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It’s usually the little things that add as much as an enormous change in how you are feeling and function in your surroundings. Use these simple quick tips to rejuvenate your spirit and redefine any house in your house to best go well with your family’s character. Add Molding and Paint – Adding molding, wainscoting and beefy trims creates immediate element and structure to an in any other case bland space.

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Versetta Stone® panelized stone veneer is a nonstructural, cement-based, manufactured stone veneer that delivers the authentic beauty of traditional stone masonry without the excess cost and installation time. Easy-to-install Versetta Stone® allows you to more quickly begin enjoying the look of stone as well as its affordability.

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Best of Honolulu 2011

It's that time of year again. From macarons to mac-and-cheese, face-painting to surfboard shaping--we've crisscrossed the city to find the best.

Kahala Beach Apartment for $85,000

Once home to Jack Lord of Hawaii Five-O fame, the prestigious Kahala Beach apartments once sold in the millions, but now a two-bedroom/two-bathroom unit can be had for $85,000. But there's a catch.

At a Glance: Waikiki’s Colony Surf

Located in the exclusive Gold Coast neighborhood of Waikiki, the Colony Surf offers studio and one-bedroom units in the $900K to $3.5 million range.


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Cringe Corner: "Friends with Benefits" comic (NSFW)

Let's face it, I don't think any of us are strangers to the internet's abundance of "unsightly" material, especially the ones involving technicolor ponies. As it would also turn out, we also have a plethora of cringe to spill over in to something as sacred as our pornography. And oh boy do we have something for you. What starts out with just a few bad designs ends (or at least comes to a stopping point) so badly, it's disheartening to say the least.

(I was told to add something about the uncensored porn so here's your warning. But seriously if you're on this site at work you deserved to be fired)

From the makers of apparently nothing else I've ever seen, "My Little Porny: Friends with Benefits" comes from the minds of Ness and Kaith, and is unfortunately available on, home to 99% terrible furry art, and 1% that range from "meh" to "pretty good."

To start off, I don't expect fan comics to be on the level of companies like IDW, but what is going on with this cover? What the fuck is that's silhouette supposed to be? Is it Twilight? A mangled dildo? Not only this, but what is up with Rarity's mane in this? I'll give credit, Twilight and Spike look alright but that mane. Is this what the hair of a Snookie pony would be li-

I hate the internet sometimes.

Alright, well maybe I'm being a bit too harsh on the cover. I mean, what is the story anyways? Maybe it could be alright. And surely that edgy spray painted "R" to spell "My Little Porny" (which is a copyrighted live porn production, certain people really take their "copyrighted shit material" serious so be careful there) won't be indication of how bad this is going to become, right?

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Oh great. One of those stories. Okay let me explain something, and this is going to kill our ratings with Sparity shippers but it must be done. Even if this isn't real and just a cartoon, in the established world this is pedophilia. If you want to write a story where spike has matured and they hook up, that's fine I guess, but this is still the concept of fucking a baby dragon. Not only that, but is this seriously ripping off Sex and the City and those ancient prune's sex gossip table discussions? Really? When you're borrowing shit for shit, it's not going to end pretty.

Alright, so not only is Twilight TOTALLY COOL with Rarity making whoopie with her baby dragon brother/son/friend/assistant/[insert head cannon here], but she wanted Spike to pop her cherry grape.

Wait, wait. Okay, one positive point. I've noticed this amazing trend in these cringe comics and pictures where we have just the absolute perfect reaction faces. Seriously, tell me this isn't gold.

"My god Draft, it's so small."
So at this point, in sympathy for her friend who hasn't experienced the magic of intercourse, Rarity devises a plan. She decides to tell her baby sex toy about Twilight's love for him, as well as pimp him out. By which I mean destroy the grape.

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Well are you ready, reader? No seriously this is THE part where it goes down. I mean I couldn't believe what I was seeing when I first saw this comic. What you're about to see is not only infuriatingly awful, not only does it go completely pedophile, not only does its sudden change make absolutely no sense what so over, no only does the art style completely change, but this managed to make the Horse News staff go flaccid. You heard me, flaccid.

Seriously, you are getting no more warnings after this.

I mean it man, turn back while you can.

You idiot.

Yep, you're seeing this correctly. This comic has gone from simple bad colored sketches of ponies, to full on terribly detailed and disproportional anthro. With tits that are bigger than Twilight's head and hanging to her belly button, and a puffed out vagina that looks like a clamp on a work bench. Twilight also appears to have double jointed arms, ears as big as her face, and the stomach of a chiseled
Look, if you're going to draw a comic, do not switch the style of your characters right in the middle of it. Draw porn of horses, draw porn of humans, or draw porn of anthros. Hell, even if you ARE going to switch styles out of the blue, at least have the fucking knowledge of how to draw both styles in a way that isn't the equivalent of bloody anal leakage.

Oh and this isn't the ending. You see after the reveal of "Twilight's sexy body", we see an equally terrifying Rarity who then reveals Spike to the comic reader, but not the blind folded Twilight. Why she revealed something to a person who's blindfolded, I have no clue.

Look. Big dicks in porn is nothing new. Spike in porn is nothing new. Antrho is nothing new. Terribly, terribly, not ironically, god awful porn comics are nothing new. However, combining these elements with a baby dragon who now suddenly keeps the face of a small child but the body that was attempted to be drawn as Channing "Three Toed" Tatum is just beyond explanation. He even has a face that looks like he's about to get molested. Then you give him a dick as big as his leg with speed bumps on the shaft and balls as big as his chest.

I think it's safe to say we need to stop.

or not
So far, there's only a cover and six pages to cringe at. At this point, we're left with "Beach Ball Rarity" making Twilight thinking a giant, warm, scaly dick with breathing and reactions is just a giant dildo. Then they giggle at it. Now considering at some points it took more than a week for an update and this last page was posted 9 days ago, you could expect new material soon. Which means we can't burn this with fire just yet.

I need a drink. Capper, can you buy a round?

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This is the Horse News disclaimer removing any responsibility from any suicides connected to our article's subject matter. Remember, Mr. Rogers loves you, even if he is dead.

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  1. Well, I was kinda intrigued, but then I saw that anthro Twilight and just couldn't take it anymore.
    Fuck this.

  2. Not sure if want.....

  3. >"My god Draft, it's so small."

  4. I'll never look at a clamp on a work bench the same way again.

  5. MY EYES

  6. Pic's very related

  7. Meh, I've seen much, much, much worse.
    This isn't even close, just looks like a artist getting the hang of digital coloring through ponies.
    They all gotta start somewhere.

    1. Please send that shit in then

    2. Really? You need me to actually send you this shit?
      One trip to Derpibooru and search on your own for "scat" "crotchboobs" or "reverse centaur" will give you plenty of nightmares, No thank you.

  8. It looks like Rarity's hair is absorbing her body starting with her head.

  9. Why do retards draw? Why are they allowed to display their terribafuckus shit?

  10. Is this too asked to have a good comic about Spike and his friends without being autistic?

  11. You guys do know that this is a sequel, right?

    The first comic had the misfortune of featuring that Anthro Rarity and not-so-anthro Spike doing it. It was horrifying and bordering on B&.

  12. You know what this reminds me of? Sonichu, Christian Weston Chandler's magnum opus. I'm telling you, the resemblance is uncanny.

  13. This looks like the production copy of Toe Jam & Earl.


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Talk on Turkestan horses to raise money for Grass Sickness Fund

  • A slide show and talk on “Celestial Horses” to raise money for research on grass sickness will take place near Tewkesbury on 16 November.

    “Celestial Horses: Travels in Turkestan” will be given by Gill Suttle FRGS, who used horses as transport during her travels through central Asia.

    Gill’s presentation will cover central Asia through a camera lens, the present-day role of the Turcoman Horse, the Akhal-Teke and other strains, and the story of one special horse.

    As an ME sufferer, Gill used the horse as a form of transport on her travels, developing a special bond with an Akhal-Teke stallion, which she ultimately rescued and brought back to the UK.

    The talk will take place on 16 November at Bushley Village Hall, (off the A438) near Tewkesbury, Worcsestshire.

    Doors open at 6.30pm and there will be an equine table-top sale, crafts and stalls, a raffle and light refreshments. The slide show starts at 7.45pm. Admission is £4 adults and £2 children under 16. Proceeds will be donated to the Equine Grass Sickness Fund.

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Neufahrn-Egling is located right in the middle of the Tölzer Land region, one of the most beautiful regions for leisure and sport in the whole of Germany. With the wonderful panorama of the Alps on the horizon, beautiful nature and lots of interesting and historic places, there’s always something to experience. You can find a few suggestions here.

Neufahrn-Egling & the surrounding area

Egling lies to the north of the Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen district and immediately to the south of the Munich metropolitan region. The centre of the Bavarian capital is just 30 km away. The banks of the Isar and its idyllic meadows are just 5 km to the east, and the famous Lake Starnberg is around 20 km away.

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The Colusa County Veterans Affairs Department is a federal agency that provides services to veterans, including Armed Forces veterans and Reserve veterans. The VA also provides housing assistance to veterans who meet the eligibility requirements, as one of the VA programs for at-risk veterans in Colusa County, California. Veterans can receive housing benefits through collaborations between local Colusa County Housing Authorities and the VA, particularly for homeless veterans. The VA also leases land and buildings for veteran housing programs. Veterans can learn more about their eligibility for Colusa County housing services through a local Veterans Affairs Office or the Veteran Affairs website.

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The Houston Dash have acquired FC Kansas City’s highest third-round draft pick in the 2018 NWSL College Draft in a trade for defender Rebecca Moros, the club announced today.

“Becca will do well in Kansas City and we wish her the best moving forward,” Dash head coach Randy Waldrum said. “She’ll bring a lot of experience and stability to Kansas City as they try to return to the playoffs.”

Moros, 31, started in 16 NWSL contests after joining Houston through a trade with the Western New York Flash prior to the 2016 NWSL regular season. The defender was tied with midfielders Carli Lloyd and Denise O’Sullivan for the third-most assists on the team with three.

The defender will return to FCKC where she started in all 20 regular-season games for the Midwest outfit in 2015.

The Dash open the 2017 season against the Chicago Red Stars on Saturday, April 15. Tickets for that game are now on sale. For more information, visit HoustonDashSoccer.com/2017 or call 713-276-GOAL.


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The best T-shirt we saw all summer was "Purple What?" Targeting the Willy Wonka-esque theme of rapper Big Moe's "Purple Stuff" video, it featured a purple Oompa Loompa pouring a cup of lean, or drank, or whatever the hell you wanna call it on the floor. On the back was a poem eloquently revealing the evils of the notorious cocktail. ("Welch's grape and bussin' Tussin / mixed to careless killer thickness / the last thang Black folks need / is subliminal chemical degradation.") Both the words and the shirt are the work of local poet-designer Deep Blu See, who also makes personalized tees out of his Liquid Soul Studios company. The "Purple What?" caught the eye of many. Hopefully they grasped the long-overdue message the shirt was trying to convey. Not since the "Die Yuppie Scum" T-shirt of the early 1990s has a piece of clothing become such a fashion and social statement.

No, diversity isn't the name of a bar or restaurant or nightclub or coffeehouse or loft or even theater or sports stadium. But it applies to them all and more. And that's the ultimate attraction of a downtown that's alive. With the central city's growth (under those clouds of construction dust), no one or two clubs or eateries can lay claim as the ultimate magnet -- indeed, no one sector or group can do it, either. Our downtown is emblematic of a city that has really come together. Where else does an Astros fan belly up to a bar for a postgame beer and wind up befriending the martini couple closing out an evening after the opera? How about the businesswoman kicking back with the bohemian set? The homeless can even remind the high-rollers about the realities of the world -- something that doesn't happen in The Woodlands. There are plenty of good cafes and bars far away from Houston's heart -- but no outlying area can come close to the variety that underscores downtown's vitality. If the city has any sense, it will protect this diversity that makes a trip into town so delightful and dynamic.
It took you three weeks, but you finally worked up the nerve to ask for his number, that sexy hunk at the gym. And you were thinking the hard part was over. But wait! You still have to woo him with your natty clothes, wow him with your classy ride and wallop him with your fabulous taste in dining. You want a second date, don't you? We suggest you slip into a little black dress, roll by and pick him up in your shiny-clean wheels and escort him to Aries, Scott Tycer's showplace of culinary magic on Montrose. With choices such as three-onion brioche bread pudding with confit of tomato, whole branzino in salt crust with asparagus, and Evil Chocolate Overlord Cake, you can't fail to impress the man. Aries has won the hearts of national critics and local diners alike with its upscale American cuisine. Maybe with Tycer's help you can win your date's heart, too.

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With its gleaming silver spindles, strips of barbed wire surrounding the front door and a big red "look over here" star affixed to its roof, the Art Car Museum is hardly the staid sort of building that pops into one's mind at the mention of the word museum. But its collected set of beautiful art cars is uniquely Houston, and a perfect place to take guests who associate this city with only Enron. Not that it's just an art car collection. The museum, founded in 1998, makes a concerted effort to bring unusual avant-garde art from all over the globe to our hometown -- although a fair share of local artists have exhibited here as well. And here's a bit of trivia: The Art Car is probably one of the few museums in America to receive a visit from the FBI after September 11 (see "Quirky Yes, Al Qaeda No," by Jennifer Mathieu, November 15, 2001). Seems someone thought their avant-garde "Secret Wars" exhibit was some sort of terrorist threat. In the end, the feds deemed the exhibit just really weird, so you know it's gotta be good.
"Do you remember when I was an elephant? The elephant is always here!" It's a familiar set of phrases for any woman who has used the facilities on Rudyard's first floor. (For the uninitiated, the elephant is the coat hook on the back of the bathroom door, with ears and a body penciled in to make him look like a pachyderm.) The homey pub on Waugh is not just a spot for a Shiner and a burger. It's also a great place to read. Just check out the bathroom walls. From poetry ("Don't bother to hover above the seat, the crabs in here can jump ten feet!") to political debates to a long line of cartoon people sketched on the wall of the second-floor women's restroom, every winner of bar graffiti is covered. You might end up spending most of the night on the can instead of on a bar stool. The best part is that Rudyard's is always repainting its bathroom walls, regularly leaving a fresh canvas for the masses to express themselves.

Ted Callaway is the kind of landlord who leaves flowers in the apartment on move-in day and drops off a bottle of wine for your housewarming party. But that's not why we're naming him Best Landlord. He gets the honor for the buildings he has bought and preserved: ramshackle old Victorians and beautiful brick retail centers from the 1920s. He'd probably make more money off his properties if he tore down the existing structures to make way for parking lots and town homes, but Callaway wouldn't dream of it. As developers try to turn Midtown into a faux French Quarter in the form of Calais at Cortlandt Square, Callaway is preserving the real history of the neighborhood.
There was a time several decades ago when Houstonians bore their city's brute industrialism with pride rather than shame. We bragged about the black gold we refined. On the stench of this process, we just told sneering outsiders, "That's the smell of money, buddy." Those days are long gone, as the forlorn observation deck at the highest navigable point on the Houston Ship Channel attests. No more do we take our children to watch the action on the wharves, as the massive cranes unload the produce of America's breadbasket onto freighters destined for God knows where. Seven out of ten westside Houstonians, to hazard a wild guess, probably couldn't even find the headwaters of that bayou-on-'roids we call the Ship Channel without navigational aids, and that's a pity. As conventionally unpretty as it is, since 1914 it's been the very soul of our city, and it's so ugly it takes on a kind of fearsome beauty all its own.
So the bloom's gone off the rose, has it? Her laughter has become annoyingly loud. She ends every sentence with a verbal question mark. You can't bear to watch another episode of Sex and the City. It's time for you to move on. But you also have a healthy fear of public humiliation -- and loneliness. So take her somewhere noisy, crowded and brimming with energy: Jillian's. With a raucous bowling alley upstairs and myriad video games down, plus food, drinks and dancing till 2 a.m., Jillian's is the perfect place to start your single life. And with a dozen pool tables, it's also a great place to make a clean break.

Best Houstonian You Didn't Know Was a Houstonian

Jeff Martin

You're probably saying to yourself, "Who the hell is Jeff Martin?" Well, there's a good chance the man, a highly successful television comedy writer, has made you laugh on more than one occasion. After all, this is a former Houstonian (and former AstroWorld employee) who started out writing for that temple of subversive, relentlessly hilarious comedy, Late Night with David Letterman. After he left that show, he immediately jumped over to The Simpsons, penning some of the show's most memorable episodes. (Remember when Marge stars in a theater production of A Streetcar Named Desire? That was his.) And we're not pointing him out now in hopes that he'll read this and send the entire staff of the Houston Press copies of the Simpsons' second season, just released on DVD. We're just glad to say he's one of us. We wouldn't be so shallow as to ask for such a thing, over here at the Houston Press, 1621 Milam, Suite 100, Houston, Texas 77002.
4739 Buck RoadTucked at the end of Buck Road in the Fifth Ward is the oddest but coolest shotgun house in Texas. World-renowned Houston artist Bert Long, known to many for his massive public ice sculptures, lives there with his partner Joan Batson, a painter from Scotland. The house, rehabbed as part of a thesis project by Rice University architecture student Brett Zamore, was built in the 1920s. The 950-square-foot space is actually two shotgun houses merged into one. The wooden wall that once separated them is still there, and so are the sliding bathroom doors. And the corrugated tin roof is a close match to the original. The space is small, but Long and Batson have done their best to utilize every nook. Ivy covers exposed beams, and the art inside is rotated so often the place is almost a miniature museum. In the large backyard is a well-tended garden where Long grows watermelons, tomatoes and five kinds of eggplant, which he regularly gives away to students at the local elementary school and to neighbors on his street. Long, who grew up in the Fifth Ward, says the house is a way of connecting him to his past. And it sure is cozy, too.

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Dishonored Low Chaos Walkthrough Part 37 - Chapter 6

Check out part 37 and finish Dishonored with a low chaos rating in this walkthrough of Arkane Studios' first-person stealth action title.

Samuel: This is it, Corvo. The last memories of Dunwall Tower might not be good ones, eh? So maybe you can make up for what happened back then. It may be a bit of a climb from the water lock. Most important thing is killing the Lord Regent. Built himself quite a place at the top of the tower. Calls it his "safe room" or something. Crazy, if you ask me.

Another point of interest while I'm giving you the grand tour, Corvo...the broadcast control station here, where all them announcements come from? Might be worth looking into. You ready? Next time I see you, the Lord Regent will be dead. And if not, well, it was an honor to serve with you.

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Top 7 Uses for a Graphing Calculator

Top 7 Uses for a Graphing Calculator

Linsey Knerl
While computers and tablets have made research and math tasks easier for students everywhere, there’s no replacement for the standard graphing calculator. Most kids don’t begin using one until they reach the upper high school grades, but anyone hoping to do well in advanced mathematics should get acquainted with this device.
While tablets and phones may have some of the computational features math students need, their use is not generally permitted during testing. This is where it’s essential to be familiar with a graphing calculator if you are a student. But the usefulness doesn’t stop when you exit the classroom. Professionals in many fields benefit from using a graphing calc in their everyday work.
What can they do? Well, a standard model can handle simultaneous equations, plotting graphs, and more. Here are the most common ways to put your graphing calculator, also known as a scientific calculator, to work to make your math, science, and business tasks easier and more accurate.

Functions of a graph calculator

If you’re not familiar with many advanced math concepts, it may be difficult to grasp all that they can do. Here is just a sampling of the ways students and professionals make this tool work for them.

1. Algebraic equations

Beginning with first-year algebra, it’s appropriate to start using a graphing calculator, even though it is rarely required. Concepts such as basic function graphing, polynomials, quadratics, and inequalities are better visualized when students can both write out the equations and use an electronic input.
Algebra can be done without one, but using a calculator helps reinforce the concepts and gets students familiar with the buttons and basic functions of the tool. Second-year algebra students will be asked to master calculator-friendly skills like sequence graphing, tables, and the understanding and creation of a matrix.

2. Geometry and Calc

Next in the typical student’s math career is geometry. This is where concepts such as types of angles and hyperbolic functions become cemented. A good graphing calc can translate these skills from paper to screen.
You can also master parametric graphing, polar graphing, and more with a standard graphing calculator. These calc functions are almost impossible to do with pencil and paper, and by saving your work in your calculator, you can come back to work on problems easily after a break.

3. Trigonometry

While this course used to be an optional higher-math class for high schoolers, many colleges are requiring trig for anyone interested in a science, math, health, computer, or engineering degree.
Trigonometry functions that can be done with a graphing calc include figuring the amplitude, period, and phase shift of a standard graph. Because 5 to 10% of the ACT math problems and up to 20% of SAT problems will involve trigonometry concepts, it’s wise to brush up with your graphing calculator before testing.

4. Engineering

Many of today’s mechanical, chemical, and architectural engineers rely on a dependable graphing calculator to do even the most basic calculations. They enjoy having a larger screen with several memory modes to keep their calculations saved for later. It’s a favorite tool among those who dream big for a living, and with today’s graphing calcs offering a periodic table of elements and atomic weight and mass shortcuts, it’s a handy must-have for most professionals.

5. Computer Programming

Why would computer professionals need a separate graphing calculator, when they have a computer to use every day? Many computer programmers like having a second, smaller screen to work on when creating code and doing simple math problems.
Others have enjoyed the computer-to-calculator linking possibilities that transfer spreadsheets and data sets to their calculator for easier programming. Macros and other automated sequences are frequently handled by stand-alone calculators, freeing up the programmer and making them more productive.

6. Finance

There are many tools online for amortization, interest calculation, and compound interest predictions, but none exist in one handy, portable tool aside from the graphing calculator. Even the most basic calculator can save financial professionals’ most-used data for creating financial forecasts on the road. In areas where there is no WiFi or data connection using an online graphing calculator becomes impossible. In this case nothing beats what a standard, reliable, hand-held calculator can do to figure out common, yet complicated, financial calculations quickly.

7. Statistics

A very visual-heavy math area, stats will introduce students to statistical plotting, random number generation, scatter/box/whisker plots, and probability activities. It’s almost impossible to get through this math concentration without a masterful knowledge of how to use a graphing calculator and students who embrace all of the features have a significant advantage over other students.

Standardized testing

Depending on the classroom, graphing calculators may be allowed to be used during quizzes and standardized tests. While younger students probably won’t need one while testing, some classes such as calculus will require it.

Calculators in college entrance and AP tests

Most major college testing organizations such as the SAT, PSAT, and ACT allow them, so it’s in the student’s best interest to master using one well before test time so that they have the same advantage of every other test participant. Some AP course tests and college entrance exams allow the tool as well.

Know the testing rules before you go

It’s wise for any student with a math or science test coming up to review the rules for the particular test to see if their graphing calculator will be allowed. Not only does this ensure that they won’t be disqualified, but it gives them plenty of time to get acquainted with their preferred calculator model so that they aren’t fumbling around with keys and function tools at the time of testing.

Know if your calculator is permitted

Some graphing calculators have additional features that would cause them to be ineligible for use inside a testing environment. For example, many advanced calculators feature the periodic table of elements and may not be allowed into a science exam. For this reason, students are encouraged to master the use of entry-level graphing calculators first, then use the more feature-filled models for everyday use. They can then go back to the simplified models when it’s time for an exam.

What about websites or apps?

While graphing calculators have evolved quite a bit over the last 20 years, most serious mathematicians, science students, and teachers still carry one physical form of the device with them. Does that mean that it is the only way to calculate?
Online tools, such as graphing calculator apps and sites dedicated to calculating, can serve a purpose in performing the most basic tasks of a graphing calculator. It’s important to note that while many online apps and tools promise to do the same work as a stand-alone graphing calculator, most classrooms won’t allow the online tools to be used during tests.

What age groups are graphing calcs appropriate for?

Many kids get introduced to basic algebra as early as the first and second grades. “2 + X = 4” is an example of a very elementary equation that can be built on over and over until it handles more complex math elements. Starting very young kids with a graphing calculator gets them used to using it when it’s more necessary.
With kids grasping the power of tablets and smartphones from as early as 2 years old, we shouldn’t shy away from handing them a graphing calculator as soon as simple problems can be entered into the tool. The more familiarity you can instill in these amazing tools, the more likely students will be to embrace them when it’s practical for their math and science courses.

What to look for in a calculator

There are many models on the market to choose from, but not all graphing calculators are created equal. It’s not uncommon for students to compare calculators and quickly become aware of the perks that they wish they had gotten after just a few classroom sessions of use. To avoid buyer’s remorse, consider what your graphing calculator can do for you before you buy. Then ask these questions to determine your unique needs:

1. Are the buttons large, easy-to-read, or illuminated?

Younger children may have a difficult time finding and accessing the function buttons of a tiny calculator. Larger buttons, however, may make the tool bulky or cumbersome for travel to and from classes. If the tool is used in low-light settings like a classroom darkened for PowerPoint viewing, look for brightly colored labels on the buttons, backlighting, or glow-in-the-dark features.

2. How many lines does the screen show?

There are a number of screen features between brands and models, and many students prefer to see the answer to their problems in addition to the full equation or problem written out. Make sure that you know exactly how many lines a small LCD screen will allow, and what space a touch screen dedicates to problems.

3. What about battery life?

Most graphing calculators use a battery, but others come with additional solar power features. These calculators use very little power compared to a tablet or other device, but it’s smart to have options. Students shouldn’t have to worry about battery life when taking an important exam.

4. How durable is the graphing calculator?

Unlike other tech gadgets, these tools can last a lifetime if treated properly. You don’t need to upgrade to a new calculator every year, or even when moving from one advanced math class to the next.
For this reason, most graphing tools are made with a removable cover that also acts as a layer of protection for the calculators. It should resist damage from drops and handle being crammed into a backpack or pocket. Look for a graphing calculator that’s designed to last an entire high school and college career and then some.

5. Is it connected?

Can your graphing calculator download spreadsheets from your computer? Is it regularly updated online? Know how your tool gets new data and if it can be enabled or disabled for testing situations. Some of the best tools can send information to your computer for further manipulation but most of those aren’t approved for standardized testing in a classroom.

Calculators for success

HP 300s+ scientific calculator

Considering what students need in a graphing calculator, it’s reassuring to know that there are HP® options made with exactly the goals of the modern math or science scholar in mind. Featuring more than 300 math and science functions for classroom and everyday use, the HP 300s+ scientific calculator is an incredible value.
It’s affordable for even young kids to carry and has both solar and battery power options. The slide-on cover protects against bumps and drops and is perfect for low-light conditions.
This test-approved model shows 4 lines of math work and offers a 15-character textbook display so that students can simultaneously see their inputs and the results. Easy scrolling display options keep the calculator modest in size and price while still giving students the chance to use a full library of algebraic, trigonometric, hyperbolic, and other functions.

HP 35s scientific calculator

For an upgraded experience, the HP 35s scientific calculator may be a better fit. Used in the medical field and by surveying and engineering professionals, it boasts a 30KB user memory and is flexible for users who want to use either an RPN or algebraic entry-system logic. The two-line display shows more than a budget-model calculator but still keeps it reasonably priced for students.

More advanced calculators

For years, updates to the original graphing calc were limited to slightly larger displays, bigger buttons, and a range of colors. Even celebrity-endorsed calculators in limited-edition hues helped to bring a bit of buzz to what has been a standard mathematics tool for the last generation.
In recent years, some pretty exciting upgrades have been offered. Graphing calculators now come with full-color touch screens, can be connected to Bluetooth or the internet, and work with your laptop to create visual representations of your math problems so that they can be shared online or imported into presentations.

HP Prime wireless graphing calculator

One example is the HP Prime wireless graphing calculator, which embraces the visuals of a smartphone device with the simplification of a standalone calculator. It has ten lines of vibrant color display to work out your most advanced problems in school or at work.
When choosing a graphing calculator for students, you should understand that they will only use it if they know how to make it work for their personal situation. Don’t hesitate to invest in training materials, manuals, or tutoring sessions to get a grasp on what their tools have to offer. The right choice can propel them into years of classroom success and a potential future in a rewarding career.
About the Author: Linsey Knerl is a contributing writer for HP® Tech Takes. Linsey is a Midwest-based author, public speaker, and member of the ASJA. She has a passion for helping consumers and small business owners do more with their resources via the latest tech solutions.

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HP Unveils Renewable Energy Research Initiatives; Pledges to Double Renewable Power Use by 2012

PALO ALTO, Calif., Oct. 20, 2008

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HP today unveiled renewable energy initiatives in its facilities, research and products to support a new goal to double the company’s global purchases of renewable power from under 4 percent in 2008 to 8 percent by 2012.

This complements HP’s goal to reduce energy consumption and the resulting greenhouse gas emissions from HP-owned and HP-leased facilities worldwide to 16 percent below 2005 levels by 2010.

To reduce its carbon footprint, HP is relying on diversified renewable energy resources, improving energy efficiency and placing a strong emphasis on energy reduction and optimization at a number of its facilities around the world.

In 2007, HP successfully met its goal to increase renewable energy purchases by more than 350 percent and purchased 61.4 million kilowatt hours (kwh) of renewable energy and renewable energy credits in the United States.

“HP is investing in technologies that bring us closer to operating in a sustainable IT ecosystem,” said John Frey, senior sustainability executive, HP. “We are supporting renewable energy programs for our own operational efficiency, harnessing research to demonstrate environmental leadership and offering products that support customer concerns about rising energy costs.”

Harnessing solar and wind power

HP recently completed a 1.1-megawatt, 6,256 solar panel system at its facility in San Diego. This is one of the largest solar power installations in the County of San Diego and is projected to save the company $750,000 during the next 15 years while providing more than 10 percent of the facility’s power. Further, the system will reduce carbon dioxide emissions by more than 60 million pounds over the next 30 years. This is equivalent to providing electricity to 3,800 homes or removing more than 5,250 cars from the road over this time period.

SunPower installed the system and GE Energy Financial Services, a unit of GE that owns the system under SunPower Access, will provide the electricity under a power purchase agreement.

HP also extended the benefits of solar power to its U.S. employees. To date, more than 600 HP employees and retirees have requested an evaluation of a home system installation, and more than 60 have completed an installation or are under contract to install SunPower systems at their homes.

HP elected to participate in Austin’s Green Choice program, to procure almost 19.9 million kwh of wind energy from wind farms in western Texas for two of its Austin data centers, which represents nearly 20 percent of the annual energy used by the two centers. Additionally, the facilities are using the HP Dynamic Smart Cooling (DSC) system, which enables real-time changes to air conditioners, fans, vents and computing equipment help reduce carbon dioxide emissions and reduce energy costs.

HP DSC typically yields energy savings of 20 to 40 percent over legacy HP data centers. HP’s Austin data centers are on track to achieve energy cost savings of more than $100,000 annually based on the integration of HP DSC technology.

HP consolidated three of its facilities in Melbourne, Australia, with sustainability in mind. The new facility design included orienting the building to strategically reduce energy consumption associated with heating and cooling and using energy-efficient lighting. As a result, HP expects to reduce energy consumption and carbon emissions by 70 percent.

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HP is leveraging renewable and non-renewable resources to effectively and efficiently manage a limited supply of available energy. The use of various sources of power throughout its operations will support the development of HP’s micro-grid for power and cooling distribution in the data center facility, which ensures efficiency, manageability and regulatory requirements while meeting service level agreements.

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Nanowire photonics may be integrated with a greater selection of conductor materials, allowing for low-cost options. In the future, nanowire photonics may optimize renewable energy throughout the IT industry and other business sectors.

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The HP Pavilion Verde Special Edition a6645f and HP Pavilion Phoenix Special Edition a6655f desktop PCs are ENERGY STAR® qualified and meet strict energy-efficiency guidelines set by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The products also meet the standards for the Silver registration in the Electronic Products Environmental Assessment Tool (EPEAT™), one of the highest ratings products can achieve for their environmental attributes. In addition, HP announced the ergonomically designed 25.5-inch HP w2558hc Vivid Color display, which is ENERGY STAR qualified and offers a Power Saver feature that helps to reduce energy consumption.

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Recruitment Process

Recruitment Process can be defined as “it is a way to attract and find potential manpower to fill up the vacant post in the company”. The HR Recruitment Process helps to hire candidates based on their ability to work and attitude which is essential for accomplishment of organizational goals.

The Recruitment Process  in human resource management starts with identification of job vacancy in the organization, later the HR department analyzes the job requirement, review the job application, screen and shortlist the desirable candidates and the process ends with hiring of right and best candidate for the job.

What is Recruitment Process in HRM?

The recruitment process is the most important function of HRM department. The Human Resource Manager use different tactics to reach the potential candidate. The recruitment method used to contact the candidates differs based on the source of recruitment.

The Recruitment In-charge often does the job analysis to find out the skills and ability to perform the job. Once the skills and abilities required are clear they start searching for people with such specialties. The HRM department explains the potential candidate about their job profile and the benefits (rewards) they can gain from the organization. The candidates interested in the job are further screened, interviewed by HR and finally best fit candidates are selected for the job. In short, a good hiring process involves the following:

  1. Identify the Recruitment Needs through Job analysis
  2. Recruitment or Manpower Planning
  3. Writing or Creating a Right Job Description
  4. Advertisement for Open Job Vacancies
  5. Screening of Job Applications
  6. Initial Short- Listing of the Candidates
  7. Conducting Interviews
  8. Assessment of the Applicant
  9. Reference / Background Check
  10. Issuance of Job Offer Letter
  11. Joining & On-boarding

Methods of Recruitment

There are three significant methods of recruitment which are regularly used in the corporate world namely:

1. Direct Recruitment Methods

2. Indirect Recruitment Methods

c. Third Party Recruitment Methods

The major difference between direct and indirect method of recruitment is that the organization send a representative to contact the potential candidate (which means direct contact) in the case of direct recruitment method while in the case of indirect recruitment methods the candidates are informed about job vacancy through different channel of advertisement.

  1. Direct Recruitment Methods:

The campus recruitment is a major part of recruitment carried out using direct method. The organization sends a representative from HRM department in educational institutes to interact with potential candidates. The candidates who are seeking for jobs are explained about the job vacancy in the organization and the skills which are required to perform the job. The representative interacts with the candidates with the help of placement cells of the institutions. A briefing session is conducted before the actual screening and interview process.

The Organization (Employer) gets information about the academic records of the candidates through the placement cell. Once the organization is ensured about the presence of excellent working skills in the candidate the Human Resourse Representative is sent to the institution to conduct recruitment process. The organization use various recruitment methods like conducting seminars, participating in conventions, job fair to recruit the candidates using direct method. Through this method the candidates from the academic background of engineering, management and medical science are mostly recruited by the organization.

  1. Indirect Recruitment Methods:

In the indirect method of recruitment the organization use the advertisement channel such as news papers, radio, job sites, radio, television, magazines and professional journals to reach the potential candidates. The advertisement provides information about the job requirement, the range of salary offered, the type of job (full time or part time) and job location. The candidates who are interested in the job apply for it and share their resume with the organization.

The Human Resource Management (HRM) Department of an organization uses indirect method of recruitment in three situations :

  • When organization doesn’t have a suitable employee who can be promoted to perform the higher position jobs.
  • When the organization is new to the work territory and want to reach out new talent in the market
  • This method is often used to fill up the vacancy in scientific, technical and professional department.

To fill up the higher position in the organization the widely dispersed advertisement is very useful as it helps the company to reach various suitable candidates. Many organizations also use blind advertisement to reach out candidates in which the identity of the organization is not revealed.

  1. Third Party Recruitment Methods:

The third party method of recruitment includes the helping hands which are outside the organization. The Recruitment Consultant or Employment Agencies, Search & Select Companies, Employee Referral, Voluntary Organization, Data Banks, Trade Unions and Labor Contractors are different channels which help the organization to establish contact with the potential candidates.

Recruitment Process Steps

Broadly, there are five steps of recruitment process in HRM which is used by many companies in corporate world to increase the efficiency of hiring. The five Recruitment Process Steps ensure that recruitment takes place without any interruption and within the allotted time period. It also helps to maintain compliance and consistency in the recruitment process.

Five Best Recruitment Process Steps:

  1. Recruitment Planning
  2. Strategy development
  3. Searching
  4. Screening
  5. Evaluation and control

Recruitment Planning

It is the first step of HR Recruitment Process in which the job vacancies in the organization are analyzed and relevant job description is prepared. It also includes preparation of job specification and details about qualification and skills needed to perform the job.

This step is very vital for recruitment process as it helps in attracting the right and suitable candidates for the job. Based on the education and experience requirement described in the recruitment plan a pool of interested candidate can be created.

Strategy Development

After the job description and job specification is prepared the organization decides the number of recruits needed to work on the profile to close the vacancy as soon as possible. The recruiter decides the strategy that should be adopted for successful recruitment of employee. The strategic draft includes the following point:-

  1. Sources of Recruitment- Based on the job position and skills required to perform the job the recruiter choose the source of recruitment. The internal and external are the two categories of the recruitment source. This decision is critical as rest of the recruitment strategy is based on this step of recruitment.
  2. Methods of Recruitment- The HRM department decides on the method of recruitment whether the firm wants to recruit the candidate using direct or indirect method. A lot of companies now are using third party recruitment method and outsourcing some part of recruitment process to the experienced consulting firms.
  3. Geographical Area- The location of job is fixed and thus recruitment team has to decide the area from which they can search candidates who want to join the job. The area in which large amount of qualified candidates are located is selected to search the suitable employee for the organization.
  4. Make Employees or Buy Employees- The investment required for recruitment is depending on this decision. The organization can choose to select the skilled employees and pay them appropriate salary or can selected less qualified people and trained them to perform better.

The searching step is divided into two parts that is :

             i.   Source activation

             ii.  Selling.

The activation took place when the department which has vacancy confirms it to the HR manager about the requirement; also approve the draft of job description as well as specification. Under selling the organization selects the channel of communication to reach the prospective candidates.

Once the job applications are received by the HR Recruiter it starts the screening process. It is a step in which the application are shortlisted for the further selection process. After short-listing of application based on the job specification the selection process begins. At the early stage the recruiter has to remove the applications which are clearly under qualified and not suitable for the job.

Evaluation and Control

The validity and effectiveness of HR Recruitment Process is assessed in this step. The step is essential as organization has to check the cost incurred during recruitment and the output in terms of selection of suitable candidates and their joining. The cost of recruitment includes the time spent by the management by involving in the recruitment process, the cost of advertisement, selection, consultant fees in case of recruitment outsourcing and also the salaries of recruiter. The output is calculated in terms of selection and how soon the employee as joined the organization also the suitability as well as performance of the newly joined employee.

Example of Best Recruitment Process & Practices

The traditional HR Recruitment Processes are mostly used by large number of companies in corporate world. However, as there is scarcity of talent various companies are coming up with innovative ideas to reach the potential candidate and create a talent pool for company.

Here are two prominent examples of such innovative best recruitment process practices used by McDonald and Amazon

McDonald use Snapchat to recruit

People of age 20-25 are very much active on Snapchat. The digital natives younger generation is active on this app and the organization can grab their attention to include them in workforce. Snapchat is now used as way to create a employer brand and attract young people towards the job opening. It is now a full blown recruiting strategy used by big companies like McDonald and Grubhub. McDonald used video ads and applications to convey the prospective employees about the job vacancy in the organization.

McDonald has also released 10-second video ads in which their current employees are featured and they are talking about their experience to work with McDonald. The person who is interested in the job can swipe up the video and they will be redirected to the career webpage of the company. The interested candidate can also try virtually the uniform of McDonald and send a 10 second video to the employer about why they will be great employee of the company.

It is a fun and simple way to attract candidates and create a talent pool for the company.

Peer-reviewed hires by Amazon

The existing employees can set proper measure for the future workforce of the company. The peer review is an excellent way to shortlist the candidate for the selection process. The employees who are working with the company are familiar with the workplace environment, unique job requirement and everyday job demands. If a peer rejects a candidate they can be deemed as unsuitable after thorough review.

Amazon is using this unique hiring strategy under the program “bar raiser”. Here the employees voluntarily participate in the interview committees. They interview the applicant in person or via phone. The employee then submits the evaluation and collaborates with other peers who have interviewed the same applicant. The candidate are rejected if the bar raisers do not approve them. It is a way of crowd-sourcing the employees of the company.


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Letter to Nigerian President Obasanjo Ahead of Commonwealth Summit

Dear President Obasanjo,

Human Rights Watch is writing to you as host of the forthcoming Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting to outline a number of issues which we believe Commonwealth leaders should address when they meet in Abuja next week. In view of your stated personal commitment to values of good governance and human rights, and in view of Nigeria's importance and influence within the Commonwealth and within Africa, Nigeria has a critical role to play in ensuring that these issues are fully addressed.

The Commonwealth has a proud record of promoting human rights, democracy, good governance and the rule of law. The Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Abuja next week - which will focus on the theme of Democracy and Development - will, however, present an important test of these commitments. This letter outlines a number of critical areas of concern, including political and human rights developments in Zimbabwe, Pakistan, and Nigeria itself, the question of justice for past abuses in Sierra Leone, and the global problems of small arms and HIV/AIDS.

The failure of the Commonwealth to address continued serious human rights problems in many of its member countries make a mockery of the 1991 Harare Declaration and point to institutional weaknesses in the Commonwealth's capacity to promote and protect human rights. We urge you to support the Commonwealth to address this gap by creating a High Commissioner or Special Representative of the Commonwealth Secretary-General for Human Rights. This high level post could act as a focal point for the Commonwealth's human rights agenda, make country visits and public reports and recommendations to governments and, where necessary, refer country situations for further action by the Commonwealth's political bodies. With appropriate resources and independence, this post would provide a closer institutional link between the Commonwealth and the broader United Nations human rights system.

Furthermore, to deal with the most serious and protracted human rights situations, the Commonwealth should expand the mandate of the Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group (CMAG) to address human rights concerns as well as political and constitutional issues. In situations such as Zimbabwe or Pakistan, CMAG could play a useful role in setting benchmarks for human rights improvements and ensuring human rights concerns are fully integrated into the Commonwealth's political actions.

During your tenure as president, you have been a leading regional voice on the importance of human rights and good governance, for instance in promoting the New Partnership for African Development (Nepad). But these values are still not implemented for most ordinary Nigerians, and human rights abuses continue to impede any progress towards the establishment of accountable government and the rule of law in Nigeria.

Much attention will be focused during the CHOGM on developments in Zimbabwe and Pakistan, both of which remain suspended from the councils of the Commonwealth for their violations of human rights and democratic process. However, the current situation in your own country, which is hosting the CHOGM, will also be in the spotlight.

Although there have been some improvements in the human rights situation in Nigeria since you were elected in 1999, the Nigerian government has been responsible for serious human rights abuses, as described in previous correspondence with you. These include the massacre of hundreds of people by the military in Odi, Bayelsa State, in 1999, and in Benue State, in 2001, for which no one has yet been brought to justice. The portrayal of the "Miss World riots" in Kaduna in July 2002 as religious violence concealed the fact that the Nigerian security forces committed dozens of unlawful killings under cover of these disturbances, as documented in Human Rights Watch's July 2003 report, "The Miss World Riots: Continued Impunity for Killings in Kaduna."

The April and May 2003 elections, which returned you to office for a second term and secured an overwhelming victory for the ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP), were marred by violence and intimidation, as well as widespread rigging. Scores of people were killed and many more injured, especially in the south and southeast. Much of this violence was carried out by supporters of the PDP, and few of the perpetrators have been brought to justice.

In the attached report, "Nigeria: Renewed Crackdown on Freedom of Expression," due for publication on December 2, Human Rights Watch has documented numerous cases in 2002 and 2003 in which journalists, human rights activists, opposition party members and peaceful demonstrators have faced arrest, detention, ill-treatment and other forms of intimidation simply because they have criticized government policies. For example, several journalists covering massive public protests earlier this year over an increase in the price of fuel were severely beaten by the police. Around thirty protestors who peacefully demonstrated against US President Bush's visit to Nigeria in July were arrested and several of them were tortured on the orders of senior police officials. As recently as November 2003, public processions by Ogoni activists commemorating the execution of Ogoni leader Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight others in 1995 were disrupted by the police. In Bonny, the police arrested seventeen Ogoni activists, several of whom stated that they were beaten by the police; they are now facing charges of unlawful procession and conduct likely to cause a breach of the peace. More than twenty other Ogoni activists were arrested in Port Harcourt after taking part in a commemorative vigil. We are also deeply concerned that leaders of the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP) have received personal death threats in recent weeks.

The Nigerian government should take action on these issues and end the impunity which is protecting those responsible for serious human rights abuses. We urge you to provide Commonwealth leaders with a detailed progress report on the investigation and prosecution of the cases mentioned above.

Human Rights Watch is also appealing to the Commonwealth Heads of Government to use its meetings with you to press for an end to impunity and for institutional human rights reforms in Nigeria. The failure of Commonwealth members to speak out on such abuses to date leaves the organization open to accusations of double-standards and undermines the effectiveness of Commonwealth actions on situations like those in Zimbabwe and Pakistan.

Ending impunity for Charles Taylor and Sierra Leone

Nigeria and its Commonwealth partners have an important responsibility to fight against impunity for those responsible for serious violations of international human rights and humanitarian law. The Commonwealth has been strong in its support for the new International Criminal Court. The Commonwealth has also lent support to international efforts to ensure justice for past crimes in Sierra Leone, for instance by nominating judges to serve on the Special Court for Sierra Leone. In his report to your meeting, the Commonwealth Secretary General stresses the importance of "international efforts to end impunity and to bring to justice those responsible for heinous crimes."

It is unacceptable, therefore, that Nigeria should continue to shield from prosecution Liberian ex-president Charles Taylor who has been charged by the Special Court for Sierra Leone with crimes against humanity, war crimes and other serious violations of international humanitarian law for his role in Sierra Leone's civil war. It is unprecedented that one member of the Commonwealth should host someone indicted for war crimes in another Commonwealth country. Nigeria played a helpful role in support of Liberia's political transition, and arranging Taylor's safe passage from the country was a contribution to that process, but you now have an obligation to help bring Taylor to justice.

Over the past decade, decisions by the ad hoc criminal tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda and statements by United Nations bodies have consolidated the strong trend against impunity for perpetrators of serious international crimes. As a state party to the 1949 Geneva Conventions and the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, Nigeria has undertaken legal obligations to cooperate with efforts to bring those who commit serious violations of human rights and humanitarian law to justice. As a result, Nigeria is well placed to react positively to the UN Security Council request of May 2003 that states cooperate with the Sierra Leone Special Court.

Taylor's presence in Nigeria is an affront to his victims in Sierra Leone and an ongoing source of insecurity in the region. It should also be an embarrassment to Commonwealth leaders gathering in Abuja at this time. We urge you to resolve this issue ahead of the Abuja meeting by transferring Taylor immediately to the Special Court for Sierra Leone.

Zimbabwe and Pakistan

The human rights situation in Zimbabwe has continued to deteriorate since the Commonwealth's last interventions. High levels of political violence against opposition supporters continue. Rallies by human rights and civil society groups such as the National Constitutional Assembly are routinely disrupted. Peaceful protestors have been detained under both colonial-era and newly created laws restricting freedom of expression, assembly and association. In September, the government closed The Daily News, Zimbabwe's last remaining independent daily newspaper, despite a court order that the paper should be granted an operating license. No independent broadcast media are permitted to operate inside the country. The food situation remains critical, but relief efforts have been undermined by corruption, profiteering and a high degree of politicization by the authorities.

In Pakistan, too, there has been little progress towards greater respect for human rights and the restoration of genuine civilian political authority. In the four years since the coup that brought him to power, President Musharraf has suppressed civil liberties and progressively undermined civilian institutions in the country. Members of the political opposition and former government officials have been harassed, threatened and arbitrarily detained. Independent judges have been removed from the courts. Anti-government public rallies and demonstrations have been banned, rendering political parties all but powerless. Far-reaching amendments to the constitution have dramatically strengthened the power of the presidency, formalized the role of the army in governance, and diminished the authority of elected representatives.

Zimbabwe and Pakistan should remain suspended from the Commonwealth until there are fundamental improvements in the human rights situation. The Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group should be asked to review the human rights situation in both countries (as well as political and constitutional issues), establish clear benchmarks for improvements, and identify new strategies to promote change. Commonwealth members should also ensure both countries are not re-elected to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights unless substantial progress is made (Pakistan will need to seek re-election in 2004 and Zimbabwe in 2005).

Human Rights Watch also wishes to highlight several other issues of critical concern for sustainable development on which the Commonwealth can play an important role.

Small arms

The widespread availability and misuse of small arms gravely undermines key Commonwealth priorities, including human rights, democracy, people-centered development, and conflict prevention and resolution in many Commonwealth countries. At the 1999 CHOGM in Durban, Commonwealth leaders expressed concern about the uncontrolled flows of such weapons, as well as their excessive and destabilizing accumulation. Since then the issue has been taken up in a United Nations conference in 2001 and in a biennial review in 2003. Much focus has been on illicit trafficking in small arms, leaving aside their irresponsible transfer and misuse by governments. It is thus no surprise that to date little real progress has been made to alleviate the human impacts of the scourge of small arms.

Commonwealth countries, given their commitment to promote human rights, are in a position to help focus the debate on what governments can do to halt and prevent the misuse of small arms. In particular, the Abuja meeting offers an opportunity for Commonwealth leaders to promote the principle that no government should misuse small arms nor authorize arms transfers to human rights abusers. They should pledge to fulfill existing government responsibilities to comply with international humanitarian and human rights law, including by ensuring that police and armed forces strictly uphold international standards on the use of force and firearms.

Commonwealth leaders should also end arms flows to human rights abusers, both internationally and within their own borders. With respect to international transfers, Commonwealth countries should comply fully with the provisions of all applicable instruments defining minimum export criteria, such as the European Union Code of Conduct on Arms Exports, as well as the measures of restraint agreed upon in other fora, such as the Economic Community of West African States' moratorium on the import, export, and manufacture of small arms. Commonwealth member governments and the Commonwealth itself should adopt - and make binding - strict arms trade criteria on the observance of human rights and compliance with international humanitarian law. They should also pledge support for a binding international instrument on arms transfers that contains strong human rights and humanitarian criteria, such as the proposed international Arms Trade Treaty. These steps would give further concrete meaning to the 1991 Harare Declaration, in which Commonwealth countries pledged to "support United Nations and other international institutions in the world's search for peace, disarmament and effective arms control."

Gender issues and HIV/AIDS

In keeping with the Commonwealth's strong commitment to women's human rights and women's empowerment within development processes, we urge you to encourage Commonwealth member states to prioritize women's equality within their HIV/AIDS programming.

The deadly link between women's rights abuses and the spread of HIV/AIDS is slowly gaining recognition, but not before millions of women's lives were claimed by the disease. Every day, in every corner of the world, women and girls are beaten in their homes, trafficked into forced prostitution, raped by soldiers and rebels in armed conflicts, sexually abused by their "caretakers," deprived equal rights to property and other economic assets, assaulted for defying gender norms, and often left with no option but to trade sex for survival. Evidence indicates that women especially at risk are those in a heterosexual marriage or long-term union in a society where men commonly engage in sex outside the union and women confront abuse if they demand condom use. Some women are "inherited" by male in-laws when they become widows, often becoming wives in polygamous families. These acts of discrimination and violence are conduits for HIV infection. Relative to the scale and severity of these abuses, laws, policies, and programs to combat HIV/AIDS by protecting women's rights are negligible.

The relationship between abuses of women's rights and their vulnerability to AIDS is acutely clear in Africa, where 58 percent of those infected with HIV are women. Infection rates among adolescent girls and young women in much of Africa are strikingly higher than those of their male counterparts, exposing the disturbing reality that young women face appalling levels of abuse and discrimination.

Human Rights Watch has recently documented a range of women's rights abuses and how they play a role in women's risk of contracting HIV/AIDS in Africa. For example, in Uganda, we documented how domestic violence prevents women from freely accessing HIV/AIDS information, from negotiating condom use, and from resisting unprotected sex with an HIV-positive partner, yet the government has failed to take any meaningful steps to prevent and punish such abuse. In Kenya, simply because of their gender, many women AIDS victims sink into poverty and will die even sooner because customs condone evicting women from their homes and taking their property upon their husband's death. In Zambia, orphan girls are often sexually abused at the hands of their guardians, including family members and teachers. In South Africa, the government is lagging in its commitment to provide post-exposure prophylaxis to rape survivors, and girls are deterred from attending school because of high rates of sexual violence and harassment. These issues and more are highlighted in an upcoming Human Rights Watch report entitled "Policy Paralysis: A Call for Action on HIV/AIDS-Related Human Rights Abuses against Women and Girls in Africa," which will be released in December 2003.

We hope you will urge all Commonwealth member states, and particularly those in Africa, to combat the pervasive discrimination and violence against women and girls that exacerbate the threat of HIV/AIDS.

Business and Human Rights

The Commonwealth Business Council (CBC) has been involved in initiatives to improve corporate governance, reduce corruption, and promote responsible foreign direct investment in developing countries. The CBC has supported the British government's Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI). Human Rights Watch believes that the Commonwealth, through the CBC and otherwise, should help strengthen the EITI and similar transparency initiatives by 1) supporting the idea of compulsory reporting of their payments to governments by companies working in the extractive sector and by 2) providing technical assistance to both companies and governments on how to ensure that this information is meaningful. Nigeria has already set a useful precedent when you agreed to publish their revenues and authorize companies to publish payments in November; we now urge you to take this forward.

Human Rights Watch wishes you a very successful meeting and looks forward to continued dialogue on these important issues.

Yours sincerely,

Rory Mungoven
Global Advocacy Director

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