death—the site of the Dormition.
When on a Bible tour to Israel and visiting the Garden of Gethsemane and the Church of All Nations, be sure not to miss Mary's tomb hidden inside a 12 th century church by the same name.
Once inside the church, don't miss the frescos that line the walls telling the story of Mary's death and her burial by the apostles.A group of Occupy Wall Street Protesters get arrested after sitting on the street blocking cars from crossing the Brooklyn Bridge after a rally in Foley Square In New York City on November 17, 2011. On October 1, 2011, about 400 Occupy Wall Street protesters were arrested by New York City police when they blocked traffic on the Brooklyn Bridge. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI | License Photo

The light of the full moon mixes with the spray from Yosemite Falls to throw a beautiful lunar rainbow just before midnight on June 15, 2011, in Yosemite National Park. On October 1, 1890, legislation is signed by President Benjamin Harrison, creating Yosemite National Park, making it the nation's third National Park. File Photo by Terry Schmitt/UPI | License Photo

U.S. President


Barack Obama applauds Rahm Emanuel, who is holding back tears, after Obama announced Emanuel will be replaced by Pete Rouse as White House chief of staff in the East Room of the White House in Washington on October 1, 2010. File Photo by Roger L. Wollenberg/UPI | License Photo

H. Ross Perot attends the dedication ceremony for the new U.S. Air Force Memorial on October 14, 2006 in Arlington, Va. On October 1, 1992, Perot announced his candidacy for the presidency. He called his group the Reform Party. File Photo by Chip Somodevilla/UPI | License Photo

On October 1, 2017, a gunman on the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas opened fire on a crowd attending a country music festival outside, killing 58 peopleand injuring hundreds of others. File Photo by James Atoa/UPI | License Photo

Oct. 1 (UPI) -- On this date in history:

In 1890, legislation is signed by President Benjamin Harrison creating Yosemite National Park, making it the nation's third National Park.

In 1903, the first World Series opened in Boston. It was a best-of-nine competition, won by the Boston Pilgrims of the American League over the Pittsburgh Pirates of the National League.

In 1908, Henry Ford introduced the Model-T automobile, selling it for $825, and changing the way Americans would travel throughout the country.

In 1918, Arab forces under T. E. Lawrence, better known as "Lawrence of Arabia," captured Damascus. Lawrence would prove instrumental in the establishment of a provisional Arab government under Prince Faisal.

In 1936, the rebel Nationalist government in Spain


named Gen. Francisco Franco its leader. He would go on to be dictator of the country from 1939 until his death in 1975.

In 1938, Nazi troops march into the Sudetenland, annexing the German-speaking border regions of Czechoslovakia.

In 1962, James Meredith enrolled at the University of Mississippi, a campus littered with the debris of a major riot that took two lives and injured at least 75 persons, tearing down the barriers of segregation at the 114-year-old school.

In 1988, Mikhail Gorbachev became the leader of the Supreme Soviet, the Soviet Union's legislative body, after the forced resignation of Andrei Gromyko.

In 1992, Dallas billionaire Ross Perot announced his candidacy for the presidency. He called his group the Reform Party.

In 1995, 10 Muslims were convicted of conspiring to conduct a terrorist campaignin the New York City area aimed at forcing the United States to drop its support of Egypt and Israel.

In 2005, 36 people, mostly foreign tourists, died in explosions at two resort restaurants on the island of Bali. More than 100 others were injured.

In 2013, a 16-day partial shutdown of the U.S. government began after Congress failed to approve a spending bill. The Office of Management and Budget later estimated the shutdown cost taxpayers $2 billion.

In 2017, a gunman on the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas opened fire on a crowd attending a country music festival outside, killing 58 people and injuring hundreds of others.

In 2018, officials announced that all three North American countries agreed to the United States Mexico Canada


A pair of 20 unit condos planned for Bradford's downtown

In the Committee of the Whole meeting on Tuesday night’s council meeting, a report was presented to council on the application for a zoning by-law amendment and site plan approval for two condominiums to be built on 210 and 240 Holland Street West, in between Collings Avenue and Deer Run Crescent.

The applications were originally brought forward in 2016 by the owners of 210 Holland St. West (Margaret and Ladislav Dudo) and 240 Holland St. West (Edward Gres), both proposing similar six-storey residential buildings, with 20 units in each, underground parking, additional surface parking at the rear, and commercial (office) space on the ground floors.

After much input from the town and public, the applications are now on their third submission,engineer/producer Robert L. Smith. 20 years in New York has provided a depth of experience that continues to grow. Sharing that with Rickie Lee Jones, David Bowie, Gwar, and Meatloaf, among others, has provided invaluable insight to projects with Paul Brill, Cynthia Dillenbeck, and a new record with songwriter Stacie Rose. Recording and mixing the scores for films such as "Waitress" (Keri Russell, Adrienne Shelly), "Gray Matters" (Heather Graham, Bridget Moynahan), and a documentary on the genocide in Darfur "The Devil Came On Horseback", round out a unique approach to music production in this DAW age.


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A man wears a Jewish skullcap, as he attends a demonstration against an anti-Semitic attack in Berlin, Wednesday, April 25, 2018.

Germans of various faiths donned Jewish skullcaps and took to the streets Wednesday in several cities to protest an anti-Semitic attack in Berlin and express fears about growing hatred of Jews in the country.

The kippa protest was triggered by the daytime assault last week of two young men wearing skullcaps in an upscale neighbourhood in the German capital. The attack, in which a 19-year-old Syrian asylum-seeker is a suspect, drew outrage in Germany and sharp condemnation by Chancellor Angela Merkel.

It is the latest of several anti-Semitic incidents that have many Jews wondering about their safety in Germany, which has tried to atone for Nazis' killing of 6 millionMuslims love to criticize the Bible on the basis of many embarrassing stories contained within its pages. And indeed, the Bible does contain many stories that cast biblical characters in less-than-flattering situations.

Abraham had sex with Hagar, his wife's hand-maiden, because he wanted a son and doubted God could render Sara fertile again.

Lot offered his two virgin daughters to the men of Sodom for sexual satisfaction.

Lot's two daughters had sex with their father after getting him drunk.

Abraham lied to King Abimelech about his wife Sarah and said she was his sister, nearly causing Abimelech to commit fornication with a married woman.

Potiphar's wife attempted to seduce Joseph.

Hosea is married to a prostitute.

David committed adultery with Bathsheba and then arranged for her husband Uriah to be killed.

Peter denied Jesus three times,


Q:

Did Jesus visit Jagannath Temple of Puri?

Levi H. Dowling wrote the book The Aquarian Gospel of Jesus the Christ.
The title of section VI is: Life and Works of Jesus in India, here is an extract:

"And Jesus was accepted as a pupil in the temple Jagannath; and here learned the Vedas and the Manic laws." section VI, chapter 21, verse 19

Mark Mason wrote the book In Search of the Loving God, here is an extract:

Sri Daya Mata, president of Self-Realization Fellowship, went to India
  in 1959, and in an interview with one of India's great spiritual
  leaders, His Holiness Sri Bharati Krishna Tirtha, the Shankaracharya
  of Puri, she mentioned that she had been told that Jesus "spent some
  of hislife in India, in association with her illumined sages. His
  Holiness replied, 'That is true. I have studied ancient records in the
  Puri Jagannath Temple archives confirming those facts. He was known as
  "Isha," and during part of his time in India he stayed in the
  Jagannath Temple. When he returned to his part of the world, he
  expounded the teachings that are known today as Christianity.

Did Jesus really visit Jagannath Temple of Puri?
Remark: The two quotes above are not proofs of such a visit, but just clues.
Are there published "ancient records in the Puri Jagannath Temple archives confirming those facts"?

A:

Yeah Jesus did visited Jagannath Temple. The ancient text in the temple mentioned a foreigner to be


 Govardhan Math as well as in other places of India. He was writing a
  book on the subject, but died before it could be finished.
  Unfortunately the fate of his manuscript and research is presently
  unknown.”

Moreover, it is generally supposed that at the end of his ministry in Israel Jesus ascended into heaven. But Saint Matthew and Saint John, the two Evangelists that were eye-witnesses of his departure, do not even mention such a thing, for they knew that he returned to India after departing from them.
Now, about some people in Jesus' period.
Apollonius of Tyna (born c. 4 AD), the great saint of the Greek world, was a teacher, a great ascetic, a celebate, a vegetarian. These practices were UNCOMMON among Greeks who practicedPederast Homosexuality at the time. But on the other hand such practices were not only VERY common in India, but were a way of living of Hindus. A greek sophist of the Roman imperial period, Philostratus has devoted two and a half of the eight books of his Life of Apollonius (1.19–3.58) to the description of a journey of his hero to India. So its clear that traveling to India for things like medical treatment, education (Pythagoras traveled to India for treatment of his Epilepsy, thats when he came across the advanced ideas of Geometry taught in Indian 'Gurukuls'. Whatever that has been attributed to him is actually Indian knowledge.)
Because of Apollonius' Yogic skills, Apuleius ranked him with Moses and Zoroaster. Lampridius tells us that Alexander Severus included


Apollonius with Abraham, and Orpheus amongst his household Gods. For this very fact, he became a hated name among the Christians (here, the followers of Jesus and NOT the Church). In their struggle against Christianity, Pagan philosophers often invoked his name. Hierocles, proconsul of Bithynia under Diocletian (c. 305) cited Apollonius' miracles to show that miracles were not the peculiar property of Christianity. Orthodox Christians could not believe that there could be such a great ethical and divine character outside the Christian fold, apparently OUT OF JEALOUSY.
So when it was so common and popular at the time, for the Europeans to travel to India for enlightenment, its not far fetched to believe Jesus must have got his wisdom from Hindu Gurus in India like others at the time.And another issue: as Reconstruction demonstrated, the issue of slavery was more complicated than dollars and cents. It involved the entire social structure of the South. One could go on.

Lincoln was in fact sympathetic to the idea of paid emancipation: he advanced the futile plan of buying slaves and relocating them to Africa. It was a political and practical folly.

But pay no mind to these practical realities. Ron Paul would have solved the political problem that bedeviled America from its founding. It is an American tragedy that Ron Paul was not around at the beginning of the 19th century. (Well, maybe he was. He is pretty old.)

Paul’s and the Paulian’s treatment of political issues past and present reveals them to be political gnostics of the radical dualist stripe.


him in a second if he joins those hated ‘Paulians’ at the barricades.

And I await the heads exploding one week from today with great anticipation after Paul wins Iowa. And yes, more CME lawsuit subpeonas, piles of em’.

Ignorant demagogues like Putin or Zyuganov who are worshiped around these Sublime – Neo-Stalinist parts of cyberspace.

Putin and his inner circle need to achieve legitimacy in the eyes of the West. Putin also needs to win the presidential election in March during the first round of voting. If the vote goes to a second round, it is entirely possible that Communist Party leader Gennady Zyuganov could become the next president. It will be difficult to repeat the same trick of 1996, in which the West clearly supported the better of twoHevajra, Tibetan Kye-rdo-rje, Mongolian Kevajra, in northern Buddhism, a fierce protective deity, the yab-yum (in union with his female consort, Nairatmya) form of the fierce protective deity Heruka. Hevajra is a popular deity in Tibet, where he belongs to the yi-dam (tutelary, or guardian, deity) class. His worship is the subject of the Hevajra Tantra, a scripture that helped bring about the conversion of the Mongol emperor Kublai Khan (1215–94).

Hevajra united with his female consort; Lamaist bronze, early 19th century; in the Rijksmuseum voor …

Rijksmuseum voor Volkenkunde, Leiden, Netherlands

Hevajra is represented in art as blue in colour, with a headdress of skull crowns topped by a figure of the buddha Akshobhya. He is characteristically shown with 8 heads, 4 legs, and 16 arms. The arms on the left


Tina Keller-Jenny

Tina Keller-Jenny (born June 17, 1887 in Schwanden, Switzerland, died October 25, 1985 in Geneva) was a Swiss physician and Jungian psychotherapist who witnessed firsthand the development of analytical psychology during its formative years.

Biography
Tina Keller was the daughter of Swiss industrialist Conrad Jenny, and grew up at the Jenny-Castle, in Thalwil, Switzerland. In 1912 she married the theologian Adolf Keller and was mother of five children. Tina Keller completed many years of analysis with C.G.Jung and Toni Wolff (1915–1928), who discovered movement as active imagination. She completed medical school in 1931, and practiced as a psychiatrist and Jungian-oriented psychotherapist. She was one of the first women in Switzerland to found a psychiatric Jungian practice. Keller-Jenny was one of the pioneers in integrating analysis with body-based approachesthem.

The Paul/Santorum forces won 13 of the Colorado delegates chosen by congressional district. The Romney forces rallied to take at least eight at-large delegates, according to the Denver Post.

Paul’s continuing strategy of focusing on delegates as opposed to straw-poll beauty contests also paid off last week in Minnesota. Of delegates and alternates chosen last week by the Minnesota GOP in congressional district meetings, the Paul forces were “18 for 18: 9 dels/9 alts,” tweeted Pat Anderson, a national committeewoman from Minnesota for the Republican National Committee.

Paul’s campaign crowed about these successes last Saturday, issuing a release saying that the Texas libertarian “achieved consequential delegate wins in Colorado and Minnesota today, affirming his delegate-attainment strategy and auguring a prominent role for Paul at the Republican National Convention in Tampa.”

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... Read more »While pharmaceutical companies continue to shutter facilities throughout central New Jersey, one firm has launched an aggressive effort to expand its footprint in the area. The Cranbury property will house Tris Pharma's manufacturing arm, as well as its research and development operations in the future. (Matrix Development Corp.) To accommodate a spike in manufacturing activity at its South Brunswick headquarters, drug maker Tris Pharma Inc. recently leased a 103,350-square-foot warehouse in Cranbury, though an executive said the company projects to grow out of the new facility within three years. "We've been looking on and off for new space in the last couple of years … as we've grown to have roughly 200 employees. But since we recently received FDA approval for a very meaningful product that we think


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Tuesday, 15 October 2013

Part 1

In the aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars, peace descended on a troubled Europe for the first time in living memory. It was an age
of reason, of enlightenment, and progress. An age where the ingenuity of
mankind scaled heights previously unimagined. And yet, it was not science or intellect,
nor even conquest that was to change the world. It was the discovery of
something older and far more mysterious than anything humanity could have dreamt;
something that had lain dormant since the dawn of time…

…the Aether.

The discovery of this wondrous,
alien element was heralded as the greatest achievement of the modern age. It
brought unimaginable wealth to those who knew its secrets, and allowed the
greatest minds of the nineteenth century to realisetheir wildest theories and
create inventions to be marvelled at around the world. And yet the expansion of
industry and prosperity made possible by the Aether proved to be a short-lived
phenomenon; for it was no natural force, to be harnessed by mankind as they saw
fit. With Aetheric experimentation came hidden dangers, both physical and
metaphysical, and dabbling with this unknown force was to cost the world dear.

France, 1815-1830

Following Napoleon’s defeat at Waterloo, the Bourbon monarchy was restored, and Charles X
reclaimed the throne of France.
Though France
finally had peace, few were happy that their dream of democracy and freedom
from the yoke of tyranny had finally been quashed. Fewer still were happy that
their ruler was a puppet to the British, with whom they had fought for so many
years. As Charles X introduced ever higher


taxes in order to rebuild his
nation, the people suffered, and animosity festered.

In
darkened meeting-houses and taverns across France, a new revolution was
planned. A secret order of wealthy industrialists, scientists, free-thinkers
and haute-bourgeois radicals formed a
covert society, calling themselves the Consulate of Peace. They quickly
garnered the support of the old National Guard, who had been disbanded by King
Charles; yet although they sought a change for France, the Consulate did not want
another Reign of Terror. Instead, they sought to install a new republic based
on reason and liberty. Through enlightenment, they argued, France would not only be restored
to glory, but also lead a new world order.

Led by the
radical politician Adolphe Thiers, and the nephew of Napoleon himself—the
bombastic Louis-Napoleon—the Consulate drew support from a veritable army of
scientists, explorers, philosophers, writers, ex-soldiers and philanthropists. They
begana decade of expansion and exploration, growing ever bolder with each
political and ideological victory. They bought land, factories, mines and
safe-houses across France;
they delved into the history of the nation, recovering lost archaeological
relics that told of the glories of the past, restoring national pride and
gathering more supporters wherever they went.

The Consulate’s Discovery

It was during such an
archaeological expedition near the Jura mountain range that an amazing
discovery was made. Ancient caves long-overlooked were accidentally opened up,
and the Consulate explorers followed the strange, labyrinthine tunnels deeper
and deeper beneath the mountains, until finally they came across a marvel to
science. Lying dormant for millennia, a sprawling complex of unknown origin
gave up its secrets to the explorers. Who had built the cyclopean palace, none
could say. Yet at the presence of living men, glowing lights of


unknown design
flickered to life, and consoles of illuminated glyphs activated at a touch. The
Consulate discovered a veritable city devoted to some alien science; a buried
repository of technology and knowledge, its endless corridors and chambers
filled with strange devices and libraries… and weapons.

The
seeds of unrest within the ranks of the Consulate were sown. Even a cursory
exploration of the devices on display convinced Louis-Napoleon—by then Napoleon
III—that they could retake France
by force, even with the meagre numbers of National Guard at their command. Yet
Thiers had his way, and the Consulate spent many months in their new
headquarters, deciphering ancient scrolls, learning to use bizarre logic
engines, and making scientific discoveries that would have made da Vinci weep.
The greatest of these was a new element, found in abundance at the glowing core
of the monolithic facility.was the use of Terrestrial Aether in machines
of war. He commandeered a munitions factory in the south of France, and within a week had them
producing Aether-powered rifles, gigantic cannons that spat beams of ferocious
energy, and armoured, horseless carriages impervious to musket shot. He knew
that, for all of their ideological superiority, the Consulate needed his Aether
weapons to rid France
of the monarchy, and keep her enemies across the Channel at bay.

Revolution and Conquest

When the Consulate of Peace finally
revealed their intentions in the summer of 1829, all of France was in awe at their power
and invention. Napoleon III, like his illustrious uncle before him, marched
from town to town, gathering old soldiers and idealistic volunteers to his
banner, and arming them with Aether weaponry. At first, the monarchy and their
royalist army resisted the


will of the people, but that soon changed when Louis-Napoleon
unleashed his super-weapon upon the Palais
Bourbon, sundering it with a shot launched from over a mile away, and
reducing it to ash. His army then marched into Paris in a display of power, and as the
people cheered and shouted for a new Emperor Napoleon, Charles X relinquished
the throne.

Dismayed
that the Consulate of Peace had resorted to military might, Adolphe Thiers
nonetheless continued his plan. He swiftly set his supporters in place as a new
National Assembly, and began dismantling the old monarchy and last vestiges of
Catholic power. The cathedral of Notre Dame was rededicated as the home of the
Cult of Reason. Charles X was imprisoned for his crimes against the people, but
his son, Louis Antoine, Duke of Angoulême, was exiled to Britain, underorders to take with
him messages from the Consulate. Despite their newfound military might, the
Consulate was still determined to establish an era of worldwide peace—albeit
one under their yoke.

Though
he secretly harboured ambitions of conquest, Louis-Napoleon did as he was bid.
He set about installing his Aether-cannons around France’s borders, as a dire warning
to any nation who would attempt to thwart the Consulate’s power.

And
so, under the shadow of unprecedented military threat, Europe’s nations one by
one fell into line, signing new agreements of peace and trade with France,
and with each other. Armies of all the great nations were curtailed, regiments
disbanded at France’s
behest, and even the mighty Royal Navy was halved in size. The Consulate
continued to experiment with Terrestrial Aether, reverse-engineering almost
every common technology and material in a bid to become the most advanced


nation
on the planet. Slowly, derivative Aether-based technologies began to find their
way into the hands of other nations, first illicitly, and then through open
trade—although the secrets of the Aether-weapons remained a closely guarded
secret. France’s
immediate neighbours felt the economic squeeze most keenly and, fearing the
return of the French Empire, dared do nothing to anger Napoleon III. The rulers
of Spain and Portugal abdicated and fled into self-imposed
exile in South America, leaving France
no option but to assume rulership of a dispossessed people, hostile to their
every move. Prussia, a proud
and militaristic state under King Frederick William IV, began to plot the
downfall of France,
coveting their remarkable weapons for themselves. Great
Britain, meanwhile, concentrated on unlocking the secrets
of Aether for itself, resentful of the restrictions that France placed on international
commerce and its long-standing naval dominance.of political causes, including antitrust laws, women’s suffrage, food and safety regulations, educational reform, the federal income tax and measures aimed at rooting out political corruption. But in addition to its left-wing social justice orientation, Progressivism also had a darker side. Some leading Progressives — such as Theodore Roosevelt, who unsuccessfully ran for president on the Progressive Party ticket in 1912 — supported ugly political projects like eugenics and imperialism.

Under different incarnations of the Progressive Party, the agrarian populist Robert La Follette and Henry Wallace also ran as third-party presidential candidates, in 1924 and 1948, respectively. By the time of Wallace’s candidacy, however, the Progressive Movement as such had died out, having been superseded by the New Deal liberalism of the 1930s and 1940s. But the association of


Carlisle is also the chairman of the Professional Footballers' Association.

The messages were sent on May 7 and May 8, after Northampton Town beat Cheltenham Town in the second leg of their League Two play-off semi-final.

Greg Gordon, prosecuting, said the players were "shocked'' and "offended'' by the tweets.

Mr Gordon told the court: "This concerns two tweets by the defendant to two footballers, Adebayo Akinfenwa and Clarke Carlisle. There are racial elements to both tweets.

"Both of these players were shocked and angry by what they received and clearly found it to be very offensive.

"In answer to what he had received, Mr Carlisle retweeted it and responded to it. The defendant was arrested and interviewed the next day.

"He said he had looked at a couple of Northampton Town players on Twitter.He didn't know how to pronounce one of the player's names and sent the messages.

"One says 'monkey boy' - the message to Mr Akinfenwa - and 'coon' is said to Mr Carlisle.''

Townsend, who wore a white shirt and blue tie to the hearing, sent the messages from an iPod at the home he shares with his mother.

The labourer, of Norwich Drive in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, had 106 followers on Twitter at the time of the offence.

Officers from Gloucestershire Police arrested Townsend on May 8 under the Malicious Communications Act, following an investigation by the force and Northamptonshire Police.

Lisa Ellis, defending Townsend, said her client actually supported Arsenal and was not a Cheltenham Town fan.

"He is very embarrassed and regretful for what he did,'' Ms Ellis said. ``This is Mr


Townsend being sat at home, having had a couple of drinks, disappointed with the result.

"He goes on to his Twitter account. Mr Townsend isn't a Cheltenham supporter - the main team he supports is Arsenal. But being a local he had knowledge of the game. He had a few drinks, he was frustrated and made the comments.''

Townsend, who has a previous conviction for criminal damage, told the court he had written letters of apology to both players.

"I sent them to Northampton Town Football Club,'' he said.

District Judge Joti Bopa-Rai adjourned the case for pre-sentence reports to be made on Townsend.

The judge said: "He has tweeted to the two players who, I have been told, are not white. He has obviously targeted them and that is not behaviour that§ 8-40 and New Britain ordinance. On February 19, 1991, Croslan entered into a two-year written agreement to serve as executive director of NBHA, which automatically renewed for one year unless otherwise stated. Croslan could only be terminated for good cause under that agreement.
Plaintiff's responsibility was to oversee NBHA's day-to-day operations. However, the powers of NBHA are vested in a Board of Commissioners. When plaintiff was first employed by NBHA, the Board consisted of Connie Wilson Collins ("Collins"), Charles W. Kerr, Peter Tomassetti, Ronald Davis and Thelma Santiago-Phillips.
Plaintiff alleges that in or about October 1993, she received a memorandum from Collins regarding renewal of her contract. A cover note indicated that her contract would be voted on at the next Board meeting, but that it could not be


put on the agenda. The memorandum outlined an offer, including an eight percent pay increase, and an increase in vacation and life insurance. Attached to the memorandum was a "board narrative" which made suggestions for and criticisms of Croslan's job performance.
On November 13, 1993, the minutes of the Board meeting reflect a motion to renew Croslan's contract was approved, subject to "some discussion that has to be cleared up with the Executive Director." The minutes do not describe the contract terms. Croslan then wrote a memorandum directing NBHA's Finance Department to implement an eight percent pay increase retroactive to February 19, 1993, the date her original two-year term expired.
In November 1993, Linda Blogoslawski ("Blogoslawski") became mayor of New Britain and appointed Dilzer, her executive aide, O'Keefe and Landrauto replace Collins, Tomassetti and Kerr ("New Board"). In early 1994, Croslan's contract and raise were questioned, in particular, whether she had a written employment agreement and whether the raise had been authorized. Croslan did not provide Collins' October 1993 memorandum to the New Board. Newspaper articles covered the raise and contract issues and the issues were discussed at Board meetings.
In July 1994, plaintiff applied for a position with the Alexandria, Virginia, Housing and Redevelopment Authority ("ARHA"). On July 26, 1994, ARHA offered her a position subject to reference checks. On July 28, *164 1994, Elisa Hutcoe ("Hutcoe"), a Herald reporter, sent articles regarding the controversy in New Britain to the Alexandria City Manager's office via facsimile. Thus aware of the articles, the ARHA board voted not to


November 10, 1993 meeting is a complete mystery. Factually on that date, the Executive Director was legally employed under a valid written employment agreement with the Authority and that agreement did not terminate until February 18, 1994. The motion unanimously passed by the Board of Commissioners to renew the Executive Director's Contract from February 1993 was not necessary because the Executive Director was legally employed at that time under a valid written agreement between the parties. If the intent of the Board of Commissioners was to extend the Executive Director's Agreement beyond February 18, 1994 then the vehicle to accomplish that intent is spelled out in the Employment Agreement between the parties, or if the intent of the Board was to renew the Executive Director's Employment Agreement afterdemonstrating that this was done, as well as the terms of any agreement, would be in the records of NBHA.
Although the Second Circuit does not appear to have addressed the issue, reliance on legal advice may constitute "extraordinary circumstances" entitling an official to qualified immunity. In Mitchell v. Coffey County Hosp., 903 F.Supp. 1415 (D.Kan.1995), a maintenance supervisor alleged that Coffey County Hospital, the hospital's board of trustees, the hospital's executive director and individual members of the board of trustees had violated his due process rights by terminating his employment without a hearing. Id. at 1419. The individual defendants claimed qualified immunity on the due process claim based on "extraordinary circumstances" in their reliance on legal advice in concluding that plaintiff was an at-will employee. Id. at 1426.


Greta, Greta, Greta…

Young climate activist Greta Thunberg lost her composure today during her speech to the UN.

The 16-year-old grimaced and spewed angry accusations to the UN delegation in what looked like an all-out temper tantrum.

Could President Trump have set her off by upstaging her when he arrived at the UN to speak on religious persecution to a different group but entered right after Thunberg?

She was seen grimacing at him as he entered the UN.

The adults pushing this child out to spew this propaganda should be charged with child abuse:

“You have stolen my dreams and my childhood with your empty words,” climate activist Greta Thunberg tells the UN. “We are at the beginning of mass extinction and all you can talk about is money and fairy tales of eternalorder to prevent drifting of membrane in the z direction due to the concentration gradient, membrane atoms within the first 4 Å of the membrane at both ends were tethered to their initial positions.

Methane, ethylene and ethane were modelled using the TraPPE force field.33 In this force field a carbon atom and the hydrogens bonded are treated as a united atom. Hence, methane was represented as a single united atom (CH4), ethylene consisted two CH2 united atoms and ethane two CH3 united atoms. The bond between the united atoms in ethylene and the ethane were rigid as defined in the TraPPE force field. Lorentz–Berthelot mixing rules were applied between unlike atoms. The cut-off distance for Lenard-Jones interactions was set at 12 Å. The electrostatic interactions were computed using


2001, when a U.K. citizen named Richard Reid did just that. In December of that year – just a few months after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, Reid tried to kill 197 passengers and crew members aboard an American Airlines flight from Paris to Miami by detonating explosives in his shoes.

Reid pleaded guilty the following year. He said he was a follower of Osama bin Laden and did not recognize the American justice system, but admitted to the acts outlined in an indictment against him. He was sentenced to life in prison.

In the more than 12 years since, Transportation Security Administration agents have asked travelers to doff their shoes at airport security checkpoints as a matter of standard operating procedure.

Under current TSA regulations, passengers 12 and underTWO-TIME OLYMPIC medallist Paddy Barnes is quitting amateur boxing to go professional and hopes to have his first fight in Belfast before the end of the year.

“I’ve been in the amateurs too long and I want a new challenge,” Barnes said in his column for sponsors Paddy Power.

The Belfast boxer, who won bronze medals at the Beijing Olympics in 2008 and again in London four years later, intends to step up in weight and make his debut at flyweight.

Barnes did not confirm if he is still in talks with potential promoters, or if a pro deal has already been agreed at this point.

The 29-year-old travelled to Rio this summer bidding to become the first-ever Irish athlete to win medals at three Olympics, but his campaign ended in a


the risk of beta thalassemia. Depending on family history, if a person's parents or grandparents had beta thalassemia major or intermedia, there is a 75% (3 out of 4) probability (see inheritance chart at top of page) of the mutated gene being inherited by an offspring. Even if a child does not have beta thalassemia major or intermedia, they can still be a carrier, possibly resulting in future generations of their offspring having beta thalassemia.

Another risk factor is ancestry. Beta thalassemia occurs most often in people of Italian, Greek, Middle Eastern, Southern Asian, and African ancestry.

Diagnosis

Abdominal pain due to hypersplenism, splenic infarction and right-upper quadrant pain caused by gallstones are major clinical manifestations. However, diagnosing thalassemiæ from symptoms alone is inadequate. Physicians note these signs as7% of the world’s population are carriers and 400,000 babies are born with the trait annually. It is usually fatal in infancy if blood transfusions are not initiated immediately.

See also
Alpha-thalassemia
Anisopoikilocytosis (variance in red blood cell size, usually as a result of beta thalassemia)

References

Further reading

External links

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Category:Hereditary hemolytic anemias
Category:Rare diseases


property ventures in India. The changing global scenario has impacted the economic development of the nations all over the world. India is one of the developing nations whose economy is dependent on one of the sectors that are real estate and construction sectors. If today the pipeline industry or cement industry is hit by the recession, it would also impact the construction industry. This would lead to increase in the cost of the property. India is a land where the industries are investing in the commercial, residential and retail ventures. Yes, the changing global scenario, cost factors, and industrialization impact the economy of India.

The real estate sector is driven by a number of factors such as foreign direct investment, household investment, raw materials, etc. The industrialization process hasof human rights in the constitution and institutions that are supposed to protect the poor from social injustice are at total variance with the blatant violations of human rights by the state and the police brutality against anybody who dares to stand up against social injustices. In post genocide Rwanda, despite the flamboyant performance of the economy and vital institutions such as the health sector, the government has persistently violated the right to freedom of association and expression and a number of journalists and political opponents have lost their lives for standing up against the violation of human rights with impunity. This exposes the inadequacy of the GDP growth measurements in explaining sustainable development and human flourishing. The persistent use of economic growth as a sole standard of


of the fact that a country can easily have increased growth amidst structures of gender oppression, heinous human rights violations, environmental degradation and social exclusion. This implies that the benefits from such growth are only enjoyed and controlled by a tiny percentage of the population leaving the multitudes to languish in a sea of poverty. The demise of the socialist movement and the superimposition of Sub-Saharan Africa in the neoliberal empire African nationalism espoused in the clamour for freedom and self governance bore fruits in the late 1960s when most of the states in Sub-Saharan Africa gained independence from their colonial masters. Colonialism was equated to capitalism and exploitation and therefore the 1970s saw a „‟restoration‟‟ of African identity and consciousness with a move to the left (socialism)inmost of the states(Sklair, 2002:).The African leadership and intelligentsia chose socialism as an ethic of development and ideology of distribution because of its close affinity to African communalism. They argued that capitalism was individualistic and hence repugnant to the African social reality in which the common good takes precedence over the good of the individual. This social movement was led by Milton Obote in Uganda, Kenneth Kaunda in Zambia, Amilcar Cabral in Guinea-Bissau, Samora Machel in Mozambique, Nkrumah in Ghana and Julius Nyerere in Tanzania among others (Cox, 2005). However, the economic depression and political crises that characterised most of Sub-Saharan Africa in the 1980s and early 1990s saw the total crumbling down of this anticapitalist social movement in Sub-Saharan Africa as well as state economic sovereignty. This


period saw the superimposition of Sub-Saharan African states in the neo-liberal „empire‟ of structural adjustment, privatisation and New Public Management (NPM). As a result, „‟the African intelligentsia has argued that colonialism was thrown out through the door only to come back through the window (Kiely, 2004)‟‟. Growth-centrism and magnanimous economic performance in the eyes of neo-liberal precursors and proponents Since the mid-1990s, Sub-Saharan Africa for the first time in three decades, started growing at about the same rate as the rest of the world (World Bank, 2008b). For example, over the decade (2000 to 2009), economic growth was very strong in East Africa, with regional real GDP growth averaging 6.6% annually (African Development Bank, 2011). According to the World Bank „‟Uganda established a strong record of prudent macroeconomicmanagement and structural reform between the 1990 and 2000s. The country was among the first Sub-Saharan African countries to embark on liberalization and pro-market policies in the late 1980s. During that time, a stable macroeconomic environment and sustained private sector-oriented reforms led to Uganda‟s graduation into a mature reformer in 2006. Real gross domestic product (GDP) growth averaged 7% per year in the 1990s and the 2000s (World Bank, 2008a)‟‟. Uganda is regarded as the African country that has adopted the neo-liberal reform package most extensively (Harrison, 2006). It is considered the star performer of liberal economic reforms and the poster example that other African (and other developing) countries on the verge of starting reforms should copy it in almost every aspect (Kuteesa, 2010). The country‟s „‟apparent success


(in the 1990s) allowed donors and the ruling political elite to claim Uganda as the jewel in their crown, an emblematic case for neo-liberal reform (Golooba-Mutebi and Hickey, 2009)‟‟. Neo-liberalism was imposed on the country, as elsewhere in sub-Saharan Africa, by external actors in the process and aftermath of structural adjustment policies after the1980s. It has since been pervasive, chiefly due to the powerful ideological, normative and material impact of the foreign agents of the „development industry‟, especially the international financial institutions (IFIs) and the various bilateral donors, which promoted neo-liberalism in the country (Harrison, 2010); but also due to the (evolving) interests, orientations and actions of a range of domestic actors. Pro-poor deceptive nuances in neo-liberal cartographies Although the World Bank was for a long time not2017(NDP1, 2010:43). Although the NDP claims to have been greatly informed by the experiences from PEAP which comprised of a number of human development imperatives, it categorically aims at eradicating poverty through promoting economic growth (NDP1, 2010). This economic growth yard stick was not derived from the views of the poor but is rather a view of neo-liberal technocrats in the ministry of finance. According to Amnesty International 2009 Human rights report: For the past two decades, the state has been retreating or reneging on its human rights obligations in favour of the market in the belief that economic growth would lift all boats. With the tide receding and boats springing leaks, governments are radically changing their positions and 38 J. Afr. Stud. Dev. talking about a new


global financial architecture and international governance system in which the state plays a stronger role. That opens up an opportunity to also halt the retreat of the state from the social sphere and redesign a more human rights friendly model of the state than the one that has characterized international policymaking for the past 20 years. It creates the possibility to radically rethink the role of international financial institutions in terms of respecting, protecting and fulfilling human rights, including economic and social rights. Governments should invest in human rights as purposefully as they are investing in economic growth (Khan, 2009). Amnesty further opines that: Many experts point to the millions lifted out of poverty by economic growth, but the truth is that many more have been left behind,the gains have been far too fragile – as the recent economic crisis shows – and the human rights costs too high. Human rights were too often relegated to the backseat as the juggernaut of unregulated globalization swept the world into a frenzy of growth in recent years. The consequences are clear: growing inequality, deprivation, marginalization and insecurity; voices of people protesting suppressed with audacity and impunity; and those responsible for the abuses – governments, big business and international financial institutions – largely unrepentant and unaccountable‟ „... It is also clear that not only have governments abdicated economic and financial regulation to market forces, they have failed abysmally to protect human rights, lives and livelihoods. Billions of people are suffering from insecurity, injustice and indignity. This is a


human rights crisis (Khan, 2009). Current narrative of economic growth, poverty reduction and development in Uganda by political actors Under the guidance of the IMF and World Bank, Uganda has painstakingly pursued an ambitious neo-liberal economic transition under President Yoweri Museveni since the early 1990s. Uganda has been hailed as an economic shining example, success story and the "development darling" of Africa by many international donors (Craig and Porter, 2006: 56). Despite successes in certain sectors and the adoption of an official Poverty Eradication Action Plan (PEAP) sponsored by the World Bank (WB), the poorest of the poor in Uganda have not necessarily experienced „poverty eradication‟. Sustained growth in the country has averaged 7.8% since 2000, and official World Bank statistics say that as a result of thiseconomic growth, poverty declined from 56% in 1992 to 31% in 2006 (World Bank, 2008a) and 18% in 2014. Sergeant reiterates that: Positive statistics are so often used by the international financial institutions (IFIs) to inflate their current projects and to play up the successes of neo-liberal reforms to serve their own gain. The focus on economic growth and its „success‟ in Uganda has resulted in ignoring massive human rights violations being committed by the Ugandan government on its own people and the impact that conditional aid has actually had on the poorest of the poor. Loan debts will be paid by the poor and not the human rights abusing government who borrowed them through structural adjustment programs that guarantee the international community will continue to have a


track and most seriously so on primary education completion and child and maternal mortality. This leaves Uganda with serious challenges to poverty reduction which, as is economic growth, is further hampered by the high population growth of 3.3% (Austrian Development Cooperation, 2010). Development in the region of Northern Uganda was affected by two decades of violent conflict. Towards the end of conflict, the poverty rate was estimated at 61% which is double the national average. Socioeconomic activities had virtually come to a standstill for most of the population in the central North and humanitarian assistance has become regular for several years. Confined within conflict, the population of the North in addition suffered from sociopolitical marginalistion in the national context. Violence, particularly against women and children, and land disputeshis corrupt ministers. The implication of this perception is that the president is not corrupt and greedy like his political cadres. Today, Ugandans are still nursing the shock after learning of the president‟s acquisition of two executive Mercedes Benz vehicles at a cost of about 6 billion Uganda shillings (The Monitor, 2012). President Museveni has been very instrumental in the watering down of the Inspectorate of government and leadership code of Conduct 2002 which is a brain child of his NRM regime, for example: In 2004, President Museveni told off the former IGG, 40 J. Afr. Stud. Dev. Jotham Tumwesigye, to stop interfering with the work of other government officials, when the former ordered the arrest of Lucien Tibaruha, then Ag. Solicitor General, because the latter had sanctioned


the payment of thirteen billion Uganda shillings to one James Musinguzi Garuga in compensation for his farm which had been allocated to settlers by government. On the other hand, he (the President) applauds the work of the current IGG prompting one to wonder whether it is a mere façade of a well orchestrated effort by the State to frustrate39 the work of the Inspectorate of Government40 and to limit its jurisdiction(Ruhweza, 2008). In addition when Kakooza Mutale, a Senior Presidential Advisor, failed to declare his wealth as required by the Leadership Code Act, prompting the Inspector General of Government in May 2003 to recommend that the President should relieve Mr. Mutale of his duties. Mutale went to court to challenge the decision of the Insepector General of Government(IGG), and his main ground was that there was no prescribed legal form on which to declare his wealth, which arguably was a mere technicality since all other leaders had managed to declare their wealth in various forms. Unfortunately: The President swore an affidavit in support of his application, thereby sending out the message that the President and his men were not interested in the fight against political corruption and as such were making it harder for the Inspector of Government to carry out his functions. This was confirmed by the President‟s willingness to re-instate Kakooza Mutale despite the fact that the said petitioner had contravened the law (as it was then). If it were not so, then the President did not have to be the deponent nor


did he have to categorically state that he would reinstate the applicant despite the fact that the applicant had breached the law. This was a clear departure from the President‟s earlier commitment to strict adherence to the rule of law and zero tolerance for corruption (Ruhweza, 2008). In addition, when Captain Mike Mukula, the former junior Minister of Health appealed against his January 18, 2013 conviction to four years in jail for embezzling Shs 210m from the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation (Gavi). President Museveni gave him 100 million Uganda shillings as legal fees to help secure his freedom. The Presidential Press Secretary, Mr. Tamale Mirundi confirmed this development and described this conduct as Museveni‟s contribution to his friend (Lumu, 2013). Miria Matembe, an anti-corruption activists andformer Minister of Ethics and Integrity in Museveni‟s government reiterated that Museveni can not lead the fight against corruption because many of the suspects are his relatives and cronies (Jeanne, 2012). Despite his obliviousness to the neo-liberal dimension of corruption in Uganda, Andrew Mwenda has succinctly argued that corruption in Uganda should been seen „‟...as a social institution through which political power is organised, distributed, exercised and reproduced (Mwenda, 2012).‟‟In other words there is no way Museveni and his National Resistance Movement regime can exist without corruption. According to Roger Tangri: Under President Museveni, the management of state institutions has been increasingly subject to executive influence. Museveni has been personally responsible for appointing government ministers, higher civil servants, and army officers. „The purpose of these personalized appointments is


current rulers have been more concerned with serving their own interests than with establishing honest and effective state institutions (Tangri, 2010) Despite the wide spread reports of rampant corruption in Uganda as evidenced in the embezzlement of 50 billion Uganda shillings meant for the Peace, Recovery and Development Programme (PRDP) (Kakaire, 2012), and consequently the suspension of Aid to Uganda by Denmark, Norway, Ireland, Sweden and United Kingdom (Mugerwa, 2012), the IMF argued that: „‟Uganda's economy was set to expand by 5 percent in the 2012/13 fiscal year from 3.4 percent in the previous period, driven by falling lending rates and higher government spending(The New Vision, 2012)‟‟. As usual the IMF did not explain how the increased growth was translating into the welfare of the citizens. In additionthe World Bank also vaguely retorted that: it is reviewing its development assistance to Uganda while also strengthening its own measures to ensure that its funds are used for their intended purposes. The World Bank Group is concerned about recent allegations of misuse of public funds in Uganda and is calling for remedial action. The World Bank, however, said it will continue to work with the government of Uganda and other development partners to help the country deliver on its national policy of "zero" tolerance for corruption (Wanambwa, 2012). Injustice was further manifested in the resolve of the executive to use tax payer‟s money from the consolidated fund in order to refund the billion of shillings stolen in the Office of the Prime Minister (Nalugo and Mugerwa, 2012).


and although victims of torture have been awarded compensation by the Uganda Human Rights Commission tribunal, 2012, the state has not compensated a majority of the victims of torture (UHRC, 2014: 208-214). During the walk to work protests in 2011, the world was shocked by the brutal arrest of Kizza Besigye and the incredible human rights abuses that were committed by the police and army on the citizens. Because of this brutal repression, many people wondered whether Uganda has simply made a transition from Amin to Aminism. In addition, during the celebration of 50 years Uganda‟s independence, a number of members of the opposition were detained in the homes under a colonial law called preventive arrest. Many Ugandans looked at this as an amazing paradox. In 2012, SsemujuNganda, a member of Parliament was arrested like a chicken thief for consulting members of his constituency (The Observer, 2012). In August 2013, the Parliament of Uganda that is popularly known as a rubber stamp of the president, passed a Public Order and Management Act (POMA) that greatly curtails the right to freedom of association and assembly. According to this law, Ugandans gathering in groups of more than three people need police permission or else will be arrested, prosecuted and imprisoned. Sad still, the law brings back section 32(2) of the Police Act iii that was successfully challenged in courts of law. Such incidents show that the current government presided over by Museveni has nothing to do with human rights and social justice. Its major aim is entrenching


its self in power using the USA and her client states as protectors. Sarah Tangen a former resident representative of Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, has astutely described Uganda as a pseudo democracy with authoritarian traits (Schmidt, 2013). Development induced displacement in the name of GDP growth Despite the availability of the 1998 Land act which provides security of tenure to peasant squatters, Uganda has witnessed massive evictions of peasants from their land over the years in the name of development and GDP growth. For example: On August 18, 2001, the Government of Uganda acting through the Resident District Commissioner (RDC) deployed its army which brutally displaced 392 peasant families (approximately 2041 persons). Their houses were demolished, properties destroyed, and staple crops such as cassava and potatoes were confiscated. Severalof them were beaten up during the eviction. They were living on a small portion of land which was too leased to 42 J. Afr. Stud. Dev. the Kaweri Coffee Plantation Ltd, for the purpose of establishing a coffee plantation (FIAN, 2010). After the eviction, some peasants were employed on the coffee plantation as casual labourers. These peasants face labour exploitation on the plantation while the payment they receive is so low that they are unable to feed themselves and their families adequately. They are forced to accept labour exploitation because their land, which was their primary means to feed themselves, was brutally appropriated. Since the forcible eviction in August 2001, the displaced peasants have been fighting with all the means at their disposal to gain their right


to food. After their attempts to reach a settlement by political means had failed, they filed a court case, directly against the Attorney General of Uganda in his capacity as representative of the Ugandan government on the one hand, and against Kaweri on the other. However, the hearings were postponed several times without any prior notice, making the long and expensive journey to the court futile. These Peasants in Mubende were awarded 7 billion Uganda Shillings in compensation in a court judgment delivered by Justice Anup Singh Choudry. However, the file has since disappeared. Justice Anup Singh Choudry opines that: Last year in March, I gave a judgment in the case in favour of the peasants of Kaweri farmers and ordered that the sh20m that they paid intocourt, otherwise there is no rhyme, for such a massive file to be misplaced or to disappear (The New Vision, 2014). Environmental degradation in the name of GDP growth President Museveni has pursued a policy of modernisation of the economy for GDP growth even at the expense of environmental sustainability. He has accused the opposition of being development saboteurs and enemies of modernisation because they delayed the construction of Bujagali power project under „flimsy‟ environmental concerns. He has come up with a legal proposal of making the offence of economic sabotage a non-bail able offence contrary to the bill of rights in the 1995 Uganda Constitution. President Museveni‟s support of GDP oriented capitalism is eminent in his famous statement that: Madhvani is an Indian by colour, but he


is more African than 2 million Africans combined because he is doing more value for the Africans. By producing sugar, soap and a number of other products he is paying the government of Uganda 45 billion Shillings in taxes. What is the wage bill of Uganda Peoples‟ Defence Forces (UPDF)? UShs 120 billion the whole year. Madhvani alone can pay you for five months! (The New Vision, 2014). On April 12th 2007, thousands of people in Kampala took to the streets to protest against the plan of government to give away 7100 acres of Mabira forest to Mehta, an Asian sugar investor .The investor intends to cut down the forest in order to facilitate sugar canes growing for his sugar corporation. The demonstration turned into a bloody riotthat claimed the lives of one Indian and two Ugandans (The New Vision, 2007, The Monitor, 2007). This event is a clear demonstration of the conflict between GDP growth oriented modernisation and environmental sustainability. President Museveni has demonstrated his commitment to the modernisation paradigm in the Plan for the modernisation of Agriculture when he vowed that he will not be intimidated by the riots about Mabira forest give way. He has categorically stated that, „‟ I shall not be deterred by people who do not see where the future of Africa lies. They do not understand that the future of all countries lies in processing (BBC, 2007=)‟‟. The pressure exerted on the state by the people of Uganda to give up the leasing of Mabira forest is reflective


of the tensions between the choices of the people and the private sector motivated modernisation demands of the state. This is indicative of the fact that modernisation should be based on dialogue instead of coercion. In addition, according to a report by Friends of the Earth International, the World Bank has provided millions of dollars in funding and technical support to palm oil expansion in forested islands off the coast of Lake Victoria in Kalangala, Uganda. Nearly 10,000 hectares have already been planted covering almost a quarter of the land area of the islands. Palm oil plantations have come at the expense of local food crops and rainforests. Local people have been prevented from accessing water sources and grazing land. Despite promises of employment, locals have lost theirmeans of livelihood and are struggling to make ends meet. David Kureeba from the National Association of Professional Environmentalists (NAPE) / Friends of the Earth Uganda opines that: People‟s rights to land are being demolished despite protection for them under the Ugandan Constitution. Small scale farming and forestry that protected unique wildlife, heritage and food of Uganda is being converted to palm oil wastelands that only profit agribusinesses. The Ugandan Government must prioritise small scale ecological farming and protect people‟s land rights (Friends of the Earth International, 2012). John Muyiisha, a farmer from Kalangala, tells of how he woke up one morning to find bulldozers destroying his crops. He had on the land for 34 years. Other community members were contracted to plant palm oil and then forced


and BIDICO, one of the largest oilseeds companies in Eastern Africa with funding from International Financial institutions such as the World Bank and the Ugandan Government (Friends of the Earth International, 2012). Conclusion This study has been premised on the contention that the global development policy paradigms that are reinforced on Sub-Saharan Africa disguise the nature of social injustices against the poor. These positivistic neo-liberal development policies use economic growth as a yard stick for measuring human wellbeing and flourishing and virtually ignore issues of social justice and human rights promotion and protection. This study has expounded on how heinous social injustices against the poor prevail in countries like Uganda despite commendable performances in the promotion of economic growth. This study has also contended that meaningful development mustDead Several Injured,13 th April. The New Vision (2007). Asians Attached in Mabira Forest Demo. Thursday, 12th April. The New Vision (2012). IMF says Uganda's Economy to Grow by 5 Percent , November, 07. The Observer (2012). MP Ssemujju Nganda Violently Arrested, Friday, 19 October. Uganda Constitution of 1995. Uganda Human Rights Commission (UHRC)(2012). 15 th Annual Report. Uganda‟s First National Development Plan (NDP1)(2010/11 2014/15. Uganda‟s Public Order and Management Act, 2013. i Article 1(1) of the 1995 Uganda Constitution categorically states that power belongs to the people. ii Social justice is an umbrella term that encompasses notions such us; distributive justice(fairness and justice when it comes to allocation or distribution of resources, privileges and burdens), commutative justice( justice and fairness when it comes to making and execution


Criminals have no place in politics, incapable of making good laws: Kejriwal

Aadmi Party (AAP) national convener Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday said criminals have no place in politics and his party would never field candidates with tainted credentials.

Reacting strongly to a report stating that Delhi has the maximum percentage of legislators with criminal records among the five states set for polls in the coming months, Kejriwal blamed political parties for putting the safety of society in jeopardy for political gains.

"Crimes rates in the Capital are increasing, and will continue to increase if those with criminal cases are made in-charge of the law and order situation," Kejriwal told HT.

According to Kejriwal, his party has not fielded a single candidate with questionable credentials, unlike others political parties.

Continuing his attack on bothreport by the National Election Watch (NEW) and Association for Democratic Reform (ADR), based on information furnished in the affidavits filed before the returning officers in 2008.

According to the report, in terms of party affiliation, the BJP had given tickets to 35% candidates with criminal cases in Delhi, while, the Congress had fielded 30% tainted candidates.


read the laws tesla is lobbying for on their website, it's a rather specific exemption from the dealership law for basically them:

"a manufacturer of only all electric-powered or all battery-powered motor vehicles, or a distributor of only all electric-powered or all battery-powered motor vehicles, that (i) owned and operated a new motor vehicle dealership in the United States on or before March 1, 2013, and (ii) has never sold its line make in the United States through an independent franchised new motor vehicle dealership, may own or operate a dealer or dealership, or act in the capacity of a dealer, at any location within the state and may obtain a dealer general distinguishing number under Section 503.029 of the Transportation Code."

"let's write ourselves an exemption, but slam theall socialist about it is laughable. It's the most corporate healthcare proposal ever devised, which isn't a surprise since it was devised by Republicans. All of the parts that were even vaguely socialist (single payer system for example) were quickly excised because they were a threat to the profit margins of drug makers, insurance companies, and other healthcare services. Most of the real cost saving opportunities were lost because the healthcare industry has a lot of lobbyists and a strong desire not to stop the gravy train.

Over here in communist Australia my government health care levy covers myself and about 6 other people for less money than I could insure a family of four in the US. UHC has received bipartisan support in Oz since the right wingers


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Aon paid £180m to sponsor the club's training ground and kit

Three sportswear giants are bidding to secure a world-record kit deal with Manchester United.

Adidas, Nike and Warrior remain in talks with the club over the right to take over when the existing agreement, with Nike, expires next season.

A figure of £600m over 10 years has been discussed, which would dwarf the reported £31m a season Adidas pays to Real Madrid.

United's existing deal with United States firm Nike is worth £24m a year.

Germany-based Adidas, who made United's kit throughout the 1980s, declined to comment but the BBC understands it is in talks with the club.

Nike and Warrior, the US company who manufacture Liverpool's kit, both confirmed to BBC Sport that they are also


in the running.

United sponsorship deals Chevrolet will pay £53m a year to have their name on United's shirts Aon paid £180m to sponsor the club's training ground and kit Other partners include Toshiba, bwin and Aeroflot

A Nike spokesperson added: "United is one of the greatest clubs in the world and we're continuing discussions with them."

Puma, who sponsor Arsenal, declined to comment but are not thought to be among the frontrunners.

As part of the terms of their existing deal with United, Nike were granted a period of exclusivity to negotiate an extension, but that expired without a new agreement having been reached.

That opened the door for other companies to bid.

Nike, who are due to release United's new kit in the next few weeks and have been the Premier LeagueWhat are the characteristics of an informal empire and how did America establish an informal empire in China in the early 1900s?

The difference between a formal and informal Empire is, according to Gallagher and Robinson, "not one of fundamental nature but of degree." The term is usually applied to the British Empire; Gallagher and Robinson gave as an example the fact that India moved, over the period it was a colony, from an informal, to a formal part of the empire, and then back to an informal part in its later years. An "informal empire," then,...

The difference between a formal and informal Empire is, according to Gallagher and Robinson, "not one of fundamental nature but of degree." The term is usually applied to the British Empire; Gallagher and


Robinson gave as an example the fact that India moved, over the period it was a colony, from an informal, to a formal part of the empire, and then back to an informal part in its later years. An "informal empire," then, is not wholly distinct from a "formal empire," but indicates that the level of influence exerted by the mother country over this part of the empire is limited. Informal empire means that the mother country has successfully exerted political and commercial power over the country's territories, economy, people and resources, and is able to influence the political machinations of the subordinate country in pursuit of its own interests. However, there may not be any formal connection between the two countries, with the "conquered" country not boundto the "mother" country in any legal way.

Arguably, this is the relationship that existed between the United States and China in the early twentieth century. The US had begun to establish favorable relationships with the Chinese from the late nineteenth century. Attempts to expand into China and supply it with industrial goods were initially unsuccessful, but after the Boxer Rebellion, the US provided a significant number of troops to aid Chinese Christians who had come under attack. The US already had a significant number of ships and troops in the region due to their recent attempts to annex the Philippines; as such, the Boxer Rebellion, and Chinese Christians, became a focus of American attention. The result of this was that Americans began to send missionaries into China, rising


to over 8000 a year in the 1920s. A number of American universities, medical schools and theology schools were opened in China, alongside a vast number of elementary and middle schools. While attempts to actually convert the Chinese to Christianity did not have the success hoped for, the vast provision of American-funded educational institutions in the country certainly had a marked effect on Chinese culture and created a bond between the Chinese and the USA, wherein American culture and values began to be impressed upon the Chinese from their youth. This is one of the hallmarks of informal Empire, just as, in India, British values were imposed upon native students, or US values were imposed upon native Americans in reservation schools.

The political control exerted by the US overChina derived from the fact that the US was, at this time, as now, a major player on the world stage. Although there were numerous attempted insurrections against the Republic of China, with various governments ruling parts of the country, the US recognized only the Republic of China as the legitimate government. The result of this was that the policies of the Republic depended, to a certain extent, upon what the USA favored, as it knew it depended upon American recognition for the standing it enjoyed on the world stage. Consequently, attempts to oppose the Republic of China were generally unsuccessful and the Republic of China itself continued to be recognized by the United States until thirty years after the founding of the People's Republic of China--which subsequently


hour later, another boat on patrol in the area found the next dinghy, which had nearly sunk, but there were no survivors around.

Minutes later, we spotted a second dinghy which was also in bad condition. As time went by, we recovered a total of five corpses - people who had drowned in the last 24 hours. Five of them were men between 16 and 25 years of age.

We found them around 15 miles from the coast of Libya. Then at around 11 o'clock or so, the Italian coast guard said there was another dinghy. So we started to look for a boat in distress. It took around 12 hours and we still couldn't find them. At the moment we are heading to Catania (an Italian city on thePhoto By Michael Jazdyk | ERDC researchers pose for a group shot after the completion of Key Resolve 2017 with...... read more read more Photo By Michael Jazdyk | ERDC researchers pose for a group shot after the completion of Key Resolve 2017 with members of the 916th FEST-A, March 16, 2017 From left to right are Noah Garfinkle, CERL, Sgt. 1st Class Luis Rodriguez, Capt. John Lee Membrere-Mercado, 1st Lt. Mark Guirao, 1st Lt. Nuttapong Lea, 1st Lt. Kyle Ramirez, Maj. Aaron Takahashi, Capt. Seung Yoo, Capt. Jesse Jordan and Pat Guertin, CERL. (U.S. Army Image by 1st Lt. Nuttapong Lea) see less | View Image Page

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Altuve not going could have had other consequences as well. When Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry said he didn’t want to go to the White House, Trump rescinded the invite, which set off a national firestorm that included LeBron James calling Trump a “bum.”

In the end, Altuve was there. And based on what happened, it makes you wonder if going to the event may draw more attention than if he had just skipped.

José Altuve and Donald Trump had an awkward moment at the White House. (MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images) More

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a resident of Kohav Hashahar, a settlement in the occupied West Bank.

A spokesman for Israel’s Magen David Adom ambulance service said Colman had been stabbed several times in the upper body and was in a critical state when he was rushed to hospital.

Israel’s Shin Bet security agency identified the suspect as Abdel Rahman Bani Fadel, 28, a Palestinian father of two from the village of Akraba near the town of Nablus in the occupied West Bank.

The incident followed an attack on Friday in the occupied West Bank in which the Israeli military said a Palestinian motorist rammed and killed two Israeli soldiers guarding a road near a Jewish settlement.

Tensions have risen in Jerusalem since U.S. President Donald Trump recognized the city as Israel’s capital on Dec. 6. Theservices, always at a high state of readiness in Jerusalem because of possible attacks, had raised their alert levels further ahead of the forthcoming festivities when many visitors are expected to visit the city and because there was an increase in warnings of possible attacks.

Earlier on Sunday, Israeli forces operating on the Gaza border foiled an attempt by the Hamas militant group to rebuild an attack tunnel, the Israeli military said.


Kang Daniel’s agency denied reports of the singer going on an Asia tour in the second half of the year.

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'It's a form of madness,' Lord Byron said, 'I am only too well acquainted with.' Annabella, whenever he spoke, attended him so closely that she could scarcely make out the words. There was a public character to his charm she could read very little into. He seemed to be playing a part—himself. The intention itself made up a kind of mask, which hid him none the less for being framed to suit his face. Occasionally, in a moment's shyness, in his stutter, she believed to catch a glimpse of the push involved—she sensed a boyish reluctancethe extent of her crimes. You may believe me when I tell you that I share it, though I have not had, as you have, the luxury of closing my eyes. You suppose whatever it is to be unspeakable, but that does not in the least make it untrue. You wish to treat it as a thing quite apart, so that it may be left alone; but it runs through—through everything. He is her great love, I can put it no plainer than that. She is his. He is mine. There you have what might be called, in mathematical terms, the inequality, which I was forced in the end to admit my despair of solving. I have admitted it. I have relinquished my claims to him, but forgive


closely'—a remark vague enough for Thérèse to ignore it. 'Last week,' she continued, 'just before she set off for Newmarket (I was watching her pack), I decided to act on this idea. I said to Augusta, there is nothing that could have saved you but your brother's marriage. Lady Byron might really be said to be the sacrifice he has made to your virtue.' Her voice fell to a whisper. 'It was all but obscenely plain, one might have reached out and touched it. To which she, bowing her head, could only reply, that she knew exactly what the cost of her virtue had been and who had paid it. My dear, I said, you were lucky to find in a sister anyone half so good as LadyBlair's new focus: Global prosperity

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Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair shares his thoughts during an interview with The Des Moines Register on Thursday at the World Food Prize in Des Moines. / Christopher Gannon, The Des Moines Register

by Jennifer Jacobs, The Des Moines Register

by Jennifer Jacobs, The Des Moines Register

DES MOINES, Iowa -- Six years after his less-than-voluntary exit from Downing Street, Tony Blair's new career as an emissary for global peace and prosperity might be more satisfying than his decade-long stint as Britain's prime minister.

"I have to be careful here about that, but in some ways, I find what I do now more exciting and sometimes - always - more productive," Blair told The Des Moines Register in an interview Thursday.

Blair now crisscrosses the world


- in a jet the British press calls "Blair Force One" - focused on public aid and private gain as he tries out strategies to eradicate extreme poverty, religious prejudice, extremist violence, hunger and climate change.

He was in Iowa on Thursday to talk about "40 Chances" - the philosophy that, in life, you have only about 40 productive years after you finish school to make an impact on the world.

It's the central concept in a book of the same name written by Blair's friend Howard G. Buffett, a corn and soybean farmer who will spend $129 million this year to make improvements around the world with seed money from his father, billionaire investor Warren Buffett.

Blair and Buffett have joined forces to build urgency in the push for successthe top in the world when it comes to governance."

Better than any other former prime minister or U.S. president?

"Yes," Buffett told the Register later. "There's nobody spending the time in Africa that Tony Blair is spending."

Whether to silence his critics or to complete a bucket list of unfinished business, Blair has been reshaping his legacy into something more enduring than what many Britons consider his Iraq misadventure.

In 1997, Blair became the second-youngest prime minister in British history at age 44. But after a decade of economic prosperity, his popularity plummeted and his political party revolted against him.

His decision to join President George W. Bush in the 2003 invasion of Iraq stained his reputation. Polling showed that less than 10 percent of Britons considered Blair trustworthy. The British press


referred to Blair, who erroneously echoed claims that Saddam Hussein harbored weapons of mass destruction, as "Bush's poodle."

In June 2007, before the end of the full third term he had intended to serve, Blair tendered his resignation to the Queen.

Blair is still often dogged by protesters at public events back home.

"Happy, Tony?" someone tweeted to @tonyblairoffice this week. "We will not forget."

Asked during Thursday morning's panel discussion if he has experienced resentment, Blair smiled.

"Resentment generally? Yes. A fair amount of it," he said.

He went on to acknowledge that in foreign aid work "sometimes there's a feeling that people from the outside shouldn't tell us what to do." He also stressed that it's often the locals who have the best ideas.

In the Register interview, Blair said his work inVisiting our website with your browser settings adjusted to accept cookies tells us that you want to use Odalys' services and that you consent to our use of cookies and other technologies to provide the best holidays choice to you.

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wasted no time showing Germany he would lead the country’s most important foreign embassy with a more direct style than that of his predecessors — including Phil Murphy, now the governor of New Jersey, and John B. Emerson, the vice chairman of Capital Group in Los Angeles.

On his first day on the job in Berlin, Grenell — who previously taught at the USC Annenberg School of Communication and maintains a house in Palm Springs — warned German companies setting up new business ties with Iran despite Trump’s decision to quit the Iran nuclear deal to “wind down operations immediately.” He posted the blunt message on Twitter that many German companies — with far more extensive business interests in the United States than Iran — quickly heeded. The UnitedStates is Germany’s most important trading partner in Europe and the largest market for its exports.

It was nevertheless an unusually public intervention and led to backlash from German political leaders and the country’s public at large. Germans have long held the United States and U.S. Embassy in high regard for defending West Germany throughout the Cold War and for the unflinching support for German reunification in 1990, backing that was decisive in overcoming resistance in other European capitals.

Grenell, who was a spokesman for the U.N. mission to the United States during most of President George W. Bush’s eight years in office, raised eyebrows in Germany and other European countries with remarks to Breitbart News that were criticized in Berlin as a provocation and seen by some as a


Germany to take back a former Nazi labor camp guard, Jakiw Palij, in August of 2018 who had been living in New York — he died shortly after being repatriated to Germany at the age of 95.

And he pushed Germany to ban Hezbollah, the Lebanese militant group, in its entirety, arguing the Lebanese paramilitary organization supported terrorism and anti-Semitism. A resolution that Grenell called for was passed by the German Parliament in December.

He also has openly and repeatedly criticized Germany for not following U.S. advice to block China’s Huawei from taking part in the development of Germany’s 5G network over worries it could be used for espionage or sabotage.

“He certainly made everyone in Germany uncomfortable, but I never understood why the German government seemed to keep such aMembers of Nova Scotia's New Democratic Party have started the voting for their new leader.

The balloting is taking place online and will continue until the end of the month — when the results will be announced at a leadership convention in Halifax on Feb. 27.

Gary Burrill, Dave Wilson and Lenore Zann are vying to replace Maureen MacDonald, who has served as interim leader of the provincial NDP since Darrell Dexter resigned as leader in November 2013.

Gary Burrill

The United Church minister is no stranger to a challenge. He has just completed the merger of two congregations — one United and the other Baptist, in Sydney.

A process he originally thought would take six months actually took two years, but people are now attending the new United Heritage Church.

Burrill is back


living in the Colchester-Musquodoboit Valley riding he represented from 2009 to 2013.

He was one of the 24 sitting New Democrats, including Premier Darrell Dexter, to lose their seats in the Liberal landslide victory of 2013.

What Burrill would do if he becomes the premier:

Lower the voting age to 16.

Free tuition for university and college education.

Add dental coverage to MSI.

Dave Wilson

The paramedic-turned-politician has been the MLA for Sackville-Cobequid for 12 years.

The one-time Minister of Health became a cabinet minister about halfway through the New Democratic Party's first mandate.

A paramedics' strike in 2009 was his first taste of politics.

Before walking off the job and being forced back by the Progressive Conservative government, Wilson spent hours in the public gallery watching the debate over the back-to-work bill that cut short the strike.

Theseat he currently holds has been represented by a New Democrat for more than three decades — John Holm held the riding for 19 years before Wilson.

What Wilson would do if he becomes the premier:

Establish mental health emergency rooms.

Cap the size of math and science classes in high schools.

Create a $15 minimum wage.

Lenore Zann

The longtime actor and world traveler has represented the riding of Truro-Bible Hill-Millbrook-Salmon River since 2009.

She was one of the only New Democrat backbenchers to survive the 2013 election.

Zann was arguably the most high profile non-cabinet minister in the previous legislature. According to the Internet Movie Database, IMDb, she has more than 100 film and TV credits to her name, including voice work on several animated series.

Not surprisingly, she has been one of her party's


minutes, and Edward always wanted to remind her that minutes add up to years. But she wouldn’t listen, so he stood out in front of his car, parked on the nearly-deserted downtown street. The sky was grey, the breeze from the lake filled his bones with chill, but he maintained that he wear his thin black sweater with the grey slacks because he was convinced that his scrawny frame looked best in them.

He stood outside of his Ford waiting for her to approach. He knew where she was, where she would be coming from, but he continuously looked in various directions about the sidewalk to see if she would change things up, like she always did. He considered climbing back into the car to warm up and maybelisten to some music to help pass the time, but his legs were already cramped from the four-hour non-stop drive and there is only so much Joy Division that one man can take while at the wheel.

He didn’t realize how eager he looked until an older woman carrying a grocery bag glared at him as she walked by. He nodded at her before she could say anything and she carried on, her eyes wide and unforgiving. He rubbed his dry, cracked hands together for warmth. He thought he knew where she was. He knew it wasn’t but a block or two, if he remembered correctly. After all, he had only been to this city twice in recent memory, but he purposely parked in the same spot he always


did so he could have something resembling bearings. He decided to brave the concrete and walk around.

Edward pulled out the keys and locked the door to the Ford (careful to check the handle because his two-days worth of luggage sat in the back seat) and trekked toward a set of somewhat familiar-looking building—a pub that they drank at together, watching a middle-aged band play Tom Petty covers while equally-middle-aged drunks danced about, reminding them both of their parents. He wished he could remember that night fully.

Things became more and more familiar as he walked about, although he wished he had an address or something to use as a reference. He kept going for another block and turned to find a group of teenagers walking and holding skateboards. Theylooked at him and he looked back, wondering how on Earth they could skate in such dreary weather. He looked above their heads to see a few flurries fall past their faces. He continued to hope that he was walking in the right direction.

Up the street a little ways he saw the blue Victorian house with the white trim and the porch swing. The odd thing was that the door was wide open. If there was one thing that he knew about Leah it was that she hated the cold—a shame for a girl who spent her formative years in this northern lakeside town. He carefully walked up the porch steps, peering into the window to try and catch a glimpse of her. There were no cars in


the driveway, but he could see the shifting light of the television screen from inside the front bay window. These old houses frightened him a little, mostly because he felt so unprivileged setting foot in one because of his ranch-style rural upbringing.

He stepped into the doorway and knocked softly to announce to anyone in the front room that he was there.

“Hello?” he half-yelled, careful not to startle anyone who may still be in the vicinity of the door. He then heard the bang of her winter shoes coming down the oak stairs in front of the door. He couldn’t believe his eyes.

Leah stood there, dressed in a flowered knee-length skirt, a blue blouse, stockings, and a black cardigan. Her hair was darker than her remembered (she was anotorious dyer), but it highlighted her milky pale complexion well. She stood there, her hands on her full hips and finally took the last step, her black shoes creating a booming echo throughout the front room. She smiled with her childlike grin and he couldn’t wipe his off of his face.

She grabbed his arm with her thin, soft hand. “You weren’t waiting too long, were you?”

He shrugged. “No, it’s fine. I guess I got in earlier than I expected.”

“Alright. Come on in.”

“Thanks.”

She led Edward into the living room where the television showed House Hunters: International, a show he was not particularly fond of. She plopped down on the white sofa as he noticed a gleam on her breasts. He looked at the gold name tag pinned on her


picked up his chin and began to kiss her forehead like he used to all those months ago, before the snow and before the long drives, before the city when they were together, before Michael, before they fell apart and he clanged to her and her memory in his head every day, with every message and phone call asking him to please just be her friend even though he knew he couldn’t. He picked up his chin and puckered his lips. His dry quivering lips barely graced that holy spot on the side of her forehead.

He woke up, this time not in shock or disgust—his eyes merely opened.

He looked toward the wall then rolled over to look at the clock on his nightstand. 7:06. This was the latesthe had slept after thinking about her. This time was different: he actually dreamt about her.

He had not dreamt about her since the day she left. He knew it was all a dream: the hair (hers was lighter than ever now); the house (she lived off in the suburbs in model-type home); Michael (the man she was with now went by a different name).

He waited for that sinking feeling that he usually felt when he thought about her, but it never came.

He grinned a little bit, knowing that his dreams were a place where it could all be okay. Then he realized that the dream was probably the closest he would ever get to kissing her again.

Although he was sure that he wouldn’t be able to, he closed


his eyes and fell right back to sleep. He thought his body would be able to help him get back into that glorious state again where he could hold her hand again and maybe even touch her lips with his.

i plan to reroute the paths of riversand the roads carved into mountain sidesby rains eroding stone.the course of the seasons will see my handand tremble, shift and take new realmsin different months. the sun and moonwill battle in the sky at my own willof change. i will shift the gleams of loveback in time; forward.House at the End of the Street Blu-ray Review: Not Befitting of the Talent It Attracted

If I wanted pointless twists, I’d have eaten a plate of rotini pasta.

House at the End of the Street starts out strong. You witness the murder of two parents by their deranged young daughter, who then flees into the woods behind the house, presumably never to be seen again. Four years go by, and new neighbors move in next door, knowing what transpired in the Jacobson house, but capitalizing on the ensuing diminished real estate values in the wake of the murders. The Jacobson house is said to be empty. The first night in their new house, mother Sarah (Elisabeth Shue) looks out a window across the yard at the Jacobson house and...a


like a girl growing up changes nothing, but confuses everything. If he thought he was Carrie Anne, why did he keep kidnapping other girls? Projection? If he resented her for the abuse that her death brought upon him at the hands of his parents, why is he so upset when he subsequently kills the Carrie Annes, seemingly by accident? I’d think it would be cathartic or somehow sadistically satisfying to dress them in the part, then take out the mental anguish on them. The reveal that the parents tried to turn him into Carrie Anne is told through a separate memory rather than unmasking him as the killer from the first scene of the movie. That would have worked better for me. The whole thing just got unnecessarilydrain on the public purse. Those costs (substantial as they are) were borne by the Club.

The funds for virtually all of the current infrastructure at the ground have been either provided directly by the Club or with funds sourced by the Club. The most recent Federal government funding for the function room in the grandstand was sourced by our Club. Prior to that, our Club directly invested $500,000 in Leichhardt Oval with funds borrowed from the State government.

The Club has worked hard to repay that loan, despite its recent financial difficulties. The asphalt tarmac for the carpark outside the ground (used extensively by the public attending the swimming pool) was financed with funds procured by the club.

Prior to handing the site back to Leichhardt Council on 1st April