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A pub lunch that packs a punch
Can there be a nicer English city than Oxford? Beautiful architecture, dreaming spires, museums, art galleries, winding streets with quirky or niche shops and eateries, history, a world-famous University…
But for a really (and I mean really) good lunch, try venturing out of Oxford city centre to Binsey, a mere 30-minute walk from Oxford Castle (I timed it) to sample the delights of The Perch, a 17th century thatched-roof gem, with open fires, low beams, cosy lounge sporting Chesterfield sofas and a gorgeous garden.
This historic riverside pub and restaurant (800 years old, no less) is 'an Oxford institution as old as the university' and just a few minutes walk from the Isis (Oxford's stretch of the Thames) and Port Meadow.
Recently renovated, the food on offer 'has a classic British farmhouse focus allowing seasonality and quality of ingredients to lead our menus'. There's also a varied selection of drinks and extensive wine list so there's something to suit every taste and every customer.
A splendid little find, The Perch is a buzzing, welcoming pub perched(!) right next to the river on the edge of Port Meadow. It's a cosy place with restaurant area where all sorts of folk (dogs and children included!) congregate to eat some truly fine fare. There's also a covered patio eating area – perfect for those chillier days – and an outside eating area in the garden where you can breathe in the fresh air, let the little ones run around safely and where Pooch can relax if he's had a walk on Port Meadow.
In the grounds of the garden is The Shed bar offering a range of cocktails and more basic grub such as burgers, nibbles and cream teas, all at reasonable prices. If you prefer something a little more adventurous, the inside restaurant will cater for you, from pot-roasted ox cheeks to steamed Brixham mussels to delicious Sunday roasts and puds and you'll find it hard to choose just one thing from the new Spring menu.
We arrived late morning, parked in the car park, then set out through the pub gardens to enjoy the walk into Oxford centre. The pub garden has a pretty path that leads down to the river, decorated with ornamental arches and fairy lights. It's a fine walk that would suit all the family and dogs in particular will love it. Port Meadow is an area of huge common ground and there are canal boats to view along the way as you walk into Oxford,as well as a few bridges, so it's a varied and interesting walk. By the time you have walked into the city, browsed around, taken in a few sights and walked back to The Perch, you are well up for lunch!
We sat in the restaurant area and perused the menu… it was so hard to choose! But choose we did and decided to start with a fish plate to share. This was delicious and more than enough for two – we didn't want to feel too full up and not be able to manage a pud – and the roll-mop herrings were the nicest I'd ever tasted.
I then had Kelmscott pork and black pudding rissoles with mustard and cream leeks. If you think you know black pudding, think again with this dish; cooked to perfection, it was simply divine. I finished with a frozen raspberry ripple parfait with white chocolate cream and hazelnut praline. Yum!
My companion opted for grilled sea trout fillet, crushed Jersey Royals, spring onion, parsley and cockle butter, followed by a cheese board containing Dorset blue, Somerset organic brie, Dambuster cheddar, rosary goats' cheese, water biscuits, celery, grapes and chutney. Very fine fare indeed!
The food was excellent, served by really polite, hospitable staff and delivered quickly (always good when you're hungry!). There was also plenty to choose from for vegetarians, too. Although the pub was really packed (it was a Saturday lunchtime and the sun was shining!) we weren't kept waiting and were happy to sit and soak up the friendly atmosphere in between courses.
The Perch hosts an annual Beer and Cider festival in summer as well as outdoor movie nights and music festivals so it's not just a one-horse town, so to speak. It was also, apparently, an inspiration to Alice in Wonderland's Lewis Carroll, so there are various events leading up to Alice's Day on July 4th and a wonderful statue in the garden of Alice's rabbit friend.
So next time to go to Oxford, spread your net a little wider and plump for this picturesque little pub. It's so worth a visit and you won't be disappointed (unless you don't book in advance of course…)
Essential information
- The Perch Inn, Binsey, Oxford, OX2 0NG
- Call: 01865 728891
- Bookings: Call to make a booking.
- Opening Times:
- Bar
- 10.30am-11pm, Monday-Sunday
- Kitchen
- Noon-10pm, Monday to Saturday
- Noon to 9pm Sunday
- Shed Bar
- Weekends from May to October
- 10.30-7pm-ish (weather permitting)


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CHICAGO — Kirk Nieuwenhuis is just taking a mental break.
Despite the fact the Cubs sent right-hander Jeff Samardzija to the mound yesterday, Nieuwenhuis was on the bench for the Mets after working with hitting coach Dave Hudgens in an attempt to correct a flaw in his swing.
Nieuwenhuis is batting .115 (3-for-26) since June 16, and manager Terry Collins said he doesn't want the rookie outfielder losing confidence.
"He is really struggling and I try to make sure that we don't put some of these young players in a deep pit where they all of a sudden start questioning whether they belong here or not," Collins said before the Mets' 17-1 victory at Wrigley Field yesterday.
"I just wanted him to work with Dave a little bit and get this thing fixed, because we need him. When he's swinging the bat like he can he's a huge part of our team."
Collins said Nieuwenhuis is taking his head off the ball.
"When you don't see it, it's tough to hit it," Collins said.
Andres Torres started in center field and likely will get the call again tonight with lefty Chris Capuano scheduled to pitch for the Dodgers.
➤Collins said he had a productive talk with Lucas Duda after the rookie missed a sign from third-base coach Tim Teufel on Tuesday and stopped at third instead of attempting to score from first on Ike Davis' double.
"I said, 'What are you going to get out of it?' " Collins said. "He said it won't happen again. I said, 'That is part of the process. When you make a mistake you learn from the mistake, so you don't expect it to happen again because I know who you are and I'm sure next time you will score.' "
Those words proved prophetic: Davis stroked a double in the fourth inning yesterday, and Duda picked up Teufel's "go" sign and scored from first on the play.
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➤Vinny Rottino, whom the Mets designated for assignment to add reliever Justin Hampson on Monday, was claimed off waivers by the Indians.


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Marketplace's Stephen Beard is live with us from London with the latest. Hi Stephen.
STEPHEN BEARD: Hello Steve.
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- Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2010 18:15:45 +0200
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Hello community,
here is the log from the commit of package dante for openSUSE:Factory
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--- dante/dante.changes 2009-04-01 16:29:23.000000000 +0200
+++ /mounts/work_src_done/STABLE/dante/dante.changes 2010-10-20
12:56:21.000000000 +0200
@@ -1,0 +2,133 @@
+Wed Oct 20 12:44:04 CEST 2010 - ro@xxxxxxx
+- FIXME: could add upnp support if we had a miniupnp package from
+ http://miniupnp.free.fr
+- update to 1.2.2
+ o Fix PAM bug introduced in v1.2.0 that would leak resources when
+ using PAM. Also relax the code handling PAM concerning
+ unknown msg_styles.
+ o Set PAM_RUSER so that rhosts-based PAM authentication can work.
+ o Wrapper for calling getsockopt(2) with SO_ERROR added.
+- update to 1.2.1
+ o GSSAPI support is no longer disabled on heimdal versions older than
+ 0.8.0, which have no wrap/unwrap support for aes256-cts-hmac-sha1-96.
+ The following krb5.conf configuration might be needed to ensure that
+ AES-256 is not used:
+ default_etypes = arcfour-hmac-md5 des3-cbc-sha1 des-cbc-crc des-cbc-md5
+ default_etypes_des = des-cbc-crc des-cbc-md5
+ o Code for shutting down idle sockd processes put back and can be
+ enabled again, if desired. It is not recommended for busy servers
+ however as performance may be slightly degraded.
+ o Fix bug related to clients using MSG_PEEK and GSSAPI on Linux.
+ o Don't print warning if accept(2) fails when started with the -N<k> option.
+ When started with the -N option, it is expected that accept(2) will
+ fail in 1/k of the cases. Instead just log a debug message about it.
+ o The fflush() wrapper function did not handle a NULL argument.
+ o Fix libsocks upnpcleanup() linking problem when compiled without
+ libminiupnpc.
+ o Assert failure related to message passing on some 64-bit architectures
+ fixed.
+ o The capi/socks.h file was not correctly installed.
+ o Compilation fixes for OpenSuse 11.1.
+ o Compilation fix for config_parse.y compilation without YYDEBUG.
+- update to 1.2.0
+ o Improvements to client thread compatibility. The client
+ library should now be mostly threadsafe.
+ o Make support for the socks 5 version described in draft-5.05 be
+ configurable. Before this was always enabled, but it breaks clients
+ based on NEC socks code in some cases as they use the same bit to
+ mean something completely different.
+ A new option has been added to sockd.conf to enable it:
+ "compatibility: draft-5.05". Unless explicitly enabled, the Dante
+ server will not use the socks 5.05 draft specification.
+ o Don't leak username/passwords provided to us for local authentication
+ to upstream proxy server when server-chaining.
+ o Fixed a bug/oversight that imposed an artificial limit on the number
+ of sockd processes that could be created, even when the load required
+ more.
+ o Slight improvement of configuration parsing in an attempt to avoid
+ confusing non-qualified hostnames with NIC interfacenames.
+ o The default connect-timeout/negotiate-timeout has been reduced from
+ 120 seconds to 30 seconds. The "connecttimeout" name has also been
+ deprecated in favour of "timeout.negotiate".
+ o Separate iotimeouts can be set for udp and tcp clients. The "iotimeout"
+ object has also been deprecated in favour of "timeout.io".
+ o New configure option: "--disable-drt-fallback".
+ Used to disable the attempted automatic fallback to a direct route
+ if there are no usable proxy routes. Default is, as before,
+ automatic fallback.
+ o Added a new option: "udp.connectdst". Controls whether the server
+ should connect udp sockets to the destination.
+ The default for this release is yes, which improves performance,
+ but _may_ be incompatible with some udp-based application protocols.
+ Please let us know if you experience problems with some applications
+ no longer working.
+ o support for GSSAPI encryption/authentication (RFC 1961) to both the socks
+ server and socks client.
+ o limit the range of udp-ports used between the socks-client
+ and the Dante server.
+ o By default, try to auto-add direct routes for all addresses on the LAN.
+ To disable it, set SOCKS_AUTOADD_LANROUTES to "no".
+ o Fix bug that caused problems with certain combinations of
+ bind(2)/accept(2)/close(2).
+ o Fix bug that erroneously blocked the bind request from some clients.
+ o Add support for environment variables SOCKS4_SERVER, SOCKS5_SERVER,
+ HTTP_PROXY, and UPNP_IGD.
+ If set, they specify the socks v4, socks v5 server, http proxy,
+ or UPNP-enabled ID to use, without the need for a socks.conf.
+ This should make it possible to run socksify with reasonable results
+ even without a socks.conf, as long as one of these new environment
+ variables are set correctly.
+ o Auto-add direct routes for all gateways. Should make the client
+ a little more user-friendly by not having to specify "direct" routes
+ for the proxyserver any longer.
+ o More finegrained marking of when to mark a proxy route as "bad" so that
+ it will not be used again by the same client.
+ Also add a new variable to config.h, MAX_ROUTE_FAILS, determining
+ how many times a route can fail before being blacklisted. Default
+ is one (same semantics as before there was a variable to control this).
+ o Fix bug that could prevent password authentication from working
+ on some systems.
+ o Add configure option --without-glibc-secure, which disables check for
+ the glibc variable __libc_enable_secure. Creates undesired dependencies
+ for packaging.
+ o New getifaddrs() compatibility function, taken from heimdal-1.2.1.
+ o Support for interfacenames in sockd rules, and in the destination
+ address for socks routes.
+ Should make it easier to set up direct routes for local lan in
+ the client (specify all local interfacenames in route statements),
+ and block connections to e.g. loopback addresses (specify the the
+ loopback interfacename in a block rule) in the server.
+ o UPnP support in the client, using the miniupnp library by
+ Thomas Bernard (http://miniupnp.free.fr/).
+ UPnP is a protocol implemented by many home/small-business routers
+ and adsl-modems. It allows you to dynamically open up ports on
+ the router for accepting incoming connections, as well as figuring
+ out what the external ipaddress of the router is.
+ Dante uses this to make socksify of ftp/bittorent/etc programs
+ work via the UPnP router.
+ Note that only the miniupnp library with releasedate 2009/09/21
+ or later is expected to work with Dante.
+ o Be less strict about bind in the client. The standards says
+ it is expected that the client first performs a connect via
+ the socks server, but it seems some/many socks servers support
+ the client requesting a bind without a previous connect, so we
+ assume that is the case in the client from now on.
+ o Changed the magic bytes that indicate the client is requesting
+ use of the Dante-specific bind extension from 0x00000000 to
+ 0xffffffff, as part of the process to become less strict about
+ the bind command requiring a previous connection.
+ o Don't zero password in client if we read it from environment, or
+ it will not work the next time the same clientprocess tries to
+ authenticate to the server.
+ o Add support for "group:" syntax to rules, similar to "user:" statement.
+ o Close connection to PAM server each time we get an error-reply from
+ it, fixing a bug.
+ o Incorrect assert fixed.
+ o Log close of client-rule with correct command.
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++++++ dante.spec ++++++
--- /var/tmp/diff_new_pack.mdlk1X/_old 2010-10-20 18:13:30.000000000 +0200
+++ /var/tmp/diff_new_pack.mdlk1X/_new 2010-10-20 18:13:30.000000000 +0200
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-# spec file for package dante (Version 1.1.19)
+# spec file for package dante (Version 1.2.2)
-# Copyright (c) 2009 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
+# Copyright (c) 2010 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
# All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
# remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@
Name: dante
BuildRequires: pam-devel
Summary: A Free Socks v4 and v5 Client Implementation
-Version: 1.1.19
-Release: 135
-License: BSD 3-Clause
+Version: 1.2.2
+Release: 1
+License: BSD3c(or similar)
Url: http://www.inet.no/dante/
Source: ftp://ftp.inet.no/pub/socks/dante-%{version}.tar.bz2
Source1: sockd.init
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
Karl-Andre' Skevik <karls@xxxxxxx>: Autoconf and porting.
%package -n dante-server
-License: BSD 3-Clause
+License: BSD3c(or similar)
Provides: dantesrv
Obsoletes: dantesrv
Summary: A Free Socks v4/v5 Server Implementation
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
Karl-Andre' Skevik <karls@xxxxxxx>: Autoconf and porting.
%package -n dante-devel
-License: BSD 3-Clause
+License: BSD3c(or similar)
Provides: dantedev
Obsoletes: dantedev
Summary: Include Files and Libraries mandatory for Development.
@@ -103,9 +103,6 @@
%{__make} %{?jobs:-j%jobs}
-if [ -n "$RPM_BUILD_ROOT" ] ; then
- [ "$RPM_BUILD_ROOT" != "/" ] && rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
make install DESTDIR=${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}
#set library as executable - prevent ldd from complaining
chmod +x ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}%{_libdir}/*.so.*.*
@@ -131,9 +128,7 @@
%{__rm} -f %{buildroot}%{_libdir}/*.la
-if [ -n "$RPM_BUILD_ROOT" ] ; then
- [ "$RPM_BUILD_ROOT" != "/" ] && rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
+rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
%post -p /sbin/ldconfig
@@ -149,13 +144,12 @@
#files beginning with two capital letters are docs: BUGS, README.foo etc.
%doc [A-Z][A-Z]*
%attr(755,root,root) %{_bindir}/socksify
+%doc %{_mandir}/man1/socksify.1.gz
%doc %{_mandir}/man5/socks.conf.5.gz
%config(noreplace) /etc/socks.conf
++++++ dante-1.1.19.tar.bz2 -> dante-1.2.2.tar.bz2 ++++++
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The Federal Government should increase its climate change mitigation target to account for cheap land-based carbon offsets, according to the author of a new report from The Australian National University.
The report by Andrew Macintosh, Associate Director of the ANU Centre for Climate Law and Policy, found the potential for land-based offsets exceeds Australias total abatement target of 5 per cent and that, to date, this potential has not been properly factored into the Governments position in international negotiations.
In the international climate negotiations, Australia has argued for a less stringent mitigation target than other developed countries because it will incur relatively high economic costs in cutting its emissions, said Mr. Macintosh. To support its case, the Australian Government has relied on economic modelling by Treasury which downplays Australias potential to generate cheap land-based offsets.
If the true potential for land-based offsets is taken into account, the cost of meeting Australias targets will fall considerably and, if the rationale behind Australias negotiating position is followed, the reduction in expected costs should lead to an increase in Australias mitigation pledge, he said.
The report, LULUCF Offsets and Australias 2020 Abatement Task, which was supported by a grant from Greenpeace, finds that the maximum theoretical land-based offset the country could achieve is significantly beyond its total abatement task.
While not all of this potential is achievable, the research suggests that land-based offsets are likely to far exceed the Governments estimates and that a significant proportion of these offsets will come at zero or low cost, said Mr. Macintosh.
In particular, Australia will be able to claim around 12 million tonnes of offsets each year as a result of the Regional Forest Agreement process of the 1990s, and over 100 million tonnes of offsets as a result of falling deforestation rates in Queensland, much of which will require no additional economic effort.
He added that the government was overlooking these cheap sources of abatement to support its claims for a concessional mitigation target in international negotiations.
The Australian Government needs to update its economic modelling to account for the potential for cheap land-based offsets and improve the transparency of its greenhouse accounting framework, said Mr. Macintosh.
Explore further: Deforestation failure sounds climate alarm
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Park Hyatt Tokyo is celebrating its 15th anniversary. For the occasion the hotel worked with NIGO on a music album – TOKYO SUITE selected by NIGO. The compilation was inspired by his time spentin the suite on the 50th floor of the Park Hyatt Tokyo. The album will be released exclusively at A Bathing Ape stores on November 25th.
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Pelicans Lose an Absolute Heartbreaker to the Warriors
People love sports because of the way these games make us feel. Most of us grew up watching a mother, a brother, a father, an uncle get emotional while watching their favorite team play. Subconsciously, or maybe even consciously, we wanted to feel that passionately about something too, so we took to sports. We chose a favorite team – be it a hometown team, or a loved one's favorite team, or maybe just a team that was winning championships at the time – and we became heavily invested in their wins and losses.
And there is the rub with sports. In order to get those emotional highs that leave you high-fiving strangers at a run down bar, you have to also accept that you are going to have the lows – those games that leave you with a pit in your stomach. Your appetite is non-existent, and even your most severe real-world problems are trumped for a few moments by the failings of a handful of men that you don't even really know. It doesn't seem rational when you look at it from the outside, but almost nothing about sports or our love for it is rational. It's an emotional experience. Some nights you leave floating on clouds, other nights you are gut punched.
Tonight, we were gut punched.
You can break down the game and all its X's and O's (and I will do that in Notes and Observations), but sometimes you just have to appreciate the experience. You have to appreciate the fact that this feeling is a good thing, because it proves how much you still care about sports. I mean, really, in this day of reality TV, franchise films, and social networking, how often do you really feel something?
Tonight, we felt something as that buzzer sounded, and it wasn't the feeling that we desired, but it was a feeling nonetheless. We were disappointed because of our expectations for this team and our hope that they could pull out this particular game. They did not succeed tonight, but we have expectations and we have hope again – two things that weren't present over the previous two seasons. This team is far from a finished product. A lot of work must be done to get them to fulfill their potential, but they have reminded us of ours. We are capable of caring and believing. We can have hope and expectations for a young team that has shown signs of great things. We can reinvest our emotions into a team that will be able to one day reward us for sticking by them.
Tonight it was a gut punch, but it won't be that way forever.
Notes and Observations
– First of all, to those who have not seen the game and are looking for a score, I apologize that it has taken you this long to find one, but it was about more than the score for me tonight. Warriors 102, Pelicans 101.
– Starting at the end and working backwards: I did not blame Monty for not calling a timeout. The timeout would have allowed the Warriors to make a substitution – which would have likely meant taking out Jermaine O'Neal and replacing him with Draymond Green, who is a vastly superior defender. Monty trusted his young point guard and he got Eric Gordon a wide open look. It just didn't fall. I would take that shot every time in a game winning situation. The real problem is that the Pelicans should not have been in that situation in the first place.
– So, you want to blame Monty? THIS is what you blame him for – Anthony Davis got 9 minutes in the first half. Nine. Yes, he had two fouls, but so what? You really think a guy who averages 3.3 a game is going to pick up another 4? You think the refs will call him on ticky tack stuff if he gets up to 4 or 5 fouls? Now, I am not using 20/20 hindsight, I tweeted in the first half that Davis would finish with just 3 or 4 fouls and the decision to be that conservative would look foolish. It was.
The Warriors scored 30 points in the paint in the first half with Davis on the bench (just 18 in the 2nd half) and the Pelicans trailed by 8 at halftime despite scoring 31 in the 2nd quarter. No way to prove how this game turns out if Monty continues to play Davis with the two fouls, but one can take an educated guess.
– Other head scratching decision – Eight minutes for Brian Roberts in the first half and 25 minutes for Aminu compared to just 23 for Tyreke. Evans got to the basket at will, yet I looked at the box score halfway through the third quarter and he had just 11 minutes. You have a Warriors team with no inside presence and a wrecking ball of a guard in Tyreke Evans; seems like simple math. But not to Monty. He decided to play Evans less than half the game tonight.
– The Finishing Five unit is even more beautiful to watch than the CP3-Peja-West-Chandler-(insert player) unit in its prime. The spacing is amazing and the ball moves with such fluidity. And when they get the ball to Anthony Davis or let him clean up their mess, it brings the crowd to their feet. It was terrific again tonight, but came up a bit short. Could you imagine if that unit was on the floor to extend leads and not try to erase deficits?
– Jrue Holiday plays with so much more control now on the offensive end, and he is a beast on the defensive end. He is comfortable playing on the ball or off and is taking the ball to the rim more and more. Now, he just has to finish more frequently.
– If the box score didn't say so, I would have never believed that Eric Gordon played 36 minutes tonight. He had short spurts where he was aggressive, and he seemingly got his points in bunches. I don't know if he can only give that kind of effort for small spurts or if Monty just goes away from him instead of riding the hot hand. I have seen Gordon on a hot streak, only to be benched by Monty this year because his rotation says it is time to sit Gordon. I would like to see Gordon keep shooting, or at least playing, when he gets hot like that.
– At one point in this game, Jason Smith led the team with 14 FGA's. Now that is just stupid. When I rank the guys I want getting shots, he comes in 7th, behind the Finishing Five and Morrow. I know that prevailing logic is that you take the open shot, but doesn't it make you wonder why teams GIVE you that shot? Because it is inefficient and it prevents some of the other major weapons on your team from getting in a rhythm. As good of a shooter as Smith is for a big man, he just can't shoot a shot every two minutes he is on the floor and expect this team to be successful long term.
– David Wesley focused on one particular play at a crucial stretch of the game in which the Pelicans ran a pick and roll with Brian Roberts and Anthony Davis, got the switch that they wanted, and Roberts just dribbled the ball instead of getting it inside to AD. The play resulted in a turnover. David Wesley wanted to state his true feelings, but he bit his tongue. A wise move, seeing that he works for the team. I don't. Brian Roberts should not get a minute for this team moving forward. Under any circumstance. Ever. It was a nice little signing, plucked the guy out of nowhere and he hit some shots in a lost season and in meaningless preseason games. Good for him. But its time for this experiment to be over. For good.
– Ryan Anderson scored 21 points on 17 shots, but there were three or four attempts that just left you shaking your head. Look, I know he can't just stand behind the arc and I love that he now puts the ball on the floor or goes into the post, but these fadeaway, turnaround 18 footers have got to stop. You are better than that Ryno.
– The Finishing Five is beautiful.
– Though the next three games are on the road (where the Pelicans are 1-5), they all are winnable. It would have been nice to have gotten this win, but those three might be even more important, as this team needs to learn to win on the road. December's schedule is brutal, including a 5 game road trip against Denver, Golden State, the Clippers, Portland, and Sacramento. If they can't learn to win on the road, we could be looking at a team that is 10 or more games below .500 heading into January.
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GerryV, I agree they need a verbal ass kicking and they need to be on the attact mold all the time stay aggressive. In Amiu I case remember you once mention Aminu as a tease that because he just play 5 minute in the First quarter and 5 minute in the Third quater how can you be effective like that. He is the Pelican second best rebounder beside Davis and probaly they best defender and shoot 80% from free throw let the man play.
I enjoy reading the posts here and find tremendous satisfaction in adding to my evidence file that most of you are out of your minds! Open clean 3 ball from the corner was a good look….OPEN AND CLEAN…..what the team needs is a verbal ass kicking……please find a small fwd that can score and the floor will open up like the gates of a castle….you guys keep wanting to change everything…relax for cryin out loud and give this team a lil time to figure this out…i need to do a podcast to lay a verbal beat down on some of you….( like a stern father guiding his confused son)……Happy Thanksgiving!..( this post in no way means my love has diminished in any way for all of you)
First I believe Monty need to play Amiu for four quarter not just the First and third quarters.He had nine rebounds and 4 points and did not play at all in the fourth quarter.This been the trend in every game.How can you prove your worth when you don't get the opportunity the prove your self.I think Aminu and Davis is one of the best young frontcourt in the NBA.Monty has to trust in is players to succeed expectedly in crunch blaming Aminu when he is not in the game is not fair this takes away is confident.That the difference from preseason Aminu played more minute and was more effective because he was playing with more confident.Like Davis said do what you do in practice or preseason and applied it on the court.You have to trust in a player ability to succeed give him a true chance.I bet Aminu excels in practice.
@lawstar so you trust a guy that has no offensive gem unless its a straight sprint to the basket?
@xman20002000 @lawstar @GerryV Yes xman What Aminu is lacking confident in what he was doing in the off season and preseason, Aminu has more upside than Xavier Henry. What I am saying you just can't play 15 minute a game and be effective.
No u don't
@GerryV me nice GerryV! I am not going to watch your show. Diehard Saints and Pelican Fan NewOrlean native I seen it all and I can tell u the history Jazz, Hornets, Bucaneers, Pelican and Saints. Buddy D, Wayne Mack, Hap Glade you known what I mean. I been right all the time.
So now that we know what we know about this squad's strengths and weaknesses, we're fooling ourselves if we think that another coach will walk in and get a significantly better result. At the end of the game, we needed two points--no, really, just one point because in that situation you at a minimum need to just not lose. So why did we end up taking a 3-point shot in this scenario, which is something the other team prefers us to do? I don't think it's poor coaching; they created an open shot as they're supposed to. Gordon had already hit a 3 from that spot.
My problem is there's apparently no play the Pelicans can run in that situation that definitely gets us a higher percentage shot at the rim. I'm not saying that they should have forced the ball down low. I'm saying that the problem is we don't even have decent low post options. Davis is not a back to the basket go-to guy: not yet, and maybe not for a long time. J Smith has no back to the basket game, per se. Aminu? Withey? Nah. Last person we had of that persuasion was Landry, maybe Kaman, but the point is that G State knew that with our personnel they should camp in the lane defensively and take their chances with the kind of shot we got.
So given our skill set on the team, there's this whole area of offense that we can't run. How many close games will we be able to win, depending on driving from the top of the key, or 20-foot jumpers? On the flip side, we find ourselves getting beat in the paint on a consistent basis because we don't have bonafide low-post defenders. So a guy like Jermaine O'Neal, literally gets off his deathbed, and can have a career night shooting 5- and 10-footers whenever he wants.
My problem with the way the game ended boils down to this: Gordon missing that shot means he's still untradeable to get the critical pieces we need.
@xman20002000 @Sportnlyfe Aminu??? OMG...
I have one question why didnt we go after Derek Williams? Hell we could have gave up Aminu just say easy as the Bucks gave up who ever that guys is.
Would this trade work, Gordon and Roberts for Deng? The Bulls are now in need of scoring guards and we need a 3. This is Deng last year under contract I think.
We did not need a 3. A dagger 3 is great, but why not get the ball to Evans or Davis and get to the hoop? They were unstoppable in the 4th.
Both Smith and Gordon need to stop settling for long jumpers. Aminu needs to stop settling for any shot other than a layup or dunk. We get zero offensive rebounds on long shots.
Evans is rapidly becoming the best guard on this team. He needs to come in for Aminu when Anderson comes in, and stay there for 30+ per game. When Holliday or Gordon leave, bring in Morrow and slide Tyreke to the 1 or 2. If both Gordon and Holliday need to leave, then bring in Rivers to work with Tyreke. Roberts is a strong negative factor unless someone throws him the ball spotting up. Since nobody will do that, he needs to sit.
I would like Withey to get a few minutes from Smith, and a few from Amundson. On a per-minute basis he is our BEST player, and far better than Smith or Amundson. Give him a chance to prove whether he can translate from that small sample size to a bigger one. Check boxscoregeeks.com for fascinating data to back this up!
@NOEngineer corner three is not that long of a shot…its shorter than other threes and the guy was WIDE OPEN!…..roll up box score geeks and smoke it……that jumper drop and none of this talk happens
Monty's rotations are questionable and I just don't understand how the opposing team always has someone wide open for 3. with that being said, I think pelz fans are just looking for someone to point the finger at, Monty isn't perfect but you have to hold the players accountable as well
Not sure if its the lineups or the sense of urgency (or lack there of) early in games, but why does it take the final quarter to finally play with the passion and will to win?? AD barely gets touches, he's open a million times in the middle of the lane and no one throws him the ball, everyone is out there playing lazy one on one ball, no energy....then in the 4th we turn it up as they say! We have to play that way from the very beginning. If we can do that, I think you see us being the ones up double digits, not fighting back when its too little too late. I think its vital that our young guys stop looking at the score and the time remaining early in games, and simply focus on each possession as though this is the 4th quarter "do or die" and play with all we got. As a fan in the stands its frustrating to see a terrible effort for most of the game only to be up and out of my seat the 4th quarter with joy and excitement because we finally decide to show up to the fight. When we show up and fight its a thing of beauty win or lose, but we gotta play that way for 48 minutes, not 12!
@Edbballin504 cause young teams have to master quarter to quarter consistency
@GerryV I have not seen a team run the fast break worse than our Pels. We have great finishers but some how turn the ball over with poor spacing. I love that we have Tereke to go to the hole but how do we get him to move the ball so we can finish more of our break?
Pels are ranked #10 in fast break efficiency
Aminu should see small ball minutes as a 4. I didn't see the first 3 quarters at all, but if GS is rolling out Barnes/Green as their 4 and 5, Aminu makes much more sense than Amundson. Regardless, Evans needs more than 23 minutes.
Sad loss to a less than full strength Warriors team, but not disastrous. My goal was always to be right around .500. Teams just don't make 20 win swings in one off season if they don't add a legitimate super star or two (e.g. Boston and Miami). It's all about Davis. He still needs time and at least one more reshuffling of his supporting cast before it's competing for championships.
Aminu is Julian Wright 2.0
@Papa Pelican Aminu is a great rebounder and a solid defender, two things Wright never was. Don't be foolish
@beefense @Papa Pelican However, he is terrible, farcical... in the offense.
In the big picture, what this game shows is we are not a playoff team right now, or even close. We were playing a team missing two of their top four players! What we did wrong tonight (or other nights) is irrelevant to the overarching point: we are approximately the 11th rank team in the Western Conference when we are fully healthy. You can scapegoat different individuals (on different nights) all you want. The reality is, even when healthy, we can only beat teams with losing records, and that includes a hamstrung team like Golden State in this game.
This will take time to change.
@504ever I agree. I think that I said after the 4th or 5th game that I was changing my expectations for the team and playoffs were no longer the goal, improving was. Thats how I feel. If I look at the scores at the end of the game or the record, I will be disappointed. But if I just look at how they played, I want to see improvement.
I see a big improvement in Austin's game, more versatility in Ryno's offense, Tyreke and Jrue taking it to the rim more, and Gordon staying healthy. I want to see individual and team improvement moving forward and expect to see a team that starts winning games like this in February and March. By then, it will likely be too late for a playoff push, but I wont care. It will be improvement that they can take into the following season, where I will expect a playoff birth.
@Michael McNamara @504ever Agreed! (Except about Rivers' big improvement where we continue to disagree.)
I am not sure others who comment here are with us yet, and that is why I made my post above.
FIRE MONTY!!!!! what we need a billboard sign.This team is a comedy of errors the guy is a joke.
@Papa Pelican I agree. I think we should ask the following question: Monty Williams is the right name to lead an ambitious project?
@Papa Pelican fire yaself!…..i had to say that…xo..lol
Eric Gordon has said and done all the right things as a member of this organization for the past year, and he should be commended for that. But last night's loss is even more painful when you think about what sinking that last shot would have done to boost his trade value.
I repeat: WE NEED A HEAD COACH!!!
George Karl, Stan Van Gundy, Lionel Hollins, Jerry Sloan, Scott Skiles... Lots of good names available and we suffer with a weak and inexperienced coach. Another "crunch time loss" which shows that we don't have a good coach. When the franchise will take action?
Amen brother afterall this is not Benson hiring in the first place it was the Shinn regime hiring.Benson can get someone that means believe in winning not someone that keep the team in medoicre.
@lottoni81 police are surrounding your house as i write this….going to throw a net on you!
@GerryV I think in this case, your opinion shouldn't be taken seriously. After all, you must be a Monty Williams' buddy. So you will always defend his crap work.
I think Aminu(lacks offense), Morrow (lacks height/defense), or Miller(injures good in small spurts at the end of last year) should start at the 3. Keeping Tyreke to lead the second unit we don't need two sixth men (Monty seems to forget Tyreke on the bench. He plays 6 more minutes in wins? via ESPN.com). With evans as primary backup for the 1&3 exploting the bigger mismatch on the first sub he could close also. There really isn't a second unit playoff teams shrink to mostly a 8 or 9 man rotation.
I also despise watching Roberts not because of his score first but because of his defense, maybe its me he is too slow to press, lacks the vertical lift to challenge shots(someone teach him to put his hands infront of there eyes rather than up at a block like Shane Battier), and cannot stay infront of his opponent.
Nine man rotation in order of minutes.
1.Davis cornerstone(start at 5 ,also play 4)
2.Jrue (point)
3. Evans (sixth man/ closer)
4. Ryan Anderson (start at 4)
5. Gordon (his knees still scare me starting 2)
6. Aminu/Miller (battle hoping he's better lost 15 lbs? aminu time at the 4)
7. Smith (much better against second tier big men)
8. Morrow/Amundson depend on if the oppsosing team plays small ball
9. Rivers (he can play defense)
Blowouts and back to backs could be adjusted. Also really like on Withey in limited minutes, I think Amundsons hustle and experience are holding him the spot. Future third big?
@AndrewDenenea1 ...I like the way you think.
rivers not getting any minutes tonight to defend curry?thus smith knows how to drive to the basket and not only settle for midrange jumpers?poor rotation of players by monty...brian roberts played tonight because monty thinks that rivers is tired because of our back-to-back....:)
so MM if you want a coach to replace monty now....who do you want?
@mojart I think people need to understand that if Monty gets fired, he will most likely be replaced by one of his assistants for the rest of the year. This idea of a coach like Karl or Hollins riding in on a white horse and saving the season is highly unlikely.
Secondly, if Benson has his way, the next coach would probably be Avery Johnson. Is that an upgrade.
If it were up to me, though, I would wait until the offseason and if Monty improves, keep him. If not, I throw every dollar I can at Shaka Smart from VCU and hire some strong assistants to help him through the steep learning curve.
@Michael McNamara @mojart is that Avery Johnson rumor a sourced opinion? Where did you learn that?
Please save us from Avery Johnson or Byron Scott. I don't believe either of them will ever get a superstar to stay in town as a free agent. (I am not counting the basically automatic first extension for promising rooks).
@mojart Rivers also would/could have gone by Nedovic at every opportunity. Not sure why Monty insisted on Roberts...
@Michael McNamara @mojart Avery is not an upgrade…he wears people out…
Couple of things I noticed:
1. The "finishing five", should be the starting five, the clutch five, and the my God put them back in five.
2. I'm sorry, but Brian Roberts disgust me. I hate PG that want to score first. Plus he plays no defense. At least when Rivers make a mistake, he plays twice as hard to make up for it.
3. Have Aminu play the 4 and decrease J. Smith minutes. He role has changed in a way that we don't get those beautiful high octane spurts from him.
4. By moving Evans to the starting 3 and Aminu to the backup 4, give Childress a shot. Honestly, what will it hurt.
5. I absolutely loved that game. The last shot......was the rim fault.
totally agree. finishing 5 should start and Roberts should sit
I was glad Monty didn't take the timeout, because the Pelicans were in a good flow and had control of the ending. We got a wide open look for our big money man, and the shot just barely rimmed out. If we can get a look like that to end every close game, then I'll be ecstatic. We came up short, but it was on our terms.
Davis really went into beast mode at the end. The place ERUPTED when he got that slam off the rebound.
I hate to beat this dead horse, but when will Gordon even TRY to look up for a teammate on the fast break? He's having to take really contested layups because every defender knows what he's going to do.


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D.C. United striker Danny Allsopp has spent less than two weeks with his new team since joining the club's preseason workouts in Bradenton, Fla. on Feb. 11, which would traditionally make him a target for locker-room pranksters looking to enliven the confined, often-monotonous routines of training camp."Not yet," he chuckled when asked about such hijinks late last week. "I'm keeping my head down and keeping a low profile, waiting for something."Whether his D.C. teammates have left him in peace out of respect for a well-traveled veteran or simply to avoid provoking one of the largest players on the roster, United hope that their newest foreign acquisition doesn't remain inconspicuous for long.The brawny Australian has been brought to the nation's capital to spearhead a Black-and-Red frontline that has rarely failed to create scoring chances in recent years, but all too often went begging for a capable and consistent finisher to tuck those opportunities home.The move represents a departure from United's standard operating procedure, and a bit of a risk as well. The club has habitually looked to Latin America for attacking talent, with a particular focus on creativity and intuition. Given his build, history and nationality, the arrival of Allsopp -- a veteran of the English second and third divisions who will become the first-ever Aussie to take the field in Major League Soccer when he makes his D.C. debut -- would seem to portend a more rugged, direct approach.Along with Adam Cristman, another newcomer who seems to have been obtained by head coach Curt Onalfo as a like-for-like alternative, Allsopp offers a significantly different skills set from United's incumbent strikers. Onalfo values a physical presence up front and beyond ruthless scoring instincts around goal, Allsopp is expected to offer a useful touchstone for his teammates' passes and runs. But both player and club believe a label like "target man" only tells part of the story."I don't know if you'd say he's a traditional target forward," said D.C. general manager Dave Kasper last month. "He's good with his back to goal, but he's also pretty mobile and he's got good feet, he's a good soccer player."Allsopp showed those capabilities with his hometown club Melbourne Victory earlier this decade, helping establish the club's A-League dominance alongside the likes of Australian international Archie Thompson and former United midfielder Fred. While he's still getting acquainted with his D.C. colleagues, he is optimistic about slotting into a similar role for his new team."A lot of people think maybe when they see me that I'm going to be like an old-fashioned center forward, to hold up the ball for the team -- which I do," said Allsopp. "But I think there's a lot more to my game than that. ... I move around a lot more than someone that just sort of receives long balls on the chest."Judging by his early contributions in United's Bradenton activities, Allsopp has found his feet quickly despite a daunting transition period. His journey from Australia to Florida took nearly 24 hours and his wife and two young sons remain back in Melbourne, waiting for him to finally reach the Washington area and commence the house-hunting process when the team returns to D.C. on Friday. Having just recently wrapped up a brief stint with Al-Rayyan in the Persian Gulf state of Qatar, Allsopp sounds eager to settle quickly in the United States."The league's made a bit of a reputation around the world. Everyone knows about it and I'm looking forward to being part of it," he said of MLS. "I just want to do well for the club and for myself, and try and enjoy my time here in the States. It's a great opportunity for me and I'm hoping to be part of a successful team."Allsopp has represented his country at the youth and senior international levels, but national team coach Pim Verbeek was critical of his last performance for the Socceroos about a year ago and has not called him in for duty since, leaving him on the margins of the Aussies' World Cup plans."If I can do well here for D.C. then you never know what could happen, but I think I'd be crazy if I planned anything around making the national team," said Allsopp. "It seems like I'm out of the picture at the moment so I'll just get on with it, try to enjoy my football and do as well as I can."
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SEATTLE -- On a cold night in the Pacific Northwest, the Rangers got one last look at two rookie pitchers that represent a huge part of their future. Both Tommy Hunter and Neftali Feliz likely made their final appearances of the 2009 season for the Rangers in a 2-1 loss to the Seattle Mariners at Safeco Field on Saturday night. Hunter, pitching beneath a spectacular Harvest Moon -- and having trouble gripping the baseball in the chill -- was unable to reverse a late-season slide that he believes was caused by tipping his pitches.
He only allowed two runs, but gave up nine hits and managed to last just 4 1/3 innings. He finishes the season at 9-6 with a 4.10 ERA, including a 1-3 record with an 8.82 ERA in his last four starts. "The season was good but it should have ended better," Hunter said after the Rangers lost for the 14th time in 22 games. "There are some things they caught on to at the end of the year that I have to fix. I was just tipping some pitches. "That stinks, especially when it jumps your ERA almost two full points." Hunter and other Rangers pitchers dodged bigger trouble on Saturday night as the Mariners were just 2-for-17 with runners in scoring position. But Hunter showed enough in his 19 starts to make him a serious candidate for the Rangers rotation. He's able to throw four pitches for strikes and the team has been impressed by his competitiveness. "I thought he showed he can battle," Rangers manager Ron Washington said. "I saw him work his way into trouble and be able to pitch his way out of trouble. He's got to continue on that path and continue growing as a pitcher. We have to make sure he doesn't take anything for granted because the next step for him is not going to be easy. It's going to be a tough challenge for him to continue growing." Ken Griffey Jr. gave the Mariners a 1-0 lead with a home run to lead off the fourth inning. It was Griffey's 34th in his career against the Rangers. That ties him with George Brett for seventh-most by an opponent against the Rangers. In the fifth, Josh Wilson led off with a double and scored on singles by Ichiro Suzuki and Franklin Gutierrez. Hunter was pitching despite having an upper respiratory infection earlier this week and was pulled in the fifth. It's the second consecutive start he has failed to go at least five innings. He went 2 1/3 in his last outing on Monday against the Angels and those are the two shortest of his 19 starts this season. "My expectations are higher than what others have for me," Hunter said. "It was a fun season, and I had a great time. I put in my shot for next year. But it needs to get better and I know I can do better." With the Rangers down 2-0, Feliz made what Washington said is likely his last appearance of the season, when he pitched a scoreless sixth. He walked Mike Carp to lead off the inning and, after Michael Saunders grounded out, hit Josh Wilson with a pitch. But Feliz showed something when he threw a 96-mph fastball past Ichiro for a strikeout and then retired Gutierrez on a roller past the mound. Washington decided against sending him out for the seventh and probably won't use him on Sunday. So the final line for Feliz will be 1-0 with a 1.74 ERA and two saves. In 31 innings, he gave up 13 hits, walked eight and struck out 39. "He left a big impression," Washington said. "He obviously has an electric fastball and showed command of his secondary stuff. He's been a big piece of our bullpen. He left a good impression." The Rangers knew Feliz could throw hard. His curve and changeup were suspect in Spring Training but showed tremendous improvement over the course of the season. That's why the Rangers will look at him in the rotation next spring. "This has been a great season," Feliz said. "I'm just thankful the organization gave me the opportunity. I just need to keep working hard but I have confidence in all of my pitches now. I just want to keep working on my breaking ball." The Rangers almost got Feliz his second victory. Mariners left-hander Ryan Rowland Smith held Texas scoreless through six innings. The Rangers broke through in the seventh when Chris Davis doubled and, after Andruw Jones walked, Elvis Andrus doubled down the right field line. Jones went to third on the play, but the Rangers couldn't get the tying run home. Rowland-Smith struck out Taylor Teagarden and got Julio Borbon on a pop to short center. Right-hander Sean Kelly replaced Rowland-Smith and, after walking Ian Kinsler, he ended the threat by getting Michael Young on a fly to deep right-center. The Rangers finished the night 1-for-8 with runners in scoring position.
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second Fijian Student to attend the USA New Mexico Military Institute (NMMI) under the Samsung Oceania Foundation Sport scholarship," says Dennis Miller the Executive Director of ONOC.
Mere is an all round student having graduated from Suva Grammar School as a Form Seven student. She represented her school in volleyball athletics and netball. She went on to wear the Fiji national colours during the Asian Women Junior's Championship in Vietnam in 2010. Apart from sports, she was also a senior prefect in her final two years of school.
Mere was selected based on her balanced results academically and in the volleyball sports field. In accepting her scholarship, she hopes to pursue both her volleyball dream as well as to graduate as a forensic accountant.
We are also proud to present, recent graduating student from NMMI and 1st volleyball scholarship recipient, Agatha Gibbons. She completed her two years of study graduating with an Associate of Arts in criminal justice. Besides being an excellent student, Agatha was named to the conference all-star volleyball team. In only her few months in her freshman year (1st year of college), Agatha was offered several full scholarships to complete her final two years of university. She has chosen to do her final two years at the Eastern New Mexico University to complete a Degree in Criminal Justice.
This scholarship that both Agatha and Mere have received is an initiative of the Oceania Foundation (www.oceaniafoundation.com) and leading international company Samsung. It targets athletes that are able to balance sport and academic achievements. The preferred age groups are those aged between 18-20 years who are completing their final years of high school.
Other Pacific Island students on current scholarship are in the sport of athletics, basketball, tennis and swimming and attend NMMI and Iowa Central Community Colleges respectively.
The Oceania Foundation, under the care of the Oceania National Olympic Committees (ONOC) has been established to encourage, promote and provide new and expanded opportunities for the participation of people, particularly the youth, in sport throughout the Oceania region.
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Winner of Amnesty International's Young human rights reporter of the year competition upper secondary category: Zaahid Rahman, 15, Cranbrook School, Ilford
Female genital mutilation
FGM (Female Genital Mutilation) is a common cultural practice in many parts of the world today including the Middle East, East Africa and Southeast Asia. Its mere existence makes it too common. Typically involving girls aged below fifteen years of age, this traumatic procedure may involve removing, stitching and cauterising the genitals.
So what justifies this? The WHO (World Health Organisation) explains: The procedure has no health benefits for girls and women. FGM is a violation of the human rights of girls and women. It is mainly done by communities as a rite of passage or with the intent of preserving a girl's virginity by trying to reduce their libido hence the removal of erogenous tissue. Typically an elder woman, normally the victim's grandmother, will profane the girl. In such practising groups there is an unhealthy idea of body image where the female genitals are considered impure and dirty. This being the case, women who have not been butchered are often discriminated against.
As it is often done unprofessionally with neither sterile instrument nor adequate anaesthetic it can have damaging lasting effects on its victims; these include cysts, urinary tract infections, PTSD (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder), bleeding and even infertility. Horrifically crude utensils are normally employed. These can include anything from razor blades to fingernails, from cut glass to scissors. Although the crime is relatively specific it affects a huge number exceeding double the population of the UK, a number we cannot ignore - that is as many as 140 million individuals in the world today.
In developing countries the threat is particularly serious as medical professionals are becoming increasingly involved. 18% of cases and rising have been done by trained cutters who have outright abused their authority on families. Two thirds of FGM victims are Africans, with the largest concentration of FGM being present in Somalia. An appalling 96-8% of Somali women are 'circumcised' which goes on to contributing to widespread FGM culture within the Somali diaspora.
In areas with considerable immigrant populations in the UK, awareness should be raised of FGM as around 20,000 girls are at risk in Britain and France. Too often is it the case that unsuspecting girls are sent on 'holidays' with family where FGM is carried out abroad.
It is illegal in 22 African countries as well as 12 industrialised countries. However, much of it slips under the radar. Though France employs a tougher protocol in actively examining potential victims on return, Britain continues to hide behind the curtain of cultural sensitivity.
As a result of this around 100 convictions linked to FGM have been made in France whereas absolutely none have been made in Britain despite a total of 82 incidents being reported to Scotland Yard. Since its outlawing in 1985, the practice has a paltry sentence of 14 years attached to it for inflicting permanent damage. Collaboration together as humans is the only way to eradicate this monster. Let us try to make this the last generation to be violated by the knife.
Upper secondary runner up: Ellie Williams, 15, Knutsford Academy, Knutsford
One in three
The 16th December, 2012. New Delhi. A young female physiotherapy intern is beaten and gang-raped on a public bus, whilst attempting to head home from the cinema.
She was raped savagely including with a metal instrument, to the point at which only 5% of her intestines remained.
This story caused a wave of emotional response in women, men and children across the world. This particular case reinforced my disgust of the maltreatment of women across the world, and has made me aware of the frequency of gender related violence.
In India, equal voting rights for both women and men were given in 1950, despite this, around 70% of India's women are victims of domestic violence. Evidence suggest that a crime against a woman is committed every three minutes and a women is raped every 29 minutes. There are a number of reasons as to why India has such high domestic violence and rape rates often associated with the legal system and conviction rates or the pressure place upon some victims to drop charges and in some cases marry the attacker.
A 2012 report by UNICEF revealed that 57% of Indian boys and 53% of girls between the ages of 15 and 19 believe wife-beating is justified. A recent national survey also reported that a large percentage of women blame themselves for beatings by their husbands. Is this a consequence of the low status of women in India? Patriarchy is normality, a belief held by not only some men but women and girls.
The very idea that some women believe there is a justification to beat a woman not only angers but upsets me. But surprisingly, Sweden's rape rate is more than 30 times the number in India, Sweden has the highest incidence of reported rapes in Europe and the second highest in the world, shocking when remembering the women in 1862 (unmarried women and widows) who were allowed to vote in municipal elections, making Sweden the first country in the world to grant women the right to vote. Sweden is often regarded as having somewhat liberal views, in contrast, India is a country regarded by the West where negative attitudes towards women are expected.
Within Britain, it is easy to forget the legacy of Emeline Pankhurst or Emily Davison, who, in 1913 gave the 'ultimate sacrifice' in objection to laws against women. Women who gave their lives in order to ensure me, my sister, my mother and her mother gained legal equality with men.
Yet, similar problems remain. One in four women will experience domestic violence, with an incident of violence reported every minute. Sadly, on average two women are killed by abusive (ex) partners every week. There is something criminogenic in the patriarchal views held by men throughout the world which facilitates sexual violence against girls and women.
Negative attitudes towards women have nothing to do with poor or rich countries, developed or underdeveloped, culture, colour, religion or wealth. The abuse of women still continues and has to stop.
Upper secondary runner up: Genevieve Brown, 16, Inverurie Academy, Inverurie, Scotland
The uncertain future of female education in Afghanistan
2001 was a year when many Afghan girls' lives changed. Their homeland, already a Taliban-run war zone, was invaded by troops from the United States, the United Kingdom, France and Australia.
Both the Taliban and the war have killed many innocent Afghan citizens. Even now, explosions are commonplace in the life of the country's average civilian. Yet, Afghanistan is given hope for its future by recent gains in girls' education. Since 2001, its female literacy rate has increased threefold and the number of Afghan girls enrolled in schools has increased from 5,000 to 2.4 million. In 2010 and 2011, just two years, 2,281 schools were built.
Afghan girls' education requires protection, as well as progress. Fawzia Koofi, the MP for Afghanistan's Badakhshan Province, has recalled, "I was studying medicine when the Taliban came in 1996. That was my last day as a student. All of a sudden I was at home. You can see everything from your window, but you can't taste it, you can't touch it. I felt like a dead body."
She plans to stand as a presidential candidate in 2014, and the very fact that she, as a woman, is able to do so is testament to Afghanistan's recent progress in women's rights. The Taliban may have curtailed her medical career, but she has forged a new one in politics. Although, there is much progress still to be made for females in this field, also, as she states: "There are 18 committees in our parliament, and I'm the only woman chair."
The Taliban has made its objective, pertaining to girls' education, crystal clear: in 2009 every month 50 schools were attacked. All of these schools taught girls. Girls have been targeted, and subjected to acid attacks. Head teachers have been assassinated.
Afghanistan's population is situated largely in rural areas, and these rural districts are often subjected to violent Nato-Taliban confrontations. In the southern and eastern provinces, the Taliban forced many new schools to close – the province of Zabul had 61% of its schools closed in 2011, due to insecurity. These rural areas are also the ones most likely to possess conservative attitudes towards female education.
Only so much progress can be made in twelve years. Afghanistan's female literacy rate remains one of the lowest in the world, and a lack of investment in female teachers prevents many girls' attendances. Much of the girls recently enrolled in schools are long-term absentees. The combination of family pressure, due to deep-rooted prejudices against female education, and the high risk of harassment or persecution for attending school, is a major deterrent to many young girls. Afghanistan's gains in female education, if left unguarded, may struggle to endure the withdrawal of the international community, scheduled for 2014. The £60bn in humanitarian aid donated to the country since 2001 has rewarded its investors with crucial progress in girls' basic human rights. This progress must be allowed to continue. Education is a right, not a privilege, irrespective of gender.
Special commendation to the following longlisted entries in the upper secondary category
Chloe Crowl, Penglais comprehensive, Aberystwyth
Sean Kemsley, Marling, Stroud, Glos
Kelsea Utting, TThe Dormston school, Sedgley
Jessamine Rosales, The Sholing Technology College, Southampton
Ebrubaoghene Abel-Unokan, Wilson's school, Wallington, Surrey
James Sheridan, Wilson's school, Wallington, Surrey
India Moore, Wirral grammar school for girls, Bebington
Find out more about the Amnesty Young Human Rights Reporter competition.
Teaching resources on the Guardian Teacher Network
Amnesty's Guide to teaching controversial issues
Summary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Amnesty's teaching human rights lesson plan
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