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The Calton Family
The Caltons will be recognized at the 2006 AUSA Annual Meeting and Exposition, October 9-11, at the Washington, D.C. Convention Center.
The 2006 AUSA Rubbermaid-Irwin Volunteer Family of the Year is CSM Darrel Calton, his wife Kay, sons; Derek and Andrew and daughter Kaylin. The Caltons from Fort Detrick, Maryland, are an Army Family who strongly believes in being continuously involved in programs and events which improve the well-being of Soldiers and families in their community. Their outstanding efforts on behalf of Soldiers and families positively influence each volunteer organization and event of which they are a part.
CSM Calton, is the Command Sergeant Major for the 21st Signal Brigade, following are just some of the activities with which he has been involved just this past year. He supervised a Better Opportunities for Single Solders (BOSS) trip to New Orleans to participate in a Hurricane Katrina clean up effort which involved both Soldiers and civilians from the Fort Detrick area; he spent over 50 hours coaching a basketball team for six to eight year olds and worked after duty hours to help them improve their skills; he participated in the delivery of Girl Scout cookies as well as working with the local Brownie troop to prepare packages for Soldiers in Iraq; he participated in runs and walks to raise funds, volunteered time at the local elementary school, taught Army Family Team Building (AFTB) classes, and supported the local VFW with their activities. The list could go on and on because CSM Calton has helped so many through his volunteer service.
Kay Calton is a soccer and basketball Mom and supports the teams by coordinating and ordering uniforms, trophies, team photos, keeping team schedules as well as being the score keeper at the games. She supported her husband's Hurricane Katrina relief effort by managing a post-wide yard sale to raise funds and then for good measure added another one to raise funds for installation programs. She is active in the unit's Family Rediness Group activities, has worked booths for school events and helped the Girl Scouts prepare packages of cookies to be delivered to deployed troops. Kay is involved with the elementary school PTA and is an AFTB Level I, II, III instructor, Master Trainer and Program Manager. She has also been an Army Family Action Program delegate for her installation and helped to promote the installations ideas at the MAACOM level.
Derek Calton is a freshman at Frederick High School and has volunteered as an assistant coach for the past two years. He is a member of the Power Hour Group, an after school program which helps elementary aged children complete their homework. Derek has volunteered time for the yard sales, VFW events and fund raising runs and walks with his mother and father to support installation events. He is also a member of the US Naval Sea Cadet Corps.
The Calton's sixth grader, Andrew has also volunteered with the Power Hour Group. He, like his older brother is very familiar with the Halloween booths, rides, and yard sales that the rest of the family is involved in because he is right there working along with them. Andrew is also a member of the US Naval Sea Cadet Corps.
Kaylin Calton is eight years old and already helps her family as they volunteer many hours to support the numerous sports programs, fund raising events and scouting activities that make Ft Detrick a good place for Soldiers and families. She has volunteered during the Post Family Day, the Halloween celebration and for the Fort Detrick annual Armed Forces Day events and has participated in the Hero Fun Walk.
For the Calton Family volunteering is a family affair. Their boundless energy and total involvement in working on behalf of others sets a standard that is hard to follow and certainly to be commended. CSM and Mrs. Darrel Calton and their children live by the family values of patriotism, citizenship and volunteer service and are a true asset to their unit, their community and the United States Army. It is with great pleasure that we at AUSA honor them as the AUSA Rubbermaid-Irwin Volunteer Family of the Year for 2006 and host them at our Annual Meeting.
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India being one of the most prospective markets for foreign investments, it brings in dynamic business ideas and vast investment through NRIs, PIOs and Foreign entities.
Over the past several years, the policy and procedures regulating and governing the inflow of foreign investments into India have been progressively liberalized and simplified. The initiatives taken in this regard have resulted in significant inflows of foreign investment in almost all areas of the economy, except a select few, that continue to remain reserved for strategic reasons.
An NRI refers to Non Resident Indian, meaning a person who has gone out of India or who stays outside India, in either case for or on taking up employment outside India, or for carrying on outside India a business or vacation, or for any other purpose, in such circumstances as would indicate his intention to stay outside India for an uncertain period. It basically refers to a person residing outside India who is a citizen of India or is a Person of Indian Origin (PIO).
There are various Investment options available to NRIs & PIOs for investing in India. They can go the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) way, or register as a Foreign Institutional Investor (FII) under a portfolio, or register as Foreign Venture Capital Investor (FVCI) under the Venture Capital route or as a holder of American Global Depository Receipts (ADR) and Global Depository Receipts (GDR) under the ADR /GDR Scheme etc.
Lets take you through some of the viable ways for NRIs to enter the Indian business scenario.
Finding the right partner:
One of the well-known ways of doing business in India by NRIs/PIOs is by forming a partnership company. Partnership is a low risk approach, which helps enjoy steady returns with guarantee in your principal.
If you dont have a permanent address in India, it would be difficult for you to run a business all alone without a second supervision. Here lies the importance of forming partnerships. A partner must be selected based on track record, sense of integrity among other important aspects. It is better not to establish commercial relations with friends and relatives.
Open a Liaison Office:
If you are an NRI looking to start a business in India for long term steady returns to your investments, you can start a liaison office of a foreign company in India.
A liaison office in India can act only as a communicative

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Valdosta, GA -- Larry Dean is trying to keep his summer as routine as possible.
"Been doing the same thing as I would any other summer," Larry Dean says. "Getting ready to go into a camp. I don't know which camp but just getting ready to enter a camp."
He's putting himself through two a days. Lifting in the morning and conditioning in the afternoon to stay prepared for for when the lockout is lifted.
Dean adds, "I know blessing will be bestowed upon me with my good supporting cast and just keeping faith. You have that anxious feeling but never get discouraged because this is the game that I love to do and I'm going to play it."
"He has all the tools to be honest," adds VSU speed, strength and conditioning coach Michael Doscher. "What he lacks for in physicality sometimes, because you look at height positions and all that they say that they're lacking in, he makes up for in game smarts. He knows that if he can't get there, he knows the angles he has to take. He knows what he has to do to get to where he has to be."
While the lockout has put question into may players minds, Larry is staying positive throughout the experience, keeping his dream of playing in the NFL alive.
Dean adds, "You don't know what the future holds. You want to know but at the same time if it's for you then it will be there."
But the lockout might have been a blessing in disguise. It's allowing him to finish his degree.
Dean adds, "It's very important. I will be the first one in my immediate family to have a college degree. We have high hopes and everyone is so proud of me and they've been supporting me all the way through."
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…to Paul Pierce's basketball camp in Boston today. While in Boston, Rasheed Wallace put the kibosh on any rumors of him coming back to the NBA. When asked by A. Sherrod Blakley if his career was indeed "wrapped up" Wallace responded in his typical Sheed style, "like Christmas."
And I believe him. If there was ever a good player that could come out of retirement to help a team win some games, Rasheed Wallace would just not be that player. I believe Wallace will LOVE retirement. Paul Pierce may not be so enamored with the idea of Wallace hanging them up for good. Blakely again quotes Pierce (h/t CelticsBlog.com): "I told him, 'Go ahead, do all you need to do,' " Pierce said. " 'Take the kids everywhere. We'll see you in February.' " Pierce says these types of things all the time. I wouldn't hold much stock in anything until you see the pen on the dotted line. Still, if a roster spot became available and the Celtics had a defensive-minded wing all sewn up, I would be all for this move. Adding Wallace for the same amount of games he actually played hard in last season is a low risk, high reward move.
You should check out the rest of Blakley's Twitter feed. It has some cool quotes from Paul Pierce including these gems:
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Mike Zunino plans to treat his upcoming surgery for a broken hamate bone in his left hand as just the latest challenge to overcome in his fledgling big-league career.
Zunino is expected to miss about six weeks, though it's possible he could be back sooner. The Mariners signed veteran catcher Humberto Quintero, 33, who had been designated for assignment by Philadelphia, to take Zunino's place.
Quintero joined the team for Friday night's game. Zunino is to undergo surgery next week.
"It's frustrating but it's another thing that you just have to learn to deal with as a player," Zunino said.
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Zunino had been bothered for some time by pain in his left wrist after taking foul balls off it. But he felt additional pain after swinging on a fly-ball out in Thursday night's game, tried to catch an inning after that and could not continue.
An MRI exam early Friday determined that the swing had caused an injury to the hamate – a bone in the palm side of the hand near the thumb, which serves no real purpose – that was separate from Zunino's wrist pain.
Mariners trainer Rick Griffin said Friday that recovery from hamate surgery typically takes four or five weeks. Ken Griffey Jr. had the surgery in 1996 and missed only 23 days, but that's the exception.
"When they remove the bone and the sutures heal, then they can start to work to tolerance," Griffin said. "It just kind of depends from there how things go.''
Interim manager Robby Thompson said he'd lean heavily on catcher Henry Blanco, 41, for the time being. When Quintero arrives and acclimates, the team will start working him in more.
"Once we get him here, we'll sit down as a group and figure that out,'' Thompson said. "We'll probably split time and do the matchup thing and go from there. Henry does know the pitchers now and he's caught most of them, so the next guy we bring in here, we'll pick our spots on how to break him in with our pitching staff."
Zunino was hitting .242 with two home runs, 10 runs batted in and an on-base-plus-slugging percentage of .658 in 29 games since being called up from Class AAA. He said he'd continue his development as a player even while healing.
"There's a lot of stuff I can still go and watch and try to be a good teammate with,'' he said. "Sort of improve myself as a ballplayer from a mental standpoint."
• When Nick Franklin hit his eighth home run of the season Thursday night, he became only the second American League second baseman in 75 seasons to reach that total in his first 50 games. Jason Kipnis of the Indians hit 10 homers in his first 50 games in a stretch that covered the 2011 and 2012 seasons, while Joe Gordon of the Yankees clubbed 11 in 1938.
• Saturday's game is the only one all season for the Mariners that won't be televised. The Mariners moved the game time up to 1:10 p.m. to accommodate the Seafair Torchlight Parade through downtown. Since the start time is in the FOX national television window, neither the Mariners nor the Twins will be broadcasting the game.


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Financial fiasco almost wipes out equity of Brisbane Oz tunnel concessionaire but they soldier on
The great global financial fiasco has its fun side. Mrs Fang He, apparently an emigrant Chinese woman filed with the Australian Stock Exchange November 5 that she had become, under the rules of trading, a "substantial holder" of stock in BrisConnections, a recently formed toll concession in Brisbane, Australia's third city. She bought 32.3 million shares ('units' there) or 8.6% of the equity of BrisConnections.
BrisConnections won a competitive bid with the state of Queensland in May for a 45 year toll concession involving about $3.4b (A$5 billion) of work for an Airport Link toll tunnelway, a busway also largely underground, and other road improvements and connections between the central business district and the major area airport.
Mrs Fang works in an aluminum window shop in an industrial suburb of Melbourne.
The BrisConnections shares which were issued at 67c (A$1.00) apiece were part of an initial public offering that brought in $260m or A$390m (A$=67c) in July.
Mrs Fang would have had to shell out A$32.3 million back in July. In fact she paid A$32.3 thousand Nov 5!
BrisConnections stock are trading at a tenth of a cent, and a weak Ozzie cent into the bargain.
They've declined to a thousandth of their value on issue in the past five months of trading on the Australian Stock Exchange.
Wait, wait, wait...
Readers, before you rush to join Mrs Fang as a shareholder of BrisConnections be aware that Mrs Fang has, knowingly or otherwise, undertaken the legal obligation to buy at par (A$1.00) 32.3m more shares in BrisConnections April 29 2009 and another 32.3m at par early 2010.
She's got to come up with $43m ($64.4m) or she forfeits her $21,000 (A$32.3k) worth of BrisConnection shares.
The great search for Fang He
Hordes of journalists are now trying to flush out Mrs Fang to ask her where she's going to get A$64m+.
Or whether she feels she was conned into her share purchase.
Wisely she seems to have disguised herself as a Japanese tourist on Australia's Gold Coast, or has decided to visit relatives in Gaoxiong.
She's nowhere to be found - to the disgrace of the Australia media horde.
Intention revised
For a while - pre Mrs Fang - there was a brisk trade in BrisConnections at single digit cent prices because the management had promised, no not promised but expressed an "intention" to pay a dividend (called a "distribution") of 5.95c per share.
If you could buy a share for say 8c (this is all 67c Oz dollars remember) then getting 5.95c dividend was a pretty hot rate of return - like 74%!
They have since decided this intended distribution/dividend would be imprudent so they've reduced it to about the cost of the postage to mail the checks. Like A0.05c (US0.035c).
Muscial chairs
Then there was musical chairs routine.
The board of directors fired the management and the management fired the board of directors - or something like that. Much more esteemed and experienced "leadership" was recruited in place of a perfectly respectable crew that had to be sacrificed on the altar of Restoring Confidence.
But in the context of the Great Global Financial Fiasco (G2F2) it all did no good.
It turns out most of the equity was subscribed not by individual investors but by institutions, investment banks, insurance companies, pension funds and the like. And others could see what was happening so they bailed too.
BrisConnections showed exquisitely bad judgment in the timing of their stock issue. Just about everything in the financial world was going to hell. Many of the stock sales were forced - investment companies looking to replenish their capital by liquidating assets.
Big bad black Mac takes a hit
Macquarie one of the largest shareholders sold BrisConnections, then bought in lower, then sold out completely, managing to rung up multiple losses to the unconcealed glee of many local reporters.
In the very first day of trading on the ASX the stock of BrisConnections traded around A70c then dropped to A40c, making headlines that it was losing 60% of its value in just a few hours of trading. Macquarie, Babock and Brown, ConnectEast and Transurban shares had all fallen by fractions of their value over a number of the months before.
60% in one day topped all that for the gloom & doom reportage by a mile.
The share price of BrisConnect just kept falling.
But here's another poignant angle.
BrisConnections chairman in what has to win a gold medal in the Olympic Games of Understatement said the share performance of their company has been "disappointing."�
Didn't honorable business leaders jump out of the windows of high rise buildings for stock price declines of a lot less than a thousand-fold decline?� Don't they have any honor any more?
And then they insist - talk about Kick Me PR - that the equity fiasco will have "no impact" on the Airport Link project because all their capital raising is secured and underwritten, setting off - you guessed it - a flurry of journalistic investigation, and where that doesn't turn up the goods, speculation about the financial health of those underwriters.
Day after day there will be exposes about how the walking dead or embattled of the G2F2 are or might be, or are connected in some way, to those underwriting BrisConnections.
Lost in the frenzy
Lost in the media furore is that:
- it's an inherently neat project of great benefit to the people and economy of Brisbane
- a couple of the best Australian construction companies Theiss and Holland are involved
- BrisConnections has contracted for a couple of the massive tunnel boring machines which should arrive in some months
- the project looks to have been engineered and designed very professionally and has strong political support
- they have started work on the project
Strong demand
Unlike two Sydney toll tunnelways - Cross City and Lane Cove - that got into financial trouble this one looks a strong project with little competition for traffic:
- Brisbane has been the most rapidly growing of Australia's major cities for several decades and despite many different governments
- it has a strong central business district and a major airport and only lousy surface signalized arterials between the two
- the underground road will dramatically improve travel times and reliability for high value trips
- it will serve not just the airport area but, since a major north-south motorway skirts the airport, northern suburbs and the port area as well
- it will be linked at its CBD end not just to local CBD streets but to a North South toll tunnelway that's fully financed and about half-built by a rival concessionaire
Maybe the cost is on the rich side at A$4,910m ($3.3b).
Construction itself is $2,280m (A$3.4b) of that.
It's just 6.7km long (4.2 miles) and of that 5.7km (3.6 miles) is underground. It's complicated and difficult construction as inevitably it must be in a dense developed area, and it provides a separate facility for buses from cars. The connections to other roads are plentiful but pricey.
Maybe the G2F2 will allow them to trim their outlays?
Tolling will be all-electronic, highway speed, transponders plus cameras.
Australian cities have more tunnel roads than the whole of North America and probably about as many as all of Europe, so they are getting good at building them.
No Boston Big Digs downunner.
Tribute to Mrs Fang
But they've got to do the right thing by Mrs Fang He, one of the few who had faith when all the others bailed.
This is where America can help. She needs at least a plaque at the tunnel portal of Thomas Paine type oratory: "These were the times that tried men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from holding stock, but she that stands by it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Bankruptcy, like hell, is not easily conquered..."
see http://www.brisconnections.com.au
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Because if you do you may rip out your friends still beating heart and cook it on your stove.
Mushroom Tea Murder: Man Removes Friend's Still-Beating Heart
WTF is on his head?
He may not be a doctor, but he did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night.
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Mo Money, Mo Prohm-lems.
All I can say is WOW!
When the Incans did this there was no commotion.
I fail to see what the problem is here.
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My guess is that there was more than mushrooms involved here. Meth, anyone?
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WTF is on his head?
Sorta looks like a reverse rat tail.
The judge seriously ruled that this guy was sane enough to stand trial? Even on the worst trip I don't think the guy would do something that crazy unless he was crazy to begin with.
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Because if you do you may rip out your friends still beating heart and cook it on your stove.
Mushroom Tea Murder: Man Removes Friend's Still-Beating Heart
As Dr. Phil would say, Removing your friends beating heart and cooking it on your stove is a real "Deal Breaker"!
[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC] I always carry a No. 2 pencil in my pocket in case mother******* wanna test me.
Crazy sob's! This is the craziest thing I have heard of, what a bunch of idiots. Don't do drugs, but if you do, don't dig your buddy's heart out.
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In defense of the Big ten network, it is tough to find Iowa games anymore when we aren't embarrassed."
That may be the weirdest thing I have ever heard in real life. Also, this other girl is there, hears all of this but never thinks she should maybe check out WTF is going on?
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My guess is that there was more than mushrooms involved here. Meth, anyone?
I can't imagine a more effective "just say no" bedtime story for my 12 year old. Thanks psycho!
Don't do drugs.....with idiots. This guy had to be psychotic prior to this.
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Don't do drugs.....with idiots. This guy had to be psychotic prior to this.
Isn't that redundant?
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Professor Yeap as a keynote speaker for the 2nd Research Development, Innocation and Design Conference held in Bangkok from 3 - 4 March 2008.
Professor Yeap as a Conference Co-chair, Australasian Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Auckland, New Zealand, December 2008. www.ai08.org
Professor Yeap is a member of Advisory Committee for organising the prestigious conference, IJCAIR 2009 in Pasadena, California.
Professor Yeap presented a paper in the AAAI Spring Symposium on "control Mechanisms for Spatial Knowledge Processing in Cognitive/Intelligent Systems", Stanford University, 26 - 28 March 2007.
Professor Yeap as a keynote speaker for the IEEE Sponsored International Conference on Robotics, Vision, Information and Signal Processing (ROVISP), from 29 - 30 Voember 2007, Park Royal Hotel, Penang.
November 2007 – Professor Wai Yeap presented a paper on "Using a Mobile Robot for Cognitive Mapping. In International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI), Hyderabad, India.
November 2006 – Professor Wai Yeap presented a paper on "Initial Experiments with a Mobile Robot on Cognitive Mapping. In International Symposium on Practical Cognitive Agents and Robots (PCAR), Perth, Australia.
November 2006 – Dr Jochen Schmidt presented a paper on "Mapping and Localisation with Sparse Range Data. In International Conference on Autonomous Robots and Agents (ICARA), Palmerston North, New Zealand.
August 2006 – Dr Jochen Schmidt presented a paper on "A Split & Merge Approach to Metric-Topological Map-Building. In International Conference on Pattern Recognition (ICPR), Hong Kong.
June 2006 – Chee Kit Wong presented a paper on "Computing a Network of ASRs Using a Mobile Robot Equipped with Sonar Sensors" at International Conference on Robotics, Automation, and Mechatronics (RAM), Bangkok, Thailand.
November 2005 – The Robotics group has constructed an "Introduction to Robotics" for nine gifted students from St Cuthbert College. Prof Wai Yeap, Dr Jochen Schmidt and Chee Kit Wong ran this course from mid October for six weeks. The students were to program a dancing robot competition.
The students were divided into 3 groups. They are only given the instruction to create a dancing robot. They have been encouraged to be creative. They have very limited technical knowledge.
So competition is judged on: creativity; working as a team to come up with an interesting idea; using other resources (such as themselves in their dance routine, their choice of music to go with the movement, etc) well to create an impression.
The judges were Dr Kathy Garden and Ms Liz Battersby. The winning team that gives the best impression was Sprinkling fairy dust on their dancing robot.
July 2005 – Paul Reedy presented a paper on "Visualizing the Meaning of Texts" at the 9th International Conference on Information Visualisation, London, UK.
Conference dinner at the LISP Conference
April 2005 – Professor Wai Yeap presented a paper on Semantics Parsing Revisited or How a Tadpole Could Turn into a Frog at the 2nd Language & Technology Conference, Poznan, Poland.
Poland in April 2005
February 2005 – Chee Kit Wong presented a seminar on "A mobile robot that maps naively but plans intelligently" at the University of Malaya, Malaysia.
February 2005 – Chee Kit Wong presented a paper on "A mobile robot that maps naively but plans intelligently" at the Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Applications, Innsbruck, Austria.
November 2004 – Prof Sapiyan presented a robotics seminar at the Institute.
August 2004 – The Eighth Pacific Rim International Conference on Artificial Intelligence was hosted by the Institute.
3rd May - 9th October – Prof Sapiyan (University of Malaya, Malaysia) spent his sabatical leave at the Institute. He worked closely with Robotics group.
April 2004 – TheNLP group participated in a video Conference with FRANZ Lisp to discuss the new approach of programming and language that would benefit the NLP group.
August 2003 – Professor Henry Huang from UCLA presented a seminar at the Institute: "Image database management and server-based applications at UCLA nuclear medicine".
February 2003 – The Institute organised: "A Special Workshop on Robotics and Cognitive Approaches to Spatial Mapping" in Auckland.
Co-chairs: Professor Wai Yeap and Dr Margaret Jefferies.
Invited participants include:
Professor Catherine Thinus Blanc
Director of the Center for Research in Cognitive Neuroscience, Faculty of Medicine, CNRS, Marseille, Paris.
- Professor Hugh Durrant-Whyte
Director of the Australian Centre for Field Robotics.
- Professor Christian Freksa
Head of the Cognitive Systems Group, Department of Mathematics and Informatics, University of Bremen.
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In the picturesque setting of the $100 million Marlboro Ridge luxury home development by Toll Brothers in Upper Marlboro, and speaking to an overflow crowd from a second-floor room overlooking lush lawns and a swimming pool, Prince George's County Executive Rushern L. Baker III reemphasized the need at a business forum for his $50 million Economic Development Incentive Fund to raise the county's economic prosperity to a new level.
Well more than a hundred business owners and executives heard Baker, Roland L. Jones, head of the county government's minority business development unit and other staff members provide details of the plan and update listeners on its progress in the County Council process.
The fund plan, announced in March, ran into headway when presented to council members who questioned if there was enough oversight in the process to safeguard the dissemination of county funds.
Monday, after Baker and others pointed out the plan's details – the average loan to a business is expected to be about $250,000, for example, and the time frame is to be efficient and not drag on unnecessarily —Baker said significant progress has been made in revamping the original plan to suit council members. He urged business people to "go out there and call your council members to pass this bill right now"
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Baker said in March, "It is imperative for the future growth of Prince George's County that we expand our economy and our commercial tax base. With the proposed EDI Fund ... we have the foundation for Prince George's County to create jobs and become the epicenter of progress and prosperity throughout the region and state."
Monday Baker added that, "The idea is to take this money and invest it in the long term growth of the county...it really is to give us a competitive advantage."
Baker and staff members pointed out how 60 percent of county residents go outside of the county to work, and the need to change that with more businesses providing jobs within the county. They also pointed out the need to boost county revenues due to declining property taxes because home values have plunged during the recession, by adding more commercial development to provide tax revenue, to provide a balance, as is done in other jurisdictions such as Montgomery and Fairfax counties.
Baker, took a moment during his talk to laud the announcement that day that the state Department of Housing and Community Development's headquarters in Crownsville would move to a planned 700,000-square-foot, mixed-use development at the New Carrollton Metrorail station, bringing more than 300 workers. It is to be the first state agency headquarters in Prince George's County.
Many business owners in the crowd Monday said before the forum they were not familiar with details of the economic development incentive fund, but afterward said the plan was a good idea. Dale Dykes, president of TouchAV, an audio video and automation company Bowie, said, "I think it's a step in the right direction. For me what's very important is I didn't think past administrations really understood small business ... I think they [Baker's economic development team] get that and they understand the need for commercial development tax revenue."
Robert E. Craft, a vice president of small business banking with Bank of America in Kettering, said, "I think the fund can be that kind of loan that will be seed money for a business and provide capital so that they can become bankable and then attract capital from private sector lenders."
Focus on "small, local minority businesses"
A key point of the fund, said David S. Iannucci, assistant deputy chief administrative officer for economic development and infrastructure, is that "most of the dollars will go out in loans with the profits from it churned back into helping businesses with façade improvement, equipment" and other uses "to keep the money churning within the county."
He added, "the program overall ... has a special focus on small, local minority businesses...the uses [of the funds for approved projects] will be for financing, land acquisition, construction, improvement acquisition ... in some cases working capital. The county has certain investments in mind ... we want to see projects that give us measurable economic impact...where we will see our tax dollars increase ... we want to see more jobs, how many jobs are we retaining, how many are we adding ... we are looking [at projects in] inner beltway, gateway communities as opposed to more rural areas."
Iannucci said the 'but-for' test will applied as a criteria, that if not for the county's assistance the project would not go forward, "because frankly if the private sector is going to meet the lending needs, we're not going to compete with the private sector ... we want to add to the dollars that are out there."
Aubrey D. Thagard, also an assistant deputy chief administrative officer, said, "For the first year the plan [hopefully beginning by early 2012, he said) is to provide $7 million in loans or grants," with the focus both on helping existing businesses with projects as well as using funds to provide incentives to attract businesses to the county. In succeeding years the economic development team will go back to the County Council for approval to use more money from the one-time $50 million fund amount, as needed.
A county government fact sheet said as part of ensuring that the recipients of funds live up to their promises as far as creating jobs, to get loans, "The legislation has been written to have procedures to recoup funds, accelerate repayment or renegotiate any agreement that is not fulfilling the pledges made in exchange for aid." Iannucci said there will be a "massive" level of auditing and compliance review by the county.
Working toward a "passable" bill
Iannucci said of the fund plan's prospects, "the legislation was introduced in the spring, negotiations and committee meetings occurred ... but we had a situation where amendments were offered that were going to make the program unworkable and the county executive pulled the bill at that point and we saw it as literally the program would not have succeeded."
Baker said Monday, "...they [council members] want to make sure there are checks and balances ... I do too ... but the things we put in place can't be big boulders. If we make it too complicated, if it takes too long [it won't succeed in getting people to apply] ... what we want to do is make sure we streamline the process ..."
Iannucci said, "There have been a lot of very productive conversations with the council since then ... we've had major, major progress and come very close to a meeting of the minds. We're getting there. I hope by October, November we'll have a full compromise and agreement by the council ... and a passable bill."
A spokesperson for the County Council could not be immediately reached for comment.
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A hold-up is a method of cutting the enemy's communications, usually at no-trump. Should there be a danger of a suit being established against you by one opponent, you postpone winning your stopper or stoppers until the other opponent has been baled out. The play took an unusual form in the hand below.
North-South game: West deals
McTavish at North opened One Diamond and East overcalled One Spade. South made a horrible bid of 2 NT, and seeing no way of avoiding South playing the hand, McTavish could only raise to 3NT with the result that the contract was now played from the wrong side of the table. Actually South's hand was ideal for the sputnik or negative double, in which case North would play 3NT instead of South.
As it was, West led the jack of spades followed by the four and seven from East and the king from South. Confident that the king of diamonds would be with East, owing to the overcall, South went to dummy with a club and ran the queen of diamonds, expecting to come to eleven tricks. It came as a nasty shock when West won the king and returned a spade for East to make four spade tricks and set the contract.
"A Five Diamond contract would have been easy" moaned South, but McTavish was not prepared to let him off the hook. "If you were so confident that East had the king of diamonds, you should have bid to Six Diamonds. However, you were in 3NT and you should have made it. On the bidding, West is marked with a doubleton spade at best, and you should duck the first trick. A second spade to East's ace will fell the king but now my ten is a stop.
You did not need a spade trick for your contract. When you lose the diamond finesse to West, he does not have a spade to lead and you have nine tricks for the taking" said McTavish testily.
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Antun Lewis, twice found guilty of setting a fire that killed a mother and eight children attending a 14th birthday sleepover in 2005, has been sentenced to 35 years in prison with five years of supervised release.
Lewis maintained his innocence Friday, claiming someone else set the fire.
But family members of the victims who died in the fire are calling the sentence "a total injustice."
"It makes you wonder sometimes about the justice system," said Rosalind Golden, the grandmother of one of the children. "You can go to jail for life for selling drugs and you can take nine lives and do 40 years. I don't understand."
Another grandmother of four of the children told Lewis she wanted him locked up "forever and 100,000 years."
Fakih Jones, age 7; Malee'ya Williams, age 12; Shauntavia Mitchell, age 12; Earnest Tate, Jr., age 13; Miles Golden Cockfield, age 13; Antwon Jackson, Jr., age 14; Moses Williams Jr., age 14; Devonte Carter, age 15, and Medeia Carter, 33, were killed in the fire.
Lewis was convicted last December in federal court on one count of arson.
The man now convicted twice of setting Cleveland's deadliest fire is scheduled to be sentenced today in federal court.
Antun Lewis was found guilty Friday in a re-trial of charges stemming from the deadliest fire in Cleveland's history.
STORY: Matriarch of family killed by Antun Lewis in Cleveland's deadliest fire pleads for closure
33-year-old Medeia Carter, four of her children and four other children attending a 14th-birthday sleepover died in the 2005 fire that Antun Lewis has now been convicted twice of setting intentionally.
Lewis faces life in prison.
Authorities say Lewis was upset over a drug debt and dumped gasoline to set what became Cleveland's deadliest house fire.
Lewis has always maintained his innocence. He knew some of the victims and says he would never harm a child.
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The market for wireless communication semiconductors increased 13.1 percent year-over-year in 2013, according to the latest stats from IHS Technology.
This strong showing in wireless communications contributed to 5 percent year-over-year growth in the worldwide semiconductor market, which reached $318 billion in 2013. This was in marked contrast to 2012, when semiconductor revenue totaled $303 billion, a 2.4 percent drop from 2011, according to IHS.
The top 25 chip makers posted revenue amounting to $225.3 billion, or 71 percent of total industry revenue, up from 69 percent in 2012. Heading the list of chip makers was Intel with $47 billion, or 15 percent of the market.
In addition to wireless, strong growth in memory chips also contributed to the semiconductor revenue turnaround. Dynamic random access memory showed the strongest expansion in the memory chip segment, posting revenue growth of 32.5 percent. NAND flash posted 24.2 percent growth in 2013, spurred by demand for smartphone and tablet memory.
Also, small-signal field-effect transistors revenue increased 21.3 percent, logic application-specific standard products (ASSPs) for wireless communications grew 15.3 percent and analog ASSPs for wireless rose 13.5 percent.
Automotive logic ASSPs increased 14 percent, while automotive analog application specific ICs increased 8.1 percent. Microcontrollers for smart cards and IC cards also posted strong growth, up 12.5 percent on the year.
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Jim Walker on the DNA of leadership, at Rio+20
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Jim Walker, International Programs and Strategy Director, The Climate Group, spoke at the launch of The Clean Revolution Campaign at the Rio+20 Earth Summit, Brazil, June 19, 2012.
The industrial revolution was driven by the leadership and innovation of a small group of people - as were the abolition of slavery, the civil rights movement, and the internet revolution. The Clean Revolution will be no different.
However, leadership is perhaps an overused term. Since we established The Climate Group eight years ago, we have regularly produced profiles and insights into leaders on climate change, both personal and organizational.
Last year, we started to increasingly question what leadership meant: what were its characteristics, what did it really look like and how was it evolving in the face of the challenges and opportunities we are all here in Rio to discuss.
In particular, we became interested in whether we could define the DNA of leadership on sustainability - some fundamental principles by which to guide the dialogue on leadership, identify and profile leaders, and learn lessons that could be propagated.
The Leading for a Clean Revolution report is our first attempt to do this, based on the body of leadership profiles we have amassed, and sage feedback from our advisory board.
We've distilled it down to five phrases: innovate, early adopt, reduce, align and open source.
What do these mean?
- INNOVATE: Adopt the new agenda of disruptive low carbon innovation
This will be increasingly central to leadership going forward. Why? The pace of change requires non-linear progress. How else can we double urban infrastructure and the size of the consumer economy while radically reducing carbon emissions, water and resource use?
Innovation also is about competition, it allows leaders to reap benefits. Ian Cheshire, CEO of Kingfisher, said recently that if there's going to be disruption in your sector, you are better off disrupting yourself than waiting for others to do it to you.
What does this look like? A serious low carbon business play for every major company. We see it in Philips LED business, in GE's ecomagination. For Governments, it means redoubling of support for low carbon research and development. For everyone it also means tracking the work of entrepreneurs - the Postcode Lottery's Green Challenge has been finding and supporting innovations from an organic substitute to expanded polystyrene to a water recycling shower.
- EARLY-ADOPT: Embrace low carbon technology, policy and financing
Nobody is asking for adoption of uneconomic or uncompetitive solutions. But leadership requires going the extra mile to work out where being an early adopter is competitive. We have shown that LEDs and EVs can work today in commercial settings.
Barbara Kux from Siemens, yesterday pointed out that new technology isn't required, we just need to roll out what we have faster. There would be no cheap solar PV without policy support from countries like Germany and China.
- REDUCE: Reduce emissions now
All talk of innovation and technology cannot deflect from the fundamental need to reduce emissions and wider footprints. Leadership will vary according to sector and geography but at least 3% annum is the benchmark, for now in developed countries, and by 2020 for developing nations.
- ALIGN: Align carbon and sustainability with your other drivers
Whether you are making the case for change to your board, shareholders, constituents or political opponents, aligning sustainability with the other issues that matter to you is central to leadership.
We looked at business and government leaders and asked ourselves, and them, why they were doing what they were doing. We heard of Suzlon developing wind power initially as the only reliable energy source for manufacturing facilities in India. We heard Jeff Immelt and others saying that green is green - cutting carbon makes money. We saw China developing world leading clean tech policy to create better jobs and competitive advantage. We saw Scotland looking to reinvent its economy on renewable energy building on strong wind, hydro and marine resources, and strong engineering capacity. We realized that this is a good thing!
While nuanced for each person and organization, we believe that four core drivers - sustainability, financial gain, competitive advantage and social development - account for the majority of Clean Revolution leadership today. And all are equally valid.
- OPEN-SOURCE: Open source your leadership
The challenge is too large, too diverse and too rapidly evolving for any leader to go it alone. Communicating about what you're doing, engaging with your peers and those on the other side of the business government and civil society divides, and opening up your strategies to external ideas are all essential to leadership.
We've recently seen Nike opening up their supply chain strategy to online hackathons, and Unilever launching an online platform to seek expert input on their sustainability strategy.
Thanks to the leadership of Premier Charest of Quebec Government and his co-chairs, our network of world state and regional governments has met regularly since 2005 to learn from each other, benchmark their leadership, and reach consensus on the agenda for change going forwards. They will meet again here in Rio today and tomorrow.
The Climate Group, the UN Global Compact and many others provide an essential forum for these exchanges.
Communication by leaders, speaking out, is particularly important because we believe that leadership is viral.
This is a core element of the Campaign we are launching here today - a process to support leaders in making the case for change through a network of ambassadors and an open online evidence base for the Clean Revolution - facts, figures, case studies, interviews and other resources.
Going forward we will continue to develop the framework and metrics for leadership, looking at individual leadership, businesses and governments, and considering different sectors, geographies and cultures. We hope that this will help to benchmark leadership going forwards and set the agenda for the transformational changes required.
We welcome your input and feedback on this, the report and the campaign.


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The father of an IRA bomb victim will visit Musselburgh and Dunbar next month in his own only Scottish appearance to mark the 20th anniversary of his son's murder.
Colin Parry OBE lost his 12-year-old son Tim in the bomb blast in Warrington town centre in 1993, which also claimed the life of three-year-old Johnathan Ball and injured many others.
He and his wife Wendy have dedicated their lives to the work of the charitable organisation the Tim Parry/Johnathan Ball Foundation for Peace.
At the invitation of Jonathan Hewat, Director of External Affairs at Loretto School, Musselburgh, Mr Parry will visit Loretto, Musselburgh Grammar School and Belhaven Hill School in Dunbar on Friday, February 1.
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Dotted with gardens and parks and set alongside Europe's largest Alpine lake, Geneva is a compact city with a rich history. It's also home to a host of international organisations, including the United Nations, the World Health Organization and the International Committee of the Red Cross, making it a multicultural destination that knows how to play as hard as it works. To help you make the most of your visit, we asked Mina Bayat, Chef Concierge at Four Seasons Hotel des Bergues Geneva, to share his tips for exploring this dynamic destination—from where to eat to how to plan the perfect day trip.
Dine out
Geneva's food scene is among the world's best, thanks to the international crowd that calls the city home. For French cuisine, head to Auberge de Floris or Domaine de Châteauvieux, which has two Michelin stars. Auberge d'Onex is a great choice for Italian fare and the ambiance to match. In Lausanne (a 50-minute car ride away), you'll find two fantastic spots that have each earned three Michelin stars: Benoît Violier and Anne-Sophie Pic at Beau-Rivage Palace. If you prize flavour over flare, opt for Il Lago at the Hotel. The northern Italian restaurant is favoured by locals for its perfectly crafted menu of fresh, regional produce.
Serious shopping
A stop at Victorinox boutique is a must for those looking for well-tailored Swiss clothing and souvenirs featuring the famous Swiss cross. You'll find everything from lingerie to luxury labels at Bon Génie, a department store that carries brands such as Christian Louboutin, Charivari, Delaneau and L'Arcade. Top shops for him include Basil and Zilli for clothes, and John Lobb and Winston for shoes. During your shopping excursion, break for amandes princesses (Swiss chocolate-covered almonds) at Auer Chocolaterie, the city's best chocolate shop.
Gallery hopping
Geneva's art scene thrives with galleries and museums dedicated to celebrating both the classic and contemporary. Opera Gallery features great artists such as Fernando Botero, Salvador Dalí and Marc Chagall. Works by noted contemporary artists, including Alfonso Borghi and David LaChapelle, fill spaces at Gallery Bel-Air Fine Art. For an only-in-Geneva experience, visit the Patek Philippe Museum, which is the finest museum about watch manufacturing in the world.
Family fun
Though it may be a centre of banking and business, Geneva is fast becoming a destination for family vacations, thanks to its museums and countless opportunities for outdoor recreation. To best experience Lake Geneva, hop on the Beautiful Shores of Geneva boat tour. Visits to Bâtie Woods park, Bastions Park, the Botanical Garden and Parc de la Grange are also musts for families looking for outdoor fun. During summer months, get your feet wet at Aquaparc, a water park that features slides, wave pools and other opportunities to make a big splash with young travellers. Learning is fun at the Natural History Museum, the Patek Philippe Museum, the United Nations Office and the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum.
City views
With its majestic Alps, lovely lake and Old World architecture, Geneva boasts some impressive scenery. The views are stunning at the "Byron Stone" in Cologny, on the eastern shore of Lake Geneva. The stone references the 19th-century Bohemian set who, led by Lord Byron settled in the area. Other prime spots for city viewing include the top of the Saint-Pierre Cathedral, the restaurant Le Lion D'Or and the top of the Salève. After dark, board an evening dinner cruise on a private vessel or on a steamboat, and enjoy the city lights and landscapes.
Countryside escapes
The outdoors beckons in Geneva, and several notable destinations for active travellers are within easy reach of the city centre. In Chamonix Mont-Blanc you can see the Mer de Glace, the largest glacier in France, and take the cable car up to Aiguille du Midi. Skiers can choose between world-class slopes in Megève, Verbier and Gstaad—each a one- to two-hour trip from the Hotel. Epicures shouldn't skip the Golden Pass Chocolate Train from Montreux to Gruyère, where you can visit cheese dairies and a chocolate factory. At Lavaux's Vineyard Terraces, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, you'll see the work of generations of winemakers, who created these terraced vineyards overlooking Lake Geneva and the Alps.
A perfect day in Geneva
Join the fitness-minded locals for a jog along the lake or around one of the city's many parks before slowing down for a private tour of the city, including Old Town, on foot or by chauffeured ride. Break for lunch at Il Lago, which offers fine Italian cuisine in a see-and-be-seen atmosphere. Afterwards, stroll down the Rue du Rhône, where you can admire the selection of shoes at Christian Louboutin. Treat yourself at Chocolaterie Auer and visit the Patek Philippe Museum for a look at the history of watchmaking. Then head back to the Hotel for a massage at the Spa, followed by a cocktail at Le Bar des Bergues. Now it's time for dinner at Domaine de Châteauvieux, which offers excellent service, a superb wine list and delicious French cuisine.
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Restaurant La Potinière is one of the best spot to eat , you are in front the lake in the middle of "Jardin Anglais" just behind "Horloge Fleurie" you can take breakfast , lunch , dinner , sunday brunch and even organize private events…
Wine Passion & Passion Food
Adress : Promenade Du Lac 2 ; 1204 Genève
Reservations number : 022.310.28.28
Some other suggestions for Geneva:
– Great fondue is at Le Gruyerien in Chene-Bougeries
– Surprisingly good pizza at Da Paolo and Luigia, both reasonably priced for Geneva
– Quaint Carouge is the perfect place for a stroll and a coffee
– One of the best things about Geneva is how easy it is to take day trips. Gruyeres, Annecy, and Lausanne are all easy to do for a day or even just an afternoon.
– And when all else fails…. CHOCOLATE
here's Geneva, only 30 miles from Annecy, France.
La Favola ristorante is my favorite lunch and dinner spots in old town Geneva. Their website sums it up well:
"Italian dishes, antique silverware
Elegant teapots from flea markets
Small glass-blown bottles from Murano…
A dollhouse decor
Unpretentious, delicious cooking from a kitchen
with a host of New ideas"
15, rue Jean-Calvin
1204 Genève
Another lovely and delicious place is Café du Marché in Carouge.
Place du Marché 4
1227 Carouge
Can we also suggest a train trip to Sion for the day. Beautiful views and lovely lunch


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2004 Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labor - Nigeria
|United States Department of Labor
|Bureau of International Labor Affairs
|Publication Date
|22 September 2005
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|United States Department of Labor, 2004 Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labor - Nigeria, 22 September 2005, available at: http://www.refworld.org/docid/48c8ca693c.html [accessed 29 May 2016]
|This is not a UNHCR publication. UNHCR is not responsible for, nor does it necessarily endorse, its content. Any views expressed are solely those of the author or publisher and do not necessarily reflect those of UNHCR, the United Nations or its Member States.
|Selected Child Labor Measures Adopted by Governments
|Ratified Convention 138 10/2/2002
|Ratified Convention 182 10/2/2002
|ILO-IPEC Member
|National Plan for Children
|National Child Labor Action Plan
|Sector Action Plan
Incidence and Nature of Child Labor
The ILO estimated that 23.2 percent of children in Nigeria ages 10 to 14 years were working in 2002.[2990] Most children work in agriculture, usually on family farms, in fishing, and as cattle herders. Children also work on commercial farms.[2991] In urban areas, children work as domestic servants, street hawkers, vendors, beggars, scavengers, shoe shiners, car washers/watchers, and bus conductors.[2992] Children also work in cottage industries as mechanics, metal workers, carpenters, tailors, weavers, caterers, barbers, and hairdressers.[2993] Child begging is especially widespread in northern Nigeria and southern urban centers.[2994]
Commercial sexual exploitation of children occurs in many cities in Nigeria.[2995] The country is a source, transit, and destination country for trafficked children.[2996] Children from Benin and other African countries are trafficked to Nigeria, where some are forced to work as domestic workers, prostitutes,[2997] or in other forced labor conditions.[2998] Nigerian children are trafficked internally and to West and Central Africa for domestic labor and street hawking, and to Europe for commercial sexual exploitation.[2999] Girls are sometimes sold into marriage.[3000]
Nigerian law calls for universal basic education throughout the country; however, authorities do not consistently enforce laws on compulsory education.[3001] Education in Nigeria is compulsory for 9 years.[3002] In 2001, the gross primary enrollment rate was 96.5 percent, with 85.6 percent of females enrolled compared to 107.0 percent of males.[3003] Net enrollment rates are unavailable for Nigeria. Gross and net enrollment ratios are based on the number of students formally registered in primary school and therefore do not necessarily reflect actual school attendance. Recent primary school attendance statistics are not available for Nigeria. Access to education is hindered by the costs of books, transportation, and uniforms.[3004] Girls are particularly affected by lack of access to education. If families are unable to send their female children to school, girls are often required to work as domestics or street vendors.[3005]
Child Labor Laws and Enforcement
The Labor Act sets the minimum age for employment at 15 years, except for light agricultural or domestic work performed for the family,[3006] and 13 years for apprenticeships.[3007] The law prohibits children from lifting or carrying any load likely to inhibit physical development, and establishes a minimum age of 15 years for industrial work and maritime employment.[3008] Children under 16 years are prohibited from working underground, on machines, at night, in employment that is dangerous or immoral, for more than 4 consecutive hours, or more than 8 hours a day.[3009] The law does not specifically criminalize child domestic service, although it provides for regulations to be mandated by the Minister.[3010]
In July 2003, a comprehensive anti-trafficking law, the Trafficking in Persons (Prohibition) Law Enforcement and Administration Act, was passed, which established a national agency to investigate and prosecute offenders of the Act and provide for victim rehabilitation. Section 11 of the Act stipulates life imprisonment for any persons who traffic children under 18 years into or out of Nigeria. The Act also stipulates prison terms for any persons who procure, either for themselves or others, any children under the age of 18, and for any persons who commit children under 18 years in their care to prostitution or indecent assault.[3011] .
The Ministry of Employment, Labor, and Productivity is responsible for enforcing legal provisions regarding working conditions and worker protection. However, there are fewer than 50 labor inspectors, and inspections are conducted only in the formal business sector where there are few occurrences of child labor.[3012] Enforcement provisions have not deterred violations. The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has established anti-trafficking units in eleven states with the worst trafficking problems.[3013] At the institutional level, government authorities do not facilitate or condone trafficking; however, the National Agency for the Prohibition of Traffic in Persons (NAPTIP) has received reports from informants and foreign officials that law enforcement officers and individuals in the immigration and airport authorities collaborated in trafficking across the Nigeria's borders. The law provides punitive measures for officials who aid or abet trafficking; however, during the year, NAPTIP and NPF found no evidence of official complicity, and no officials were prosecuted, tried, or convicted for trafficking-related charges.[3014]
Current Government Policies and Programs to Eliminate the Worst Forms of Child Labor
The Government of Nigeria is participating in two USDOL-funded ILO-IPEC projects. These projects include a regional project to combat the trafficking of children,[3015] and a project funded in part by the Cocoa Global Issues Group that seeks to withdraw children from hazardous work in the cocoa sector, generate income for families, and promote education.[3016] In addition, the USAID-supported Sustainable Tree Crops Program is incorporating child labor issues into its program, and is coordinating with the USDOL-funded ILO-IPEC program to address child labor in the cocoa sector.[3017] The ILO and the News Agency of Nigeria launched a program in August 2004 to raise awareness and build the capacity of the media to eliminate child labor and trafficking.[3018]
The Government of Nigeria is working with the UN Office on Drugs and Crime's Global Program Against Trafficking in Human Beings to strengthen anti-trafficking efforts. The UN Office is providing technical assistance in areas such as research, law enforcement training, and the creation of regional anti-trafficking networks.[3019] In addition, the Governments of Nigeria and Italy are committed to a UN Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute pilot project, which aims to build capacity to reduce child trafficking from Nigeria to Italy.[3020] With the involvement of the government, UN agencies, and civil society institutions, IOM is leading an anti-trafficking victim assistance and awareness-raising project in Nigeria.[3021] In July 2004, with funding from USAID, the IOM and NAPTIP opened a shelter in Lagos for returned trafficking victims.[3022] Since opening, the shelter has assisted more than 300 victims.
The Government of Nigeria launched a poverty reduction strategy entitled, "National Economic Empowerment Development Strategy" (NEEDS), which sets a developmental agenda for the country through 2007. The NEEDS document seeks to provide a safety net to vulnerable groups and emphasizes the importance of education and the protection of children from all forms of abuse including hazardous work, sexual exploitation, and trafficking.[3023] In addition, the Government of Nigeria also launched a 2004-2007 Strategic National Education Plan, which aims to improve the quality of education at all levels.[3024]
UNICEF, in collaboration with the government, has launched a Strategy for Acceleration of Girls Education in Nigeria to promote equal access to education for girls by 2005.[3025] UNICEF also works to improve enrollment and retention in primary school by focusing on teaching and learning practices.[3026] The Government of Nigeria is implementing a USD 101 million Universal Basic Education Project supported by the World Bank, which aims to improve the quality of schools, increase access to education, and strengthen the Education Management Information System in Nigeria.[3027] The World Bank is also supporting the Second Primary Education Project, which is improving the quality of primary education through teacher training, enhancing the educational environment by setting up focus schools, improving quality and availability of curriculum materials, and developing an information base for decision making.[3028] USAID funds support teacher training, community participation and policy planning on schooling in three states (Lagos, Kano, and Nasarawa), as well as youth skills development for unemployed youth in Delta, Lagos, and Kano.[3029]
[2990] World Bank, World Development Indicators 2004 [CD-ROM], Washington, D.C., 2004.
[2991] Anthony Hodges, Children's and Women's Rights in Nigeria: A Wake-up Call, Situation Assessment and Analysis 2001 (Lagos: UNICEF and the Nigeria National Planning Commission, 2001), 204.
[2992] U.S. Department of State, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices – 2003: Nigeria, Washington, D.C., February 25, 2004, Section 6d; available from http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2003/27743.htm. See also Hodges, Children's and Women's Rights in Nigeria, 204. Children from poorer families are hired by families as domestic helpers, where they may be exploited. See ECPAT International, Nigeria, in ECPAT International, [database online] 2002 [cited June 4, 2004]; available from http://www.ecpat.net/eng/Ecpat_inter/projects/monitoring/online_database/index.asp.
[2993] Hodges, Children's and Women's Rights in Nigeria, 205.
[2994] As poverty increases in Nigeria, the almajiranci system of semi-formal Koranic education has come to rely on child pupils engaging in begging to support their mallam, or Islamic teacher. It is reported that the Nigerian government has done little to address the problem of child begging. See Ibid., 209.
[2995] Ibid., 209-10. An NGO has reported that the average age of commercial sex workers is reportedly 16 years. See ECPAT International, Nigeria.
[2996] U.S. Department of State, Trafficking in Persons Report – 2004: Nigeria, Washington, D.C., June 14, 2004; available from http://www.state.gov/g/tip/rls/tiprpt/2004/33188.htm. See also ILO-IPEC, Combating the trafficking of children for labour exploitation in West & Central Africa (Phase I), project document, RAF/01/P53/USA, Geneva, July 1999, 2.
[2997] ILO-IPEC, Combating the trafficking of children in West & Central Africa (Phase I), 1.
[2998] U.S. Department of State, Trafficking in Persons Report – 2004: Nigeria.
[2999] Ibid. Child trafficking routes have been identified from Nigerian children to the Middle East and East Africa for labor exploitation. See U.S. Department of State, Country Reports – 2003: Nigeria, Section 6f.
[3000] U.S. Department of State, Country Reports – 2003: Nigeria, Section 5.
[3001] Ibid. Authorities do not effectively enforce laws on compulsory education. See U.S. Consulate-Lagos, unclassified telegram no. 1914, September 2004.
[3002] UNESCO, Education for All 2000 Assessment: Country Reports – Nigeria, prepared by Federal Ministry of Education, pursuant to UN General Assembly Resolution 52/84, 2000; available from http://www2.unesco.org/wef/countryreports/nigeria/rapport_3.html. See also British Council, Nigeria: Country education profile, [online] [cited June 2, 2004]; available from http://www2.britishcouncil.org/home/learning/globalschools/globalschools-partnership/globalschools-resources-countries/globalschools-resources-countries-nigeria.htm.
[3003] World Bank, World Development Indicators 2004.
[3004] U.S. Consulate-Lagos, unclassified telegram no. 1914.
[3005] U.S. Department of State, Country Reports – 2003: Nigeria, Section 5.
[3006] Nigeria Labour Act, Articles 49 and 59 available from http://natlex.ilo.org/scripts/natlexcgi.exe. See also U.S. Department of State, Country Reports – 2003: Nigeria, Section 6d.
[3007] U.S. Consulate-Lagos, unclassified telegram no. 1914.
[3008] Nigeria Labour Act, Articles 59 and 61.
[3009] Ibid., Articles 59 and 60.
[3010] Ibid., Articles 59 and 65.
[3011] The Act also prohibits forced labor, trafficking in slaves, pornography, drug trafficking, or forced or compulsory recruitment into armed conflict. The Act applies to all residents of Nigeria, and to Nigerians who are convicted outside of Nigeria for trafficking-related offenses. It also provides for the rights of victims of trafficking, including the right to access health and social services while a temporary resident, protection of identity, and the right to press charges against the trafficker. See Trafficking in Persons (Prohibition) Law Enforcement and Administration Act, 2003, (July 2003), Sections 11-19, 21, 23, 25-26, 36-38.
[3012] Ibid., Section 6d. Other agencies responsible for enforcing child labor laws include the Federal Ministry of Women Affairs and Youth Development, the Child Rights Department of the National Human Rights Commission, and the local government within the 36 states and capital territory. See U.S. Consulate-Lagos, unclassified telegram no. 1914.
[3013] U.S. Department of State, Country Reports – 2003: Nigeria, Section 6f.
[3014] U.S. Department of State, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices – 2003: Nigeria, Washington, D.C., February 28, 2005, Section 5; available from http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2004/41620.htm. See also U.S. Department of State, Trafficking in Persons Report – 2004: Nigeria. Victims interviewed by UNODC identified the complicit and collaborative behavior of police, security force, immigration, and customs officials. NAPTIP briefed the heads of police and immigration on the issue. NAPTIP also worked with the Minister of Aviation to address corruption among airport officials. U.S. Consulate-Lagos, Email communication, June 1, 2005.
[3015] The project began in 1999 and is currently in its second phase. See ILO-IPEC, Combating the trafficking of children for labour exploitation in West & Central Africa (Phase II), project document, RAF/01/P53/USA, Geneva, March 2001, 2.
[3016] ILO-IPEC, West Africa Cocoa/Commercial Agriculture Programme to Combat Hazardous and Exploitative Child Labour (WACAP), project document, RAF/02/P50/USA, Geneva, September 2002, 1, 12.
[3017] Ibid., 8 and 12. See also USAID, Trafficking in Persons: USAID's Response, September 2001, 4; available from http://www.usaid.gov/wid/pubs/traffickingin persons.pdf.
[3018] U.S. Consulate-Lagos, unclassified telegram no. 1914. See also Kabissa, ILO, NAN to train journalists on child trafficking, [previously online] August 8, 2004 [cited October 28, 2004]; available from http://lists.kabissa.org/lists/archives/public/womensrightswatch-nigeria/msg00957.html [hard copy on file].
[3019] The project is supported by funds from Canada, France and Norway. See UN Office on Drugs and Crime, Pilot Projects, [online] [cited September 8, 2004]; available from http://www.odccp.org/odccp/trafficking_projects.html.
[3020] UNICEF, Trafficking in Human Beings, Especially Women and Children, in Africa, Innocenti Research Center, Florence, September 2003, 38-39.
[3021] IOM, Online Project Compendium, [online] [cited June 4, 2004]; available from http://www.iom.int/iomwebsite/Project/ServletSearchProject?event=detail&id=SN1Z027.
[3022] Habiba Adamu, The Other Side of Human Trafficking, all Africa, [online] January 4, 2005 [cited January 21, 2005]; available from http://allafrica.com/stories/printable/200501040198.html. See also Funmi Komolafe, Human trafficking thrives, barons escape justice, Vanguard Online Edition, [online] August 29, 2004 [cited January 21, 2005]; available from http://www.vanguardngr.com/articles/2002/features/fe529082004.html.
[3023] Education strategies include full implementation of the free and compulsory education requirement, a review of school curricula at all levels, and increasing the number of vocational centers. See Government of Nigeria, Nigeria: National Economic Empowerment and Development Strategy, March 2004, 5, 54, 101, 08; available from http://www.nigeria.gov.ng/eGovernment/Needs.PDF. See also Daily Champion (Lagos), Osuji Takes SNEP to UNESCO, allAfrica, [online] September 29, 2004 [cited October 28, 2004]; available from http://allafrica.com/stories/200409290567.html.
[3024] UNESCO, Nigeria: Minister of Education, [online] 2004 [cited October 28, 2004]; available from http://www.ibe.unesco.org/International/ICE47/english/MesMOE/messages/nigeria.html.
[3025] Andrew Ahiante, Nigeria: Challenges of the Girl Child, [online] August 19, 2003 [cited May 19, 2004]; available from http://www.globalmarch.org/clns/mail-clns/clns-mail-sept-detail.html.
[3026] UNICEF, UNICEF: At a glance: Nigeria – the big picture, [online] July 24, 2003 [cited June 2, 2004]; available from http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/nigeria.html.
[3027] The project began in 2002. See World Bank, Universal Basic Education Project, [online] June 2, 2004 [cited June 2, 2004]; available from http://web.worldbank.org/external/projects/main?pagePK=104231&piPK=73230&theSitePK=40941&menuPK=228424&Projectid=P071494.
[3028] The Bank is providing USD 55 million to the effort, which began in May 2000 and is scheduled to close at the end of December 2004. See World Bank, Nigeria: Primary Education II, [online] June 2, 2004 [cited June 2, 2004]; available from http://web.worldbank.org/external/projects/main?pagePK=104231&piPK=73230&theSitePK=40941&menuPK=228424&Projectid=P066571.
[3029] USAID, S03 – Basic Education, [online] no date [cited June 2, 2004]; available from http://www.usaid.gov/ng/so3.htm.


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Childress, Texas (map) | (940) 937-6353
Sites: 8 | Latest Rate: $26.00 | 3 Reviews
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Aug 2013 - $26.00
Definitely a bare bones, no amenities park. Only 3 sites available for transients; the others appear to be permanent residents. Better than overnighting at Walmart. Full hookups and slides can be deployed. Pull through site accommodated our motorhome and tow dolly. We felt safe, and except for a garbage truck at 5AM emptying the dumpster, we were undisturbed. We will stay here again if in the area. - knipp4la
May 2013 - $26.00
A very low end place. I won't even describe it as a campground. I can't believe Best Western would allow such a place to exist. Only three sites available and they were covered with trash and debris. The few other sites were occupied by run down permanent campers. The promised WiFi did not exist. A scary place to stay. We would never consider staying there again. - Bill In Florida
May 2011 - $26.00
The sites are level but the spaces are narrow and would be very close if the small park was full. Access is just OK and with a big rig it may take a bit of planning. Length was OK for a 45 ft MH and we parked our toad in the adjacent motel parking area. Wi-Fi worked from the adjacent motel but was a little slow but free. We were entitled to the Best Western free motel breakfast which was a short walk away. There is also another brand new park across the street just opened for $25 a night. - run2
Childress, Texas 79201 (map) | (940) 937-3684
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Jun 2015 - $15.00
We stayed here a few years ago and found it a decent place for a short stay, so we decided to use it again as an overnight on our way west. One change since we were here last is they have 50amp power now! There are five sites, and it looks like four of them are fully functional. Electric and water only - no sewer hook-up, and I don't think there's a dump station here. But they have a 3-day maximum so other than having to haul it all with you to the next place, it's not a problem. No shade at sites but nice with grass and picnic tables on concrete platforms. It is part of a city park, which is very nice with small lake and paved path around it. Evidently good for fishing! We would definitely stay here again if on the route. Easy entry from the 287, turning north onto Commerce, and straight into Fair Park (watch the dip in intersection). Turn right before you get to the building in front of you - the sites are all the way over on the right (look for the picnic tables, between ball park and the lake). The sites are fairly close together, but you are likely to be the only camper here, so no problem! - CarrieBearie
Aug 2013 - $15.00
Coming into town on 287 turn north on Commerce. You'll see the entrance to the city park; go through the gate, bear to the right, go to the end and you'll see the RV sites. Sites aren't huge but we had space for our rig, car and both slides with no problem. 4 of the 5 sites had working electricity and water (the water faucets looked a little scary and we used our own water), and all had nice picnic tables on concrete slabs. Clean and well maintained - no trash laying around and grass was cut. No sewer hookup or dump station or the rating would be higher. Close to a very pretty little lake with lighted walking trails circling the lake - nice place to walk or sit out had the weather been cooler. Quiet except for the occasional train whistle. Good for a night or two. Rate is $15 on the honor system. - Jeepman Texas
May 2012 - $15.00
Nothing fancy, and yes, only 2 out of the 5 sites looked to have functioning hook-ups, and only 30 amps and no sewer or dump station. But all that said, we were the only ones there (except for one night, and our neighbors were a couple sites away), and we enjoyed our two-night stay! The "campground" is way over to the right when you go through the main entrance to Fair Park (the other entrance, closer to the campground part, was under construction when we were there). And it is only steps away from their pretty little lake that you can walk around. It's a nice and popular park. My husband really liked the BBQ ribs at Jaksons. We both liked the Golden Chick and DQ! There's a WalMart in town too. - CarrieBearie


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