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There have been many ships that have met their untimely end on this stretch of coastline. The events leading up to the ultimate sinking of a ship are full of bravery, heroism, fear, disbelief, survival and of course loss. One of these ships that met its' end on the Struisbaai coastline had a beautiful name – The Mermaid. Unfortunately the rest of tail is one of tragedy…
The Meermin (Mermaid) was an 18-century cargo ship of 480 tons that was built in 1759 in the Amsterdam Ship Yard for the Amsterdam Chamber of the Dutch East India Company (VOC). The Mermaid was a hoeker, a ship type that has its' origins in the 14th Century and was originally used to catch cod by trailing baited hooks on lines. The VOC updated this design, as it could better withstand the warping effect of the Eastern waters, to build a few cargo ships of which the Meermin was one.
Once the building was completed the Mermaid was commissioned in 1761 and it's slaving career lasted until 1766 where it became grounded off Struisbaai near the Southernmost Point of South Africa.
The Mutiny on the Meermin
In 1766 the ship was en route from Madagascar to Cape Town under the command of Captain Gerrit Christoffel Muller.
On the return trip to the Cape, Johann Godfried Krause, the ships chief merchant, persuaded the Captain to release the slaves from their shackles to avoid loosing them to death and disease, which was the usual result of overcrowded living conditions aboard slavers. The slaves were put to work and used to entertain the crew.
Discipline among the crew subsequently broke down with many of the crew carrying on long drinking sessions. Vigilance was further relaxed when the ship neared the Cape. Foolishly Krause even had the slaves clean a range of weapons including a collection of exotic Malagasy weapons.
The Slaves assume Control of the Ship
Over 140 Madagascan seized upon the opportunity, killing many of the crew before the remaining crew and the Captain barricaded themselves below deck or fled into the rigging. Those who had sought refuge amid the sails eventually came down, only to be tossed overboard and killed.
With the slaves in control of the deck and the last of the crew marooned below, the situation was a stalemate. The outnumbered crew was sidelined, while the slaves who controlled the deck could not steer the ship. The stalemate continued for two days.
The crew tried a number of unsuccessful manoeuvres to regain control but later turned to negotiations through one of the female slaves assisting the Second Mate. Negotiations and mutual threats resulted in a deal where the unharmed crew would sail the ship but return the slaves to Madagascar. However, relying on the slave's ignorance of navigation, the crew headed the ship towards the Cape coast. On the fourth day, the Meermin neared Cape Agulhas. The Second Mate and negotiator, Olaf Leij who had some mastery of Malagasy languages, convinced the slaves that the landmark was part of Madagascar, and the anchor was dropped.
The Slave Landing Party
To make contact with people on land, some 60 slaves piled aboard two of the ship`s sloops. They would signal those remaining aboard that all was well ashore by lighting three fires. The arrival of the ship and the unusual activity had been seen by Cape farmers who set up an ambush when they realized the shore party was black. Fourteen slaves were killed and the rest captured.
The slaves aboard the Meermin were anxiously waiting for the signals from shore, as was the outnumbered crew. The sailors wrote a few terse messages to the Dutch ashore, put them in bottles in the hope the tide would carry the flasks to their intended location. The messages were found and brought to the area`s chief magistrate, who caught the meaning and complied to light the fires, confusing the slaves on board.
Although the boats did not return to the ship, the slaves themselves agreed that all was well. They cut anchor and assumed that the Meermin would drift towards the shore of what they thought was Madagascar. The advance party of slaves were captured by the men of the Magistrate, which was observed by those aboard. The Slaves on board turned on the remaining crew, which had dreaded this possible turn of events. Those on shore could not assist the Dutch sailors.
The Meermin runs Aground
In the midst of the fighting, the Meermin ran aground on a sandbank. Olaf Leij was able to convince the slaves that further fighting was futile and promised them safety if they laid down their weapons. They agreed and soon were clamped in irons again.
The crew raised the Dutch flag, signalling an end to the uprising. The ship was stuck in the sand however. Dispatch boats from the shore managed to rescue all aboard, but the Meermin was lost.
For days, the crew and others were able to bring items ashore, but the ship became more and more engulfed in the sand and eventually was covered and began to break up.
Unfortunately the custom of the day was to send the 112 remaining slaves to Cape Town to be auctioned.
Captain Muller was tried for culpable negligence, found guilty, stripped of rank and pay and discharged from the Company's service.
The two surviving leaders of the mutiny were sent to Robben Island off Cape Town for observation, where one died three years later and the other survived incarcerated for a further 20 years.


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Since the time of the Greeks, humans have sought to understand the most fundamental constituents that make up all things. The 27 km circumference Large Hadron Collider (LHC), built in a tunnel beneath the French/Swiss border, is designed to smash protons into each other as they race at 99.999999% of the speed of light. The recent start-up of the LHC could allow mankind to journey further into the mystery of matter as we probe the processes of the first second of time following the Big Bang. Hear how UA physicists' involvement in this historic experiment is key to the LHC's potential.
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Eliot Spitzer has met the deadline to file thousands of petition signatures for his bid to revive his political career by running for New York City comptroller.
Spitzer said that "over 27,000 signatures" were submitted to the city Board of Elections ahead of a midnight Thursday deadline. It came just four days after the tarnished ex-governor launched his campaign.
Spitzer needs 3,750 valid petition signatures to get on the Democratic primary ballot for September.
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The filing may not be the last word. Spitzer's opponents or others could challenge signatures for reasons like incomplete addresses or missing dates.
If that happens, elections officials will have to review the objections, hold a hearing late this month and decide whether the signatures qualify. The matter could ultimately go to court.
Candidates typically collect two to three times as many signatures as needed. Spitzer had said he was aiming for 7,500. The campaign of his leading rival, Scott Stringer, says it had upward of 100,000 signatures.
Spitzer isn't even guaranteed a spot on the ballot yet but he's already the front-runner, according to a new NBC 4 New York/Wall Street Journal/Marist Poll.
The poll out Wednesday shows 42 percent of registered Democrats already say they support Spitzer, compared to 33 percent for his potential rival, Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer, the NBC 4 New York/Wall Street Journal/Marist Poll shows.
Spitzer resigned as governor in 2008 after he was caught on a wiretap arranging to meet a prostitute. In the new poll, taken Monday and Tuesday, 67 percent of Democrats said he deserved a second chance, and 44 percent said he was a changed man. Nearly two-thirds said his scandal mattered little to the race, or not at all.
He also enjoys a healthy favorability rating, with 46 percent of Democrats saying they had a positive opinion of him, compared to 40 percent saying the same of Stringer.
The poll of 536 registered Democrats has a margin of error of plus or minus 4 percentage points.
Some 57 percent of the poll's Democratic respondents said they thought he'd do a good job as comptroller, five years after the scandal.
"It was wrong, but he admitted his guilt, so give him a second chance," said John Lin, 53, a Brooklyn Democrat and poll respondent who said he'd vote for Spitzer.
"I like him because he's a fighter," Lin added.
Lin said he believed that most politicians have misdeeds in their past, and Spitzer ought to be viewed in that context. According to the poll, Lin is in the majority: 72 percent of Democrats said they believe politicians had something to hide.
The sense that indiscretions are common among politicians may, in fact, help both Spitzer and Weiner, according to Lee Miringoff, director of the Marist College Institute for Public Opinion.
"This is an era when people are very questioning of the ethical standards of politicians, and think this is very widespread, which may in a sense lessen the damage to people like Spitzer, and to Weiner as well," said Miringoff.
At the same time, Spitzer "still has got more convincing to do," Miringoff added.
Stringer, who until this week seemed to have a lock on his party's nomination, has his own work to do. Forty-three percent of Democrats polled said that they'd never heard of him or were unsure what they thought of him.
Stringer campaign manager Sascha Owen said "we're confident that as more voters get to know Scott, he will be the obvious choice for comptroller."
But there are other indications that Stringer has a chance to overcome the nine-point gap.
First, his negative rating is about half of Spitzer's. Just 17 of the poll's Democratic respondents said they viewed Stringer unfavorably, compared to 35 percent for Spitzer.
Second, many primary voters remain up for grabs. Nearly a quarter of Democrats said they had yet to make up their minds on the comptroller's race. And 65 percent of Democrats said they weren't paying very close attention.
"I don't know anything about Stringer. But I'm willing to learn more about him before the election gets here," said Miriam Lyles, 68, a Queens Democrat who responded to the poll. "But I clearly know what the other guy did ... and that does not rest well with me."
She said she couldn't understand why so many politicians were asking voters to look past their prior mistakes. "There's right, and there's wrong," Lyles said. "Can our city really afford a second chance?"
Miringoff pointed out that it is still early in the summer, and it will be weeks before many undecided voters pick sides.
"There is certainly the potential for change because so many voters are on the sidelines and the voters have not been swamped by … television advertising," Miringoff said. "This is still a race."
Spitzer said in a statement that his campaign won't be determined by polls, but added, "I am, however, gratified by these numbers and look forward to continuing a conversation with the voters about the issues that matter most to them."
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A California bill that would require health warnings on sugary drinks moved forward in the legislature today. The warning label would tell consumers that the drink in their hand could contribute to obesity, diabetes, and tooth decay.
Dr. Ashby Wolf is a family physician in Oakland. She says she sees multigenerational families grappling with diabetes. And she supports anything that can help her patients make the link between their health and what they eat and drink.
"Most of my patients aren't aware of the health risks of these beverages until I'm able to have that conversation with them. So a warning label is actually an additional step that I can advocate for as a physician because I just can't get to my patients fast enough." - Dr. Ashby Wolf
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Young viticulturist wins national horticulture title
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Young viticulturist wins national horticulture title
For the fifth time in almost as many years, a viticulturist has been named as Young Horticulturist of the Year.
Braden Crosby, aged 30 and a winemaker and viticulturist for Borthwick Estate in Wairarapa who had taken out the national Markhams Young Viticulturist title this year, won the New Zealand Horticulture Industry Training Organisations competition held over 14 and 15 November in Auckland.
He competed in a series of practical and theoretical tests against six of the best from other horticulture sectors, including fruit growers and landscape gardeners.
Mr Crosby is the fifth successful viticulturist to win this national horticulture competition since the competition started seven years ago.
Judges' comments on Braden's winning performance included "astounding – an encyclopaedic knowledge of the wine industry… with an amazing vision not only for his own future but also for the future of the industry as a whole".
The overall prize package included $7500 travel money, to travel to a wine region of his choice, $4550 worth of vouchers from Everris, Fruitfed and Yates plus a one-year magazine subscription to a New Zealand horticulture magazine of his choice.
He also came second for his Agmardt Business Innovation project, which featured frost fans being hooked back into the electricity grid, and received $2500 cash for this project. In addition, Mr Crosby scooped the Leadership prize of a further $2500.
Coupled with his prizes as winner of the Markhams Young Viticulturist of the Year, which included $2000 cash, $2000 national travel, and $5000 NZSVO international travel, Mr Crosby has come away with over $26,000 in prizes.
The Royal New Zealand Institute of Horticulture Education Trust in conjunction with the New Zealand Horticulture Industry Training Organisation and other key sponsors organise the national competition to inspire and acknowledge the talents of the young people employed in the horticultural industry.
Participants enter the competition via one of the horticultural sectors:
• NZ Arboriculture Association
• Fruit and Vegetable sectors of Horticulture NZ
• Landscaping NZ
• NZ Flower Growers, Florists NZ Incorporated
• Nursery and Garden Industry Association
• NZ Recreation Association – Amenity Horticulture
• NZ Winegrowers –through the Markhams Young Viticulturist of the Year competition.
Participants must be 30 years of age or under and currently working full time in the horticultural industry. Participants must have worked in a practical, hands-on position for the last three years in the sector in which they are entering the competition.


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NSTA Article: Nanoscience with 3rd Graders
November 9, 2011
Before Troy Dassler was coordinating outreach and labs at the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery, he was an elementary school teacher helping his students explore nanoscale science. Troy recently wrote an article for the October 2011 issue of NSTA's Science and Children magazine about his work at Aldo Leopold Elementary School setting up a lab and developing a series of lessons based on the lotus effect.
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The European Union "will not swallow" U.S. hypocrisy when negotiating an anti-counterfeiting agreement, said the senior E.U. representative involved in the talks.
European Commissioner for Trade, Karel De Gucht, made the statement during a presentation to the European Parliament on Tuesday. He was updating members of the parliament (MEPs) on the state of play of negotiations on the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA). But despite his tough talking and apparent hardline stance, many MEPs were unconvinced that the revised ACTA agreement will safeguard civil rights.
The agreement seeks to enforce intellectual property rights and combat online piracy and illegal software. But there are widespread fears that the international accord could infringe individual liberties and result in increased border searches for counterfeit and pirated goods. Critics are further alarmed by the secretive nature of the talks, which had been taking place behind closed doors for more than two years before the countries involved released a copy of the text in April. Supporters of the plan claim there is a global epidemic of copyright piracy.
After the release of the text in April, further negotiations resulted in revisions to the text. However, the new text will not be made public. "Who is opposing the new draft being made public? How can we carry out an external impact study without the text being made public?" demanded Green MEP Franziska Keller of the commissioner on Tuesday.
De Gucht declined to comment.
Keller said that it would be difficult to assess the impact on technology transfer if the paper is not available. The Commission has not carried out any impact studies, but still insists that data protection will be safeguarded. Keller said that it was not enough to simply take the Commission's word for it.
The commissioner was able to confirm that travelers would not face inspection of their laptops or portable electronic equipment at borders. Border security is more concerned with stopping drug trafficking or people trafficking and does not have time to worry about a few pirated tunes on iPods, he said in response to a question by Socialist MEP Stavros Lambrinidis. ACTA will operate on the "lowest common denominator" with regard to border control, said De Gucht.
But Lambrinidis had other concerns regarding ISPs. Are they compelled to give to copyright holders the names of individuals believed to have infringed them, he asked. "Is this still in the text? Why are they involving private companies? Why is there no mention of the police?" he continued.
The Commission has in the past attempted to reassure skeptics that ACTA would not see private individuals prosecuted for minor intellectual property infringements, but would only target criminality on "a commercial scale." Lambrinidis raised this issue again, asking if illegal downloading that had no financial gain motivation would be included in the final text.
There was a paragraph on this issue in a previous draft, he pointed out. Commissioner De Gucht replied that member state law will apply.
ACTA will not compel signatories to apply a so-called three-strikes rule, said De Gucht. But countries that already have a three-strikes rule can continue to implement it. He also left the door open to an E.U.-wide three-strikes rule in the future saying "the E.U. may well decide to adopt legislation at this level."
But the biggest source of dispute between the negotiating counties is intellectual property rights. "Talks have been disappointing," he said. The problem is that the E.U. wants to include geographical indications in ACTA, but others want it to only cover copyrights and trademarks. "If we do not mange to get these [geographical indications] included then I really ask myself what would be the benefit of this agreement," said De Gucht. "There is slight hypocrisy from the U.S. over the protection of geographical indications" he said, as the U.S. opposed that in ACTA, but was using trademarks to get the agreement through the back door. "We will not swallow it," he said of the E.U.'s position regarding negotiating with the U.S.
Geographical indications generally apply to high-quality agricultural products and are a name or sign placed on a product that shows its place of origin.
The countries involved in negotiations include Australia, Canada, the European Union, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Morocco, New Zealand, Singapore, Switzerland and the United States, and a further round is scheduled for the end of July. However, no breakthrough is expected before September, said De Gucht.


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The Keel Billed Toucan has got company.
Chris "The Birdman" Andersen is headed to the country of Belize on a goodwill trip this week.
"It's a goodwill trip," said Mark Bryant, the Nuggets center's Denver-based agent. "Our primary purpose is to go down and give people hope. We'll be touching as many kids as we can, visiting schools and hospitals."
Andersen and Bryant will leave early Thursday morning and spend two days in Belize, the northernmost Central American nation. Bryant said they will meet up with U.S. Ambassador Vinai K. Thummalapally, who, coincidentally, makes a home in Colorado, and possibly the prime minister, too.
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As part of the process to nationalize the ILO's KAB programme in Palestine under the Ministry of Labour during the academic year 2013/2014, a Training of Facilitators (TOF) workshop was conducted by KAB National Key Facilitators Mr. Nidal Ayeshand Mr. Shaheer Yakob from 27 October until 7 November 2013.
This comes after the successful implementation of a pilot project in Palestine in 2009-2010, the positive results of an impact assessment, and the decision to nationalize the KAB programme under the Ministries of Labor, Education and Higher Education.
The 11-day workshop was held in Ramallah and falls under the ILO/Welfare Association project entitled "Nationalization of the Know About Business Programme in the Occupied Palestine Territory". Twenty-four teachers (9 women and 15 men) attended the workshop from Ramallah's vocational training centres (VTCs), the Ministry of Social Affairs, and other non-profit associations like the Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) and Lutheran World Federation to be able to deliver KAB in their respective organizations.
The workshop's closing session was attended by H.E Dr. Ahmad Al Majdalani, the Minister of Labour, Engineer Mahmoud Njoum, the General Manager of the Vocational Training Directorate and Mr. Mounir Kleibo, ILO Representative in Palestine. During the event, the aforementioned officials expressed to attendees and the press their full support with rolling-out the KAB programme in Ramallah.
Participants showed great enthusiasm and commitment toward the KAB programme, giving specific recommendations for the implementation and monitoring process. Of particular interest for participants was the topic of social entrepreneurship, whereby many teachers developed a feasible plan for greening their VTCs through cooperation with local institutions.
A draft KAB implementation plan outlining the schedule and number of hours to be given was jointly set for the training centres, while participants from YWCA and Lutheran World Federation developed their own implementation plans according to their institutional needs.
Work Improvement in Small Enterprises (WISE) is an innovative approach to improving working conditions and productivity in small and medium-sized enterprises around the world. It is a process in which entrepreneurs and managers are empowered and supported to address working conditions issues through the identification, sharing and implementation of local and affordable good practices.
A workshop was conducted in Beirut from 29 to 31 October 2013 to pilot the WISE programme that was recently translated to Arabic and adapted to the needs of the Jordanian and Lebanese economies. It was attended by 27 participants who consisted of representatives from small and medium industrial enterprises across the different sectors in Lebanon, including the food and beverage, packaging, cosmetics, and industrial machinery sectors; as well as representatives from different units of the Ministry of Industry, the Industrial Research Institute and ELCIM.
The workshop focused on introducing the technical modules of the WISE programme to the participants which include productive machine safety, control of hazardous substances, and lighting. Participants were also exposed to the managerial modules of the programme which include Managing and Motivating Workers, Create a Respectful Work Environment, Creating Family Friendly Measures and Managing Wages and Benefits. Since the goal of the workshop was to review and adapt the material based on feedback received from Jordanian and Lebanese SMEs, after each module was explained a discussion was held with participants to go over the required changes and adaptations.
At the end of the workshop, a wrap-up session was held, whereby the trainers reviewed the expectations with the participants and it was determined that 90% of the expectations were met during the workshop.
Under the framework of the ILO project with the Business Development Center in Jordan which aims to integrate the KAB programme in secondary vocational schools and community colleges in partnership with the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research represented by Al Balka'a Applied University, part 1 of the KAB TOF workshop was conducted over 6 days from 26 to 31 October 2013 at the Geneva Hotel in Amman. The workshop was facilitated by the KAB Regional Key Facilitators (RKFs), Mr. Wael Ghosn and Mr. Samih Jaber.
The workshop was attended by 22 participants (18 men and 4 women) of which 20 from the following 7 faculties of AL Balqa Applied University are ready to start teaching KAB to the students immediately:
- Faculty of Zarqa,
- Faculty of Engineering Technology,
- Faculty of Huson, Faculty of Princess Alia,
- Faculty of Princess Rahma,
- Irbid Faculty, and
- Faculty of Ajloun.
The participants showed a high level of engagement and commitment during the workshop and enthusiasm toward the KAB programme. After participants finish the delivery of the first 4 modules of the KAB in class another TOF is foreseen to train them on the second part of the package.
Under the framework of the ILO project with the Business Development Center in Jordan which aims to integrate the KAB programme in secondary vocational schools and community colleges in partnership with the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research represented by Al Balka'a Applied University, part 1 of the KAB TOF workshop was conducted over 6 days from 5-10 October 2013 at the Bristol Hotel in Amman. The workshop was facilitated by the KAB Regional Key Facilitators (RKFs), Mr. Wael Ghosn and Mr. Samih Jaber and targeted teachers from vocational schools.
The workshop was attended by 25 participants (17 men and 8 women) from the MoE (Ministry of Education) from the following schools:
- Sahab Technical School,
- Ein Jalout Comprehensive Technical Secondary School for Girls,
- Rural Development Center/Al Balqa'a – Deir Alla,
- Al Nasr Technical School,
- Ibn Al Nafees Industrial School/Sweileh,
- Qutaibah Ibn Muslem Technical School/ Al Hashemi Al Shamali,
- Hala Bint Khuwailed Comprehensive Technical Secondary School for Girls/Jabal Altaj,
- Al Bayader Comprehensive Technical Secondary School for Girls/ Al Jandaweel,
- Al Nuzha Comprehensive Technical Secondary School for Girls,
- Marj Al Hamam Technical Secondary School,
- Wadi Al Sair Technical Secondary School,
- Al Shareef Abdel Hameed Sharaf Technical Secondary School, and
- Al Dhulail Central School.
Next steps:
- The 25 teachers who attended the workshop will start piloting KAB in classrooms during the 2013-2014 academic year.
- The nominated 2-3 KAB supervisors from the MoE will follow up on the pilot implementation of the KAB programme and oversee the teachers' performance by conducting a minimum of 2 class visits per teacher for quality assurance and to assess teachers as part of their certification.
- After participants finish the delivery of the first 4 modules of the KAB in class another TOF is foreseen to train them on the second part of the package.
Under the framework of the ILO KAB project with the Development and Employment Fund and the Vocational Training Corporation, a follow-up workshop was conducted for 3 days during the period 20-22 October 2013 at Abu Nuseir Vocational Training Institute located near Amman. The workshop was facilitated by the KAB RKFs, Mr. Wael Ghosn and Mr. Samih Jaber and aimed to go over the challenges and lessons learned from the implementation of KAB during the 2012-2013 academic year.
The workshop was attended by 28 participants who discussed ways for improving the teaching of the programme and agreed upon several actions to be implemented by teachers and supervisors during the upcoming 2013-2014 academic year:
- Provide a suitable venue for KAB sessions, the required stationery and administrative support by VTC and the selected Institutes' management.
- Prepare and submit a KAB teaching plan by each Institute including the number of teaching hours per week to complete the programme not exceeding (10) hours per week and (4) hours per day.
- Conduct monitoring and follow-up visits by supervisors who would attend 2-3 sessions per teacher as part of the certification process.
- Provide certificates to the trainees who completed the KAB programme
- Conduct awareness activities on the KAB programme by facilitators and supervisors and promote it to the staff and trainees of the institutes to increase enrollment.
- Improve the knowledge and skills of KAB teachers in specific package topics especially the accounting topics.
- Include in each KAB class students from the same specialization. The class would preferably be taught by the KAB facilitator that teaches this specialization.
The workshop evaluation by the participants showed a high satisfaction with the implementation of the workshop and the RKFs performance. This high grade is a result of good and thorough selection of participants, adequate preparations for the workshop, good piloting of the KAB programme and good training and facilitation skills of the workshop facilitators.
Following the successful implementation of the KAB programme in Yemen and at the request of the Minister of Higher Education to include entrepreneurship topics in university curricula, ILO developed a new entrepreneurship programme, "Mubadara", which is an advanced curriculum targeting senior students in public and private universities.
The aim under the current ILO Youth Employment Project YEM/12/50/NOR in Yemen is to pilot the programme in 7 public and private universities in Yemen and reach out to more than 1000 students during the fall semester of the 2013-2014 academic year.
The "Mubadara" implementation modality is composed of three main components:
- Integrating the curriculum in the selected public and private universities and building the capacity of their faculty members to teach it using an experiential methodology.
- Ensuring quality execution and close monitoring of business plan formulation with the assistance of trained private sector coaches.
- Implementing a national business plan competition which would allow students to apply their learning and increase private sector involvement in supporting entrepreneurship in Yemen.
The launching event of the "Mubadara" programme was held on Thursday July 4th, 2013 at the Bustan Hotel in Sana'a. There were more than 50 attendees from the 7-8 participating universities including, Mr. Mohammed Mottahar, Deputy Minister of Education, Mr. Ali Kassem, MoHE Secretary General, partner banks, representatives of the young businessmen committee of the FCCI and the press. Following the formal opening made by Mr. Kassem (MoHE), Mr. Qaid (SMEPS), Mr. Kalai and Ms. Bikhazi (ILO), all 7 universities and 2 partner banks reviewed the MOU to be signed with SMEPS for the implementation of the "Mubadara" programme and signed it.
There was a general positive atmosphere and all project partners expressed willingness and readiness to take part in the "Mubadara" pilot.
The upcoming Mubadara TOT is scheduled to take place in September 2013 after which teachers will start piloting it in their respective universities.
Under the framework of the ILO project with the Business Development Center in Jordan which aims to integrate the KAB programme in secondary vocational schools and community colleges in partnership with the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research represented by Al Balka'a Applied University, a series of interviews were conducted by an ILO consultant, the KAB Coordinator and the Director of Entrepreneurship & MSME Support at the Business Development Center (BDC). The interviews targeted 65 teachers from 14 vocational education schools.
Based on ILO's vast experience in implementing the KAB programme in the Arab Region, suggestions and comments from participants, teachers/trainers and other KAB programme stakeholders and beneficiaries have helped enhance ILO's project implementation strategies through a series of lessons learned. A main issue faced was the low number of teachers/trainers certified as KAB National Facilitators relative to the total number who attended the KAB Training of Facilitators' Workshop and participated in the KAB Pilot. In some cases, only 50% of teachers/trainers who participated in the KAB Pilot were certified. Most uncertified teachers/trainers faced severe time constraints, financial constraints, transportation problems, lack of basic calculation skills or were simply disinterested in the KAB programme.
Consequently, ILO started involving all project stakeholders, including teachers/trainers, at the onset of the project to increase their sense of ownership for the programme, introduce them to the programme's benefits and requirements, and highlight its impact on the entrepreneurial attitudes of both students and teachers/trainers.
One of the newly adopted strategies involves conducting a series of informal interviews with all KAB direct beneficiaries namely, KAB Coordinators, KAB Supervisors and KAB Teachers/Trainers. The purpose of the interviews is to assess the coordinators', teachers'/trainers' and supervisors' readiness and ability to participate in the KAB pilot and ensure they fit the ILO/KAB teacher/trainer criteria. During the interviews, the interviewer re-iterates the objectives of the KAB programme and the requirements for its successful implementation to make sure that all involved parties are aware of what is required from them and are interested in piloting the programme in their institutions.
Main findings:
- Of the 65 teachers selected by the Ministry of Education, a total of 58 were interviewed
- Conducting the teacher interviews after school directors attend the KAB Awareness workshop and involving them in the initial selection of teachers would make the teacher selection process more efficient
- A total of 26 teachers were selected to take part in the KAB pilot, of which 9 are women
- 13 out of the 14 vocational secondary schools will be included in the first year of the KAB pilot.
Follow-up actions:
- Inform the selected teachers about the KAB TOF dates and provide then with a copy of the package to prepare themselves for the training
- Set-up the interviews with teachers from community colleges
Under the framework of the ILO/KAB project in the Palestine (funded by Kuwait and the Welfare Association) and the nationalization process of the KAB programme currently underway in the Ministries of Labour, Education and Higher Education, a KAB Refresher National Key Facilitator workshop was conducted from 13-18 April 2013 at the Ankars Hotel in Ramallah. It was mainly facilitated by Mr. Samih Jaber, KAB Regional Key Facilitator, with the help of the ILO Enterprise Development Specialist.
The first day was allocated for the revision of the KAB teaching methods, techniques and games; the introduction of the KAB 2013 version; and the presentation of the new Key Facilitator Guide.
During the workshop, KAB NKFs presented their KAB teaching experiences. They highlighted successes, difficulties, challenges faced and how they dealt with them. A discussion was initiated after each presentation to exchange lessons learned and share good practices. Participants delivered micro-teaching sessions on several KAB topics.
One session was dedicated for participants from each Ministry to prepare and discuss among themselves their KAB dissemination action plan. Once completed, the plans were presented to all participants by the KAB coordinators of each ministry.
Another session was dedicated to present and explain the KAB M&E tools and methodology focusing on the pre and post questionnaires and the KAB impact report. Additionally, one session was allocated to review the KAB KF guide and the roles of the NKFs in organizing KAB TOFs.
At the end of the workshop, participants were provided with hard and electronic copies of the latest KAB 2013 version. Workshop certificates of attendance were distributed in the presence of Mr. Mahmud Njoum, Director General of Vocational Training at MoL, Mr. Ziad Jweilis, Director General Vocational and Technical Education at the MoHE, Mr. Osama Eshtayeh, Acting Director General for Vocational Education and Mr. Mounir Kleibo (ILO Jerusalem).
Under the framework of the ILO KAB project with the Development and Employment Fund and the Vocational Training Corporation, a KAB Training of Facilitators' workshop was conducted over a period of 12 days from 16-28 March 2013 at Ein El Basha Vocational Training Institute 20 km from Amman. It was facilitated by the two KAB Regional Key Facilitators, Mr. Wael Ghosn and Mr. Samih Jaber.
The opening session was attended by Mr. Hani Khleifat, Assistant General Director for Training at the VTC, Ms. Ghada Al Fayez, Training Officer at DEF and the Enterprise Development Specialist at ILO-RO Beirut.
The TOF workshop was attended by 30 participants (22 men and 8 women) from VTC and DEF distributed as follows:
- 27 participants from VTC (23 teachers, 4 supervisors and the programme coordinator at VTC)
- 3 participants from DEF (2 teachers/trainers and the programme coordinator at DEF)
The Enterprise Development Specialist delivered a session on the KAB implementation in the Arab Region, the modality of implementation and the certification process.
At the end of the workshop, participants received a KAB attendance certificate.
Under the framework of the ILO/UNESCO project entitled "Expansion of the KAB programme in Kurdistan targeting students enrolled in vocational education institutions and unemployed youth graduates of TVET" the first KAB follow-up workshop targeting teachers working under the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs (MoLSA) started on Sunday June 2nd, 2013 and was attended by 12 participants who were trained in September 2012 and only delivered KAB starting May 6, 2013 to 276 out-of- school/unemployed Kurdish youth.
The opening session was attended by the ILO Enterprise Development Specialist, Ms. Rania Bikhazi, and Mr. Khalid Khoshnaw, UNESCO National Programme Officer in Erbil. The Enterprise Development Specialist shared with the participants the 2013 KAB version stating that the delay they faced in the implementation of the programme provided them with the opportunity to be trained on the latest KAB version. Additionally, the delay allowed the ILO to initiate the translation of the material to Kurdish and make available the unedited version for teachers to use in their classrooms.
During the workshop it was made clear by teachers that students enrolled in the KAB training, who are mainly women, may not be applying to the loan once they complete the course and submit their business plans. This could be due to many reasons most importantly the fact that they do not have the willingness to start their own businesses (this was not imposed as a pre-requisite on the students who enrolled in the course). Additionally there is the fact that once they apply for the loan they will be forbidden to access any government employment for the next 6 years (loan reimbursement period).
In the last session of the workshop a training plan was drawn and agreed upon covering the topics to be delivered in the remaining course period. The number of hours, games to be played for each topic were presented and agreed upon in order to complete the delivery by July 4, 2013. Consequently, it was agreed to hold the second follow-up workshop from 6-8 July 2013.


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Mansfield jail records show Tempie Strickland of Fort Worth was being held Tuesday on an attempted murder charge. Bond was set at $100,000 for Strickland, who was arrested following Sunday's incident. Nobody was hurt.
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Col. Thomas W. Ferebee, the bombardier who dropped the atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima in World War II, died on Thursday at his home in Windermere, Fla. He was 81.
At 8:15:17 a.m. on Aug. 6, 1945, Colonel Ferebee, then a 26-year-old major, pushed a lever in his B-29 bomber, the Enola Gay, making sure an automatic system he had activated seconds earlier had functioned. He watched as a single, 9,000-pound bomb turned nose-down and fell toward its target, Aioi Bridge, which he had personally selected from aerial photographs.
He said, ''Bomb away!'' and 43 seconds later, when the bomb had fallen from 31,000 feet to 1,890 feet above the target, the sky erupted in dazzling light, and the earth soon seemed to seethe like boiling liquid. The bomber, also called a Superfortress, veered away from the swirling explosion in a steep, 150-degree turn.
At least 80,000 Japanese were killed instantly or would eventually die as a result of radiation from the explosion. And the atomic age was born.
The bombardier napped on the way back to the air base in the Mariana Islands, just as he had on the flight to the target. He had been asleep two hours earlier when the pilot, Col. Paul W. Tibbets, who had named the Enola Gay after his mother, first told the crew they were carrying an atomic bomb.
Upon returning to the base, the two officers and the 10 other members of the crew were greeted by numerous generals and admirals, and immediately presented with military decorations. Three days later, a second nuclear bomb was dropped on Nagasaki, Japan, and five days after that the Japanese government surrendered, ending World War II.
With the passage of years, the crew that had been hailed as heroes and national saviors became the subject of a complex debate as moral and political questions were increasingly raised about the use of the bomb. They included whether an invasion of Japan really would have cost a million American lives, as feared, and whether Japan would have surrendered if the atomic bombs had not been dropped.
Adding fuel to the debate were reports in the 1950's and 60's that a pilot named Claude Eatherly, who had flown a B-29 to scout weather conditions over Hiroshima in advance of the Enola Gay mission, felt remorse about the use of the bomb.
The persistent fierceness of the debate was evident in 1995, when the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum in Washington pulled back from exhibiting the Enola Gay in conjunction with a World War II exhibition; the plans were scrapped in favor of a more neutral exposition.
Colonel Ferebee, who retired from the Air Force in 1970, always argued that the Hiroshima bomb was necessary. ''I'm convinced that the bombing saved many lives by ending the war,'' he told Newsweek magazine in 1970.
In speeches, interviews and comments at autograph-signing sessions he attended in recent years, Colonel Ferebee never shifted from this position. But he began warning against the dangers of nuclear destruction, and used his own experience as a lesson.
''Now we should look back and remember what just one bomb did, or two bombs,'' he told The Charlotte Observer in 1995, the 50th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima. ''Then I think we should realize that this can't happen again.''
Thomas Wilson Ferebee, the third of 11 children, was born in 1918 and grew up on a farm outside Mocksville, a town in central North Carolina about 20 miles southwest of Winston-Salem. He attended Lees-McRae College in Banner Elk, N.C., where he won letters in track, basketball and football. A knee injury while playing football kept him out of the infantry in World War II, so he joined the Army Air Forces. After two years of flying school he was assigned as a bombardier.
Max Morgan Witts and Gordon Thomas, in their book ''Enola Gay'' (Stein & Day, 1966), described the then-Major Ferebee as ''rakishly elegant.'' He was 5 feet 11 inches tall, sported a mustache that made him seem older than his 26 years, and was a crack poker player.
He and a friend from flight school, Theodore van Kirk, a navigator, were assigned to the same bomber crew in England. Colonel Tibbetts, then a captain, was the pilot. They flew together on the first American bombing mission over Europe; successfully attacked the German-held oil fields of Ploesti, Romania, and led the first bombing runs over North Africa.
Eventually, they were selected by Captain Tibbetts for the secret project to drop what they were told would be a devastating bomb on Japan.
Captain Tibbetts, by then a colonel, called Major Ferebee ''the best bombardier who ever looked through the eyepiece of a Norden bombsight.''
As head of the 509th Composite Group, Colonel Tibbets, who eventually retired as a brigadier general, commanded 1,800 men who practiced B-29 runs under extraordinary secrecy in a variety of places. A problem emerged during bombing practice at the Salton Sea testing range in Southern California: Major Ferebee kept missing his target.
The reason was that at the critical moment when the bomb was released, Major Ferebee lifted himself off the seat to bring his eyes to the sight. But the greater height needed to drop the atomic bomb without also blowing up the plane meant the chance of error was magnified.
Colonel Tibbets' solution was to fit a padded headrest to the bombsight. Major Ferebee's head was forced into exactly the same position each time. From then on, he bombed with accuracy.
In the summer of 1945, the 509th Composite Group was sent for additional training to Tinian, a small island in the Marianas captured from Japan in 1944. The men were not told that it would be the embarkation point for their historic mission.
But after Japan ignored an unconditional surrender demand issued by the Allies in July 1945, the United States made plans for a strike on Hiroshima, a city of about 300,000 people. It was chosen as a target because it served as the headquarters for Japan's Second Army, which was planning the defense of southern Japan from the impending American invasion.
After World War II, Colonel Ferebee served as deputy wing commander for maintenance of several B-47 Stratojet commands. He was triple-rated as a bombardier, a navigator and radar operator, and he served on B-52's in the Vietnam War.
Colonel Ferebee's decorations include the Silver Star, the Legion of Merit, two Distinguished Flying Crosses, the Bronze Star and the Air Medal with 13 oak leaf clusters.
After leaving the Air Force, he worked in real estate in and around Orlando, Fla.
He is survived by his wife of 19 years, Mary Ann Conrad Ferebee; four sons, Thomas Jr., Clinton, Robert Steven and Robin; five sisters, Annie Lois Simpson, Maxine Pruett, Katherine Loudermilk, Lou Bailey and Amanda Wilkinson; two brothers, William and Joseph, and five grandchildren.
Besides General Tibbets and Captain van Kirk, Morris Jeppson, the weapons officer, and Richard Nelson, the radio operator, are the only surviving members of the Enola Gay's 12-member crew.
Kermit Beahan, the bombardier on the Nagasaki mission and the only other person to drop an atomic bomb in wartime, died in 1989.


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Page from the CD release booklet of DOUBLEWIDE, a 2 disc, 37 song collection from the New White Trash
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DOUBLEWIDE, the hand-crafted, home-made 2 disc set from the NEW WHITE TRASH available here:
Mining a new groove, and with a kind of rough grace, DOUBLEWIDE, the 37 song, 2 CD set from the NEW WHITE TRASH, chronicles the slide of the former American middle-class down a steep and slippery slope to the New White Trash, a place impartial to race, religion, creed or color.
The New White Trash (NWT) demographic is the outcome of the former middle class being folded in with the working poor and, for good measure, the unemployed and uninsured. The NWT defines and represents a majority of people whose common bond includes and exists beyond the demographics of age, race, location, education. The people of the NWT are the new 'have-not's', and by its nature and size, this vast swath of population (99%) is now squarely at odds with the 1% who own, operate and dispense our corporate universe, big pharma, big food, big oil, big defense and big government included. 'By the people for the people' is receding.
The Post-Paradigm Era describes the vacuum left by the sudden disappearance of the former American middle class. It is in this vacuum we now find ourselves, tumbling in turmoil as home losses mount, bank balances shrink, and shelters are jammed with the likes of you and I. The good old days are done and dusted. That party is over. The coming chaos of the post-paradigm era will lead to a radical and immediate rethinking and remaking of America or it will lead us to complete devastation.
As Woody Guthrie filled a musical vacuum by acknowledging the pain and the suffering of the Great Depression, the New White Trash fills a bigger and more insidious vacuum left by a rampant, programmed consumerism that serves only corporations and their shareholders.
This is a new breed of American music in which the message is clear: You're f**ked. But now what?
NWT portrays a post-paradigm, 'less beautiful' America, brought to life through music, media, theatre and message – those of, love,need and a desire for social justice. 'Drop it down', 'don't dig too deep', 'we charge extra for this', 'take these', 'we can't escape from', all are the language of the NWT. And for good reason.
If you got no credit and you got no cash, you're NWT. If you got more going out than you got coming in, you're NWT. If your 401k is MIA, if you've filed for bankruptcy, if you find yourself living in a trailer or back with your parents, if your unemployment has run out, if your roads have holes and local schools are closing, if you lost your health insurance to a pre-existing condition, you are the NWT. If you bought the hype and borrowed on a dream,and now your house is gone and you're selling your things, you're the NWT. If you're pissed off, yet you keep a sliver of love in your crossed heart and at least a post-ironic smile on your lips, you're NWT. If what you had is gone – just like that – then you know you're running with the New White Trash.
The NWT offers what popular music does not: it recognizes and acknowledges all those who are being marginalized and dropping off the radar screens of "official" life. It is not all depressing. In fact, the NWT celebrates the joys, simple pleasures and love that are often re-discovered only in the darkest times.
Be loud, be proud, be heard. Enjoy the music of the New White Trash!
Former cop turned whistleblower, investigative journalist, author, speaker, radio talk show host and star of the award winning documentary, CoLLapse, Michael Ruppert is also a founding member of the Venice, CA music project, the New White Trash. Since its release January 11, 2011, Doublewide, the 37 song, double CD debut release from the New White Trash, has sold thousands of copies worldwide from their Bandcamp site and through their label, the Venice Arts Club. Mike Ruppert is a true American hero, having blown the whistle on the LAPD and the CIA for smuggling drugs from Mexico into South Central Los Angeles. Mike can be heard every Sunday evening at 6pm west coast time over the Progressive Radio Network. His call-in show is The Lifeboat Hour. Avalanche & Earthquake is the theme song from that show.
Michael Ruppert profiled in The Epoch Times : Chelsea Green.
via Michael Ruppert of the NEW WHITE TRASH profiled in The Epoch Times : Chelsea Green.
New Release: New White Trash "Doublewide" « Cool Album of the Day.
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text: Thursday, November 21, 2013 Walk Time, Not Intensity, May Be Most Important in Stroke Risk Reduction A new study has reaffirmed a link between stroke reduction and walking in older men—but the link has more to do with time spent walking than intensity of the activity. In an article published in the November 14 issue of Stroke, British researchers report on data involving 3,357 ambulatory men who took part in a 10-year study related to heart health. The men ranged in age from 60 to 80 and were grouped according to time spent walking, among other factors. Researchers found that over the 10-year period, the men who spent more time walking every week (8 to 14 hours) reduced risk of stroke by about 33% over those who spent minimal time walking (0 to 3 hours a week). That finding wasn't surprising in itself, but when researchers compared distance/speed data among time cohorts, they found no significant association between distance and risk reduction. In other words, time spent walking mattered more than pace. "Among community-dwelling older men we observed … a strong inverse dose-response association between time spent walking and risk of stroke, independent of walking pace, vigorous physical activity, established, and novel risk factors," authors wrote. "Results suggest that total volume of walking rather than the intensity is important for stroke prevention." APTA cites the role of physical activity in stroke reduction in resources aimed at patients, physical therapists, and policymakers. Members can provide their patients with a handout on stroke prevention (.pdf, listed under "Neurology"), and can share information on this topic with others by downloading resources at APTA's Issue Briefs webpage.