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Horse riding, cigar rolling and wellness that could just work - Nick Redmayne seeks out an alternative to package tourism resorts
Read Nick Redmayne's blog post on his visit to Haiti during his trip to the Dominican Republic last month. The guesthouse where he stayed, which funded the St Joseph's Home for Boys, was destroyed in the earthquake
BA's new scheduled flight into Punta Cana serving the Dominican Republic's all-inclusive hotspot of the Coconut Coast has raised some eyebrows.
Today the concept of isolated, inward-looking tourist ghettos reflecting little of local culture and giving back even less to the local community rightly seems a hedonistic '80s hangover, about as appealing as Peter Stringfellow in a thong.
Add to this that until recently the Dominican Republic's unique selling point was an almost guaranteed dose of digestive uncertainty, and the move seems counter intuitive to say the least. So what was the reality?
On the ground in Punta Cana the Zoetry Agua's 108 staff, and one expatriate Mexican manager, ministered to a maximum of 106 guests, providing an enviable ratio.
Diners tucking into saut?ed lobster at one of the hotel's three restaurants were spared ubiquitous mewing felines beneath their tables, instead pink flamingos were more commonly attendant uninvited dining companions – their haughty disinterest and purposeful stride a sure indication of class.
Open for just 17 days when I arrived the hotel had a relaxed if untested feel, a deficiency that a small group of French guests would surely soon rectify – their presence was a good sign anyway.
Walking through verdant grounds to take in the sea breeze, despite already powerful heat a posse of waiters had been pressed into lumberjacking, cheerfully dealing with a ten-foot palm stump washed up on the previous evening's tide.
The beach and sweeping coastline were certainly beautiful and my accommodation by any measure approached criminally luxurious without erring into trash bling territory. The Zoetry easily transcended pile 'em high, sell 'em cheap all-inclusive operations.
Given a stack of engaging novels it would have been simple enough to give in to the tranquillity, relax, eat, drink and read. A few activities were on hand but all were pretty low-key - there was no real compunction to do anything other than keep breathing.
However, despite a dearth of virginal thighs, I roused myself sufficiently from tropical torpor to succeed in rolling my first cigar. Señor Scander Chida, a boutique cigar maker was doing the rounds with his accompanying torcedor, Fae.
Chida enthused about the pleasures of good cigars to the extent that one could almost forget tobacco's deleterious effects. "Since the US Cuban embargo we've become the world's number one producer of cigars. All the best makers are here, Davidoff, Romeo y Juliet and Arturo Fuente. The thing is, the Dominicans themselves don't know that they produce the best cigars. The industry came from Cuba but the culture of cigar smoking didn't."
I pulled deeply on a Churchillian wadge of burning leaves that would have made Bill Clinton proud and Monika nervous – I didn't inhale.
At the beachfront bar dappled sunshine trickled through the fringes of palm thatch as I watched beads of condensation coalesce into drips on a bottle of Il Presidente. Further down the sand a well-built man in his fifties, short silver hair balding in a dignified way, strode onto the beach accompanied by a statuesque Bond girl.
I took a drink and averted my eyes upward. Ceiling fans stirred the humid air, their almost silent circulation merging into phase with an approaching low frequency wop, wop, wop, wop. Was this the end, the beautiful end my friend? Er? not quite.
A helicopter, not far removed from Leonardo's original design, skimmed the palm trees and heavy shooting of a photographic nature broke out as members of a Mexican film crew rappelled to the ground. I retreated to the redoubt of the business centre, it was my daughter's birthday and I'd promised to join the party by internet video.
A strangely familiar figure was already ensconced behind the centre's PC. "You must be that writer guy." It was Charles Wills, a bright-eyed American distantly related to the Wills cigarette manufacturing family, onetime purveyors of Woodbine and Capstan Full Strength and now the hotel's 'Wellness' director. "So it's your daughter's birthday. She's all ones? born on the 28th, two and eight that's ten, on the eleventh month, 1999 – that's 28 again so ten? Let me do your numbers. When were you born?"
Incredulous, I acquiesced and gave Charles 'the numbers'. "Oh, so that means you're not far from a very nice house..." I made some comment about the distance from the Earth to the Sun being expressed as a multiple of the longest side of the Great Pyramid of Cheops and arranged to meet Charles for dinner.
At 4pm I waited on the beach wondering which unfortunate equine was to be blessed with the burden of my lumpen backside for an afternoon trek. I was joined in the saddle by Isabelle and Liz, two Deloitte accountants from New York taking advantage of Thanksgiving time off.
"Are you here on your own?" asked Liz. It was fair question though I couldn't help feeling sheepish, as though admitting to living with my mother – which I don't. "Yeh, it's a great place for couples." She continued. "Yes, even a couple of Yankee lesbians, which is what they have us down as. We were put in the his and hers room for the welcome massage, it was like, "Woah, this doesn't feel right."'
We headed up the beach and then into the waves a little way. Thankfully my horse had an autopilot, though that said, one of the gauchos felt the need to reacquaint me with the manual controls. "Señor, this left, this right, this stop. Comprendes?"
Later, I met Charles at the foyer bar - it was immediately apparent where I'd seen him before. "Hi Nick, and this is Michaela." - it was the Bond girl. Maybe there was something in this wellness business after all. At dinner I was given the low down on the Wills System – "a technological approach to wellness."
Everything from insomnia to irritable bowel syndrome could be cured or controlled it appeared, using a combination of electronic wizardry and US military brain training techniques. As an unreconstructed sceptic I can't say any of this aided digestion one bit.
A quote from 20th Century economist Stuart Chase highlighted on Charles's website summed me up, "For those who believe no proof is necessary. For those who don't believe no proof is possible."
That said Charles and Michaela's approach made more sense than half a dozen hot rocks, liberal application of sweet smelling unguents, and a "Now that's What I Call Gamelan!" compilation CD on constant repeat – they both looked extremely well on it themselves.
Returning to Punta Cana airport after my short stay I'd taken a circuitous route, arriving among shiny tour buses and fancy chauffeur drives, windswept, sunburnt and off balance, on the back of a motorcycle taxi, my bag resting across the handlebars – let's just say I didn't bother asking for an upgrade.
Was the Punta Cana experience one I'd have spontaneously sought out? Probably not. Was the Zoetry's take on an all-inclusive something that I'd consider in the future? Remarkably, Yes.
Though next time I'd leave any liberal angst behind, put the kids in kennels, book my wife an intensive session with Charles and Michaela, and suffer a delightfully lost week of intensive indolence without complaint.
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Nick Redmayne travelled with BA who offer 7 nights at the 5* Zoetry Agua in Punta Cana from £1,791 per person based on departures in March 2010. The price includes return BA flights from Gatwick, private airport chauffeured transfers and all-inclusive accommodation and is based on two sharing. Visit www.ba.com/dominicanrepublic or call 0844 4930758.
More details of The Wills System: www.thewillssystem.com.
If you don't fancy motorcycle taxis, comfortable local excursion and tours can be arranged through Amstar DMC 00 1 809 221 6626, amstardmc.com.
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Who would be your dream doubles duo and why?
In an Ideal World......Goonergal 07-24-2002, 03:21 PM Who would be your dream doubles duo and why? Lindsayfan 07-24-2002, 09:37 PM Sampras and Agassi cos they are the best! ;) Angele 07-24-2002, 09:42 PM Can this be mixed doubles ;) :o tennis_babe 07-24-2002, 09:43 PM roddick...and blake...cause they look like they r the future of u.s tennis 4 the men Mazza 07-24-2002, 09:46 PM Alex Bogdanovic vs. Lleyton Hewitt! why? errmmm.... cos.... ermmm... Lleyton is Alex's hero and it would be nice for Alex to... ermmm... join up with him! :p Federer and Hewitt would be good too aswell as Hewitt and Haas! :) :) Goonergal 07-24-2002, 09:57 PM Originally posted by angele87 Can this be mixed doubles ;) :o Pfffft you Goober!:p Alex Bogdanovic vs. Lleyton Hewitt! why? errmmm.... cos.... ermmm... Lleyton is Alex's hero and it would be nice for Alex to... ermmm... join up with him! God Save me now :o Layla 07-24-2002, 11:12 PM How about JUANQUI and GUGA - forehand and backhand unite! or ALEX CORRETJA and FABRICE SANTORO - they are both experienced doubles players, plus they're pleasing to the eye, albeit for different reasons. HENMAN and HEWITT were an excellent and quite successful match-up at the beginning of the year, although I somehow doubt that they will double up again. One is superb at the net and the other is unbeatable from the baseline. and for a bit of character: GORAN IVANISEVIC (in his glory days) and MARAT SAFIN - there's nothing like slavic swear words! They would be a killer team and a real crowd pleaser. Chloe le Bopper 07-25-2002, 12:22 AM OMG Goran and Marat :eek: *all small children should be removed from the premises* I wouldn't mind seeing Hewitt and Fabrice. Chloe le Bopper 07-25-2002, 12:23 AM Hewit and Mirnyi were a good team too, as they proved in 2000. Sonic 07-25-2002, 12:36 AM Haas and Rafter :D Sonic 07-25-2002, 12:37 AM oh and why? cos i'm a perv lol. but it'd give people what they wanted i'm sure. kazblah 07-25-2002, 04:23 AM I agree goran and marat would make a real good team. Jessi 07-25-2002, 04:41 AM Goran and Marat have played doubles together before. They are good friends so its not so surprising that they would team up. harry_potter 07-25-2002, 06:34 AM tim henman and greg rusedski :D warfreakbix 07-25-2002, 10:57 AM Marat and Goran of course that will the funniest and the scariest duo ever. Don't you think it will unfair to the opponent five against two (three Gorans and two I's of Marat, LOL). It will probably be the fastest match ever with all the service aces they will serve up. tennischick 07-25-2002, 11:09 AM Marat and Goran! which personality would show up for which man? :eek: LOL! a duo of headcases! ;) i'd like to see Kafelnikov and Rios; steadiness and style -- should be nice...;) Angele 07-25-2002, 12:50 PM Andy Roddick and Lleyton Hewitt :drool: Goonergal 07-25-2002, 01:11 PM Originally posted by angele87 Andy Roddick and Lleyton Hewitt :drool: Angele please, I still haven't recovered from Lleyton partnering Henboy let alone Roddick :o Angele 07-25-2002, 01:16 PM ok ok fine... what about Lley and Marat :hearts: Oh you know what would be interesting?? Lleyton and James Blake :D TheBoiledEgg 07-25-2002, 01:16 PM omg .........someone wanted the two farmers together :eek: Mazza 07-25-2002, 01:17 PM I have to say that Rusedski/Henman do make a very good team! :o They are currently still unbeaten, I think! harry_potter 07-25-2002, 02:14 PM have they played together before? Mazza 07-25-2002, 02:19 PM Yep, they've played Davis Cup doubles together a few times and in fact they were asked on TV weather they would play together at some tournies to improve for DC and they said yes but Henman keeps pairing up with Hewitt! :mad: harry_potter 07-25-2002, 02:22 PM ugh! Hewitt! *harry potter loses appetite for a week* harry_potter 07-25-2002, 02:51 PM *harry potter decides to eat again becuz he is feeling a bit hungry* :D Chloe le Bopper 07-25-2002, 03:06 PM It is wise of Henman to partner with Hewitt. Might learn a thing or two, and figure him out. I doubt it, but at least he is trying. Goonergal 07-25-2002, 03:36 PM Originally posted by Rebecca It is wise of Henman to partner with Hewitt. Might learn a thing or two, and figure him out. I doubt it, but at least he is trying. Yeah I think that's exactly what Henboy is trying to do....funnily enough it came about after LL spanked Henboy in the Indian Wells Final :o Yes Marie, Greg and Henboy are unbeaten :o Layla 07-25-2002, 04:16 PM LMAO, five against two! :D Actually, I believe there are now four Gorans. Mrs. B 07-25-2002, 04:35 PM [QUOTE]Originally posted by Rebecca [B]OMG Goran and Marat :eek: *all small children should be removed from the premises* LOL!!!:D :D AtPGiRL 07-26-2002, 01:23 AM Marat and Goran! Marat and Andy!! :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: warfreakbix 07-26-2002, 10:09 AM How about Marat and Flip, now there's a reason why ballballs, umpire and linesmen can ask the ATP for suits of armor during their matches. They whack the ball so hard they can probably send a couple of these game attendants to the emergency room, LOL! warfreakbix 07-26-2002, 10:11 AM Sorry, I meant ballboys. Hey what can I say, I absolutely have no eye and fingers coordination, LOL! Goonergal 07-26-2002, 10:20 AM Originally posted by warfreakbix Sorry, I meant ballboys. Hey what can I say, I absolutely have no eye and fingers coordination, LOL! BallBalls-LMAO!!;) :p warfreakbix 07-27-2002, 04:07 PM And for a change how about Marat & Oliver Rochus, the difference physically is so striking. I can just imagine whenever Oliver has to serve, does Marat have to be totally out of the court? LOL! Scotso 07-27-2002, 06:09 PM Juan Carlos Ferrero/Lleyton Hewitt :D Layla 07-27-2002, 07:27 PM warfreakbix - LMAO, I don't think he'd have to leave the court, all he'd have to do is lie down. :p GoLleyt, good one. Why didn't I think of that????? :o |


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Surely missing everything the iphone can offer will cause the fall of the 3DS, how sad... | |
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I mean where are all the the cel game ports? -what? Where can you find the 100 tower defense games? -the 3DS wasn't built for crappy games like those. Go play your iphone with its crappy games list. Where are all the advertisements? -It hasn't been released. Why would they waste money on something that hasn't been released? Why do I have to play the original big name franchises when I could be playing cheap knock-off versions of those same games? -Exactly. They are cheap and knockoff. You won't ever get the same experience on the I-phone. And as far as I know, the big name franchises are known for making some of the best games of all time. I-phone developers aren't. [: Why do I need buttons and an analog pad when I can perfectly cover my screen with own thumbs? Go play a platformer by only touch control. You can't. And don't tell me about touch-controlled analog, it just sucks. Surely missing everything the iphone can offer will cause the fall of the 3DS, how sad... Have fun not playing the 3DS! We shall enjoy our satisfaction with the 3DS while you sulk around looking for good games on your I-phone. --- Currently addicted to: Castle Bleck- Super Paper Mario | |
The iPod/iPhone is a great little tool. The advertisements are slightly annoying but it doesn't inhibit the enjoyability of the game and it also makes the game free (most paid games have no ads). 100 tower defense games? You most definitely haven't played with one of these. Let's see, Phoenix wright, the secret of monkey island special edition (with updated graphics and voice acting), street fighter 4, chaos rings, final fantasy 1 and 2, song summoner, prince of Persia, splinter cell, robot unicorn attack (!!), rock band and guitar hero among many others are available. Also, the 3ds isn't focusing on touch based games anymore so it's not competing with the iPhone. --- will not change sig until fever to tell is available for rockband. Will settle for isis or yeah yeah yeahs ep. | |
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Oh forgot to mention the upcoming final fantasy tactics and secret of mana ports for iPhone. Also, guy above me, he's being sarcastic. Don't knock the iPhone until you try it. I despised apple and iPods until I got an iPod touch for my birthday and decided to try it out before I sold it to a friend. After testing a few apps I never wanted to part with it. --- will not change sig until fever to tell is available for rockband. Will settle for isis or yeah yeah yeahs ep. | |
I have an ipod touch. The games are no where near Big N's quality, though they are enjoyable (some of them). --- Currently addicted to: Castle Bleck- Super Paper Mario | |
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You're right. It's not. The iPhone and 3DS are for different things. Personal opinion, Android kicks iPhone butt. And At&t has the massive nerve to get rid of their unlimited data plan ti make more money and further tighten their grip on their customers, who are already having their lower sections clenched by Apple. You don't pick up an smartphone and expect the amount of immersive gameplay available for the DS or 3DS. At the same time you don't pick up a 3DS and expect it to be able to make phone calls, and download and random purpose apps. --- The only fool bigger than the person who knows it all is the person who argues with him. <==]-<(-_o)>-[==> |
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I'm happy I tried these earrings. They were hanging wire earrings. I changed them to clip on. They are much more stable and secure and they look wonderful.
Sterling Silver Mother of Pearl Flower and Pearl Earrings (Thailand)
Accentuate your wardrobe with elegant pearl earrings. Designed with freshwater pearls and authentic mother of pearl, these flower-shaped earrings provide a feminine touch to any outfit. These earrings are handcrafted by a jewelry artisan from Thailand.
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These mother of pearl Flower earrings are crafted with .925 sterling silver. This handmade jewelry also contains natural pearls.Product Features:
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- Weight: 18.4 grams (0.6 lbs)
- Earring dimensions: 33 mm wide x 46 mm long
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Born to a silversmith father, Lai was exposed to the craft of jewelry making at a very early age. With this knowledge and experience, Lai began making and designing jewelry of her own at an early age. By 14, Lai's aptitude and skill had blossomed and she was able to turn her jewelry making talent into a business for her family. Now, at only 24, Lai's flair and creativity continues to mature. Her enchanting floral designs are derived from the natural colors and stone materials found abundantly in Thailand. She receives great support and aid from her family who help with her business. Her warm personality, creativity, and hard-work have helped her business grow.
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The handcrafted touch of artisan skill creates variations in color, size and design. If buying two of the same item, slight differences should be expected. Note: Color discrepancies may occur between this product and your computer screen.
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Pearls make a lovely presentstion I'm happy I tried these earrings. They were hanging wire earrings. I changed them to clip on. They are much more stable and secure and they look wonderful.
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Mother of Pearl and Pearl Earrings These earrings are beautiful...........I am partial to pearls and these earrings are so unique.........I'm very pleased with them and the price was very reasonable..........
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I LOVE FLOWERS At my age (80+) and injured in a fall, I try to save movement if I can. Therefore, these earrings were purchased because they go with everything and are very beautiful, prompting many compliments. I can always depend on Overstock to have exactly what I want!
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Mother of Pearl earrings I cannot wear these earrings because they're so LARGE!
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Great earrings I recently gave these earrings to my bridesmaids to wear at our destination wedding. The girls loved them and they looked great!
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Pretty, Not Great Quality Although these earrings are pretty, they are not of high quality construction, with wires that hold the petals together showing on the back side. Since they are quite large and hang more than an inch below the lobe, the back of the earring may show when someone is standing behind you.
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Pretty earrings These are very beautiful earrings but if you bought the necklace to match, it's a bit much. Each earring is about the size of a .50 cent piece (if you remember those).....so, for me, they are too big but I'm making a simple necklace and a bracelet w/the flowers because they are a perfect size for that and you can't beat the price because the quality is good!
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flower earrings This is such a cute earring but larger and heavier than I expected. It's more for very special occasions than a daily-wear earring if you can tolerate the weight.... I'm sending it back
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Modeling and Performance Evaluation of Transmission Control Protocol Over Cognitive Radio Ad Hoc Networks
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Cognitive Radio (CR) technology constitutes a new paradigm to provide additional spectrum utilization opportunities in wireless ad hoc networks. Recent research in this field has mainly focused on devising spectrum sensing and sharing algorithms, to allow an opportunistic usage of licensed portions of the spectrum by Cognitive Radio Users (CRUs). However, it is also important to consider the impact of such schemes on the higher layers of the protocol stack, in order to provide efficient end-to-end data delivery. Since TCP is the de facto transport protocol standard on internet, it is crucial to estimate its ability in providing stable end-to-end communication over Cognitive Radio Ad Hoc Networks (CRAHNs).


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Holy See's Appeal for Migrants and Refugees
"The Option of Resettlement Should Be Revisited"
VATICAN CITY, OCT. 17, 2006 (Zenit) - Here is the address delivered Oct. 4 by Archbishop Silvano Tomasi, the Holy See's permanent observer to the U.N. office and international institutions in Geneva. The address was to the executive committee of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
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Mr. Chairman,
The delegation of the Holy See adds its appreciation for yours, and for the UNHCR High Commissioner's able and committed leadership of the executive committee and in the cause of refugees and forcibly uprooted people.
1. The hundreds of victims whose lives have been lost in recent weeks and months in their desperate search for a more secure and decent existence is a red light of alarm that in our globalized world the international community is failing to uphold its goals of solidarity and protection. Around the world, through seas and deserts, people struggle to escape from war, from violation of their human rights, from famine.
Motives and flows are mixed, a major challenge to the responsibility to protect, in our case responsibility to protect in general. While different mechanisms and institutional arrangements are in place to address different kinds of movement of people, clearly all of these people need protection. The valid distinction between migrants, asylum seekers and refugees has been blurred.
A certain reluctance and fatigue to preserve such distinction in a fair way seem to prevail, thus weakening the protection role of the 1951 Convention on the Status of Refugees and the related 1967 Protocol as well as the 1969 Organization of African Unity Convention Governing the Specific Aspects of Refugee Problems in Africa, the OAU Convention.
It seems reasonable, both in south-south and south-north population flows, that in the determination of admission the UNHCR should complement the often political approach of states and guarantee the quality of the process through its presence or the implementation of its specific guidelines about selection. In this way, asylum seekers, who are a small proportion in these movements, will not be exposed to refoulement [the expulsion of persons who have the right to be recognized as refugees].
2. The wider awareness of the responsibility to protect should encourage an added effort to alleviate the plight of asylum seekers who on subsistent living and in a virtual state of limbo are scattered in various regions like, for example, the recent flows of Iraqis throughout the Middle East. They are particularly vulnerable. Conflicts prevent them from returning, and in the country of temporary residence their status is not well recognized; it is almost that of stateless persons.
Political necessity conditions the interpretation of the refugee convention even though reality on the ground, often effectively witnessed to by civil society organizations, would demand recognition of these individuals and families as entitled to Convention protection and assistance. It has become obvious in the current discussions that more resources are called for to meet all protection requirements and to address not just populations in a state of limbo, but also the 5.7 million of the world's some 9 million refugees in protracted refugee situations, the more than 4 million Palestinian refugees, and the estimated 24 million internally displaced people (IDP).
If international solidarity would add to its budget on aid to refugees a small proportion of the increase in arms expenses -- from 1996 to 2005 military expenditure increased by 34% to $1,118 billion in current dollars -- then a major step forward would be taken toward an adequate response to the pains of uprooted humanity.[1]
3. Funds are a necessary but not [a] sufficient requirement. The political will is needed to make the responsibility to protect comprehensive enough to embrace the prevention of forced displacement tragedies. The way of dialogue and of respect of human rights should replace that of conflict. Refugee camps, official and unofficial, would no longer stain the map of the world. In the meantime the task on hand is the dissolution of these camps through the classical strategies of voluntary repatriation, local integration and resettlement.
It seems to this delegation that for some present complex situations the option of resettlement should be revisited. A larger number of countries can welcome a larger number of refugees anxious to start a new life in freedom and self-reliance. It is not only an ethical obligation but also a practical advantage since several developed receiving countries face scarcity of manpower for their economy and for a sustainable demography.
In the preparation of refugees for resettlement, nongovernmental as well as faith-based organizations can collaborate and provide competent help. In fact, as expression of civil society NGOs can be good partners for their closeness to the reality on the ground, their experience and their capacity to create a favorable public opinion for newcomers. But an effective partnership has to take into account the security of also their personnel and, in the least developed countries especially, that their overhead cannot be supplied by local resources.
Mr. Chairman,
4. The initiatives undertaken to make UNHCR more effective and flexible, the "cluster approach," the reorganization of the budget, deserve support and they show its commitment and sensibility to the human face behind all statistics. Society at large should also renew its sense of responsibility to protect.
First of all, education can transmit the values of solidarity and hospitality. Training to enforcement and border officials will enable them to recognize asylum seekers. Labor unions, employers, schools and faith communities can prepare their constituencies [for] an increasingly frequent encounter with people in need and to welcome them to build a common future. With the human person and his/her dignity at the center of concern, the responsibility to protect will continue finding the creative capacity to respond in a humane and fair way to today's new developments.
Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
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[1] SIPRI Yearbook 2006: Armaments, Disarmaments, and International Security. Oxford University Press, 2006, pp. 259-386
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Hi folks, What's up? I did some shopping, obviously, because the new Zara is open! I have found this cute printed shirt with a white collar, which I was dying to have. When people asked me what my style is, I don't know what to answer. Everyday I dress according to the way I feel that day. Yesterday I was in the mood the dress up classy and sophisticated. However, today I am wearing something the totally opposite (stay tuned for tomorrow's outfit post). I have style icons, that vary from Blake Lively to Carine Roitfield and from Lizzy van der Ligt to Sandra Hagelstam from 5 Inch and Up. Also people who dress up very differently. The same counts for me with the decennia. I love the roaring twenties, besides that the 80's are fabulous as well! Share with me what your style is, favorite style icon and decennia. I am really curious about your style!
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So is this a moral victory?
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well when u consider this season is basically lost anyways. This is huge, showed how much heart and how well this team can play. To go to Chicago and punch them in the mouth and dominate them for majority of the games. 416 yards vs 210 for chicago. 6 sacks, 2 force fumbles and 1 int. Guys this team may have just found their identity today. Thats a win.
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IN THE 1980s, fraud was rampant in the trade-school industry. Hundreds of trade schools went in and out of business, opening just long enough to pocket thousands from unsuspecting students, who would show up to class Monday morning to find no more than an empty building. The Los Angeles Times reported how one student had borrowed $5,500 to enroll in an auto-repair class only to find out the school had no garage, no tools and no cars.
In response to such horror stories, the California Legislature set up an independent regulatory board in 1989 to make sure schools were on the up and up. This Council for Private Postsecondary and Vocational Education imposed minimum standards that trade schools would have to meet if they wanted federal financial aid. The council also managed a fraud fund to pay back bankrupt students who had been hoodwinked out of thousands of dollars from schools that slipped through the cracks. Today, all trade schools must meet the council's requirements for state accreditation and federal financial aid.
The problem is, like the Better Business Bureau, the council is and always has been funded by its member schools. Critics say the council bows down to its paying customers, overlooking its role as an impartial intermediary for students. While the council lives up to its responsibility to reimburse students who have been ripped off, it does not do as well in other areas, critics say--such as regulating schools that mislead their students by promising more than they deliver.
"Typically a complaint letter comes in, the school is contacted, sent a copy of the letter and asked to respond to it--that is, if the complaint has to do with violation of the law, " says Ken Miller, the council's executive director. "Then we would get back to the student."
But dissatisfied students say that schools really only have to meet minimum requirements and are allowed to skirt complaints not deemed technically illegal. Woes of mediocre education, out-of-date equipment and misleading promises about job placement are routinely ignored by the council, students say. And attorneys intimately familiar with trade-school lawsuits say that such complaints should be taken seriously.
"No education program that I know of transforms people overnight from unskilled workers into skilled high-tech workers," says Tony DeLaRosa, primary consumer law advocate and executive director of the Los Angeles Center for Law and Justice. "It's sad that there are people doing precisely the kinds of things the new welfare reform policy is trying to encourage--get an education and a job--and then they're being screwed in the long run."
DeLaRosa admits the council is efficient in returning money to fraud victims, but says it is much less effective at ensuring quality education.
Come the first of the year, the council's function will be taken over by the state's Consumer Protection unit, per Gov. Pete Wilson. Advocates who complained that the council wasn't doing enough now wish it were sticking around. "There will no longer be an independent body. It's been taken out of the realm of independent to make it more an arm of the governor's office," executive director Miller laments. "It's certainly not the decision I would have made, but then I wasn't elected by the people of California to make those kinds of decisions."
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Trade schools have problems, but things were worse before regulatory boards were created
From the Oct. 16-22, 1997 issue of Metro.
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