 over Napoles in Mexico Trumps Hattons over Tyszu by a mile.
Always liked Hatton and watched most of his fights. But he shamelessly ducked Witter.
I was a casual for most of Hatton’s time as a fighter, only really became hardcore around 07, 08 when he got the Mayweather fight so I loved him.
What does building water resilience look like in a region facing surface water stress, a growing population, and climate change?
For the Southern African Development Community Groundwater Management Institute (SADC-GMI), this could mean applying an integrated approach to managing the region’s water resources.
That way, says SADC-GMI Executive Director, Mr James Sauramba, the region would be in a position to fight back at the water challenges it faces.
“Surface water also talks to groundwater. So if we are to be resilient, we have to look at everything holistically,” Mr Sauramba said.
SADC-GMI joins the global water community to commemorate World Water Week under the theme of “Building Resilience Faster”.
The region needs to adapt and bounce back stronger. SADC-GMI Senior Groundwater Specialist Brighton Munyai said groundwater needs to be brought to the forefront to strengthen SADC against water shocks that may come.
“[We] also need to ensure water security as a way of building resilience to our water supply systems,” Mr Munyai said.
Climate change has gravely impacted water availability in the region. Over the last few years, the SADC region has suffered a prolonged drought. Earth Observatory calls it “the worst drought in several decades and perhaps a century”.
Since its inception in 2016, SADC-GMI has worked closely with the SADC Member States to mitigate climate change and other water-related changes through the sustainable use of groundwater in the region.
SADC-GMI has successfully implemented pilot projects across the region, including a high-yielding borehole that provides over 15 000 people in Chimbiya Trading Centre, Dedza District, Malawi with safe and clean water. The majority of projects were finalised in 2020 – a time when COVID-19 enlarged its footprint across the world.
Mr Sauramba said the institute had to adapt to working remotely and still have a regional impact. SADC-GMI made it work.
“We’ve learned that it is feasible. It can be done. We have also learned through the onset of COVID-19 to manage our projects more innovatively without necessarily expecting to be in the field all the time to manage projects. We remotely built trust, which is what is a key success factor for these projects to be completed,” he said.
SADC-GMI has built trust and relationships with regional partners. The institute has greatly advanced its footprint in 16 Member States by forming partnerships with various stakeholders including river basin organisations, water ministries and local communities.
“Leveraging partnerships has been one of our key growth strategies. We grew from a very small institution that could only manage the footprint within Bloemfontein [South Africa] to managing the footprint across South Africa, to managing the footprint across the entire region and beyond,” Mr Sauramba said.
The annual SADCI Groundwater conference gives the institute a platform to extend its footprint beyond the SADC region. Groundwater leaders from across the world convene to share their knowledge, challenges and strategies about ensuring groundwater in the region.
This year’s conference will be held virtually in November. It will be under the theme ‘Towards a Water Resilient SADC – Groundwater Systems Thinking’ for groundwater leaders to effectively collaborate to find solutions to the region’s water-related challenges.
In the five years that SADC-GMI has been in existence, the institute has covered immense ground in advancing sustainable groundwater use and management. Read a collection of our successes here.
On 3 May 2013, Saudi Arabia deposited its instrument of accession to the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) to become the 147th contracting state. The treaty entered in to force on 3 August 2013. The result is that all new PCT applications filed on or after 3 August 2013 now automatically designate Saudi Arabia.
The accession means that Saudi Arabia joins the other Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states of Bahrain, Oman, Qatar and the UAE as a member of the PCT (Kuwait being the only GCC state which has not yet joined the PCT).
Saudi Arabia’s accession also means that nationals and residents of Saudi Arabia are now entitled to file international applications under the PCT.
One advantage of seeking patent protection in Saudi Arabia via the PCT route is that it allows some of the costs associated with the application process to be deferred. This can be particularly advantageous given that pursuing an application in Saudi Arabia is typically a relatively expensive process. It is expected that the option of deferring costs will lead to an increase in the number of patent applications filed in Saudi Arabia.
In addition to accession, the Saudi Patent Office has reviewed and updated a number of its internal processes. The changes include the introduction of an electronic filing system, the aim of which is to make the patent process in Saudi Arabia more efficient.
If you would like any further information or would like to discuss PCT applications with regard to Saudi Arabia, or otherwise, please do not hesitate to contact us.As President Trump nears a decision this week on his Supreme Court nominee, conservative groups are actively trying to derail at least two of the judges reported to be at the top of his list, saying they can’t be relied on to pursue conservative goals from the federal bench.
One group is running ads accusing 11th U.S. Circuit Court Judge William Pryor of showing hostility toward religious liberty in a 2011 case, and another is warning Mr. Trump not to pick 10th U.S. Circuit Court Judge Neil Gorsuch, saying he has not shown enough devotion to pro-life causes.
Mr. Trump met with top senators Tuesday to begin the consultation process. He said he wants to make his decision this week and announce the nominee next week.
The next justice will tip the ideological balance on the now-deadlocked Supreme Court and replace Antonin Scalia, a conservative stalwart whose seat has been empty since his death nearly a year ago.
Public Advocate, run by conservative activist Eugene Delgaudio, has launched online ads in the Washington area trying to raise opposition to Judge Pryor, a former Alabama attorney general, saying he didn’t do enough to protect Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore in a 2003 legal battle over posting the Ten Commandments at his courthouse.
“Public Advocate has budgeted a lot of money refuting some of the legal issues [Judge] Pryor takes so lightly, and as I point out frequently: No other judge has removed an elected official, like Roy Moore, for believing in God and the Ten Commandments in the history of our country,” Mr. Delgaudio said.
His ads also highlight a case in which Judge Pryor was involved in which the appeals court ruled that a college did not discriminate against a student who was expelled for refusing to attend a gay pride parade. Going to the parade was part of “remediation” measures for the Christian student, who was studying counseling.
Alliance Defending Freedom, a religious liberties law firm, represented the Christian student but declined to comment to The Washington Times about Judge Pryor’s possible selection.
Some pro-life activists, meanwhile, say Judge Gorsuch would not meet Mr. Trump’s pledge to put pro-life judges on the federal bench.
Andrew Schlafly, a lawyer at the Legal Center for Defense of Life and son of the late conservative activist Phyllis Schlafly, said Judge Gorsuch uses pro-choice terminology in his writings and may not be willing to overturn the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that established a national constitutional right to abortion.
Carrie Severino, chief counsel and policy director at the conservative Judicial Crisis Network, said the attacks on both judges were misplaced.
As for Judge Gorsuch, she said, those attacking his record are looking for the wrong characteristics in a justice.
“It’s important for the serious pro-life groups to make clear that they’re not looking at people who are supposed to be basically activists, bypassing the law on any issue,” she said.
Judge Gorsuch, through the clerk of court for the 10th Circuit, declined to comment. Judge Pryor did not respond to a request for comment.
American Family Association public policy analyst Abraham Hamilton III said Mr. Trump and congressional Republicans dare not “err in filling this vacancy,” saying the pick must live up to the legacy of Justice Scalia, one of the most forceful conservative voices on the court for decades.
He said Judge Pryor had a distinguished record but was not sure he lives up to Justice Scalia’s vision “as an originalist constructionist” in some areas of constitutional law, including religious liberty.
“The country would be served best by filling Justice Scalia’s vacant seat with a Scalia-like nominee,” Mr. Hamilton said.
Mr. Schlafly said he was worried about who had Mr. Trump’s ear in the selection process. He pointed in particular to the Federalist Society, a group of conservative and libertarian law professors, students and scholars.
“The problem is really Trump’s advisers, to be honest with you,” Mr. Schlafly said.
Mr. Trump said the Federalist Society, The Heritage Foundation and other conservative activists helped him shape his initial list of potential nominees, which he released in an unconventional move in the middle of the presidential campaign. The list won widespread praise from conservatives and helped him consolidate support among the Republican base after a contentious