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Mum of Down Syndrome child writes an open letter “To the other mum in the waiting room…” However she never expected people to jump to the woman’s defence.

Love What Matters Facebook page shared Dana’s open letter the other mum in the waiting room. It begins, “Our conversation started out naturally enough. We were both sitting in the waiting room at the pediatrician’s office for the Saturday morning clinic for children who are sick. You were there with your beautiful 20-month-old daughter who had a rash. I was there with my precious 10-month-old son who had a yucky-sounding cough. I’m sure both of us had things we would have rather been doing on a Saturday morning, but we were making the best of it.

Dana continues, Waiting rooms can often be eerily silent places as people are buried in their smartphones and magazines, or as they simply stare straight ahead, avoiding eye contact with another stranger. I was pleased that you responded well to my initiative to strike up a friendly conversation. We chatted back and forth about our children and made some general small talk as we each waited for our child’s name to be called…

But then a few simple phrases seemed to change everything.

I mentioned that our family was looking forward to celebrating my oldest child’s 7th birthday that weekend. You smiled and said, “Seven? Oh, I bet he loves to help with the baby!”

Now at this point, I had a choice to make. I could smile and move on, or I could be real about the different dynamics our family experiences in this area. I love to talk about my kids, and I love opportunities to help create awareness about Down syndrome, so I decided to be real.

Smiling back at you, I started to share, “Well, actually, my son has special needs…”

Before I could go further, you quickly interjected, “Oh! I’m sorry!”

I’m always a bit taken aback when people apologize to me concerning my child, but I continued on.

“It’s fine. He has Down syndrome, and…”

Once again, you cut me off with another sympathetic, “I’m sorry!”

This time I was a little more direct. “It’s nothing to be sorry about. We love him so much, and he has taught us so much! He’s just not at a place yet to be able to help with the baby.”

In response you smiled uncomfortably and busied yourself with your daughter. A moment later you picked up a pamphlet from the side table and started to flip through the pages. It was becoming increasingly clear our friendly conversation had come to an end.

Let me first say — I am not angry with you. I believe you had no ill-intentions, and you were not trying to offend in any way. I am not angry with you, but I am saddened by your response. As I told you, the fact that my son has Down syndrome is nothing to be sorry about. If only you would have allowed me to continue, I could have told you why.

I could have told you my little boy’s life is such a precious gift, especially considering that the doctors and nurses in the NICU didn’t expect him to survive. I cannot imagine my life without him today.

I could have told you what a little overcomer he is after facing numerous health complications, including open-heart surgery, and the fact that he is healthy and thriving today.

I could have told you what a champion he is — working so hard to reach various developmental milestones, and I could have shared with you the incredible celebration that has accompanied each one. I am so proud of him!

I could have told you about his contagious smile, his delightful laughter and his wholehearted affection. My son carries such joy.

I could have told you about his unique personality, and some of his favourite things that include Elmo, “The Wheels on the Bus” and stuffed animal monkeys.

And yes, I could have told you about the challenges we have faced, but I also could have told you that each one has carried with it an opportunity to learn, grow and discover what I believe is the heart of God in brand new ways.

I could have told you our journey may look different than some (then again, whose life journey ever looks the same?), and that it carries its own unique beauty. I would not be the person I am today if I had not had the privilege of walking this road.

I could have told you so much…

And hopefully your discomfort would have dissolved, and you would have been able to see that my son is not something to apologize for… he is someone of immense value — a good gift I will always treasure!

So, today, as I remember our short encounter, I bless you, and I pray you will have opportunities in the future to truly see and know the person behind the disability. I promise you, your life will be enriched!

Written by Dana Hemminger”

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The post has attracted lots of attention with over 1 4K reactions and nearly 900 comments.

Many of the comments actually suggest that Dana could have approached the subject better and in fact it was the way she went about the discussion that created the issues.

One commenter wrote, “Maybe you were a bit short on understanding on your part as to her saying I am sorry. Maybe she was sorry she had jumped to conclusions about your sons ability to help? Maybe she was not apologizing for your sons mental condition but for her actions.”

Another replied, “The context of you telling her was in answer to her “I bet he loves to help with the baby”. You then answer that he’s special needs. Perhaps if you would have said “he helps in his own special way. He has Down syndrome” and then explained she might have reacted differently. She may have felt bad that she had made the statement and not considered that perhaps he could not help with the baby. He is adorable and perfect in every way and she may have thought that too but was reacting to how you reacted to her statement.”

Another wrote, “I think you lost her when you said “well actually, my son has special needs.” You could have said it a bit differently, as another poster stated above, saying something to the nature of him helping out in his own way or perhaps a “not quite there yet!”

You probably made her feel defensive and self-conscious with your reply.”

and another said “She was trying to make polite conversation, give her a break. Not everyone in the world needs to know every detail about your life. I think people sometimes try to use every opportunity they have to stand on a soapbox.”

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  • It’s hard to know if the “other lady” was even uncomfortable or as I sometimes in waiting rooms with people have some chit chat but am not interested in talking the whole time I am in the waiting room. I like flicking through the magazines that I never buy, I like to have some quiet time and as interested as I am in other people I don’t always want to get to know them any further than the polite chit chat. I”m sorry this mum felt as though it was because she stated her son was special needs and how this affected her but it may not have been about that at all.

  • I think there’s no right or wrong here, we all react differently and the way we react tells a bit where we’re at with certain issues in our life.
    The story here is written out the perspective of the mum with the child with Down syndrome who feels misunderstood, the story could have been written out of the perspective of the other mum as well who also seemed to feel misunderstood.
    Our ability to really listen and relate to people on our road results in that feel of connection or misunderstanding/loneliness when we/the other doesn’t have that ability or doesn’t get the space to do so. Lots of dynamics going on in communication and relationships.

  • I’m not sure. I’m almost thinking that that woman jumped to soon to a conclusion. Maybe in what she said she put her thoughts about what other people may think about kids with Down Syndrome. But it doesn’t mean that the mother of that girl had those thoughts. Don’t know…

  • These open letters are just another killer for small talk. No one talks to other much already, now more people will probably be worried they will be written about in a public forum for saying something simple. It also sounds like the woman had a chip on her shoulder well before the other lady said “I’m sorry.” What are you supposed to say when someone points out their child has a condition, “Oh that’s lovely.” or something?

  • People are quick to jump and write open letters these days. All too frequent. And now she’s upset she didn’t get the response she wanted. She jumped to conclusions and was quite confronting with her approach, what did she expect?

  • I think the mum that wrote the story was a bit over the top. I don’t think the other mum meant anything

  • I completely agree with the Mother of the Downs child. My brother also has Downs Syndrome and he has always been the most wonderful loving brother you could hope to have. When we were children, we always laughed at the people {mainly adults} who had negative reactions, just because he looked different. It really unnerved the adults to be openly laughed at by children. I think a lot of it had to do with their inability to get cross with us because then they would have to acknowledge why we were laughing. I hope my story will at least put a smile on your face the next time you encounter an apologist {or worse}.

  • Yeah, I agree with the comments. Many people automatically say “I’m sorry” when anything uncomfortable is raised – death, divorce, disability… It’s a conversational placeholder. Or perhaps she has personal experience of raising a Child with a disability, and knows that sometimes it’s bloody hard – and was offering empathy for that.

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Laura Dern picked up her first Academy Award on Sunday night for her supporting performance in Noah Baumbach’s Best Picture nominee “Marriage Story.” She also starred in another Best Picture nominee, “Little Women,” for director Greta Gerwig.

After her Oscar win, Dern came backstage and spoke to interview press to address the elephant in the room: Where were all the women directors at the Oscars this year?While Gerwig did pick up a Best Adapted Screenplay nomination, she — along with such filmmakers as Lulu Wang (“Farewell-2019-movie-posters/”>The Farewell”), Marielle Heller (“A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood”), and many other women who did standout work this year — was shut out of the Best Director race.

That category wound up with five male nominees.“If I could give this Oscar to Greta Gerwig I would do it right now,” Dern said.

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Joint WCO-ICAO Guiding Principles and Guidelines to enhance Air Cargo Security and Trade Facilitation

Today, the World Customs Organization (WCO) and International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) released their Joint WCO-ICAO Guiding Principles for Pre-Loading Advance Cargo Information and Joint WCO-ICAO Guidelines on Alignment of the Customs Authorized Economic Operator and Aviation Security Regulated Agent/Known Consignor Programmes. These Guiding Principles and Guidelines are a result of continuous joint efforts over the last 10 years, following serious threats and vulnerabilities to international trade supply chains.

“In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and the need to facilitate safe and secure vaccine distribution, strong collaboration among Customs, Civil Aviation Authorities and the relevant stakeholders is highly recommended,” said the WCO Secretary General, Dr. Kunio Mikuriya. “WCO and ICAO Members are encouraged to make the best use of advance cargo information for risk assessment as well as to align partnership and security programmes to ensure secure and efficient air cargo supply chains,” he added.

With the new Joint WCO-ICAO Guiding Principles for Pre-Loading Advance Cargo Information (PLACI), another layer is being added to the multi-layered approach to Aviation Security in order to detect Improvised Explosive Devices/Improvised Incendiary Devices (IED/IID) in air cargo. These PLACI principles should not be used as a standalone method of Aviation Security (AVSEC) screening or air cargo security control, but rather to perform an additional assessment of the potential Aviation Security risks represented by a consignment.

These Joint Guiding Principles comprise several key and specific principles to meet the needs and capabilities of both regulators and industry, and provide guidance for the risk analysis process. Combined with intelligence and other information, PLACI consignment data enables regulators to perform an initial assessment of the potential risks posed by a consignment. The results of the initial assessment may also indicate the need for additional action.

In addition, the new Joint WCO-ICAO Guidelines on Alignment of the Customs Authorized Economic Operator (AEO) and AVSEC Regulated Agent/Known Consignor (RA/KC) Programmes seek harmonization and alignment between the WCO AEO and the AVSEC RA/KC Programmes, capitalizing on synergies and thus increasing efficiency, while also reducing duplication of efforts by regulators and burdens on trade.

These Guidelines aim to assist WCO and ICAO Members wishing to assess the similarities between their Customs and AVSEC security programmes, with the intention of further aligning them. This collaborative work should ultimately lead to simplification of procedures and eradication of duplicate security requirements and controls, to the benefit of the authorities and the airline industry.

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U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and Singapore Customs signed a historic letter of intent today that will enable closer cooperation in the areas of trade facilitation, revenue protection and risk management.

Executive Assistant Commissioner for the Office of Trade Brenda Smith signed the letter of intent in Washington, DC on behalf of CBP and Deputy Director-General Lim Teck Leong signed the letter of intent in Singapore on behalf of Singapore Customs.

The Letter of Intent to Explore Single Window Connectivity between Singapore’s Networked Trade Platform (NTP) and the U.S. Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) formalizes the United States’ and Singapore’s commitment to sharing trade data and to exploring the possible connection of the two countries’ national Single Windows for trade facilitation. Single Windows are electronic systems that automate and expedite the processing of import and export data by allowing traders to input standardized information in a single entry point to fulfill all import and export requirements. In doing so, Single Windows reduce costs, enhance accountability and improve collaboration among government agencies and the trade community.

“We value the opportunity for transparency and cooperation that a shared Single Window will bring,” said Executive Assistant Commissioner Smith. “Government-to-government data sharing is rapidly becoming an important component of efficient and secure trade, and CBP looks forward to working with Singapore Customs on this forward thinking approach to trade facilitation.”

“The signing of this letter of intent signifies the first step towards trade data connectivity between the two Customs administrations, and reinforces our commitment to maintain the security of international supply chains, while facilitating legitimate trade,” said Deputy Director-General Lim.

The letter of intent follows the successful negotiation of the U.S.-Singapore Free Trade Agreement in 2004 and builds on the Authorized Economic Operator-Mutual Recognition Agreement and the Customs Mutual Assistance Agreement concluded by CBP and Singapore Customs in 2014. These efforts support the principles, standards and objectives of the World Customs Organization Framework of Standards to Secure and Facilitate Global Trade.

The collaboration between CBP and Singapore Customs complements the United States’ continued engagement with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Single Window Steering Committee on trade facilitative data exchange and Single Window connectivity/interoperability. Singapore is an active member of ASEAN and the ASEAN Single Window.

In 2019, two-way trade in goods between the United States and Singapore totaled $57.6 billion, making Singapore the United States’ 17th largest trading partner and its second-largest trading partner in ASEAN.

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Under the framework of the Southern African Customs Union (SACU) Customs Modernization Programme, funded by the United Kingdom Foreign and Commonwealth Office, WCO experts were invited to lead an AEO Validation Workshop for the South African Revenue Service (SARS). The Workshop was held from 10 to 14 February 2020 in Pretoria, South Africa. Mrs. Rae Vivier who is the Group Executive responsible for AEO in SARS opened the workshop and welcomed the WCO and SACU representatives with a key note address to all attendees. She gave assurance to the audience that AEO is taken seriously by SARS and is one of the organization’s key deliverables.

During the five day Workshop, the SARS AEO validation team was given an introduction to the WCO SAFE Framework of Standards (FoS), including all its Pillars, core elements, and AEO criteria etc. This was followed by a discussion on the essential elements of the AEO Validation Guidance, the sequential steps of the AEO validation procedures and the skills required by AEO validators.

The participants, comprised of Customs auditors, legal experts and client relationship managers, were given an opportunity to share their views on the similarities and differences between AEO validation and post-clearance audit. The core values of Customs-Business partnerships were highlighted as an important aspect towards achieving AEO programme implementation. Auditors with a Customs compliance mindset were given security validation knowledge and taught how to hold discussions with business on coordinating and enhancing international supply chain security and safety. Another important element underscored during the training was that validation of the applicant is central to accreditation, and that the applicant’s supply chain may not be tested. Accordingly, the applicant is responsible for securing its own supply chain.

The Workshop entailed extensive discussions on the self-assessment questionnaire prepared by SARS for potential AEOs taking part in the country’s AEO pilot. While referring to the WCO self-assessment template, the WCO experts also shared questionnaires by other Customs administrations. The participants and experts discussed how to enhance the questions posed, making it simpler for business to understand and answer them. A number of recommendations were made, including adding explanatory notes to the self-assessment questionnaire to help clients provide accurate information about their security and safety protocols.

A further aim of the Workshop was to include practical sessions, such as the mock validation process held at BMW’s South African plant in Rosslyn. Participants were told how BMW guarantees supply chain safety and security. Equipped with this information, the Workshop participants were given a walk-through of BMW South Africa’s processes for receiving goods. The lessons learned were shared among the Workshop participants and SARS management during the post-validation assessment. During that session, several Mutual Recognition Arrangements/Agreements (MRAs) signed between different Customs administrations were also referenced, so as to enhance learning and information sharing.

SARS embarked on its Preferred Traders Programme (PTP) in May 2017. The initial number of 28 accredited traders (importers/exporters) has grown to reach 119 as of 14 February 2020. Under the SARS Strategic Plan for 2023, the priority will be to focus on improving voluntary compliance and supply chain security through implementation of the standardized WCO SAFE/AEO programme. At the same time, SACU wishes to roll out PTPs for all its Members, while moving towards a full-fledged AEO programme in phases. To this end, the WCO experts discussed and shared views on the PTP compatibility assessment tool aimed at ensuring mutual recognition of Preferred Traders among SACU Members.

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WCO SAFE FoS – 2018 Edition

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The WCO has published a 2018 edition of its Framework of Standards. The 2018 version of the SAFE Framework augments the objectives of the SAFE Framework with respect to strengthening co-operation between and among Customs administrations, for example through the exchange of information, mutual recognition of controls, mutual recognition of AEOs, and mutual administrative assistance.

In addition, it calls for enhanced cooperation with government agencies entrusted with regulatory authorities over certain goods (e.g. weapons, hazardous materials) and passengers, as well as entities responsible for postal issues. The Framework now also includes certain minimum tangible benefits to AEOs, while providing a comprehensive list of AEO benefits.

The updated SAFE Framework offers new opportunities for Customs, relevant government agencies and economic operators to work towards a common goal of enhancing supply chain security and efficiency, based on mutual trust and transparency.

Customs officers and trade practitioners also be on the lookout for then new WCO Academy course on SAFE and AEO. The Framework of Standards to Secure and Facilitate Global Trade is a unique international instrument which usher in a safer world trade regime, and also heralds the beginning of a new approach to working methods and partnership for both Customs and business. This E-Learning course aims to present this tool and the benefits of its implementation.

Uganda prepares to introduce AEO

Authorised Economic Operators (AEO), a scheme focusing on compliant companies to facilitate trade starts before the year ends. The Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) Public and Corporate Affairs Assistant Commissioner Sarah Banage recently disclosed that AEO is meant to enhance compliance “by removing barriers for the most complaint taxpayer”.

“Under the scheme, the benefit of being complaint will be red-carpet treatment offered by URA,” she stated, adding, “we want to demonstrate that there are rewards for being compliant.” Banage cited electronic submission of declaration without supporting documents, pre-arrival clearance of cargo, and self-management of bonded warehouses as some of the benefits. Others are: priority treatment when cargo is selected for control, choosing the place for examination, automatic renewal of licences and withholding tax exemption status.

Because the relationship between URA and its clients is “symbiotic”, it is expected that there will be an increase in taxes, Banage argued. Potential beneficiaries of AEO are: agents, importers, exporters, shippers, internal container depot operators, and others involved in international shipment of goods, among others.

To be eligible, Banage said, one should be involved in international trade, have a good compliance history, be financially sound, install and use customs automated systems like e-tax and should implement the AEO compliance programme. To be authorized, companies/organizations will apply to the commissioner, after which a preliminary consultation is done.

“We will then determine who should formally apply. Officials will adjudicate submitted documents before a site is inspected to ensure compliance with guidelines,” she said. Subsequently, a one-year certificate will be issued.

“An AEO is an individual, a business entity or a government department that is involved in international trade and is duly authorized by the Commissioner of Customs of Uganda Revenue Authority.”

Banage said that implementing AEO does not only have short-term results but also resultant long-term benefits to the business community. These include reduction of the cost of doing business and increased turnover over time, among others. In the middle of April, customs officials held a breakfast meeting at Serena hotel, Kampala where Chief Executive Officers of major organizations were sensitized about the plan.

Later, customs officials interacted with personnel of the Auditor General, Export Promotion Board, the Trade, Industry and Cooperatives ministry, the Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries ministry and Uganda National Bureau of Standards. Also at Serena, it was meant to “share with them the programme in order to capture their ideas,” according to Banage.

Weeks ago, URA asked companies to express interest in joining the scheme. Over 20 organizations applied and are currently involved in talks expected to culminate in attaining AEO status. “Admission to the scheme will depend on how the companies implement the compliance programme. By December, some companies should be authorized,” Banage added. Among others, those expected to benefit from the first phase are importers, clearing agents and transporters.

Regarding the East African Community (EAC), customs administrators have adopted an AEO policy framework. It was adopted in 2010 as a basis for implementing trade facilitation initiatives that drive economic development for the EAC. Under AEO’s mutual recognition arrangement, a government formally recognizes the AEO programme of another country, thereby granting benefits to the AEOs of that country. Under a regional project, companies in the five countries receive benefits related to the scheme. Among the benefits is priority treatment at customs points. Source: The Observer (Kampala)


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A web portal has developed by Integrated Child Development Services Government of Madhya Pradesh which is hosted on http://www.mpwcdmis.gov.in domain. The application has been developed in-house by the developers at ICDS MP.

The Portal has been designed and developed by Integrated Child Development Services Government of Madhya Pradesh for online collection of data and generation of monthly progress reports at different leveles, ie.

1. Aganwadi level

2. Sector Level

3. Project Level

4. District Level

5. State Level

Single point of data entry will be the aganwadi level.The monthly progress report of the aganwadi’s, entered each month at the block level are to be compiled to get the monthly progress reports at the sector, project , district and state level. The purpose of the portal  is online realtime aggregation of data at the central location so that the data thus aggregated can be compiled and reports can be generated based on the different parameters entered in different data collection performas. Reports are to be generated in tabular formats

   Project Scope

Project Scope Includes

1. Online data entry of the various data collection formats at different levels

2. Online compilation of the data to generate the monthly progress report at sector, project, district, division and state level

3. Online generation of various reports based on the data entered into the system at different levels

4. Online generation of reports based on the indicators on the data entry formats at different administrative levels

5. Online compilation of data for the purpose of generation of analytical reports

6. Online generation of reports to be submitted to GoI

7. Online generation of graphical reports for analysis

7. Online monitoring of the progress of the projects at different administrative levels


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The Situationally Aware Algorithm

Developers often pick an algorithm for its speed, but sometimes it makes more sense to dynamically pick an algorithm based upon the resources available at a particular moment. For example– the “Update All” feature for installing available updates for applications on Android Lollipop devices. “Update All” will download and unpack available updates one after the other, without waiting for the first update it unpacked to be installed. This parallel work queue approach makes sense from a time-saving perspective . . . until you try doing it on a phone with only 400-500 MB of storage space.

When storage space is limited, the processes of downloading the next update and unpacking the last downloaded update rapidly fill up the storage, usually faster than the installing process can use and dispatch the files. Suddenly, you have multiple update error messages in your notifications due to “insufficient space.”

Now, our annoyed Android user has a choice:

  1. Clear their cached data in “Settings -> Storage” and hope this frees up enough space for the “Update All” feature to work properly.
  2. Update each Android app one at a time.

But what if the “Update All” process checked the available storage space before it started downloading updates, and based upon a particular threshold, decided between downloading all the available updates in rapid succession or downloading the first available update and waiting for it to be updated and purged before proceeding with the next download?

The idea of a “situationally aware algorithm” is not new. We can dynamically apply different sorting algorithms to data by determining the size of the dataset beforehand. We can determine how much free space remains in storage on an Android device by using the getFreeSpace() method. We have the means to inspect the resources available to us before we decide to tackle a particular problem, and yet more often than not we plunge ahead with a predetermined “one size fits all” approach.

I blame satisficing. I’m also guilty of it.

When I walk in the woods in my neighborhood, I never look up to see if a mountain lion might be perched on a limb I’m about to pass under. Mountain lions are a non-issue for me, and walking beneath tree branches is an experience which I take for granted will be uneventful.

Until, of course, it isn’t. 😉

Similarly, if we apply an algorithm for sorting large datasets to a smaller dataset, it will still give you results. It’s only when we come across a dataset which completely breaks the algorithm and get no results back (e.g. the dataset is so large it consumes all available RAM) we begin to question if the currently implemented approach to the problem is the correct one.

On the bright side, I think the adoption of practices like User Stories and Test Driven Development– particularly in team approaches where the stories, tests and code are written by different people– is gradually pushing development beyond the satisficing “just make it work” mentality into a more nuanced, situationally aware paradigm.

In the meantime, the best we can do is keep learning our craft, be patient with the status quo, and . . . start checking tree branches for mountain lions before we walk under them.


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Mt. Lebanon Artists’ Market

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Mt. Lebanon joins an elite group of communities as a designated Walk Friendly community. The Municipality is one of a

Uptown Mt. Lebanon to be highlighted on Pennsylvania Cable Network!

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Sergio Romero talks about Manchester United’s secret weapon in the Europa League

Manchester United goalkeeper Sergio Romero believes that his club possesses a secret weapon run their pursuit of UEFA Europa League glory for the second time in three seasons. The Argentinian has played in eight of the ten matches played in the competition this season and flew to Germany ahead of their quarter-final match against FC Copenhagen on Monday evening earlier on Sunday. Should United win this match, they will set up a semi-final place against either Wolverhampton Wanderers of Sevilla, which should be a good match.

Romero believes that this close-knit squad has an advantage over their opposition this season after they have achieved their first objective of reaching the UEFA Champions League after finishing third in the Premier League, which was something that seems unlikely at the time football was suspended with the coronavirus pandemic forcing the country into lockdown. However, United clawed back the 14 points Leicester City had over them, finishing four points clear over the team which lifted the Premier League in the 2015/16 season. Romero, speaking to the official Manchester United website, said:

“In Argentina, we say these are ‘vida o muerte ‘, life-and-death games because, if you win, you progress. But, if you lose, you’re going home.

“The fact is it will be decided by one-off games that you have to win. Anything can always happen in a game, your focus and mindset always need to be spot on, and your legs have to always respond.

“As a group of players, if we have a team-mate who is struggling a bit on the day, all the lads have to give him a lift, so he can compete in the game in the best possible way.

“For sure, every bit of work and effort every day in training, as well as all our dreams are focused on getting United back to another Europa League final.

“So, we’re going to work hard for that to happen.”

This season, Romero has played just 16 times this season, eight times in the Europa League (so far), five times in the FA Cup and three times in the Carabao Cup, keeping 11 clean sheets and conceding five goals. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer could decide to stick with the Argentinian against Copenhagen and possibly in each match that United play in, which would show the confidence the manager has in the player. For Romero to concede just five goals this season in 16 appearances, it shows that he is a decent goalkeeper and ready for the challenge.

Solskjaer has taken a big squad to Germany for the rest of the Europa League campaign, which could last just one match, two matches or three if United go all the way to the final. All three matches will be played at the same stadium in Cologne, so that is a bonus for United, who will not need to travel around Germany en-route to the final, if they actually get there. United have a good chance of winning the competition this season and United’s players should ensure they get there.

Whilst United do not need to win the competition to earn a place in the group stages of the UEFA Champions League, like there did three seasons ago, they are playing for pride and the fact that the squad is now a young and progressive squad who have grown as a team and have risen to the challenges that have been thrown at them. Obviously, there is room to grow and lost of rebuilding left which could ensure the squad challenge for the Premier League title and beyond, which is what Solskjaer will be wanting to do at the club.

Written by John Walker

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  • The "Colored Hero" of Harper's Ferry: John Anthony Copeland and the War Against Slavery by Steven Lubet
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John Anthony Copeland, Harper's Ferry, Slavery, Antislavery, Abolition

The "Colored Hero" of Harper's Ferry: John Anthony Copeland and the War Against Slavery. By Steven Lubet. (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2015. Pp. 272. Cloth, $27.99.)

John Brown's body may lie moldering in the grave, but the militant abolitionist and his October 1859 raid on Harpers Ferry are alive and well in modern scholarship.1 Recent works have cast Brown as an idealistic revolutionary who fought for racial equality, albeit through controversial means. The historiography, however, overlooks the other participants in the Brown raid.2 Legal scholar Steven Lubet here expands our knowledge of the Brown cadre with a biography of the black raider John Anthony Copeland. Born free in North Carolina in 1834, Copeland moved as a child with his family to Oberlin, Ohio, and soon became a mainstay in the abolitionist community. He was inculcated in the "tenets of nonviolence" practiced by the antislavery citizens, only to undergo a conversion from "idealism to militancy" that culminated in the attack on Harpers Ferry (2, 6). By shedding light on Copeland and his reformist background, Lubet aims to demonstrate that the Oberlin carpenter "played a key role in Brown's own planning for, and execution of, the historic raid" (8). For Lubet, a man previously portrayed as a "loyal spear carrier" in the raid deserves "center stage" in the saga (9).

In order to elucidate Copeland's life, Lubet delves into an impressive array of archival sources. Because of the limited resources on Copeland [End Page 393] proper, however, most of his material deals with the "abolitionist environs" that shaped the young activist (69). Lubet offers a compelling portrayal of Oberlin as a "unique environment in the antebellum United States" that combined an "ideology of racial egalitarianism with an exceptional reverence for the rescue of slaves" (135). He gracefully sketches the key players in the town, including white abolitionists like James Fairchild, pacifistic African American reformers like Charles Langston, and militant black activists like Copeland's cousin Lewis Leary. Oberlin was a "paradise" for families like the Copelands, offering John a sense of dignity not readily available elsewhere (43). The young carpenter became an active member of the local antislavery society and aided fugitive slaves. He was, in many ways, a model product of the radical hotbed.

Copeland's path to militancy began in 1858, when President Buchanan appointed a federal marshal to enforce the Fugitive Slave Act in defiant northern Ohio. Lubet shines in depicting the attempts of the marshal, Matthew Johnson, to impose "pro-Southern and pro-slavery" policies on Oberlin (65). When Johnson's deputy engineered an attempt to capture the fugitive John Price in the famed Oberlin Rescue of September 1858, Copeland leapt to prominence. He led enraged Oberliners in trapping the kidnappers in a hotel, and then stormed the building to rescue Price. The town leaders recognized Copeland's role in the rescue by appointing him to escort Price to Canada. Lubet does fine work in uncovering Copeland's previously unnoticed role in the affair. The author's depiction of the trial of the Oberlin rescuers, in which the defendants put slavery on trial by appealing to the "ideal of higher law" in the courtroom, is also a highlight (119).

The Copeland-led rescue not only convinced the activist of the righteousness of violence, but also attracted Brown, who was seeking recruits for a mission whose objective—capturing Harpers Ferry—was known only to him. Brown journeyed to Ohio to enlist the rescuers. He gave a lecture on slave rescue attended by Leary, which Lubet credits as the reason that Leary and Copeland "join[ed] Brown's command" (127). The men believed that they would again be rescuing individual slaves. As Lubet emphasizes, the two Oberliners proved essential to Brown's plan: for Brown desired, but had failed in gaining, more than one black recruit. Copeland, reared and valorized in the abolitionist cocoon of Oberlin, had more reason than most black northerners to envision himself as an empowered soldier...

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US Lawmakers Introduce Conservatorship Reform Bill Inspired by Britney Spears

As Britney Spears continues to fight against the conservatorship she’d been under for 13 years, a new bipartisan bill has been introduced in to the US House of Representatives that appears to be inspired by her battle.

The bill, called the Freedom and Right to Emancipate from Exploitation (FREE) Act, would give people under conservatorships the right to request that their court-appointed guardian be replaced with a public guardian employed by the state, a family member or a private agent. As the New York Times points out, conservatees currently have to prove that abuse or fraud has occurred for their guardian to be replaced.

“We want to make sure that we bring transparency and accountability to the conservatorship process,” commented Representative Nancy Mace (R-South Carolina), one of two co-sponsors of the bill alongside Charlie Crist (D-Florida), in a statement to the Times. “If this can happen to [Britney Spears], it can happen to anybody.”

Last week, at the latest hearing in Spears’ case, the singer was granted the right to choose her own lawyer in the continuing legal battle over her conservatorship, which the star called “abusive” and signalled she wished to end without evaluation at a hearing last month. At a court hearing in Los Angeles, Judge Brenda Perry ruled that former federal prosecutor Mathew Rosengart will be allowed to take the place of Spears’ longtime court-appointed lawyer Samuel D. Ingham III, who tendered his resignation earlier in the month.

Over the weekend, Spears took to Instagram to attack members of her family, including sister Jamie Lynn Spears and her father (and co-conservator) Jamie Spears. Addressing the conservatorship generally, she also wrote, “This conservatorship killed my dreams … so all I have is hope and hope is the only thing in this world that is very hard to kill … yet people still try!!!!”

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[1]‘Well, I said hello to the spirit of 1956,

Who was stationed in the bushes next to ’57….’

Thus sang Jonathan Richman on one of the dozen best songs ever recorded, “Roadrunner”.

I encountered the same spirits on a soggy Thursday night in Leek. It’s not what you expect, really and I would have appreciated fair warning but there it is.

A modest but politely enthusiastic audience was more a reflection of the night rather than ‘the turn’. Leek, one of the highest towns in England – ‘Queen of the Moorlands’, baby – was sloshing about in the remains of the tropical storm which had brought a well-morphed spirit of the Caribbean many miles away from source. This exotic and fantastical weather ‘bomb’ was well named by the time it reached these climes.

Doris. Queen of the wet and windy.

So one for the hardy, very local or true believers.

First up, support from a local musician and leading light in the Leek Blues Fest – end of last week in September 2017 for those of you young enough to believe in the idea of forward planning – Mike Gledhill, an affable singer-songwriter who played an amiable bunch of self-penned songs, one of which he entertainingly claimed he wrote with J.J. Cale….”he just doesn’t know it yet…!” all of which amounted to a pleasant enough starter-upper.

John Lewis is, in his solo incarnation, a revelation from the second he hits the strings. Within the first four songs it is pretty obvious we’re in the presence of something a bit special here. His repertoire wanders with total comfort between 1956 rockabilly skeletons, Hank Williams-esque country painfests, straight-ahead four on the floor R’n’B – tinged rock ‘n’ roll that Chuck Berry made his own, and the prehistoric pop sensibilities of Buddy Holly. How does he manage this?

Well, for a start, this guy has A Voice. And it’s usually the voice which lets down a perfectly acceptable ‘Americana’ (hate the term – but bear with me) act, especially the blues. But this guy has got the whole thing going on. I find it incredible that one bloke’s voice can capture the essence of the pained ache of the aforementioned Hank Williams (done badly it just sounds like mawkish sentimentality – and John Lewis doesn’t appear to do mawkish sentimentality), the tremulous, vulnerable majesty of Roy Orbison, the mean, gritty swagger of some of the other Sun-era originals like Sonny Burgess, Charlie Feathers et al, and the popped-up sweetness of Buddy and yes, at one point, Elvis and of course, Johnny Cash. Not only that, he is positively expert on a range of guitars that look like they really ought to be nailed to the wall in a museum in Nashville or used as agricultural instruments.

Here is a man who is on top of his game, big style. You don’t have the likes of Imelda May helping out on his beautiful celebration of dadness, “Waltz Around the Kitchen”, or The Jets providing back-up on some of his recordings without knowing your chops. What I find similarly astonishing is the authenticity which having a ‘stamping board’ – which looks like a heavily-modified pallet – as your rhythm section. And to keep that going with metronome precision throughout a set which requires a variety of pace changes mid-song can’t be easy, not to mention physically exhausting.

What is it about the Welsh? Why do they produce such brilliant rock ‘n’ rollers? Crazy Cavan and the Rhythm Rockers; the much-maligned Shakin’ Stevens; Geraint Watkins; Ricky Valance (first Welshman to have a UK number 1 hit; ask your grandma.) Even Sir Thomas The Jones started out with beat-group derivatives of old-school r and r. And John Lewis sits fairly and squarely in the middle of this tradition. Already. And you feel there’s still plenty to come.

Perhaps the best compliment you can pay an artist who features a number of ‘covers’ in their set is that the originals are not fillers you sit through politely before he chucks in a crackling, impatient “Help Me” or an incendiary “Baby Please Don’t Go”. By focussing on the fundamentals, family relationships (“Waltz”) paying the bills or not (“Money Troubles”) or social exclusion (“Not Quite the Not”) his own stuff sits in perfect context with a whole range of classics which span early skiffle, work songs, blues and country. Modern sensibilities, mark you; “Money Troubles” is a beaut, naming the beast in a direct and modern setting. I mean, if he was writing ‘baby left me and mah mule got lame, lost mah money in a poker game’ you’d wonder quite what the point was. So he doesn’t.

And that quite stunning voice enables him to interpret an old and well-worn song with vision and flexibility. I mean, “Always on My Mind” sung by Elvis always sounds to me like ‘I may not be perfect but regarding our relationship I’m always Elvis Presley.’ Sung by Willie Nelson, it sounds like ‘I’m nowhere near perfect but regarding our relationship, this is the about the best I can manage.’ Here is an interpreter of other people’s songs who thinks about what they mean to him, not just his own material, and that isn’t necessarily a given.

Note to self; go and see The Real John Lewis, as the microphone stand proclaims, as a trio and see how that changes the dynamic of things. I’d imagine that freed from having to be his own personalised rhythm section there’d be some real pyrotechnics then. And also, must go see him in an over-full, sweaty cave somewhere filled with the drunk and the raucous rather than the sparsely-populated but admittedly lovely high-ceilinged Victoriana of the Foxlowe Centre.

I stop mid-gush to voice two slight concerns. Firstly, regards old rockabilly and rock n roll, (I flatly refuse to use the term Americana as I hate it with a vengeance) virtually the entire world is looking in a direction away from the original source of music as we know it at the moment. How is this phenomenal talent to break out of the limitations of the genre? And secondly, what exactly IS the genre? And DON’T say Americana, I will not be held responsible for my actions. Sooner or later, a ‘breakthrough’ airplay track may well compel The Real John Lewis to define himself a little more precisely than his talent would probably feel comfortable with. At that point The Real John Lewis – or a version of – might be forced to stand up. (At which point the rhythm section will fall silent, ‘cos you can’t do the stomp rhythm thing unless you’re sitting down.)

But neither of these things are the artist’s problem and neither are they particularly within his control, either.

And the latter might be a nice problem to have. It would be no more or less than he deserves.

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Boots And Hearts Music Festival Reveals Details Of Onsite Experiential Activities

Boots and Hearts Music Festival has announced its full onsite experience for attendees of the seventh annual event. From August 9-12, country music lovers will experience over 60 hours of live entertainment from 40 artists including headliners Florida Georgia Line, Alan Jackson and Thomas Rhett.
In addition to the music, Boots and Hearts will provide festival goers with a wide variety
of onsite activities – from a Boots and Hearts carnival featuring a spectacular LED Ferris
Wheel and a 100-foot swing ride to the Monster Energy Campground Karaoke stage
where attendees can sing their hearts out backed with a real band. New this year, the
attendees at Boots and Hearts will also be provided with free Wi-Fi to easily connect
with friends and share their experience in real time while onsite.
On Thursday, August 9 Coors Banquet will present the kickoff party and the beer of
country music will also host pop-up performances throughout the weekend plus have its very own Coors Banquet Rodeo-inspired bar with plenty of activities and beer to go
around. Chevrolet is returning as the presenting sponsor of the Emerging Artist
Showcase, entering its seventh year, and the VIP barn will turn into the SiriusXM House
will share live broadcasts from The Highway. Additionally, in the camping area, guests
will be surprised by OLG with festival essentials delivered straight to their site.
“We love creating unforgettable experiences for all of our festival attendees that makes
going to Boots and Hearts even more special year after year. With our sponsors and
partners, we have developed exciting activations that we are looking forward to
everyone experiencing onsite this year,” said Lisa Zechmeister, Director of Booking and
Development, Boots and Hearts.
Other activities include beach volleyball presented by Palm Bay, lawn games
presented by Somersby, a dunk tank by RVezy, giant beer pong with Coleman, free
cereal in the camping area from Honey Bunches of Oats and beautyBOUTIQUE by
Shoppers Drug Mart will offer makeovers and an interactive photo opportunity inside its
beauty lounge.
Tickets for the 2018 festival are on-sale now; visit for more
information about artists, tickets, camping, and accommodations.
The full Boots and Hearts 2018 line-up includes:
Florida Georgia Line, Alan Jackson, Thomas Rhett, Billy Currington, Dallas Smith, Brett
Young, Midland, LOCASH, James Barker Band, The Washboard Union, Lindsay Ell, Russell
Dickerson, Blackjack Billy, Meghan Patrick, Walker Hayes, Madeline Merlo, Jason Blaine,
Aaron Goodvin, River Town Saints, Kira Isabella, Bobby Wills, Maggie Rose, Runaway
June, Chris Buck Band, Petric, Jimmie Allen, Sons of Daughters, Ryan Robinette, Devin
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A short Bibliography on Islam and Muslims

A short bibliography on Islam and Muslims

1. Reliable English Translations of the Quran:
a. The Glorious Quran by Mohammad M. Pickthall
b. The meaning of the Holy Quran By Abdullah Yusuf Ali
c. The sublime Quran by Laleh Bakhtiar (first woman to translate the Quran in English), 2009

2.  Islam Today: A short introduction to the Muslim World By Akbar S. Ahmed, 1999.
3. Being Muslim:By Haroon Siddiqui, 2006.
4. Islam: The straight Path By John Esposito, 2004
5. What everyone needs to know about Islam By John Esposito, 2002.
6. Unholy War: Terror in the name of Islam By John Esposito, 2003.
7. The Islamic Threat: Myth or Reality, By John Esposito, 1999.
8. Islam: A short History, By Karen Armstrong, 2002.
9. Muhammad: A Prophet of our time, By Karen Armstrong, 2006.
10. Islam: An introduction, By Anne Marie Schimmel, 1992.
11. Silent no more: Confronting America’s false images of Islam By Paul Findley, 2001.
12. Islam denounces terrorism: Harun Yahya, 2002.
13. Western Muslims and the future of Islam, By Tariq Ramadan, 2005.
14. In the footprints of the Prophet: Lessons form the life of Muhammad By Tariq Ramadan, 2007.
15. The principles of state and government in Islam, By Muhammad Asad, 1961.
16. Inner dimensions of Islamic worship, By Al-Ghazali and translated by Muhtar Holland, 1983.
17. The Life of Muhammad By: Muhammad Husayn Haykal, translated by Ismail Ragi Al-Faruqi, 1976.
18. And Muhammad is His Messenger: the veneration of the Prophet in Islamic piety, By Anne Marie Schimmel, 1985.
19. Mystical Dimensions of Islam, By Anne Marie Scimmel. 1978.
20. My soul is a woman: The feminine in Islam, By Annemarie Schimmel, 2002
21. The vision of Islam, By Sachiko Murata and William Chittick, 1996.
22. The Tao of Islam: A sourcebook on gender relationships in Islamic Thought, By Sachiko Murata, 1992.
23. 101- Questions and answers on Islam, By John Renard, 2004.
24. Covering Islam: How the media and the experts determine how we see the rest of the world, By Edward W. Said, 1997.
25. The Heart of Islam: enduring values for humanity By Seyyed Hossain Nasr, 2004.
26. The face behind the veil: The extraordinary lives of Muslim women in America By Donna Gehrke-White, 2006
27. Rethinking Muslim women and the veil: Challenging historical and modern stereotypes, By Katherine Bullock, 2002.
28. Muslim women activists in North America: Speaking for ourselves By Katherine Bullock, 2005.
29. Quran and Woman: rereading the sacred text from a woman’s perspective By Amina Wadud, 1999.
30. Islam, gender and social change By Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad and John Esposito, 1997.
31. Jesus and Muhammad: The parallel sayings Ed. By Joey Green, 2003.
32. Even Angels Ask: A journey to Islam in America By Jeffrey Lang, 1997.
33. Islam and the destiny of Man By Charles Le Gai Eaton
34. Muslim contributions to world civilization Ed. By Basheer Ahmed et.al. 2005.
35. A world without Islam, By, Graham E. Fuller, 2010.
36. Acts of faith: The story of an American Muslim, Eboo Patel, 2008.
37. Who speaks for Islam: What a billion Muslims really think, By John Esposito and Dalia Mogahed, 2008.
38. What do Muslims believe? The roots and realities of modern Islam, By , Ziauddin Sardar, 2007.
39. Islam, Science, Muslims and technology, By, Seyyed Hossein Nasr, 2009
40. The Inner Journey: Views from the Islamic Tradition, Ed. William C. Chittick, Parabola Anthology Series, Morning Light Press, 2007.
41. Every man in this village is a liar: an education in war, By Megan K. Stack, Doubleday, 2010.
42. Destiny Disrupted: a history of the world through Islamic eyes, By Tamim Ansary, BBS Public affairs, NY, 2009.
43. Acts of faith: the story of an American Muslim; Eboo Patel, 2008

A research study on Canadian Muslim women  and domestic violence

Violence in the lives of Muslim girls and women

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USA 2021: Capitalism for the Powerless, Crony-Socialism for the Powerful

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The supposed "choice" between "capitalism" and "socialism" is a useful fabrication masking the worst of all possible worlds we inhabit: Capitalism for the powerless and Crony-Socialism for the powerful. Capitalism's primary dynamics are reserved solely for the powerless: market price of money, capital's exploitive potential, free-for-all competition and creative destruction.

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An Elementary School Principal In Ohio Was Suspended For 10 Days After Airing Inflammatory Claims On Facebook About George Floyd And COVID-19!

An elementary school principal in Ohio was suspended for 10 days after airing inflammatory claims on Facebook about George Floyd and COVID-19!,

  • A principal at an elementary school in Pickerington, Ohio, faces a 10-day suspension over the course of three months after she violated the school district’s social media policy, ThisWeek Community News reported.
  • Ruth Stickel, principal at Fairfield Elementary School, made multiple controversial comments on Facebook, including one where she called George Floyd, the 46-year-old Black man killed by police in May, a “criminal.”
  • Stickel had previously been given a disciplinary letter, sparking concern among community members after a Black administrator in the same school district lost a promotion after violating the social media policy.

An elementary school principal in Pickerington, Ohio, will serve a 10-day suspension over the course of 10 weeks following controversial posts she made earlier this year on Facebook on several topics, including the coronavirus pandemic and the police killing of George Floyd.

Ruth Stickel, the principal of Fairfield Elementary School in a suburb of Columbus, will carry out her suspension over the course of the winter, with four days in January, another four in February, and two days in March, according to a report from ThisWeek Community News. Stickel did not immediately return Insider’s request for comment Monday.

Stickel made the comments on Facebook between the months of March and October, according to the report. On a post about the death of George Floyd, the 46-year-old Black man killed by police in Minneapolis on Memorial Day, Stickel commented “he was a criminal.”

Floyd’s death sparked nationwide protests, including in Ohio, against racism and police brutality after a video of his death went viral across social media. The video showed a white police officer knelt on Floyd’s neck for eight minutes while he pleaded that he was unable to breathe.

According to an October report from The Columbus Dispatch, Stickel, a former teacher and assistant principal, also shared an image calling Black Lives Matter a “leftist lie,” though as part of her settlement with the school district dated December 7, officials in the Pickerington Local School District said an investigator found “no conclusive evidence that Ms. Stickel posted or shared such a video or words,” ThisWeek reported.

In one post, the principal reportedly invoked the baseless theory that COVID-19 was created in a lab

In another comment, Stickel appeared to allude to the baseless conspiracy theory that COVID-19 had been intentionally created in a laboratory in Wuhan, China, where the novel coronavirus was first discovered late last year. An October poll found that 25% of Americans believe that COVID-19 was engineered in a lab, though there’s no evidence to support the claim, Business Insider’s Aylin Woodward previously reported.

Stickel wrote that Dr. Anthony Fauci, the longtime director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and a leader in the US COVID-19 response, should face murder charges, writing “his little [President Barack] Obama and Fauci lab in Wuhan is cooking something up,” according to The Columbus Dispatch.

In another comment, Stickel reportedly claimed that Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, then the Democratic nominee for vice president, intended to turn the US into a communist nation. According to the October report from The Columbus Dispatch, Stickel was first issued a disciplinary letter that stated her posts “caused a disruption to the school district.”

The letter warned Stickel that subsequent social-media posts could lead to further punishment, including her termination, The Dispatch reported.

Community members expressed concern over the policy’s previous punishment of a Black administrator in the district

Following the October disciplinary letter, concern emerged among members of the community. In July, Damicka Bates, who is Black and an assistant principal at the nearby Tussing Elementary School had a promotion revoked from the school board after she posted to Facebook a photo of her daughter standing near anti-police graffiti that contained profanity.

A group of community members in October demonstrated outside a school board meeting, arguing that the social-media policy hadn’t been equally applied in both cases, ThisWeek reported.

Bates did not return Insider’s request for comment but said in a previous statement as part of her settlement with the school district she did not agree with the sentiment expressed by the graffiti, claiming it was inadvertently included in the photo she shared due to an issue with its cropping, according to ThisWeek.

School officials said in a statement issued December 18 that “the District handled the two matters the same up to the point where one required the Board of Education to take action on a pending change of assignment that the administrator voluntarily agreed to forego.

“As a District that values diversity, we proudly represent over 10,000 students, their families, and other stakeholders,” the statement said. “In these two cases, unacceptable social media use caused the District to take a stance on issues that are seemingly divisive; however, justice demands that each case is considered on its own merits.”

The school district said it made a number of changes following the incidents, including a professional development course for appropriate use of social media among staff, “racial sensitivity, diversity, and inclusion training” for staff, and a “Citizens’ Advisory Committee” to address diversity, equity, and inclusion in the school district.

As part of her settlement with the school district, Stickel was required to complete 12 hours of training on racial sensitivity, diversity, and inclusion, according to ThisWeek.

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Artissima 2019, 01 Nov 2019 — 03 Nov 2019

Artissima 2019

Oval Lingotto Fiere, Via Giacomo Mattè Trucco 70

The most prestigious Italian art fair dedicated to the international market with a focus on experimentation and research, Artissima returns to Oval in Turin with its 26th edition from November 1 to 3, 2019.

Main Section presents a selection of the most representative galleries on the international scene. This year 97 galleries will be showcased, including 50 international exhibitors.
New Entries is a section dedicated to emerging international players, with 20 galleries this year, 15 of which are from abroad.
Dialogue focusses on specific projects in which the works of maximum two artists are shown in close dialogue with each other, 30 galleries are participating, 22 of which are from abroad.
Art Spaces & Editions includes 7 exhibitors from galleries, project spaces and non-profit initiatives, all specialising in artists’ editions and multiples.

Three of the sections are curated by teams of international curators:
Present Future is a curated section for emerging talents featuring 20 artists presented by 22 galleries
Back to the Future focuses on the rediscovery of pioneers of contemporary art and presents 19 artists represented by 19 galleries
Disegni is a section dedicated to all forms of contemporary drawing

The 2019 edition of Artissima features also the new project Hub Middle East, designed to give an overview of galleries, institutions and artists active in a geographical area of central importance for the development of contemporary society.

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Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia has today November 20, 2020, commissioned a free WiFi project at the Ghana Institute of Journalism (GIJ)’s new campus, situated in Dzorwulu, Accra.

Spearheaded by the Electricity Company of Ghana, GIJ’s free internet access is part of government’s plan to install a fiber network in all tertiary institutions across the country, hence connecting them to the national data through a 650fibre cable network.

Commissioning the free internet access on the GIJ campus, Mahamudu Bawumia said the initiative will boost learning among students and help to broaden the scope of ICT education and research.

“Government is committed to leveraging ICT technology as a cross-cutting enabler of the economic growth, innovation service delivery, and a powerful tool of accelerated learning. Lecturers, teachers, and students will have access to the necessary educational information to enhance teaching, learning, and research in our institutions across the country,” Vice President disclosed.

He added that the policy will also bridge the technology gap among less privileged students and students in more endowed schools as they will all have access to the same learning materials online.

“This free Wi-Fi is a leveler of academic opportunities, an equal opportunity window for students across the country. A student in a less endowed school will have access to the same academic material as his counterpart in a more endowed school,” he stated.

He further noted that the outbreak of COVID-19 has emphasized the need to accelerate high-speed internet connectivity in all campuses for distant learning.

According to Bawumia, “When this free Wi-Fi in schools project was conceived, nobody could have predicted that COVID-19 will make distance learning a central part of academic work at all levels of education. As disruptive and devastating as COVID-19 is, it has supercharged the need to create free uninterrupted internet access on campuses”.

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