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The Modular Approach
Executives Benefit from Campus Sessions
Executive MBA programmes have become increasingly adapted to the demands of a modern workforce, where upwardlymobile employees are able to juggle personal and professional responsibilities while earning their EMBA. If you require flexibility but still want to study for an EMBA, you should consider enrolling in a modular programme.
Modules are flexible
Modular programmes enable students to become on-campus residents for up to a week at a time over a period of 15 months to 22 months. The EMBA is earned when students have completed all their modules in weeklong campus residencies. Very few business schools have adopted a purely modular approach, but many have opted for a mixed approach.
The Kellogg-WHU EMBA is a modular programme requiring international students to attend weekend sessions from Thursday to Sunday at the centrally located Otto Beisheim School of Management (WHU) in Germany during the first year and part of the second year. There are six weekend sessions per year in the two-year programme.
In the second year, students also undertake a week-long residency at Northwestern University in Evanston, a suburb of Chicago. They also participate in a week-long residency at one of Kellogg's three partner universities in Hong Kong, Tel Aviv and Toronto, or at Kellogg's own second campus in Miami, Florida.
"Through shared learning experiences with your peers from Kellogg and its partner schools, you will gain an international perspective," comments Professor Michael Frenkel, Dean at the Otto Beisheim School of Management. In addition to the international experience, modular programmes enable students to build a global network spread across many countries.
The ESSEC & Mannheim Executive MBA can be followed in two different formats: modular and weekend. This flexibility, in particular the separate weekend EMBA, is very popular with female students, who account for more than 30 percent of the student body. "This experience was much more than only academic learning," said Elisabeth Sanches Moreno, Sales Director at DELL Inc. (France) and a member of the ESSEC & Mannheim EMBA Class of 2006.
One school, several continents
The EMBA programme at the Chicago Booth School of Business has a similar format to the Kellogg-WHU EMBA. In addition to its home campus in Chicago, the Chicago Booth School of Business operates campuses in London and Singapore. Based in three different continents, EMBA students may enrol at one of the three campuses in a given intake, but all will graduate in the same EMBA class. Only Chicagobased EMBA students participate in weekend sessions, attending classes every other weekend for most of their course. Students based on the other campuses follow a purely modular format, attending week-long residential sessions at their home campuses for most of their course. In addition, students from all three campuses come together for several weeklong residential classes at the different campuses at different points during the 21-month EMBA programme.
"The experience of studying with people for almost two years breaks down any kind of superficial relationship," says Vahé Torossian, a Microsoft executive and EMBA student at the London campus in the Class of 2010. "We share a genuine concern for each others' problems and challenges. Our sense of teamwork goes beyond our class work: we give each other professional advice and also meet for fun. There are social events at least once or twice a week." For this Paris-based executive, the Chicago Booth EMBA provided an opportunity to build a network at a school with a reputation as a major brand name.
The Dubai-London Executive MBA at the London Business School has come up with a formula in which the school's first-class teaching faculty is flown across continents. Middle East students are no longer required to travel to London to access teaching. They may take ten of the eleven EMBA modules in Dubai and only one in London, and still receive the same quality of teaching as full-time students in London. This improvement to the modular format enables Middle East students to stay finely tuned to the changes taking place within their companies. This is very important to the Middle East in particular, where trained managers are badly needed to run the region's fast-growing economies.
The pure approach
The INSEAD Global Executive EMBA (GEMBA) has a purely modular approach with no weekend classes. It consists of 12 weeks' residential study divided into eight modules spread out evenly over 14 months, or roughly a week of class every two months.
Europe-based GEMBA students take five of eight modules at the Fontainebleau campus in the first half of the programme. Previously, Europe-based students would take six modules at Fontainebleau, but with the recent opening of INSEAD's Abu Dhabi campus, the weighting has become more internationally-focused. INSEAD students based in Singapore have a similar configuration, but with modules weighted towards their home campus.
"I could study at my own pace with the modular structure, as most of the other programmes I looked at were held on weekends only," says Rakiba Chowdhury, GEMBA Class of 2009. "Given the travelling I have to do, weekends would have been impossible for me. I just dedicated myself to the modules when I was on campus."
Modules with local flavour
IESE Business School's Global Executive MBA programme also offers a purely modular format, but one that gives students the choice of one-week sessions every month or twoweek sessions every two months. The difference in format, however, goes well beyond the duration of the residency.
Although students enrolled in either format have the opportunity to travel, students following the bi-monthly format achieve double the international exposure. In the monthly format, students reside on the Barcelona campus for twelve weeks and the Madrid campus for two weeks, and reside on the New York and Bangalore campuses for one week each. It takes 22 months to complete the six modules in the monthly format. "The programme's monthly format, with five-day residential modules, was a huge advantage for me," says Spanish drilling manager Manuel Lapeira, Class of 2010 (monthly format). "I was able to effectively integrate the programme into my professional life, and could still be home every weekend with my family." Bi-monthly EMBA students reside on the Barcelona campus for eight weeks and the Madrid campus for two weeks, while residing on campuses in Silicon Valley and Shanghai for two weeks each. They also study for an additional module. All seven modules are completed in 17 months. Bahrain consultant Lamees Hussain Qasem (Class of 2009, bi-monthly format) comments: "I found the bi-monthly format ideal for my schedule. The residential modules every two months are intense, but then you have ample time to regroup and get ready for the next one. It struck a perfect balance for me."
Value for money
Many part-time EMBA programmes are more regionally focused and less costly at the same time. However, these attributes do not exclude an interesting mix of possibilities, such as the European EMBA offered by the ESCP-Europe Business School. ESCP-Europe offers a modular EMBA programme on five different campuses in Europe: Paris, London, Berlin, Madrid and Turin.
Students can build a European network during the 18-month programme. While students do not have the opportunity to travel to the Middle East and Asia, ESCP-Europe's unique 5-European campus structure provides its participants with the opportunity to gain real insight into Europe's socioeconomic, cultural and business environment. In the HEC Executive MBA programme, students opting for the modular format can study in Paris, Nice, Beijing, Shanghai and St. Petersburg. This multi-site degree programme was mainly designed from a European perspective but takes into consideration the market conditions of each learning location.
In conclusion, candidates wishing to enrol on an EMBA programme should assess their priorities carefully. If you intend to study in a campus environment for a dedicated duration with no distractions, you should consider a modular programme. Between these modules you would typically have more time to write papers, conduct teamwork and prepare for the next module.
Modules typically last from four to six days at a time and are spread out over a duration of two years or less, with residential sessions taking place around once every two months. This gives executives the opportunity to enrol in top-quality programmes within a reasonable distance of their home town, and is an added benefit for candidates from areas without well-known EMBA programmes.


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28th December 2011 11:36 AM #1
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Have you dealt with a low milk supply?
I have breastfed each of my children for some length of time; however, sometimes it was not as long as I would have liked. With my first, I was unaware of how breastfeeding worked, what to look for to make sure he was receiving enough, or how to correct any problems. I have since learned a wealth of information on breastfeeding and how milk production works, which has caused me to feel a bit disappointed with the times I supplemented unnecessarily.
With my first, I was sure that I did not have enough breast milk. I was barely able to express any milk, and it seemed to me that he was breastfeeding all the time. I have learned that both of these factors are not good indicators of how much breast milk the baby is actually receiving. With expressing milk, it can be hard to gauge the amount of breast milk you actually have. A baby is much more efficient than a breast pump, so how much you express is not a good indicator of supply. Many mums also think if the baby breastfeeds often, that their milk supply is low. Although I did not have a low milk supply at the time, I did have a low supply later on during the course of breastfeeding. By that time, I knew more about breastfeeding, so I was able to determine why my supply was low and I was able to correct the problem.
Have you ever dealt with low supply? Did you find out later that it really wasn't low supply? If you did not have enough breast milk, what methods did you use to correct the problem?
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28th December 2011 03:03 PM #2
Ways to increase breastmilk supply
Jessica it is really common perception that a woman has a low supply particularly if their baby breastfeeds frequently (this particularly common in the first few days after birth and during a growth spurt) or if the woman finds it difficult to express breast milk. It is my wish that all women receive appropriate breastfeeding education in their pregnancies and ongoing support for breastfeeding following the birth.
If a woman finds she has low breast milk supply there are a number of strategies I suggest to help boost supply:
- Breastfeed frequently (this encourages the production of more breastmilk)
- Express breastmilk (either by hand or using a breast pump) after daytime breastfeeds
- Take a natural supplement to help boost supply
- See a lactation consultant
- Take the medication motilium (this needs to be prescribed by a doctor)
9th August 2013 09:41 AM #3
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My issue with breastfeeding is that one breast seems to produce more than the other and is twice as large as the other. No matter how hard I try to get him to feed on the smaller one, it just doesn't produce as much milk. I'm not sure if it's because he doesn't like that breast because of the way the milk is, because I've noticed that the milk in the smaller breast tends to come out whiter and thicker.
Is there a remedy for this?
13th August 2013 07:29 AM #4
Interesting question.
Has this always been the case?
Breastmilk is produced on a 'supply on demand' basis so the more you put the baby to the breast the more milk will be produced and the more the baby will go on that breast etc. Many women do find they have a breast they feed slightly more from and so this breast will produce more milk. I'm just wondering if you did this in the early days and then more and more milk was produced just from this side as your baby drank the milk from this breast in preference to the other?
Have your nipples always been the same on both sides? Some women who have a truly inverted nipple on one side only will find that their baby is unable to properly latch onto the inverted side - and it is possible to exclusively feed a baby from just one breast or predominantly one breast. Is your baby exclusively breastfed? Do you feed him on demand?
Sometimes it is the baby who just has a breast they prefer. For example, one breast may have a more forceful letdown and so they prefer the other breast. Have you had any problems with your baby latching onto either breast?
I would say what you describe is not really a problem if your baby is content with your milk and getting enough milk.
In terms of what you describe about the difference in milk, perhaps the smaller breast is not producing the same amount of foremilk as the larger milk. When a baby drinks from the breast, they usually first drink foremilk (which is more watery and less fatty but quenches thirst) and then the thicker hindmilk (which is important to give them the calories they need). However, if you baby is not frequently drinking from the smaller breast then it may not produce as much foremilk (or hindmilk) as the larger breast.
Have you ever had surgery on the smaller breast or injury to this breast? These can cause less breastmilk to be produced.
If your baby is happy and healthy then I would not be concerned - babies can get enough breastmilk from just one breast if they can feed from this breast whenever they want and for as long as they want. Do you want to make changes to make your breasts more equal in appearance or are you happy with feeding mainly from one side?
Best wishes,
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Low supply milk plus small nipples
Hi, I had low milk supply right from the start plus small nipples. I had difficulties in breastfeeding from the very first moment. I only succeeded to breastfeed my daughter, now she's one year old, only until she had one month and this happened with formula this time. My question is for the second child it would happen like this as well or it would be different like normal happy mom do? thank you
21st August 2013 05:05 AM #6
I'm sorry to hear you had difficulties breastfeeding. Whilst breastmilk is the best milk for babies and toddlers it can often take time and extra help to get breastfeeding established.
Please can I ask if, during the time you were breastfeeding, you breastfed your daughter exclusively on demand? This means that you only gave your daughter breastmilk and you fed her, day and night, whenever she wanted it. If you breastfeed in this way then you are extremely likely to be able to produce enough breastmilk for your baby and so maintain a good milk supply.
However, a small percentage of mums will have a true 'lactation failure' and there is more detailed information about this here.
A good latch is essential for a happy, healthy breastfeeding relationship. It is best if you can get the latch checked by a midwife or lactation consultant. If the latch is not correct, then it may mean a baby does not take enough milk and so your body stops producing enough breastmilk for your baby.
If your baby had a tongue tie or a cleft palate then this could also prevent them from obtaining a good latch and so lead to a poor breastmilk supply.
Eating food such as oats and fenugreek and drinking enough water can also help with breastmilk supply.
In general, having small nipples should not cause problems breastfeeding. However, you can follow some of the advice for women who have inverted nipples if your nipples are extremely small to help have a happy breastfeeding journey. For example, you can wear breast shells in the later stages of pregnancy if you think your nipples need to be drawn out further. Again, you can check this with a lactation consultant even before your baby is born.
Expressing milk can also help to build up a good breastmilk supply. This is particularly helpful if you are having some difficulties establishing a good latch in the very early days.
Many mums find it easier breastfeeding second (or third, fourth...) time around. One reason for this is that second time mums are more likely to research breastfeeding in more detail (particularly if they had any difficulties with their first baby). It would also be a good idea to find out what local breastfeeding support groups there are near you. Most of these welcome mums in pregnancy too - hearing the experiences of peers can make a huge positive impact on our own breastfeeding experiences.
Please do ask any more breastfeeding questions you have here.
Best wishes,
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Thank you very much for your reply. I only breastfed my daughter for one month because after this time I just didn't have enough milk in order to feed her. I've tried to feed her as much as she asked for and ate and drank accordingly,took pills but without much help and that led to my depression that I couldn't be able to feed her right. I'm hoping this won't be the case for the second, if will be, baby.
Thank you
3rd September 2013 05:09 AM #8
I'm so sorry to hear your difficulties in breastfeeding contributed to your depression. It shouldn't be the case, but the start of many mother's breastfeeding journeys can be lonely and frightening (for example, worrying about the health of your baby, not knowing what is normal). I would say the key is to keep on asking for help and support from: midwives, health visitors, doctors, breastfeeding groups, peer support groups and lactation consultants. You can't really get too much support when it comes to breastfeeding.
Do you still suffer from depression now? Have you got support for this? I hope so.
As I said above, you have so much more knowledge and experience of breastfeeding now - you are so much more likely to find it a smoother journey next time.
Best wishes,

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A$AP Rocky may have "problems" after video emerged of him allegedly smacking a female fan.
According to XXLMag.com, in a video posted on YouTube, the rapper can be seen walking through a crowd following a recent concert in Sydney, Australia. In the stands above A$AP, a female fan reaches down and pats him on the head before blowing him a kiss. The rapper allegedly responds with what seems to be a slap to the woman's face. He then points his finger at the woman as she pulls back.
This isn't the first time A$AP has had an incident with an audience member. Earlier this year, A$AP cut short a concert in Dortmund, Germany after a fan reportedly stole his hat.


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How Fordham and Missouri Met in the 1942 Sugar Bowl
Picking the 1941 bowl teams was more of a guessing game than in the preceding few years. Mississippi State and Alabama were the logical SEC candidates; Texas A&M and Texas were the best bets from the Southwest Conference. A late-season loss to Vanderbilt eliminated Alabama. Mississippi State, the conference champion, had a game left with San Francisco after the pairings were to be announced. The Sugar Bowl was afraid to take a chance on the Bulldogs. Neither SEC team finished in the Associated Press Top 10. A similar situation occurred in the Southwest Conference. When the Longhorns upset the Aggies, the Sugar Bowl became interested, but was nervous about inviting Texas due to a late game.
Late Saturday, November 30, the Associated Press ran a story indicating that sixth-ranked Fordham would play in the Rose Bowl opposite Oregon State. But later the Sugar Bowl announced the Fordham Rams would play seventh-ranked Missouri. For the first time, New Orleans had a game without an SEC or SWC team. Public reaction was unfavorable at first, but on New Year's Day the Sugar Bowl was the only game with two Top 10 teams.
The champion of the Third Army and the Pensacola (Florida) Fliers, champions of the Eighth Naval District, were scheduled to meet in Tulane Stadium on January 3, 1942, in a service championship game approved by the War and Navy departments. The day after the announcement was made, however, the front page headline crowning the ominous global news read: "Japs Call Home 2 Attaches From U.S." Less than 24 hours later, the Japanese Empire attacked United States Navy and Army installations at Pearl Harbor. There would be no service championship game in 1942.
The war brought an immediate change in the suddenly inconsequential world of college football. Because California was believed to be a danger zone, the military demanded that the Rose Bowl and the East-West Shrine game be relocated. The Tournament of Roses shifted its game to Durham, North Carolina, home of Duke University. The Shrine game was also relocated to New Orleans. Tulane Stadium would be the site of the January 3 East-West Shrine game.
Some foresaw an offensive circus in the 1942 Sugar Bowl. Fordham, a 6-to-5 favorite, had a rock-like defense and a swirling passing game. Ram statistics indicated they had a knack for the big play. The Tigers, with a strong split-T offense and a dynamic backfield, were the nation's best ground-gaining team, averaging 307.7 yards per game. The Tigers' coach Don Faurot said an opening loss to Ohio State led to revamping the offense. "The Ohio State game sold me on the split-T," he said. "We ran 30 single-wing plays and averaged 10 yards per carry."
Ram Coach Jim Crowley planned to counteract the split-T with a Rockne defense, the Box-and-Seven, a seven-man line. This would allow the Rams ends and linebackers to "wait" for a play to unfold while the guards and tackles rushed. "If the seven-and-box made coaches stop using the T-formation a dozen years ago," Crowley assessed, "it should do it again."
Recap excerpted from the book "Sugar Bowl Classic: A History" by Marty Mulé, who covered the game and the organization for decades for the New Orleans Times-Picayune.


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By Sharon Salyer Herald Writer
LAKE STEVENS — Eighteen Boeing machinists labored for four hours Sunday in a soaking rain, their work a volunteer project to build a backyard fence. This time it was to help one of their own.
Stan Sprague, 35, a Boeing mechanic, was injured at Paine Field last year when he was caught in the wing flap of a 747, severely damaging his lungs and triggering cardiac arrest.
He was heavily sedated and treated for a week in the intensive care unit of Seattle's Harborview Medical Center. During the 17 days he was hospitalized, he lost 30 pounds.
On April 5, nearly a year ago to the day, Sprague walked out of the hospital. His discharge was far earlier than when doctors initially predicted, but he faced months of recovery.
Nerve damage had so weakened his shoulder muscles that for months he had problems lifting his right arm. "I couldn't play catch with the dogs," he said.
And then there was what he calls his "wing," when his shoulder blade would unexpectedly and painfully pop out of place.
Even with these problems, Sprague hated sitting around at home with little to occupy his time. "Stir crazy," is how he describes the eight months he waited until his doctor gave him the OK to return to work part time in January.
On Sunday, his fellow Boeing machinists gathered at his home to finish a project he had planned in the fall — marking his property boundary with 400 feet of wire field fencing and installing gates in his back yard.
The project was undertaken in collaboration with United Way of Snohomish County, which paid for the fencing material.
Volunteers had to step in because, Sprague said, a contractor hired to complete the project took off with the $700 he had paid him and the materials.
Stephanie Agnew of Seattle said she turned out for the work party because she knew the family needed help.
"It makes me feel good," she said. "And I get to use a hammer."
Sprague said he was amazed that people he had never previously met turned out for the volunteer project.
"It was great," his wife Nichole Sprague said. "It was hard to keep it together seeing so many people we don't even know come out and help.
"It makes you feel better about people," she said. "There are still some good people out there that will bend over backwards to help people."
Jason Redrup, a union business representative who helped organize the work party, said the project is just the latest example of volunteer projects taken on by Machinists union. Over the past year, members have donated 10,500 hours of volunteer work, helping with the annual Toys for Tots drive, the Letter Carriers food drive and ramp and deck projects for people in need.
"We have a lot of people who like to give back to the community," Redrup said.
Sprague said that during a medical appointment scheduled for this week, he hoped to talk the doctor into allowing him to extend his work hours to six hours a day.
Any such decision will at least temporarily be put on hold. Sprague was treated and released from the emergency department of Providence Regional Medical Center Everett on Sunday afternoon after experiencing a seizure.
Doctors don't know exactly what caused the problem, Nichole Sprague said. "Sometimes people will have a seizure and then never have one again."
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djh_ Wrote:-Personally, I'd love to see animations across the skin halved in length. All the tweening and acceleration functions in XBMC are nice an' all, but I'd rather spend less time watching them after prolonged use. The whole thing feels a bit sluggish. Nice tween on the main menu pop-out, though.
i don't see this being a huge demand, but as you probably know, not too hard to do. i think we'll add a no animations type of thing in our skin settings after getting some other things out of the way.


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Amanda Boyer
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Campus Involvement
I am heavily involved in the Drama department by working on shows, attending performances, taking classes, and by being in Gibson whenever I can.
I am also involved in a club on campus called Cleopatra's Sisters, and have been involved with the club for four years. We do community service activities, bond as sisters, and seek to empower women to be who they are and do what they love.
I work for our school newspaper, The Elm, as a photographer. I am almost exclusively the sports photographer, but I do get to photograph other things like professors, students, drama performances, quest speakers, and various activities around campus. I love working for The Elm because it gives me a creative outlet when I'm not doing homework.


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Vice President Joe Biden: "Parks and Recreation" Bound!
He just finished up a winning re-election campaign with President Barack Obama and now Vice President Amy Poehler is headed to "Parks and Recreation."
The Second-in-Command will appear on the November 15th episode of the hit NBC sitcom, though he filmed the cameo back in July.
And given that there was still uncertainty as to whether the Obama/Biden ticket would be a winner when the show was shot, Biden's guest starring spot ran the chance of being ironic rather than victorious.
Executive producer Michael Schur told press that Amy Poehler's character Leslie Knope has always had a serious obsession with the Veep, so this will be a very special moment on the show.
"[Leslie] has a lot of female heroes that cross party lines. She has a lot of social figures that she considers heroes, but the funniest hero is Joe Biden. There's an episode last season where she says, 'Joe Biden is on my celebrity sex list — well, he is my celebrity sex list.'"
And Biden had a blast- "He was clearly a big fan of Amy. It was the day the Emmy nominations came out and when he walked through the door he congratulated her on her Emmy nomination… He said some very nice things about the show and talked about how the pro-public service message was meaningful."


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The Jeff Owens Radio Show will cover all sports from High School, Collegiate and Pro. Jeff and Tasha bring their knowledge of a variety of sports and enthusiasm to the show. We will focus mainly of South Eastern and East Coast sports. As the two hosts went to college together they will specialize in the University of Georgia sports scene. We'll talk with active Collegiate and Pro players on the show our show will bring real insight to every major sporting event, from football to basketball or even golf. Pull up a chair and stay for a while.
Jeff Owens, with Co-Host Tasha Humphrey
Jeff Owens is from Fort Lauderdale Florida, and attended the University of Georgia where he majored in Early Childhood Family Development, with a minor in Consumer Economics. He was a Four Year Letterman in Football Freshmen All-American, and was drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles as a seventh round pick. A member of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Jeff worked with Habitat for Humanity building houses in Athens, Georgia. Jeff was named to the 2009 Allstate American Football Coaches Association Good Works Team and was tabbed by Sporting News as "SEC's Best Personality" in 2009. He attended SEC's media Day two years in a row and has a weekly segment on The Fan Sports Radio in Savannah, Georgia.
Tasha Humphrey is from Gainesville, Georgia and is a professional basketball player. She played the center position for the Washington Mystics in the WNBA until 2009. Her father is former Green Bay Packers player Donnie Humphrey.
Tasha completed her career as Georgia's second all-time scorer and fourth all-time rebounder. Humphrey scored her 1,000th point in just 53 games, the second fastest in school history.
Humphrey played for the USA team in the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The team won all five games, earning the Gold Medal for the event.
Humphrey was selected the in the first round of the 2008 WNBA Draft by the Detroit Shock. Halfway through her rookie season, she was traded to the Washington Mystics. Her career high is 28 points.


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At least two people have been killed and nine wounded in gun battles between Ukrainian special forces and pro-Kremlin militias that threatened to scuttle the first international talks on the worst East-West crisis since the Cold War.
The clashes across the ex-Soviet state's separatists eastern rust belt broke out a day after masked gunmen stormed a series of police and security service buildings in coordinated raids that Kiev blamed on the "provocative activities of Russian special services".
The heavily Russified region has been riven by unrest since a team of Western-backed leaders rose to power in February on the back of bloody protests against the old regime's decision to reject an EU alliance and look for future assistance from the Kremlin.
Russia has since massed around 40,000 soldiers along Ukraine's eastern frontier and threatened to halt its neighbour's gas supplies over unpaid bills - a cutoff that would impact at least 18 EU nations and threaten further retaliation against the Kremlin.
Saturday's attacks were especially unsettling for both Kiev and Western leaders because of their remarkable similarity to events leading up to Russia's annexation of Ukraine's Crimea peninsula last month.
The balaclava-clad gunmen were armed with special-issue assault rifles and scopes most often used by nations' crack security troops.
Many wore unmarked camouflage uniforms similar to those seen on the highly trained units that seized the Black Sea peninsula in early March. They also moved with military precision and cohesion.
But Russia denied any involvement. And it sternly warned Kiev late on Saturday that the use of force against pro-Russian protesters could ruin the chances of the two sides sitting down for US-EU mediated talks in Geneva on Thursday.
Ukraine's Interior Minister Arsen Avakov announced the launch of an "anti-terrorist" operation in the eastern Donetsk region early on Sunday.
Crack units from Ukraine's SBU security service first attacked an occupied police station in the eastern city of Slavyansk that was seized by about 20 militants on Saturday.
But Avakov admitted that his troops had to "regroup" after meeting stiff resistance and suffering casualties.
"There are dead and wounded on both sides. On our side - an SBU officer. The head of the SBU's anti-terrorist centre has been wounded, as have four others," Avakov wrote on his Facebook page.
"On side of the separatists - an unidentified number. The separatists have started to protect themselves using human shields."
The local administration separately reported a series of heavy clashes on a highway linking Slavyansk with the region's capital Donetsk to the south.
The Donetsk administration said one person was killed and four wounded in an "ongoing armed standoff" on a stretch of the road connecting Slavyansk and the town of Artemivsk.
The US State Department said John Kerry phoned his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov on Saturday to make "clear that if Russia did not take steps to deescalate in eastern Ukraine and move its troops back from Ukraine's border, there would be additional consequences".
Britain's Foreign Office on Sunday said the wave of occupations of government buildings was "a dangerous escalation".
"Assumptions that Russia is complicit are inevitable as long as Moscow does not publicly distance itself from these latest lawless actions.
NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen also said he was "extremely concerned".
"The reappearance of men with specialised Russian weapons and identical uniforms without insignia, as previously worn by Russian troops during Russia's illegal and illegitimate seizure of Crimea, is a grave development," Rasmussen said in a statement.
But Russia's Lavrov warned that the Geneva talks would be in jeopardy if Kiev used force against "residents of the southeast driven to despair".
Pro-Russian protesters in the region fear a loss of their rights to speak Russian and the collapse of an already depressed economy if their government cuts ties with their close and historical ally.
Many of the pro-Russian protests have only drawn crowds of a few hundred and local polls showed the majority of citizens in the Russian-speaking east preferred to remain part of Ukraine.


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Representatives for Dodgers owner Frank McCourt will try to convince a bankruptcy court judge in Delaware today to give him protection under Chapter 11, the latest act of desperation to buy more time to stave off Major League Baseball's attempt to seize control of the franchise.
McCourt's lawyers filed the 100-page bankruptcy document early Monday to start the process, four days before missing a June 30 team payroll. He says in court papers that he has secured $150 million from a New York investment management company, Highbridge Principle Strategies, for interim financing that would allow him to meet Thursday's deadline.
This also comes a week after MLB Commissioner Bud Selig denied a joint request by Frank and Jamie McCourt to approve a media rights deal with Fox Sports that could have infused the team with millions of dollars immediately and a reported billions of dollars long term.
Frank McCourt contends in the bankruptcy documents that his goal is to negotiate a new media deal within 180 days, which would allow him to pay all his creditors in full.
Several sources have said the Dodger players will be paid as scheduled on Thursday, no matter how this ruling falls.
"There will be no disruption to the Dodgers' day-to-day business, the baseball team, or to the Dodger fans," the team said in a statement.
Selig said in a statement that McCourt's filing "does nothing but inflict further harm to this historic franchise."
The MLB will contest McCourt's bankruptcy filing at today's hearing. Last year, the Texas Rangers sought Chapter 11 protection, leading to the auctioning off of the team.
Selig said his goal "from the outset has been to ensure that the Dodgers are being operated properly now and will be guided appropriately in the future for their millions of fans. To date, the ideas and proposals that I have been asked to consider have not been consistent with the best interests of baseball."
McCourt reiterated in a statement that Selig has "turned his back on the Dodgers, treated us differently and forced us to the point we find ourselves in today. I simply cannot allow the Commissioner to knowingly and intentionally be in a position to expose the Dodgers to financial risk any longer.
"It is my hope that the Chapter 11 process will create a fair and constructive environment to get done what we couldn't achieve with the commissioner directly."
Team vice chair Jeff Ingram wrote in the bankruptcy request that "a perfect storm of events" has led to McCourt's need to take this action, including nearly $22 million a year in deferred payments to players.
In having to list the top 40 creditors due payments, McCourt could only include six current players. The top two - Manny Ramirez and Andruw Jones - are former players with hefty deferred salaries.
Ramirez, who played for the Dodgers from 2008-2010, is due nearly $21 million, the documents say. Jones, who in his only season, 2008, hit just three homers and batted .158 in 75 games, is owed $11 million.
Among those listed include Dodgers Hall of Fame broadcaster Vin Scully, due $152,778.
The City of Los Angeles is also owed $240,563 in tax debt.
Controller Wendy Greuel said she will try to make sure the city takes action to ensure payment of the debt.
"As a lifelong Dodger fan, I've always wanted to be in the same company as Vin Scully," Greuel said. "I just never thought it would be in a bankruptcy filing."
More importantly, she said, is to make sure the city is paid what it is owed.
"This translates into hiring more police officers or running more after-school programs," Greuel said. "In these tough economic times, we need to get every dollar we are owed."
David Carter, the executive director of USC Sports Business Institute, compared the legal wrangling Monday between McCourt and Selig to a "high stakes chess game, and the MLB has been taking pieces off the board at each move. Frank's best case is if both sides are stuck only with a king - and if that's the case, we know which king will prevail.
"But for some reason, Frank wants to play this thing out and embarrass everyone along the way."
A statement released by the lawyers of McCourt's ex-wife, Jamie, who contends she still owns half the franchise under California community property rules, called the bankruptcy filing both "disappointing and disturbing."
Attorney David Boies of Hiltzik Strategies said that when Jamie McCourt was CEO of the Dodgers, the team's financial condition, while heavily leveraged, was stable and improving. In the two years since she was fired by Frank McCourt, Boies said Jamie has made repeated proposals to resolve her right to half of the team in a way that would preserve the value and integrity of the Dodgers for fans and the city.
"She has continued to do so despite the many personal attacks against her by Mr. McCourt and his representatives...
"The rule or ruin philosophy that appears to have motivated today's filing is bad for everyone who cares about, or has an interest in, the Dodgers," Boies said. | Click here to see the 100-page LA Dodgers bankruptcy filing.
The bankruptcy filing most likely means that the nearly two-year divorce battle between Frank and Jamie McCourt is no closer to being resolved soon.
Stanley Stalford, chairman of a potential citizens ownership group called Own The Dodgers LLC, said that the bankruptcy filing was "the wrong choice for the team."
"Given the choice of being a gentleman or looking out for his own interests, Frank McCourt shows he is concerned only with his self-interests," Stalford said. "In the short term, this is tragic for the team and its fans, a public humiliation, as if we haven't been embarrassed enough by McCourt. However, in the long term he gives us more time to develop our plans and build public support."
Stalford said nearly 10,000 people have signed up for information on the website, ownthedodgers.com. He and other supporters plan to meet with attorneys to determine what their next legal steps will be.
Aides to Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa said he had no comment on the filing.
However, Councilwoman Janice Hahn, whose father Jim helped bring the franchise to L.A. from Brooklyn in the late 1950s, called it "a sad day in the history of the Dodgers," and she asked that the city study the potential public ownership of the team.
"We need to return our beloved team to first place in the standings, in the hearts of the community and on the balance sheet," Hahn said.
"If this bankruptcy leads to the sale of the team, my hope continues to be that the fans will be allowed to make an offer to purchase the team."
The Associated Press contributed to this report.


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Yet there is no one whom I can accuse for my misfortunes; they, and the distresses of my family, are the work of my own hands.
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GOLDEN, Colo., Aug. 28, 2009 – Colorado School of Mines has been awarded $86,400 in scholarship grants by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).
The NRC has awarded nearly $20 million to 70 institutions to boost nuclear education and expand the workforce in nuclear and nuclear-related disciplines. Congress provided the NRC funding for a $5 million Educational Curriculum program and an additional $15 million to supplement the NRC's grant program for scholarships and fellowships, faculty development, trade schools, and community colleges, with $5 million of this amount designated for the Integrated University Program.
The Integrated University Program funds are coordinated and awarded through the NRC, Department of Energy, and National Nuclear Security Administration to support multi-year research projects that do not align with programmatic missions but are critical to maintaining nuclear engineering and science.
"As directed by the Congress, this funding provides broad benefits to the nuclear sector rather than solely benefitting the NRC. These grants help develop a workforce capable of the design, construction, operation and regulation of nuclear facilities and the safe handling of nuclear materials," said NRC Chairman Gregory B. Jaczko. "This year the agency expanded the number of institutions receiving grants from 60 to 70, and increased the number of grants to minority serving institutions by 67 percent."
The NRC awarded 102 grants for scholarships (2.9 million) fellowships ($5.4 million), faculty development ($4.8 million), trade and community college scholarships ($1.8 million) and nuclear education and curriculum development ($4.8 million). Recipients are located in 29 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico.
Grant proposals were reviewed against specific criteria by a panel comprised of senior NRC staff and qualified outside reviewers. The panel composition was diverse with most reviewers having both experience reviewing proposals for government agencies and advanced credentials in nuclear engineering, health physics, radiochemistry and related disciplines. Each panelist had to certify that they did not have any conflicts of interest for the proposals they evaluated.
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Barbados is a constitutional democracy with a population of approximately 278 thousand. In the 2003 parliamentary elections, which were considered generally free and fair, citizens returned Prime Minister Owen Arthur of the Barbados Labour Party (BLP) for a third successive term in office. The civilian authorities generally maintained effective control of the security forces.
Although the government generally respected the human rights of its citizens, there were problems in a few areas:
- excessive use of force by police
- poor prison conditions
- societal violence against women and children
Section 1 Respect for the Integrity of the Person, Including
Freedom From:
a. Arbitrary or Unlawful Deprivation of Life
While the government or its agents did not commit any politically motivated killings, two prisoners died while in temporary detention facilities following the Glendairy Prison fire. Authorities charged an inmate with the killing of Junior Boyce and were investigating the police shooting of inmate Dwayne O'Brian Harding at year's end.
b. Disappearance
There were no reports of politically motivated disappearances.
c. Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading
Treatment or Punishment
While the law specifically prohibits torture and inhuman or degrading punishment or other treatment, there were reports that police sometimes used excessive force. The majority of complaints against the police alleged unprofessional conduct and beating or assault. Police regularly were accused of beating suspects to obtain confessions, and suspects often recanted their confessions during their trial. There were numerous cases where the only evidence against the accused was a confession.
No information was available regarding complaints received by the Police Complaints Authority or how they were handled (see section 1.d.).
Prison and Detention Center Conditions
Prison conditions remained poor. Glendairy Prison, the nation's sole prison, was a 150-year-old structure designed to hold 350 prisoners that routinely held more than a thousand prisoners. In March prisoners rioted and set fire to the prison, causing such severe damage that the government decided to abandon it permanently. One prisoner, Junior Boyce, was killed, and several were injured in fighting that broke out among prisoners. Prison guards and police also injured several prisoners in the process of regaining control of the facility. On March 31, security personnel reportedly shot and injured prisoners Glenroy Bruce and Winston Small during a confrontation with a prison guard. The government declared a state of emergency that authorized the use of soldiers from the Barbados Defense Force (BDF) to assist prison guards and police officers in securing the prison. A contingent of 120 security personnel from the Regional Security System was brought in from neighboring countries to assist as well.
The damage necessitated the removal of nearly one thousand prisoners to several temporary holding facilities, including a fort used by the BDF and a former warehouse. Authorities had difficulty maintaining order at these facilities and fights frequently broke out among prisoners. On April 10, guards reportedly shot and killed Dwayne O'Brian Harding at one of these facilities after he and other prisoners failed to obey orders to stop fighting. Another prisoner was also injured by gunshots during the disturbance.
On April 11, the government announced that all prisoners had been moved to a temporary prison constructed at Harrison Point until a permanent prison could be built. Conditions at the temporary prison were inadequate.
Keith Fields, held at the temporary prison while awaiting trial, told a judge that conditions at the prison were dangerous. Fields said he had to be hospitalized after being beaten and stabbed by other prisoners. On April 30, Deryck Smith, a prisoner held at the temporary prison, died after reportedly suffering an asthmatic attack. On May 24, prisoner Darcy Bradshaw fell into a coma and died in the hospital after having become ill at Harrison Point.
In May the press reported complaints by prisoners and their families about inadequate conditions at the temporary prison, including unsanitary cells, inedible food, and unclean drinking water. Family members complained that they were denied the opportunity to visit their relatives in prison and that prison authorities had failed to inform them in a timely manner when prisoners had serious health problems that resulted in their being taken to the hospital. Attorneys also complained that they were denied the ability to see their clients held at Harrison Point and other facilities. The superintendent of prisons responded that the emergency situation necessitated temporary restrictions on visits but that attorneys were allowed to visit prisoners.
The government also characterized the temporary prison as an improvement over the former prison, with several buildings spread over 65 acres, compared with the 39-acre Glendairy. The temporary prison also had separate facilities for persons on remand awaiting trail as well as for female prisoners, both of which the government described as improvements over the former prison.
In September the government announced that construction had begun on a new permanent prison. The Harrison Point facility held approximately 900 prisoners; the new facility, which will have a capacity of 1,200 prisoners, is due to be completed by January 2007.
While the government normally permitted prison visits by independent human rights monitors, no such visits were known to have taken place during the year at the Harrison Point facility.
d. Arbitrary Arrest or Detention
The law prohibits arbitrary arrest and imprisonment, and the government generally respected these prohibitions in practice.
Role of the Police and Security Apparatus
The Royal Barbados Police Force (RBPF) numbered 1,394--including 110 Special Constables--and is responsible for internal law enforcement. While still a male-dominated profession, the number of female recruits to the RBPF was on the rise. The small BDF protects national security and may be called upon to maintain public order in times of crisis, emergency, or other specific need. The RBPF reports to the minister of home affairs, and the BDF reports to the minister of defense and security. Although the police largely were unarmed, special RBPF foot patrols in high crime areas carried firearms in response to public concern. An armed special rapid response unit continued to operate. The law provides that the police can request the BDF to assist them as needed with special joint patrols.
The Office of Professional Responsibility, headed by a superintendent, handled complaints of inappropriate police conduct. In 2004 an independent Police Complaints Authority (PCA) began operating to review complaints against the police. No information was available as to its operations; during the year the PCA's chairman resigned, and a new one had not been appointed by year's end.
Arrest and Detention
Police are authorized to arrest persons suspected of criminal activity; a warrant is typically required. The law permits detainees to be held without charge for up to one week; however, once charged, detainees must be brought before a court without unnecessary delay. There is a functioning bail system. Criminal detainees were given prompt access to counsel and were advised of that right immediately after arrest. Although access to family members generally was permitted, several families complained that they did not receive regular access in the weeks immediately following the prison fire. Authorities confirmed this, asserting that it was necessary until appropriate security provisions could be made at the temporary holding facilities.
Police procedures provide that the police may question suspects, and other persons they hold, only at a police station, except when expressly permitted by a senior divisional officer. An officer must visit detainees at least once every three hours to inquire about the detainees' condition. After 24 hours the detaining authority must submit a written report to the deputy commissioner. The authorities must approve and record all movements of detainees between stations.
There were no reports of political detainees.
There were 242 prisoners in pretrial detention at year's end.
e. Denial of Fair Public Trial
The law provides for an independent judiciary, and the government generally respected this provision in practice.
The judiciary includes the courts of first instance, or magistrate's courts, and the Supreme Court of Judicature, which consists of the High Court and the Court of Appeals. The Privy Council in the United Kingdom was the final court of appeal until the government withdrew from it in April and adopted legislation making the new Caribbean Court of Justice its final appellate court.
Trial Procedures
The law provides that persons charged with criminal offenses be given a fair public hearing without unnecessary delay by an independent and impartial court, and the government generally respected this right in practice. The judicial system provides for the right of due process at each level. The law presumes defendants innocent until proven guilty; they have the right of appeal. The government provided free legal aid to the indigent in family matters, child support, criminal cases such as rape or murder, and all cases involving minors.
Political Prisoners
There were no reports of political prisoners.
f. Arbitrary Interference with Privacy, Family, Home, or
The law prohibits such actions, and the government generally respected these prohibitions in practice.
The government did not censor mail, but it restricted the receipt and importation of foreign publications deemed to be pornographic.
Section 2 Respect for Civil Liberties, Including:
a. Freedom of Speech and Press
The law provides for freedom of speech and of the press, and the government generally respected these rights in practice and did not restrict academic freedom or access to the Internet.
b. Freedom of Peaceful Assembly and Association
The law provides for freedom of assembly and association, and the government generally respected these rights in practice.
c. Freedom of Religion
The law provides for freedom of religion, and the government generally respected this right in practice.
In April the press reported that members of the Rastafarian community complained about a new legal measure that allows prison authorities to cut the hair of prisoners considered to be security risks. The Rastafarians said this infringed upon their religious practices, which includes the wearing of long hair in dreadlocks. Prison authorities argued that security considerations following the prison riot in March required that they be allowed to cut a prisoner's hair if it was believed the prisoner might hide weapons or contraband in the long hair.
Societal Abuses and Discrimination
There were no reports of societal abuses or discrimination, including anti-Semitic acts. The Jewish community was very small.
For more detailed information, see the 2005 International Religious Freedom Report.
d. Freedom of Movement within the Country, Foreign
Travel, Emigration, and Repatriation
The law provides for these rights, and the government generally respected them in practice.
The law prohibits forced exile, and it was not used.
Protection of Refugees
The government has not formulated a policy regarding refugees or asylum. In practice the government provided protection against refoulement, the return of persons to a country where they feared persecution, but did not routinely grant refugee status or asylum.
Section 3 Respect for Political Rights: The Right of Citizens to Change Their Government
The law provides citizens with the right to change their government peacefully, and citizens exercised this right in practice through periodic, free, and fair elections held on the basis of universal suffrage.
Elections and Political Participation
In the 2003 elections, the BLP, led by Prime Minister Owen Arthur, won its third parliamentary election, returning to office with a 23 to 7 seat majority over the Democratic Labour Party.
Approximately one-third of cabinet members were women, including the deputy prime minister, who served concurrently as the attorney general and minister of home affairs. There were 4 women and no minorities in the 30-seat House of Assembly. There were 7 women and 3 minorities in the 21-member Senate.
Government Corruption and Transparency
The public perception of corruption in government was reportedly low.
There was no law providing citizens access to information held by the government. While access to information was provided on government Web sites, responses to requests for specific government information by citizens and other interested parties often were slow.
Section 4 Governmental Attitude Regarding International and
Nongovernmental Investigation of Alleged Violations of Human Rights
A number of domestic human rights groups generally operated without government restriction, investigating and publishing their findings on human rights cases. Government officials were cooperative and responsive to their views.
Section 5 Discrimination, Societal Abuses, and Trafficking in Persons
The law provides for equal treatment regardless of race, religion, or gender, and the government generally respected these provisions in practice.
Violence and abuse against women continued to be significant social problems. Spousal abuse remained a significant problem during the year, despite legal protections against spousal rape for women holding a court-issued divorce decree, separation order, or nonmolestation order. The law prohibits rape, and the maximum penalty for it is life imprisonment.
The law prohibits domestic violence, provides protection to all members of the family, including men and children, and applies equally to marriages and to common law relationships. Penalties depend on the severity of the charges and range from a fine for first-time offenders (unless the injury is serious) up to the death penalty for a killing. The courts heard a number of cases of domestic violence against women involving assault or injury. Victims may request restraining orders, which the courts often issued. The courts can sentence an offender to jail for breaching such an order. The police have a Victim Support Unit, made up of civilian volunteers, which offered assistance primarily to female victims of violent crimes.
There were public and private counseling services for victims of domestic violence, rape, and child abuse. The Business and Professional Women's Club operated a crisis center staffed by trained counselors and provided legal and medical referral services. The government funded a shelter for battered women, operated by nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), which accommodated up to 20 women and children. The shelter offered the services of trained psychological and physiological counselors to victims of domestic violence.
Prostitution is illegal, but it remained a problem, fueled by poverty and tourism. The media occasionally reported on prostitution, usually in the context of concern over HIV/AIDS. There is no statute specifically prohibiting sexual tourism, and no statistics on it, but anecdotal evidence suggested that it occurred.
The law does not deal with sexual harassment, and sexual harassment in the workplace was a problem, but no statistics were available. An advocacy group called the Coalition on Sexual Harassment worked with the Department of Labor, among others, to develop legislation on this issue. Media reports often indicated that women were afraid to report sexual harassment because they feared retribution in the workplace. The Barbados Workers Union (BWU) continued to seek guidelines on sexual harassment in contracts and agreements it concluded with employers.
The Office of Gender Affairs in the Ministry of Social Transformation worked to ensure the rights of women. Women actively participated in all aspects of national life and were well represented at all levels of the public and private sectors. A Poverty Eradication Fund focused on encouraging entrepreneurial activities to increase employment for women and youth. The government reported that the number of female applicants for the police force, as well as for other jobs traditionally held by men, continued to increase. Women have equal property rights, including after a divorce.
The government was committed to children's human rights and welfare, although violence and abuse against children remained serious problems.
Education was free, compulsory, and universal until the age of 16. The government estimated that 98 percent of children between the ages of 5 and 16 attended school. The highest educational level achieved by most children was secondary school.
The National Health Insurance Scheme provided children with free medical and dental services for most medical conditions.
The Child Care Board has a mandate for the care and protection of children, which involved investigating day care centers and cases of child abuse or child labor, and providing counseling services, residential placement, and foster care. The Welfare Department offered counseling on a broad range of family-related issues, and the Child Care Board conducted counseling for child abuse victims.
Trafficking in Persons
No laws specifically address trafficking in persons, although laws against slavery and forced labor could be applied. There were reports that persons were trafficked to the country.
In June the International Organization for Migration (IOM) released an exploratory assessment that identified the country as one of several in the region to which people were trafficked. The findings of the report suggested that persons were trafficked, both to work as prostitutes and as domestic workers. Persons also reportedly were trafficked to work in the construction and garment industries, where they were subject to low wages and false contracts. The IOM noted that in cases where trafficking may have occurred, the government typically deported the persons suspected of being trafficked and failed to investigate or prosecute the alleged traffickers.
In November the government deported 14 persons who had been trafficked to the country from India. According to press reports, the trafficked persons said they came to work for an India-based construction company that falsely claimed to have acquired work permits for them. The Indian migrant workers walked off the job in November to protest low pay, poor living conditions, and the inadequate food provided by their employer. The government deported them several days later. The BWU criticized the government for punishing the workers and not the traffickers; at year's end a government investigation into whether the migrants' employer had broken the law was under way.
Although prostitution is illegal, a number of brothels with women from Guyana, the Dominican Republic, and other Caribbean islands operated in the country. The police periodically raided brothels and deported women found working illegally. Authorities reportedly did not use screening procedures before deportations to determine whether these women were trafficking victims.
The government's Bureau of Gender Affairs, working in conjunction with NGOs, initiated a public education program to heighten awareness about potential human trafficking.
Persons with Disabilities
Other than constitutional provisions asserting equality for all, there are no laws that specifically prohibit discrimination against persons with disabilities in employment, education, or the provision of other state services. In practice persons with disabilities faced discrimination. Informal surveys suggested that there were 10 thousand to 12 thousand persons with disabilities in the country. The Ministry of Social Transformation operated a Disabilities Unit to address the concerns of persons with disabilities, but parents complained of added fees and transport difficulties for children with disabilities at public schools.
While there is no legislation mandating provision of accessibility to public thoroughfares or public or private buildings, the Town and Country Planning Department set provisions for all public buildings to include accessibility to persons with disabilities. As a result, the majority of new buildings had ramps, reserved parking, and special sanitary facilities for such persons.
Other Societal Abuses and Discrimination
There are no laws that prohibit discrimination against a person on the basis of sexual orientation in employment, housing, education, or health care. Although no statistics were available, anecdotal evidence suggested that societal discrimination against homosexuals occurred.
The government initiated programs designed to discourage discrimination against HIV/AIDS infected persons and others living with them.
Section 6 Worker Rights
a. The Right of Association
Workers freely exercised their right to form and belong to trade unions. Approximately 19 percent of the 148-thousand-person workforce was unionized; unionized workers were concentrated in key sectors, such as transportation, government, and agriculture.
Although employers were under no legal obligation to recognize unions under the law, most did so when a significant percentage of their employees expressed a desire to be represented by a registered union. While there is no specific law that prohibits discrimination against union activity, the courts provide a method of redress for employees who allege wrongful dismissal. The courts commonly awarded monetary compensation but rarely ordered reemployment.
b. The Right to Organize and Bargain Collectively
Workers exercised the legal right to organize and bargain collectively. Since 1993 a series of negotiated protocols have contained provisions for increases in basic wages and increases based on productivity. Government, the private sector, and labor representatives signed a fifth such protocol in May.
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The law provides for the right to strike, and workers exercised this right in practice. All private and public sector employees are permitted to strike, but essential workers may strike only under certain circumstances and after following prescribed procedures.
c. Prohibition of Forced or Compulsory Labor
The law prohibits forced or compulsory labor, including by children, and there were no reports that such practices occurred.
d. Prohibition of Child Labor and Minimum Age for Employment
The law provides for a minimum working age of 16, and this provision generally was observed in practice. Compulsory primary and secondary education policies reinforced minimum age requirements (see section 5). The Labor Department had a small cadre of labor inspectors who conducted spot investigations of enterprises and checked records to verify compliance with the law. These inspectors may take legal action against an employer who is found to have underage workers.
e. Acceptable Conditions of Work
The law provides for and the authorities establish minimum wage rates for specified categories of workers. The categories of workers with a formally regulated minimum wage are household domestics and shop assistants. The minimum wage for these employees was $2.50 (BDS$5) per hour, which provided a decent standard of living for a worker and family; most employees earned more than the minimum wage. The Labor Department within the Ministry of Labor and Social Security was charged with enforcing the minimum wage. There were occasional press reports alleging that migrant workers received less than the minimum wage.
The standard legal workweek is 40 hours in 5 days, and the law requires overtime payment for hours worked in excess. The law prescribes that all overtime must be voluntary.
In August parliament passed the Occupational Safety and Health at Work Act, but by year's end the government had not issued regulations pursuant to the act. The Labor Department enforced other health and safety standards and followed up to ensure that management corrected problems cited. The law requires that in certain sectors firms employing more than 50 workers create a safety committee, which could challenge the decisions of management concerning the occupational safety and health environment. Trade union monitors identified safety problems for government factory inspectors to ensure the enforcement of safety and health regulations and effective correction by management. The Labor Department's Inspections Unit conducted several routine annual inspections of government-operated corporations and manufacturing plants. Workers had the right to remove themselves from dangerous or hazardous job situations without jeopardizing their continued employment.


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Can somebodry tell me how to do this my laptop is able to see a wireless network but it has no ssid and no password on it, now i thonk i need to know the ssid name to connect to it
Wireless card is 2200bg on a dell inspiron 9300
annu app i try dosent work because i cant find the new driver
can anybody suggest a app and a driver
A third party security audit is the IT equivalent of a colonoscopy. It's long, intrusive, very uncomfortable, and when it's done, you'll have seen things you really didn't want to see, and you'll never forget that you've had one.
Please try and do at least a little research before corrner-hopping for answers. B|T is not a layman's playform, nor is a casual leech-savy wifi hack-box extraordinaire. It has serious tools for serious pentesters. If you want help, the first step is to help yourself, and us indirectly, by learning as much as you can about your system and the protocols you are woking with, then, if you are still stumped, ask away. But do so with as much information as you can and with the expectation that those willing to help are at the very least going to require that you know the basics of *nix and networking.
"The goal of every man should be to continue living even after he can no longer draw breath."
Go to the web-interface of your router e.g. http://192.168.1.1 and check out what SSID you have put there and enable SSID broadcast and configure WEP/WPA/WPA2 personal according to your choice then I am 200% sure you can see the SSID along with Passphrase while penetrating the Router lol crackers n00bs.
Simple. I am telling the guy who asked the question that DONT Attempt Intrusion in other's network.if you are penetrating your own network then surely you are aware of your own network(white box testing).that's what i m telling by making fun of what that guy is trying to do that's it.
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Along those lines, arnel555, what you are doing is most likely illegal so please don't post about it on this forum. If it is in fact yours, which I doubt it is, log into your router and assign it a SSID and set it to broadcast. If it isn't, leave it alone. The last thing you want, as it seems you are inexperienced with this sort of thing, is to have the feds knock on your door because you are downloading pr0n via your neighbors wireless....
"The goal of every man should be to continue living even after he can no longer draw breath."


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The event will be at the Tower ballroom in Birmingham. Tickets are just £25 and available from any fighter on the bill or one of K-Star's 3 fulltime academies.
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Effect of State victim-related legislation. The National Center for Victims of Crime surveyed more than 1,300 crime victims to determine the effect of State legislation
on the protection of their rights (Kilpatrick, Beatty, and Howley, 1998). The study surveyed victims from four States: two States had strong legal protections for victims and two did not. Victims
in States with strong legal protections were more likely than victims in States without those protections to be notified of
the events in their cases and informed of their rights and available services, to exercise some of their rights in the criminal
justice process, and to give high ratings to the criminal justice system.
Even in States with strong legal protections, however, victims' needs were not fully met and victims' rights were not guaranteed.
Go to Immigrants as Victims
Kilpatrick, D.G., D. Beatty, and S.S. Howley. The Rights of Crime Victims—Does Legal Protection Make a Difference? Research in Brief. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Justice, National Institute of Justice, December 1998, NCJ 173839.


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NEW YORK, N.Y. - Junior Gabrielle Piper and freshman Theresa Picciallo posted victories for the University of Pennsylvania women's track and field team at the Armory Friday night in the Lafayette/Rider Invitational.
Piper was tops in the 60-meter hurdles. She blew away the field for her second win in the event this season. Her time of 8.77 was tops in her heat and among the 17 competitors. The nearest finisher was almost a full tenth of a second behind. Piper also finished fourth in the 60 meters at 7.84, while senior Nony Onyeador was the runner-up at 7.79 and sophomore teammate Lydia Ali was fifth at 7.87.
Picciallo was in second in the shot put after her first throw. But that didn't last long. As the only competitor to pass 13 meters, she did so on each of her next five throws and led the rest of the way. Her top toss was her third when it landed at 13.51 meters (44 feet, 4 inches). Freshman Serena Graf was third at 12.94 meters (42-05.50 ft.).
Senior Davielle Brown nearly broke the school record once again. She had three attempts at 3.90 meters but came up just short of becoming the first Quaker to ever pass that bar in the indoor pole vault. Brown did not have a miss until that bar and finished second at 3.75 meters (12-03.50 ft.).
Two more Quakers posted ECAC qualifying times. In the 800 meters, sophomore Ariana Tabatabaie was fourth. She stopped the clock at a career-best 2:14.11 to hit the mark needed to reach the postseason meet. Meanwhile in the 1,000 meters, junior Chelsea Delaney reached the ECAC time with a finish of 2:55.80. She was just a few strides away from winning the event, but finished as the runner-up.
For most of the Quakers, Friday marked the final meet before the Heptagonal Championships in Cambridge, Mass., Feb. 23-24. Some Quakers will compete at Princeton next week in the Tigers' invitational.


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Today, more than half of post-secondary students in the U.S. attend community colleges. Yet the essential role of humanities instruction at these institutions is sometimes overlooked – despite the fact that many students' only serious study of the humanities takes place in two-year college classrooms.
Reflecting a commitment to this vital and growing sector in higher education, the National Endowment for the Humanities offers NEH Bridging Cultures at Community Colleges, a program to advance humanities teaching at community colleges through sustained faculty and curriculum development.
Funded projects focus on the theme of Bridging Cultures, an agency-wide initiative that encourages exploration of the ways in which cultures from around the globe, as well as cultures within America's borders, have influenced American society. Since 2011, eleven institutions have been awarded up to $360,000 for national and regional projects to be held in 2012-16. (Please note that the funding amount is now up to $120,000 for local projects.)
Some projects advance an international understanding of Bridging Cultures. At University of Virginia, Strengthening Global Humanities at Virginia's Community Colleges is a faculty and curriculum development project on the religions and cultures of Asia, the Middle East, and Russia for 36 faculty and administrators from five Virginia community colleges. The East-West Center is offering Asian Traditions and Cultural Differences, in which faculty and administrators study the historical dynamics of cultural interaction in China and Southeast Asia, focusing on the arts, literature, religions, knowledge systems, and trade. Community College of Philadelphia is partnering with the University of Pennsylvania to conduct a faculty and curriculum development project on cultural divides and diversity in India. In the Community College Humanities Association's Advancing the Humanities at Community Colleges, participants revitalize introductory courses through the study of Islamic history and cultures, the African experience in the United States, human rights and ethics, and Latino/a literature.
Other projects focus on American ideas, events, and themes. As part of the American Historical Association's American History, Atlantic and Pacific, participants from twelve community colleges explore ways to internationalize the U.S. history survey, using the resources of the Huntington Library and the Library of Congress. The Newberry Library's Out of Many - Religious Pluralism in America brings together 20 community college faculty to explore religious pluralism in U.S. history through discussions with scholars and collaborative research. A three-year project at the Ohio Historical Society, Native Americans in the Midwest, focuses on the history of Midwestern Native American tribes and involves 36 community college faculty and administrators in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, and Oklahoma.
Association of American Colleges and Universities' Difference, Community, and Democratic Thinking focuses on American cultural diversity and democracy. At The Graduate Center, City University of New York, Bridging Historias through Latino History and Culture is a project on Latino/a history for 42 community college faculty and administrators in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, and eastern Pennsylvania. Bunker Hill Community College, in partnership with the University of Massachusetts, Boston, conducts a faculty and curriculum development project in Asian American studies. East European Studies in America, a project by University of Pittsburgh in partnership with Community College of Beaver County, focuses on change and adaptation in East European culture and its impact on western Pennsylvania history.
To read more about this grant opportunity, please visit http://www.neh.gov/grants/education/bridging-cultures-community-colleges.


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You believe evolution and there is no evidence for that. Where is the fossil record of a half man half ape. I've only ever heard about it in reading.
Seriously though... What would happen if the Great Green Arkleseizure didn't fram up the rammastam before the hermite curve achieved maximum nurdfurdle velocity? Now THAT would be something. AmIrite?
Why did you change accounts? Is the other one still active?
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not my intention, or choice, i just showed up and couldn't get in with keeta,
Welcome back, Miss Keeta (if I can still call you that)! I feared we'd lost you.


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Huseng wrote:LastLegend wrote:How do you squeeze Bodhidharma and his lineage into all of this?
The first account of Bodhidharma has him as a Persian. The following account has him as an Indian.
I'm sure there was a Bodhidharma, but as to the details of his life and legacy, you have to look at the literature for that, and the factuality of it is in debatable.
Is he considered a literary movement also?


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Survivor's Jimi Jamison Dies At 63
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Survivor has lost one of their lead singers. Jimi Jamison's booking agent Sally Irwin is confirming that the rocker died Sunday night. She tells TMZ.com Jimi suffered a heart attack.
He played his last show just a day earlier, performing with Survivor in Morgan Hill, California Saturday night. Jamison was 63.
Jamison came to fame with the band Cobra, and joined Survivor in 1984. He's featured on several of Survivor's hits, including "The Search Is Over" and "Is This Love."
Jimi also took the lead on the band's contribution to the Rocky IV soundtrack - the top five hit "Burning Heart."
Jamison also wrote and recorded the song "I'm Always Here" - the theme to the TV series "Baywatch."
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Ruth and the Green Book
Floyd Cooper
Reading Level: Grades K - 4
Ruth and her parents take a road trip during the Jim Crow era and encounter discrimination at every turn, until they are given a copy of The Negro Motorist Green Book which lists the safe places for African-Americans to eat, visit and stay.
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Jordan Yelinek '02 Made a Promise
Jordan Yelinek has made a promise to Washington College. At this point in his career, he's not able to support Washington College with large annual gifts to demonstrate the impact Washington College has had on his life. As an alternative, Jordan is a member of the George Washington Legacy Society – meaning that he has made a provision in his will for Washington College.
Originally from Las Vegas, Jordan found himself driving cross-country to attend Washington College sight unseen, he says by "divine intervention". He arrived at Washington College interested in becoming a doctor and left setting out to become a professor. As a student, Jordan took a special topics course with Dr. Rosemary Ford on molecular biology and genetics. The students approached Dr. Ford with the idea and she agreed to teach the course. "It was great fun to branch away from texts and let them discover the process of science from the literature," says Dr. Ford. Sitting in that class, learning and discussing alongside his professor, Jordan decided he wanted to teach.
At Washington College, Jordan majored in Biology and Drama, with a minor in Chemistry. He found the dual focuses to be great preparation for future job interviews. In his words, he was able to be a "creative scientist" and a "strict artist". Jordan had dinner at his professors' houses; he attended the opera with President John Toll; he pledged a fraternity, acted in drama productions, and made friends that he cherishes to this day. He left Washington College knowing he had to give back.
After graduation, Jordan went to Yale for grad school. His father, who worked in the insurance industry, urged Jordan to purchase life insurance. As a young man, Jordan suddenly had assets and an opportunity to give back to Washington College. He immediately made arrangements for the College to receive a portion of his estate. Since then, Jordan has updated his estate plans two or three times, and each time, the amount allotted for WC has increased.
Jordan has Washington College and his experiences here to thank for the person he is now. His way of saying thank you is giving back to Washington College in a way that properly reflects the impact WC had on his life.


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Allstate Sugar Bowl Announces Greater New Orleans Annual Award Winners
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
The Allstate Sugar Bowl and the Greater New Orleans Sports Hall of Fame announced its annual award winners on Wednesday. These honorees will be recognized, along with the remaining award winners who will be announced later this week, at a banquet on Saturday, July 23 at the Louisiana Superdome. The annual awards are based on achievements for the 2010-11 academic year which runs from July-June.
Softball is recognized with two awards as LSU softball coach Yvette Girouard (right) has been selected as the Outstanding College Coach from the State of Louisiana, while the Archbishop Hannan softball team is the Outstanding Team from the State of Louisiana. Girouard completed a legendary career by guiding the Tigers to a 40-18 record en route to the program's 13th NCAA Regional appearance. In addition to being named the Co-Coach of the Year in the Southeastern Conference, she was named the Louisiana Coach of the Year for the 14th time. Hannan High School, meanwhile, put together a dream season under coach Becky Lambert, earning the school's first state title since Hurricane Katrina forced it to move to the North Shore. The Hawks defeated False River, 1-0, in the semifinals and Ascension Catholic in the title game.