text: Dave. Posted April 11, 2012 Republic of FM - A Trillonaire's Playground EXTRACT FROM AN UNNAMED NEWSPAPER It is July 2008, and the world's richest man, Freidrich Manngeld - entrepeneur, owning several multinational companies, sports teams, and the country of Scotland - has announced plans that will shock the world of football, and indeed the world itself. Manngeld had announced the renaming of Scotland several weeks ago as the "Republic of Freidrich Manngeld", or "FM" as it is to be known. A keen follower of football, the German has decided to set about creating the best league in the world, and has installed himself as head of the FM FA. Instead of sticking with a 'mediocre' and 'lacklustre' league, as he has donned the country's current setup, it is Manngeld's intention to create a multinational league system, with a newly-formed club from every one of the world's top ranked nations, all competing for glory. Unfortunately for Manngeld, his plans did not come to pass. FIFA would not sanction the overhaul of such an established football league system, and protests from the larger clubs, notably Celtic and Rangers, eventually persuaded the German to give up the ghost. But he didn't stop there. For almost three years, Manngeld has been working tirelessly, and has finally revealed plans of his latest football venture. This was helped to no end by the unstable natures of six North American Football Associations*, who Manngeld quickly took over. The countries, none of which are fully affiliated with FIFA, have agreed, for footballing purposes only, to be renamed as the "Republic of Friedrich Manngeld" under different confederations, whilst his old state of the same name has reverted to its former name of Scotland. Manngeld's plan is to create the largest Club World Championship, all in one place. Every FIFA registered nation in the world is invited to have a team representing them, and will be run by some of the richest people in the world. The teams are to be sorted into divisions based on their continent or region, with no swapping between these continental divisions. However, there will be a cup competition which involves each team in the FM FA, as well as one for the winners of each continent, and various cup competitions for each continent internally. Opponents of the plan have hinted that Manngeld has had a similar plan rejected two years ago, but the German bluntly rejects this notion. Whatever the history of his ventures, this time he is adamant that his creation will be a success. (Anybody who signed up to the 2010 version of this will know it didn't really get off the ground, and I offer my apologies again for that. This time however, I have a lot more free time and am confident that this'll be successful.) So, where do I come in? Manngeld has asked for the richest men and women in the world to found a club to take part in his new league. Knowing you may be interested, he has asked you to fill out the following form, in order to enter a team into his league setup. You have as long as you want to fill out and return the form, but Manngeld is operating on a first-come-first served basis, and the top nations are in high demand. Divisions with more than one tier will be sorted by reputation of nations, with the higher rep nations having teams in higher tiers. A full list of eligible nations, in their division, will follow. THE FORM Nationality: Name of Club: Chairman Name: Chairman stats will be random, with the exception of loyalty. Don't want you leaving, do we? Home Kit: Away Kit: Stadium Name: Preferred Manager: Chairmen have been granted £100m each to spend on the following areas: Youth facilities (£1m per level): Youth academy (£10m): Training facilities (£1m per level): Stadium Size (starts at 15000, £5m for each additional 5000): Reputation (starts at 3000, £4m for each additional 500): Transfer Funds: Bank Balance Whatever is left over: Rules Regarding Form The name of club must be fictional, and match the selected nationality. Names considered inappropriate or not consistent with the side's nationality will be subject to reconsideration. Manngeld has taken into account that there is unlikely to be enough people rich and willing enough to partake in his football league, but has stated that between himself and other associates, who will buy clubs and assign acting chairmen to them, will be able to fill the entire quota if need be. He has set a deadline of 0000 HOURS, TUESDAY 1 MAY for prospective owners to declare their interest and make serious bids. The aim of the game is simple, support your team to the end! In terms of your involvement after the initial selection process, all you will be able to do is sack your manager when you feel necessary or appropriate. You may appoint any manager you wish to take over, on the condition that they are not associated with any other club in the FM FA. Unattached managers are free to sign, whereas managers in a job will mean compensation. Choose wisely. The AI will take care of all other matters for you! As well as the league and countless cup competitions, one of the side aims is for your club to help boost your nation's fortunes, by developing players. There will also be seasonly competitions with a number of prizes up for grabs. These may be decided by in-game AI occurrences, or may require you to partake in something in the game thread. Anything can, and anything will happen, and Freidrich Manngeld eagerly awaits your application. *the North American countries who have agreed to help Manngeld with his competition are: Guadaloupe, Martinique, French Guiana, Sint Maarten, Saint Martin and Saint Pierre and Miquelon. 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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On Monday, Israeli and Palestinian leaders agreed to begin indirect talks -- brokered by Americans.
The move represented the Obama administration's "first substantive diplomatic achievement" in the peacemaking process that had been mired in a 14-month deadlock, according to The Associated Press. But prospects were undermined by Israel's announcement that it would resume building houses in the West Bank. The Obama administration is hoping the indirect talks will soon lead to face-to-face negotiations, but with a hard-line Israeli government, a fractured Palestinian leadership and an unwillingness to meet face-to-face, is there any hope for progress?
- Time Magazine's Tony Karon notes that it's been 20 years since the start of the Oslo peace process and puts it into disquieting perspective. "[That] the two sides are no longer even negotiating directly but instead communicating via the Americans is a clear sign of just how grim the prospects have become for achieving peace through bilateral talks," he writes. "Unfortunately, that shared goal is not to reach a final agreement on a two-state solution to their conflict...the mutual goal in the latest round of talks is to avoid being blamed for their failure."
- Writing in the popular Israeli daily Haaretz, David Zonsheine makes an appeal for Israel to do what has proved to be impossible to this point: "Israel must talk to Hamas. Not secretly. Not indirectly...Just as the United States regularly talks to the Israeli opposition, Israel should maintain a dialogue with the Palestinian opposition. The dialogue should cover all core issues including a final settlement."
- The Atlantic's Jeffrey Goldberg argues that the expanding settlements, and the ideology behind it, pose a major threat to any peace talks, indirect or not. "It is undeniably true that Jewish fundamentalists wield disproportionate power in Israeli decision-making; it is true that a small minority -- fundamentalist settlers -- has kept Israel entangled in the lives of the Palestinians on the West Bank," he writes.
- In a column noting that Obama's domestic issues have forced him to put his "policy agenda on the back burner," The Guardian's Olivia Hampton argued the U.S. can't be relied on to force concessions in the peace process. "Arab capitals were buoyed when Obama initially dared confront Israel over settlements. But when pressure mounted in Washington and around the country against harming U.S. relations with Israel, the president quickly backed down and made amends – somewhat – with hawkish Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu," she writes.
- Wesley Pruden, of the Washington Times, thinks it is in Israel's best interest to stay on its hard-line course in the face of two threats: the Palestinians and the White House. "The Palestinians will always find a reason to find a fly on the pastrami..." he writes. "Mr. Obama reserves his sweet talk for Arab provocateurs; he made his apology tour of the Muslim world early in his presidency but still can't find time to visit America's only reliably democratic ally in the Middle East."

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The British Fashion Council (BFC) has today announced that eight of London's most exciting emerging menswear fashion design talents will receive sponsorship from its designer support initiative NEWGEN MEN sponsored by TOPMAN. All recipients will receive business support and the opportunity to use the official BFC venue to host either a catwalk show, presentation or an installation during London Fashion Week's (LFW) Menswear Day, on Wednesday 22nd February.
The recipients of NEWGEN MEN, sponsored by TOPMAN, Autumn/Winter 2012 are:
Catwalk sponsorship (shows will take place in the BFC Show Space): Christopher Shannon and J.W. Anderson
Salon Show Presentation sponsorship: Lou Dalton, Martine Rose and Matthew Miller
Installation sponsorship (Installations will take place in the East Wing, Somerset House): Bunney, Christopher Raeburn and SIBLING
NEWGEN MEN began in September 2009, building on TOPMAN and Fashion East's successful MAN initiative. It has since become instrumental in raising the profile of emerging British designers using the dedicated Menswear Day at London Fashion Week as a showcasing platform. As well as sponsorship, the initiative offers its recipients tailored business and mentoring support, with a view to increasing the success of their business commercially and building relationships with key press and buyers. NEWGEN MEN continues to promote the best of British menswear talent for the fifth consecutive season, with ongoing dedicated support from TOPMAN.
Tim Blanks, Contributing Editor, Style.com and a member of the British Fashion Council's Menswear Committee, said "The breadth of menswear in London has been inspiring, but now it's time to make note of the depth - behind all the already familiar names, there are platoons of newbies. That's more than evolution - it's inescapable maturity. I say, watch out, world!"
Gordon Richardson, Design Director, TOPMAN, who was also on the selection panel, adds "This season we say a fond farewell to the brilliant James Long as he flies the NEWGEN MEN nest to become the first Fashion Forward menswear recipient and we welcome Martine Rose and Matthew Miller - both graduates of MAN - as well as Bunney, a very exciting young jewellery designer into the NEWGEN mix. We see J.W. Anderson and Christopher Shannon showing again on the catwalk - both now having achieved their fifth season with a solo show and both very much established and commercially successful in their own right and I think testament to the importance and success of the MEN's initiative during London Fashion Week - a necessary platform to showcase our brilliant home-grown menswear design talent."
Martine Rose receives NEWGEN MEN sponsorship for the first time and will host a salon show presentation for February 2012 after three seasons of MAN support. Martine has had hugely successful collaborations with Wallpaper Magazine, Timberland and CAT boots and was one of the selected designers taking part in Selfridges, 'Bright Young Things' project, which saw designers produce a window display for the store and design exclusive product and one off pieces.
Matthew Miller is also new for the NEWGEN MEN 2012 presentation schedule where he has fast tracked after just one season of MAN support. Millar graduated from the Royal College of Art in 2009, where his final collection was singled out by the industry as one to watch. Matthew's work draws on his interest of the human body, software and their relation to one another in this digital age. His signature aesthetic mixes tailoring and sportswear with unique and intricate textile decoration, resulting in highly wearable and desirable pieces.
Also new to the installation schedule for February 2012, is jewellery designer Bunney. Established in 2009, Bunney is known for its signature style of everyday objects recast in a new light with precious materials to create something starkly new but familiar.
The label J.W. Anderson was launched in 2008 and has achieved critical and commercial success winning NEWGEN MEN sponsorship for his fifth consecutive season. Christopher Shannon has also won sponsorship for a fifth season to showcase his luxury sportswear label and both designers will show their collections in a catwalk show.
The creative and technically talented trio behind SIBLING have between them worked for Alexander McQueen, Giles Deacon, Lanvin, Jonathan Saunders and Bella Freud. Their signature hand-crafted, bold and progressive knitwear will be shown in an installation for a fourth time round at London Fashion Week.
The NEWGEN MEN selection committee is made up of key opinion formers across media and retail. This season the panel include Adam Kelly, Selfridges; Alex Bilmes, Esquire; Anna Orsini, BFC; Ben Reardon, GQ Style; Charlie Porter, Fantastic Man; Gordon Richardson, TOPMAN; Jason Griffiths, TOPMAN; Jo-Ann Furniss; Katie Bain, BFC; Lulu Kennedy, Fashion East & MAN; Patrick Grant, Norton & Sons; Simon Chilvers, The Guardian; Simon Ward, BFC; Stephen Ayres, Liberty; Tim Blanks, Style.com.
London Fashion Week's womenswear shows will run from Friday 17th – Tuesday 21st February 2012 and menswear collections will be shown on Wednesday 22nd February. London Fashion Week is located at Somerset House, Strand WC2.
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The mothers of both Trayvon Martin and George Zimmerman testified Friday it was their own son's voice calling for help on a taped 911 call in a dramatic day of testimony that saw the prosecution rest and the defense begin its case in Zimmerman's murder trial.
After Judge Debra Nelson ruled against a defense motion for acquittal late Friday afternoon, the prosecution announced it was resting and the defense began by calling Zimmerman's mother, Gladys.
She testified the voice heard screaming for help on the 911 call was her son's and she knew it was him "because he's my son." The recording was made during a fight between Zimmerman and Martin minutes before the neighborhood watch volunteer shot the teen.
Zimmerman's uncle, Jorge Meza, a deputy with the Orange County Sheriff's Office, then testified that he overheard the 911 screams while watching television and, " It was Jorge screaming for his life."
Court was then recessed until Monday morning.
Earlier Friday, Sybrina Fulton, Martin's mother, testified that her 17-year-old son could clearly be heard on the tape recorded Feb. 26, 2012.
After the 911 audio was played, prosecutor Bernie de la Rionda asked Fulton, "Who do you recognize that to be?"
"Trayvon Benjamin Martin," she replied.
Defense attorney Mark O'Mara suggested during cross-examination that Fulton may have been influenced by others who listened to the 911 call, including relatives and her former husband.
O'Mara also asked Fulton hypothetically whether she would have to accept it was Zimmerman yelling for help if the screams did not come from her son. O'Mara also asked if she hoped Martin didn't do anything that led to his death.
"I heard my son screaming," Fulton said. "I would hope for this to never have happened and he would still be here."
Earlier Friday, Fulton posted on Twitter: "I pray that God give me the strength to properly represent my angel Trayvon."
Trayvon's brother, Jahvaris Fulton, 22, also testified Friday that he recognized Trayvon's voice on the 911 calls.
O'Mara then asked Trayvon's older brother why last year he had told a reporter that he wasn't sure if the voice belonged to Martin.
"I didn't want to believe it was him," Jahvaris Fulton testified.
Zimmerman's father, in contrast, has said the screams were from his son rather than Martin. The screams are considered to be crucial pieces of evidence because they could determine who was the aggressor in the confrontation. An FBI expert testified earlier in the week that a person familiar with a voice is in the best position to identify it.
Shiping Bao, who performed Martin's autopsy a day after he was killed, testified that the cause of death was a gunshot wound to the chest. The manner of death was a homicide, he said.
Bao testified that Martin was in pain and suffered for up to 10 minutes after being shot by Zimmerman. The fatal bullet went from the front to the back of the teen's chest, piercing his heart.
"There was no chance he could survive," Bao testified.
Under questioning by defense attorney Don West following Friday's lunch recess, Bao said he changed his opinion regarding the length of time Martin lived after being shot from his original estimate during a deposition he gave in November of 1 to 3 minutes to up to 10 minutes. He changed his opinion following another autopsy roughly three weeks ago that was "very similar" to that of Martin's, Bao testified.
Bao also testified that the marijuana found in Martin's system coul have had no effect or some effect in the confrontation with Zimmerman.
When asked if Martin would be able to move his arms or hands after being shot, Bao responded that "only one person in this court knows."
On Wednesday, an expert witness testified that none of Zimmerman's DNA was found under the fingernails of Martin, despite defense attempts to portray Zimmerman as only firing his gun in self-defense.
Crime lab analyst Anthony Gorgone also testified that two different DNA profiles were found on the pistol grip. One was Zimmerman's but the other could not be identified. However, Gorgone said he was able to determine that it did not match Martin's DNA sequence.
Prosecutors spent most of Wednesday's proceedings painting Zimmerman as a police wannabe, amid testimony that featured technological glitches, forensic evidence and a prosecution witness who greeted Zimmerman from the stand.
Zimmerman faces life in prison if convicted of second-degree murder. The state argued during its opening statement that Zimmerman profiled and followed Martin in his truck and called a police dispatch number before he and the teen got into a fight.
Fox News' Joshua Rhett Miller, Perry Chiaramonte, Serafin Gomez and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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arum, common name for the Araceae, a plant family mainly composed of species of herbaceous terrestrial and epiphytic plants found in moist to wet habitats of the tropics and subtropics; some are native to temperate zones. The family is characterized by an inflorescence consisting of a single spadix (a fleshy spike bearing small flowers) and a usually showy and flowerlike bract (modified leaf) called a spathe, which surrounds the spadix. The titan arum ( Amorphophallus titanum) of Sumatra, which also is grown in a number of botanical gardens, has one of the largest inflorescences of any plant, the spadix reaching a height of 10–15 ft (3–4.6 m) above the ground.
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Put time into dinner now, and you can make it last forever -- or at least the whole week. Welcome to Halfway to Dinner, where we show you how to stretch your staples every which way.
Today: Food52's Managing Editor Brette Warshaw tells you why you should make a big batch of bread crumbs -- and then use them all week long.
This weekend, you may have gone to the farmers market, or to a cheery bakery. You were there for produce, or for coffee, or for whatever you shop for on the weekends. And you saw a beautiful, warm, crackly loaf of bread, and suddenly your wallet was in your hand and the bread was in your bag and you ripped off a big hunk and ate it immediately, happily.
Maybe that happened, maybe it didn't. But I'm guessing that you, somehow, have a loaf of bread that's going stale on your counter, whether it's that dreamy loaf you ripped into or a sad one from the supermarket. Honestly, it doesn't matter -- you're going to make bread crumbs out of it.
And once you do, you'll have your own, homemade magic dust for your week of meals ahead of you -- whether you'll sprinkle them on greens or pasta, or fold them into patties, or use them to bind things or coat things or to just make things better. You probably didn't realize what a staple homemade bread crumbs were -- and now that you have them around, you will.
Slow-Cooked Tuscan Kale with Pancetta, Bread Crumbs, and a Poached EggThis is everything that is good in life: hearty greens, runny egg, coarse, salty bread crumbs, pig. I love this method of cooking kale -- the leaves soften and melt into the oil, yet the edges get almost crispy. Brown your pancetta, poach your egg, and pile the bread crumbs on top. (No matter how you choose to cook greens, though, bread crumbs will always help the cause.)
Crab CakesSometimes crab cakes can be hockey pucks made of too many bread crumbs, then packed too tight and seared too hard. Here, the bread crumbs only serve as a coating -- which lets you actually taste that sweet crab, while keeping the outside light and crisp. Soften carrots and celery, pour in some cream, let it reduce, and then mix it all with egg, seasonings, and crab. Coat in bread crumbs, sauté.
Broccoli Aglio Olio with Gremolata Bread CrumbsThe only garnish better than bread crumbs? Bread crumbs spiked with lemon zest, garlic, and parsley. The only thing better than a plate of hot pasta? Said pasta with roasted broccoli, anchovies, and those bread crumbs on top of it.
Potato Scallion Cakes (Fritterra)Bread crumbs are more than for putting on top of stuff; they can be used in stuff, too. Here, you'll bind mashed potatoes and blanched scallions with eggs and bread crumbs, form it all into cakes, and fry them. Top with another egg. Breakfast for dinner just got a lot more exciting.
Extra-Tender MeatballsThese meatballs have mayonnaise in them, and also bread crumbs -- which means you should make them, stat. Caramelize some onion and garlic; mix with ground beef, veal, seasonings, egg, and all that other good stuff, then fry them. Eat like a king or a queen.
What are your favorite ways to use bread crumbs? Let us know in the comments!
A New Way to Dinner, co-authored by Food52's founders Amanda Hesser and Merrill Stubbs, is an indispensable playbook for stress-free meal-planning (hint: cook foundational dishes on the weekend and mix and match 'em through the week).
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Our main goal is to collect in one place the most and the most helpful information for paragliding, that really help the paragliders' orientation.
Along with it our goal is to build the biggest, most crowded- multinational- paragliding community that can share their experiences, observations through stories and the forum- they can upload videos, they can sell and buy accessories from each other using the market, and of course to build connections, friendships through the mutual passion, the paragliding.
Our website's activity overarches frontiers, that's why you can find Europe's most countries' sites in our database, which we constantly expand. On the site pages, you can find every relevant and helpful information: approachability, map, gps coordinates, altitude differences, occasional restrictions and airspace informations, actual weather informations, guides, and photos, videos, stories from paragliders.
Paragliding isn't just a sport, it's a way of life. The flying, the free spirit bonds us paragliders.
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Dear MedShare friends and supporters,
It is with pleasure that I welcome Meridith Rentz to MedShare. After thirteen years, $93 million worth of supplies shipped in 700 forty-foot containers to 88 countries, 2,100 medical teams outfitted and 2 million cubic feet of space saved from landfills, I have decided it is time to step down from the role of CEO. As of September 1, my new role at MedShare will be Senior Advisor to the CEO.
I'm confident that you are in very capable hands with Meridith. Tasked with finding my successor, MedShare's Board of Trustees conducted a national search to find the best candidate. Their year-long process was outstanding, and we are lucky to have Meridith. She brings strong academic, healthcare and nonprofit management experience, and her passion for our mission mirrors my own.
As Jim Arnett, MedShare's Board Chair, said, "Meridith's experience leading high quality, innovative programs of the geographic breath and scale that MedShare aspires to will support the significant growth and expansion of our own services that is underway."
There are many things I could say about these past thirteen years. That MedShare has attracted such a strong, committed staff has been both humbling and empowering. Our in-kind and financial donor community far exceeded our earliest expectations, as did the 18,000 community volunteers we mobilize each year to sort and pack medical supplies. The Board, remarkable in their commitment and dedication, has been my true driving force. From the very beginning, I received their encouragement to make MedShare a national leader in the medical surplus recovery and redistribution field, and to create the best model that can be replicated and grown into a truly international organization. I'm proud that this once one-person operation has, and continues to, not only fulfill, but exceed their expectations.
From this self-proclaimed "do-gooder," I appeal to you to keep doing good. If there is one thing I've learned, it's that regardless of situation, all people share a commonality. We are all one family, and we should act accordingly.
YOU and the thousands of people like you make up the MedShare family. Your involvement and investment have made our vision for MedShare a reality and have created and sustained an organization that will continue to do good for many years to come. While my role may be changing, our work is not yet done and I encourage your continued support of our mission to bridge the gap between surplus and need.
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To read the letter from our Board Chair, Jim Arnett, announcing this CEO transition, click here. For more, read the Atlanta Journal Constitution coverage and the Atlanta Business Chronicle's feature.


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About the course
What does a school centred initial teacher training course involve?
To become a qualified teacher, you need to successfully complete teacher training. In so doing, you will achieve 'qualified teacher status' – or QTS.
All teacher training courses include:
Practical classroom experience in at least two schools (ideally in diverse settings)
Academic study to give you the knowledge and understanding to teach successfully
An assessment of your teaching skills (through being observed teaching classes)
You will have an extended support network of experienced teachers and mentors on hand to help you throughout your course.
What will you learn?
You will have the opportunity to learn 'on the job' from the very beginning. You will benefit from working and learning every day in a school and getting an immediate insight into what teaching involves.
By the end of our course you should:
Know and understand the national curriculum in your chosen subject(s) and/or age group along with requirements of relevant examination specifications.
Be able to plan and prepare for lessons and set students' learning objectives
Have strong classroom management skills, such as knowing how to promote good behaviour and minimise disruption
Have knowledge and understanding of how to address differing needs and abilities of students including those with SEND.
Be able to assess students effectively.
Interview process
We have a rigorous recruitment process which is in two parts.
Part One includes a presentation and panel interview, along with a literacy test and subject knowledge audit. If you are successful at part one you will be invited to part two.
Part Two you will deliver a 30 minute lesson in one of the partnership schools. This will be observed by up to two experienced teachers and feedback given. Following this an offer will / will not be made.
Southend SCITT is committed to safeguarding and ensuring the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment. The suitability of all prospective employees or volunteers will be assessed during the recruitment process in line with this commitment.
How school placements work
Working in partnership with local secondary schools to train inspiring and skilled teachers who can give the children of Southend the best start in life.
The members of the Southend SCITT partnership are:
Belfairs Academy, St Bernard's High School, Chase High School, Cecil Jones Academy (dormant partner for 2018-19), The Eastwood Academy, The FitzWimarc School, The King Edmund School, St Martin's School, Shoeburyness High School, Southend High School for Boys, Southend High School for Girls, St Thomas More High School, Westcliff High School for Girls
During your training year you will have two placements in contrasting schools.
Financial support
You could be eligible for either:
- a scholarship of £28,000
- a bursary of £26,000
With a scholarship or bursary, you'll also get early career payments of £2,000 each in your second, third and fourth years of teaching (£3,000 in some areas of England).
To qualify for a scholarship you'll need a degree of 2:1 or above in French or a related subject. For a bursary you'll need a 2:2 or above in any subject.
You can't claim both a bursary and a scholarship - you can only claim one.
Find out how to apply for a scholarship. You don't need to apply for a bursary - if you're eligible, you'll automatically start receiving it once you begin your course. Find out about eligibility for bursaries and how you'll be paid.
You may also be eligible for a loan while you study.
Find out about financial support if you're from outside the UK.
Financial support from the training provider
Our fees for the course are £9,000
We offer both School Direct Unsalaried and Salaried
For high quality graduates who want to be part of a school team from day one.
You may be eligible for a bursary to support you while you train – dependent on subjects and degree classification
Scholarships are also available for Maths, Computer, Science and Physics
Tuition fees paid by student (through bursary or self-funding)
Loans available from Student Loan Company
No salary received during training
An employment-based route for high-quality experienced graduates
You will earn a salary while you train. This salary will be in line with the unqualified teacher pay ranges if you are employed by a local authority maintained school, or at the advertised rate at an academy.
This salary is funded in part by a government grant which also covers the costs of the tuition fees and which is paid directly to the SCITT.
There are no bursaries available for this route.
A degree 2:2 or above awarded by a UK university, or a recognised equivalent qualification; 50% of the degree must be relevant to the subject taught; if the degree does not link closely, A level in that subject and Subject Knowledge Enhancement course is required.
GCSE English and Maths at grade C / 4 or above (or equivalent).
All teachers are expected to be competent in Fundamental English and mathematics therefore candidates will be assessed at recruitment.
Although not compulsory, we recommend candidates complete recent school based experience in a UK secondary school.
Offers are conditional pending a DBS Check.
Personal qualities
We are looking for high quality graduates who want to be part of a school team from day one.
A strong knowledge and understanding of subject you wish to teach.
About the training provider
About us:
Southend SCITT (School Centred Initial Teacher Training) offers school based training designed and delivered by a partnership of neighbouring schools.
Southend SCITT is the accredited initial teacher training provider for the South Essex Teaching School Alliance.
South Essex Teaching School Alliance is a partnership of schools and organisations in Southend, Essex, whose purpose is to provide outstanding education for the young people of Southend and beyond.
The SCITT is based at Southend High School for Girls as it is the Lead School. Training takes places across partnership schools and teacher trainees will therefore experience a variety of educational contexts during their training year.
We work in partnership with local schools to train inspiring and skilled teachers who can give the children of Southend the best start in life.
What we offer:
School Centred Initial Teacher Training. The course takes one academic year to complete, full time. The course leads to Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) and a Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) which is validated by our HEI Partner, Canterbury Christchurch University. The programme is taught by experienced, practising teachers, and often tailored towards local teaching needs.
Training with disabilities and other needs
We are an institution that strives to understand, appreciate and value the differences in each individual; we aim to make people feel valued and supported so that they may achieve their full potential.
We also want to create a positive ethos where issues of racism, stereotyping and discrimination can be discussed openly, with a shared commitment to challenging and preventing these issues and to encourage good relations between people of different groups.
Firm action will be taken to redress inequality and eliminate all forms of discrimination.
Contact details
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Southend SCITT
Southchurch Boulevard
Southend-on-Sea, Essex
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Visit Get into Teaching for guidance on applying for teacher training.
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Negative Support from Others
I actually wrote the below post to a member of Freedom a number of months ago because of someone making the comment to her that because she was such a basket case from not smoking, she should just give up. Sometimes such comments come from people near and dear to you and can become quite emotionally shattering.
I'm attaching the original letter below in hopes of preparing all who read it, in the event something like this ever is said by others to you. No comment, look or stare from another person can undercut your quit. Only you can do that. The way is by simply disregarding the fact that you can NEVER TAKE ANOTHER PUFF!
The comment you received is very common, at times, almost universal, where a dear family member or friend blurts out, "If this is what you are like not smoking, then for God's sake, go back." Most of the time the person making the comment is not really considering the implications of the statement.
It is comparable to you telling someone on chemotherapy and who is in a really bad mood due to hair loss, nausea, and some other possible negative side effects, and hence, in a less than happy mood, that he or she should get off that stuff because he or she is so irritable that he or she is ruining your day.
Of course, if analyzed by any real thinking person, the comment won't be made, because most people recognize that chemotherapy is a possible last-ditch effort to save the other person's life. The decision to stop the treatment is a decision to die. So we put up with the bad times to help support the patient's effort to save his or her life.
What family members and friends often overlook is that quitting smoking, too, is an effort to save the quitter's life. While others may not immediately appreciate that fact, the person quitting has to know it for him or herself. Others may never really appreciate the concept, but the person quitting has to.
One thing I did notice over the years was that, while the comment is often made, it is usually from a spouse, a child of the smoker, a friend, a co-worker or just an acquaintance. It is much more uncommon that the person expressing it is a parent or even a grandparent.
I think that says something. Parents are often used to their kids' outbursts and moods, having experienced them since they were infants. The natural parental instinct is not to hurt them when they are in distress and lash out, but to try to protect them. I think it often carries over into adulthood and is a very positive statement about parenthood.
A tragic situation is often experienced when a person does actually encourage a family member or friend to smoke and then, months, years or decades later, the person dies from a smoking induced illness. Sometimes the family member then feels great guilt and remorse for thinking that he caused his loved one to relapse to smoking way back when he or she remembers making the remark. But you know what, they didn't do it.
The smoker did it to him or herself. Because in reality, no matter what any person said, the smoker had to quit for him or herself and stay off for him or herself. How many times did a family member ask you to quit while you were still smoking and you didn't listen? Well if you don't quit for them, you don't relapse for them either. You quit for yourself and you stay off for yourself.
I am going to touch on the comment from one more angle. Sometimes when you were a smoker and someone did something inconsiderate or wrong that angered you, and you were about to take the issue on, you experienced an immediate and almost uncontrollable urge to smoke. That urge, induced by the urine acidity, all of a sudden took precedence over dealing with the person and issue at hand, and sent you off in pursuit of a cigarette.
This momentary venture gave you a cooling off period and at times, you may have even let the whole event slide, feeling it was now not worth even mentioning. Consider this behavior from the other person's perspective. He or she may not even know that he or she did something offensive, and even if it is recognized, they paid no penalty for the infraction.
As an ex-smoker, you may not take that kind of behavior from another person, being wronged and accepting it without challenge. Well, to the other person, now having you stand up for yourself may make you seem to be a bad or terrible person. But you know what, if they were wronging you to start with, they are the instigators of the reaction.
You just may not take being walked over any more and they will just have to get used to that fact. But the odds are if this is the case, they will no longer take advantage of your "good" nature and will not repeat the offending practice. So in some ways, you are educating them to be easier to live with people too.
Whatever the situation, keep focused on the fact that you are quitting for yourself and whether or not any specific person supports your effort, you are behind it. We are behind you too. You will not find a single sole here at Freedom who will tell you to go back to smoking. We all recognize the significance of the effort. You are fighting for your health and your life. To win that fight, no matter what, NEVER TAKE ANOTHER PUFF!
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Orc expands connectivity to ABN AMRO Clearing for US equity and derivatives markets
Chicago, IL, Thursday, November 8, 2012 – Orc, a leading provider of technology and services for the global financial industry, announced today that it has enhanced its connectivity offering by providing access to the US execution services of ABN AMRO Clearing (AAC). Connecting to AAC's infrastructure will provide traders with high-performance access to the US equity and derivatives markets.
Clearing and execution clients of AAC will be able to leverage Orc's trading solutions to trade US markets including CME, CBOE, NASDAQ, NYSE, ISE, BATS, among others. AAC offers connectivity to over 45 markets around the world and Orc already offers connectivity to AAC in Asia and Europe through connections in Singapore and London. The additional U.S. connection will expand low latency opportunities and enable traders to explore various markets.
Marty Leamy, President, Americas at Orc, comments, "We are happy to see the Orc broker network grow with the addition of ABN AMRO Clearing here in the US. Fast and efficient execution service is important for our clients, and we're happy to be able to offer them this through ABN AMRO Clearing."
Reece Effeny, Director, Market Access Americas at ABN AMRO Clearing, commented, "We have created a state of the art multi exchange gateway with the aim of attracting both regional and international clients. This innovative low latency, fully risk managed service drives our Market Access offering from strength to strength. We are committed in providing our clients with first-rate connectivity solutions that in return delivers a cost-effective and highly reliable global reach. We are excited to offer this service along with Orc's solution to our clients."
The Orc Trading solutions are used by leading financial firms worldwide for market making, volatility trading and high frequency trading. Together with access to the major cash and derivatives markets and a network of brokers, this is truly an unmatched offering.
About Orc
Orc is a leading provider of technology and services for the global financial industry. Since 1987, Orc delivers trading and market access solutions used by proprietary trading and market making firms, investment banks, hedge funds and brokerage houses worldwide.
Orc develops and provides the tools needed for running profitable trading or brokerage businesses in today's competitive and ever-changing markets.
With market presence in all major global financial centers, Orc provides sales and support services from its offices across EMEA, the Americas and the Asia-Pacific regions.
Orc is owned by Nordic Capital Fund VII.
About ABN AMRO Clearing
ABN AMRO Clearing, a world leading third-party independent clearer, has offered Market Access (MA) services from the day the first trading floors went electronic. Today's services are extensive, ranging from access via Independent Software Vendors (ISV's) own trading applications to proximity and colocation hosting services for members and non-members alike.
Our global network covers the far corners of the world from Sydney to Tokyo, Singapore and Hong Kong, to Frankfurt, London, Amsterdam, Chicago and New York. ABN AMRO Clearing has an array of around 24 data centres worldwide, chosen for their proximity or colocation to important exchanges, and available for client/member hosting services.
ABN AMRO Clearing is a registered Application Service Provider (ASP) where necessary (or the equivalent) at many exchanges around the globe, and offers direct or indirect connectivity to around 45 of the worlds Equity and Derivative exchanges. Our strategy of freedom of choice with our MA services has allowed us to grow into one of the largest service providers in the world for Algo, Automated and proprietary and institutional traders.
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However, if you would like to peel and cut your own fries (which I'm sure I'll opt for at some point when I have more time), the recipe is exactly the same.
Don't you like this shapely little platter? It just might be a sneak peek of what's to come to the store in a couple of weeks...
"Homemade" Baked
Truffle Fries
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Frozen Fries (or russet potatoes peeled and cut)
Truffle Oil
Parmesan cheese
Sea Salt & Pepper
Preheat the oven to 425 degrees (or how directed on the package).
Drizzle truffle oil on a baking sheet, then add fries - overlapping is fine.
Drizzle again with truffle oil, then sprinkle with fresh grated parmesan cheese.
Bake as directed - for about 30 minutes.
Remove from oven, drizzle more truffle oil, generously salt with sea salt, and sprinkle parmesan cheese.
Pile onto a serving platter and top with fresh thyme as a garnish.
Here is everything ready to go into the oven pre-party last Friday night. I baked the tenderloin for 1 hour at 275 first, then raised the heat to 425 and baked the roasted carrots and fries for 30 minutes. It was such an easy dinner to prepare... especially with frozen fries. Read all of the details about the party, here. Roasted Carrots recipe coming tomorrow.


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Weekend Confirmed 70 - PixelJunk lifelike, Bastion, Space Marine
PixelJunk lifelike, Sidescroller, and Monsters Social, Bastion, Warhammer 40K: Space Marine, the mentality of online shooter players, the reinvention of Guitar Hero and more.
Garnett returns and brings back with him tales of a trio of PixelJunk games. He got to play lifelike and demystifies its creative approach to interactively remixing music. He also got some more stick time with Sidescroller and a peek at the just announced Monsters for social networks. Jeff snuck off to Comic Con but he'll be back next week with a full report. Xav and "Indie" Jeff, though, bring plenty of their own ammo to Whatcha Been Playin, including Bastion and the upcoming Warhammer 40,000 Space Marine. Some of your thoughts on the nature of online shooter players sparked the conversation in the Warning and Xav brought a "fat stack" on news for the final segment. And it all wraps up with Finishing Moves.
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This week's featured music comes from the excellent sophomore effort by I Come to Shanghai. Robert Ashley, host of the excellent A Life Well Wasted podcast, and Sam Frigard put a ton of love into their new work, titled "Eternal Life." It's available now on the official I Come to Shanghai site as a 320 kbps mp3 for the amazing price of whatever you name. Yep, you decide how much to pay them for it. Or, for hardcore audiophiles, a lossless FLAC version is available for $8 from their bandcamp page.
Eternal Life Volume 1 is actually the band's third recording. Their second was lost to technical gremlins and statistically improbable disasters. Volume 2 of Eternal Life is currently in the works and should be out soon.
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PixelJunk lifelike, Sidescroller, and Monsters Social, Bastion, Warhammer 40K: Space Marine, the mentality of online shooter players, the reinvention of Guitar Hero and more.
I wish Child of Eden (in particular) and Shadow of the Damned had sold better. The marketing for the latter was poor, using the pattern of a male enhancement commercial in one instance, but when the content it what it is you have to work within those confines.
But F me, Xav, really? I'm sorry you didn't like Duke Nukem but I did. The gameplay was solid (I had no issues controlling Duke or the vehicles, the weapons were effective - though only being able to carry two was a pain) and I loved the old movie references (any reference to Unforgiven is a huge plus in my book). Duke 1, Gears 0 is as funny now as cracking on Doom was back in Duke 3D. I pre-ordered Duke Nukem Forever and while it's not a great game I have had a lot of fun with it.
So I will take the blame for Duke selling better than these other wonderful titles. I'm sure if I were more cultured I would have preferred to run around playing with my Johnson and seeing how big a boner I could get. But alas, I am not. So F me.


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LOS ANGELES, Jan. 23 (UPI) -- Nominees Alan Arkin, Jessica Chastain, Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field and John Goodman will be presenters at Sunday's Screen Actors Guild Awards in Los Angeles.
Also confirmed to help hand out awards are Damian Lewis and Julianne Moore, telecast executive producer Jeff Margolis announced Wednesday.
Previously announced as SAG Awards presenters are Ben Affleck, Alec Baldwin, Bradley Cooper, Jeff Daniels, Viola Davis, Robert De Niro, Neil Patrick Harris, Anne Hathaway, Ken Howard, Hugh Jackman, Nicole Kidman, Jennifer Lawrence, Julianna Margulies, Busy Philipps, Roberta Reardon, Carl Reiner, Liev Schreiber, Taye Diggs, Justin Timberlake, Kerry Washington, Naomi Watts and Sigourney Weaver.


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This empowering self-care focused class combines elements of yoga, corrective movement, and self-massage using Yoga Tune Up® Therapy Balls to de-stress, unlock myofascial restrictions and improve body awareness. The poses, sequences & routines identify and strengthen 'body blind spots' – areas of the body that are overused, underused or misused and are potential catalysts for pain and injury. This class leaves you balanced, integrated and living better in your body.


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MONTGOMERY, Ala.—The Birmingham-Southern women's basketball team lost on the road Tuesday evening to in-state rival Huntingdon, 72-64. It was the third straight loss for the Panthers, who fall to 6-9. The Hawks move to 10-4.
Sophomore Jane Romano and senior Elizabeth Bromirski led all players with 18 points each, which was a career-high for Romano, who shot 5-9 from the field including 4-5 from three-point range. Bromirski was 8-13 from the field and 2-3 from beyond the arc, and also led BSC with nine rebounds.
BSC led for the first 10 minutes of the game, going up by as much as nine, 14-5, at the 14:07 mark. After that point, however, Huntingdon used a 16-3 run to take the lead, 21-17, with 8:39 remaining in the half. The Panthers scored five straight points to go back up, 22-21, at the 7:48 mark, but it was the last lead they would see, as Pat Pickens hit two free throws to spur a 14-5 run to close out the half and put Huntingdon on top 35-27 at halftime.
The Hawks steadily increased their lead in the second half; the closest the Panthers would come was cutting it to six, 45-39, at the 14:28 mark. Huntingdon led by as much as 18, 62-44, with 6:46 left, and then held a 15-point 72-57 lead with 1:32 left in the game, after which the Panthers were able to score seven straight points to cut it to 72-64 before time expired.
The Panthers shot 41 percent (25-61) from the field including 44.4 percent (8-18) from three-point range, and shot 33.3 percent (6-18) at the free throw line. Huntingdon was not as effective, hitting 38.4 percent (28-73) overall and 30.8 percent (8-26) from beyond the arch, and 57.1 percent (8-14) at the line.
The Hawks turned the ball over 21 times, five more than the Panthers, but also out-rebounded BSC 57-35.
BSC returns home this weekend to resume Southern Athletic Association play, hosting Hendrix on Friday at 6 p.m. and Rhodes on Sunday at 1 p.m.


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'Culture' a non-issue in air crash
The wreckage from Saturday's deadly Asiana Airlines crash in San Francisco was still smoldering when some pundits started pointing the blame at a suspected culprit: South Korean "culture."
Journalists and other commentators have run with a theory from "Outliers," a 2008 book in which New Yorker writer Malcolm Gladwell examined factors leading to a spree of crashes in the 1990s by Asiana's larger rival Korean Air — including, he contended, a Korean tradition of deference to authority. References to Gladwell and his book have abounded this week, both on Twitter and in media like NPR, CNBC, Salon, The Washington Post and the Los Angeles Times.
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But crucial facts in the Asiana crash don't match the thesis of Gladwell's best-seller.
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For starters, the pilot at the controls Saturday was not the authority figure in the cockpit. His co-pilot had thousands more hours of experience and was serving as the instructor, giving him no reason to feel squeamish about speaking up if he saw something wrong.
That's on top of the fact that Gladwell wasn't writing about Asiana, and that even Korean Air has long since overcome its problems to become what he calls "one of the world's best airlines." And of course, U.S. investigators haven't even determined the cause of last week's accident, despite early evidence hinting at the crew's failure to realize in time that they were flying too slowly as they undershot the runway.
Blaming an entire nation's culture is "ridiculous," said Sam Yoon, president of the Council of Korean Americans. "People are just grasping at straws" to explain the crash, he said.
( Also on POLITICO: Pilot says he saw flash of light)
Yoon acknowledged that, by and large, Koreans are more deferential to their elders than what one sees in America, but he says that's no reason to blame a culture that most Americans don't know much about. "A lot of what Americans learn about Korea is probably through Psy," he quipped.
The sudden focus on culture seemed awfully selective to John Lie, a sociology professor at the University of California-Berkeley who was born in South Korea and has studied the country.
"It seems unlikely that if this were a United plane, we would be wondering about American culture as a major source of the accident," Lie said by email.
Gladwell's book notes that deference in the cockpit has also been a problem in countries like the U.S., and says teaching junior crew members to speak "clearly and assertively" has been "one of the great crusades in commercial aviation." He cites as one example the 1982 crash of an Air Florida jet into the Potomac River, in which flight-recorder transcripts showed the first officer merely hinting to the pilot about ice on the wings before takeoff.
Still, much of the commentary following Saturday's crash seems based on the idea that such problems are unique to Koreans.
"Did Korean culture contribute to San Francisco plane crash?" asked a headline Tuesday in the San Jose Mercury News. Fox Business host Tom Sullivan weighed in on the network Monday, invoking Gladwell's book while arguing that "the culture in Korea was you never, ever question your superior."
CNN also aired a report by correspondent Kyung Lah speculating about the possible role of South Korea's "hierarchical" culture in the crash, though without mentioning Gladwell, and National Geographic examined the debate over whether the book's ideas apply in the San Francisco accident.
A reporter even alluded to the issue at a Wednesday press briefing on the crash, asking NTSB Chairwoman Debbie Hersman whether the Asiana co-pilot had shown "deference" to the pilot.
Hersman didn't bite at any ethnic implications but pointed out that the co-pilot was the "pilot in command" who had ultimate responsibility for the flight's safety.
"We are certainly interested to see if there are any issues where there are challenges to crew communication, if there's an authority gradient where people won't challenge one another," she said. But she pointed out that the aviation industry has dealt with this problem for decades, "to make sure that a junior pilot feels comfortable challenging a senior pilot, and to make sure that a senior pilot welcomes feedback."


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In 2011, the Philippines topped the list of most disaster prone countries in the world. The distinction is confirmed by the series of weather-related calamities endured by the nation last year, which claimed over 3,000 lives, affected 15.3 million Filipinos, and resulted in economic losses of over 26 billion pesos.
2015 is the crucial period where greenhouse gas emissions need to be curbed to avoid the catastrophic and irreversible effects of climate change. Developed and developing countries around the world are beginning to develop and mainstream renewable energy systems in their commitment to phase out coal, the dirtiest fossil fuel.
In 2008, the Philippines boasted of having the most comprehensive and forward looking renewable energy laws in the world. Almost four years have passed, the law still remains promising, but only on paper. While lack of political will to fully implement the RE Law is locking the Philippines again into dependence on coal, our neighbouring countries such as China, Malaysia, Indonesia, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Thailand have now overtaken us in adopting the feed-in tariff system, one of the mechanisms under the RE Law.
Since the law was passed, there have been 281 RE projects on the pipeline waiting to be developed. However, the Department of Energy, mandated to implement the provisions of the Act – to accelerate the exploration and development of renewable energy – is dragging its foot and introducing more coal into the country's energy mix. Energy Secretary Jose Rene Almendras has been sitting on the fence making pronouncements on renewable energy, but on the side, he has been securing and courting coal investments for the. In fact, in the two years under the Aquino administration, Secretary Almendras has given the green light for six coal-fired power plants equivalent to one thousand seven hundred megawatts. On top of that, in the recent trip of President Noynoy Aquino to the UK and the US, together with Secretary Almendras, they negotiated a $1 billion investment for two more coal plants in Bataan province scheduled to be operational by 2015.
Between 2009 and 2010 alone, the percentage share for coal in power generation increased from 26.6% to 34.4%. Unfortunately, this trend share is set to increase in subsequent years, because of the several coal power projects in the pipeline.
Increasing coal investments means lost investments in renewable energy. Since the RE Law was passed, the Philippines has lost around $5 billion worth of potential RE investments.
The power crisis in Mindanao represents the microcosm of the grim future the rest of the Philippines will have to face if the Government does not implement the RE Law. Instead of investing in coal-fired power stations that take three to four years to complete and which continue to perpetuate our dependence on finite and price-volatile fossil fuels, the country would be better off making the decisive transition to renewable energy systems now. Compared to coal plants, such systems take less time to build, and their fuel supply is virtually free and limitless. They are moreover exempt from the instabilities of a fluctuating market.
Renewable Energy is the victim of dirty coal if the government continues to renege on its commitment to advance development of clean and renewable energy. It is ironic that the Philippines talks about development and implementation of renewable energy law in the country when the officials mandated to act on it are stuck in a time warp from when the law was conceived.
Coal promotes climate change, and by tying ourselves deeper into the abyss of this finite and volatile resource, we will not be able to attain energy independence and security. Despite the passage of the RE Law, coal never had it so good in the Philippines, thanks to our DOE officials and President Aquino who seem to be fixated on perpetuating our reliance to the dirtiest and destructive energy source, rather than advancing renewable energy which is the key in paving the way for a clean and greener future.
In international climate negotiations, the Philippines has one of the strongest voices demanding climate justice. It is worth mentioning that globally, the Philippines has the best laws in climate change. Justifiably so, the country needs additional funding assistance to help our people and communities adapt to the impacts of climate change. The moral power of that position is however severely undermined by our decision makers' myopic obsession with coal.
We have a real opportunity to set things aright. We need strong, strategic and visionary leadership to advance real solutions instead of impetuous decision-making that exacerbate the roots of the climate crisis.
President Aquino should rid his cabinet not just of corrupt officials, but of polluting officials alike. If he wants to leave a glowing legacy to the Philippines, he his focus during his remaining four years in office is transformational change that will bring about energy security and independence to the Filipino people. In the final analysis, this is a moral choice that President Aquino has to make.
Anna Abad is Climate and Energy campaigner for Greenpeace South East Asia - Philippines. Follow her updates on Twitter via @annagabad.
Anna was a Climate Justice campaigner at Greenpeace Southeast Asia - Philippines from 2014-2016.
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A point to stress is that sustainable (renewables) can offer much better stability of energy supply than any other (mined) fuel AND , being an indigne...
A point to stress is that sustainable (renewables) can offer much better stability of energy supply than any other (mined) fuel AND , being an indigneous resource, is not dependable on foreign countries. Some types of renewables will provide a local market and do boost local economies: woody types of biomass are an excellent sources an can provide income. The waste that is. From sustainable forestry, from biomass-residues left over after food production.
One way the government can accelerate is by relaxing the rules for small scale generation up to a level that the power produced is significant enough to be an addition instead of a burden to handle: inserting a 100 kW of power in a grid distributing 2.000 kW will give rise to harmonic distorisions, inserting a 1.000 kW overrides those distorision with ease and can even handle the distorisions induced by the small generators.
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Another overlooked measurement easy to implement is to allow for bio-fuels of any type as long as their source of feedstock can be produced sustainabl...
Another overlooked measurement easy to implement is to allow for bio-fuels of any type as long as their source of feedstock can be produced sustainable. There is enough technology available to convert feedstock to guaranteed 'safe' fuels to be used in existing or adapted engines. Those conversion processes are easy to check, sustainability of feedstock is guranteed if its input is 80% of what is considered as agri-cultural waste or by-products from the processing into food products.
Adding demands that bio-diesel should contain a percentage of a specific type of carbon hydrate only found in 3 types of crops around the world (babasu oil, murumuru, coconut oil) is technically not defendable, economical insane (those oils do have much higher value as food additive) and environmentaly killing. Technically not defendable as the cetane number of the fuel will be lower than it could be if a mix of higher cetane oils could be used, viscosity of the oil is lower, requiring additives to give it the right value, etc. economical insane as price of such oils hoover around $1300/ton (for food use) pushing up the price for biodiesel to at least $1.30/ liter to make economical sense. And with the rather fluctuating production of the oil (due to climate conditions, low average yield of the oil) it will give rise to a very volatile market, hardly sensible to plan a factory for use of a 15 years. There is no security that such plant will ever returns it investment. Environmental killing as the only feedstock provider is the coconut tree (here, the other are native to South America) which pushes the production of large mono-cultures of a single species forward. I think , by now, it is clear that mono-cultures are certainly not the way to progress in stabilizing the environment.
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American Airlines and US Airways officially confirmed their merger to become world's largest airline -- the "new" American Airlines.
The boards of American Airlines and US Airways both on Wednesday approved a merger deal. The formal announcement of the merger came early Thursday morning on American Airlines' website.
The companies will merge into the "new" American Airlines, keeping the recently revealed new livery and branding of the company, and dropping the US Airways name.
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A new website for the combined company details many of the frequently asked questions about the merger.
The deal is valued by the companies at $11 billion of combined equity value based on US Airways' stock price on Feb. 13, 2013.
American Airlines CEO Tom Horton will serve as Chairman of the airline's combined Board of Directors through the first annual stockholders meeting, according to an official press release. US Airways CEO Doug Parker will serve as CEO of the new company and be a member of the Board of Directors until transitioning to the Chairman role following Horton's first year.
The company details its new board as having three American Airlines representatives, including Horton, four US Airways reps, including Doug Parker, and five AMR creditor reps.
The new airline will keep its headquarters in Fort Worth.
"Glad to see it finally happening. It will be a great airline for travelers and continue to grow. Fort Worth will remain their home and we are very pleased about that. Still lots of details to be answered, but I feel good about it," Fort Worth Mayor Betsy Price told NBC 5 DFW.
American Airlines flight attendants in the Association of Professional Flight Attendants said they "enthusiastically welcomed today's announcement" in a press release.
The Allied Pilots Association, which includes American Airlines pilots, said on Twitter, "This is a historic day for our airline, its employees and our passengers who rely on AA to take them across the globe."
"Soft Takeover" to World's Largest Airline
The Wall Street Journal first reported that both boards had voted on Wednesday to approve the merger.
The deal has been in the works since August, when creditors forced American to consider a merger rather than remain independent. American has been restructuring under bankruptcy protection since late 2011.
Together, American and US Airways will be slightly bigger than United Airlines. Travelers won't notice immediate changes. It will likely be months before the frequent-flier programs are merged, and possibly years before the two airlines are fully combined.
If the deal is approved by American's bankruptcy judge and antitrust regulators, the new American will have more than 900 planes, 3,200 daily flights and about 95,000 employees, not counting regional affiliates. It will expand American's current reach on the East Coast and overseas.
"If this is a takeover, it is one of the softest takeovers I've seen," said Rick Seaney with Dallas-based Farecompare.com. "Stays in Dallas, stays with advantage program One World, 70/30 deal, losing top management it looks like, but I'd say it's a pretty passive, aggressive takeover."
The merger is a stunning achievement for Parker, who will run the new company. Parker's airline is only half the size of American and is less familiar around the world, but he prevailed by driving a wedge between American's management and its union workers and by convincing American's creditors that a merger made business sense.
"In the short-term, this deal is going to take about two years to happen, so we've seen airlines raise prices, attempt to at least three or four weeks, that's going to continue regardless of this merger," Seaney said. "Long-term prices will be higher, it'll be tempered by the economy and how much we can afford to pay for tickets right now. That's what's holding prices down at the moment."
Travelers at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport said Wednesday that they were not surprised to hear about the merger.
"I think it's good," Ethan McClusky said. "I think it betters the airline, and they said pilots are going to get better raises, so I think it's better overall."
Mark Boeller, who always flies American, said he thinks the merger will be great.
"It will give us access to the East Coast," he said. "American's going to continue being a primary player. I think it'll be awesome."
But Chris Desjardins said his experience with US Airways has not been good and said he doesn't think the merger will help American.
"When I use to fly up and down the East Coast, I would fly US Airways," he said. "All I can think of is, everything about American is going downhill; their customer service."
Just five years ago, American was the world's biggest airline. It boasted a history reaching back 80 years to the beginning of air travel. It had popularized the frequent-flier program and developed the modern system of pricing airline tickets to match demand.
But years of heavy losses drove American and parent AMR Corp. into bankruptcy protection in late 2011. The company blamed bloated labor costs; its unions accused executives of mismanagement.
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BOSTON – A decision by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) today in Bevilacqua v. Rodriguez, reaffirmed that a mortgage holder must have both "jurisdiction and authority" –a valid assignment of mortgage – in order to foreclose on a property.Attorney General Martha Coakley issued the following statement:
"This case is just one example of a much larger problem. In the rush to foreclose, the banks' reckless origination and foreclosure practices have created a domino effect that has harmed Massachusetts homeowners as well as third-party purchasers who purchased properties after foreclosure.
This is yet another clear demonstration that the only way we are going to restore a healthy economy is to address the foreclosure crisis and hold the banks accountable for their actions."
This case determined that because U.S. Bank did not hold a valid assignment of the mortgage at the time it initiated foreclosure proceedings, it failed to acquire title. As a result, not only did U.S. Bank foreclose without legal authority to do so, but its failure means that it was unable to transfer clear title to Mr. Bevilacqua.
As the SJC recently observed in U.S. Bank, N.A. v. Ibanez, many investors in the secondary mortgage market ignored longstanding requirements of Massachusetts law concerning when and how a mortgage holder may exercise its right to foreclose, resulting in numerous invalid foreclosures.
Mr. Bevilacqua was a third-party purchaser of property that was foreclosed upon by U.S. Bank prior to the Land Court's initial decision in Ibanez. Mr. Rodriguez is the prior mortgagor. Because U.S. Bank did not hold a valid assignment prior to commencing foreclosure proceedings the foreclosure was deemed invalid. U.S. Bank foreclosed without legal authority and was unable to transfer clean title to Mr. Bevilacqua.
Bevilacqua brought an action under the so-called "try title" statute because the Ibanez decision had clouded Bevilaqua's claim to the property. It allows the holder of a clouded title to initiate an action to clear title without waiting for adverse claimants to sue first. The try title process provides that if adequate notice is issued and an adverse claimant fails to respond then the petitioner may obtain an order barring that claimant from ever challenging the petitioner's right to title.
The Land Court denied Bevilacqua's petition, ruling that one seeking to use the try title process must have at least a plausible claim to the title. The Court ruled that Bevilacqua has no such claim to title where he acquired a deed following an invalid foreclosure. The Land Court held that Bevilacqua acquired whatever it was that U.S. Bank had to sell as of the foreclosure. Because, per Ibanez, at the time of the foreclosure, the bank held nothing, Bevilacqua acquired nothing and had no standing as a result.
Today, the SJC affirmed the Land Court decision and reaffirmed the essential holdings of Ibanez: that the mortgage holder must have a valid assignment of mortgage in order to foreclose on a property. The Court also held that one cannot use the try title process to extinguish the right of redemption – a mortgagee can only foreclose by strict adherence to the statutory processes for foreclosure by exercising the power of sale or foreclosure by entry.
The Attorney General's Office filed an amicus brief in this case in April 2011 and presented oral arguments before the SJC on May 2, 2011.


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Terror Assaulter release party with Ben Marra!
Join us at Forbidden Planet NYC on September 16th from 6PM to 8PM in celebration of Fantagraphics' Terror Assaulter! Artist, writer, all around cool dude Benjamin Marra will be on hand signing copies of his newest slice of psychotronic comics. Marra has been a Forbidden Planet favorite since the release of his 80's stripper slasher opus Night Business, and his newest work promises to be filled to the brim with all the sex, violence, and tongue in cheek humor that we've come to know and love him for. These are not independent comics, they're exploitation comics!
If you can't make the event? Well boo on you, but that doesn't mean you have to be left out. Preorder signed copies of Terror Assaulter now from www.fpnyc.com and we will ship them to you after our event on September 16th.
Cartoonist Benjamin Marra brilliantly satirizes America's obsession with justice — and disinterest in consequences — via a highly stylized, hyper- masculine style that gushes with violence, sex, and international intrigue, battering down the boundaries between psychedelia, political commentary, and aggressive expressionism. Terror Assaulter must defeat Terror at all costs, as long as it leaves time for steamy dates with hot chicks. The man's codename is O.M.W.O.T. (One Man War On Terror) and he is the world's greatest protector, and a villain's worst nightmare. This is a hilarious satire of American foreign policy over the last decade, neocon philosophy, the state of American masculinity and sexuality, and male power fantasy in escapist entertainment.
What: Benjamin Marra signs Terror Assaulter (O.M.W.O.T.)
Where: Forbidden Planet NYC 834 Broadway NYC
When: Wednesday, Sept 16th 6-8 PM
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Osaka, Japan October 29, 2010 - Korea beat Canada in straight sets (25-19, 25-19 25-14) in their opening match in Pool D at the FIVB Women's World Championship at Osaka Municipal City Gymnasium on Friday afternoon.The Koreans were well organised and able to offset the physical power of their younger, inexperienced opponents. With Korea ranked 21st in the world and Canada 24th, on paper it had looked like being a competitive match, but that was not the case – the Canadians had not a single player on their squad with World Championship experience and it showed.http://www.fivb.org/EN/Volleyball/Competitions/WorldChampionships/2010/Women/
Youn-Joo Hwang led the way for Korea with 19 points (18 in attack) while teammate Yeon-Koung Kim, a force at the net with several soaring spikes, chipped in with 14 (13 in attack). Left-hander Sarah Pavan led Canada's scoring with 16 points (14 in attack) and was impressive both in her serving and attacking, but Arnd Ludwig's team paid the price for making 22 errors to Korea's 14.Korea, wearing a colourful array of tape, pads and braces, produced some good defensive work in the opening set, saving several balls with acrobatic dives and capitalising on the Canadians' eight errors. They took the set 25-19, with Song-Yi Han scoring five points. The second set was a seesaw affair with the lead going back and forth. Trailing 22-18 late in the second set, Canada took a timeout to try and find a way to stay in the match, but it was to no avail as they dropped it 25-19.The Canadians played cerebrally at times, scoring on several tips, but they were not able to do it consistently. With Korea 6-5 up in the final set, there was an extended rally that ended when Pavan hit a spike out. The match ended on its longest rally as Korea finished off the set 25-14 and with it the contest. Sam-Ryong Park's team play the Dominican Republic next on Saturday, while Canada go up against China.