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Pope Benedict XVI's Message for 40th World Day of Peace
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1. At the beginning of the new year, I wish to extend prayerful good wishes for peace to Governments, leaders of nations and all men and women of good will. In a special way, I invoke peace upon all those experiencing pain and suffering, those living under the threat of violence and armed aggression, and those who await their human and social emancipation, having had their dignity trampled upon. I invoke peace upon children, who by their innocence enrich humanity with goodness and hope, and by their sufferings compel us all to work for justice and peace. Out of concern for children, especially those whose future is compromised by exploitation and the malice of unscrupulous adults, I wish on this World Day of Peace to encourage everyone to reflect on the theme: The Human Person, the Heart of Peace. I am convinced that respect for the person promotes peace and that, in building peace, the foundations are laid for an authentic integral humanism. In this way a serene future is prepared for coming generations.
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2. Sacred Scripture affirms that "God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them" (Gen 1:27). As one created in the image of God, each individual human being has the dignity of a person; he or she is not just something, but someone, capable of self-knowledge, self-possession, free self-giving and entering into communion with others. At the same time, each person is called, by grace, to a covenant with the Creator, called to offer him a response of faith and love that no other creature can give in his place(1). From this supernatural perspective, one can understand the task entrusted to human beings to mature in the ability to love and to contribute to the progress of the world, renewing it in justice and in peace. In a striking synthesis, Saint Augustine teaches that "God created us without our aid; but he did not choose to save us without our aid(2)." Consequently all human beings have the duty to cultivate an awareness of this twofold aspect of gift and task.
3. Likewise, peace is both gift and task. If it is true that peace between individuals and peoples—the ability to live together and to build relationships of justice and solidarity—calls for unfailing commitment on our part, it is also true, and indeed more so, that peace is a gift from God. Peace is an aspect of God's activity, made manifest both in the creation of an orderly and harmonious universe and also in the redemption of humanity that needs to be rescued from the disorder of sin. Creation and Redemption thus provide a key that helps us begin to understand the meaning of our life on earth. My venerable predecessor Pope John Paul II, addressing the General Assembly of the United Nations on 5 October 1995, stated that "we do not live in an irrational or meaningless world... there is a moral logic which is built into human life and which makes possible dialogue between individuals and peoples(3) ." The transcendent "grammar", that is to say the body of rules for individual action and the reciprocal relationships of persons in accordance with justice and solidarity, is inscribed on human consciences, in which the wise plan of God is reflected. As I recently had occasion to reaffirm: "we believe that at the beginning of everything is the Eternal Word, Reason and not Unreason(4)." Peace is thus also a task demanding of everyone a personal response consistent with God's plan. The criterion inspiring this response can only be respect for the "grammar" written on human hearts by the divine Creator.
From this standpoint, the norms of the natural law should not be viewed as externally imposed decrees, as restraints upon human freedom. Rather, they should be welcomed as a call to carry out faithfully the universal divine plan inscribed in the nature of human beings. Guided by these norms, all peoples —within their respective cultures—can draw near to the greatest mystery, which is the mystery of God. Today too, recognition and respect for natural law represents the foundation for a dialogue between the followers of the different religions and between believers and non-believers. As a great point of convergence, this is also a fundamental presupposition for authentic peace.
The right to life and to religious freedom
4. The duty to respect the dignity of each human being, in whose nature the image of the Creator is reflected, means in consequence that the person can not be disposed of at will. Those with greater political, technical, or economic power may not use that power to violate the rights of others who are less fortunate. Peace is based on respect for the rights of all. Conscious of this, the Church champions the fundamental rights of each person. In particular she promotes and defends respect for the life and the religious freedom of everyone. Respect for the right to life at every stage firmly establishes a principle of decisive importance: life is a gift which is not completely at the disposal of the subject. Similarly, the affirmation of the right to religious freedom places the human being in a relationship with a transcendent principle which withdraws him from human caprice. The right to life and to the free expression of personal faith in God is not subject to the power of man. Peace requires the establishment of a clear boundary between what is at man's disposal and what is not: in this way unacceptable intrusions into the patrimony of specifically human values will be avoided.
5. As far as the right to life is concerned, we must denounce its widespread violation in our society: alongside the victims of armed conflicts, terrorism and the different forms of violence, there are the silent deaths caused by hunger, abortion, experimentation on human embryos and euthanasia. How can we fail to see in all this an attack on peace? Abortion and embryonic experimentation constitute a direct denial of that attitude of acceptance of others which is indispensable for establishing lasting relationships of peace. As far as the free expression of personal faith is concerned, another disturbing symptom of lack of peace in the world is represented by the difficulties that both Christians and the followers of other religions frequently encounter in publicly and freely professing their religious convictions. Speaking of Christians in particular, I must point out with pain that not only are they at times prevented from doing so; in some States they are actually persecuted, and even recently tragic cases of ferocious violence have been recorded. There are regimes that impose a single religion upon everyone, while secular regimes often lead not so much to violent persecution as to systematic cultural denigration of religious beliefs. In both instances, a fundamental human right is not being respected, with serious repercussions for peaceful coexistence. This can only promote a mentality and culture that is not conducive to peace.
The natural equality of all persons
6. At the origin of many tensions that threaten peace are surely the many unjust inequalities still tragically present in our world. Particularly insidious among these are, on the one hand, inequality in access to essential goods like food, water, shelter, health; on the other hand, there are persistent inequalities between men and women in the exercise of basic human rights.
A fundamental element of building peace is the recognition of the essential equality of human persons springing from their common transcendental dignity. Equality on this level is a good belonging to all, inscribed in that natural "grammar" which is deducible from the divine plan of creation; it is a good that cannot be ignored or scorned without causing serious repercussions which put peace at risk. The extremely grave deprivation afflicting many peoples, especially in Africa, lies at the root of violent reactions and thus inflicts a terrible wound on peace.
7. Similarly, inadequate consideration for the condition of women helps to create instability in the fabric of society. I think of the exploitation of women who are treated as objects, and of the many ways that a lack of respect is shown for their dignity; I also think —in a different context—of the mindset persisting in some cultures, where women are still firmly subordinated to the arbitrary decisions of men, with grave consequences for their personal dignity and for the exercise of their fundamental freedoms. There can be no illusion of a secure peace until these forms of discrimination are also overcome, since they injure the personal dignity impressed by the Creator upon every human being(5).
The "ecology of peace"
8. In his Encyclical Letter Centesimus Annus, Pope John Paul II wrote: "Not only has God given the earth to man, who must use it with respect for the original good purpose for which it was given to him, but man too is God's gift to man. He must therefore respect the natural and moral structure with which he has been endowed(6)." By responding to this charge, entrusted to them by the Creator, men and women can join in bringing about a world of peace. Alongside the ecology of nature, there exists what can be called a "human" ecology, which in turn demands a "social" ecology. All this means that humanity, if it truly desires peace, must be increasingly conscious of the links between natural ecology, or respect for nature, and human ecology. Experience shows that disregard for the environment always harms human coexistence, and vice versa. It becomes more and more evident that there is an inseparable link between peace with creation and peace among men. Both of these presuppose peace with God. The poem-prayer of Saint Francis, known as "the Canticle of Brother Sun", is a wonderful and ever timely example of this multifaceted ecology of peace.
9. The close connection between these two ecologies can be understood from the increasingly serious problem of energy supplies. In recent years, new nations have entered enthusiastically into industrial production, thereby increasing their energy needs. This has led to an unprecedented race for available resources. Meanwhile, some parts of the planet remain backward and development is effectively blocked, partly because of the rise in energy prices. What will happen to those peoples? What kind of development or non-development will be imposed on them by the scarcity of energy supplies? What injustices and conflicts will be provoked by the race for energy sources? And what will be the reaction of those who are excluded from this race? These are questions that show how respect for nature is closely linked to the need to establish, between individuals and between nations, relationships that are attentive to the dignity of the person and capable of satisfying his or her authentic needs. The destruction of the environment, its improper or selfish use, and the violent hoarding of the earth's resources cause grievances, conflicts and wars, precisely because they are the consequences of an inhumane concept of development. Indeed, if development were limited to the technical-economic aspect, obscuring the moral-religious dimension, it would not be an integral human development, but a one-sided distortion which would end up by unleashing man's destructive capacities.
Reductive visions of man
10. Thus there is an urgent need, even within the framework of current international difficulties and tensions, for a commitment to a human ecology that can favour the growth of the "tree of peace". For this to happen, we must be guided by a vision of the person untainted by ideological and cultural prejudices or by political and economic interests which can instil hatred and violence. It is understandable that visions of man will vary from culture to culture. Yet what cannot be admitted is the cultivation of anthropological conceptions that contain the seeds of hostility and violence. Equally unacceptable are conceptions of God that would encourage intolerance and recourse to violence against others. This is a point which must be clearly reaffirmed: war in God's name is never acceptable! When a certain notion of God is at the origin of criminal acts, it is a sign that that notion has already become an ideology.
11. Today, however, peace is not only threatened by the conflict between reductive visions of man, in other words, between ideologies. It is also threatened by indifference as to what constitutes man's true nature. Many of our contemporaries actually deny the existence of a specific human nature and thus open the door to the most extravagant interpretations of what essentially constitutes a human being. Here too clarity is necessary: a "weak" vision of the person, which would leave room for every conception, even the most bizarre, only apparently favours peace. In reality, it hinders authentic dialogue and opens the way to authoritarian impositions, ultimately leaving the person defenceless and, as a result, easy prey to oppression and violence.
Human rights and international organizations
12. A true and stable peace presupposes respect for human rights. Yet if these rights are grounded on a weak conception of the person, how can they fail to be themselves weakened? Here we can see how profoundly insufficient is a relativistic conception of the person when it comes to justifying and defending his rights. The difficulty in this case is clear: rights are proposed as absolute, yet the foundation on which they are supposed to rest is merely relative. Can we wonder that, faced with the "inconvenient" demands posed by one right or another, someone will come along to question it or determine that it should be set aside? Only if they are grounded in the objective requirements of the nature bestowed on man by the Creator, can the rights attributed to him be affirmed without fear of contradiction. It goes without saying, moreover, that human rights imply corresponding duties. In this regard, Mahatma Gandhi said wisely: "The Ganges of rights flows from the Himalaya of duties." Clarity over these basic presuppositions is needed if human rights, nowadays constantly under attack, are to be adequately defended. Without such clarity, the expression "human rights" will end up being predicated of quite different subjects: in some cases, the human person marked by permanent dignity and rights that are valid always, everywhere and for everyone, in other cases a person with changing dignity and constantly negotiable rights, with regard to content, time and place.
13. The protection of human rights is constantly referred to by international bodies and, in particular, the United Nations Organization, which set itself the fundamental task of promoting the human rights indicated in the 1948 Universal Declaration. That Declaration is regarded as a sort of moral commitment assumed by all mankind. There is a profound truth to this, especially if the rights described in the Declaration are held to be based not simply on the decisions of the assembly that approved them, but on man's very nature and his inalienable dignity as a person created by God. Consequently it is important for international agencies not to lose sight of the natural foundation of human rights. This would enable them to avoid the risk, unfortunately ever-present, of sliding towards a merely positivistic interpretation of those rights. Were that to happen, the international bodies would end up lacking the necessary authority to carry out their role as defenders of the fundamental rights of the person and of peoples, the chief justification for their very existence and activity.
International humanitarian law and the internal law of States
14. The recognition that there exist inalienable human rights connected to our common human nature has led to the establishment of a body of international humanitarian law which States are committed to respect, even in the case of war. Unfortunately, to say nothing of past cases, this has not been consistently implemented in certain recent situations of war. Such, for example, was the case in the conflict that occurred a few months ago in southern Lebanon, where the duty "to protect and help innocent victims" and to avoid involving the civilian population was largely ignored. The heart-rending situation in Lebanon and the new shape of conflicts, especially since the terrorist threat unleashed completely new forms of violence, demand that the international community reaffirm international humanitarian law, and apply it to all present-day situations of armed conflict, including those not currently provided for by international law. Moreover, the scourge of terrorism demands a profound reflection on the ethical limits restricting the use of modern methods of guaranteeing internal security. Increasingly, wars are not declared, especially when they are initiated by terrorist groups determined to attain their ends by any means available. In the face of the disturbing events of recent years, States cannot fail to recognize the need to establish clearer rules to counter effectively the dramatic decline that we are witnessing. War always represents a failure for the international community and a grave loss for humanity. When, despite every effort, war does break out, at least the essential principles of humanity and the basic values of all civil coexistence must be safeguarded; norms of conduct must be established that limit the damage as far as possible and help to alleviate the suffering of civilians and of all the victims of conflicts(7).
15. Another disturbing issue is the desire recently shown by some States to acquire nuclear weapons. This has heightened even more the widespread climate of uncertainty and fear of a possible atomic catastrophe. We are brought back in time to the profound anxieties of the "cold war" period. When it came to an end, there was hope that the atomic peril had been definitively overcome and that mankind could finally breathe a lasting sigh of relief. How timely, in this regard, is the warning of the Second Vatican Council that "every act of war directed to the indiscriminate destruction of whole cities or vast areas with their inhabitants is a crime against God and humanity, which merits firm and unequivocal condemnation(8)." Unfortunately, threatening clouds continue to gather on humanity's horizon. The way to ensure a future of peace for everyone is found not only in international accords for the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons, but also in the determined commitment to seek their reduction and definitive dismantling. May every attempt be made to arrive through negotiation at the attainment of these objectives! The fate of the whole human family is at stake!
The Church as safeguard of the transcendence of the human person
16. Finally, I wish to make an urgent appeal to the People of God: let every Christian be committed to tireless peace-making and strenuous defence of the dignity of the human person and his inalienable rights.
With gratitude to the Lord for having called him to belong to his Church, which is "the sign and safeguard of the transcendental dimension of the human person"(9) in the world, the Christian will tirelessly implore from God the fundamental good of peace, which is of such primary importance in the life of each person. Moreover, he will be proud to serve the cause of peace with generous devotion, offering help to his brothers and sisters, especially those who, in addition to suffering poverty and need, are also deprived of this precious good. Jesus has revealed to us that "God is love" (1 Jn 4:8) and that the highest vocation of every person is love. In Christ we can find the ultimate reason for becoming staunch champions of human dignity and courageous builders of peace.
17. Let every believer, then, unfailingly contribute to the advancement of a true integral humanism in accordance with the teachings of the Encyclical Letters Populorum Progressio and Sollicitudo Rei Socialis, whose respective fortieth and twentieth anniversaries we prepare to celebrate this year. To the Queen of Peace, the Mother of Jesus Christ "our peace" (Eph 2:14), I entrust my urgent prayer for all humanity at the beginning of the year 2007, to which we look with hearts full of hope, notwithstanding the dangers and difficulties that surround us. May Mary show us, in her Son, the Way of peace, and enlighten our vision, so that we can recognize Christ's face in the face of every human person, the heart of peace!
From the Vatican, 8 December 2006.
(1) Cf. Catechism of the Catholic Church, 357.
(2) Sermo 169, 11, 13: PL 38, 923.
(3) No. 3.
(4) Homily at Islinger Feld, Regensburg, 12 September 2006.
(5) Cf. Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Letter to the Bishops of the Catholic Church on the collaboration of men and women in the Church and in the world (31 May 2004), 15-16.
(6) No. 38.
(7) In this regard, the Catechism of the Catholic Church indicates strict and precise criteria: cf. 2307-2317.
(8) Pastoral Constitution Gaudium et Spes, 80.
(9) Ibid., 76.
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Written by John Jay and published in the Independent Journal under the pseudonym "Publius," Federalist No. 2 discusses the possibility of a unified "American" nationality.
When the people of America reflect that they are now called upon to decide a question, which, in its consequences, must prove one of the most important that ever engaged their attention, the propriety of their taking a very comprehensive, as well as a very serious, view of it, will be evident.
Nothing is more certain than the indispensable necessity of government, and it is equally undeniable, that whenever and however it is instituted, the people must cede to it some of their natural rights in order to vest it with requisite powers. It is well worthy of consideration therefore, whether it would conduce more to the interest of the people of America that they should, to all general purposes, be one nation, under one federal government, or that they should divide themselves into separate confederacies, and give to the head of each the same kind of powers which they are advised to place in one national government.
It has until lately been a received and uncontradicted opinion that the prosperity of the people of America depended on their continuing firmly united, and the wishes, prayers, and efforts of our best and wisest citizens have been constantly directed to that object. But politicians now appear, who insist that this opinion is erroneous, and that instead of looking for safety and happiness in union, we ought to seek it in a division of the States into distinct confederacies or sovereignties. However extraordinary this new doctrine may appear, it nevertheless has its advocates; and certain characters who were much opposed to it formerly, are at present of the number. Whatever may be the arguments or inducements which have wrought this change in the sentiments and declarations of these gentlemen, it certainly would not be wise in the people at large to adopt these new political tenets without being fully convinced that they are founded in truth and sound policy.
It has often given me pleasure to observe that independent America was not composed of detached and distant territories, but that one connected, fertile, widespreading country was the portion of our western sons of liberty. Providence has in a particular manner blessed it with a variety of soils and productions, and watered it with innumerable streams, for the delight and accommodation of its inhabitants. A succession of navigable waters forms a kind of chain round its borders, as if to bind it together; while the most noble rivers in the world, running at convenient distances, present them with highways for the easy communication of friendly aids, and the mutual transportation and exchange of their various commodities.
With equal pleasure I have as often taken notice that Providence has been pleased to give this one connected country to one united people--a people descended from the same ancestors, speaking the same language, professing the same religion, attached to the same principles of government, very similar in their manners and customs, and who, by their joint counsels, arms, and efforts, fighting side by side throughout a long and bloody war, have nobly established general liberty and independence.
This country and this people seem to have been made for each other, and it appears as if it was the design of Providence, that an inheritance so proper and convenient for a band of brethren, united to each other by the strongest ties, should never be split into a number of unsocial, jealous, and alien sovereignties.
Similar sentiments have hitherto prevailed among all orders and denominations of men among us. To all general purposes we have uniformly been one people each individual citizen everywhere enjoying the same national rights, privileges, and protection. As a nation we have made peace and war; as a nation we have vanquished our common enemies; as a nation we have formed alliances, and made treaties, and entered into various compacts and conventions with foreign states.
A strong sense of the value and blessings of union induced the people, at a very early period, to institute a federal government to preserve and perpetuate it. They formed it almost as soon as they had a political existence; nay, at a time when their habitations were in flames, when many of their citizens were bleeding, and when the progress of hostility and desolation left little room for those calm and mature inquiries and reflections which must ever precede the formation of a wise and wellbalanced government for a free people. It is not to be wondered at, that a government instituted in times so inauspicious, should on experiment be found greatly deficient and inadequate to the purpose it was intended to answer.
This intelligent people perceived and regretted these defects. Still continuing no less attached to union than enamored of liberty, they observed the danger which immediately threatened the former and more remotely the latter; and being pursuaded that ample security for both could only be found in a national government more wisely framed, they as with one voice, convened the late convention in Philadelphia, to take that important subject under consideration.
This convention composed of men who possessed the confidence of the people, and many of whom had become highly distinguished by their patriotism, virtue and wisdom, in times which tried the minds and hearts of men, undertook the arduous task. In the mild season of peace, with minds unoccupied by other subjects, they passed many months in cool, uninterrupted, and daily consultation; and finally, without having been awed by power, or influenced by any passions except love for their country, they presented and recommended to the people the plan produced by their joint and very unanimous councils.
Admit, for so is the fact, that this plan is only RECOMMENDED, not imposed, yet let it be remembered that it is neither recommended to BLIND approbation, nor to BLIND reprobation; but to that sedate and candid consideration which the magnitude and importance of the subject demand, and which it certainly ought to receive. But this (as was remarked in the foregoing number of this paper) is more to be wished than expected, that it may be so considered and examined. Experience on a former occasion teaches us not to be too sanguine in such hopes. It is not yet forgotten that well-grounded apprehensions of imminent danger induced the people of America to form the memorable Congress of 1774. That body recommended certain measures to their constituents, and the event proved their wisdom; yet it is fresh in our memories how soon the press began to teem with pamphlets and weekly papers against those very measures. Not only many of the officers of government, who obeyed the dictates of personal interest, but others, from a mistaken estimate of consequences, or the undue influence of former attachments, or whose ambition aimed at objects which did not correspond with the public good, were indefatigable in their efforts to pursuade the people to reject the advice of that patriotic Congress. Many, indeed, were deceived and deluded, but the great majority of the people reasoned and decided judiciously; and happy they are in reflecting that they did so.
They considered that the Congress was composed of many wise and experienced men. That, being convened from different parts of the country, they brought with them and communicated to each other a variety of useful information. That, in the course of the time they passed together in inquiring into and discussing the true interests of their country, they must have acquired very accurate knowledge on that head. That they were individually interested in the public liberty and prosperity, and therefore that it was not less their inclination than their duty to recommend only such measures as, after the most mature deliberation, they really thought prudent and advisable.
These and similar considerations then induced the people to rely greatly on the judgment and integrity of the Congress; and they took their advice, notwithstanding the various arts and endeavors used to deter them from it. But if the people at large had reason to confide in the men of that Congress, few of whom had been fully tried or generally known, still greater reason have they now to respect the judgment and advice of the convention, for it is well known that some of the most distinguished members of that Congress, who have been since tried and justly approved for patriotism and abilities, and who have grown old in acquiring political information, were also members of this convention, and carried into it their accumulated knowledge and experience.
It is worthy of remark that not only the first, but every succeeding Congress, as well as the late convention, have invariably joined with the people in thinking that the prosperity of America depended on its Union. To preserve and perpetuate it was the great object of the people in forming thatconvention, and it is also the great object of the plan which the convention has advised them to adopt. With what propriety, therefore, or for what good purposes, are attempts at this particular period made by some men to depreciate the importance of the Union? Or why is it suggested that three or four confederacies would be better than one? I am persuaded in my own mind that the people have always thought right on this subject, and that their universal and uniform attachment to the cause of the Union rests on great and weighty reasons, which I shall endeavor to develop and explain in some ensuing papers. They who promote the idea of substituting a number of distinct confederacies in the room of the plan of the convention, seem clearly to foresee that the rejection of it would put the continuance of the Union in the utmost jeopardy. That certainly would be the case, and I sincerely wish that it may be as clearly foreseen by every good citizen, that whenever the dissolution of the Union arrives, America will have reason to exclaim, in the words of the poet: "FAREWELL! A LONG FAREWELL TO ALL MY GREATNESS.''
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Just about everyone in the country has been negatively impacted by the pandemic.
That is why the government is sending relief via the Payment Protection Program, the stimulus program, and other programs.
These programs are aimed directly at small and medium sized businesses to help keep them afloat until life can get back to normal.
Unfortunately, the world's hackers, scammers and phishers never let an opportunity go to waste, and they're getting in on the action.
According to IBM's X-Force, multiple spam campaigns are currently ongoing, with the scammers convincingly impersonating the US Small Business Administration, promising government relief fund to struggling businesses. The program itself actually exists and is 100 percent legitimate, but of course, the emails sent out by these scam groups simply offer a convincing spoof of the actual program.
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The victim gets an email that, by all appearances, comes from the Federal Government. It outlines what the program does and indicates that a business owner who clicks the embedded link is just a few minutes away from being able to secure the financial aid his company needs.
To get the help, all you have to do is follow the link, enter your online banking login credentials, and let the government wire you some badly needed funds. Except of course, no funds are ever forthcoming. All the scammers wanted was a way into your online accounts so they could drain them dry.
In fact, if you enter your login credentials, you'll get an error message stating that there was a problem and that you must have entered your user name and password incorrectly. In the meanwhile, of course, the login information you just entered has already been sent to the owners of the webpage to use as they set fit.
It's a pity that the hackers and scammers have no shame, and that even in the face of a global pandemic, we have to deal with them in addition to the stress and chaos going on all around us. . Given that there's no end in sight where the pandemic is concerned, this is going to be an ongoing problem. Stay on your guard.


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UNHCR starts to scale back in eastern Sri Lanka, closing Batticaloa office
UNHCR starts to scale back in eastern Sri Lanka, closing Batticaloa office
BATTICALOA, Sri Lanka, June 28 (UNHCR) - The UN refugee agency is starting to scale back its operations to help internally displaced people in eastern Sri Lanka and is closing its office in Batticaloa this week.
"As the majority of internally displaced people in Batticaloa District over the last eight years have now returned to their places of origin and have been receiving protection and assistance from UNHCR, we are now able to start phasing down our operations," said UNHCR Representative in Sri Lanka Michael Zwack.
UNHCR has been operating out of Batticaloa since 2002, assisting waves of people displaced by various phases of the prolonged conflict with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) - commonly known as the Tamil Tigers - and also the devastating Indian Ocean tsunami in December 2004.
During the peak of the conflict, 160,000 people were displaced from within Batticaloa and the district also received 140,000 internally displaced people (IDPs) from other locations in the east, particularly in 2006 from Trincomalee District further north.
The conflict in the east ended in 2007, and displaced people starting returning to their homes with assistance from UNHCR and the government. In the north, the conflict ended in May 2009 and the process of return is continuing.
There are still 90 families (433 individuals) displaced in Batticaloa and 507 families (1,756 people) displaced in the neighbouring district of Ampara, waiting for demining activities to finish before they can safely return home. It is expected that they will be able to return within the next couple of months.
As these people will be needing shelter materials and non-food items such as tools, jerry cans and kitchen sets when they return, UNHCR will maintain a small presence in Batticaloa until the end of the year to assist them. It will then continue protection monitoring from its Trincomalee office. The protection work is aimed at ensuring the sustainability of the return.
As part of its protection work in Batticaloa and Ampara, UNHCR has tried to find solutions to issues that affect the well-being of displaced people including liaising with the relevant government agencies, military and police. This included raising awareness of the community, medical, social service authorities and police about gender-based violence. Special women and children referral desks have been set up at police stations to help and support victims.
A joint UN Development Programme/UNHCR "Access to Justice" project, in conjunction with the national Human Rights Commission, will continue to provide legal aid to returnees - both IDPs and refugees - for issues such as land and property and documentation as well as strengthening the capacity of national legal aid providers. The project also includes continued awareness raising of the community on gender-based violence issues and improved coordination between the various service providers.
As part of its efforts to provide community support to areas which had suffered severe displacement, UNHCR carried out some quick impact projects, including rehabilitating former IDP sites, improving drainage and channel clearance, building agricultural wells, vocational training, livelihood support such as providing seeds, small business support and rehabilitating community buildings. Earlier this month it opened a new community library in Iralaikulam village in the Chenkalady area - a former LTTE stronghold.
"In August last year, 437 displaced families returned to this area which was emptied during the conflict," explained the head of UNHCR's Batticaloa office, Francis Muwonge. "The people asked us to rebuild their library which was destroyed by the natural elements and wild elephants in their absence. The library was built on the foundations of the old building, but it's much bigger and will serve a community of 15 villages and five schools in the surrounding area," said Muwonge, who attended the colourful opening ceremony last week.
Solar lamps, provided by UNHCR as a security measure, also help to protect the library and village from visits by wild elephants which can cause considerable destruction.
UNHCR's current focus is on assisting returnees to the north of Sri Lanka with some 54,000 still displaced in emergency sites. UNHCR has been operating in Sri Lanka since 1987, with offices in Colombo, Jaffna, Vavuniya, Mannar and Trincomalee.
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Just when I thought this indoors season could not get any better, it got better! Eighth in the Pessoa/USEF Medal Finals was more then I ever expected. It has been my goal since as long as I can remember to ribbon in a major medal final. The confirmation that I am achieving some of my goals feels amazing.
The week leading up to the finals, I rode Rico in the junior hunter classes at the Pennsylvania National Horse Show. He is a great hunter, but it was more important that he get in the ring, as he is not as experienced as a lot of the other equitation horses. The hunters went very well, and we received a second and two thirds…only a point off from reserve champion! Rico was nice and relaxed for the warm-up class on Saturday, and we got second in our section.
The day of the finals I woke up nice and early at 3:30, so by the time it was my turn to go I was pretty tired. The nerves and adrenaline definitely kept me going. The course was pretty tricky because it involved a lot of extending and collecting from a very forward first line to a very forward combination and then to an extremely short four-stride line. These first five jumps were definitely the hardest part, and it was obvious that a lot of people were having trouble. Rico and my trip was not as smooth and pretty as I would have liked—we were both nervous and tired, but we got it done! The hard part of making it into the top 25 was over, and now I just had to have a solid second round, and I would be in the ribbons.
The second course was just as difficult, but it was perfect for Rico. It involved a lot of related distances and smooth turns. I felt very confident going into the second round, and it paid off because Rico was a lot more relaxed. Our confidence benefitted immensely, and we pulled off another great round. Then it was just a waiting game of who would be the top 10. After a lot of anxiety I found out I got eighth! I was so happy and tired that it all blurred together into one great weekend.


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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (April 11, 2019) – Biesse Group is proud to announce the promotion of Niki Kaltsounis-Kampiziones to Chief Operating Officer (COO) for Biesse and Intermac in North America. Kampiziones, currently in her 24th year with Biesse, has played a key role in the growth and strategic decisions for the company during her tenure as Executive Vice President of Operations and previously as Chief Financial Officer.
In her new role, Kampiziones will oversee the daily operations of Biesse and Intermac in North America, continuing to be responsible for strategically directing and managing innovation and excellence within the organization. We are moving toward a One Company concept, which will allow all of our divisions to work cohesively, with common ground in best practices, promoting more efficiency and effectiveness to our overall efforts.
"In her 24 years with Biesse, Niki's extensive management experience has distinguished her as a dynamic and loyal leader," said Federico Broccoli, President/CEO of Biesse and Intermac in North America. "Her vast industry experience and commitment to our customers and employees will be a tremendous asset in her new role, ensuring operations excellence and consistency. She is a trusted leader who delivers results and I couldn't be more proud of her success."
"I am privileged to have been a part of the Biesse success and to be part of such a hardworking team," said Kampiziones. "I am honored and inspired to be able to continue working with my colleagues in this new role to ensure we deliver the industry's highest quality of products and services for our customers, employees and industry partners."
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French police clashed in Paris on Saturday with protesters staging a fourth weekend of "gilets jaunes" demonstrations against the government of President Emmanuel Macron.
Officers fired rubber bullets and hundreds of canisters of tear gas at the demonstrators, some of whom had set several vehicles on fire. At least 30 people were reported wounded, including three police officers, with 551 people taken into custody.
Two photographers from the newspaper Le Parisien were hit by projectiles. One was taken to hospital as dusk drew near in a city still in shock from last weekend's riots -- the worst to hit the French capital in decades. One Paris resident, teacher Francesca Testi, tweeted a video of "gilets jaunes" protesters smashing up what appeared to be a cafe.
Another French radio reporter, Boris Kharlamoff, tweeted a photo of his wounded stomach after being hit by a rubber bullet.
"A policeman shot at me with a rubber bullet even though my press arm band was showing," he wrote. "It hurts but it's alright. Colleagues be careful on the Champs-Elysees."
Several thousand protesters, most of them male and dressed in "gilets jaunes," the yellow high-visibility jackets that have become the symbol of the movement, took part in demonstrations, converging on the Champs-Elysees around midday local time. Police then used water cannons in a bid to disperse the crowd.
Tires were also set on fire, but with riot police outnumbering the demonstrators by about two to one, there were none of the violent scenes that grabbed international attention a week ago.
A smaller "yellow vest" demonstration of around 500 people also took place in the Belgian capital Brussels near the European Parliament, according to the newspaper Le Soir. Scuffles broke out between police and protesters and 70 people were arrested.
Meanwhile, across the Atlantic, US President Donald Trump claimed the "gilets jaunes" protests, which started in protest against an eco-tax on gas, underscored his decision not to sign the 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change.
"The Paris Agreement isn't working out so well for Paris," he tweeted. "Protests and riots all over France. People do not want to pay large sums of money, much to third world countries (that are questionably run), in order to maybe protect the environment. Chanting 'We Want Trump!' Love France."
CNN reporters on the ground say the only time they heard Trump mentioned was as a joke when they were recording.
Earlier, TV images showed French protesters parading past the flagship stores of some of Paris's best-known luxury brands such as Mont Blanc and Cartier, all with their shutters tightly fastened on what would normally be a busy shopping day before Christmas.
Anticipating a repeat of last weekend's violence, monuments including the Eiffel Tower and many of the French capital's metro stations remained closed with about 8,000 police on the streets of Paris with tens of thousands more deployed across the country.
A spokesman for the French Interior Ministry said there were about 31,000 protesters on the streets across France, compared to 36,000 this time last week.
"We have to change the Republic," Ilda, a yellow jacket protester from the south of France near Toulouse, told CNN. "People here are starving. Some people earn just 500 euros a month you can't afford to live. People don't want to stop because we want the President to go."
Patrice, a pensioner from Paris, said he was protesting because of "the government and the taxes and all these problems. We have to survive."
With more riots expected in other parts of the country, French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe said the government was deploying 89,000 security force members across the country.
The French retail sector has suffered a loss in revenue of about $1.1 billion since the beginning of the yellow vest protests last month, a spokeswoman for the French retail federation, Sophie Amoros, told CNN.
Amid heightened tensions, police seized 28 petrol bombs and three homemade explosive devices Friday at an area blockaded by protesters in Montauban in southern France, a spokesman for the Tarn-et-Garonne prefecture told CNN.
Dominique Moisi, a foreign policy expert at the Paris-based Institut Montaigne and a former Macron campaign adviser, told CNN the French presidency was not only in crisis but that Europe's future also hung in the balance.
"In a few months from now, there will be European elections, and France was supposed to be the carrier of hope and European progress. What happens if it's no longer? If the President is incapacitated to carry that message?" Moisi asked.
"It's about the future of democracy, as well; illiberal democracies are rising all over the world. And if Macron fails, the future of France risks looking like the presidency of Italy today. And it's much more serious because we have a centralized state, which plays a major role in the balance of power within Europe.
"But make no mistake, it is a French version of a much more global phenomenon."
France's far left CGT movement has pledged support for the movement, which is also supported by the far-right leader Marine Le Pen.


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Medicare trustee Charles Blahous is out with his comprehensive report on Medicaid expansion. His conclusions should be another boost to the "be Arkansas" strategy. Here are his key findings:
"When combined with the interactions of various ACA provisions, the Supreme Court's decision created a strong disincentive for states to expand Medicaid coverage to childless adults with incomes above 100 percent of the FPL. By declining to cover this population under Medicaid, states can minimize their budgetary exposure while at the same time providing these individuals access to potentially more generous health insurance coverage through the ACA's health exchanges. Subsidies for participation in these exchanges are only available to individuals with incomes between 100 and 400 percent of the FPL who are not eligible for Medicaid."
"Under the ACA, states that choose to cover these individuals under Medicaid will have to pay 10 percent of the associated costs by 2020. If instead these individuals remain uninsured by Medicaid and receive their health insurance through exchanges, the full cost of their subsidy support will be provided by the federal government. It is likely individuals in the exchanges would receive better quality health insurance coverage than they would through Medicaid. For individuals in this income range, CBO estimates the annual value of the federal subsidy per exchange participant at about $9,000 by 2022, whereas the total value of Medicaid coverage would be well less than $7,000."
More on the Arkansas deal here. Perhaps more useful for those of you who don't want to slog through a lengthy PDF is this new report from the Heritage Foundation outlining the incentives for each state to expand or not expand Medicaid. It simply charts the Urban Institute assumptions out over the next decade, illustrating that the Medicaid expansion really amounts to an enormous bailout for the state of New York, and a raw deal for red states everywhere.


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Digital Universe traces the evolution of digital information and communication technologies used worldwide, from Morse's telegraph to the emergence of mobile phones as personal computers, and their seismic effects on society. Critical perspectives on the diffusion of these technologies are explored, including the "dark side" of the Internet – privacy infringement, censorship, piracy, and the digital divide. New communication technologies such as multiplayer online role-playing games and virtual/augmented realities are also examined.
This illuminating text introduces readers to important inventors, scientists, artists, and critics, offering a unique blend in its discussion of the history and socio-cultural effects of technology, and its examination of the human face of invention and criticism. This is more than a primer on communication and information technologies; it is an empowering tour of the digital universe offering critical observations and new perspectives on mediated human communication and digitally-augmented intelligence. "Digital Universe takes the reader into the lives and labs of the pioneers of communication technology, helping us understand the struggles, unexpected successes and failures, and the connections among technologies. This book provides one of the richest sets of technology histories to have been compiled in a single volume." -- August Grant, University of South Carolina "In his ground-breaking new book, Peter B. Seel humanizes the story of telecommunication technology and its consequences. Providing a global perspective, Digital Universe thoughtfully examines the social impact of information and communication technologies from YouTube to augmented reality." -- John V. Pavlik, Rutgers University The Amazon.com site for the book includes its Look Inside the Book feature that allows readers to see the Table of Contents, introductory pages from each of the 14 chapters, and the complete book index. |
At top left, a woman sends a text on her mobile phone as she walks past an illuminated ad for tablet computers in the Paris Metro. At top right, a tour guide talks on her mobile phone in the middle of Vietnam's Mekong Delta. The images are symbolic of the transformation of human communication by these digital tools, a key theme of the book. Photos by the author (Paris) and by Elise Gauvreau (Vietnam) - all rights reserved.
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The Global Federation of Entrepreneurs (GFE) has recently launched an Export Business Outsourcing (EBO) Model in India to provide a much-needed boost to the MSME sector and increase the export opportunities in the industry. Via this model, GFE aims to assist companies in saving a huge amount of capital and time that goes in as heavy salaries to the Export Department.
As a global platform for knowledge, networking, and trade, GFE has over the years set a strong foothold in the export and import domain. Using their large business network of buyers, suppliers, and effective logistics, they have given birth to this incredible idea of an EBO Model. Not only this model will help the Indian MSME sector grow but also give an undeniable boost to the export businesses of India in the year 2022.
Vaibhav Sharma, the Founder & CEO of the GFE group is the world's first alignment mentor and coach. He is also an author, business strategist, and branding consultant. Sharing his insights on launching this model, he says, "Having scouted this industry for over 15 years I have come to know the facets involved in import and export from a very close point of view. The motive behind launching this business model is precisely to bring ease to the manner that export takes place in India. There is a huge amount of cost involved in these processes and with our model, we want to bring it down considerably so that the money saved could be deployed in the betterment of other domains."
Not only import and export, but GFE also provides multiple businesses an opportunity in departments like food, education, travel, eCommerce, and much more. The firm helps and guides International Businesses to deal with various threats and risk factors that come in this industry. They leverage the power of technology to train businesses on how to grow in this competitive market. Crediting to such a powerful approach GFE today is spread across 50+ cities providing its services in 30+ countries all the while handling over 15000 clients. For such a team, the EBO Model is just another of their much more prized and successful ventures that aims to help the country's economy to grow.


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Prelude to "El tambor de granaderos"
Ruperto CHAPÍ
About this Piece
Spain is less European than the rest of western Europe, something that shows particularly in its music. Spanish rhythms are heavily influenced by West Africa and the New World. Its melodies are full of Moorish, Jewish, and Gypsy elements, which themselves have roots in Middle Eastern or even Asian culture. In the 16th and 17th centuries, Spain's music ranked with any country's in importance. Characteristic dances from Spanish America (the zarabanda, pasacalle, and chacona among them) spread throughout Europe. Even as Italy was inventing opera, Spain developed its own native form of musical theater, the zarzuela.
But in the 18th and 19th centuries the Germanic symphonic tradition and Italian opera came to dominate the world of art music. They relegated many a national musical style, including Spain's, to the status of local color, barely taken seriously even by the locals. In Spain, the problem was aggravated by politics, since the country often came under the influence of foreign rulers. The French Bourbon family became kings of Spain in 1700, and though the Bourbons were inevitably Hispanicized after a generation or two (a Bourbon is king of Spain today), their rule was often characterized, oddly enough, by Italian influence in the arts. In 1830, the zarzuela had virtually vanished from Spanish theaters, Italian opera dominated among the upper and middle classes, and an Italian-born queen of Spain founded the Madrid Conservatory with an Italian director and Italian as the language of instruction. The country had been colonized musically. The young educated Spaniard was likely to know Bellini better than any native composer; the serious Spanish composer was likely to tone down the native sound in what he wrote, for fear of sounding provincial.
On the other hand, musical visitors to Spain were quickly drawn to its native music, and composers like Liszt, Glinka, and Rimsky-Korsakov often attempted to characterize its peculiar colors in Spanish caprices and rhapsodies of their own. Non-Spanish listeners in the classical world still think of music by Frenchmen – Bizet, Chabrier, Lalo, and Ravel – when they think of Spanish music.
When Spanish composers decided to reclaim their national heritage, they looked to two sources: folklore, and the art music of the past. These two sources came packaged together in the work of the two most important figures in Spanish nationalism. Both Felipe Pedrell (1841-1922) and Francisco de Asís Esteban Asenjo Barbieri (1823-1894) were composers, conductors, critics, musicologists, and musical propagandists. Both of them edited and published influential volumes of Spanish renaissance music, pointing Spaniards toward their own illustrious past, and both of them produced encyclopedias of Hispanic music and musicians in an effort to attune Spaniards to their musical present.
Pedrell urged a Spanish national style in art music, and actually composed Spanish operas. Pedrell's own operas never got far, but his influence as a propagandist and teacher was enormous: his students at the Madrid Conservatory included the three greatest Spanish composers of a generation: Isaac Albeniz, Manuel de Falla, and Enrique Granados.
Barbieri had more immediate success in making the sounds of Spanish popular music dominate spanish theaters, in turn ushering in an explosion in the zarzuela. Theaters sprang up devoted exclusively to zarzuelas, providing occupations for composers and performers. One of the most popular was Ruperto Chapí (1851-1909), the composer of El tambor de granaderos ("The Grenadiers' Drum") whose fans called him "the Spanish Massenet."
Lawyer and lutenist Howard Posner has also annotated programs for the Los Angeles Baroque Orchestra and for the Coleman Chamber Concerts.


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A university professor and Baldwin Park pastor has filled a recently vacated seat on the school board.
Paul Flores was appointed by a unanimous vote of the Baldwin Park Unified School District Board of Education on Thursday.
He is replacing Marco Dominguez, who resigned Jan. 1 after accepting a full-time position to teach Spanish at Texas Tech University.
Flores is director of the Azusa Pacific University Liberal Studies/Undergraduate Education K-8 Program, and an assistant professor of liberal studies. He is also a pastor at Church of the Redeemer in Baldwin Park.
Flores will finish out Dominguez's term, which is up in November. He plans to run again during the board's November elections.
A total of five candidates initially applied for the open seat — Flores, Luis Carranza, Olga Morales, Leonor Garcia and David Olivas, the former Baldwin Park city councilman who announced early last year he would not be defending his council seat because he wanted to focus on his law career.
Olivas and Garcia withdrew their applications before Thursday's special meeting, district Superintendent Mark Skvarna said.
Olivas said he only applied because at the time, no other applications had been submitted.


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