," Fenton said. After playing most of the first period in its defensive zone, Cathedral finally broke through with less than two minutes left. Dante Christofori poked in a loose puck in front of the net for the game's first tally. Fenton and James Dowd were credited with assists. D'Amario played one of his usual stellar games, standing tall in the face of Austin Prep's pressure. The Cougar fans thought their team had tied the game with just under 11 minutes left in the second period, but D'Amario reached back and grabbed the puck just millimeters from the goal line. Another great stop came about two minutes later, as D'Amario turned away a short-handed bid by Ryley Maceachern. "Before the game, Coach told me I had to stand on my head," D'Amario said. "I did everything I could to keep that puck out of the net so we'd have the best chance to win." Cathedral, not often known for its physicality, established its presence with about seven minutes left in the second. Junior Brenden Geary, who is looking for his second straight Eddie Shore Award as the top defenseman in Western Massachusetts, leveled AP's Brandon Hartt with a clean, open-ice hit that livened the crowd. Cathedral played a much more disciplined game than in its Super Eight opener Saturday, in which Hingham scored three power-play goals in a 4-2 victory. However, a penalty to Nick Catjakis only 19 seconds into the third period led to Austin Prep's tying goal. The Cougars soon received a penalty of their own, followed quickly by a goal from Cam Gaudet with the teams skating 4-on-4. Gaudet slightly redirected a slapshot from Brendan Silk. Other than that, offense was at a minimum in the third. Cathedral managed only two shots on goal to Austin's five. The Panthers and Cougars skated to a 4-4 tie on Jan. 16, so another knock-down, drag-out affair was expected. "I thought it would be a one-goal game if you asked me before the game," Foley said. "We knew it wasn't going to be easy, but we thought we had a good chance to win the game if we played hard." Bracket 1 teams play Tuesday, with their third games also part of Sunday's quadrupleheader. The Super Eight championship game is March 14 at TD Garden in Boston.