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While CEO of the Canadian Jewish Congress from 2005 to 2011, Bernie Farber helped lead the Jewish community through challenging times.
It's been nearly two years since he left the now-defunct organization – which has been replaced by the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA) – to pursue other paths, and earlier this month, he received the community's highest honour: the Charles "Chuck" Zaionz Award for Jewish Communal Service.
The award is given in acknowledgement of contributions made by a Jewish community worker who effects policy change on behalf of the community and who has dedicated him or herself in service to the community.
Farber called it the "Academy Award" of the Jewish professional service in Canada, and said he was honoured to receive it in a Dec. 2 presentation at the Prosserman Jewish Community Centre hosted by CIJA.
In his acceptance speech, Farber thanked many of his former colleagues and singled out CIJA CEO Shimon Fogel, whom he thanked for his "support and understanding" and for their 25 years of work together.
"Giants like Chuck Zaionz helped shape our community. They understood, indeed embraced, what the first leaders of Canadian Jewish Congress intrinsically understood. In fact the name CJC purposely put 'Canadian' before 'Jewish' to underscore our commitment as Canadians to Jewish values of justice, human rights and the need for us as a community to stand tall, and brave adversity while understanding what it meant to defend the underdog," he said.
In an interview at his new downtown Toronto office – Farber is now employed with Gemini Power Corp., a hydro-electric developer working with First Nations, as senior vice-president of government and external relations – the former Congress leader told The CJN he has fond memories of his work in the community and of the man for whom the award is named.
"In 1984, when I first entered [Jewish] community service, Chuck took me, this wet-behind-the-ears kid, under his wing and taught me how to budget for the community," he said, joking that prior to meeting Zaionz, his greatest mathematical achievement was barely passing Grade 10 math.
"He understood that money given to any Jewish community advocacy organization, like Congress, was a sacred trust. He taught me that you count every dollar like it was your own."
Looking back, Farber said he was proud of the accomplishments he and his colleagues achieved, such as taking on neo-Nazi groups and antisemites like the Heritage Front and Ernst Zundel.
"Thanks to Congress, those guys are long gone or shadows of themselves," he said.
Asked what made him choose Jewish communal advocacy as a career path, Farber said the decision was rooted in his family history.
"I came to it with the heart of a child of Holocaust survivors. Working with Congress just fit my heart and my will to seek justice," he said.
"What Congress achieved was remarkable. We punched above our weight and did the work we had to do."
He said despite being on the outside of communal decision-making, he still maintains close contact with the community and is often asked for advice or to consult on numerous issues.
But Farber added that he's not out of the advocacy business entirely. Now that he's working for Gemini Power Corp., owned and run by Jewish philanthropist Michael Dan, he gets to focus on justice for aboriginals.
The company helps Ontario First Nations develop hydro dams on their land for the economic betterment of their communities.
"I look at First Nations people I know, and I see them still living in ways they had nearly 100 years ago. This offends my sense of justice. Always has," he said.
"I really feel I am now doing something that can make a difference in peoples' lives."
Farber added that there is an "astoundingly similar spirituality" between the First Nations and the Jewish people.
His lifelong social activism is due to his Jewish heritage.
"Again, it's because of being a child of survivors. I came to understand that bigotry, antisemitism and racism offended my sense of justice," he said. "I experienced antisemitism [in school] and I became driven to make changes in this world.
Working with Congress, he said, allowed him to "unpack all this baggage" in the cause of good.
In his acceptance speech, Farber concluded: "I know our community remains in good hands. We face different difficulties today, yet we remain anchored in our successes of the past, which I believe gives us strength for the future. We are fortunate to be buoyed by continuing strong lay leadership."
CIJA called Farber a "proud fighter for human rights" and "a champion of inter-ethnic co-operation and social justice."
Last week, he also received the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Medal at a ceremony at Queen's Park.


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Editor's note: Junior All-Capital Athletic Conference libero Ashley Rineman has agreed to write a periodical blog about the 2011 York College volleyball season. Ashley is a nursing major and is one of the Spartans' very good students with a 3.46 GPA. To learn more about Ashley, check out her bio here.
Blog #1 - September 28, 2011
Well, this is the first time I have ever written a blog so we will see how this goes! So far the season has been filled with ups and downs and periods of us finding out what works on the court in different situations. We had some hard times two weekends ago, first at home vs. Gettysburg where we lost in three! I was disappointed in the loss but to drop our heads now won't help us throughout the season, we have to learn and move on. We followed that loss to the Bullets with two losses at our tri-match last weekend in Salisbury. The team came out wanting to take a win on the Salisbury's home court whether it was to Salisbury or not considering they are one of our biggest rivals in the CAC's. I feel the tri match that Saturday was a day of us picking ourselves up and cleaning up the pieces we were missing from the beginning. We played hard against both teams falling short by our own mistakes. After these two days of going 0-3 the coaches and captains (Jana Arentz, Cortni Rentzel and Heather Bucher) decided that practices need to focus more on the little things such as correct forms for passing, hitting, and blocking so that in a game situation we can utilize this and become a better team with the basics. So far it seems to be of help. Our front row is becoming stronger now and our defense is picking up on the tendencies of one another and is more able to read where the ball is going to go when the other team is about to hit. Kevin is still stressing the Coach Kabb tapes at practice and I know personally for me, it really helps! These tapes are motivation speaking and allows the team to learn how to anchor great moments and the benefits of positivity and focusing their energy! I know many times the team uses these techniques such as visualizing a perfect pass, set or kill; focusing our energy on the inside before the big game against Salisbury; and also the confidence we need to have in ourselves and in one another.
This past weekend we had the Spartan Volleyball tournament. We won this tournament last year by going undefeated but this year we lost to Salisbury in the finals 3-1. Our play was greatly improved and I believe we will only get better from here. We sought revenge against Swarthmore with a killer 3-0 win with a 14-0 start in game 3! We also won against SUNY IT and Centenary to come out first in our pool, which put us against Salisbury for the championship game. We were all excited to play Salisbury and I know we had desire to win. I want to beat Salisbury before I graduate and I really hope we take them in the CAC's to win the banner! I mean what a better feeling than to beat a team when it counts and take the title from them!!! The team is preparing to face Saint Mary's on Thursday September 29th at home for another Capital Athletic Conference match.
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2 Week Specials, Building & French in Senegal by Alba Moral-Foster
Hi! My name is Alba and in July 2016 I embarked on an amazing journey to Senegal with Projects Abroad. I spent two incredible weeks there, taking part in the Short Term, Two Week Care Project with French.
Why Senegal?
The main reason I chose Senegal as my destination was for the language: French. Since very little I have always been a keen linguist and I wanted to improve my French during the long summer holidays. I also wanted to do something worthwhile and benevolent with my time; so when my friend suggested travelling with Projects Abroad, I jumped at the opportunity!
Arrival and first Impressions:
When I arrived in Senegal, I was a bit nervous as it was my first time abroad without my family. However, to my reassurance, there were other volunteers at the airport with me and on the same flight. We all arrived together and were quickly taken by Projects Abroad staff members to the hotel, allowing us to rest after a long day of travelling. My first impressions were
1) WOW it's hot!
2) WOW it's busy!
3) I can't wait to start!
I met most of the volunteers at the hotel and they were absolutely lovely and very interesting. I was really looking forward to starting my project and meeting my host family!
My project:
In the mornings the minibus would come and collect all the volunteers who had French lessons and they would drop us at different schools around the town. In my French lesson I learnt lots! We started off with simple grammar lessons to establish the basics and then my teacher went on to explore the subjunctive tense. I really enjoyed it because the lesson's were tailored to my level and I was able explore specific topics that were important to me, such as the geography of the country.
As a result of these lessons, my French improved substantially and I began to speak more confidently using the target language. My teacher was really kind and he used every opportunity to maximize my learning experience. After my lessons, I would return to my host family to eat lunch with the other volunteers and my host family. It was lovely to have some time to rest before beginning the Building Project.
In the afternoons we would go to a school, where we built a classroom from scratch. This work was fulfilling and fun because the volunteers used this time to also talk.
In the evenings, Projects Abroad tried to organise as many fun activities for the volunteers as possible. Some evenings we went to a restaurant called 'The Flamingo', where we enjoyed some yummy food and a refreshing swim. One evening we went to the market to buy souvenirs for friends and family. It was really funny trying to haggle with the traders – unfortunately I wasn't very good at it!
The Country
I went to Senegal in the summer, when it was their rainy season. It was really humid and hot; you had to be careful not to get sun burnt whilst working in the classroom. Twice during my stay there, we experienced big thunderstorms and it rained non-stop. It was a bit scary because there was thunder and lightning! But at the same time it was really cool and exciting to see (I love studying weather in geography!). After these storms, there was water everywhere and we had to jump over loads of puddles - it was really fun!
Host family
The host family were really nice and accommodating. We were told to make ourselves at home as if it were our own home. It was really sweet and our rooms were really nice and comfortable. The food consisted of rice and fish, which was the national dish 'Thiébou dienne'. It has a peculiar taste but once I got used to it, I found it really yummy. We played a lot with the children; our favourite activities included playing cards, colouring-in and spending a lot of our time playing outside. One of the daughters of my host family was scared of frogs and we spent an afternoon trying to catch the frog that was hopping around her bedroom – I have never laughed so much before! We also got along really well with the girls, Diara and Ami. They would take us grocery shopping with them and we met nearly all of their friends. I will really miss not be able to play with them.
Our last day was really sad because we had to say goodbye to everyone. I will miss everyone: the other volunteers, the Project Abroad staff, my host family and all the amazing kinds of people I met along the way.
I hope to see them soon and I plan to keep in touch with them. I will never forget my amazing experience in Senegal and I recommend everyone to go there.
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UC Irvine junior Franziska Goettsching has been named Big West Conference Player of the Week in women's tennis.
Goettsching earned doubles and singles wins to help UCI defeat Pacific, Wyoming and Sacramento State last week to up its record to 16-3, 5-0 in conference.
She and doubles teammate Kristina Smith are ranked No. 66 in the nation in doubles and have won nine of their last 10 matches.
UCI returns to action at Cal State Northridge on April 6.
— From staff reports
Five 'Eaters lauded
Five UC Irvine men's water polo players received 2012 All-Academic Awards from the Assn. of Collegiate Water Polo Coaches.
Brian Pickford was selected in the Outstanding category while Bo de Lange, Nick Pfeil, Alan Robertson and Chris Swieca were honored as Excellent.
Pickford and Pfeil have earned national all-academic recognition each of the last four years competing for the 'Eaters.
The awards breakdown for cumulative grade-point averages is 3.71 to 4.00 for Outstanding, 3.41 to 3.70 for Superior and 3.20 to 3.40 for Excellent.
UCI Coach Marc Hunt has had 39 of his student-athletes earn national All-Academic recognition from the ACWPC over the past eight years.
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My company is partnering with the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations in an app and game development competition called Create UNAOC. The goal is to promote cross-cultural understanding and dialogue and show how technology can be a positive force in the world.
The entry is simple: you can submit a video, slideshow, or prototype of an app or game you are working on here (http://www.unaoc.org/create/) by November 30th.
A jury will then pick five winners who will receive $5,000 to finish developing their app or game for the UNAOC Forum in Vienna, from February 27-28, 2013.
Here are the submission rules (http://www.unaoc.org/create/rules/) and more about the project (http://www.unaoc.org/create/about/). Good luck to anyone who decides to enter!
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Based on the book The Tanning Of America: How Hip-Hop Created A Culture That Rewrote The Rules Of The New Economy by former Interscope Records president and internationally acclaimed marketing maven Steve Stoute, this four-part documentary series is a thorough examination of hip-hop as a pop cultural movement, whose profound influence eventually paved the way for the election of Barack Obama. It's the history of hip-hop remixed. We present the micro - touchstone events and legendary artists - while focusing on the revolutionary macro forces at work.
Over the last three decades, hip-hop culture and its seminal figures have gone from being a urban counterculture movement to permeating virtually every aspect of American life: the music we listen to, the fashion we wear, the food we eat, the cars we drive, etc. Hip-hop has done more to erase perceptions about racial distinctions for the generations that grew up exposed to it than any other force since the Civil Rights Movement. There's now a whole generation of Americans who grew up immersed in this culture who are, for all intents and purposes, colorblind. This is the true story of that evolution: The Tanning Of America.
While many of these events will be familiar to hip-hop fans, they have never been presented or coalesced in this fashion. This is an epic pop culture journey from the birthplace of hip hop, 1520 Sedgwick Avenue, all the way to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.


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By now, you have heard of the controversy between the Commission of Public Works and Spartanburg City Council over a proposed $1.2 million transfer of water ratepayer funds to City Council. City Council has chosen to provide misleading and disingenuous information about this issue that forces this to become an "us vs. them" debate where there would be one "winner" and one "loser."
The truth is that both City Council and the CPW represent the same people — the residents of Spartanburg — and we need to work together to find a solution that serves the interests of this great community and the needs of our residents for generations to come. As a member of the commission and the father of three young children, I am honor bound to do just that.
Economic development and a strong tax base benefit every resident of the community — both inside and outside the city — because of the financial foundation it provides for schools, infrastructure, public hospitals and other critical services. Attracting business and industry to grow our tax base requires remaining competitive with our neighbors across the Upstate. Water rates play a key role in that competitive edge, and raising them has much broader implications than City Council would have you believe.
The typical industrial customer located outside the city will pay an additional $34,490 next year to cover the proposed transfer to City Council. When combined with the other increases necessary to operate and invest in the water system, that industrial customer will pay $112,092 more next year. If we are forced to raise rates as City Council suggests, it will compromise our community's ability to attract jobs in the future.
A well-maintained and carefully planned water system is a key component of a healthy local economy. The Spartanburg Area Chamber of Commerce attributes nearly $9 in capital investment locally for every $1 spent by CPW in water system re-investment. That means every dollar of water ratepayer funds that is not re-invested in the water system has a direct and negative impact on our ability to create jobs and expand the tax base.
Since 1992 when the transfer began, water customers have contributed more than $17 million of their ratepayer' funds to City Council. During this time, City Council has raised concerns about its shrinking tax base and its inability to annex to expand city limits.
While recognizing City Council's challenges, I do not believe that raiding the water system and forcing water rate increases to cover the short-term operating needs of the city is an effective way to address the problem.
The community would be better served with City Council taking a broader and longer-term look at the problem to develop a sustainable solution. One proposed idea is to work with CPW to annex and grow the city limits, which we are happy to discuss.
Instead, City Council has confused the mission of a CPW, viewing the entity as a piggy bank rather than a separate agency established to ensure that the residents of this community have the water they need in order to live, work and prosper.
Some communities have chosen a municipal utility structure where water ratepayer funds flow freely into a city or county's general revenue budgets (often to the detriment of those systems), but the Spartanburg community decided more than 100 years ago to create a CPW to draw a bold line separating politics and the water system's resources. In fact, the transfer of funds to City Council did not occur for the first 80 years of the CPW's existence.
The fact is that CPW recognizes that we are stewards not only of the $5 million per year in water sales from inside city customers but also the $26 million per year in water sales from customers outside the city. While residents of the city own the water system, their neighbors in the county have contributed the bulk of the funding for reservoirs, treatment plants and other infrastructure built to serve this community.
To ignore this fact is neither reasonable nor constructive. City Council's expectation that water ratepayers outside the city should be unduly burdened to supplement its budget ignores the fact that doing that threatens the success of this community as a whole.
CPW has proposed a transfer that equals more than $6.5 million over the next seven years. This protects the water system and assists City Council with the legitimate needs it has to provide other services. I pledge to you that the CPW board will continue to extend a hand of cooperation to City Council and other government bodies across our community.
Difficult decisions are rarely popular, but leadership means doing what is right not only for today but for the future. I am confident that moving the discussion away from the immediate needs of City Council and the CPW toward what "we" as a community need to foster our growth will help us collectively decide what is right both for all of us today and for our children tomorrow.
John Montgomery is a member of the Commission of Public Works.
City has turned water payment standoff into 'us vs. them'
By now, you have heard of the controversy between the Commission of Public Works and Spartanburg City Council over a proposed $1.2 million transfer of water ratepayer funds to City Council. City Council has chosen to provide misleading and disingenuous information about this issue that forces this to become an "us vs. them" debate where there would be one "winner" and one "loser."


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by Binoy Kampark in Melbourne
At the psychological heart of every liberal is a milk soft tendency to succumb to the authoritarian personality, a feeling that, just around the corner, resistance will fold. Before such authority, adoration and bruising follow in menacing union.
"Action is consolatory. It is the enemy of thought and the friend of flattering illusions." -Joseph Conrad, Nostromo (1904).
As US President Bill Clinton fumbled his way, fly-down, through the Oval office of the 1990s, his popularity ratings would soar with the next insidious missile strike on a place in Sudan or Afghanistan, places few US citizens would have been able to find on the map. What mattered was that impotence before official inquiries was not to be replicated by the man behind the trigger, even if it did entail the slaughter of a few anonymous coloureds of Islamic faith.
The Trump Phenomenon
President Donald Trump presents this problem in an even more profoundly obscene way. Impulsive, spontaneous, trigger happy at the end of a conversation, the boy man imperial figure is capable of doing anything that will change the game at a moment's notice. Those interested in examining such behaviour best dust off their copies of Suetonius' The Twelve Caesars to make sense of it all.
The entertainment fetishized complex of suffering, the reality show of dead and dying children, becomes the centre point for supposedly sensible policy. Ever long in having the ear of the intelligence community in Washington, David Ignatius dares find moral suasion in the act of firing 59 cruise missiles against a Syrian airbase.
"Even for a president who advertised his coldblooded pragmatism, the moral dimensions of leadership find a way of penetrating the Oval Office. In the case of President Trump, the emotional distance seems to have been shattered by simple, indelible images of suffering children in Idlib, Syria." - David Ignatius
Liberal Support
As Joan Walsh explains in The Nation, individuals such as Fareed Zakaria on CNN's News Day ("I think Donald Trump became president of the United Sates" with the strikes); or MSNBC's Nicholas Kristof (Trump "did the right thing") signal that dire, toxic embrace that confuses power with purpose. From seeing Trump previously as an incompetent, unable buffoon unfit for the White House, he bloomed in the field of conflict.
We have seen such instinctive support before, notably from those within progressive circles. The liberal establishment, be it the human rights defender Michael Ignatieff or the late polemicist Christopher Hitchens, both strutted the line that weapons could be used to advance humanitarian and liberal agendas even as they destabilised and amputated a nation state.
Ignatieff took his point of departure as the attacks of September 11, 2001 on the United States, admitting that backing the mission that took the United States on an ideological crusade into Iraq in 2003 involved keeping company with those he did not like because they were "right on the issue."
"As long as there was as much as a 1 percent chance that rogue states would transfer chemical, biological and nuclear weapons to suicide bombers, Britain and the United States knew where their interests lay, and they did not lie in deferring to the reluctance of their allies at the United Nations."
Such an observation has all the ingredients that have since been replicated by Trump: a castigation of the international community, a general scolding of the UN system as barrier to firm action against atrocity, and the sense of catastrophe in the absence of such action.
Unity Against Terroristic Ideologies
As he was scribbling in March 2003 with Iraq smouldering, Ignatieff would say that he wished for a world with stable rules, and limitations on the use of force. But he also made it clear that supporting the invasion "entails a commitment to rebuild that order on new foundations."
Hitchens was similarly converted in the carnage of the collapsing Twin Towers of New York, embracing the thesis against incongruously named Islamofascism, and seeing any means to counter it, even those forces not so inclined towards it (Saddam Hussein was far more secular in his terrorising approach) as conflated enemies requiring extinction.
So convinced was he by the case that any attempt to suggest he had erred in joining the powerful was dismissed as ill-informed claptrap. "We were never, if we are honest with ourselves, 'lied into war'." -Christopher Hitchens
In other instances, Hitchens was positively bloodthirsty, exulting in the infliction of those deserving of death. These villains, he wrote in 2002, would receive "those steel pellets"; they would "go straight through somebody and out the other side and through somebody else… They'll be dead, in other words."
Such symptoms of automatic support for the beast of purpose are typical of the seductive allure of muscular power, which is, by its very nature, anti-intellectual and consoling. Intellectuals and members of the professional classes, while feeling repulsed by such fronts, often swoon to its application. They would love to be riding the storm of ill-thought in sadistic bliss, but prefer idyllic shelter whilst daddy does his bit for the patria.
Dr. Binoy Kampmark was a Commonwealth Scholar at Selwyn College, Cambridge. He lectures at RMIT University, Melbourne. Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Commentary by Surjit Singh Flora in Brampton
Kathleen Wynne, the current premier of Ontario, and Linda Jeffrey, the past Wynne Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing and Brampton's current Mayor, are a study in contrasts.
As Ontario's 25th Premier, Wynne is both at the height of her power and the low depths of popularity. But even with her popularity at below 20 per cent, she remains a powerful politician in control of her cabinet and caucus and with the ability to set and implement her political agenda.
This is despite Wynne's now self-admitted mismanagement of our province's electricity system, which she now concedes has caused such hardship in the province that some are forced to choose between feeding themselves or heating their homes.
It is a sad reality that Premier Wynne and her Liberals are looking more and more likely to hold on to power in the 2018 election as both the NDP and Conservatives appear to be parties struggling to seize any of the public's attention, let alone imagination.
On one hand, Andrea Horwath and her NDP seem to have little ground to stand on, given that the Liberals have all but assumed much of the left's territory, leaving the NDP with few policy options and little to say.
And, then, there is Patrick Brown, who with so many opportunities to pillory a Liberal government mired in scandal, continues to squander his opportunities to effectively hold this government to account while failing to be consistent in publicly expressing his own party's policies and platform.
The recent by-elections in Ottawa and Niagara were an indictment of an ineffective opposition that bodes well for Wynne going into her pre-election year.
Contrast Wynne with Brampton Mayor Linda Jeffrey. Like Wynne, Jeffrey served as an Ontario Liberal Minister of Aboriginal Affairs, as well as Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing. Her predecessor, Susan Fennell, had presided over a virtual renaissance in Brampton.
During her tenure as Mayor, Brampton saw major investments in public infrastructure, and a massive $300 million expansion of public transit funded jointly by all three levels of government despite the fact that, at the time, there was no formal program in place from the Federal and Provincial governments to fund it.
All of that travelling to Ottawa paved the way for the single largest provincial/federal investment in Brampton's history, but was ultimately part of what I have always believed to be an organized campaign to run her out of office.
Her frequent travel was at the heart of unfounded accusations, innuendo and vicious allegations that lasted all of two years. After having been cleared of all but two ridiculously minor issues just days prior to the 2014 municipal election, Fennell lost to Jeffrey, who promised to clean up City Hall.
Two years later, under Jeffrey's leadership, Brampton's reputation has sunk to new lows. Jeffrey presides over a fractious Council that cannot agree on anything. An LRT line that had unprecedented public support was defeated despite over $300 million in approved provincial funding.
A search for a new chief administrative officer attracted only one candidate, who, since being hired has been on a rampage at City Hall that has seen virtually the entire senior management fired, drawing comparisons to a mini "reign of terror" with blood-soaked corridors and a civil service in disarray.
And even when she wins, Jeffrey loses. After recently scoring a coveted nod from her former Liberal government colleagues to locate a university in Brampton, it was revealed that even that effort is plagued with a lack of organization and little in the way of a plan, leaving Council slack-jawed, asking, "What do we do now?"
Wynne and Jeffrey are Liberals, but complete opposites: Wynne is powerful and blessed with a weak opposition; Jeffrey, powerless and cursed with a fractious and ineffective Council.
But both have one thing in common: they both need to be replaced and 2018 can't come soon enough.
Brampton-based Surjit Singh Flora is a veteran journalist and freelance writer.
Commentary by Bhupinder Liddar
Did the seismic shift in Canada's political landscape, a year ago, following the election on October 19, 2015, also trigger a shift in Canada's diplomacy, defence and development agenda? To a large extent, yes, and for the most part for the better.
The first strong signal of change in policy came immediately after the election when Prime Minister Justin Trudeau declared Canada's intention to accept 25,000 Syrian refugees by Christmas 2015. The former Conservative government of Stephen Harper had been dragging its feet on this issue and most of Western Europe was devising ways to block their entry.
Canada re-surfaced at the United Nations – the world family of 193 nations. Former Prime Minister Stephen Harper's disdain, disrespect and disapproval of anything to do with the UN was well-known, resulting in Canada's isolation at the UN, including losing its bid for a seat at the Security Council, the ultimate decision-making body on world affairs. While Harper rebuffed the UN, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau embraced the world body, and addressed the General Assembly in September declaring, "Canada is back" on the international scene.
Good money after bad
In re-emerging at the UN, Canada also pledged financial assistance to various UN agencies that was withdrawn by the previous Conservative government. One must, however, caution against throwing good money after bad, in the case of UN agencies, as they are rife with inefficiency. The previous Conservative government was adamant in demanding accountability before approving funding for any UN requests for financial assistance.
A country the size and strength of Canada can leverage its influence effectively and efficiently through multilateral organizations. Hence, Canada seems to be enhancing its role in various international and regional organizations, including, the G-20, NATO, and the African Union, among other forums. While pursuing the Canadian agenda through multilateralism remains an essential part of Canadian diplomatic strategy, bilateral relations are also playing an important part, as with Prime Minister's state visit to China in September and various foreign heads of government knocking on Ottawa's door.
Pursuit of free trade agreements goes on with the same vigour as under the Conservatives. The Canada-India Free Trade agreement seems to have died with the defeat of the Harper Conservative government. Much too much energy was wasted on this agreement, which at the end was designed to appease Canadian voters of Indian origin, most of whom were not too impressed or thrilled with the blatant and transparent vote-getting antics.
Canada's relations with the United States of America are foremost on Canada's diplomatic agenda. Trudeau has restored much needed personal diplomacy with U.S. President Barack Obama, who addressed the Canadian Parliament in June. And, Trudeau was the first Canadian Prime Minister to be hosted at a White House State Dinner, in March, in almost two decades.
Within a year of coming to power, the Liberal government has kept its commitment to climate change agenda, by signing the Paris Agreement on controlling carbon emissions.
Canada has resumed an active role in defence matters, too, with a promise to participate in UN peacekeeping operations. The problem is that while Prime Minister Trudeau committed to providing 600 Canadian Armed Forces troops, we have not found a place to deploy them. The government seems to have put the cart before the horse.
Showcase our pluralism
Consistent with the previous government, Canada is actively monitoring Russian jockeying in the Baltics and Ukraine. It has pledged to contribute more troops, as part of NATO's efforts to protect and ensure sovereignty of the Baltic states.
Whereas the Harper government was hostile to an international development agenda and inflicted serious financial cutbacks to the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), the Liberal government has resumed Canada's role in providing humanitarian and development assistance, be it immediate help in the aftermath of the recent hurricane in the Caribbean or funding women's education and literacy programs to furthering gender equality, under the aegis of UN agencies.
As for the future, the volume of consular matters will continue to increase and become more challenging, both because of changing demographics and dealing with countries that have different value and legal systems.
Instead of indulging in cost-cutting exercises, Canada needs place more diplomats in foreign missions. We should end the practice of replacing Canadian diplomats with locally-engaged staff.
One hopes that the year-old Trudeau government will continue to make Canada's presence felt on the international scene, as it has in the past year, and showcase the Canadian experiment in building a pluralistic and multicultural society.
Bhupinder S. Liddar, is a former Canadian diplomat and publisher/editor of "Diplomat & International Canada" magazine. He can be contacted at firstname.lastname@example.com or visit www.liddar.ca
MICHELLE Rempel, Official Opposition Critic for Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship, on Thursday slammed the Liberal government for ignoring the Conservatives' calls for a formal visa exemption review on Mexico. Referring to reports that the government plans to lift visa requirements on Mexican nationals in December 2016, she added: "During a committee meeting on May 5, […]
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Commentary by Winnie Hwo in Vancouver
The much-anticipated first federal budget from the new Liberal government was unveiled on March 22. To describe the general reactions, they would be "Wow," "Oh," and maybe even, "Oh no."
I was all "Yay!" and this is why.
I am a Chinese-Canadian mother with a university-aged child. I also work for one of the most respected environmental organizations in the country, after a long career in journalism.
For someone with my kind of profile, I tend to want my country to be cleaner, greener and friendlier. I want this because it is good for my health, my child's health, our lives and his future.
For a decade, people like me were frozen out of the federal government's national policy equation because our previous federal government was only interested in pushing fossil fuels.
The consequences of this are known: our major trading partners like the U.S. and China have spent the last decade developing their clean-tech industry and green infrastructure. We are grossly behind in this very competitive new economy.
A struggling Canadian economy
As it turns out, our previous government was also reluctant to invest in our infrastructure, while it continued to take in more immigrants.
One thing about accepting more immigrants is that while newcomers help our country grow, they also increase demands for housing, transportation and other services.
We know many new Canadians gained acceptance to our country by paying millions of dollars for investment funds to contribute to the nation's economy even before they landed.
One would expect that this money would be invested in areas to strengthen our economy, like in our clean-tech sectors and aging infrastructures. Unfortunately, that was not the case.
Over a billion of taxpayer dollars were invested in the fossil fuel industry in the form of oil sand subsidies.
As world oil prices plunge, so does our dollar. Today, Canadians struggle in the low-dollar reality and find ourselves stuck, with little room to juggle.
While workers in the oil sands industry are losing their jobs fast, those in the manufacturing sectors are only recently seeing their job prospects improve slightly.
Long overdue attention to First Nations
The investment in our First Nations communities is also commendable.
As immigrants, we came to Canada mostly for better job opportunities, clean water, air and food security.
Unfortunately, these are not always afforded to our Aboriginal Peoples. For those who live on reserves especially, their water supply is often compromised due to irresponsible mining.
When their only source of water is contaminated, they pay with their health and lives.
For generations, our First Nations people have had to see their loved ones, often small children, suffering serious health challenges because their homes were badly built, their water supply was contaminated and hope was always too far to reach.
The $8.4 billion funding for our First Nations communities is long overdue.
Welcoming a new era
The new Liberal budget is important to me because it signifies a new direction or even the dawn of a new era, if you will.
The vision I keep seeing is a huge ocean liner called Canada changing course in the high seas, making waves and making its passengers feel bumpy, disrupted or even unsettled.
But if we take a deep breath and think about it, the reason we feel so shell-shocked by this new budget is because a lot of the big-ticket items were not even addressed by the previous government.
The move to a new and green economy is a reality. Some might even say inevitable.
It would be wonderful if Canadians were served a gradual change, of course, but the 10 years of relying on oil and closing our ears to the call for help from our First Nations people by the Harper government means our journey from here on will likely feel a little bumpier.
Yes, we will have to spend a little time to play catch up, but I know Canadians are resilient and hard working. As long as we work together and support each other, I have no doubt we will make the journey.
Winnie Hwo joined David Suzuki Foundation's Climate Change Team in 2010 after a long and stellar career in journalism. She is passionate about Canada's multicultural policy and healthy environment.
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The Liberals hope increasing the government's target for new permanent residents to 300,000 will boost the economy, the 2016 federal budget says.
The 2016 target is seven per cent higher than last year's, and includes an additional 10,000 Syrian refugees the Liberals plan to resettle in Canada, on top of the 25,000 who arrived before the end of February.
The total cost for the 35,000 Syrian refugees is budgeted at $923 million over six years.
The Liberals promised in the election to resettle 25,000 Syrian refugees by the end of 2015, but it was quickly apparent it wasn't possible to ramp up either the civil service or immigration settlement services in time to meet that goal. The government adjusted the deadline to Feb. 29 and hit that target instead.
The new 2016 target of 300,000 permanent residents will allow officials to "reunite families, offer a place of refuge to those fleeing persecution and support Canada's long-term economic prosperity," the government says in the budget, tabled Tuesday afternoon in Ottawa.
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by Rosanna Haroutounian in Quebec City
In this week's round-up of what's been making headlines in Canada's media: the federal government has a new plan to welcome immigrants that aims to reunite more families; women from ethnic communities in Canada call for a more inclusive International Women's Day; and Saskatchewan language schools are dealing with a significant cut in provincial funding.
Family reunification, refugees a focus: McCallum
Canada will welcome between 280,000 and 305,000 immigrants in 2016, a significant increase from the number admitted in recent years.
According to Immigration Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), the 2016 target represents a 7.4 per cent increase in planned admissions compared to 2015.
As reported in the Indo-Canadian Voice, IRCC said in its Mar. 8 announcement that this plan will emphasize family reunification in order to address the current backlog in processing applications and reunite families more quickly.
"As we continue to show our global leadership, Canada will reunite families, offer a place of refuge to those fleeing persecution, and support Canada's long-term economic prosperity," immigration minister John McCallum is quoted as saying in the Voice.
2016 will also see an increase in the number of admissions under the Refugees and Protected Persons class to support the Liberal's plan to resettle Syrian refugees, as well as increase the numbers of refugees accepted from other countries including the Democratic Republic of Congo, Colombia, and Eritrea.
Migrants without status in Canada have asked the government to grant them the same rights that are given to Syrian refugees and to process their claims for status that they say the previous Conservative government ignored.
The Conservatives criticized the Liberal plan to cut the number of immigrants accepted under the economic class.
"It is the responsibility of the federal government to balance the needs of the Canadian economy with our humanitarian responsibilities," said Michelle Rempel, Opposition Critic for Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, the Voice reported.
IRCC said the economic class will still make up the majority of immigration admissions in 2016, representing more than half of the total.
On Mar. 7, Quebec's provincial government announced its new immigration policy, which also puts an emphasis on matching immigrants to the needs of its labour market. The plan, called "Together, We Are Quebec," also aims to retain international students and temporary workers.
Other provinces, like Nova Scotia, are still negotiating with the federal government to gain authority over their immigration targets and say they won't see changes in their quotas until 2017.
A more inclusive image of women in Canada
On Mar. 3, Canadian Immigrant magazine presented its third annual "Immigrant Women of Inspiration," which focused on the theme of immigrant women in academia for 2016.
Ananya Mukherjee-Reed, Shalina Ousman, Parin Dossa, Leonie Sandercock and Purnima Tyagi are not only PhDs in various areas of study but "are pushing boundaries in education, in their passionate pursuit of knowledge, ideas and change."
Some women say there is a need for more interfaith, intercultural events and dialogue to mark International Women's Day (IWD) in Canada.
In a column for CBC Edmonton, Nakita Valerio wrote that rhetoric surrounding IWD does not promote intersectional or inclusive feminism.
She wrote that debates in Canada around issues concerning ethnic women, such as a Muslim woman's decision to wear a niqab or a hijab, highlight how the day "accentuates the fact that equality for women in this country is still heavily tied to the individual's background, religious, racial, or otherwise."
In the Globe and Mail, Septembre Anderson wrote that the definition of "women" used in IWD discourse does not include women of colour.
"In Canada, black women and other women of colour find themselves missing not only from movements for gender diversity, but also from seats of power."
Both columnists pointed out that while 2016 marks 100 years since women in several provinces won the right to vote, Asian and African women in Canada gained this right much later, a struggle which is not described in the commemorative materials. Anderson called on women in power to work with women of colour and use their positions to eradicate discrimination.
Uncertain future for Saskatchewan language schools
The Saskatchewan Organization for Heritage Languages (SOHL) says it is disappointed to learn the province's Ministry of Education will stop providing it subsidies to run 80 heritage language schools. SOHL has been receiving provincial subsidies for 25 years and currently teaches over 30 languages.
"The schools focus on teaching language and culture to immigrants and refugees, and improving access to indigenous languages," reports CBC. SOHL's executive director Tamara Ruzic told the Regina Leader-Post that about 10 language schools have opened each year, many teaching Arabic.
She added that the $225,000 SOHL receives is "peanuts to the government."
Minister of Education Don Morgan said that the decision was made for economic reasons, and added that the funding, which amounts to $4.58 per student each month, can be paid by parents.
"As a result of the announcement by the Ministry of Education, many of these non-profit heritage language schools will be faced with the difficult decision of whether they can continue to operate," said Girma Sahlu, president of SOHL, in a press release.
The organization says the decision is a step in the wrong direction at a time when Canada is accepting many new immigrants and refugees who need welcoming environments and support in learning languages.
"The heritage language schools contribute to the retention of immigrants in Saskatchewan by helping people to maintain their culture, identity and traditions, while simultaneously learning about Canadian ways of life."
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The lobby of the Boston Harbor Hotel has Italian marble floors, elegant five-foot-tall arrangements of orchids and beach grass, and views of of luxury yachts and cruise ships docked outside. Amid all this opulence are black-and-white portraits of 21 employees, many of them immigrants, who have worked at the hotel since it opened 25 years ago: Beena Jaikaran in the laundry room, Carmen Dejesus in room service, Yok Lam from housekeeping.
The hotel is the highest-ranked medium company in this year's Top Places to Work survey, and the respect management shows to its staff is a big reason the employees rave about working there.
The managers at the Boston waterfront hotel, one of just three five-star properties in the city, know that in order to deliver the highest level of service, workers need to feel like five-star employees. The hotel pulls out all the stops for its guests — filling up bathtubs with pink champagne if they so desire — and this VIP treatment extends to its employees, many of whom make their living doing the decidedly unglamorous work of making beds and washing towels.
Managers listen to their opinions, don't second-guess their decisions, and reward "never-say-no" behavior, such as the room service attendant who ran out to buy gluten-free bread for a guest. There is always a pot of rice cooking in the free employee cafeteria for the many Asian workers who like to eat rice every day; the menu, ranging from salmon fillet to pulled pork to marinated flank steak, is created by Daniel Bruce, the executive chef who runs the hotel's swanky Meritage restaurant and Rowes Wharf Sea Grille.
"They understand their internal guests, us, just as much as they understand the guests that walk through the door," said chef concierge Nathan Goff, who has worked at the hotel for 10 years.
The word employees use over and over again to describe the hotel is "family," and the abundance of longtime workers — nearly half of the hotel's 251 employees have worked there for more than 10 years — is a big reason for that. Many of them came from other countries seeking a better life, and they found it, thanks in part to the hotel's benefits — including health insurance, language classes, tuition reimbursement, and grant assistance – as well as to the camaraderie they have found inside the grand hotel's doors. General manager Jonathan Crellin sometimes eats with the employees when they bring in food from their native countries, recently sharing a sunset Ramadan meal with a group of Moroccan workers.
"The women in housekeeping who came here not speaking English, that just came to America, and now they own homes and their kids are in medical school, and they're working alongside people that they've worked with for many, many years," said Crellin. "They've been the backbone of the culture and the feeling of the family spirit."
Every month, the hotel, owned by Boston's Pyramid Hotel Group, honors employees' Milkshake Moments — named for the book "The Milkshake Moment" by management consultant Steven Little, who wasn't able to order a milkshake at a hotel because it wasn't on the menu, even though it turned out the kitchen did have ice cream and milk.
Hotel employees who go the extra mile to create "milkshakes" for their guests are honored at a monthly employee meeting and given a blender from Crate & Barrel and a copy of the book.
Goff, the concierge, won the award for cutting up a linen napkin from the restaurant to create a pocket square for a groomsman who realized shortly before a wedding that his was missing. Goff, 33, knew that management would back him up, even as he was in mid-snip and realized, "Oh God, this is an expensive napkin."
David Marr, a doorman who grew up in South Boston and checked the first guest into the hotel 25 years ago, wasn't afraid to approach his boss when Big Dig construction took away the hotel's valet parking, and the doormen's tips. Management listened, and put extra money in their paychecks to make up for the lost income.
"I'm not a complainer, but when there's a major issue, I'll bring it to their attention, and they look at it. They look at all sides," said Marr, 54, who has a business degree from the University of Miami and had only planned to stay at the hotel for a few years.
In fact, all four of the doormen have worked at the hotel for more than 20 years — and this longevity speaks volumes to the guests.
Peter Nikitas, senior vice president at Fidelity Investments Institutional Services Co. Inc. in Smithfield, R.I., estimates that he has stayed at the hotel about 50 times on business in the past year — and he wouldn't want to stay anywhere else.
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Dashwood Estate
Posted 09 July 2007 - 03:50 PM
You have probably all heard of the Hellfire Club? Well, I'm 'lucky' enough to live just under ten miles from their base, the Hellfire Caves on the Dashwood Family Estate in Downley, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire.
The Dashwood Family Mausoleum is situated on the hill, over the entrance to the caves, which themselves curve right under the estate lands and come up in the grounds of nearby Hughenden Manor. I have family buried in the small churchyard which is next to the Mausoleum, so we go up there every now and again, and quite often go right up to the gates of the Mausoleum to look out at the view over the valley of Wycombe, which is completely visible right up there by the Mausoleum. The Mausoleum itself is typical of old English family opulence; a vast piece of marble and stone, circular shaped, with carvings of the family patriarchs and urns set into holes in the wall. There are three gated doors into it, with a large urn-shaped statue in the center of the circle.
Every time I go up there, I feel so sick. It's just a nasty, nasty place. You feel like you are being watched, and when I look into the gates at the urns and statues in there, I almost vomit. It is such a nasty place to be. A horrible atmosphere. The Dashwoods and the Hellfire Club were never 'officially' linked, and the Hellfire Club were never 'officially' charged with anything, but it is common knowledge amongst those in the area that they were evil people. Young women and children would disappear off up to the Estate and not come back, you know?
I sometimes wonder just what is active within the Caves, and to a certain extent, the Mausoleum itself. The hill on which it stands is notoriously active around Samhain and Satanic festivals. Cross shaped tombstones are over turned, fires burned, the police have to be called to less-than-wholesome activities going on up there and suchlike. Maybe that keeps awake something that should definately be laid to rest, y'know?
Does anyone else know much about the Dashwoods or the Hellfire Club, and has anyone else visited there? Personally, I'd say it was a must if you were a serious paranormal investigator or anything like that.
G.Q. xxx
Posted 09 July 2007 - 10:56 PM
This is probably the best of the links; pics, maps, info, etc:
vobis fruor!
Posted 10 July 2007 - 05:32 AM
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Im gonna put on my list of things to do before i peg it
You're welcome.
Posted 10 July 2007 - 11:42 AM
I'm gonna put on my list of things to do before i peg it
Of course, you could always do it after you peg it.
And I have to vouch for the weirdness of this place. The mausoleum on top of the hill is so quiet and serene, anyone sensitive enough to such things should automatically realize that it is way too quiet, and therefore should be on their guard. It has the air of a place where the owners have wallpapered over the bloodstains if you will, and tried to hide the sins of the past.
A word of caution everyone, this is not a place to be taken lightly. As if the 'actions' of Dashwood's associates are not bad enough, the local cults, Satanic and otherwise, have raised all sorts of hell in the graveyard next door to the mausoleum, and some magical or spiritual protection should be used, especially if visiting the place at night.
Which I don't recommend.
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Posted 10 July 2007 - 10:51 PM
*sniff sniff* Seems like only three months since i had the pleasure of meeting you, and now you've gone and pegged it! We'll miss you, pal!
Oh, you mean BEFORE you peg it?? Sorry, my bad, I thought you were....uh, never mind! How you doing, Mark? Looking great!
Posted 11 July 2007 - 07:15 AM
Hi goblinqueen...this sounds like a fascinating and certainly very active place. Mausoleums have always, always given me the chills, but this one sounds especially sinister or forboding.
I'm much the same when it comes to mausoleums. This one however is a little different. Sinister and forboding are two very good words for it!
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Look forward to hearing/researching more about the caverns,etc....
Posted 12 July 2007 - 02:50 AM
We know, we looked.
It would deffinetly be very cool to go visit there.
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Posted 12 July 2007 - 07:58 AM
Okay, I have to admit I loved the tacky manniquines. If I could get hold of some I would probably set things like that up in my basement. And my living room. And my front yard. For any reason I can thnk of. But Manniquines are EXPENSIVE!
We know, we looked.
It would deffinetly be very cool to go visit there.
hey, bluemoon...I totally see setting up some mannequins in the basement. That would be aq hoot. It would really kinda shock guests when going down there for the first time.
The mannequin setups really reminded me of those tourist museums in St Auguatine, Salem, and other places...kinda funny and hokey.
Not on the subject of manequins, but speaking of basements, my Grandpa used to have these carved coconut pirate heads with knives in the mouth that he hung above the basement stairs. Silly things, actually, but they scared the daylights out of me each time...guests for the first time also jumped. It was funny...wish I still had one. I can see my Granpa (God rest his soul) acquiring a few mannequins and setting them up. He was such a jokester...full of spunk.
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This is an updated list (12 more added from last year) of jobs for kids between the ages of 12-17. With a little creativity (and a bit of that entrepreneurial spirit) there are many things your students can do to earn extra money.
1. Advertise on Fiverr (http://www.fiverr.com/ ) where someone could pay $5.00 and up for a service of yours
2. Assist a senior citizen with their chores at home or away from home
3. Babysit
4. Be a clown, magician or other entertainment at a kid's birthday party
5. Bicycle repair
6. Camp counselor or counselor in training at a day camp or sleep away camp
7. Collect aluminum cans for $$
8. Create anime or cartoon books to sell
9. Distribute advertising flyers on car windshields
10. Dog walker
11. Dog washer
12. Fix computer problems
13. Golf Caddy
14. Have a bake sale
15. House cleaning
16. Iced tea stand
16. Lifeguard
17. Lemonade stand
18. Messenger service
19. Modeling
20. Mow lawns/raking leaves
21. Music teacher
22. Newspaper delivery
23. Office help: filing, sorting, organizing
24. Paint faces at a craft market street fair
25. Pet sitting
26. Photograph a kid's birthday party
27. Plant flowers
28. Plant sit
28. Plant sit
29. Put flyers on cars
30. Restore old photos
31. Run errands for people
32. Shovel snow (this is not just a summer list)
33. Sell bottles water at a Little League game, race or marathon
34. Sell hand-made stuff on Etsy (https://www.etsy.com/)
35. Sell stuff on eBay
35. Sell stuff on eBay
36. Smartphone/Tablet Tutor
37. Start an online business: Bizinate (bizinate.com/kids)
38. Stuff envelopes for a company or person
38. Stuff envelopes for a company or person
39. Take an online survey and getting paid cash (http://www.cashcrate.com/ )
40. Translate documents etc. (You must be fluent in that language)
41. Tutor young kids
42. TV Remote Control Programmer (for people who need a tech savvy person)
43. Videographer: example: record people practicing golf swings
44. Volunteer at the public library
45. Volunteer for charity work (animal shelter etc.)
46. Wash cars
43. Videographer: example: record people practicing golf swings
44. Volunteer at the public library
45. Volunteer for charity work (animal shelter etc.)
46. Wash cars
47. Wash windows
48. Work as an usher at a movie theater
48. Work as an usher at a movie theater
49. Work for a church or other group as a pianist
50. Write an article for Ezine (http://ezinearticles.com/ )


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Brussels, 4 August 2010
Special Eurobarometer survey on humanitarian aid: Europeans care – and endorse the Commission's mandate
A special Eurobarometer survey on humanitarian aid reveals a high level of solidarity among EU citizens with victims of conflict and natural disasters outside the Union. Eight out of ten citizens (79%) think it is important that the EU funds humanitarian aid outside its borders. However, the financial and economic crisis has taken its toll as the approval rate dropped 9% from 88% in 2006 when the last survey was carried out. There is a clear link between this decrease and the individual financial situation of citizens; those who have problems paying their bills expressed less support. At the same time, there is a strong endorsement of the Commission's mandate to provide relief aid, undertaken through its humanitarian aid and civil protection department (ECHO). An overall majority of EU citizens (58%), and a relative majority in all Member States, think that humanitarian aid is more efficient when provided by the EU through the European Commission. Around one quarter (24%) would prefer that relief funds be channelled through Member States.
The Special Eurobarometer 343 on Humanitarian Aid looked at four major issues:
(1) Importance of EU humanitarian aid activities for EU citizens
(2) Awareness of humanitarian aid and the actors in this domain
(3) Knowledge and information on EU humanitarian aid activities
(4) Common or national approach to humanitarian aid
In a nutshell:
Main results
79% think it is important that the European Union (EU) funds humanitarian aid outside its borders (88% in 2006/EU25).
This is a significant drop of 9% compared to the results in 20061, but is still a very large majority in support of such action. A decrease in support can be noted in all Member States with the exception of Cyprus where the approval rate remained at the same high level (95%). Member States with the largest reduction in support are Latvia (70% / -18%) and Lithuania (68% / -15%). In Belgium (71%), Denmark (80%), Poland (79%), Romania (74%) and the UK (75%) support in all countries dropped by 14%.
The financial and economic crisis has taken its toll: the personal financial situation of those interviewed plays a role, with those regularly having problems paying their bills expressing less support for EU funding of humanitarian aid beyond the EU borders.
85% of EU citizens can name at least one organisation providing humanitarian aid on the ground and 72% can name at least one organisation funding humanitarian assistance.
The awareness for donor organisations is lower than for implementing ones. However, even in countries with the lowest identification rate (the Baltic States, Malta and Poland), a large proportion of the population is able to identify one or more organisations involved in humanitarian aid.
The organisations widest known among EU citizens are the Red Cross and UNICEF.
18% spontaneously name the EU, the European Commission and/or the Commission's Humanitarian Aid department (ECHO) as an actor funding humanitarian aid2. And despite the fact that this is actually not the EU's role, 12% spontaneously name the EU, the Commission and/or ECHO as a provider of humanitarian aid on the ground.3 43% know that the EU funds humanitarian actions, when asked.4
This is a huge surge in spontaneous recognition for the EU. In 2006, when asked a slightly different question5, just 7% proactively mentioned the EU.
(see questions QB1 and QB2 on the last page)
When asked if they know that the EU, through the Commission and ECHO, funds humanitarian actions outside its borders, 43% responded with 'yes', with Luxembourg coming first (72%) and Belgium second (58%). The lowest percentage rate was noted in Romania and non-EU member Iceland (both 28%).
86% think it is important to be informed about EU humanitarian aid activities (87% in 2006/EU25).
31% of respondents feel "not at all informed". A correlation between education and knowledge should be noted: the less educated respondents are, the less informed they feel.
58% think it is more efficient to provide humanitarian aid through the EU rather than by each Member State separately (56% in 2006/EU25). 24% prefer Member State option (26% in 2006/EU25). 5% favour neither one nor the other.
The strongest support for a common action is found in Cyprus (71%), Spain and Portugal (both 68%), Belgium (66%), France (65%) as well as in Bulgaria, Germany, Greece and The Netherlands (all 62%). Support for a common action below 50% is found in four Member States: Ireland and Romania (both 43% support), Lithuania (46%) and the UK (49%).
In all EU Member States only a minority favours a national approach to humanitarian aid, reaching the highest figure in the Czech Republic (33%), Slovenia and the UK (both 32%). The lowest support for a national approach to humanitarian aid is Portugal (12%), Bulgaria and Spain (both 16%).
Large positive shifts in the support for a common action can be noted in Bulgaria and Spain (both +12%) and Cyprus (+11%), whereas a significant decrease is reported in Greece (-9%) and Belgium (-8%).
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Special Eurobarometer 343 on Humanitarian Aid was carried out in the 27 EU Member States plus Iceland. 26,800 citizens were interviewed face-to-face between February and March 2010 about their perception of humanitarian aid in general and EU humanitarian aid in particular.
Special Eurobarometer 343 questions on Humanitarian Aid 2010
QB1. Can you name some organizations involved in providing humanitarian aid? By providing aid, we mean that they provide on-the-ground support.
QB2. And now, can you name any organizations that are funding humanitarian aid? By funding, we mean that they provide financial support to humanitarian aid.
QB3. Do you know that the European Union, through the European Commission and its Humanitarian Aid Department (ECHO), funds humanitarian aid activities in countries outside the European Union?
QB4. How well informed do you think you are about the European Union humanitarian aid activities?
QB5. How important do you think it is that the European Union funds humanitarian aid activities outside the European Union?
QB6. How important do you think it is that European citizens are informed about humanitarian aid activities funded by the European Union, through the European Commission and its Humanitarian Aid Department (ECHO)?
QB7. Would you say that humanitarian aid is more efficient if provided by each Member State of the European Union separately or if it is provided by the European Union through the European Commission?
The European Union as a humanitarian actor
The EU as a whole – European Commission plus Member States – is the world's largest humanitarian aid donor, helping people in need across the globe. The Commission alone spent on average nearly €800 million annually in the last five years (€931.7m in 2009).
The Commission's humanitarian funds are channelled through its Directorate-General for Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection (ECHO), which comes under the responsibility of Commissioner Kristalina Georgieva. The projects it finances are implemented by non-governmental relief organisations, specialised UN agencies (like OCHA, WFP, UNHCR, UNICEF), and the Red Cross/Red Crescent movement.
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Special Eurobarometer 268 on Humanitarian Aid 2006, carried out in the 25 EU Member States and Bulgaria and Romania. 26,853 citizens were interviewed face-to-face between 7 June and 12 July 2006 about their perception of humanitarian aid in general and EU humanitarian aid in particular. Report: http://ec.europa.eu/echo/files/policies/consensus/eurobarometer_en.pdf
Aggregated figure, as multiple mentions were possible: 15% spontaneously name the EU, 5% the European Commission and 4% ECHO.
The EU is de facto not a provider of humanitarian aid on the ground but the Commission calls itself an "active donor" and ECHO experts are permanently based in humanitarian crisis hotspots around the world.
57% in 2006 (and 31% in 2001) but the percentage rates cannot be compared as the order of questions changed.
In 2006, the question asked was: "Could you please name some organizations or institutions involved in or funding humanitarian aid?". This question was perceived as being rather complicated which led to a split into two questions in the 2010 survey: (QB1.) "Can you name some organizations involved in providing humanitarian aid? By providing aid, we mean that they provide on the ground support."; (QB2.) "And now, can you name any organizations that are funding humanitarian aid? By funding, we mean that they provide financial support to humanitarian aid."
2006 figures were based on a different version of the question, reading: "Could you please name some organizations or institutions involved in or funding humanitarian aid?. Considered by the pollster as too complicated, the question was transformed into two for the 2010 survey. Therefore, these figures should not be strictly compared to the 2010 figures.
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Time Warner Cable Begins Testing Metered Internet In Texas
Time Warner Cable is going ahead with a test of metered internet, starting Thursday, for new customers in Beaumont, Texas. The metered billing is TWC's proposed answer to the problem of bandwidth hogging super users.
5% of TWC's users take up half of the ISP's capacity, says Kevin Leddy, Time Warner Cable's executive vice president of advanced technology.
"We think it's the fairest way to finance the needed investment in the infrastructure," Leddy said.
Most ISPs already have "download caps" on their so-called unlimited use accounts, but the caps are kept secret.
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Time Warner Cable had said in January that it was planning to conduct the trial in Beaumont, but did not give any details. On Monday, Leddy said its tiers will range from $29.95 a month for relatively slow service at 768 kilobits per second and a 5-gigabyte monthly cap to $54.90 per month for fast downloads at 15 megabits per second and a 40-gigabyte cap. Those prices cover the Internet portion of subscription bundles that include video or phone services. Both downloads and uploads will count toward the monthly cap.
A possible stumbling block for Time Warner Cable is that customers have had little reason so far to pay attention to how much they download from the Internet, or know much traffic makes up a gigabyte. That uncertainty could scare off new subscribers.
Those who mainly do Web surfing or e-mail have little reason to pay attention to the traffic caps: a gigabyte is about 3,000 Web pages, or 15,000 e-mails without attachments. But those who download movies or TV shows will want to pay attention. A standard-definition movie can take up 1.5 gigabytes, and a high-definition movie can be 6 to 8 gigabytes.
Time Warner Cable subscribers will be able to check out their data consumption on a "gas gauge" on the company's Web page.
The company won't apply the gigabyte surcharges for the first two months. It has 90,000 customers in the trial area, but only new subscribers will be part of the trial.
We can't help but think this is going to put a damper on services such as the new Netflix box, or Apple's iTunes. It may have some pricey implications for deaf cable customers as well, as they tend to use internet video to communicate.
Then again, it does seem more honest than Comcast's current policy of shutting down users who exceed an undisclosed monthly cap.
What do you think? Will this fly?
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They will beat the spurs in the West finals, then go on to beat the Heat in the Finals....
Mark my words, and this thread will be bumped after each series they win....
Thunder up 2-0
Get your brooms ready
i really think the thunder can win it all. the only thing i don't like is that they settle for too many jumpshots. they matchup real well with the heat, but i think their toughest series would actually be LA (though if that happens, fisher could be an exfactor with his knowledge of his former team).
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Pressure is growing on Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf to resign as his opponents in parliament sharpen their attack. The ongoing political tussle seems likely to distract from counterterrorism operations, backed by the Bush administration, at a time of simmering tensions.
Last week, in an attack claimed by Al Qaeda, a car bomb detonated outside the Danish Embassy in Islamabad, killing several people. Authorities said they later thwarted a separate terrorist attack when they seized three cars in nearby Rawalpindi loaded with explosives. Militants are suspected in a Monday attack that killed four policemen in Peshawar, capital of the volatile North West Frontier Province.
Thousands of lawyers and others opposed to Mr. Musharraf, who sought to remove the country's chief justice last year, rallied Monday in Karachi to begin a staggered protest march that is due to end Thursday in Islamabad. Agence France-Presse reports that civil rights activists joined supporters of secular and religious parties in the march led by black-suited lawyers who chanted "Go Musharraf, Go!"
Xinhua reports that the president of the Supreme Court Bar Association said the march, which will go to several cities, was to raise awareness about the need to reinstate independent judges. Aitzaz Ahsan said the march would be "completely peaceful" and that lawyers would not "storm any buildings or damage any property."
On Sunday, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), a government coalition party, presented a 10-point "charge sheet" with which to impeach Musharraf if he refuses to step down, reports the Dawn newspaper. The charges include specific allegations of gross mismanagement, human rights abuses, curtailing democracy, and corruption. The PML-N, led by former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, whom Musharraf overthrew in a 1999 coup, accuses the president of pushing the Army "into an undeclared war against its own people." Party officials say they have evidence to back their charges that would be presented in parliament in any impeachment hearing.
A day earlier, Musharraf called a rare news conference to quell rumors that he was to quit as part of a negotiated political deal with the Pakistan People's Party (PPP), the largest in parliament. "I will not resign in the present situation. I will live and die here," he said in televised comments, reports The Wall Street Journal. He also warned that the country was being destabilized by the politicking over his presidency.
His defiance was seen as a provocation to the PPP to try to impeach him if it could.
The PPP responded with strengthened rhetoric of its own. "Mr. Musharraf has no other option but to quit," a party spokesman said following the president's remarks.
Asif Ali Zardari, Ms. Bhutto's widower and chairman of the PPP, said at a news conference in Saudi Arabia on Saturday that the Parliament could move against the president and seek to oust him.
The Washington Post reports that Mr. Zardari has until recently played "good cop" to Mr. Sharif's "bad cop," holding back on public criticism of the embattled president in contrast to Sharif's staunch opposition. Now he and his party officials are increasingly vehement in attacking Musharraf. The shift in the PPP was seen in a stormy parliamentary session last week where members of Sharif's party called for Musharraf to be put on trial for treason and a PPP lawmaker issued a veiled threat of violence against him.
But Musharraf is not without his supporters. Marvi Memon, a newly elected member of parliament, staunchly defended him during the riotous session. In an interview, she dismissed the suggestion that Musharraf was preparing to resign, saying, "The president is a fighter."
Still, pressure on Musharraf to step down appears to be mounting in other quarters. The military he once led has been reshuffled since the appointment of his replacement, Gen. Ashfaq Kiyani. Rumors of Musharraf's imminent resignation intensified last week when Kiyani named Brig. Faheem Rao as commander of the army's Triple-One Brigade, the unit charged with maintaining presidential security, replacing a longtime Musharraf loyalist, Brig. Aasim Salim Bajwa.
Musharraf has long looked to President Bush and other Western powers for support and styled himself as a bulwark against extremism, reports Reuters. But Western allies appear less worried now about his downfall than the prospects for further chaos in nuclear-armed Pakistan. The political debate over Musharraf is seen as distracting from the security challenge posed by Al Qaeda and the Taliban, as well as an economic dip on higher oil prices and frequent electricity breakdowns.
Radio Australia reports that the PPP has already prepared constitutional amendments that would curtail the powers of the president in favor of parliament, a move that Musharraf has said he would resist. The PPP is said to be anxious to avoid a drawn-out battle by giving the president a "dignified exit." For his part, Musharraf wants immunity for his suspension last November of the Constitution and imposition of emergency rule.
In an editorial, the Daily Times argues that Musharraf wasn't as provocative in his weekend appearance as Pakistani media commentators have claimed and points out that his parliamentary allies did command a significant share of votes in February's election. There is also no legal reason why a president should resign when parliament falls into the hands of its opponents, though it now seems that there is no other path open, even as the debate exposes deep cracks in the governing coalition.
If one looks at the vengeful views expressed in the media, the political calculus goes against President Musharraf. That is why we recommend that he decide to quit now rather than risk impeachment later on when the parliamentary numbers are against him. Unfortunately, the case-history of antagonism among his opposition – read PMLN and PPP – is so strong that he may be deluded into holding on for some time longer.


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The term "runestone" refers to the large, sometimes even monolithic-sized memorial stones carved with runes & found across Europe, Eastern Asia, Northern Africa, & North America. There is no historical evidence of "casting" runes that were made out of stones.
That said, our Ancestors were resourceful & adaptable. If plastic-polymer clay (aka, Sculpy or Femo) had been available to them, it would probably be a traditional material today. As long as one is being respectful of what runes are, where they come from, & what they represent, I can't see that it matters what material they are carved into, or painted or drawn onto, etc. Wood, stones, clay, bone, horn, antler, glass 'fish bowl' pebbles... all are fine. One can even draw or paint one's runes on construction paper or pasteboard squares, and that's fine, too.
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Delaware State player seriously injured in car crash
Middletown, DE – A Delaware State University football player was hospitalized in serious condition Thursday after his car was hit twice in an early morning accident.
Officials said Jadira Green, of Fort Washington, Md., was stopped completely in his 1998 Buick Century on Delaware Route 1 northbound without its lights on when hit by a box truck at 4:09 a.m.
Green's vehicle was pushed into another lane and struck again on the passenger side by a tour bus.
Green, who police said was not wearing a seat belt, was transported by ambulance to Christiana Hospital Trauma Center.
A 6-foot-4, 300-pound offensive lineman at Delaware State, Green is scheduled to be a fifth-year senior in the 2013 season.


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While Paranormal Activity continues to ride its hype machine as the scariest movie ever made, writer/director Oren Peli is already preparing his next terrifying epic, all about aliens and Area 51.
According to Variety Peli begins production on Area 51 next week. And yes it will continue to have that home made "found footage" look.
The movie will be about three teens whose enter Area 51 out of curiosity, and apparently bring a camera along...
Then they get lost because one of them jokingly threw the map in the river and then another one mysteriously disappears in the night and the girl of the group finds a piece of him tied to his old plaid shirt. Then they run and they scream and they run and they scream and stand in a corner... then screen-fuzz.
The second half of that is guesswork on our part, but the first half is true. The same producer who worked on PA will be working on Area 51. Hype or not, PA has great buzz for scaring some folks — so jokes aside, we're ready for scary aliens, because it's been a really long while since we've been scared by our manipulative space neighbors. Let's just hope that Milla Jovovich didn't beat them to the punch.


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DeLand running back JoJo Kemp was close to committing to USF in the past.
He almost pledged to join the Bulls while visiting the campus during the spring, but felt he should hold off and see what else was out there for him.
"It was very close, but I felt like it was too early," Kemp said. "I wanted to find out more."
On Saturday, Kemp decided that he shouldn't prolong his recruitment any longer and committed to USF during the Super Bull, the school's one-day prospect training camp.
"I feel relieved, great, but words can't really explain how I feel," Kemp said. "It was a great opportunity and there was no sense in waiting."
Kemp (5-11, 190), who is ranked No. 16 on the Sentinel's 2013 Central Florida Super60 list, holds scholarship offers from Nebraska, Kentucky, Arizona State, West Virginia and a long list of other BCS automatic qualifying schools.
As a junior, Kemp ran for 1,272 yards and 14 touchdowns in 12 games.
Thanks to his strong running style and ability to catch the ball out of the backfield, Kemp's stock took off this offseason and he became a high priority for the Bulls.
USF head coach Skip Holtz and his assistant coaches showed just how important Kemp was to their recruiting efforts when he informed them of his decision.
"They were very happy, jumping around," Kemp said. "They did more than I expected them to do, I know that for sure. It was great. I like the coaching staff a lot. Not only do they care about me as a football player, but they care about me as a person."
Following the commitment, Holtz and Kemp discussed his future intentions of taking all five of his official visits.
"They understand and they're all for it," Kemp said. "I told them that nothing is going to change my mind and I just want to enjoy it, take my visits."
Kemp also felt comfortable with current members of the team, especially safety Mark Joyce, a former DeLand teammate of Kemp and a rising junior at USF.
"He was happy," Kemp said of Joyce.
Kemp joins Winter Park quarterback Asiantii Woulard as 2013 Central Florida prospects committed to USF.
"[Woulard] was actually one of the first people that knew before the coaching staff," Kemp said. "We texted last weekend and on the way here and I told him where I was standing. We're supposed to be rooming together, so that'll be great."
Kemp and Woulard plan on recruiting prospects to join them at USF. Kemp said his first target will be DeLand athlete Marquion Lane, who has offers from Florida State, Arkansas, Louisville and, of course, USF.


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