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Mohammed Anjarwala
Joined: 08 Feb 2005
Last Visit: 06 May 2007
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Location: Boston, MA
Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2005 9:33 pm
Post subject: Earthquake Long-term Redevelopment
We at ADP need to be cognizant of not only the immediate rescue & recovery need but also the longer-term redevelopment effort. One can only imagine how many schools, hospitals and other basic infrastructure will need to rebuilt after the initial rescue and recovery. This redevelopment effort is one where ADP can play an important role of funding and supporting the best NGOs meet the most critical needs of their local communities.
Unfortunately, the devastating effects of the earthquake will remain in people's memories only for a short period of time. We need to make sure that during this time we not only help the immediate relief effort but also plan for the future rebuilding that will need to take place.
As such, I would recommend that in addition to the two links we have posted for immediate eartquake relief (Edhi & President's fund), we put a third link which would be designated for the "ADP Earthquake Redevelopment Fund".
This fund would be designated to support longer term redevelopment efforts specifically in areas affected by the earthquake.
I would recommend something like the following blurb next to the link:
"ADP has created an Earthquake Redevelopment Fund to support the longer-term redevelopment needs of the areas affected by the earthquake. Once the bodies have been recovered and the survivors rescued, there will be urgent need to provide the many basic social needs of the affected communities. There have been numerous schools, hospitals and local community centers that have been destroyed by the earthquake. ADP with its large network of relationships with some of the best and most professional NGOs working in Pakistan will over the next several months and years work with these NGOs to meet the most critical social needs of these communities. The funds will be designated to specifically benefit the communities affected by the earthquake."
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Tarim Wasim
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Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2005 9:40 pm
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I think it's a great idea and will be very much needed. However, I would suggest waiting till the initial emergency fundraising is over since people are not in the frame of mind to fund long-term development while there are lives to be saved. The key will be to have this up soon afterwards (a week or two from now), when the event is still fresh in people's minds.
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Mohammed Anjarwala
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Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2005 9:46 pm
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I considered this issue and I agree that we need to be sensitive about this, but the only reason I would advocate doing this quickly is that ADP will get attention (and website hits) only for a short period of time while these emails and circulating and the earthquake is in the news. After the first couple of weeks, my fear is that attention and funding will dry up and no one will pay attention to long-term needs of the affected areas.
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Justin Stone
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Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2005 9:52 pm
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Mo, I agee. I see no reason not to plant the seed now, although I expect few will contribute initially. The fund is completely consistent with ADP's primary mission and core competency, and it would be good to plant the seed in people's mind asap while they are focused on the disaster.
I don't see it diminishing the relief effort in any way, and it will position us well to ramp up this long term initiative in a few week's time...
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Adnan Khalid
Joined: 25 Jan 2005
Last Visit: 14 May 2009
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Location: Boston, MA
Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2005 11:24 pm
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I am not totally convinced either way yet. One thing that I am personally debating is wouldnt asking for donations for ADP on the same page as the Edhi donations take away contribution money from that pool and would that be the right thing to do at this point.
As for the event being fresh in people's minds, Mohammed is right about it being the freshest right now. However, even if we wait now and later start a new campaign to collect funds for ADP that would be used in the future for efforts in the disaster struck areas only, it would be up to us to devise a concrete plan and a good strategy for asking for donations. People will ask as to where exactly the money will go and we would need to have a couple of NGOs with likely projects lined up as an answer.
What do other members think? Lets take a decision in this regard as well in a day or two so that if it turns out that putting up our separate donation link as well for this future pool is the right decision then we do not loose too much time.
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Khurram Jamali
Joined: 12 Jun 2005
Last Visit: 10 Oct 2011
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Location: Beijing, China
Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2005 11:31 pm
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What about including the idea (and link,) of long-term relief donations with an official receipt of payment that we will be sending to all donaters in about a month?
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Adnan Khalid
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Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2005 11:41 pm
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That would be a good opportunity to start the next part of our campaign Khurrum.
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Akber Merchant
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Last Visit: 10 Feb 2006
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Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2005 8:08 am
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I agree with Mo we being cognizant about the next steps. One way would be to create a separate donation section (as proposed by Mo) for continued support. Another waycould be to have a set goal for the initial donations (assuming we could find out about the amount that goes through the ADP website) and anything collected beyond that could be put aside for future projects in the region - we will need to highligh this on our website. This idea of raising funds for projects may be a bit premature but we need to think long term.
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Justin Stone
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Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2005 8:31 am
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A lot of good ideas here. It seems like we are all in favor of the initiative, but some question the timing. As a compromise solution, can we describe ADP's intention to launch this fund (and pitch it) below the two 'contribute' options, and actually launch it when relief giving reaches a certain threshold, or slows significantly - probably later this week.
I think it's important that ADP be in the lead with regard to the long-term response to the earthquake...
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Mohammed Anjarwala
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Location: Boston, MA
Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2005 12:37 pm
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I think delaying it is fine, but I would note that already most major countries are contributing large amounts to the relief effort (US: $50M, Kuwait $100M). Also, we have already raised in excess of $8000 in less that 24 hrs. I am afraid that there will not be much attention to the real long-term needs of those affected after initial attention.
I would recommend that we put a small text section regarding our intention to raise a redevelopment fund below the Edhi and President's fund links and then wait at most till Wednesday morning to actually put up the link.
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Omar Biabani
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Location: Boston, MA
Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2005 12:44 pm
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I agree with Mohammad that we should have some text that talks about ADP's concern about the long term development of these areas. This will seed the idea that we are actively thinking beyond the first 72 hours of relief operation as surely, the real challenge will be to bring the life back in order for those affected.
I suggest we put this text as soon as possible so that those who are donating generously get to know our intention AND when we go back to them a month or two from now (maybe) they would be comfortable in supporting our efforts.
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Sarah Karim
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Last Visit: 20 Dec 2006
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Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2005 10:25 pm
Post subject: Long Term Development - partnerning with TCF
Salaams all -
I've not been able to follow all the discussion, so sorry to repeat any info, but The Citizens Foundation is working on earthquake relief in two phases, and if ADP would like to partner with it with its second phase, it could really use the help/money (as I believe you've allocated funds already for immediate relief). I'm posting the message below as posted by the Fundraising Consultant out of the UK as an FYI; the website will insh'Allah have information shortly (see
to learn more about TCF). I believe the TCF team in Karachi is currently working around the clock to implement the two-phased program.
Also - I would like to add that I have personally worked at TCF for a year and they are an amazing organization that truly will be working to reach the people it sets out to help. Although its primary focus is building schools and education, I have no qualms that their resources and connections will truly reach the people of Pakistan.
Dear Friends,
The weekend's events have saddened us all, and it is our earnest hope that all your family and friends in the region are safe and well. We have been asked by so many of you already whether FTCF, as a charitable organisation that you trust, will take donations for the earthquake emergency relief efforts in Pakistan.
The need and suffering is of such a magnitude that the TCF head office team in Karachi met yesterday to deliberate the issue and consequently decided that TCF would use its resources to focus on a specific program to alleviate the misery. At the urgent requests of its well-wishers and donors from the four provinces of Pakistan and overseas, TCF has put together a vehicle to bring relief to the victims of this national calamity.
TCF's two-phased strategy to provide systematic relief to the survivors of the earthquake in the Northern Areas and Azad Kashmir is as follows:
Immediate Relief: Starting today, we will provide basic care packages including tents, blankets and food rations to 20,000 affected people for the next seven days, for which we need Pak Rupees 30 Million (£300,000)
Permanent Housing: In the second phase we plan to construct 5,000 seismically designed homes each costing Pak Rupees 400,000 (£4,000). This will be a programme with a limited time frame of 2 years.
To date, TCF has concentrated its resources in the area of mass education. For this one off initiative, we have joined hands with the following organizations who will implement this relief and re-building plan. These are:
Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) - national airline with a cargo facility
International Brands Limited (IBL) - a national distribution company
Institute of Architects of Pakistan
Association of Consulting Engineers of Pakistan
Donations to the TCF earthquake relief fund will be strictly segregated from our on going education programme and used specifically for short term relief.
Basic info about the TCF Relief Fund, contact details and the donation methods will be made available on our website
You can make donations to the TCF Relief Fund through the following methods:
-With your credit card
JustGiving website
- Cheques or bank drafts
Cheques or bank drafts must be made in favour of 'TCF Relief Fund' and mailed directly to TCF in Pakistan at:
The Citizens Foundation, Relief Fund Office, 9th Floor, NIC Building, Abbasi Shaheed Rd, Karachi-75530, Pakistan.
- Deposits or direct bank transfers
Deposits or direct bank transfers can be made into the following account in Pakistan:
Title of Account: TCF Relief Fund
Bank: Askari Commercial Bank Ltd.
Account no: (PKR) 015-010104331-7
Swift Code: ASC-MPKKA
Branch: Clifton Branch & all online Askari Bank branches
For any queries about the emergency relief , Email
Warm regards,
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Saima Gowani
Joined: 08 Feb 2005
Last Visit: 11 Oct 2005
Posts: 5
Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2005 6:26 am
Post subject: Long term development
I agree that TCFs plans to build housing and sustainabile living environments for affected families is important, but duly important would be giving the kids something to do. CHildren are psychologically the most impacted in situations like this. I hope that the plan that we devise includes components of emergency education - including psychological, social, and academic support for children that would otherwise not have access to these resources. Giving these youth a 'fresh start' now might propogate them to join regular public schools if/when they become available. If this is a direction that ADP wants to pursue, please email me...
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Bilal Arif
Joined: 08 Feb 2005
Last Visit: 01 Oct 2007
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Location: Arlington, MA
Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2005 11:11 am
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I suggest changing the title on our website from 'long term relief fund' to 'long term re-development fund'. There is a difference between relief and re-development. We want to be clear to our donnors on the type of efforts/projects their money will be spent.
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Justin Stone
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Last Visit: 12 Mar 2007
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Location: Cambridge, MA USA
Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2005 12:40 pm
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I could not agree more. I have already brought this up several times. I think 'Relief' sends the wrong message. 'Redevelopment' suggests a progressive forward-thinking and implies that ADP will be helping communities rebuild with pride and dignity; not charity.
Adnan, if nobody objects, can we change this!?
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As I tried black and white photography for a while, I really got hooked. I always thought it was overrated until I took it seriously. Being left with only a few shades of grey, shooting these monochromatic photos made me think more critically about the composition of the shot. I stopped worrying about image quality and noise, and I started to appreciate the art of photography. If you think it's boring, overrated, or any other negative adjective, I dare you to go out one day with only a black and white camera. Especially when you're 'out of ideas' or lacking inspiration for photography, this can be a great tool to get back in the game. Luckily for me, that recently bought Satio came with a setting for black and white photos.
Unluckily however, the Xperia Z1 did not. Well... there is this stock camera app called "Creative effects" from Sony that I have no idea of how it ever got through their testing phase. The preview is far from smooth, there is no way to change a single setting and worst of all, the effects take a lot of processing power and make the camera actually overheat and shut down within minutes. It's absolutely ridiculous. I realized this was going to be the moment for me to learn to build Android applications. At the time I was already taking a course in Java, so it was the perfect opportunity for me to put my experiences to the test. And now...
I present to you, Monochrome!
Can you guess the city?
It took me a lot of work but it's here now: a fully feature-packed product. It has a clean interface, yet giving the possibility to change settings by swiping left and right, and up and down without being needlessly in your face. It integrates into Sony's own software, as that's the best way for quickly accessing the app from any camera mode. By default it's set to Auto Mode, which does what its name suggests and applies image stabilization where supported. If you swipe up or down, you can change the mode to Sports Mode and Night Mode. Sports mode is for those snaps that you need to take quickly. These kinds of photos aren't close ups, so I set the focus mode to infinity for this mode with a high base ISO so that the image is taken as quickly as possible after you press the shutter button. Night Mode (which by the way works just fine with the 20.7MP setting) when used in the dark, slows down the shutter speed as much as possible to get the most details out of the image as possible. Moreover, I chose to set this mode to enable the macro or close up focus mode. This focus mode is slower than autofocus so I decided to keep it out of Auto Mode to make capturing Auto Mode images quicker. Since the entire camera app is monochrome, white balance does not affect the photos and so Night Mode can be used and should even be used whenever you want the highest quality images when you can keep your phone steady. I use my app on Night Mode about 80% of the time. The other 20% is to make sure the other modes work properly [and yes, they do] ;)
If you want the full list of features and settings you can change, the app description in the Play Store is the most convenient: any updates will surely make its way to the description there. And trust me, I will update the app whenever there's a good feature idea. As a side note: like I always do with whatever I program, I added a little Easter Egg into the app. Can you find it?
If you'd like to buy me a cup of coffee and get a smooth black and white camera app in return, check out the app in the Google Play Store.
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There was condemnation, but with a significant caveat. As the wave of responses to an allegation that Republican Senate candidate in Alabama Roy Moore initiated sexual contact with a 14-year-old girl poured in Thursday, there was a common phrase uttered by GOP members, including the president: "If the allegations are true."
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The story from The Washington Post made clear that the accuser, Leigh Corfman, now 53, had nothing, neither personal nor political, to gain from allegations and in fact had voted Republican in the last three presidential elections. Corfman said that in 1979, Moore, then 32, had taken her back to his home, removed her outer clothes and touched her over her underwear, while guiding her hand to touch him over his underwear on six separate occasions.
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Neither Corfman nor three other women who were between 16 and 18 years old when they say Moore pursued them had reached out to the Post with their allegations. The accounts were verified and based on interviews with more than 30 people who said they knew Moore at the time.
And yet the majority of Republicans still felt it necessary to question the integrity of the accusers.
"If these allegations are true, he must step aside," said Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.
Reax to WaPo story on Roy Moore:— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) November 9, 2017
Majority Leader McConnell: "If these allegations are true, he must step aside."
Sen. Shelby: "If that's true, he doesn't belong in the Senate."
Sen. Gardner (chair of NRSC): "deeply troubling," said NRSC
"If these allegations are found to be true, Roy Moore must drop out of the Alabama special Senate election," came the echoing sentiments of National Republican Senatorial Committee Chairman Cory Gardner.
"If true, this would disqualify anyone from serving in office," read a statement from Vice President Mike Pence.
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Those comments can have very real implications for victims of sexual assault, said Nita Chaudhary, co-founder of UltraViolet, a leading national women's advocacy organization.
"It sends an incredibly dangerous message to accusers," Chaudhary told Newsweek Friday. "Why would a woman come forward with this if it weren't true? All of these women are likely to face a backlash at work, a backlash in their communities. They're likely to be trolled by pro-Trump, pro–Roy Moore bullies on the internet. For any woman in this situation, a big part of the reason women stay silent is they're afraid."
Still, Republicans went on. It wasn't until Friday afternoon that the National Republican Senatorial Committee took the first concrete steps to distance itself from Moore by severing financial ties with the candidate who had been a strong favorite to defeat Democrat Doug Jones in the December 12 election.
Indeed, the thickest coating of caveats in its condemnation of Moore came from the White House.
"Like most Americans, the president believes we cannot allow a mere allegation, in this case, one from many years ago, to destroy a person's life," press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said before repeating the familiar line, that "the president also believes that if these allegations are true, Judge Moore will do the right thing and step aside."
Trump, of course, has his own history with allegations of sexual abuse. During last year's campaign, 16 women accused Trump of sexual misconduct. Just weeks before the election, a 2005 Access Hollywood recording was released in which Trump was heard bragging about committing sexual assault, saying, "When you're a star they let you do it. You can do anything. Grab them by the pussy. You can do anything."
Last month, Sanders stated that the official White House position on the accusers was that they were all liars.
Chaudhary was equally appalled by the White House's latest statement questioning the integrity of sexual assault accusers.
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"What about these women's lives who were ruined by being preyed upon as children by Roy Moore—what do they deserve?" she said. "It's incredibly sad and disgusting, but not surprising that that would be the statement out of this White House."
Statements from Arizona Senator John McCain and 2012 presidential nominee Mitt Romney, who said plainly that Moore should step aside now, provided an example to follow, Chaudhary added.
Innocent until proven guilty is for criminal convictions, not elections. I believe Leigh Corfman. Her account is too serious to ignore. Moore is unfit for office and should step aside.— Mitt Romney (@MittRomney) November 10, 2017
But for every one of those comments, there were those that went even farther than "if true." Alabama State Representative Ed Henry claimed that Moore's accusers should be prosecuted, stating that "you can't be a victim 40 years later, in my opinion."
Another Republican representative in Alabama, Marion County GOP Chair David Hall, brushed off the allegations entirely.
Me: "The story said she said he tried to get her to touch his genitals." Hall: "Well, she said he may have TRIED to. But we're talking something that somebody SAID happened, 40 years ago. It wouldn't affect whether or not I'd vote for him."— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) November 9, 2017
Sexual harassment, abuse and other misconduct is far from being a problem limited to Republicans and crosses both parties and industries. Yet the inability to outright condemn men accused of such violations does appear to be a Republican issue. And it could have damaging consequences for the party.
"If they're not willing to stand by women and say we believe these women and we find this objectionable, to the point we believe that nobody facing these kind of allegations has any business being near the U.S. Senate, they're going to find themselves with a caucus full of extremists," Chaudhary said.
The allegations against Moore come as the country is having a major cultural movement, with accusations of sexual misconduct emerging against prominent men from Hollywood to Washington, D.C. It is a moment that many have traced directly back to events of one year ago.
"It's because so many women were politicized for the first time by waking up the morning of November 9, 2016, and realizing that an admitted sexual predator had been elected president," Chaudhary said.
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I love it when I read a book and get transported to a different time and place. When the words on the page create a reality of their own that in the mind is virtually indistinguishable from memory. Even a memory that could in no way be mine. Such scenes if perfectly painted can feel like a vacation in my living room.
I've experienced that with several writers, but the one's that impress me the most are those who do it with historical fiction. For instance Bernard Cornwells "The Winter King" which told an Arthurian legend without any feeling of fantasy, it was incredibly realistic. I also recently finished Ken Follett's "World Without End" and found the setting to be incredibly detailed, even though it took place nearly 900 years ago. Whatever he did that managed to get so many details about the look and feel of Kingsbridge that long ago is what I want to do with my own work.
Therefore I am actively working on a time machine to transport me to the Mongolian Empire circa 1150's. I thought I had it the other day, but upon the first live test...well things didn't go as well as I hoped.
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What Can I Make with Saffron?
Q: Somewhere along the way, I heard that saffron was a good spice to use so I purchased a small bottle from Trader Joe's, but don't know how to use it.
Can it be used in any way for any meat?
I was thinking about baking some chicken parts with a little liquid in the bottom of the dish — could a little saffron be used in the liquid before putting the chicken in?
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Editor: Yes, saffron is usually steeped in a little warm water or broth before being added to dishes to "bloom" its flavor. It's a great addition to chicken dishes, as well as rice dishes.
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Monumental discoveries
You've probably heard about Zidane and Materazzi. About the statue, I mean. The five-metre high bronze statue that was unveiled in September outside the famous Pompidou art museum in Paris. The statue designed by Algerian artist Adel Abdessemed. The statue which depicts, well, 'that' headbutt.
Granted, it's a rather unusual subject matter for a commemorative football statue. But at least it is a football statue. And there aren't that many of them around, at least not on the continent, something I found out about roughly a year ago, when Chris Stride from the University of Sheffield dropped me a few lines.
Chris and his colleague Ffion had started the Sporting Statues Project , which is not about suggesting or even commissioning new statues but about documenting the existing ones.
The two have compiled a database of about 120 such statues in the UK, roughly half of which are devoted to football players or managers. The most recent one is of course the Sir Alex Ferguson monument at Old Trafford, unveiled a week ago.
But it's not only widely famous men like Sir Alex who get their statue in the UK. Six days before the Ferguson sculpture was officially presented to the public, Port Vale legend Roy Sproson was also honoured through a statue. It cost £96,000 and the money was collected by fans after ten years of fundraising.
In Germany, however, football statues are conspicuous through their absence. If the English erect monuments for Sproson, Harold Fleming (Swindon Town) or Bob Stokoe (Sunderland), you'd think we'd do the same for giants of the German game, for managers like Sepp Herberger or Helmut Schon and players like Ernst Lehner or Paul Janes. But no.
It doesn't mean there aren't any, though. Especially the so-called 'Heroes of Berne': the players who won the 1954 World Cup are commemorated through monuments. In 2004, some 50 years after his goals won the final, Essen erected a Helmut Rahn statue. In 2006, Kaiserslautern unveiled a rather crowded statue, because the club had been represented by no less than five players in Berne and considered them equally deserving. And so Fritz and Ottmar Walter, Horst Eckel, Werner Liebrich and Werner Kohlmeyer are all immortalised outside the club's ground.
In 2008, Nurnberg proudly presented a statue of another 'Hero of Berne', namely Max Morlock, though the fact that he won the World Cup is only an afterthought in this case. "900 games for Nurnberg" announces the plaque, while the statue itself shows Morlock in his club gear and lifting the trophy for Nurnberg's 1961 national championship.
But you don't have to have graced the Berne pitch and you don't have to be dead to get your statue. As early as 1975, a sculptor by the name of Bonifatius Stirnberg, best known for various fountains all over the country, honoured Gunter Netzer, Berti Vogts and Herbert Wimmer, three key members of Monchengladbach's glory team, with a statue. It stands in Eicken, the part of the city where the club's precursor was formed in 1899.
This monument is pretty unusual, because the three men's limbs are movable. One year ago, this feature cost Netzer, or rather his likeness, an arm. There was some suspicion that Bremen fans had vandalised the monument, because Werder were in town when it happened. But since Netzer's left arm was left lying on the ground it might as well be that the limb came loose unintentionally. Speaking of bodily parts, the strangest football monument in Germany probably stands outside Hamburg's ground. It's just a right foot; Uwe Seeler's foot, to be more precise. Or a giant reproduction of Seeler's foot, to be totally precise. The bronze foot measures 3.5 metres in height and was put here in August 2005.
Less than two years later, St. Pauli fans painted Uwe's toe nails brown and white, which are St. Pauli's colours. Or rather, that may have been the plan. Instead, they coloured the whole of the toes, not just the nails, which pretty much ruined the joke. (The perpetrators were probably trying to get even. In 2005, Hamburg fans had literally tarred and feathered the large St. Pauli stone crest that stands in front of this club's ground.)
Maybe the fact that they can become targets for rival fans so easily explains why there are comparatively few football statues in Germany. Our neighbours, the Austrians, suggested a novel approach to this problem in February 2008. The city of Klagenfurt, where Germany were based during Euro 2008, announced it would built a three-metre tall statue of Franz Beckenbauer - made of sand.
The idea was to create a temporary attraction for German fans following their team. "Visitors to our city could use it as a backdrop when taking photos," Klagenfurt's head of marketing Helmut Ellensohn explained. He admitted that the sand statue, which would have cost about €15,000, would have to be protected from both rowdies and the rain.
In the end, the statue was never built. Maybe the people of Klagenfurt remembered that Ellensohn had spent €10,000 on a Christmas tree made of ice two years earlier and that this had turned into a disaster when temperatures suddenly soared and the sculpture melted after only eight days.
Anyway, while we don't have many football statues in Germany, we could argue we've had both the tallest and highest of them all - as the statue in question is not only 53.46 metres tall (173.39 ft) but also stands on a mountain.
I'm talking about the famous "Hermannsdenkmal", 20 miles southeast of Bielefeld. It depicts the Cherusci war chief Hermann, whose troops annihilated three Roman legions in 9AD. Hermann's Latin name was Arminius (he had one because he enjoyed Roman citizenship - yes, old Hermann was a bit of a turncoat) and the Bielefeld football club is named after him, "Arminia".
In July 1999, Hermann (the statue) was clad in a giant Arminia shirt, as the club had just been promoted to the Bundesliga. The shirt cost €10,000 to produce, was made of 130 square metres of fabric and the shirt number was 9 (because of the battle in 9AD). "He looks good," goalkeeper Georg Koch quipped about the massive figure. "We could use him between the sticks."
It didn't last long, though. Bielefeld went down, the shirt came off and that was the end of what may have been the most impressive football statue in the world.
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The Federal Aviation Administration is under fire.
With United Airlines now the fourth major carrier to ground planes over the past month because of maintenance concerns, critics charge that the FAA is "too cozy" with the airlines it regulates. It's a situation, they say, that could eventually affect the safety of the flying public. As a result, critics are calling for a complete review and overhaul of the agency.
On Thursday, a major congressional hearing will feature the testimony of FAA whistle-blowers who allege that with the FAA's knowledge, Southwest Airlines continued to fly for up to 30 months airplanes that missed inspections.
"All eyes are on this now. We have a fundamental problem here," says Kevin Mitchell, chairman of the Business Travel Coalition, which represents corporate travel managers. "It's time for a giant step back for a top-down strategic review of the FAA."
The FAA denies that it has a "cozy" relationship. On Wednesday, it released a review of hundreds of airline maintenance records and found "an extraordinarily high rate" of airline compliance with its regulations. It says that the problems recently highlighted by whistle-blowers about Southwest Airlines, which prompted the review, were "aberrations."
"We would point out the unparalleled safety record as proof that the risk-based oversight system and voluntary reporting programs we have are producing results," says FAA spokesman Les Dorr. "The safety record we have today is not a result of chance, happenstance, or an accident."
Prior to 1996, the FAA had what was called a "fix and fly" method of aviation safety. When there was an accident or a problem was found, the FAA made sure that it was addressed on all planes. But the 1996 ValuJet crash, in which 110 people were killed in the Florida Everglades, changed that. Investigators cited lax FAA oversight as one cause of the crash. That prompted Congress to overhaul the agency, which until that time had had a dual charge of both regulating and promoting the aviation industry. After 1996, the FAA's sole responsibility was to regulate the airlines. At that time, the FAA also transformed its aviation safety regime, moving from a "fix and fly" system to one where airlines voluntarily reported problems in exchange for not being penalized. The FAA then used that information to predict potential problems and fix them before there could be an accident.
"When we find problems in the system, we certainly don't hesitate to act, and we've shown that many times in the past," says Mr. Dorr.
But some aviation experts and federal inspectors say that the pendulum in this cooperative relationship has swung too far, given the Southwest incident and maintenance problems also revealed at American, Delta, and United Airlines, which all resulted in planes being grounded.
At Thursday's hearing by the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, two FAA inspectors will allege that the FAA systematically failed to provide proper oversight of Southwest's maintenance operations over a number of years, according to a briefing by committee staff. The briefing also asserts that the problems with inadequate oversight may not be unique to Southwest.
In addition, the briefing also contends that FAA management works to ensure it doesn't "strain" relationships with airlines: "Many [FAA] inspectors allege that there is pressure from management not to identify too many problems with airlines, suggesting that there may be retribution or reassignment as a result."
Aviation experts, and even Committee Chairman James Oberstar (D), who is one of the industry's leading critics, say the aviation system is still safe. But Representative Oberstar says that to ensure this safety record continues, the FAA needs to change the way it's doing business. "We need a change of attitudes at the highest levels," he said on Tuesday, according to the Associated Press.
Aviation analysts draw similar conclusions. "It's obviously disconcerting to the traveling public that the FAA may not be doing its job as diligently as it should, at least in the light of some whistle-blowers," says Robert Mann, an aviation consultant with R.W. Mann & Co. in Port Washington, N.Y. "But I think the majority of this is going to be determined to be not substantive maintenance problems but rather paperwork issues."
The good news, says aviation expert Clint Oster at Indiana University in Bloomington, is that this is not happening in "the wake of airplanes falling out of the skies. Professor Oster applauds the recent decisions by American and Delta to ground some planes for further inspections, even if it was done as a result of a whistle-blower drawing attention to perceived problems within the FAA.
"These are precautionary moves," he says. "They're taking a proactive approach to something that's been in the back of industry people's minds for a while. That's a good thing."


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Like the old cigarette commercials used to say, "You've come a long way baby," and in Fargo, this applies 100 percent to Lester Nygaard; unfortunately this newly confident fellow goes on to wake the sleeping dog, Lorne Malvo, and he rediscovers what terror really is. It is surprising to see that Lester ever forgot, but considering that his professional and personal life have improved beyond all measure it is equally certain that he would forget his prior dealings with the devil after all his good fortune.
While last week's episode ended with Lester confronting Lorne at the Vegas bar table with his three companions, this week the show starts with yet another incarnation of the killer for hire. This time it is Malvo as dentist, considering the hitman's sadistic sense of humor this does not surprise the viewer very much.
It appears that Lorne has ingratiated himself to "good old Bertie-Bert" for a reason yet unknown. At a Sunday house party, the audience gets to learn a bit more than they may like about Malvo and his fiance's love life but more importantly they also find out why "Mikie-Mike" has gotten so close to Bertie-Bert. The other dentist's brother is in the witness protection program and is Lorne's next target.
Fast forward to Las Vegas and the chance encounter between Lester and Lorne and it turns out that the "new improved" Nygaard will not let things go with the sleeping dog he has awakened and Lester decides to follow Malvo and his party to the elevator. In this penultimate episode of Fargo, Lester discovers that his new found good luck will only stretch so far.
In terms of a change of fortune, Nygaard and his new wife Linda are not the only Bemidji residents who have benefited from their brief encounters with Malvo. Deputy Solverson has hooked up with Gus Grimly and his daughter, Molly is expecting a baby and this quirky couple look picture perfect in the scene at the diner with Molly's father.
However, not all who crossed paths with Lorne have been so lucky. The two FBI agents who were present while Lorne took out an entire syndicate crime gang, and only noticed when one of the murdered crime crew was shot out of an upper story window, have been in their own version of purgatory since that day. It is not necessary to mention Stavros the supermarket king or his first blackmailer either.
Since this week's show is about more than waking sleeping dogs, or poking lions with a stick or just plain old chance encounters, the two FBI agents, who have been banished to records presumably for the remainder of their careers, have another chance encounter with Malvo. This one looks like it may help the two men redeem their lack of action during the first crossing of paths with the paid killer.
After Lester confronts Lorne the second time in the crowded elevator; with Lester, Lorne, his fiance and his target, Bertie-Bert and wife, once Malvo ascertains that this is really what Nygaard wants, he pulls a gun and without aiming once, kills the other three members of his party. As he bends down to grab Bertie-Bert's feet, Lester smacks him with his newly won award and flees.
Malvo stands in front of the open elevator, his features hidden in shadow and he softly tells Lester that he will be seeing him later.
If there was ever any doubt that Lester Nygaard was self centered and only cared about his own personal well being, this penultimate episode will remove it. The award winning insurance salesman cold bloodedly sets up his second wife, the naive and sweet Linda, to take a bullet meant for him. Proof positive that Lester only cares about Lester.
Another kind of proof is revealed about Lorne Malvo. All through this series, it has been hinted at that the mischievous/sadistic hitman could be the devil incarnate. Lorne himself alludes to it in Molly's father's diner. After having the apple pie, he states matter-of-factly that it is the best he has had "since the Garden of Eden." The shooting of the three people in the elevator without even looking also reeks of the supernatural if nothing else.
As the countdown begins to the final episode of Fargo, viewers may wonder what would have happened if Lester did not wake the sleeping dog, or kick the devil's hornet's nest. Considering the success rate of Malvo in other episodes, things do not bode well for the good guys, and gals, in this story. Although Molly has proved that she is up to the task, if only she could dump Police Chief Bill. The season finale will take an impressive 90 minutes to air this story's conclusion and the waiting will be excruciating, but so worth it. The Fargo finale airs on FX Tuesday June 16 bring popcorn…lots of it.
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The Court of Appeal has provided useful insight into the meaning of the phrase 'as soon as possible' in relation to insurance policy notification obligations. How will this decision impact upon both insurers and insured parties?
In Zurich Insurance plc v Maccaferri Ltd [2016] EWCA Civ. 1302, the issue before the Court of Appeal was whether the appellant insurers were entitled to reject liability under a combined product and public liability policy for an alleged breach of a notification condition precedent contained in the policy. The case required the court to consider whether the phrase 'as soon as possible after the occurrence of any event' was likely to give rise to a claim in the notification clause in the policy.
Insurers lost both the first instance trial as well as the appeal. The Court decided that insurers are at full liberty to express the conditions within their policies with as much specificity as they like and, as a result, 'such conditions should be clear in order to have effect' against the insured.
In this case, the ambiguity of the notifications clause was interpreted in the insured's favour especially when the potential effect of the condition was to exclude Insurer's liability for an otherwise valid claim.
The claim arose from a related series of events in which an individual, Mr McKenna, suffered serious injuries to both eyes in an on-site accident involving a piece of industrial equipment during the course of his employment.
The equipment was originally provided by Maccaferri to the well-known building merchant Jewson Ltd, who in turn hired this out to Drayton Construction Ltd - the direct employer of Mr McKenna. The incident occurred in approximately September 2011 with witness evidence at the trial suggesting that Maccaferri were aware of its occurrence from around January 2012.
Mr McKenna made a claim for damages against Drayton Ltd in July 2012 as a result of the injuries he suffered during the accident. Drayton then issued an indemnity/contribution claim against Jewson in around March 2013 and Maccaferri were subsequently brought into proceedings via a Part 20 claim, made by Jewson, in July 2013. Maccaferri then notified their brokers and insurers, Zurich, of the incident.
In September 2015, Zurich refused to indemnify Maccaferri for the liability arising from the series of claims which, in turn, led to the present dispute.
Policy dispute
The policy in question was a combined public and product liability insurance policy which covered the period from May 2011 to May 2012. The notifications clause stated that the insured must provide 'notice in writing to the insurer as soon as possible after the occurrence of any event'. Additionally, it stated that the 'insured shall also on receiving verbal or written notice of any claim intimate or send same or a copy thereof immediately [to the insurer]'.
The dispute concerned the timeframe in which Maccaferri notified the insurers of the claim. Zurich submitted that Maccaferri had failed to abide by the conditions of their policy and were therefore unable to be indemnified under it. This was denied by Maccaferri.
The decision
The Court of Appeal held that there are two stages in deciding when an insured party is obliged to notify an insurer:
- there must have been an event (See Axa Reinsurance (UK) plc v Field [1976] 1 WLR 1026])
- the event must have been likely to give rise to a claim. 'Likely' has consistently been interpreted as meaning anything above 50% and not merely a possibility, as seen in judgments such as Layher Ltd v Lowe [2000] Lloyd's IR 510.
Upon objective assessment, the Court decided that the knowledge of the insured is an important consideration to account for when deciding whether they were aware of the likelihood that a claim would be made against them. In this respect, a considerable amount of time may pass between the incident occurring and a likelihood of a claim actually arising against the insured.
Lady Justice Black and Clarke LJ were not satisfied that there was a likelihood of more than 50% that a claim was to be brought against Maccaferri at the time of the accident; especially with witness evidence suggesting that Maccaferri were never under threat of a claim from Mr McKenna.
As a result, the Court suggested that 'as soon as possible' merely indicates a period of time in which the insured must notify the insurer, but that the main decision is based upon the test applied above. Additionally, the Court stated that the insurer is in no way hindered in their ability to specify detailed circumstances and conditions for notification clauses i.e. clarity is required for effectiveness (Reference was made to Royal & Sun Alliance v Dornoch [2005] EWCA Civ 238).
As such, the ambiguity in this case was interpreted against Zurich.
This decision will be welcome news to insured parties as it reinforces the need for clarity within insurance policies in order to be effective, should a dispute arise. It is beneficial to know that the Courts are willing to protect insured parties, with potentially ambiguous policies, when they face potential liability.
The decision also confirms that an obligation to notify only arises where there is a 50% (or higher) likelihood of a claim being made against the insured party.
It will still be prudent to assess all insurance policies in order to determine the exact obligations required for satisfaction, to avoid the policy protection becoming void, should an incident occur. Although a positive step, this decision is by no means a clear cut way to decide whether a duty to notify the insurer has arisen.
While being highly desired, but often difficult to achieve, this decision reinforces that clarity is king when it comes to contractual provisions.
We have an expert commercial insurance team who are skilled at interpreting contractual provisions in insurance contracts. Please contact [email protected] for more information.
This document is for informational purposes only and does not constitute legal advice. It is recommended that specific professional advice is sought before acting on any of the information given.


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The year was 1998 and Damon Albarn — then the dynamic frontman of Britpop band Blur — and cartoonist Jamie Hewlett were sprawled out in their London flat doing what a lot of fellow 30-year-olds were doing during their spare time in 1998: watching music videos on MTV. On that otherwise ordinary day, Albarn and Hewlett hatched the idea for the epic multi-media cultural phenomenon that would become Gorillaz. With a highly ironic hat-tip to the substance-less, ADHD-driven programming they'd just stomached, they started a cartoon band. Four fictional characters would comprise it: vocalist 2D, bass guitarist Murdoc Niccals, guitarist and keyboardist Noodle, and drummer Russel Hobbs. Together Albarn and Hewlett fleshed out the concept, then Albarn went off to tinker with some demos that mashed together electronica, pop, and hip-hop, while Hewlett animated the band's googly-eyed, gape-mouthed members.
Three years later, the video for the Gorillaz' interplanetary first single, "Clint Eastwood," landed on the very music channel they'd aimed to lampoon. Off their eponymous debut LP, the single served as a woozy, thrilling introduction to one of — if not the — most innovative and important bands of the '00s. The first act to fully embrace the multi-media movement, Gorillaz built their identity on more than just albums and music videos, also utilizing an interactive website, DVDs, and an innovative live show to earn mass critical and commercial acclaim. Today, they've moved 20 million albums, earned a Grammy and a Mercury Prize nomination, even an entry in the Guinness Book of World Records. In spite of their intriguing multi-pronged approach, Gorillaz are successful and beloved for the same simple reason that Bob Dylan and The Beatles and Les Paul always were: Their songs are just plain amazing, with inspiring compositions unlike anything that came before. It always comes back to the strength of the songs. And these songs? They're bulletproof.
Now, at age 42, Albarn's hammered away at Gorillaz for more than 10 years, and though he indicated in a 2006 issue of Uncut magazine that he was done cutting pop albums under the Gorillaz name, the project inevitably lures him back for more. Gorillaz is his musical manifesto — both his protest against modern pop and his profession of undying love for the genre.
As Albarn told MTV this year, "I love pop music. I just love a certain kind of it — the kind that may not look nice, but still reminds me of the stuff I used to listen to growing up … Lady Gaga works very, very hard, and so does Beyonce, to be very, very popular. That seems to be all they care about in life, and that's fine, you know? It won't last forever, and if it does, you'll turn into Madonna, and if you want to turn into Madonna, that's great — for you. Not for me."
Albarn's distaste for mainstream popularity manifested itself most notably in 2001, when he withdrew Gorillaz out of consideration for the prestigious Mercury Prize. Despite that and other early efforts to maintain some level of obscurity — including playing behind a screen that first year — the Gorillaz' popularity and productivity continues to balloon. Today, they can list three studio albums, two B-sides albums, and one collection of remixes on their discography. And this past summer, their headlining Coachella performance drew their biggest crowd yet; 30,000 people stood spellbound by the pop spectacle. Their prominence has yielded lots of goodies, too; chiefly, opportunities to play with some seriously talented musicians. While the band's cartoon "lineup" remains largely unchanged, its real-life players have been in constant rotation and are often supplemented by heady guest stars — everyone from Snoop Dogg to The Talking Heads' Tina Weymouth. The most recent incarnation of the core group includes The Clash's bassist Paul Simonon and guitarist Mick Jones.
As it goes with all true revolutionaries, Gorillaz have weathered some hiccups. They've made big announcements only to retract them. A two-year world tour — which would feature the band in concert as larger-than-life holograms — was ruefully scrapped (though they did pull off spectacular holographic performances at both the 2005 MTV Europe Music Awards and the 2006 Grammys). A Gorillaz feature film, too, careened off the rails. Both projects were dubbed too pricey to be completed as grandly as Albarn and Hewlett envisioned.
This past June, Hewlett assured Entertainment Weekly that he and Albarn still intend to make a movie one of these days and that they have plenty of reason to continue on as the Gorillaz: "It's a project that is growing larger all the time. For me, definitely I don't feel it's complete … It's something that can continue to grow until it reaches a point where we can't really go any further with it. We haven't reached that point yet. I don't know if we will."


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Here's once word a company CEO never really wants to utter when discussing the immediate success or otherwise of a major product launch – "modest". Following the official release date of the Windows RT Surface Tablet after months of hype, Microsoft's Steve Balmer has gone on record to tell a French newspaper that sales of the device are indeed "starting modestly."
This contrasts rather starkly with the past release dates and launch weekends of rival tablets like the iPad Mini, new iPad, Amazon Kindle Fire and Google Nexus 7 – all of which flew off the shelves at such a rate that demand simply could not be kept up with.
Talk of an immediate and unmitigated success story in the form of the Windows RT Surface Tablet can therefore be laid to rest, it would seem.
Mr. Ballmer did however go on to suggest that one of the reasons for the less-than-spectacular sales so far was primarily the limited numbers and capabilities of sale channels. As it stands, the newly released Microsoft Surface RT Tablet can only be bought through the official Microsoft Store online, or at any of Microsoft's bricks-and-mortar or pop-up stores scattered across the US.
The apparent good news comes in the form of several of said sales channels having been depleted of all Surface Tablet supplies either on or shortly after its release date, suggesting that demand in some areas at least was respectably high. At this time however, Ballmer was unwilling to reveal any exact or estimated sales figures – all we have to go on is that worrying use of "modest".
Rounding off on a positive note, he also went on to confirm that the high-end Microsoft Surface Pro Tablet is on its way, which has been rumored for release date in January 2013. Packing a mighty Intel Core i5 processor along with 4GB RAM and up to 128GB storage, the Surface Pro Tablet is expected land with quite the bang.
That is of course for those that can afford it, as early indications suggest that the base-model of the Surface Pro Tablet will hit the shelves for $899, with larger storage variant tipping close to $1,200.


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- Association for Physical Education (UK): Our purpose is to promote and maintain high standards and safe practice in all aspects and at all levels of physical education, influencing developments in physical education at national and local levels.
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