Podcasts about information centre

The Hub at the railway station, home of the Free Shop, wants to open their Information Centre on a Thursday and Sunday mornings and are appealing for volunteers to help reveal the sights, sounds and secrets of Petersfield.. Lucy Lomax from the Hills to Harbour Community Rail Partnership and The Hub, spoke to Mike Waddington.: Pop in to The Hub or email Lucy@hampshirecommunityrail.co.uk See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

They don't know who is calling. And Jesse doesn't know who is going to answer the phone.

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The Communication Risk Information Centre (COMRiC) is upping the ante in dealing with the proliferation of SIM cards in the country. It has assisted in arresting individuals involved in a major SIM card fraud operation in Gauteng and the Free State. Forty-eight suspects have been  arrested so far. 45 in Johannesburg and 3 in Bloemfontein, all of whom are foreign nationals. Sakina Kamwendo spoke to COMRiC CEO, Adv Thokozani Mvelase. 

A new report released by the the German Reporting and Information Centre on Anti-Roma sentiment, or MIA, shows that discrimination against Roma people is on the rise in Germany. Across Europe, daily life for Roma people is challenging and precarious. On top of that, Roma people face many misconceptions about their culture and backgrounds. So what is being done to ensure equal rights for Roma people across the EU? Europe, Day by Day is Europod's first daily podcast, in co-production with Sphera Network. The executive producer of Europe, Day by Day is Alexander Damiano Ricci. The host of Europe, Day by Day is Emma Belmonte. The researcher of this episode is Juli Simond. This episode was produced and edited by Alexander Damiano Ricci.Original soundtrack by Thomas Kusberg. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode of Highlights from Ukraine: Long Talk, we've talked to Yuliia Kondrushenko, Political expert, about how the Ukrainian state is functioning in times of the full-scale Russian invasion - martial law, elections, local and national authorities and many more. By supporting us on our Patreon, you are not only getting access to these episodes earlier, but also support their creation. Check out our episode with Onysiia Syniuk, Legal expert and Analyst at the Information Centre for Human Rights ZMINA, about the situation in the occupied areas of Ukraine. Get in touch with us via highlightsfromukraine@gmail.com. Special thanks to our top Patreon supporters - Helena Pszczolko O'Callaghan, mattg629, krissi, Jared and Dick Warner!

The Documentary and Information Centre of Romani Culture is a part of the State Scientific Library in Prešov. In their endeavour to bring classic literature closer to Romani audience in Slovakia, they produced a radio show Lysistrata which is originally an ancient greek play by Aristofanes. More about the production and the translation of the play can be found in the interviews with Zuzana Paľuchová and Erika Godlová.

The Documentary and Information Centre of Romani Culture is a part of the State Scientific Library in Prešov. In their endeavour to bring classic literature closer to Romani audience in Slovakia, they produced a radio show Lysistrata which is originally an ancient greek play by Aristofanes. More about the production and the translation of the play can be found in the interviews with Zuzana Paľuchová and Erika Godlová.

Beyoncé Gibbons is the president of Mount Allison University's Black Student Union.

Jo Lucas from Mildura Visitor Information Centre with details on the Local Christmas Shopping Event this Thursday at the Alfred Deakin Centre.....See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Johanna Lucas from the Mildura Visitor Information Centre talks Red Hot Summer Tour this Saturday, Carols by Candlelight, Mildura City Heart Twilight Market & more.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode of Highlights from Ukraine: Long Talk we've talked to Onysiia Syniuk, Legal expert and Analyst at the Information Centre for Human Rights ZMINA, about the situation in the occupied areas of Ukraine: deportations, including of children, detentions, forced conscription and international law regulations on occupation. As well as many real-life stories that Onysiia and her colleagues worked with. In Highlights from Ukraine: Long talk we invite guests to get deeper into different aspects of Ukraine's wartime reality. We managed to record this epidode in a studio, which was made possible by support of our Patrons. Get in touch with us via highlightsfromukraine@gmail.com. Easy ways to support us: Subscribe to our Patreon to give monthly support https://www.patreon.com/highlightsfromukraine Send us a one-time 'thank you' tip via PayPal at: highlightsfromukraine@gmail.com. Special thanks to our top Patreon supporters - Helena Pszczolko O'Callaghan, mattg629, krissi, Jared and Dick Warner!

Episode 2313: Our featured article of the day is Rhodesia Information Centre.

  His Week That Was – Kevin Healy PhD candidate and journalist Sasha Gillies-Lekakis speaking about his research trip to the Solomon Islands Tamil refugee activist and SES volunteer Neil Para leaving Ballarat on 1 August to walk to Marrickville in Sydney to advocate for those refugees without citizenship and unable to live meaningful lives with the fear of being deported. Link to petition here. An anti-sanctions campaign led by the Zimbabwe Information Centre in Sydney to pressure the Australian government to drop the “smart sanctions” imposed on Zimbabwe in 2002 – President, Dr Meredith Burgmann Political economist Dr Tim Anderson looking at the changing world in relation to the Middle East, the rise of the BRICS countries and the fall in the dollar Head to www.3cr.org.au/hometime-tuesday for full access to links and previous podcasts

Josie Long, Rob Gilroy, Simon Alcock, Gemma Arrowsmith and Julisa join in this week as we find out all about the UK government's Beef Information Centre building programme. Stock media provided by Setuniman/Pond5.com and Soundrangers/Pond5.comMusic credits courtesy of epidemicsound.com:I Can See The World From Here / Mythical Score SocietySteep Hills / Mythical Score SocietyUnsolved / Mythical Score SocietyI Don't Smoke / Mythical Score Society 

Today I sit down with John Seed,  founder of the Rainforest Information Centre and long-time environmental activist, who has dedicated his life to the protection of rainforests and their biodiversity since 1979. John is well versed in the field of Deep Ecology and has helped to develop the body of knowledge known as 'The Work That Reconnects', originating with Joanna Macy. Today John and I discuss: John's activism story - how he came to be a protector of the rainforests; The body of knowledge known as Deep Ecology; How John came to be working with Joanna Macy and how he has contributed to the evolution of The Work That Reconnects; John's experience of 'burnout' and the interesting ways he received guidance from Mother Earth; and Some Deep Time perspectives to help us grapple with the present moment. Show links:John's Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/johnseed.deepecologyJohn's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/johnseed_deepecology/John's blog http://johnseed.net/Rainforest Information Centre  https://www.rainforestinformationcentre.org/Youtube https://www.youtube.com/rainforestinfo

Our guest on the podcast this week is the historian Nikita Vasilievich Petrov. Nikita Petrov is deputy chair of the board of the Memorial Research and Information Centre (which is based in St. Petersburg). Born in Kiev, Nikita Petrov graduated from the Moscow Institute of Chemical Engineering and went on to study at the Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy. His association with the Memorial Society began in 1988. As a historian Nikita Petrov has specialized in the history of the Soviet security services. He is known as the author and compiler of many works describing the structure and functions of the Soviet security services from 1917 to 1991.This podcast is in Russian. You can also listen to the podcast on our website, SoundCloud, Spotify, iTunes, Google Podcasts, Anchor and YouTube. The recording took place on 30 May 2022.· When and why did you first become interested in history, particularly the history of Soviet repression and the security services?· When did your collaboration with Memorial begin?· You wrote a number of works with Arseny Roginsky, who headed Memorial and died in 2017. Can you tell us about how you first met, what it was like to work with Roginsky, and what he was like as a person?· As a historian who worked in Russia's archives for many years, can you tell us how historians' access to these archives has changed over the years?· You have written about the history of the NKVD under Stalin, in particular about Nikolai Yezhov. To what extent can we talk about the personal influence of people like Yagoda or Yezhov on the NKVD, or were they just doing Stalin's bidding?· You also wrote about the role of the NKVD and MGB in Central and Eastern Europe from 1939. To what extent were the repressions against people of Polish nationality similar to the Nazi repressions on the basis of race – an example against people of Jewish origin?· Another topic you wrote about is that of Ivan Serov and the post-Stalinist KGB. To what extent did the security services change in the post-Stalin period, first as the KGB and then as the FSB?· Is there an explanation for why the security services played such an important role in Soviet and Russian history? For example: in the book From the Red Terror to the Mafia State: Russia's Secret Services in the Struggle for World Domination the authors [historian Felshtinsky, who is not considered a historian by many, and former KGB Lieutenant Colonel Vladimir Popov (Canada)] write about the history of the state security takeover in Russia, presenting developments in terms of a confrontation between the Cheka-KGB and the Communist Party. In fact, did the Chekists confront the Communists or were they basically all the same kind of people?· Why are today's authorities in Russia so interested in the study of history?· Are there any lessons in history? Including for the citizens of Russia? Sergei Nikitin writes on Facebook: Read old newspapers and magazines! That was exactly the advice Nikita Petrov got from his father. He taught him that reading the Soviet press would be interesting later, after many years had passed. So Nikita Petrov, who had studied to be a chemist, became a historian. In our latest podcast Nikit Petrov told Simon Cosgrove and me about his love for collecting old newspapers and magazines, how he stacked them in folders and read and re-read them. That's how chemistry came to lose one scientist from its ranks but history gained a remarkable specialist in the study of the Soviet security agencies. We all know Nikita Vasilievich as the author and compiler of many works describing the structure and functions of Soviet security services from 1917 to 1991. This knowledge is very important to all of us today as people from these very special services continue to occupy seats of power. And these people, having gained access to the levers of power, act even more subtly than the preceding genergation of Chekists. "Logic is turned inside out, black is repainted white, and the crimes of the Soviet regimeare not condemned but justified," Nikita Petrov told us. "Today's attempt to recycle history and use it to educate people in the spirit of patriotism is untenable. Such a policy will only bring up a generation of cynics. However, people who can think for themselves will figure things out, they will see for themselves it is all one big lie."

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The world wide connection of mokuhanga is a vast one. Working and living in Cape Town, South Africa; Natasha Norman is a talented artist involved in several types of printmaking. One of those types of printmaking is, of course, mokuhanga. Along with her independent work as a mokuhanga printmaker, Natasha is involved in the Mokuhanga-kai, a group she co-founded with printmaker Oliver Hambsch, where as a group, they attempt to spread the message and ideals of mokuhanga and Japanese culture. In this episode of The Unfinished Print I speak with Natasha Norman about her mokuhanga journey, from MI Lab to her current mokuhanga works. Natasha also speaks on what it's like to source materials for her mokuhanga work while living in South Africa.  Please follow The Unfinished Print and my own print work on Instagram @popular_wheatprints, Twitter @unfinishedprint, or email me at theunfinishedprint@gmail.com Notes: may contain a hyperlink. Simply click on the highlighted word or phrase. Mokuhanga-Kai - website Natasha Norman - website, Instagram University of Cape Town - founded inn 1829 and became a full university between 1880-1900. More info can be found, here.  Jennifer L. Roberts Mellon Lectures -  Contact: Art and the Pull of Print is a series of online lectures dedicated to the art of printmaking and the relationship between the person making it and the essence of the medium. It can be found, here.  Idyllic Colonial Postcards - Natasha speaks on the South African colonial project through idyllic postcards. More information can be found, here via the Library of Congress.  South African Art History - South African art has a long and distinguished history. The Contemporary African Art website has a very good introduction to the history of South African art, here. Some history of the South African modernists, here. Contemporary artist landscape, here.  Black Consciousness Movement - led by anti-apartheid leader Steve Biko (1946-1977), the BCM was a movement which empowered South African black people to believe that they have the power to organize and control their own destiny. More info can be found, here.   Nelson Mandela - (1918-2013) was a black nationalist and the first black Prime Minister of South Africa from 1994-1999. He was jailed from 1964-1990 for his political beliefs, being deemed a threat to the South African colonial government. More information about his life and legacy can be found here, at the Nelson Mandela Foundation.  Rainbow Nation - used first by Desmond Tutu (1931-2021), it is a term used to describe a post-apartheid South Africa, to describe the country as multicultural and as a call for unity of all South African peoples.  South African Biennale - held from February 28 - April 30, 1995, this biennale was hosted by Johannesburg and contained 63 national pavilions and 20 South African pavilions. It was the first biennale held in a post-apartheid South Africa focused on "decolonizing the mind." More information can be found, here. Link to the 2nd biennale held in 1997 can be found, here. Mongezi Ncaphayi - is a South African artist who lives and works in Cape Town. His medium is Indian ink and watercolour on Fabriano. Lots of colour and a very unique perspective. His Instagram can be found, here. His work can be found, here.  South African Printmaking - there is a long history of printmaking in South Africa. From apartheid South Africa to post-apartheid South Africa printmaking has made an indelible difference to the landscape of South African art through resistance and dialogue. More information can be found, here, here, and here.  Printmaking Today - is a printmaking magazine published by Cello Press in the UK and began in 1991.  Embassy of Japan in South Africa - located in Pretoria. Information for the Culture and Information Centre can be found, here.  Japanese Relations with South Africa - Japan has had a long history of relations with South Africa since the 19th Century, with trade beginning in 1910. Although raw material trade began in earnest in the 1960's. For more information on Japan's, at times tenuous, relationship with South Africa look, here. monotype printmaking - a type of printmaking which creates a "painted" type of print. More information can be found by the MoMA, here.  The Printing Girls - is a printmaking collective based in South Africa in which Natasha Norman is a member. More information can be found, here.  Ozuwashi - is a brick and mortar paper store located in the Nihonbashi district of Tokyo. It has been in business since 1653. More info can be found, here. Cameron Bailey - is a mokuhanga printmaker who focuses on reduction woodblock. His Unfinished Print interview can be found, here. website, Instagram.  mokulito - a type of lithography which incorporated woodblock. Artist Danielle Creenaune uses mokulito in her work. She has a fine detailed explanation on its uses, here.   Winsor & Newton - is an artist supply company based in the UK. website. kiaat - is a hardwood, also called muninga. More information can be found, here.  Woodstock, Cape Town - is an old suburb of Cape Town, South Africa known for its shopping and art galleries. More info can be found, here.  Salon Ninety One - a gallery located in Cape Town with a focus on contemporary artists of all mediums. Yoshida Hiroshi (1876-1950) - originally a watercolorist and painter Yoshida started designing woodblock prints for Watanabe in 1920. By 1925 he was designing prints for his own studio. The works which came from his studio were meticulous and masterpieces of the medium in their own right.  Ukiyoe.org has a good collection of Yoshida works. Andy Warhol (1928-1987) was an influential artist and filmmaker who ushered in the genre of art considered "pop art."  Roy Lichtenstein (1923-1997) was another artist considered a part of the pop art movement through imitation. The MoMA has a great description of his work, here.  Benoit Varaillon -  is a mokuhanga printmaker based in France. His interview with The Unfinished Print can be found, here.  William Kentridge - is an award winning South African artist, animator and printmaker. An interesting studio visit with Kentridge can be found, here.  japonisme - is the influence of Japanese art on Western art practices, specifically in Europe of the 19th Century. The  MET Museum has a fine essay on the subject, here.  Waza - is an importer, retailer, and distributor of Japanese goods into South Africa. website  opening and closing credit background sound from the 2021 Mokuhanga Conference, discussing how animals are involved in mokuhanga, and whether we can, as artists, be sustainable.  © Popular Wheat Productions logo designed and produced by Douglas Batchelor and André Zadorozny  Disclaimer: Please do not reproduce or use anything from this podcast without shooting me an email and getting my express written or verbal consent. I'm friendly :) if you find any issue with something in the show notes please let me know. The opinions expressed in The Unfinished Print podcast are not necessarily those of Andre Zadorozny and of Popular Wheat Productions.      

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This podcast is brought to you by Orangutan Alliance and is hosted by Amy Tobin and Blane Edwards.In this episode we cover a range of topics including: Could you tell us about your work with local communities in Sumatra? What sort of trees are you planting and where are you planting them? Why is that area an important place for reforestation? What do you believe is the key to addressing the palm oil crisis? What can we learn from orangutans?  Plus more! You can connect with us here:Orangutan Information Centre (OIC):Website:Twitter:Instagram:Facebook:Orangutan Alliance:Website:Instagram:  Facebook:Twitter: Blane Edwards (Earth Offline):Website:Instagram: 

The Ethiopian authorities have asked people who have equipment that could have a military application to register their ownership. The country's Information Network Security Agency on Facebook said that it is known that Ethiopia is in a campaign for survival while referring to the year-long civil war with Tigrayan forces. The Information Centre says among the items that should be registered are Binoculars, GPS devices, Satellite phones and internet equipment and Drones. It added that People have 15 days to inform the agency.

The Ethiopian authorities have asked people who have equipment that could have a military application to register their ownership. The country's Information Network Security Agency on Facebook said that it is known that Ethiopia is in a campaign for survival while referring to the year-long civil war with Tigrayan forces. The Information Centre says among the items that should be registered are Binoculars, GPS devices, Satellite phones and internet equipment and Drones. It added that People have 15 days to inform the agency.

The Ethiopian authorities have asked people who have equipment that could have a military application to register their ownership. The country's Information Network Security Agency on Facebook said that it is known that Ethiopia is in a campaign for survival while referring to the year-long civil war with Tigrayan forces. The Information Centre says among the items that should be registered are Binoculars, GPS devices, Satellite phones and internet equipment and Drones. It added that People have 15 days to inform the agency.

The US Consulate General opened a Window on America in Osogbo, the Osun State capital.Windows on America provide a venue for the Embassy and Consulate outreach activities, offering a meeting place for U.S. Government alumni, and a host for visiting speakers and other events that promote a better understanding of the US.Hosted at the Osun State University Teaching Hospital, the Osogbo Window on America will serve as a community resource centre for accurate and current information about the political, economic, cultural, educational, and social life in the United States.

The US Consulate General opened a Window on America in Osogbo, the Osun State capital.Windows on America provide a venue for the Embassy and Consulate outreach activities, offering a meeting place for U.S. Government alumni, and a host for visiting speakers and other events that promote a better understanding of the US.Hosted at the Osun State University Teaching Hospital, the Osogbo Window on America will serve as a community resource centre for accurate and current information about the political, economic, cultural, educational, and social life in the United States.

The US Consulate General opened a Window on America in Osogbo, the Osun State capital.Windows on America provide a venue for the Embassy and Consulate outreach activities, offering a meeting place for U.S. Government alumni, and a host for visiting speakers and other events that promote a better understanding of the US.Hosted at the Osun State University Teaching Hospital, the Osogbo Window on America will serve as a community resource centre for accurate and current information about the political, economic, cultural, educational, and social life in the United States.

On behalf of the banking sector, the South African Banking Risk and Information Centre's (SABRIC) annual crime statistics observed an increase in banking-related crime during 2020, primarily comprised of increases in digital banking fraud, which increased by 33%. Cash In Transit (CIT) crimes increased by around 22% in 2020; however, no CIT incidents during the hard lock-down between April and May 2020. Speaking to Radio Islam International, Nischal Mewalall, the CEO of SABRIC, noted that a key factor informing the increase in digital Fraud is the simultaneous increase in digital transactions. These were a result of the lock-down, which saw consumers needing to use such transaction modes.

As the Covid-19 pandemic continues, many people are turning to religion or faith to cope. Can faith and science go together? Bongani speaks to Professor Maria Frahm-Arp, Religious Studies expert and Executive Director of the University of Johannesburg Library and Information Centre. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The ANAMED Library Podcast 3rd international guest is Dr. Giannis Tsakonas from Greece, Director of the Library & Information Centre of the University of Patras. The discussion focused on digital libraries and institutional repositories, on assessment for quality services and on official bodies and the importance of their activities and role in further strengthening the position of libraries in information and technology. Serving in the Executive Board of HEAL-Link and in LIBER's Executive Board as Head of the Innovative Scholarly Communication Steering Committee, Giannis talked about the importance of voluntarily participation in international networks and collaborations which support Libraries with coordinated actions or policies. Accompanying resources: https://scholarly.heal-link.gr/monitoring/ - OpenAccess progress reporting (new service for Greek Academic Libraries provided by the "Scholarly Communication Unit” of the University of Patras (English version available soon) https://hardmin.heal-link.gr/ - Hellenic Academic Research Data Management Initiative https://libereurope.eu/article/call-for-participants-liber-citizen-science-working-group/ - LIBER Citizen Science Working Group, Call for participants https://libereurope.eu/zeroembargo/ - LIBER #ZeroEmbargo on Publicly-Funded Scientific Publications initiative

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Ian Haworth is the General Secretary and main representative for the Cult Information Centre. He is responsible to the trustees. Ian has worked full-time as a specialist in cultism since 1979. Initially, he worked in Canada before returning to Britain in 1987, when he helped to start CIC. He is an ex-cult member, so he learned about cults the hard way! He has handled over 20, 000 enquiries and delivered over 1,200 talks on the topic. He has acted as a consultant to police, social agencies, educational and religious institutions, as well as being called as an expert witness in cult-related trials.   https://cultinformation.org.uk   And don’t forget to support the podcast by subscribing for free, reviewing, and sharing.   Check me out on YouTube with a livestream!  https://youtube.com/erichunley    Web: https://unstructuredpod.com/  Twitter: https://twitter.com/unstructuredp  Facebook: https://facebook.com/unstructuredp  Instagram: https://instagram.com/unstructuredp    Join the Facebook group: fb.com/groups/unstructured 

In this podcast, Irina Flige, human rights activist and director of the Memorial Research and Information Centre in St Petersburg, talks about her work that focuses on historical memory, the role of the Memorial Research and Information Centre and the current human rights situation in Russia. Irina was to appear at Pushkin House in April this year as a joint event of the Pushkin Club and Rights in Russia, but the event was postponed because of the coronavirus. The conversation touches upon the legacy of political repression and efforts to document – and counteract – it, the issue of why Memorial focuses on the physical evidence of repression, and includes topics such as the Sandormokh execution site, the case of Yury Dimitriev, the impact of Covid-19 and Memorial's latest projects.Josephine von Zitzewitz is a member of the board of Rights in Russia and a staff member at the UiT Arctic University in Norway. The video version of this podcast was first published by Pushkin House on 10 September 2020. See: https://www.pushkinhouse.org/blog/2020/9/10/historical-memory-in-russia?rq=fligeThe podcast is in the Russian language. You can also listen to this podcast via our website (https://rightsinrussia.org/podcasts) on SoundCloud (https://soundcloud.com/rightsinrussia) and on Spotify (open.spotify.com/show/7HdmvhzC2P6VQS8ijICNHZ) and Itunes (podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/simo...ei/id1495261418).The music is from Stravinsky's Elegy for Solo Viola, performed by Karolina Herrera.

In this episode of ‘Be Well at USASK', guest host Tracy Spencer talks to Tasnim Jaisee, the coordinator of the USSU Women's Centre, and Brittany Thiessen, a graduate student researching sexual violence prevention and interventions. They discuss #metoo movement and its impact, the prevalence of sexual violence, how intersectionality relates to sexualized violence, and efforts at the University to increase awareness and prevent sexualized violence including online learning modules and the events being offered through the USSU for Sexual Violence Awareness week. For those who are victims survivors of sexual violence, you can contact the Student Affairs and Outreach team by calling (306) 966-5757 or emailing us at student.outreach@usask.ca. You can also reach out the to the Student Wellness Centre (306) 966-5768, the Saskatoon Sexual Assault and Information Centre (306) 244-2224, USSU Pride Centre (306) 966-6615, and / or the USSU Women's Centre (306) 966-6980. Please reach out. More information can be found at: https:// usask.ca/consent Share your thoughts and ideas with the ‘Be Well at USASK' podcast team at: bewell.podcast@usask.ca

AUSU goes behind the scenes with Carla Yeaman, the Athabasca University Information Centre Coordinator, whose team is responsible for the over 80,000 emails, phone calls, and "Ask AU" inquiries that students make every year. We discuss some of the most asked questions, as well as how the global health pandemic has changed how the Information Centre is communicating with students. Intro music by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) licensed under Creative Commons 3.0. Starring: AU Information Centre Coordinator Carla Yeaman and AUSU Executive Director Jodi Campbell

This week, we're asking you to take the hour that you usually would to listen to this podcast and go educate yourselves - acknowledge your white privilege, address the racial biases ingrained in you and ask what you can do next for #BlackLivesMatter at home and across the world. Make it a habit, not a hashtag.  - DONATE: US National Bail Fund: https://www.communityjusticeexchange.org/nbfn-directory   Minnesota Freedom Fund:  https://minnesotafreedomfund.org/donate   Funds for Protesters against Police Brutality (USA): https://www.gofundme.com/f/funds-for-protesters-against-police-brutality   Know Your Rights Camp (created by Colin Kaepernick): https://secure.eifoundation.org/site/Donation2?df_id=6082&mfc_pref=T&6082.donation=form1&s_src=kyrcmain&utm_source=kyrcmain   George Floyd Memorial Fund: https://www.gofundme.com/f/georgefloyd Black Pride Ireland: https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-black-pride-ireland?utm_source=customer&utm_medium=copy_link-tip&utm_campaign=p_cp+share-sheet   MERJ (Migrants and Ethnic Minorities for Reproductive Justice): https://www.gofundme.com/f/merj-community-fund?utm_source=customer&utm_medium=copy_link-tip&utm_campaign=p_cp+share-sheet   MASI (Movement of Asylum Seekers in Ireland): http://www.masi.ie/support-us/   Support for Direct Provision Residents during COVID-19: https://www.gofundme.com/f/dp-residents-covid19-support-conference?utm_source=customer&utm_medium=copy_link-tip&utm_campaign=p_cp+share-sheet   https://www.gofundme.com/f/coronavirusvolunteersdublin-x-soap-for-direct-prov?utm_source=customer&utm_medium=copy_link-tip&utm_campaign=p_cp+share-sheet Irish Refugee Council: https://www.irishrefugeecouncil.ie/donate/donate-to-support/5/credit-card   PETITIONS: Petitions for US cases: http://chng.it/8nZb2Z9VFY  - Justice for George Floyd https://www.wecantbreathenational.org - Justice for George Floyd | #WeCantBreathe http://chng.it/PJkKv48FnS - Justice for Ahmaud Arbery http://chng.it/SBpLWjjrnZ  - Disbarment of prosecutor on Ahmaud Arbery’s case https://go.theactionpac.com/sign/stand-with-breonna?akid=s563441..lmggtJ - Justice for Breonna Taylor (you will need a random US zip code- I used 37236) http://chng.it/tYLJ28N74n - Justice for Tony McDade http://chng.it/LPKQHzL454 - Investigation into the officer involved in the murder of Eric J. Logan http://chng.it/RNF8FLyZ55 - Justice for Jennifer Jeffley http://chng.it/bSmxWFYs4m - Justice for Willie Simmons http://chng.it/n2DDXMhhNX - Chrystul Kizer case http://chng.it/rxwhCGzkwD - Mandatory life sentence for Police Brutality http://chng.it/LWsBGDMwfC - Petitioning Julius Jones’ death sentence http://chng.it/Lm7vBBGJgN - Reopen Sandra Bland’s case http://chng.it/LphVD2gDR5 - Ban the use of rubber bullets http://chng.it/HzCcDBxmvR - Stop ICE from poisoning immigrants   Petitions for Irish cases: http://chng.it/VJJWkQnRHb - Protecting communities from hate in Ireland http://chng.it/9F6kFhZM45 - End Direct Provision http://chng.it/pZMBqKvjyh - Repeal the 27th Amendment https://my.uplift.ie/petitions/stop-the-spread-of-covid19-in-direct-provision-centres?bucket=&source=twitter-share-button&utm_campaign=&utm_medium=myuplift&utm_source=twitter&share=b0479cb8-aa3b-407d-855f-09ba9558ea27 - Move Asylum Seekers out of Direct Provision centres   OTHER RESOURCES: Free books online: Who Do You Serve, Who Do You Protect?- Police Violence and Resistance in the United States | various authors:  https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/952-who-do-you-serve-who-do-you-protect?discount_code=WHODOYOUSERVE&fbclid=IwAR32nOV0BcLIivAOtlxqI1nwr3vr4xgua0LsXDwwBb1n1nnIH0UtYNfINJA Why I’m No Longer Talking To White People About Race | Reni Eddo-Lodge: https://b-ok.cc/book/3502646/6d1645 So You Want to Talk About Race | Ijeoma Oluo: https://b-ok.cc/book/3427796/807f5d No Place For Self-Pity, No Time For Fear | Toni Morrison: https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/no-place-self-pity-no-room-fear/ Contacting elected officials: Ireland: Contact your TD: https://www.whoismytd.com Contact your MLA: http://aims.niassembly.gov.uk/mlas/contacts.aspx Find your local Citizen’s Information Centre: http://centres.citizensinformation.ie  

Locals in Raetihi say the community will be there to help the family get through the deaths of a much-loved grandmother and her two grandsons. The three died when their farm vehicle plunged into a pond on a family farm in the Central North Island on Sunday morning. Bev Hiscox, who was 66, died alongside Luka and JJ Sirett who were aged 10 and five. Geoff Anderson manages the the Information Centre at Raetihi where Hiscox was a volunteer on Wednesday mornings. He told RNZ reporter Hamish Cardwell she was a wonderful person who greeted the many visitors to the centre with a friendly smile.

Pages 5 & 6 article published in The Carlow Nationalist on May 5th, 2020.

The Premier will announce on Wednesday, which COVID-19 restrictions will be relaxed and which businesses may reopen. Today, the Provincial Health Officer hinted households will be able to expand their circles. However, Dr. Bonnie Henry is warning those who live with vulnerable people including seniors or those with underlying health conditions need to seriously think about whether they should expand their circle.Today's COVID-19 numbers show one new case in the Island Health region, bringing our count to 124. Province-wide, there have been 53 new cases confirmed since Saturday, bringing BC's total to 2224. There were three more deaths in long term care homes, bringing the total number of deaths in BC to 117.Some British Columbians may be over-doing it when it comes to cleaning during the COVID-19 pandemic. BC's Drug and Poison Information Centre has seen a 60 per cent spike in calls related to exposures to household cleaners and disinfectants over the past two months. Most of the calls involve people using cleaners in excessive amounts, by not properly diluting some chemicals or by mixing chemicals that should not be mixed. The Information Centre says calls about bleach are particularly concerning because mixing bleach with vinegar, ammonia or rubbing alcohol can create toxic gases. In a typical week, the Drug and Poison Information Centre receives 9 calls related to adults' exposure to bleach. From March 8 to April 11, the average was 24 calls per week.Statistics Canada says 80 per cent of Canadians who participated in a survey last month are very or extremely anxious about overloading the health care system during the COVID-19 pandemic. And, the vast majority also reported they are worried about the health of vulnerable people. But other worries depend on your age group. 6 in 10 people aged 65 and older are very or extremely concerned about their own health, compared with 23% of those aged 15 to 24 and 28% among those aged 25 to 34. Maintaining social ties was also a concern for seniors, particularly those aged 75 and older. Younger participants were more concerned about social stressors, including family stress from confinement or the possibility of civil unrest. Close to 200,000 Canadians took part in the online questionnaire. Stats Can is inviting Canadians to take part in its second survey which can be found on its website.Written and reported by Lisa Cordasco. Senior Reporter and News Director for CHLY 101.7FM.Have a tip? Email: news@chly.caTwitter: @lisacordasco / @chly1017FMFunded in part by the Local Journalism Initiative of the Government of Canada through Heritage Canada in partnership with the Community Radio Fund of Canada.

Earlier this month, Marco Polo Club members were given a helping hand to retain their elite membership with club points relief and benefits extension across February, March and April, and as the COVID-19 situation has evolved into a global pandemic, Cathay Pacific has updated their tier renewal policy today on their site, all Marco Polo Club members with their current tier levels due to expire between May and December 2020 will be renewed automatically for another 12 months when the normal requirement is not met. This includes all club members at Green, Silver, Gold and Diamond levels. Marco Polo Club Tiers “Automatic tier renewal The COVID-19 situation has evolved into a global pandemic, and many countries have instituted travel bans and restrictions to curb its spread. This in turn has lowered demand and we have significantly reduced capacity across our passenger network. Renewal of club tiers Knowing this has seriously affected your ability to travel and may continue to impact your travel plans for some months to come, we are renewing the current tier level of Green, Silver, Gold and Diamond members whose membership period expires from May to December 2020 for another 12 months, even if the normal renewal requirement is not met. Reissuing of mid-tier benefits We will also reissue mid-tier benefits that expire between May and December 2020 for another 12 months so you can enjoy them when your travel resumes. The reissue should take 7 working days from the date of expiry. For the ticketing arrangements and precautionary measures we’re taking, please visit the COVID-19 Information Centre.” Marco Polo Club Diamond Membership This is a textbook example of how a flagship full service carrier should be retaining its customers, with the continuous passenger number drop, Cathay is expecting average daily pax number remain below 1,000 throughout April. “A potential bright point could be cargo in upcoming weeks. Cargo revenue won’t be enough to offset passenger revenue loss, but it could cushion the blow from high monthly fixed expenses, Cathay has always had one of the strongest cargo operations in the Asia-Pacific. It would make sense for them to capitalise on this leadership and continue adding cargo capacity on key routes.” Luya You, Transport analyst at Bocom International. Cathay Pacific B777-300ER Cathay Pacific had cut capacity by two-fifths and they could continue to extend its April flight reductions of 96 per cent if travel restrictions remains. Marco Polo Club Status Renewal Frequently asked questions What does automatic tier renewal mean? We appreciate our members’ loyalty. By renewing their membership tier automatically – without the need to apply or have a review – we’re ensuring they can travel in the style they’re accustomed to when they resume flying. Who is eligible for automatic tier renewal? Green, Silver, Gold and Diamond members whose memberships expire between May and December 2020 will automatically be renewed at their current tier levels, even if they haven’t earned the club points normally required to retain their status. When will my status be renewed? If your membership expires between May and December 2020, your current membership status will automatically be renewed at the end of your membership year for another 12 months. Do I need to register to renew my status? No, we will automatically renew your status at the end of your membership year. There is no need to call the service centre. Where can I find the end date of my membership year? Sign in to your account and visit the Account Balance page. If my status will automatically be renewed at my current tier, can I still move up to a higher tier if I’ve earned the required number of club points? Yes, the normal rules for tier qualification apply. If my status is automatically renewed, will my club points be reset to zero in the new membership year? Yes, the normal rule applies – upon renewal,...

The Mental Health Commission will discuss the critical risk rating for the use of electro-convulsive therapy Department of Psychiatry at the Midland Regional Hospital in Portlaoise, Athlone Citizen’s Information Centre will answer your questions and how to overcome an aversion to vegetables.

Owned by the Raven Family, the Ardtornish estate in Lochaline on the West Coast of Scotland is a beautiful country estate where life is interlinked with the community of Lochaline. Through the vision and drive of the Raven family and management team the estate has become a successful commercial enterprise. Ardtornish produce their own lamb, beef and venison – available for sale in the estate Gift Shop & Information Centre. Several hydro schemes make power from their waterways, and country sports attract enthusiasts from around the globe to hunt, shoot and fish in the sparkling rivers, lochs and wild moorlands. At the heart of the estate is Ardtornish House and gardens, which with self-catering cottages attract many loyal long-standing visitors. The Ardtornish team is passionate about the local area, and committed to sustainability and development of the community and the Lochaline area – including by providing affordable housing and building plots at nearby Achabeag.Join me as I meet with Kenny McLaughlin, Tourism Manager as he introduces me to the Estate, it's history and the development of the kitchen garden, hydro and the farms.Should you wish to participate or sponsor a future episode please contact me directly at junecarroll@mac.com

Audio from Session 1: Fostering the Future of Collections, held Wednesday 26 June 2019 at the LIBER 2019 Annual Conference. Talks included: 1.1 The scholars’ role in the future of academic library collections Danielle Cooper, Ithaka S+R, United States of America 1.2 Durham Residential Research Library Liz Waller and Judy Burg, Durham University, United Kingdom 1.3 CollEx-Persée Network: reinventing collections and services for research Nathalie Fargier, Université de Lyon, France, François Cavalier, Science Po Paris, France Catherine Desos-Warnier, Bibliothèque Nationale Universitaire de Strasbourg, France Lightning Talk: Curating for every audience: the Library of Trinity College Dublin exhibition of political cartoons Shane Mawe, Gail McElroy, and Laura Shanahan, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland Chair: Giannis Tsakonas, Library and Information Centre, University of Patras

Helen speaks with Laurinda Hill, the Coordinator of the Great Beyond Visitor Information Centre in Laverton, Western Australia. Laverton is the start and the finish of the Outback Way, depending which direction you're travelling, and in this episode Helen and Laurinda discuss the impact the Outback Way has had on the town. Laurinda shares a little of her family history in the area, as well as a bit about Dr. Laver and how the town came to be named after him. Also covered in this episode are the numerous attractions in Laverton, including the Explorer's Hall of Fame, the old police station and jail, the Laverton Outback Gallery and the best coffee shop on the Outback Way! There are a range of accomodation options in the town and also a number of events each year. The Annual Laver Festival is held in May, the Annual Race Day is in October (this year Saturday October 27 2018) and coming up soon, on the 18th of August, the town is having a fundraiser for Queensland farmers. Contact Laurinda and find out more about Laverton at the Great Beyond Visitor Information Centre. Open 7 days, you can call (08) 90311 361 for more information, or find them on Facebook or Trip Advisor. You can find all notes and links on our website, www.outbackway.org.au where you can subscribe to our newsletter, buy our guidebook and download the app if you haven't already. Join us on Facebook and Twitter @OutbackWay1 Send your questions, comments and travel stories to info@outbackway.org.au and if you share your story, we may even feature you on this podcast! Thank you for joining us through the heart of Australia, on Australia's longest short cut.

Funding for the Bojinka Plot came from Osama bin Laden and Hambali, and from front organizations operated by Mohammed Jamal Khalifa, bin Laden's brother-in-law. Wali Khan Amin Shah, an Afghan, was the financier of the plot. He funded the plot by laundering money through his girlfriend and other Manila women, several of whom were bar hostesses and one of whom was an employee at a KFC restaurant. They were bribed with gifts and holiday trips so that they would open bank accounts to stash funds. The transfers were small, equivalent to about 12,000 to 24,000 Philippine pesos ($500 to $1,000 US), and would be handed over each night at a Wendy's or a karaoke bar. The funds went to "Adam Sali", an alias used by Ramzi Yousef. The money came through a Filipino bank account owned by Jordanian Omar Abu Omar, who worked at International Relations and Information Centre, an Islamic organization run by Mohammed Jamal Khalifa. A company called Konsojaya also provided financial assistance to the Manila cell by laundering money to it. Konsojaya was a front company that was started by the head of the group Jemaah Islamiyah, an Indonesian named Riduan Isamuddin, also known as Hambali. Wali Khan Amin Shah was on the board of directors of the company. As soon as Yousef arrived in Manila along with other "Arab Afghans" who were making cells in Manila, he started to work on making bombs. Yousef had shown up in Singapore with Shah earlier in the fall of 1994. The two got their Philippine visas in Singapore. He left Manila for several days, but was met by Islamist emissaries upon his return to Metro Manila. They asked him to attack United States President Bill Clinton, who was due to arrive in the Philippines on November 12, 1994 as part of a five-day tour of Asia. Yousef thought of several ways to kill the president, including placing nuclear bombs on Clinton's motorcade route, firing a Stinger missile at Air Force One or the presidential limousine, launching theater ballistic missiles at Manila and or killing him with phosgene, a chemical weapon. He abandoned the idea, as it would be too difficult to kill the President. However, he incorporated his plan to kill the Pope into the Bojinka plot. In 1994, Yousef and Khalid Sheik Mohammed started testing airport security. Yousef booked a flight between Kai Tak International Airport in Hong Kong and Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport near Taipei. Mohammed booked a flight between Ninoy Aquino International Airport near Manila and Kimpo International Airport near Seoul. The two had already converted fourteen bottles of contact lens solution into bottles containing nitroglycerin, which was readily available in the Philippines. Yousef had taped a metal rod to the arch of his foot, which would serve as a detonator. The two wore jewelry and clothing with metal to confuse airport security. To support their claim that they were meeting women, they packed condoms in their bags. On December 8, Yousef moved into the Doña Josefa Apartments under the alias "Najy Awaita Haddad" and purported himself to be a Moroccan. Edith Guerrera, the manager, laughed with the receptionist after the two men asked for new registration forms. "Perhaps they have forgotten their names", she said as the first ones were torn up. Yousef had accidentally put his "real name" on the first form. He did not want to get discovered too early. Yousef had booked Room 603 in advance. He had made an Php 80,000 (Philippine peso) deposit, and added Php 40,000 more up front before taking the elevator to Room 603. A conspirator named Abdul Hakim Murad came to Manila with Yousef and stayed at the same apartment. The apartments are located in the Malate district, 200 meters away from the embassy of the Holy See in the Philippines, and 500 meters down the street from Manila Police Station No. 9 on Quirino Avenue. One of the windows of Room 603 looks down on the path that the Papal motorcade was to take. People were suspicious of the men in Room 603. The men renting the apartment were very secretive. According to Guerrera, "They gave me the impression that they were here to study", said Mrs. Guerrera. "They looked like students. They double locked the door when they were inside or out. They didn't ask the room boy to clear up the room." The men, who had chemical burns on their hands, were carrying boxes and never hired other people to carry them up. The boxes contained chemicals bought from suppliers in Manila and Quezon City in Metro Manila. Yousef would use these to make his bombs. Mohammed purported himself to be a Saudi or Qatari plywood exporter named "Abdul Majid." Yousef and Mohammed had already started planning Operation Bojinka. According to Abdul Hakim Murad, Yousef got an idea for crashing a plane into the CIA from Murad while at the apartments. According to Murad, Yousef replied, "OK, we will think about it", before heading off with Mohammed to Puerto Galera for scuba diving. Yousef's first operational test of his bomb was inside a mall in Cebu City. The bomb detonated several hours after he put it in a generator room. It caused minor damage, but it proved to Yousef that his bomb was workable. On December 1, Shah placed a bomb under a seat in the Greenbelt Theatre in Manila to test what would happen if a bomb exploded under an airline seat. The bomb went off, injuring several patrons. On December 11, 1994, Yousef built another bomb, which had one tenth of the power that his final bombs were planned to have, in the lavatory of an aircraft. He left it inside the life jacket under his seat (26 K) and got off the plane when it arrived in Cebu. Yousef had boarded the flight under the assumed name of Arnaldo Forlani, using a false Italian passport. The aircraft was Philippine Airlines Flight 434 on a Manila to Narita route, stopping partway at Cebu. Yousef had set the timer for four hours after he got off the aircraft. The bomb exploded while the aircraft was over Japan's Minamidaitō Island, part of Okinawa Prefecture. A Japanese businessman named Haruki Ikegami occupying the seat was killed and an additional 10 passengers were injured. The flight was carrying 273 passengers in total. The blast blew a hole in the floor and the cabin's rapid expansion severed several control cables in the ceiling, cutting off control of the plane's right aileron, as well as both the pilot and first officer's steering controls. Usually, 26K, the seat that Yousef chose to plant the bomb, would be positioned directly over the centre fuel tank, and the detonation of the bomb would have caused a crippling explosion, but on this particular airframe, a former Scandinavian Airlines aircraft, the seat was two rows forward from normal. The flight crew kept control of the Boeing 747-200 and brought it into an emergency landing at Okinawa's Naha Airport. Satisfied with the deadly results of the attack, Yousef then planned which flights to attack for "Phase II" of the plot. The first plan was to assassinate Pope John Paul II when he visited the Philippines during the World Youth Day 1995 celebrations. On January 15, 1995, a suicide bomber would dress up as a priest, while John Paul II passed in his motorcade on his way to the San Carlos Seminary in Makati City. The assassin planned to get close to the Pope, and detonate the bomb. The planned assassination of the Pope was intended to divert attention from the next phase of the operation. About 20 men had been trained by Yousef to carry out this act prior to January 1995. The details of Phase I were found in the evidence discovered in the investigation into Room 603 in the Doña Josefa. The next plan would have involved at least five terrorists, including Yousef, Shah, Murad and two more unknown operatives. Beginning on January 21, 1995, and ending on January 22, 1995, they would have placed bombs on 11 United States-bound airliners which had stopovers scattered throughout East Asia and Southeast Asia. All of the flights had two legs. The bombs would be planted inside life jackets under seats on the first leg, and each bomber would then disembark. He would then board one or two more flights and repeat. After all of the bombers had planted bombs on all of the flights, each man would then catch flights to Lahore, Pakistan. The men never needed U.S. visas, as they only would have been on the planes for their first legs in Asia. United States airlines had been chosen instead of Asian airlines so as to maximize the shock toward Americans. The flights targeted were listed under operatives with codenames: "Zyed", "Majbos", "Markoa", "Mirqas" and "Obaid". Obaid, who was really Abdul Hakim Murad, was to hit United Flight 80, and then he was to go back to Singapore on another United flight which he would bomb. Zyed, probably Ramzi Yousef, was to target Northwest Flight 30, a United Flight going from Taipei to Honolulu, and a United Flight going from Bangkok to Taipei to San Francisco. The explosions were to be timed by the operatives before they disembarked from the plane. The aircraft would have exploded over the Pacific Ocean and the South China Sea almost simultaneously. If this plan worked, several thousand passengers would have perished, and air travel would likely have been shut down worldwide. The U.S. government estimated the prospective death toll to be about 4,000 if the plot had been executed. (For comparison, about 3,000 were killed during the September 11 attacks in the United States.) If Phase II of the plot had been successful, it would have been, in terms of casualties, the most devastating terrorist attack in recent history. The "Mark II" "microbombs" had Casio digital watches as the timers, stabilizers that looked like cotton wool balls, and an undetectable quantity of nitroglycerin as the explosive. Other ingredients included glycerin, nitrate, sulfuric acid, and minute concentrations of nitrobenzene, silver azide(silver trinitride), and liquid acetone. Two 9-volt batteries in each bomb were used as a power source. The batteries would be connected to light bulb filaments that would detonate the bomb. Murad and Yousef wired an SCR (silicon controlled rectifier) as the switch to trigger the filaments to detonate the bomb. There was an external socket hidden when the wires were pushed under the watch base as the bomber would wear it. The alteration was so small that the watch could still be worn in a normal manner. Yousef got batteries past airport security during his December 11 test bombing of Philippine Airlines Flight 434 by hiding them in hollowed-out heels of his shoes. Yousef smuggled the nitroglycerin on board by putting it inside a small container, reputedly containing contact lens cleaning solution. Abdul Hakim Murad's confession detailed Phase III in his interrogation by the Manila police after his capture. Phase three would have involved Murad either renting, buying, or hijacking a small airplane, preferably a Cessna. The airplane would be filled with explosives. He would then crash it into the Central Intelligence Agency headquarters in the Langley area in Fairfax County, Virginia. Murad had been trained as a pilot in North Carolina, and was slated to be a suicide pilot. There were alternate plans to hijack a 12th commercial airliner and use that instead of the small aircraft, probably due to the Manila cell's growing frustration with explosives. Testing explosives in a house or apartment is dangerous, and it can easily give away a terrorist plot. Khalid Sheik Mohammed probably made the alternate plan. A report from the Philippines to the United States on January 20, 1995 stated, "What the subject has in his mind is that he will board any American commercial aircraft pretending to be an ordinary passenger. Then he will hijack said aircraft, control its cockpit and dive it at the CIA headquarters." Another plot that was considered would have involved the hijacking of more airplanes. The World Trade Center (New York City, New York), The Pentagon (Arlington, Virginia), the United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.), the White House (Washington, D.C.), the Sears Tower (Chicago, Illinois), and the U.S Bank Tower (Los Angeles, California), would have been the likely targets. In his confession to Filipino investigators, prior to the foiling of Operation Bojinka, Abdul Hakim Murad said that this part of the plot was dropped since the Manila cell could not recruit enough people to implement other hijackings. This plot would eventually be the base plot for the September 11 attacks which involved hijacking commercial airliners, as opposed to small aircraft loaded with explosives, and crashing them into their intended targets. However, only the World Trade Center (which was destroyed) and The Pentagon (which suffered partial damage) were hit. The plot was abandoned after an apartment fire at the six-story Doña Josefa apartments occurred in Manila, Philippines, on the evening of Friday, January 6, 1995. The fire occurred before Pope John Paul II was scheduled to visit the Philippines on January 12. According to the initial accounts of the Philippine authorities, Abdul Hakim Murad started a chemical fire in the kitchen sink in Room 603 in the 6th floor of the Doña Josefa apartment by pouring water on a substance. The fire was spotted at about 11 pm after residents complained about a strange odour. Edith Guerrera, the owner of the apartments, called the fire brigade, but the fire went out unassisted. Yousef and Murad had told the firefighters to stay away before they fled. Police Major Francisco F. Bautista and his men, including watch commander Aida D. Fariscal, decided to investigate the situation and saw four hot plates in their packing crates, what looked like cotton batting soaked in a beige solution, and loops of green, red, blue, and yellow electrical wiring. The telephone rang, and the police ran downstairs, thinking that it was a trap.Fa riscal had been suspicious of the men in Room 603 due to the recent wave of bombings (committed by Yousef) that hit Metro Manila and Philippine Airlines Flight 434. Seeking a search warrant, they left and asked 11 judges before finding one that would grant a warrant. After police discovered the evidence, they arrested a man who called himself "Ahmed Saeed." "Saeed", who later proved to be Murad, claimed that he was a commercial pilot who was on his way to the precinct house to explain that what he claimed to be firecrackers had gone off. Murad initially tried to run away, but he was arrested after he tripped over a tree root. The arresting officer, having lost his handcuffs, improvised a solution by tying Murad's hands with the elastic cord taken from the officer's raincoat. Murad was hauled to the precinct in a taxi van with the help of two other people. He offered 110,740 Philippine pesos (US$2,000) to the policemen if they would agree to let him go, but the officers refused. At the precinct, Murad signed a statement saying that he was innocent and that he was a tourist visiting his friend in his chemical import/export business. He then mumbled about "two Satans that must be destroyed: the Pope and America." 55-year-old Fariscal was later depicted (although by a much younger actress) in the 2006 docudrama The Path to 9/11, in which US agencies in the script gave her much credit. An actress portrays her in the Mayday episode "Bomb on Board." The widow of a slain police officer, she had spent seventeen years as a homemaker before enrolling in the police department in 1977. She became well known in her home nation, which awarded her the equivalent of 33,222 pesos ($700) and a trip to Taiwan. The CIA awarded her a certificate reading "in recognition of your personal outstanding efforts and co-operation." Her decision to investigate the fire was key to disrupting the plot and forcing Yousef to flee. When the officers returned to Suite 603 at 2:30 am on January 7, they found: street maps of Manila with routes plotting the papal motorcade, a rosary, a photograph of the pontiff, bibles, crucifixes, papal confessions, and priest clothing, including robes and collars. This collection of objects, and a phone message from a tailor reminding the occupant that "the cassock was ready to be tried on", along with the fact of the Pope's impending visit, was enough for Police Major Francisco F. Bautista to infer that an assassination plot had been interrupted. A search warrant was granted by 4 am on January 7. The most conclusive piece of evidence found was a manual written in Arabic on how to build a liquid bomb. Stacks of 12 false passports, including Norwegian, Afghan, Saudi, and Pakistani were also found in the apartment. Investigators found a business card from Mohammed Jamal Khalifa; Saeed apparently possessed five telephone numbers from Khalifa. Investigators also found phone numbers for Rose Masquera, Mohammed's girlfriend. Yousef's project was discovered on four floppy disks and an off-white Toshiba laptop inside his apartment, two weeks before the plot would have been implemented. Several encrypted files on the hard drive contained flight schedules, calculations of detonation times, and other items. The first string of text in one of the files states, "All people who support the U.S. government are our targets in our future plans and that is because all those people are responsible for their government's actions and they support the U.S. foreign policy and are satisfied with it. We will hit all U.S. nuclear targets. If the U.S. government keeps supporting Israel, then we will continue to carry out operations inside and outside the United States to include..." and the text ends. A file named "Bojinka" lists the 11 flights between Asia and the United States, which were grouped under five codenames. Strings were found, such as "SETTING: 9:30 pm to 10:30 pm TIMER: 23HR. BOJINKA: 20:30-21:30 NRT Date 5" (for United flight 80), and "SETTING: 8:30-9:00. TIMER: 10HR. BOJINKA: 19:30-20:00 NRT Date 4" (for Northwest Flight 30).[7] The laptop had names of dozens of associates, including some photographs of a few of them and including contact information for Mohammed Jamal Khalifa. They contained records of information about five-star hotels, dealings with a London trading corporation, a meat market owner in Malaysia, and an Islamic center in Tucson, Arizona. Information about how money moved through an Abu Dhabi banking firm was found. A communication signed "Khalid Shaikh + Bojinka" was also found on Yousef's computer that threatened to attack targets "in response to the financial, political and military assistance given to the Jewish state in the occupied land of Palestine by the United States Government." The letter also said that the bombers claimed to have "ability to make and use chemicals and poisonous gas... for use against vital institutions and populations and the sources of drinking water." The letter also threatened to assassinate Fidel V. Ramos, the President of the Philippines at the time, as well as attack aircraft if the United States did not meet the group's demands. The letter said that the group claiming responsibility was the "Fifth Division of the Liberation Army".[7] The evidence found at the Doña Josefa filled three police vans. U.S. investigators did not find the connection with Khalid Sheikh Mohammed to al-Qaeda until several years later. The 9/11 attacks evolved from the original Bojinka plot Khalid Sheikh Mohammed decided that explosives were too risky to use in his next plot, and chose instead to use airplanes. The plot was later revised and executed during the September 11 attacks. Khalid Sheikh Mohammed was arrested in Rawalpindi, Pakistan in 2003. Yousef filed a motion for a new trial in 2001. The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit heard the case on May 3, 2002, and announced on April 3, 2003 the decision that Yousef and his partners were to remain incarcerated.  

August 3, 1914—Germany declares war on France. August 4, 1914—Britain declares war on Germany. Kingston is a military town with many permanent forces stationed here. The city snaps to attention.

Many businesses and social enterprises have described on this podcast and radio programme how they have used crowdfunding to test their market, reach customers, or access finance to build their business.But if you're a business advisor and your clients are asking you about access to finance and how to run a successful crowdfund, where do you signpost people to?Author and crowdfunding expert, Barry James covers how different types of crowdfunding work, and how the process of crowdfunding can unlock investment for businesses from other sources.He's the author of a book (New Routes to Funding) to meet the need for high quality, expert advice about crowdfunding, tailored not only to startups but to mentors and business advisors, and gives us a sneak peak of some of its content.Also on this week's programme:  Nicole Jewitt of Alt Seen Eye, Sheffield's “alternative information centre and ticket hub.” Showcasing local events, music, artists and other “interesting stuff” Alt Seen Eye  is an example of independent retail, ‘meanwhile use' of space, and collaboration between independent businesses. Nicole explains how it got up and running, and gives some tips and advice based on her experience here and in other retail and music industry roles. Timings:0 – 10:43 introduction and updates10:43 – 25:27 Barry James25:27 – 42:54 Nicole Jewitt42:54 – end wrapping up and news of some forthcoming, free, business information sessions from Business Sheffield.This is episode #131 of Business Live, first broadcast on Friday 7 October 2016 on Sheffield Live FM radio.

Hobart travel centre Tasmaina Australia Join Alex Heroys inside the Travel podcast at the Tasmanian Travel and Information Centre on what's hot in and around Hobart for the coming season and take a journey with us and his unique insights. The Centre employ over 20 enthusiastic, multilingual and knowledgeable staff to help visitors plan the perfect Tasmanian getaway. In addition to their skilled travel advisors, they have over 50 dedicated volunteers to greet visitors arriving from cruise ships and the airport on selected days. They can assist in planning itineraries, offer personalized travel suggestions, provide detailed local knowledge and information, and can even make your bookings. As locals and tourism experts, they possess unique knowledge and information drawn from their experience of living in Tasmania and working in the tourism industry. The Tasmanian Travel and Information Centre is conveniently located in the centre of Hobart, less than five minutes walk from the waterfront and the city centre. The Tasmanian Travel and Information Centre are here to help, so call, use the website contact form or visit our travel centre for our personalized service and for more    

This week on the Radioactive Show we return to hear the second half of an interview with Don Hancock (Southwest Research and Information Centre, New Mexico). He speaks about the ongoing dangers from a radioactive release at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in the US, and the problems faced trying to isolate nuclear wastes.Next, Anica Niepraschk (Friends of the Earth’s Anti-nuclear and Clean Energy Collective) brings us up to date on the Federal Government’s push for a remote national nuclear waste dump in Australia as a nomination period is just about to come to the end.

The Kandahar Media and Information Centre started in 2010 has helped swing public opinion towards the government but as the 2014 deadline for the transition of all security to the Afghan forces fast approaching, and the presidential election in the same year - the information war in Afghanistan remains tightly contested, and the battle for public opinion is now at its most critical.

Barbara Loe Fisher is the Co-founder and president of the NVIC - the National Vaccine Information Centre a non profit educational organization that was founded in 1982 with parents of vaccine injured children. Barbara has authored several books on the subject of vaccines and also worked with Congress to develop the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986. Barbara talks about the plans for a mass swine flu vaccination programme and what effects this may have on people's health as well as people's right to refuse the vaccine. She also discusses the effects of Gardasil and other vaccines. For more information: http://www.nvic.org/ http://svcsrq.blogspot.com/