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VAN OSCH: Unexpectedly, at London Health Sciences Centre – University Hospital, surrounded by the love of her family, on Thursday, September 14, 2017, Paulina "Paula" Jacoba (Pubben) Van Osch of Grand Bend (RR 1, Dashwood), formerly of RR 2, Crediton, age 87. Beloved wife of the late Harry Van Osch (2006). Loved mother of Elizabeth Sullivan and husband Richard Smith of Calgary, AB, Gerald and Carrie Rose Van Osch of Grand Bend, Mary Van Osch and husband John Andruschak of Vancouver, B.C., Fred and Shelley Van Osch of Grand Bend and Teresa Van Osch and partner Mylo Einarson of Winnipeg, MB. Cherished Gramma and Oma of Jacqueline and Cameron, Joseph, Kylen, Kurtis, Jaron, Nicholas, Jeremy, Paula, Kaitlin and Duncan, Skylar and fiancée Lorin, Brendon and Michelle. Treasured Great-Gramma of Vivienne and Madden. Also remembered by her step-grandchildren Tiffany, Brittany and niece Ria. Dear sister and sister-in-law of Ida and John Janssen, Ger and Truus Hesen, Sjaak Van Osch, William Van Osch, Truus and Harry Grubben all of the Netherlands. Loved by her many nieces, nephews and their families. Predeceased by her parents Godfried and Marie Elisabeth (Janzen) Pubben, sisters Lies Geurts and Petranella Lips, brothers John Pubben and Theo Pubben. Resting at the T. Harry Hoffman & Sons Funeral Home, Dashwood, with visitation Sunday from 4 to 8 p.m.. The Funeral Mass will be celebrated at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Roman Catholic Church, Mount Carmel, Monday, September 18, 2017 at 11:30 a.m. The Rev. Father Len Desjardins Celebrant. Interment Our Lady of Mount Carmel Cemetery. Harry and Paula married in Holland, April 21, 1954 and immigrated to Canada April 28, 1954 and farmed in the Crediton and Mount Carmel area for many years. They were married for over 50 years and she enjoyed 35 retirement years wintering in Port Charlotte. Paula will be remembered for her quick wit, sense of humour, kind and compassionate heart. She was a loving mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and more recently enjoyed close companionship with her brother-in-law Sjaak. If desired, memorial donations to the South Huron Hospital Foundation, Exeter or charity of choice would be appreciated. Condolences at www.hoffmanfuneralhome.com
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10,500 new jobs added in August in Ontario
Employment in Ontario increased by 10,500 in August — including gains in a number of sectors such as finance and construction, according to a report released by the provincial government.
Ontario's unemployment rate was 6.7 per cent in August, and has been lower than the national average for 16 months in a row.
This month's job growth brings the total increase in employment since the recessionary low in June 2009 to 599,500. Ontario is expected to continue creating jobs, and by the end of 2019, more than 900,000 are projected to have been created over a 10-year period.
Business activity in the province remains strong. Ontario's manufacturing sales increased 7 per cent and wholesale trade advanced 7.5 per cent over the first six months of 2016, compared to the same period in 2015. Ontario's international merchandise exports also increased on a year-to-date basis, rising 7.5 per cent during the first seven months of 2016.
Brad Duguid, Minister of Economic Development and Growth, said: "It is encouraging that Ontario's economy continues to add jobs, contributing to the positive economic performance we have seen so far this year. August's job numbers demonstrate continued momentum, but there is more work to do. We will continue our efforts to make Ontario's economy more globally competitive, growing it and continuing to create jobs in the process."
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As of 2015, 67 per cent of Ontario's population aged between 25 and 64 had graduated from a postsecondary education institution — making Ontario's level of educational attainment among the highest in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
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- Ontario is making the largest investment in public infrastructure in the province's history—about $160 billion over 12 years—which is supporting 110,000 jobs every year across the province, with projects such as hospitals, schools, roads, bridges and transit. Since 2015, the province has announced support for more than 475 projects that will keep people and goods moving, connect communities and improve quality of life. To learn more about infrastructure projects in your community, go to Ontario.ca/BuildON.
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As the Aggies head toward their game against Kentucky, what can we glean from the first two games that might point to what we can expect on Saturday in Lexington?
At 1-1 the Aggies head into this matchup with some confidence coming off their 32-31 victory over in-state rival New Mexico while things at Kentucky aren't so rosy right now. The Wildcats are 0-2 and since leading Southern Miss 35-10 with about 56 seconds left in the second quarter, they've been outscored 79-7 over the last six quarters giving up 79 straight points from the end of the second quarter against Southern Miss until just under five minutes left in the fourth quarter against Florida when the Kentucky offense finally got back on the board with a touchdown.
A cursory look at the statistics show that the Wildcats are allowing 542 yards per game while the Aggies are giving up 427 yards per game. Offensively the Wildcats are averaging just 279 yards per game (95 rushing and 184 passing) while the Aggies are averaging slightly more at 326 yards per game (120.5 rushing and 205.5 passing). Let's take a deeper look into those numbers and how they're getting there.
When Kentucky has the ball, what can the Aggie defense expect? For one, if form holds, the Wildcats will run the ball on first down. Of their 45 first down play calls this season, 31 of them have been runs and they're averaging a solid 5.0 yards per carry on those first down runs. When they have passed on first down, they've been pretty efficient, certainly more efficient than on any other down completing 64.3 percent of their passes for 171 yards.
Defensively teams have tried to run the ball against the Aggies on first down with relative success, 50 attempts for 4.94 yards per carry so based on Kentucky's numbers that likely won't change much. The Aggies have done a relatively good job on first down defending the pass as teams have completed just 6-of-15 attempts for 92 yards, though four of the six completions have gone for first downs.
Kentucky has been abysmal on third down converting just 5-of-21 third downs. Unfortunately for the Aggies, they've allowed teams to convert on 14-of-27 third down attempts and perhaps more alarmingly, they're allowing an average of 9.55 rushing yards on third down and even worse yet, teams are averaging over 20 yards per carry when faced with a third down of 10 or more. Opposing teams have also converted on 4-of-7 third downs through the air when faced with a 3rd down of 10 or more yards. That being said, last week against UNM one of the Aggies' keys to winning the game was their defense getting off the field. The Lobos were just 3-of-10 on third down.
So what can we expect out of the Kentucky offense in the game? Based on the first two games we would expect Kentucky to come out and try to run the ball against the Aggies in the first quarter, despite that going against what they have done in their first two games. The Aggies have given up 155 first quarter rushing yards with an average of 7.38 yards per carry. The Aggies have progressively gotten better defending the run as the game has gone on with averages of 4.07, 4.95 and 5.75 yards per carry in the subsequent quarters respectively. If you're Kentucky, you probably want to get things going on the ground early before Frank Spaziani's defense gets things figured out.
Will Kentucky try to test the Aggie secondary as UNM tried to do in last week's game (effectively going against what they're primarily built to do and that is run the option attack)? The Aggie defense has been the most vulnerable to the pass game in the second and third quarters giving up 132 yards and 97 yards respectively with all three of UTEP and UNM's passing touchdowns coming in those two quarters. For Kentucky, their passing game has flourished in the first quarter with them throwing for 221 yards on 10-of-15 passing with three touchdowns and just one interception. In the second, third and fourth quarters however, there has been a dramatic decline with the Cats going just 9-of-24 for 147 yards, one touchdown and three interceptions.
What about the Aggie offense? Can NMSU take advantage of what has been so far a pretty leaky Wildcat defense? Through the first two games of the season it has become painfully obvious that the offense misses Larry Rose III and the impact he has on opposing defenses. The Aggies are averaging just 120.5 yards per game on the ground after averaging 180.5 last season. The Aggies clearly miss his 137.5 yards per game. They also miss his red zone running which is where he scored 10 of his 14 touchdowns last season.
For lack of a better description the Aggie offense has been underwhelming in the first halves of their two games this season — just 277 total yards and only one touchdown. Kentucky's two opponents have found marginal success through the air in the first half against the Wildcats. Their two opponents threw for 345 yards and three touchdowns against UK in the two first halves but they also threw four interceptions, something that Tyler Rogers has thus far been able to avoid. Their two opponents have found relatively equal success against Kentucky on the ground in both halves rushing for 238 yards and two touchdowns on 56 attempts in the first halves and 268 yards and three touchdowns on 62 attempts in the second halves. This could be good news for the Aggie ground game as they've been pretty consistent in both halves running the ball with 127 yards on 28 carries (but no touchdowns) in the first halves of their two games and 114 yards on 37 carries but three scores in the second halves of their two games.
The passing game from a statistical perspective has come alive in the second half for NMSU having thrown for 261 yards and a touchdown on 23-of-40 passing from Rogers and have found the most success throwing the ball from their own 20 to the opponents 40 yard line accounting for 248 of the Aggies' 411 total passing yards. Again, the Aggies miss Larry Rose III's running in the red zone as Rogers has completed just 5-of-13 of his passes inside the red zone but both of his touchdown throws have come from that area of the field.
Also, the Wildcats have been not that great on third down defense allowing their two opponents to convert 23-of-37 third downs (62 percent) including 7-of-9 third downs where the opponent had to gain between seven and nine yards for the first down and called a pass play. Good news for the Aggies? They're 4-for-4 in that exact situation.
So what do we expect the Aggies to do on offense? Well, Coach Martin has repeatedly said he wants to throw the ball to open up the run game (which we suspect would be reversed were Larry Rose III healthy and playing). The problem is that so far that hasn't worked out too well for the Aggies. The Aggies have just 150 passing yards in four first half quarters and just 127 rushing yards in those same quarters. The Aggies have not been successful running the ball on first down averaging just 2.63 yards per carry but they've also been average throwing the ball on first down completing 17-of-33 attempts and just seven first downs. That means that 43 of the Aggies' 60 first down plays have resulted in them facing a second down of over seven yards and 16 of those have been 2nd and 10 which has led the Aggies to face 17 third downs where they needed to gain seven or more yards for the first down. They have successfully converted just five of those third down situations. Regardless of Kentucky's porous third and long defense, the Aggies simply can't put themselves in third and long situations against Kentucky.
So what should the Aggies do? This is a tough one for NMSU. They clearly want and/or have to throw the ball because their run game just isn't what it would be with Rose. However, Southern Miss and Florida both took the opposite approach running the ball 118 times combined for 506 yards. In fact, the two teams must have had similar strategies because the rushing attempts by the two through all four quarters is surprisingly consistent — 28 attempts in the first quarter, 28 in the second quarter, 32 in the third and 30 in the fourth with similar rushing totals by each quarter, 107, 131, 126 and 142 respectively. Regardless of how it gets done, whether through a pass first approach or a run first approach, if the Aggies are going to have any shot at an upset they're going to have to be able to run the ball and they're going to have to do it much more effectively than they did in the first two games.


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North Korea Nuclear
North Korea is one of the few last hereditary communist nations succeeded
from Il Sung Kim, Jung il Kim to Jung Eun Kim.
Korea is the only divided country into North Korea and South Korea.
Like Germany which was divided into West and East Germany,
Korea will soon be united.
However, currently North Korea is pushing ahead with nuclear test
Several national organizations led by the United States oppose the
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Russian skinhead, Australian racism, American firearm accident.
As American economy which stumbles,
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as Apple's iPhone which has no demand,
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North Korean nuclear test will pose no threat to the life of South Korean society.
Westerner's false alarm makes us think
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So much for me getting an early night - I'm (pun intended) buzzing too much from being scared shitless.
Just went to bed and threw the duvet over myself. Except I could hear this odd buzzing noise and I could see a LARGE dark shape moving across the duvet. It didn't take me long to realise that there was a large stingy insect of doom within inches of my face, which if it hadn't started buzzing, I wouldn't have realised was there cos it was dark.
Leaping out of bed in terror, I quickly threw the duvet over it to trap it whilst I made a bee line for the light switch. Upon carefully opening the duvet, I discovered a fucking HUGE bee. Or at least I guess it was a bee - except it looked far too large to be a bee. I guess it might have been a queen. After many minutes of crapping myself, I decided to be cunning and brave and trapping it once more within the confines of the duvet, I took the duvet downstairs and shook it lots outside.
Unfortunately I lost track of where the damn thing was, but I couldn't see it anywhere upon the duvet so I gave up and brought the duvet inside and put it well away from my intending sleeping place.
Of course now I can't get back to sleep for fear that it isn't outside and from the adreline. What is scaring me the most, is that I've no idea how it got inside in the first place and that if it hadn't buzzed I wouldn't have noticed it and would have gone to sleep. It could have stung me to death whilst I snored away happily to myself. It could have been there since the previous night as I'd not touched the duvet since then. Eeep.
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So you are trying to change the Reporting Services CSV export behavior. This article will outline two specific behavior changes:
- How to turn off exporting of the header record
- How to change the encoding to ASCII
By default Reporting Services exports a CSV file encoded as Unicode and has a header record. Lets start with turning off the header record.
NOTE: make a backup of any config file before making any changes.
- First find the Instance ID of the Report Server for which you want to make the change. You can do this by opening the Reporting Services Configuration Manager: All Programs – Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 – Configuration Tools
Then connect to the proper instance. With server status selected on the left you will see the Instance properties. The Instance ID is used in locating the config file which will be changed.
- Locate and open the rsreportserver.config file with a text editor. C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.2\Reporting Services\ReportServer\rsreportserver.config
Replacing my MSSQL.2 with your Report Server Instance ID.
- Locate the config section:
- Find the <Extension> config entry.
XHTML123<Extension Name="CSV" Type="Microsoft.ReportingServices.Rendering.CsvRenderer.CsvReport, Microsoft.ReportingServices.CsvRendering" />
- Extension default behaviors is modified by making proper entries in the device information settings. So to exclude the header row from the output:
XHTML1234567<Extension Name="CSV" Type="Microsoft.ReportingServices.Rendering.CsvRenderer.CsvReport, Microsoft.ReportingServices.CsvRendering"><DeviceInfo><NoHeader>true</NoHeader></DeviceInfo></Extension>
- So now if you want to also change the encoding to ASCII simple add the Encoding device information setting:
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- Save the file.
There are also other device information settings for the CSV Rendering Extension. You can change the Field Delimiter, Record Delimiter, change the file Extension and more. Here are the CSV Device Information Settings.


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Land, property, resources theft & destruction / Ethnic cleansing / Apartheid / Restriction of movement
Israeli forces raid village near Hebron, block construction
HEBRON (Ma'an) 8 Feb – Israeli forces on Tuesday raided the southern West Bank village of al-Karmil south of Hebron, stationed soldiers in a private house and prevented construction of a dirt road between the village and Khirbet Umm Nir which Israeli forces evacuated months ago. Ratib al-Jbour, coordinator of a committee against the wall and settlements in southern Hebron, said soldiers occupied the home of Ayman Muhammad Ali Abu Iram in al-Karmil and turned it into a military base. "The soldiers deployed on the roof after they locked the family inside the house," he said, highlighting that Israeli forces erected checkpoints at the entrance to the village for inspections.
The local coordinator added that Israeli settlers from the nearby Suseya outpost occupied 3,000 square meters of land belonging to the al-Jbour family.
Tubas: Israel robs the Jordan Valley dry
ISM 8 Feb — …Called the breadbasket of Palestine, Tubas is a municipality about the size of the Gaza strip and includes several smaller villages and the northern parts of the Jordan Valley. The area is heavily dependent on agriculture, which has become increasingly difficult as somewhere between 60 and 70 percent of the municipality is under Area C and thus controlled by the Israeli Occupational Forces … "This is not Israeli land," said one of the farmers as we volunteers sat under the tallest tree in the village, sipping thyme tea that vaguely has reminders of cough syrup in its sweetness. From the hillside one can see the high tech farming facilities of the Israeli settlers on the other side of the road running along the bottom of the valley … "Our ancestors lived on this land long before it was occupied by Turkey," the man stated. "We never went into Israel. What am I to do about the fact that my land is in Area C?" The village is surrounded by eight Zionist settlements, and at present 70 percent of the land has been confiscated for Israeli interests. Water is also being stolen to satisfy the water guzzling modern farms of the settlers. The stream in the valley next to the home of the Bedouins has been systematically drained over the last 50 years and is now only a dried out riverbed.
Stealing Palestine's resources illegal despite Israeli court ruling / Charlotte Silver
EI 7 Feb — Pillage: for some the word conjures up lawless warfare, a time before the order of nation states or the rule of international law. Indeed, in its petition to the Israeli high court, the Israeli human rights group Yesh Din argues that "pillage" belongs to "ancient times," when justice was determined by might and the victors of war were entitled to the fruits of the conquered land. But in today's world, pillage continues. Obscured in the thick mire of economic agreements or obfuscations of law, pillage remains part of the modern world. In March 2009, Yesh Din filed a petition demanding a termination to all Israeli mining activities in the West Bank. The petition was served against the commander of the Israeli military, the head of Israel's Civil Administration (which oversees the occupation of the West Bank) and 11 Israeli companies that run quarries in the West Bank and illegally transfer their spoils into Israel. International law prohibits an occupying power from exploiting the resources of the territories it occupies. According to international law, an occupying authority may only use resources of the occupied territory if they serve the benefit of the occupied population.
Foundation: Israeli archaeologists dig cave under Palestinian homes
JERUSALEM (Ma'an) 8 Feb — Israeli archaeologists are continuing to excavate an ancient cave that runs under Palestinian homes in occupied East Jerusalem, the Al-Aqsa Foundation for Waqf and Heritage said Tuesday. Foundation representatives visited the al-Kittan cave, also known as Zedkiah's Cave or Solomon's Quarries, and say archaeologists are digging under Jerusalem's Old City in two directions to connect the cave to an ancient underground tunnel network. The cave, near Damascus Gate, is being extended towards the Haram al-Sharif compound housing the Dome of the Rock and towards Herod's Gate to the east, the foundation said. It highlighted that the route runs under Palestinian homes.
Nablus allocates tractors for land near settlements
NABLUS (Ma'an) 8 Feb — The governor of Nablus said Wednesday that his office allocated 300 tractors to be used for plowing Palestinian agricultural lands located near Israeli settlements in Nablus district. Jibreel al-Bakri says the step is an unprecedented action aimed at helping Palestinian farmers who exert huge efforts to cultivate their lands, especially in areas close to Israeli settlements and the separation wall. Al-Bakri highlighted that an agreement was reached with owners of 300 tractors to plough private lands for free as the Palestinian Authority will provide them with fuel for their vehicles. Every acre of land will be plowed, added the governor. "We decided to reach these lands and reclaim them without any exceptions, especially as these areas have been declared military zones by Israeli forces."
Hamas men who hid out in J'lem Red Cross are indicted
JPost 8 Feb — The Jerusalem District Attorney indicted two Hamas members on Tuesday morning for membership in a military terrorist organization and illegally residing in Israel. Khaled Abu-Arafa and Muhammed Totah lived in the Red Cross compound in east Jerusalem's Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood for 18 months in order to resist arrest … Abu-Arafa and Totah were elected to the Palestinian Legislative Council as representatives of Hamas in 2006. Interior Minister Eli Yishai revoked the men's residency cards last spring, after the politicians refused to renounce their ties to Hamas. Attoun, Abu-Arafa and Totah held blue identification cards, which gave them Israeli residency but not citizenship.
Small triumphs in a Sisyphean war / Amira Hass
Haaretz 8 Feb — News came this week of three individual battles against Israel's discriminatory regime that have scored gains. Bedouin from the Jahalin tribe will not be expelled to a community next to the Abu Dis dump, and their school will not be demolished. A tender for a luxury development in Lifta, a Palestinian village on the western outskirts of Jerusalem, destroyed in 1948, was withdrawn by court order. And Munther Fahmi, the Jerusalem-born owner of the bookstore in East Jerusalem's American Colony Hotel, will be allowed to remain in the city of his birth. Millions of hours of work and immeasurable amounts of endurance on the part of Palestinians has paid off … How tempting it is to think that these three examples contain some magic formula that could be copied to ensure the success of thousands of other battles. But they don't. The awareness that these are exceptions to the rule tempers the already low-key celebrations.
Amnesty to Israel: Cancel plan to forcibly displace Jahalin Bedouin communities
Amnesty International 8 Feb – Israeli defence minister Ehud Barak should cancel military plans to forcibly displace around 2,300 Bedouin residents of the West Bank to an area beside the Jerusalem municipal garbage dump, Amnesty International said today in a new briefing paper. In "Stop the Transfer: Israel about to expel Bedouin from homes to expand settlements", AI called on the Israeli military to order an immediate halt to all demolitions in the 20 communities affected by the plan. Amnesty International said that verbal promises made by Israeli military officials last week not to implement pending demolition orders in Khan al-Ahmar, one of the Bedouin communities targeted for displacement in the Jerusalem district of the occupied West Bank, are insufficient.
2600 Bedouins threatened with displacement as Israeli settlements expand / Sophie Crowe
EI 7 Feb — The "E1" area of the West Bank, comprising 12 square kilometers, lies between the Maale Adumim settlement and occupied East Jerusalem, curling around and separating the Palestinian towns of Anata and Abu Dis. While E1 is home to roughly 2,600 Bedouins, Israel has prevented any Palestinian development there so that Maale Adumim might expand and new settlements can go up. Though the settlement development project was temporarily postponed in 2008 due to disapproval from the United States, Israel has long planned on emptying the space of its Palestinian inhabitants in order to implement the plan. Many of these communities have been displaced several times since the 1970s to make way for Israel's settlement enterprise. Two years ago, rumors began circulating among the Bedouins living in the EI area of Israel's intentions to displace them once more. http://electronicintifada.net/content/2600-bedouins-threatened-displacement-israeli-settlements-expand/10903
The journey to the border / Sarah Ziyad
Mondoweiss 8 Feb — …I can't describe the disgust, rage, and deep sadness that this cast upon me. To be prevented from going somewhere — the land of my father — simply because of the "stigma" of my Palestinian name…I think that was the moment I truly inherited my identity as a Palestinian … I called my father as I paced with burning eyes and heart, lips spilling my revelation—the terrible gravity and shock — that must have read like the back of his hand. He answered, "I know, daughter. I know. This is the story of your grandmother, of your dad, your uncles…It's not fair, habibti, and I know the hardest thing in the world for you is to see injustice. But listen to me. You cannot lose hope. Listen. You are my world now. I have given my life to make sure you and your brother and sisters have the best world possible…every family is like a little sun, my girl, and my hope is that if we continue to shine as bright as we can, and if many others do the same, eventually we can overwhelm the darkness. Don't let this turn into hatred. We have to always remember, Jews have been through lots of injustice in history, too, and in the end we trust God to be the judge. We're all people, even though we sometimes treat each other like we're less than that. I'm glad you're feeling this pain, but you can't let it crush you.
Coming home / Anan Abu-Taleb
7 Feb — During the height of the holiday season, my brother and I embarked on a journey to see my failing father in the Gaza Strip. After an entire day of travel, we stood in front of an Israeli military checkpoint, the gateway to Gaza, which is but a 15-minute drive from my parents' home. After presenting our American passports and explaining the reason for our visit, we were denied entry. Despite countless efforts to present our case as humanitarian, the presiding officers remained steadfast on their decision. Our trip failed and we returned back to Chicago one day after arriving in Israel. On Dec. 24, upon arriving in Oak Park, it truly hit me. It became clear that I might not say goodbye to my father the way I wanted to. Anger, frustration, hopelessness, and deep sadness penetrated my soul
In Photos: Settlers and Israeli military violently steal land in Kufr Qaddoum
ISM posted 7 Feb — Early this morning over 20 Israeli soldiers and Zionist settlers descended up on Kufr Qaddoum's lands, arresting local villager Abu Ashraf, and dragging him off. Settlers were seen plowing through the land with bulldozers and military present. [27 photos, including some of the manhandling of Abu Ashraf, and one of the female soldier who attacked a 60-year-old woman. Oddly, some of the settlers appear to be black.]
Israeli settlers 'put new homes on Beit Ummar land'
HEBRON (Ma'an) 7 Feb — Israeli settlers have set up two new homes on land owned by Palestinians in the Hebron district, a popular committee spokesman said on Tuesday. Under the protection of Israeli soldiers, they set up two caravans on land belonging to late Beit Ummar resident Muhammad al-Zaqiq, the local spokesman Yousef Abu Maria said. The settlement Karmi Zur is established on 600 dunams of Beit Ummar land, he added.
Also on Tuesday settlers uprooted more than 25 olive trees planted last week by solidarity campaigners in Beit Ummar, he told PA news agency Wafa.
On Monday, settlers razed newly-planted trees in Qaryut village north of Ramallah, aided by security guards, villagers said.
Settlers steal protest tent in Hebron
HEBRON (WAFA) 8 Feb – Israeli settlers Wednesday stole a protest tent in Tel Rumeida, a neighborhood in the center of Hebron city, according to witnesses. Hana Abu Haikal told WAFA that Jewish settlers from Ramat Yishai settlement in the neighborhood removed the tent and took it. The tent, provided by the Palestinian Red Crescent, was previously vandalized by settlers. The tent was set up to increase Palestinian presence in the neighborhood, expose settlers and army attacks against Palestinian residents and their property, and to object restrictions on movement, including the recent closure of the neighborhood entrance with cement blocks, said Abu Haikal.
Settlers attack a gas station in Jenin
IMEMC 8 Feb — A number of armed Israeli settlers attacked on Tuesday a Palestinian gas station in Jenin, in the northern part of the West Bank, and forced the owners and the residents out. The attacked gas station, Jar Station, is located on the Jenin-Nablus road; no injuries were reported. Also, the settlers attacked a nearby former settlement outpost that was evacuated by the army. Soldiers were present during the two attacks and did not attempt to stop them, located sources reported.
Archbishop condemns monastery vandalism
JERUSALEM (Ma'an) 8 Feb — Archbishop Atallah Hanna on Wednesday condemned an attack targeting a monastery in west Jerusalem, expressing anger after extremists defiled the holy site with anti-Christian messages. In a statement, the archbishop said that "what the settlers have done is rejected, and their racism is humiliating. … They didn't harm us, they harmed only themselves," he added during a visit to pray at the site.
Israeli forces
Israeli forces uproot olive trees north of Hebron
HEBRON (WAFA) 7 Feb – Israeli forces Tuesday uprooted more than 25 olive trees planted a week ago during a solidarity campaign with Beit Ummar, north of Hebron, according to local activist. Media spokesman of the popular committee against the Wall and Settlements, Yoused Abu Maria told WAFA that Israeli soldiers uprooted olive trees that were planted last week in Khallet al-Kutli, an area north of Karmei Tzur.
AFP confirms veracity of debated Israeli abuse story
8 Feb — AFP (Agence France-Presse) agency responded to criticism over a Jan. 25 photo showing an Israeli Army soldier driving a truck over the leg of an injured Palestinian construction worker, saying both the story and photo were valid. A recent press release by the news agency said "after several days of thorough research […] AFP wishes to confirm the veracity of both the picture and the accompanying photo caption." … Following the surfacing of the photos, the Israeli Embassy in Washington had asked all American newspapers "to consider ceasing to publish the photographs of Hazem Bader," claiming both the caption and the photo of the injured worker were untrue and "perhaps staged." AFP said the Jerusalem bureau of the agency went back and consulted other press agencies that were present in the area and also revisited footage filmed at the location.
Is 17-year-old girl Cast Lead's latest victim? / Rami Almeghari
Text messages on a cell phone, some medicine and respiration equipment were all that remained after Haneen Abu Jalala, a 17-year-old girl from al-Bureij refugee camp in Gaza, died last month at an Israeli hospital. "Dad, please save me from this torture." "Dad, you are the greatest dad on earth." These were some of the texts that Haneen typed before she perished from respiratory complications she had sustained following, Israel's war on Gaza in December 2008 and January 2009. Her family suspects that exposure to white phosphorous is the cause of her ailments and eventual death.
Entering the deadly zone, demonstration in front of Erez
[photos] Chroniques de Palestine 7 Feb — …We met as last time near the destroyed building of the agricultural college of Beit Hanoun and walked into the direction of Erez, together with flags from different countries and footballs. One noticeable sad difference with last year was the absence of women in the demonstration; apparently it has become too sensitive now for them to participate. When we reached the open field we continue further and further until a distance of about 50 meters from the concrete Wall and Erez crossing … After a few launch in the air of the footballs, we retreated a bit to enjoy a football game between a team made up of internationals and a team of Palestinians. Beit Hanoun is currently the only place in the Gaza Strip where such regular demonstrations are held
Geeks in Gaza / Kyla Springer
8 Feb — What do you get when you combine geeks from Gaza, tech startup wizards from Seattle, app nerds from Google, economic development specialists from Mercy Corps and a little seed funding from generous donors? The first ever Startup Weekend in Gaza. Watch the video and get nerdy. What they're saying at the Gaza Startup Weekend: The one common thing that I think unites everyone here is that they really, really see a lot of opportunity her to kind of prove that even in Gaza… people are really skilled, really passionate, really powerful.
Arab doctors union holds session in Gaza City
GAZA CITY (Ma'an) 8 Feb — Doctors from 16 Arab countries joined the annual meeting of the Arab doctors union which was held in Gaza City Tuesday evening. Minister of health in the Hamas-run government Basim Naeim inaugurated the session and welcomed the delegation on behalf of the Hamas-run government. "Being able to hold this session proves that political and economic blockade imposed on the Gaza Strip since 5 years is being broken. Furthermore, you will bring to your homelands true testimonies about the destructive impacts of the war and the siege on Gaza on all aspects of life," he added.
Gaza municipal officials conclude visit to Istanbul
GAZA (PIC) 8 Feb — A high-level delegation from Gaza municipality left Turkey yesterday after participating actively in an intensive workshop organized by the municipal council of Istanbul about the recycling of solid waste … The delegation also took field trips throughout the city of Istanbul during which its members visited wasteyards where they were briefed on the ways to extract methane gas from solid waste to generate economic electric power.
link to /www.palestine-info.co.uk
Israel allows 220 truckloads of goods into Gaza
GAZA CITY (Ma'an) 7 Feb — Israel opened the Kerem Shalom crossing on Tuesday to allow 220 truckloads of goods into the Gaza Strip. Palestinian liaison official Raed Fattuh told Ma'an that one truck of flowers was also exported from the coastal enclave.
Luxmbourg grants UNRWA €15 million
JERUSALEM (WAFA8 Feb — Luxembourg announced a multi-year financial commitment of €15 million to UNRWA, increasing its annual contribution to the Agency's core work through the general fund to €3.75 million until 2015, which represents an annual progression of some 36%, Wednesday said a press release by UNRWA … As one of the Agency's most consistent donors, Luxembourg supports UNRWA's core human development activities, especially in the field of health.
Detention / Court actions
Hunger striker Khader Adnan, held by Israel, in 'shocking' condition as solidarity grows / Ali Abunimah
EI 8 Feb — Randa Adnan told Ma'an News Agency: "Adnan is being targeted for a slow process of assassination" she said. She says she was "shocked" at her husband's condition, and that he told her he feels he's living the last moments of his life, she said. "A lot of the hair on his face and head has fallen off. He has not been allowed to shower or wash during all his time in detention, nor is he allowed to wear warm clothes in this cold weather." She added that "during my visit, my husband's heart swelled up and a medical crew neglected him for half an hour." The Palestinian prisoner support group Addameer added through its Twitter account: …When they saw their father, #KhaderAdnan's young daughters asked, "Why does he look like this? Why can't we take him home?" #Dying2Live … Meanwhile, according to Addameer, Israel continues to obstruct legal challenges to Adnan's "administrative detention":
PHR: Khader Adnan 53rd day of hunger strike : cause for grave concern
Physicians for Human Rights – Israel — Family Visit: Following PHR Israel's insistence, a family visit was granted to the hunger striker, Khader Adnan Mousa. His wife, Randa, and two daughters visited him today ataround 09:30 AM. The visit lasted 45 minutes.This family reunion was shadowed by Khader Adnan's condition at the meeting. He was shackled two legs and right hand to his hospital bed, so during this important family visit he could not hug his daughters and wife.
Group holds sit-in in solidarity with prisoner on hunger strike
RAMALLAH (WAFA) 8 Feb – The Palestinian Youth Movement (PYM) Wednesday held a sit-in in front of Israeli Ofer Prison in solidarity with detained Islamic Jehad leader Khader Adnan, who has been on hunger strike for 53 days, protesting his arrest … PYM is holding a series of solidarity events which will continue until February 14, including sit-ins in front of the headquarters of the United Nations in Ramallah, Jerusalem, Jordon, and Beirut (Lebanon) as well as making Friday an international solidarity day with Adnan
Israeli intelligence summons Palestinian minor
RAMALLAH (WAFA) 8 Feb – Israeli intelligence summoned Basel Tamimi, 13, from Nabil Saleh, a village north of Ramallah, to report to the Israeli military headquarters in Beit El settlement on Wednesday, according to Tamimi. He said Israeli intelligence called his father on Tuesday and threatened to arrest the Palestinian minor from his house if he did not report to Beit El Tamimi said Israeli undercover forces arrested him for few hours on Thursday after he warned residents of the presence of undercover Israeli soldiers in the village. The soldiers arrested Tamimi and took him to the nearby Halamish settlement, where Israeli soldiers beat him with a whip for half an hour, he said.
IOA holds journalist in administrative detention
NABLUS (PIC) 8 Feb — The Israeli occupation authority (IOA) has ordered the administrative custody of Palestinian journalist Amin Abu Warda for five months starting today Wednesday without counting the previous period of detention. The Tadamun foundation for human rights said that the detention was at the request of the Israeli intelligence and the military commander. Tadamun said in a press release that Abu Warda, 46, was taken from his home in Nablus on 28/12/2011 and is now held in Megiddo jail … The foundation said that Abu Warda, who has an MA in media, was questioned by Israeli interrogators on events that happened 30 years ago when he was still a minor. Abu Warda worked as a correspondent for a number of media outlets and was preparing a doctorate in his field in Malaysia.
link to www.palestine-info.co.uk
Israeli forces detain 2 in Beit Ummar
HEBRON (Ma'an) 8 Feb — Israeli forces detained two young Palestinian men early Wednesday after ransacking their homes in Beit Ummar north of Hebron in the southern West Bank. Muhammad Awad, a spokesman of a local popular committee against the separation wall and settlements, identified the detainees as 18-year-old Nadim Rasim Aziz Ikhlayyil and 22-year-old Raafat Muhammad Ali al-Allami … Separately, Israeli soldiers stormed the home of Muhammad Younis al-Allami overnight. The soldiers, according to Awad, handcuffed Muhammad's son Isam, 19. He was forced to wait in the cold for half an hour while they inspected the house.
Wednesday's arrests brought the number of detainees from Beit Ummar since the beginning of 2012 to 23 including 13 detainees below 18.
Israeli forces arrest 12 Palestinians across West Bank
WEST BANK (WAFA) 8 Feb – Israeli forces Wednesday arrested 12 Palestinian from across the West Bank, according to local and security sources … Soldiers also arrested a Palestinian youth, 22, from Yamoun, a town west of Jenin after raidng his house, tampering with its contents. Soldiers also stormed the village of Galboun, setting up checkpoints, and the town of Yaboud, southwest of Jenin, setting up ambushes and patrolling its military vehicles in its streets and alleys.
Shabak tortures and ill-treats Palestinian detainees with impunity / Adri Nieuwhof
EI 7 Feb — The Public Committee against Torture in Israel (PCATI) has released a paper on its efforts to hold the Israel Security Agency (ISA) – or Shabak – to account for its practices of torture and ill-treatment of Palestinian detainees. In Accountability Still Denied, PCATI reveals how Israel has evaded criminal investigations into all 701 complaints of torture and ill-treatment. In October 1991, Israel ratified the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. Israel should therefore prevent acts of torture. No exceptional circumstances whatsoever may be invoked as a justification of torture, according to the Convention.
Israel High Court accepts journalist Ilana Dayan's appeal against libel verdict
Haaretz 8 Feb — Israel's High Court accepted on Wednesday the appeal of veteran journalist Ilana Dayan, and partially accepted the appeal of former Channel 2 franchisee Telad, against the 2009 Jerusalem District Court finding that Dayan libeled an Israel Defense Forces officer. Dayan and Telad were ordered to pay the officer, known as Captain R., NIS 300,000 for showing footage and airing audio tapes that suggested he had "confirmed the kill" of 13-year-old Iman al-Hams near an IDF fortification in Rafah in the Gaza Strip in 2004 on her program "Fact." On the program, which was aired a month after her death, it was understood that the officer performed and confirmed the killing of a girl, and he was heard on the program ordering his soldiers to kill "anyone who moves, who moves in the area, even if they are three years-old."
Racism / Discrimination
'Come learn with us' says coexistence principal to vandals
JPost 8 Feb — Executive-director of Hand in Hand bilingual school in J'lem says cooperation between Jews, Arabs bothers vandals' perspective on life. "Kahane was not right, Kahane was wrong. Arabs will live and they will live with Jews. That's what we do here, we live together." That is what Shalom Dichter, the executive-director of Hand in Hand: Center for Jewish-Arab Bilingual Education in Israel, wants his students to take away from a vandalism attack against their unique school.
Political developments
Full text of the Doha Declaration signed between Hamas and Fatah
MEMO 8 Feb — The Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement – Hamas, represented by its political bureau chief Khaled Meshaal, and the Fatah Movement, represented by its head and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, signed the Doha Agreement on Monday, 6 February 2012. The agreement is sponsored by Qatar and the Emir of Qatar, and is intended to achieve the formation of a Palestinian unity government headed by Mahmoud Abbas.
Hamas's Gaza-based leadership challenges Palestinian unity deal
Reuters 8 Feb — Ismail Haniyeh and Mahmoud al-Zahar come out against key clause in Fatah-Hamas reconciliation deal in which Abbas would serve as both president and prime minister of future Palestinian government … "We call upon the parties who signed and those who sponsored Palestinian reconciliation to reconsider and … not to bypass Palestinian law," the parliamentary bloc said in a statement, arguing that a dual presidential-prime ministerial role for Abbas would be illegal.
Hamas denies news reports about being divided over Doha declaration
GAZA (PIC) 7 Feb — Hamas spokesman Fawzi Barhoum categorically denied claims spread by Al-Arabiya channel that there were disputes within the Movement over the Doha declaration. Spokesman Barhoum told the Palestinian information center (PIC) such news reports were untrue and stressed that the Doha declaration is a package deal that would be implemented as a whole and simultaneously in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip … Khareisha noted, however, that the designation of Abbas as a premier was against the Palestinian basic law and set the clock back because he would hold two posts, the Palestinian authority presidency and the premiership, as happened before with late president Yasser Arafat. He emphasized that there could be a solution to this unconstitutional matter by convening the legislative council to amend the basic law
link to www.palestine-info.co.uk/
Even with Doha, agreement, political arrests and purges ongoing in West Bank
WEST BANK (PIC) 8 Feb — All inter-Palestinian reconciliation agreements especially the last one known as the Doha declaration seem to have not curbed the Fatah-controlled Palestinian authority and its forces from carrying out political arrests and job purges against Hamas cadres and supporters. In Qalqiliya city north of the West Bank, the PA security forces kidnapped one of Al-Da'wa college's students called Abdullah Nofal and detained one of his college mates for several hours inside the campus. A PA military court also extended the detention of student Muthana Ashtiya, from Palestine technical college, for more 15 days for the second consecutive time after his trial was postponed several times. The de facto PA government also axed teacher Yazid Tanbour because of his political affiliation….
link to www.palestine-info.co.uk
Elections commission says work in Gaza not yet permitted
RAMALLAH (WAFA) 7 Feb – Central Elections Commission (CEC) chairman Hanna Nasser Tuesday said work to update the voter registry in the Gaza Strip has not yet been allowed, according to a CEC statement … Hamas and Fatah have agreed to hold elections by May. However, the CEC said it needs at least six weeks to update its voter registration list in Gaza and three more months required by law to prepare for national elections.
Abbas tells US envoy reconciliation in line with peace process
RAMALLAH (WAFA) 8 Feb – President Mahmoud Abbas Wednesday told US special envoy to the Middle East, David Hale, that the Palestinian reconciliation does not contradict with the peace process. Abbas told Hale during their meeting in Ramallah that peace is his strategic choice and reconciliation is a national need. Abbas said the Palestine Liberation Organization is committed to all its obligations that came in the signed agreements, the road map and relevant international resolutions.
Ashrawi: Europe's understanding of Palestinians' suffering must be met with action
RAMALLAH (WAFA) 8 Feb — PLO Executive Committee member and Palestinian lawmaker, Hanan Ashrawi, Wednesday said in a statement, that the US-Israel strategic alliance is undermining the role of the Quartet. "Thus, Europe's understanding of the suffering of the Palestinians and their struggle for freedom and justice must be met with action."
France supports Doha agreement
JERUSALEM (WAFA) 7 Feb — Spokesman of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Bernard Valero, said Tuesday that France supported the Palestinian reconciliation process initiated by President Mahmoud Abbas
PLO delegation to US dismayed at New York police spying on Palestinians
WASHINGTON (WAFA) 7 Feb — The General Delegation Of the PLO to the US is dismayed at the recent New York police document that called for spying on the Palestinian community, Tuesday said a statement by PLO office in Washington. According to the statement, the Associated Press obtained a secret document from the New York Police Department (NYPD), calling for increased surveillance of the Muslim community and their mosques. In particular, the document singled out the Palestinian community. "The Palestinian community, although not Shi'a, should also be assessed due to presence of Hamas members and sympathizers and the group's relationship with the Iranian government," the document said.
Other news
'Unprecedented' internet attacks strike West Bank
BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) 8 Feb — President Abbas' communications adviser said Wednesday that Palestine is facing unprecedented internet interruptions by hackers. Sabri Saidam told Ma'an that huge quantities of emails are being sent in order to disable Palestinian servers. The campaign reached a peak on Wednesday at 6 p.m., he said, calling on people to be patient while it is resolved … Hackers temporarily shut down two Palestinian news websites in the occupied West Bank last Tuesday. There was no immediate indication of who was behind the attacks on Wafa, the Palestinian Authority's official news agency, and several websites affiliated with Ma'an Network, including its news page.
PA: Write only nice things about your leaders on Facebook
JPost 7 Feb — Palestinian Authority security forces monitor social media giant; say criticism should be directed against Israel …The Palestinian leadership's clampdown on Facebook users is seen as a pre-emptive measure to prevent the "Arab Spring" from infiltrating into the West Bank. Rami Samara, a Palestinian journalist from Ramallah, last week found himself under interrogation by two different security agencies in the West Bank: Military Intelligence and General Intelligence. Samara was detained while at work in the offices of the PLO's official news agency, Wafa. His crime: a comment he posted on his Facebook page … Samara is the second Palestinian journalist to be targeted by security forces loyal to Abbas and Fayyad because of Facebook.
Delta removes 'Occupied' Territories from list
JTA 8 Feb — Delta Airlines removed the phrase "Occupied Palestinian Territories" from its list of Middle East destinations. The destination "Palestinian Territories" remained Wednesday after the airline reportedly received e-mailed and tweeted complaints. Links to the site were quickly spread Tuesday via Jewish bloggers … There are no operational airports in the West Bank or the Gaza Strip.
Students, faculty speak out against Middle East violence
Purdue [Univ.] Exponent 8 Feb — Palestinian boycotters have been making efforts to lessen the brutality imposed upon the Palestinian citizens of Israel. The Palestinian Campaign for the Cultural and Academic Boycott of Israel is appealing to artists and academic professors hoping to persuade them to stay out of Palestine until conditions get better. Famous musicians such as Roger Waters of Pink Floyd have chosen to stay out of the country in support of the campaign. Many Purdue professors have complied and allied with the boycott, including Bill Mullen, the faculty adviser of the Students for Justice in Palestine at Purdue. Mullen is a professor of English and American studies at Purdue. Tuesday night, he spoke to an attentive audience about what the group does and gave a vivid description of the ethnic cleansing among the Palestinians.
EU, Sweden contribute €24.7 million to January salaries
JERUSALEM (WAFA) 7 Feb – The European Union and Sweden Tuesday contributed €24.7 million to the payment of the January salaries and pensions of around 84,300 Palestinian civil servants and pensioners in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, according to an EU press release.
EU helps olive farmers with €2.2 million program
JERUSALEM (WAFA) 7 Feb — The European Union (EU) has launched a €2.2 million program to support farmers dealing with olive and olive oil production in the occupied Palestinian territory including the Israeli-controlled Area C of the West Bank, an EU press release said Tuesday
Foreign press rents Tel Aviv rooftops to cover Iran war / Richard Silverstein
Tikun Olam 7 Feb — [Remember] the Israelis in southern Israel who took lawn chairs out to watch the IDF smash Gaza to smithereens in 2009? Here's a picture of another group of expectant, thrilled Israelis watching the action. That's what the foreign press corps appears to be doing now in Tel Aviv in preparation for an attack on Iran. They're renting the right to put film crews and reporters on the city's rooftops (Hebrew) during the upcoming war in order to cover the anticipated Iranian counterattack. That way they can get great photo ops and pictures of missiles wreaking havoc on the city. What a story! What a feast for the eyes!
IDF submarine fleet bars dual citizenship
Ynet 8 Feb – The IDF now demands that new candidates for service in Israel's submarine fleet waive their foreign citizenship in order to join the elite unit. The demand to concede one's dual citizenship is made at certain IDF combat units and for posts requiring high security clearance. Submarine fleet recruits receive a notification stating they must renounce their foreign citizenships in order to qualify for the prolonged training, as part of their security screenings. Submarine fleet recruits who fail to complete the year-long training lose their foreign citizenships nonetheless.
Dagan: Israel faces no existential threat
Ynet 8 Feb — Former Mossad chief presents plan to change Israel's form of government, aiming to repair current situation where minority groups hold excessive power over decision makers; claims Israel's government should be no bigger than that of US, China
Opinion / Analysis
The only Israel boycott that's actually working / Bradley Burston
6 Feb — …If we're lucky, the threat (no more than the threat) of an Iran attack (Bibi and Barak's Glory Days Redux fantasy) will be just one more dodge to keep settlers and their opponents at bay: long enough to make it to elections, long enough to get another fix of power, long enough to decide not to decide about the Palestinians, the settlements, the refugees, the haredim.
A Tu Bishvat reflection on Jewish-Palestinian tree wars / Rabbi Gideon D Sylvester
Haaretz 8 Feb — An entire halakhic literature has developed around trees. Stealing produce from a Jew or a gentile is absolutely forbidden by the Torah, and wanton destruction of trees is prohibited by the Bible. But there are grey areas … While traditionally, trees are symbols of life, peace and tranquility, in recent years, they have taken on controversial and sometimes sinister connotations. Israelis and Palestinians both claim that the other side plants olive groves in order to expand it borders and encroach on the other's land.
Jews who are malicious to those who help us / Akiva Eldar
Haaretz 7 Feb — Testimony from Yitzhak Navon and Ariel Sharon was not enough to prompt the state to give back the land it seized from an Arab man who helped Israel in 1948 — The former Stern Gang member and right-wing politician Geula Cohen writes in her 2008 book "I Have No Strength to Be Tired" that she never visits the Israeli Arab town of Abu Ghosh, near Jerusalem, "without experiencing a strong urge to visit Yusuf's grave on behalf of my ungrateful people – whose leadership includes people who know how to love those who hate us and hate those who love us – and ask for his forgiveness."
West does not have monopoly on veto morality / Zvi Bar'el
Haaretz 8 Feb — How can we compare an American veto on an issue as just and moral as an occupation to a veto that helps an oppressive regime massacre its citizens? — "At the end of last week we received a reminder about the environment we're living in. We heard Iran's ruler talk about Israel's destruction, we saw the Syrian army massacring its own people. Some leaders have no compunctions about harming their people or their neighbors," said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the start of the cabinet meeting. True, it's a lousy environment. Only one sentence is needed to complete the picture: "And there are governments that don't mind continuing to occupy other nations for nearly 50 years."
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All directors are members of the Council and are elected to the board at the Annual General Meeting. Directors can serve a maximum of three consecutive 2-year terms.
All ESPC members are welcome to attend monthly board meetings. Please call the ESPC office at 780-423-2031 for meeting dates and times. Click here to view Board Minutes.Click here to view by-laws.
Click a name below for more information on the individual 2018/2019 Board of Directors.
How to become a Board Member
ESPC is governed by a volunteer Board of Directors
A volunteer Board of Directors is response for the governance of the Edmonton Social Planning Council. The Board is comprised of individuals who are passionate about equitable social policy and making a difference in their community.
All board members are required to be:
- Committed to supporting the ESPC and its mission to address and research social issues, inform public discussion, and influence social policy
- Current members of the Edmonton Social Planning Council in good standing
The Board of Directors consists of 8 to 12 members drawn from various segments of the community. A variety of backgrounds, skill sets and perspectives are valued. The term of office is 2 years, and board members are eligible to serve a maximum of 3 consecutive terms.
Board meetings are held monthly (excluding July and August), usually every second Tuesday. Board members also participate in board committees and are involved in periodic strategic planning sessions.
Appointment Process: 2019-2020
Nominations by an ESPC member in good standing are also accepted from the floor at the Annual General Meeting. The nominee(s) from the floor may be asked to present their qualifications and commitment to the ESPC's mission and answer inquiries from the floor prior to a vote by the ESPC membership.
Gwen Feeny (President)
Gwen Feeny (President)
Gwen is a researcher and lawyer dedicated to the advancement of social justice. She holds a Bachelor of Arts (with Distinction) in Political Science from the University of Alberta, a Juris Doctor from Queen's University and a Certificate in International Public Law from the Bader International Study Centre in the United Kingdom. She also studied in Mexico and the Netherlands and taught English in Taiwan prior to law school.
Gwen previously worked as a corporate lawyer in the Calgary offices of two international law firms and in political and policy research and communications for the Alberta NDP caucus. She now works for Alberta's largest union as an economic, political and legal analyst and advisor. Over the years, she has developed particular interest and expertise in social policy, including housing, poverty reduction and disability issues, health policy, access to justice, Indigenous issues, and human rights.
Gwen has extensive volunteer experience with community organizations including Calgary Legal Guidance, the United Way and the Elizabeth Fry Society of Calgary. She formerly held leadership roles and provided strategic direction on major fundraising campaigns for social service organizations and as the President and Vice President of two federal riding associations in Calgary.
Vanessa Zembal (Treasurer)
Vanessa Zembal (Treasurer)
Bio to come.
Naomi Achus
Naomi Achus
Naomi Achus is originally from Winnipeg and relocated to Edmonton in 1996 prior to the advent of the Red River Flood. Since then, Naomi has obtained a Bachelor of Arts (Hons.) in Political Science with a specialization in Public Policy from York University. She also received a Master of Arts Degree in Political Science from McMaster University, a Certificate in Project Management from Grant MacEwan University and Prosci Change Management Certification. Professionally, Naomi started with the Government of Alberta in 2008 and has held roles across four departments, which include portfolios such as infrastructure, agriculture, health and environment and parks. She currently works in Alberta Environment and Parks as a Legislation Project Manager and as acting Senior Manager, Business Development and Performance. Naomi is also active in her community and helped to found a community league in her neighborhood of Chappelle as the area develops. She looks forward to volunteering further with the ESPC.
Jalene Anderson-Baron
Jalene Anderson-Baron
Jalene Anderson-Baron is a proud Edmontonian with extensive experience in Edmonton's social sector, including previous roles at the Bissell Centre, the Inner City Health and Wellness Program, and the Addiction and Mental Health Research Lab at the University of Alberta. Presently, she is a Policy and Research Analyst with Capital Region Housing. Jalene completed her MA in 2016, where her research explored the impacts of affordable housing shortages on Housing First programs in Alberta. Her published research has looked at both policy and practice pertaining to homelessness, Housing First, harm reduction and service provision for socially marginalized populations. Her current interests focus on policy and innovation in the Canadian social housing sector. When she isn't reading or writing, Jalene can be found enjoying Edmonton's bike paths and bakeries, walking her dog, or spending time with her family.
Danielle Dolgoy
Danielle Dolgoy
Danielle Dolgoy was born and raised in Edmonton. With an undergraduate degree in Humanities and Art History from Carleton University in Ottawa, and a Graduate Diploma in Communications and Media Studies from Concordia University in Montreal, Danielle has seen how folks live in many other parts of Canada, and along with her Montrealer husband, made the decision to return to Edmonton in 2013. She has worked in areas of ESL and newcomer settlement, career counselling, arts administration, events management, funds development, and organizational operations. Last year she cobbled together her 15 years of non-profit management and received her Project Management Professional (PMP) designation. One of many daughters, Danielle carries on many of the traditional family recipes her mother and grandmothers have shared with her. She is passionate about food security, food literacy, and the importance of eating together.
Zaharo Hassan
Zaharo Hassan
Bio to come.
Paula Kirman
Paula Kirman
Paula Kirman is an award-winning writer, photographer, filmmaker, musician, and activist. She has documented Edmonton's activist scene for over a decade at her blog RadicalCitizenMedia.com; produced the community access program From the Ground Up which aired on Shaw TV for three years; and her photography was part of a three-person exhibit at Visual Arts Alberta called "Art + Activism" during the latter part of 2016. Paula has been the editor of Boyle McCauley News, an inner-city community newspaper, since 2006 and works with numerous non-profit groups as a social media and website consultant. Paula co-organized the Edmonton Women's March in 2017, which saw 4,000 people attend. She is the former Secretary of the Edmonton Interfaith Centre for Education and Action, President of Project Ploughshares Edmonton, and an organizer with the Edmonton Coalition Against War & Racism. In May 2018, she received the Social Justice Advocacy Award from the ESPC, and in December 2016, she received the Human Rights Champion Award from the John Humphrey Centre for Peace and Human Rights for being a pioneering media artist and community organizer.
Peter Schalk
Peter Schalk
Peter Schalk currently works for the Department of Human Services as the lead for enterprise risk management activities. In this role, Peter focuses on ensuring the department can more effectively achieve key strategic priorities and objectives by better understanding and mitigating risk. Peter is a policy wonk with social policy interests in emergency social services, affordable housing, poverty reduction and accessible post-secondary education. Peter also currently serves on the board of Sombrilla International Development Society and the International Association of Emergency Managers' Canada Council.
Nicole Smith
Nicole Smith
Nicole Smith is the Director of Research and Community Engagement with Sage Seniors Association (Sage). She has a Master's degree in Educational Policy Studies, and has experience working in the public, private, and non-profit sectors, including time spent as an adult educator and secondary and post-secondary teacher. In her current role with Sage, Nicole's research has focused on the role that community-based organizations can play in meeting the needs of a growing, and increasingly diverse, seniors population.
Dave Trautman
Dave Trautman
Dave Trautmanis a veteran of more than 36 years of video production in a variety of working environments. In 1988 he formed a media production consulting firm called EncycloMEDIA Ltd. to provide project management to organizations who undertake interactive training and instructional projects. He developed a project management coursefor the Digital Media and Information Technology (DMIT) program at Northern Alberta Institute of Technology. He spent three years providing expertise on video conferencing and collaborative technologies for Alberta Human Services.
Dave has been dedicated to the continuing development of other video producers by serving on advisory boards at NAIT and Grant MacEwan from time to time. Dave was the Faculty of Education's TV producer for ten years where he was responsible for the production of computer-aided instruction and courseware. Dave went on to serve in the Faculty of Extension's Academic Technologies for Learning centre for three years offering guidance and mentorship to professors who wanted to enhance their classroom instruction with digital media.
Dave's expertise in digital and interactive media allowed him to become a consultant to ACCESS Network, SuperChannel, Lateral Communications, The Becker Group, The Provincial Archives Audio-Visual services, the Canadian Armed Forces, Bombardier, General Dynamics, and Alberta Human Services. He has, more recently, taught at both NAIT's digital media program and theUniversity of Alberta Faculty of Extension's Local Authority Administration online course.
Dave Trautman is currently his community league president, was the first chairman of the Edmonton Professional Arts Council and was Vice-president of the Film and Video Arts Society. He is a lifetime member of Uncles at Large, the Edmonton Folk Music Festival, the Society of Television Lighting Directors, and has earned awards for innovative programming, production design, and interactive simulations. Dave was also an award-winning community program coordinator for seven years while producing public access television for Shaw Communications.
Dave is currently working to help Edmonton City Council improve their public consultation and engagement process. He has been specifically concerned with development of a new public engagement policy for the city for the past four years.
Ben Whynot
Ben Whynot
Ben Whynot has worked in public policy advocacy and research for over seven years, serving in roles with the Alberta Legislature, the University of Alberta's government relations team, and the Alberta Public Service. He is currently on secondment as a Senior Policy Advisor with Executive Council.
Ben contributes to his community through several organizations and causes. He has served on the Board of the LGBTQ Pride Centre of Edmonton from 2010 to 2016 and was an Adult Tutor with the Centre for Family Literacy for five years. He currently serves on the Edmonton Public Library's City of Learners Community Steering Committee. Ben is also a retired workshop instructor with Alberta Culture and Tourism's Board Development Program.
Born and raised in Nova Scotia, Ben relocated to Edmonton for graduate school. Although the original plan was to depart after finishing his degree, Ben has been proud to call Edmonton home for almost nine years.
Theresa Vladicka
Theresa Vladicka
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Leptospirosis is an infection of bacterial spirochetes, which cats acquire when subspecies of the Leptospira interrogans penetrate the skin and spread through the body by way of the bloodstream. Two of of the most commonly seen members of this subspecies are the L. grippotyphosa and L. Pomona bacteria. Spirochetes are spiral or corkscrew-shaped bacteria which infiltrate the system by burrowing into the skin.
Leptospires spread throughout the entire body, reproducing in the liver, kidneys, central nervous system, eyes, and reproductive system. Soon after the initial infection, fever and bacterial infection of the blood develop, but these symptoms soon resolve with the reactive increase of antibodies, which clear the spirochetes from most of the system. The extent to which this bacteria affects the organs will depend on your cat's immune system and its ability to eradicate the infection fully. Even then, Leptospira spirochetes can remain in the kidneys and continue to reproduce there. Infection of the liver or kidneys can be fatal when the infection progresses, leading to severe organ damage. Young cats with less developed immune systems are at heightened risk for severe complications, as well as cats with already compromised immune systems.
The Leptospira spirochete bacteria is zoonotic, meaning that it can be transmitted from an infected animal to humans and other animals. Children are most at risk of acquiring this parasitic bacteria from an infected pet.
The Leptospira spirochete infection occurs mainly in subtropical, tropical, and wet environments. Leptospira spirochetes are most prevalent in marshy/muddy areas with stagnant surface water. Heavily irrigated pastures are also common sources of infection. The infection rate for domestic pets has been increasing in the U.S. And Canada, with infections occurring most commonly in the fall season. Cats typically come into contact with the leptospira bacteria in infected soil or mud, from drinking or being in contaminated water, or from coming into contact with urine from an infected animal. This last method of contact might take place in the wild. Cats that live near wooded areas, or cats that live on or near farms are at a higher risk of contracting the bacteria. Also at increased risk are cats that have spent time around other animals, as in kennels. Otherwise, because most cat breeds do not spend a lot of time near water, infection of the Leptospira spirochete is rare in cats.
Because leptospirosis is a zoonotic disease, your veterinarian will be especially cautious when handling your cat, and will strongly advise you to do the same. Protective latex gloves must be worn at all times, and all body fluids will be treated as biologically hazardous materials. Urine, semen, post-abortion or birth discharge, vomit, and any fluid that leaves the body will need to be handled with extreme caution.
You will need to give a thorough history of your cat's health, including a background history of symptoms, recent activities, and possible incidents that might have precipitated this condition. The history you provide may give your veterinarian clues as to what stage of infection your cat is experiencing, and which organs are being most affected.
Your veterinarian will then order a chemical blood profile, a complete blood count, a urinalysis, an electrolyte panel, and a fluorescent antibody urine test. Urine and blood cultures will also be ordered for examining the prevalence of the bacteria. A microscopic agglutination test, or titer test, will be performed to measure your cat's immune response to the infection by measuring the presence of antibodies in the bloodstream. This will help to definitively identify Leptospira spirochetes and the level of systemic infection that is occurring.
Small purple or red spots on an animal's skin; due to a small hemorrhage
A special type of tissue that exudes mucus
The white fluid produced by males in the testicles for reproduction
Something that is related to the whole body and not just one particular part or organ
An in-depth examination of the properties of urine; used to determine the presence or absence of illness
Small structures that filter out the lymph and store lymphocytes
Bacteria that is shaped like a spiral
Anything having to do with the stomach
Term used to refer to any drug or substance that is used to control vomiting.
A protein in the body that is designed to fight disease; antibodies are brought on by the presence of certain antigens in the system.
A medical condition in which the body has lost fluid or water in excessive amounts
The feces of an animal
The term used to describe the movement of an animal
The grouping together of certain cells, molecules, or particles into one area or clump.
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As a great metropolis Mexico City has first world services for any person that comes with the intention of doing business. Offices for rent, virtual offices, meeting rooms, translators and interpreters services and professional guides will make your life easier.
If you haven't think about visiting or doing business here, have in mind this: Mexico City accounts for 18% of Mexico's $1 trillion economy. It is the political, business, cultural and infrastructure center of the nation. By itself, Mexico City produces a GDP larger than Peru and nearly as large as Chile. Its per capita income is twice the national average. Mexico is the third largest trading partner of the United States (behind Canada and China) and is a vital link in the global supply chains of many U.S. and Canadian companies.
Besides that it is the intellectual capital it produces a highly-educated, diverse workforce, with more than 500 universities.
As you can see, Mexico city is the Latin America business capital for business travelers. And there is all you need to start, there are some service providers that even have apps where you can control and book the venues that you need.
Some times renting a office space and furnished it is to complicated especially when you are starting a business in other county. The service providers that offer virtual offices, have several branches with in the city where you can go when you are in a hurry take advantage of the office spaces and services, you can have a main office in certain location of the city where they can even answer the phone with your company name, and receive your mail, you'll have a bilingual receptionist. You will have a beautiful place where your clients can be impress.
This places can be rent by hours, days or months. If you business is small or starting of, some service providers offer very economical memberships, which allow you the use of their services in any location they have, without having a fix office. Literally you can move around the city with your laptop and find a space where to work and make phone calls, receive your mail, etc.
Don't get lost in translation
While you are in Mexico city you can also hire an interpreter. If you care to have an accurate communication with your clients this is the way to go. An interpreter can help you bridge the language barriers. Remember that is not enough to know a language you also need to know the ideology ad costumes of your interlocutor.
When addressing audiences abroad, the quality of your message depends on the interpreters you have entrusted to translate it. Make sure to hire a certify interpreter by the Mexican College of Interpretation.
For conferences, business meetings, legal depositions and examinations, trade shows, and VIP delegations you can count on the interpreter to get it right. Before hiring you need to determine your precise needs, simultaneous interpretation or escort interpretation.
An escort interpreter is there to orally translate everything that a client says into "Mexican Spanish" and also interpret everything else that is said the client's language. In other words, the escort interpreter is there to make sure both the client and those around the client understand everything that is communicated.
Consecutive interpreting is when the interpreter speaks after the speaker has finished speaking. The speech is divided into segments, and the interpreter sits or stands beside the speaker, listening and taking notes as the speaker progresses through the message.
A liaison interpreting is an oral translation of a statement provided for a single person or a small group of people. During this type of interpretation there is no need to use specialized equipment.
Simultaneous interpretation is a highly specialized area of translations, which requires accurate and complete translation, orally and at the same rate of speech as the speaker, with only a few seconds of lag time. Regularly use in conferences and symposiums.
Get a certify guide
Getting to know the culture the food the traditions and even the tourist attractions of the place your are visiting can also help you with your business relations, you will relate better with the locals they will feel that you are more empathetic to their culture, and the truth is that you will be.
If you hire a tourist guide you'll be able to get to the right places get the real history and learn more about the local culture and the social protocols. The tourist guides have so much knowledge than can be very helpful at the moment of doing business.
One of the advantage is that you can hire a guide for the hours you have free time and he can adapt to your schedule. Make sure to ask for the credentials of the guide you are hiring. SECTUR the Mexico Tourist Department, examines and certify the guides, so they should have an official credential that they can show you.
If you want to know more about this please check my TIPs sections.