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In the Name of Allah the Beneficent, the Merciful
and peace and prayers be upon the best of all Messengers Sayedna Muhammad and on his kith and kin and companions
Excellency President Blaise Compaore,
President of Burkina Faso,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Assalamu 'alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh
It is indeed a signal honor that the Twenty-Sixth (26th) Islamic Conference of Foreign Ministers (ICFM) be held in this youthful country. Besides, West Africa, where Burkina Faso is located, has been one of the bastions that helped bear the torch of Islamic civilization and culture. It also produced men whose renown spread across the fields of human knowledge.
Credit should, likewise, be given to the outstanding role played by Burkina Faso in the affairs of the rising African Continent. I am referring to a state which joined the OIC in 1975 and is today playing with determination a great part in the OIC's activities. No doubt that Burkina Faso will constantly contribute towards reinforcing joint Islamic action and enhancing Muslim solidarity.
Allow me, on this auspicious occasion, to pay tribute and express my deep appreciation to His Excellency President Blaise Compaore who personally took the initiative of gracing this Conference by inaugurating it and delivering comprehensive address containing constructive ideas and views. I should like, by the same token, to voice my gratitude and pleasure to the Government and people of Burkina Faso for the warm welcome and generous hospitality extended to the participating delegations ever since they set foot in this country and for mobilizing all the potentialities at their disposal to ensure the success of the event.
We look forward to the election of His Excellency Mr.Youssouf OUEDRAOGO, Foreign Minister of Burkina Faso, as Chairman of the Twenty-Sixth Session of the Islamic Conference of Foreign Ministers in keeping with the customary practice. We are confident that His Excellency will steer the proceedings of our Conference with his well-known wisdom and competence, and will thus ensure the expected success of our proceedings by the grace of Allah.
My thanks and appreciation also go to His Excellency Sheikh Hamad ibn Jasem ibn Jabr Al-Thani, Foreign Minister of the State of Qatar and Chairman of the 25th ICFM, for the selfless efforts he deployed with ever renewed energy and remarkable capability throughout his tenure and for the spirit of cooperation which has been his with the General Secretariat and in international for a and which had had the greatest effect in all that has been accomplished by the grace of Allah.
Ladies and gentlemen,
Ouagadougou is witnessing this grand Islamic gathering at a time when our Ummah is going through one of the most delicate phases in its modern history. There is no doubt that the people of this great Ummah are pinning their hopes and aspirations and praying for God to crown our proceedings with success and let our dreams come true.
My presence in this country, which lies in the heart of Africa 26 of whose 56 states are OIC members, affords me the opportunity to recall that Africa's relations with the Islamic world, including, of course, the Arab, rather than emanating from prevailing political and economic circumstances, are deep-rooted in History. No wonder, then, that we are witnessing growing of the effective role assumed by Islamic culture in all parts of Africa which heralds a bright and a promising future.
Ladies and gentlemen,
Today's Conference is being held, 16 months after the 25th ICFM in Doha, capital of the State of Qatar, during which time events succeeded each other at an intensive and rapid pace.
Permit me, at the outset, to deal with the cause that is foremost among our preoccupations, namely the issue of Palestine and Al-Quds Al-Sharif and the Arab-Israeli conflict. As you all know, this Conference is being held while the Middle East peace process continues to be deadlocked. The five years, which the Palestinian-Israeli agreement had defined as a transitional phase, have elapsed without Israel having pulled out of the occupied territories and without any indications of the final solution to the issue. Moreover, the peace process remains stalled on the Syrian and Lebanese tracks. Close and remote observers both realize that it is Israel which conduced us to the present stalemate as it reneged on all the agreements signed in the context of the peace process, refused to implement them and resorted to illegitimate and illegal practices. As usual, it indulged in deliberately confiscating more land and property and kept on building settlements. Moreover, it kept on demolishing Palestinian homes and compelled the Arab inhabitants to leave their cities and villages. It also imposed a siege and never stopped apprehending and detaining freedom fighters while escalating its aggressions on Lebanese territories.
The OIC has supported the peace process along the groundworks laid in Madrid and the Security Council resolutions stipulating total Israeli withdrawal from occupied Palestinian and Arab lands, including Al-Quds Al-Sharif, the Syrian Arab Golan and the occupied Lebanese territories. It calls for the empowerment of the Palestinian people insofar as their inalienable national rights are concerned, including the right to return, to self-determination and set up their Palestinian State with Al-Quds Al-Sharif as its capital.
At this crucial stage, the OIC calls upon the international community to see to it that Israel immediately stop building colonial settlements on occupied Palestinian and Arab land, including Al-Quds Al-Sharif and take action for the Zionist state to comply with the relevant decisions of the international legality, begin negotiations on the final stage and resume talks on the Syrian and Lebanese tracks from where they had been halted in February, 1996.
The Organization, reaffirming the place which the City of Al-Quds Al-Sharif occupies in the hearts of all Arabs and Muslims, considers all the measures which Israel strove hard to impose in Al-Quds as null and void and devoid of any legal ground whatsoever.
On this occasion, I invite OIC member States to reaffirm their solidarity with the Palestinian people, act to strengthen the position of the Palestinian negotiator and extend all kinds of financial, economic and political assistance to our Palestinian brothers to help them establish their own state.
I think I would be failing in my duty if I did not warmly congratulate the people of Lebanon on the return of the city of Jazin to Lebanese sovereignty, without strings or conditions and in the context of national dignity.
Another pressing issue that re-emerged in the international arena lately, about four months ago, more than ever before, is the cause of the majority ethnic Albanians in Kosova whose ordeal is in everyone's mind. The ferocious Serbian onslaught has made homeless over a million of the province's Muslims by leaving them no choice but to abandon their homes and hearth on fire, driven out by an iron fist by way of an unprecedented ethnic cleansing campaign.
The OIC, extremely preoccupied by that tragic situation, stresses the imperative necessity of implementing the recent resolution of the Security Council which provides, in particular, for the return of Kosovar refugees to their homes in safety and dignity as soon as possible. If the intervention by NATO forces is really designed to defeat the Serbian racist policy, as is being said, then the international community is, at present, dutybound, after all the concerned parties agreed to the peace plan approved by the Security Council, to move into speeding up the return of Kosovar refugees to their homeland. While deeply concerned by the conflict in Kosova, which constitutes a terrible catastrophe, the OIC has always been cautious as not to deal with this issue, from a religious point of view, as merely an aggression being carried out against a specific religious group, but a devastating human tragedy worrying and affecting the conscience of mankind, as well as a blatant violation of human rights as enshrined in world conventions.
Closely monitoring the development of events in that part of the world and aware of its responsibility, the OIC issued a large number of statements reiterating its stance. It also held several meetings in Geneva and New York.
The first week of April last saw a meeting, at ministerial level in Geneva, of the Contact Group in question. The latter came up with a series of recommendations, including a call for action to intensify humanitarian aid to Kosovar refugees; an end to the forceful deportation of the province's inhabitants; good offices for the United Nations and its Security Council to play their role in the re-establishment of peace and security in the area; and handing over to justice the war criminals responsible for the atrocities which the province's population is subjected to.
In that framework, a delegation representing the Islamic Contact Group on Bosnia, Herzegovina and Kosova visited Germany, Russia, Italy and Albania to discuss the matter with officials of those states. Also, within the limits of its possibilities, the OIC provided financial assistance to the refugees.
In the same vein, a committee stemming from the Islamic Contact Group was set up in Geneva to be charged with coordinating with the humanitarian institutions undertaking their activities on the borders of neighboring countries of the Province of Kosova. In recognition of the role that may be played by the Organization of the Islamic Conference in coordinating peace efforts in Kosova, H.E. the Secretary General of the United Nations graciously sent me an invitation to join the "Group of the Friends of the UN Secretary General for Kosova" which will meet at ministerial level the day after tomorrow at UN headquarters in New York. As this meeting coincides with our Conference, I instructed the Permanent Representative of the OIC at the UN in New York to represent me. It should be pointed out that, aside from the European Union and the Organisation of Security and Cooperation in Europe, the Organization of the Islamic Conference is the only regional organization which has been involved in this initiative, in which there will also be a participation of the permanent members of the Security Council as well as Canada, Germany, Greece, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands and Turkey. This initiative falls within the framework of the consultation and coordination that the UN Secretary General intends to undertake for the implementation of Security Council resolution 1244 on Kosova.
As for OIC member States they wasted no time in extending humanitarian and financial assistance and despatching medical missions. Some of them even built camps to shelter the refugees. The fact is that the contributions of OIC members, on both the official and popular levels, was something to be proud of. It emanated from Muslim and human solidarity.
Ladies and gentlemen,
Regarding the situation in the Gulf, it is yet another source of preoccupation to us, owing to the severe sequels of the second Gulf war that resulted in a double ordeal: the effects of the embargo imposed on Iraq for several years now, and the untold human suffering and heavy material losses sustained by the people of the State of Kuwait. We hope that such a shameful plight end up as early as possible in seeing the Kuwaiti families reunited with their beloved ones now still missing.
The international community is hereby urged to see to it that the humanitarian needs of the Iraqi people are met to alleviate their harsh suffering, awaiting that the embargo, which last for too long, be lifted. In this respect, I would like to restate the OIC's keenness on preserving Iraq's territorial integrity, independence and sovereignty all over its territories.
In Asia, the Afghan civil war is still raging, despite the fact that the conflict there cannot be decisively settled by the use of arms. Only a political resolution may restore peace and stability to that Muslim country.
The combined efforts of the OIC and the UN have managed to convince the Taleban Movement and the Northern Coalition to sit together at the negotiating table in Islamabad. In fact, the OIC received with a sigh of relief news that the talks that had taken place in Ashgabad, the capital of Turkmenistan, had culminated into an agreement between the Movement and the country's opposition. Reference is made here to the accord that provided for power sharing and the exchange of war prisoners and which, indeed, was the result of the joint effort in question. However, it is regrettable that a new set back has occurred as a consequence of the vacillation of the parties to the conflict to put into practice this accord. From this podium, I, once again, invite the Afghan parties concerned to let the values of fraternity, tolerance and forgiveness prevail and embark determiningly on settling this crisis once and for all in the best interest of the Afghan people and, by so doing, lay solid foundations for security and stability in the area.
Ladies and gentlemen,
Concerning the so-called " Lockerbie crisis ", we all greeted the recent positive developments, namely the handing over of the two Libyan suspects after the three Western powers concerned agreed to the guarantees which the Jamahiriya had requested. Credit for that long-awaited development is due to the successful mediation and active good offices of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Republic of South Africa, along with other parties. We greatly hope that all sanctions against the brotherly Libyan Jamahiriya would be lifted very soon.
As for Jammu and Kashmir, the conflict took a grave turn since the beginning of last May when India launched air raids and ground attacks on the Pakistani border areas near Kashmir, which escalation brought the two countries to the brink of real war. The OIC joined the pressing appeals addressed to both sides to show self-restraint and refrain from exacerbating the situation any further.
Here, I should like to express our appreciation for the efforts put up and that are still being exerted by the Pakistani government for a dialogue with India in a bid to reduce tension and bring about a political settlement of the conflict in Kashmir. It is incumbent upon the international community to encourage that trend by making concerted efforts to bring that chronic conflict to an end in accordance with the relevant UN resolutions and do whatever it takes to end the nuclear arms race in the Indian Subcontinent.
The OIC which, as you know, is playing an active part in trying to consolidate peace in Bosnia-Herzegovina, is following with keen interest the implementation of the Dayton Agreements in the framework of the current endeavors to arrive at the establishment of a unified, sovereign Bosnia-Herzegovina, ensure the implementation of the special programs for the country's reconstruction and secure the financial resources necessary for that purpose as well as the return to that country of the refugees and displaced persons.
Ladies and gentlemen,
Allow me to revisit some African affairs, thus reaffirming the interest vested by the OIC in that continent. My work program at the beginning of this year included the visit of a number of African OIC member states, namely Gambia, Benin, Togo, Guinea and Sudan. That tour afforded me the opportunity to discuss with the heads of those states the civil war that had erupted in Sierra Leone and Guinea Bissau. The tour produced some favorable echoes and helped in further sensitizing the continent's Muslim inhabitants as to the concept of Islamic solidarity.
On this occasion, I would like to express my deep appreciation of the efforts deployed by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOMOG) to reinstate the legitimate government under the leadership of President Al-Haj Ahmad Tijan Kebah Vice-chairman of the 8th Islamic summit, in that country.
The Organization condemned the use of force in Guinea Bissau, which ran counter to the Lome Agreements. But it is heartwarming that the new authority these has pledged to conduct free and fair elections, in spite of the expulsion of President Joao Bernando Vieira.
The OIC strongly condemns the assassination of President Mainassara of Niger. Pursuant to its rejection of the use of force to settle the political differences, the OIC is closely following up fulfillment of the promises of the Government of Niger to restore constitutional life.
The OIC followed with deep concern the evolution of the situation in the Federal Republic of the Comoros, which witnessed events that do not help the Comorian people foster their national unity and recover the island of Mayotte; nay they might lead to the country's isolation and deprivation of assistance from the international community. We hope that the constituent parts of the Comorian society would give precedence to wisdom in order to safeguard national unity.
As for the war in Somalia, it still constitutes a source of deep anxiety. It is noted that numerous plans had been laid down to end the war and that the warring Somali factions declared on many occasions that they had agreed on a ceasefire, same as they signed a host of peace agreements, and that the OIC had was still actively and effectively taking part in the international and regional efforts being exerted to end the bloodshed, but none of all that has yielded any tangible result.
If I may submit a proposal in this connection, the Conference should move forward and establish an open-ended contact group to examine the initiatives mooted by several parties, to make the most out of their elements in cooperation with the international organizations concerned. By so doing, we would manage to revive the plan once proposed by His Excellency President Abdou Diouf of the Republic of Senegal. It called for action to be taken with a view to holding an international conference on Somalia, it being known that the OIC is participating in both international and regional peace efforts and effectively pursuing its cooperation with the UN, the OAU, the League of Arab States and the countries concerned in the area, to arrive at a settlement.
But Africa, thanks be to God, has seen noticeable positive achievements. In this context, I would like to commend the success of the elections that recently took place in Nigeria and the return of democracy in that great country. Similarly, I should like to express my appreciation to the governments of Mali and Niger for the progress they scored while endeavoring to integrate the Touareg in the nation's fabric.
Our Organization, as you know, is devoting a special interest to the critical economic situation in Africa which the countries of the continent, including, the African OIC member states, are still facing. This issue remained constant on the agendas of our meetings. The Organization is working hard, while giving substance to the true meaning of Islamic solidarity and cohesion, to rally international aid and assistance from member states to boost the African economy and in a bid to alleviate the debt burden of the countries affected by that scourge.
The Committee of Islamic Solidarity with the Peoples of the African Sahel continues to meet regularly to see how best to contribute to reviving that drought and desertification-stricken area. Likewise, the OIC is doing its utmost to ensure the continuity of its joint program with the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) and the Inter-State Committee for Drought Control in the Sahel, known in French as CILSS. It is noteworthy that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, together with Kuwait and the IDB, are financing projects worth a total eighty million (80,000,000) US dollars.
I seize this opportunity, here today, to express our deep gratitude to the donor countries for what they have already given and request all able member States to keep up their support in carrying out the joint program I mentioned which had been prepared in implementation of a resolution adopted by the Sixth (6th) Islamic Summit.
Ladies and gentlemen,
The OIC always devotes a great deal of attention to the issue of Muslim communities and minorities. It is coordinating efforts, in this respect, with the countries concerned, on both the regional and international levels, to improve the lot of those minorities and communities across the world, while keenly observing the sovereignty of the states in which they live. Whereas defending the rights of such minorities is the Ummah's duty, it is a secret to no one that the care provided to them by their respective states encourages the Muslims in question to bring in their effective contribution to the countries' development.
It is worthwhile referring here to the settlement reached between the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) and the Government of the Republic of the Philippines as a result of the efforts exerted by member states of the OIC Six Member Committee, in cooperation with His Excellency the President of the Republic of Indonesia at that time and with MNLF Chairman Professor Nur Misuari – such cooperation paved the way for signing the peace agreement in September, 1996. At the same time, I call upon the Government of the Philippines to honor its pledges and act, without delay, procrastination, prevarication or slowness, to make good on its commitments in full so that the agreement in question may not remain a dead letter.
One other issue which, unfortunately, was not that lucky in arriving at a just political settlement is the cause of the Muslim Cypriot Turkish community which looks forward to such a resolution as would respect the principle of political equality and be acceptable to the two Cypriot communities concerned: the Turkish and the Greek.
Another source of preoccupation and anxiety to our Organization is the aggression launched by the Republic of Armenia against the Republic of Azerbaijan. One pressing need is for the Republic of Armenia to withdraw its forces from the occupied Azeri territories in favor of peace in that part of the world. It also behooves the international community to intensify its efforts aiming at achieving a just and comprehensive settlement of that conflict, based on respect of the principles of the states' territorial integrity and the inviolability of internationally recognized boundaries.
Ladies and gentlemen,
The present ICFM session is taking place at a time when OIC member states are preoccupied with a number of phenomena having an indirect bearing on their growth and world economic performance. Despite the fact that the effects of the turmoil and severe financial crises faced by a number of major economies in the world have been contained to a certain extent, they are still casting their shadow on the world economy. The failure on the part of the international monetary institutions to guarantee stability in a world resting on the flow of capital across borders has drawn attention everywhere. Likewise, the fierce competition inherent in globalization and the liberalization of international trade are among the roadblocks faced by developing countries, including the OIC member states.
Many a practical measure has been adopted in the framework of the OIC to counter such negative aspects quickly and effectively, except that they ought to be implemented without delay. Their essense is non else but the intensification of economic cooperation among member states through the efficient liberalization of trade and the bolstering of cooperation with the private sector while giving a powerful thrust to coordination in the field of investment and joint ventures among OIC members.
Which leads us to an evaluation of the implementation of the OIC Plan of Action to Strengthen Economic and Commercial Cooperaion Among Member States. That implementation began two years ago through a series of expert group meetings on several priority areas.
There is yet another field which requires our attention, namely the ways and means to encourage member states to speed up the signing and ratification of the various statutes and agreements prepared by the OIC to constitute a legal framework designed to increase the volume of trade and foster economic cooperation among OIC members. It is indeed regrettable that many an important agreement, such as the Framework Agreement on the Preferential Trade System, finalized in 1995, has not yet entered the implementation phase in view of the lack of quorum in terms of signatures and ratifications.
Ladies and gentlemen,
On the cultural plane, the OIC General Secretariat has endeavored to work out the necessary mechanism to follow-up the idea of a constructive dialogue with other contemporary civilizations – an idea launched by His Excellency Sayed Muhammad Khatami, President of the Islamic Republic of Iran and Chairman of the Eighth (8th) Islamic Summit. That initiative was widely greeted by international bodies, especially the UN which decided to proclaim the year 2001 as the Year of Dialogue Among Civilizations. For this reason, an Islamic symposium opened in Tehran on May 03, 1999 to evolve an Islamic Strategy for a Constructive Dialogue with Other Civilizations. It was attended by a number of Muslim scholars and intellectuals and came out with the "Tehran Declaration" inviting representatives of other civilizations to participate in identifying all shared moral and ethical values that may constitute a backbone that could be relied upon for the establishment of the New World Order.
In line with that spirit and proceeding along the course of dialogue among civilizations and to acquaint others with our Islamic civilization, the OIC Permanent Observer Mission to the UN has agreed with the management of the Metropolitan Museum in New York to organize a fair of Islamic civilizations and fine arts in the said museum on October 1st, this year, i.e. the day when the Annual Coordination Meeting of the OIC Foreign Ministers will open alongside the 54th General Assembly. Their Excellencies the OIC foreign ministers will graciously inaugurate the fair in the presence of those prominent and well-noted personalities taking part in the Assembly's proceedings.
Furthermore, the OIC General Secretariat has endeavored to cement cultural ties among its member states. In cooperation with the Islamic States Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO), the Second Islamic Conference of Ministers of Culture (ICMC) met in Rabat from 12 to 14 November 1998, under the high patronage of His Majesty King Hassan II of Morocco.
The said conference laid down the appropriate mechanisms for implementing the Cultural Strategy for the Islamic World. It charged ISESCO to follow-up the matter with the competent authorities in member states, in coordination with the OIC General Secretariat.
On the other hand, the General Secretariat has spent quite a long time to overcome the problems faced by the Islamic universities in Niger and Uganda which are among the OIC's most important achievements ever since its inception, owing to the role everbody hopes they will play in propagating Islamic culture and familiarizing the people of the continent with the particularities of that culture. The General Secretariat is, at present, making contacts with some donor parties to provide the necessary funds for the Waqf (trust-fund) set up to ensure enough steady income for those two universities and, thus, making possible for them to cope with their difficulties.
Special care was devoted as well to social issues. Actually, the General Secretariat is preparing for the First Islamic Conference of Ministers of Youth and Sports which will be hosted by the Government of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques in the near future to discuss various issues concerning youth in Islamic societies.
Whenever it participated in an international meeting, the OIC Secretariat laid stress on the role of Muslim women in society and worked to consolidate ties among women's organizations in the Islamic world.
As for the Islamic Solidarity Fund (ISF), it proved, ever since its establishment, twenty-four (24) years ago, its capability to serve Islamic societies. In fact the scope of its activities has been broadened and diversified to encompass the fields of education, culture, scientific research and technology. It also supported the budgets of the Islamic universities and promoted social and spiritual projects as well as the action of Islamic centers, associations and foundations. We hope that member states shall, in turn, do all that they could to support the ISF and its Waqf, in line with the decisions of the Islamic summits and ICFMs.
Ladies and gentlemen,
The areas of activity covered by the OIC in the judicial field include three categories: human rights, combating international terrorism, and the legal structure for intra-Islamic cooperation:
Regarding the first category, the Cairo Declaration on Human Rights in Islam has crystallized the principles and concepts governing the Organization's activities in that field. The Declaration stressed that Islam – the religion of tolerance – was fourteen (14) centuries ahead of the man-made legislation in underlining the necessity to respect human rights. But despite all, there is always a dire need to disseminate such principles and concepts and publicize them in facing the ferocious onslaughts, calumnies and phoney accusations directed against Islam, which has been the quest of the successive summit and foreign ministerial conferences in the form of resolutions which the General Secretariat spares no effort to ensure their implementation along with coordination among member states in this respect.
It is worth recalling in this juncture that the UNHCHR organized in Geneva, at the end of last year, and in collaboration with the OIC, a Symposium on the Islamic Perspectives On the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. A select Group of Muslim experts in Sharia and Law participated in the Symposium.
The United Nations High Commissioner For Human Rights, Mrs. Mary Robinson, underscored in her address Islam's contribution towards safeguarding the sublimity and dignity of Man. She also pointed out the role of the OIC in organizing the Symposium and the support extended to it by His Majesty King Hassan II, sovereign of the Kingdom of Morocco and Mr. Agha Khan.
With regard to international terrorism, it has become obvious that it is a phenomenon which some big powers in the world are trying to associate with specific countries. Although our states have condemned terrorism in all its forms, such powers turn a deaf ear and insist on linking it with the national movements struggling to liberate their countries. Therefore, the OIC still considers the holding of an international conference for finding a definition to terrorism and drawing a distinction between it and people's struggle for freedom as a matter of the utmost importance.
As you know, the OIC has adopted the Code of Conduct to Combat Terrorism and is making every effort to let the member states conclude a cooperation agreement in this connection, proceeding from the contents of that Code and in compliance with the directives of the Eighth (8th) Islamic summit in this regard.
Insofar as the legal framework designed to regulate cooperation among member states, it provides for signing a number of agreements under the Organization's supervision, especially in the economic field, given the fact that the current stage of development, which the international community has reached, is characterized by major groupings, not to say blocs. Indeed the major hurdle for the agreements I mentioned to go into effect is the lack of quorum in their ratification, which is the sine qua non condition for their implementation.
Ladies and gentlemen,
Allow me, before concluding my address, to sound a brief note on the financial situation of the General Secretariat. This situation has been the concern of the Secretary General, who has endeavoured, since assuming office, to develop the functioning of the General Secrfetariat in order to keep abreast of international developments and successive global changes.
A number of member States have kindly extended voluntary donations thus helping the General Secretariat to overcome a financial crisis that almost ruined it. Those generous donations enabled the General Secretariat to repay a great portion of its accumulated debts. However, collection of contributions and arrears has been below the required level. Only twenty member States have paid their contributions according to their defined dates to the budget of the General Secretariat for the current year. Had it not been for the initiative of some States to pay their arrears, the difficult financial situation that had prevailed two years ago, would have reasserted itself.
By virtue of the policy of rationalization, ascertained by the Finance Control Organ, the General Secretariat was able to solve a number of financial problems, such as the problem of overtime work. Similarly, twenty new employees were hired, and about sixty employees, whose degrees had been frozen for several years, were promoted. Preparatory steps have been undertaken to create an end-of-service fund at the General Secretariat, in order to cover the entitlements of those whose services expire, in response to a recommendation by the FCO.
At the administrative level, several reforms have been instituted and regulations have been rigorously implemented which helped to execute the approved budget without over-expenditure. These measures are presented in detail in the report prepared by the General Secretariat on the current situation of the Organization and the means of its reform, which you will be considering as part of the organic questions to be submitted to you.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Our Islamic Ummah, in the four corners of the globe, holds on to the noble principles enshrined in the OIC Charter. It follows that we must leave no stone unturned in fulfilling the lofty objectives we are pursuing, fully confident and believing in a brighter, happier tomorrow.
I avail myself of this opportunity to laud the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, which had been in the forefront of those States which established the Jeddah-based Organization. The Government of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques spared no effort to extend a helping hand in order to enable the OIC to perform its tasks in an optimal manner. We are certain that this great Muslim country shall continue to be an example for support and generosity aimed at promoting Islamic solidarity and strengthening joint Islamic action.
"God has promised, to those Among you who believe and work righteous deeds, that He will, of a surety, grant them in the land, inheritance (of power), as He granted it to those before them; that He will establish in authority their religion – the one which He has chosen for them; and that He will change (their state), after the fear in which they (lived), to one of security and peace; They will worship Me (alone) and not associate aught with Me if any do reject Faith. After this, they are rebellious and wicked." (Al-Nur: 55). Sadaqa Allahu Al-'Azeem.
I thank you and pray to Allah that He may crown your deliberations with success.


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Month: June 2010
Trade Rumor: Buehrle Coming to St.Louis?
Ozzie's Restaurant & Sports Bar Grand Opening
Ozzie's Official Grand Opening for his restaurant takes place Monday June 21. The location of his new restaurant is 1511 Washington Ave. St.Louis, MO. Monday-Friday 11AM to 1;30AM. Saturday and Sunday 10AM to 1:30AM. Notable dishes include, Kick Ass BBQ Ribs which is traditional style baby back ribs based in sweet honey bar-b-cue sauce and the Cardinal Burger which is a half pound beef patty. There is also a retail shop to purchase licensed sports apparel. There is also a second floor that is used for private parties only. It holds 20 to 100 people. Come early and stay late.
Suppan Returns to The Cardinals
he St. Louis Cardinals have signed free-agent righthander Jeff Suppan to a pro-rated minimum contract, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Suppan, a righthander starter, was released by the Milwaukee Brewers earlier this week after he went 0-2 with a 7.84 ERA in 15 games (two starts) this season.
Suppan had success as a Cardinal from 2004-06, going 44-26 with a 3.95 ERA in 95 starts before signing with Milwaukee as a free agent. There is a chance he could join the Cardinals rotation next week. He was a starter during the Cardinals' 2006 World Series championship and their 2004 National League title season.
Earlier Thursday, the Post-Dispatch reported Cardinals GM John Mozeliak had begun to search for rotation help. Other possible targets mentioned included Baltimore Orioles righthander Kevin Millwood and Kansas City Royals righthander Brian Bannister.
With starters Brad Penny (back) and Kyle Lohse (forearm) injured, the Cardinals have plugged inexperienced arms into the rotation.
Sporting News
2010 Draft Report: Meet Zack Cox
Hitting ability: Cox has a great, compact swing with excellent bat speed. He makes solid, consistent contact and uses the whole field. He will be a plus hitter in the future.
Power: He should have at least average power. There's some leverage in his swing.
Running speed: His speed is a touch below average but it's a little better once he gets underway.
Base running: It's not a big part of his game, but he's a heady, smart player who makes good decisions on the basepaths.
Arm strength: He has a plus arm, with an easy motion and plenty of carry from third or first. He doubles as a relief pitcher.
Fielding: Recently moved to second base, he looks better there than he did at third. He sees the field better from second and seems to have adjusted to turning the double play well.
Range: He's got average range, at best, but it might be enough for him to be an adequate second baseman.
Physical Description: He's solid, strong and compact, kind of like a young Ken Caminiti.
Medical Update: Healthy.
Strengths: Plus hitting skills, at least average power, a plus throwing arm.
Weaknesses: It's a little unclear what position he'll play, though second base looks like a better bet than at third.
Summary: A Draft prospect two years ago, Cox is back as a Draft-eligible sophomore. His best tool is his bat and he should hit for plenty of average with at least decent power. His plus arm plays just fine at third, but his overall defense at the hot corner likely won't work at the next level. Arkansas has been mixing him in at second and that might prove to be a better spot for the left-handed hitter. Regardless of the position, the bat should be enough to get him off the board sooner rather than later.

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A Dynamic Digital Map (DDM) is a fully interactive software program incorporating maps, images, movies, data, articles, interviews, animations, and class activities [1,2,3]. DDMs are designed to serve many purposes, including teaching tools and data presentation. For a more detailed discussion on using DDMs interactively in large geology classes, see [4].
The DDM-Mars program incorporates over 220 maps of the Martian surface, hundreds of images, and dozens of articles with interactive tours of Mars and exercises for undergraduate geology classes. Upon opening the program, the user is given a home screen with many options. From this home screen, the user may access any other part of the DDM, including the sections: Missions to Mars, History of Mars Exploration, Regions of Mars, Minerals & Surface Compositions, Meteorites from Mars, Volcanoes on Mars, Water on Mars, Tours, and Exercises. A set of fast-reference lists of maps, images, and articles makes finding a specific material easy.
The DDM-Mars is designed as a teaching tool that can be used both in lectures and labs. For lectures, the DDM includes a template that allows instructors to design and write a slide show for a class. The instructor may choose the images, the order of the images, the length of the slide show, and may either write the captions or choose the DDM's captions. For labs, the DDM includes several interactive exercises designed for undergraduates. The exercises are designed to emphasize the process of thought needed to study Mars as opposed to right and wrong answers. For example, one of the exercises gives the students information about a fictitious mineral, then asks them to identify places where a rover might search for that mineral on Mars. The students are given interactive maps, images, topographic profiles, and spectral data to determine where deposits of the mineral might be found. Another exercise asks the students to design a human mission to Mars. They must choose a schedule for launch, select their crew members, determine what science needs to be done on the surface, choose vehicles and equipment, select a landing site, balance risk against public and scientific value, and make sure the whole mission comes in under budget. Then they must walk their crew through the mission itself, assigning them tasks and handling problems. All of the DDM-Mars the material is written for an undergraduate science audience; however, much of it may be appropriate for high school or non-science audiences as well.
References: [1] Condit CD (1999) Computers & Geoscience 25. [2] Condit CD and TM Boundy (2002) Geol. Soc. Am. Abst. With Prog. v34 no.6. [3] Condit CD (2000) Univ. Mass. Dept. Geoscience Contribution No. 72. [4] Condit CD (2001) Geol. Soc. Am. Abst. With Prog. v.33 no. 6.
Acknowledgements: The DDM Mars software program was developed using Christopher Condit's DDM Template, a project sponsored by an NSF Grant from the Department of Undergraduate Education and the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.
The DDM-Mars is currently in development. You are downloading a beta version. If you find bugs, please write to Selby Cull at firstname.lastname@example.com. Also, please feel free to email comments or suggestions.
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ENGIE will design an integrated district cooling network (30,000 RT, 105 MW) which will serve the Jurong Town Corporation (JTC), the Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT) and the community facilities. Punggol Digital District is the first district in Singapore to adopt a single integrated masterplan approach that brings together a business park, a university and community facilities.
ENGIE's partnership with JTC and SIT is a significant breakthrough in Singapore's district cooling system industry, with the energy company winning its milestone DCS project in Singapore. "Our partnerships with JTC and SIT to design the District Cooling System (DCS) plants for both organisations are in line with our Group's direction to set up the Centre of Expertise for District Cooling in Singapore," shared Yeo Kong Nee, Managing Director, ENGIE Services Singapore. "We are looking forward to future collaborations on DCS projects and to further contributing to Singapore's DCS industry."
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Vivendi Dances at Its Own Tempo
While U.S. media moguls courting Vivendi Universal are lusting for a passionate tango, the French company continues to stage a slow, frustrating pas de six.
Vivendi has made little outward progress in the auction of its U.S. entertainment properties in the three weeks since its board reviewed bids for Vivendi Universal Entertainment and immediately rejected just one player, oil billionaire Marvin Davis. Since then, the process has been a series of meetings and gradual exchange of data, not the kind of shootout some of the U.S. cowboys are accustomed to.
"Everybody submitted bids a month ago, and they've eliminated one guy," said an executive at one of the bidders. "Damn."
An executive with another bidder sees no sign that things will speed up. "They've set a series of meetings in the next two weeks. They're having discussions of the value of the different offers, contract markups. This is a tedious thing when you're doing it with one party, but they're doing it with more."
Bids for Universal's movie studio, theme parks and USA Networks unit were submitted June 23, valuing the operation at $11 billion-$12 billion.
The most intensive discussions, not surprisingly, are with the three companies that actually submitted bids: Liberty Media, an investor group led by Vivendi board member and former Seagram CEO Edgar Bronfman Jr., and MGM Studios. General Electric's NBC is said to still be interested in forming some sort of a partnership with VUE, so the broadcast network could get its hands on cable's USA and Sci Fi channels.
MGM has grown frustrated enough to demand that Vivendi speed up the due-diligence process, particularly by delivering more detailed data on its operations faster. The studio sent Vivendi a letter raising its offer to $11.5 billion, conditioned on receiving more complete information by this week.
Vivendi rejected the demand. But industry executives disputed reports that the company also dismissed MGM completely. The executives said the French company's bankers are still sending MGM some data.
But players on other sides of the deal see MGM as the weakest bidder. "Vivendi is willing to carry a piece of the action, so money isn't the only thing here," said an admittedly biased executive with one of the other suitors. "You have [Liberty Chairman] John Malone or [NBC Chairman] Bob Wright managing your interests; you're going to pick MGM?"
Liberty and Bronfman have to rework their bids because they had initially offered to buy Vivendi's ailing Universal Music record division. But that's a troubled company in a troubled sector that none of the suitors is eager to acquire. Vivendi's bankers figure that the absence of excitement is depressing the price that bidders put on the other assets, particularly the highly coveted USA and Sci Fi. So Vivendi decided to keep Universal Music, attempt to turn it around itself and probably sell it later.
No deadlines have been set for a second round of bids.
Malone is seen as the leading bidder because, unlike GE, Liberty actually submitted the kind of bid Vivendi had sought, a mixture of cash and assumed debt plus stock that would give Vivendi a carried interest. Liberty's stock is more widely traded than, say, MGM's, which has a smaller market capitalization and, hence, is a less attractive currency when taking it in billion-dollar chunks.
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Elizabeth explained to the shocked table: "It was literally like we went to bed, I kissed Sam, and I pulled away and he said, 'That was a bit cheeky.
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EchoStar is not optimistic about the prospects of legislation that would lift the injunction on its delivery of distant network TV signals to subscribers.
It sought the help from Congress after the court told it to pull the plug on distant signals to some 900,000 customers, but, according to a network spokeswoman, there is likely too short a window in the lame-duck session for any movement on the Satellite Consumer Protection Act of 2006, which had about a dozen Senate backers, both Republican and Democrat.
But EchoStar sees its deal to provide satellite capacity to National Programming Service (NPS), an independent supplier of distant network signals, as one possible solution for customers who lost access to network signals.
Those customers lost the signals when EchoStar complied with a court-ordered injunction to pull the signals Dec. 1. But thanks to the EchoStar deal with NPS, customers who are eligible to get the signals can still get them along with their DISH network programming by contacting NPS. No new equipment. Just a call to NPS to see if they are eligible and a separate bill for the service.
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EchoStar countered that it is not delivering the signals and that it is not acting in concert with NPS, which it says is a sometimes competitor. EchoStar spokeswoman Kathie Gonzalez says that EchoStar is also telling rural customers that they can get their local channels from cable.
"The permanent injunction does not and cannot preclude everyone in the world from providing distant network programming to eligible subscribers," EchoStar told the court.
The Florida court, at the direction of a federal court, ordered EchoStar to pull its distant signals from both eligible and ineligible subs because the federal court had concluded the company was not sufficiently successful at discriminating between customers who should and should not get the distant signals.
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… In another surprising victory for children suing the government over climate change, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court last Friday found in favor of four youth plaintiffs against the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection. Read more here…
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CLF Victory: Highest Court in Massachusetts Enforces Global Warming Solutions Act
By Jenny Rushlow and David Ismay In a sweeping unanimous opinion yesterday, the highest court in the Commonwealth confirmed that Massachusetts's landmark 2008 climate protection law, the Global Warming Solutions Act, requires that the state take enforceable action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions on an annual basis in order to achieve the law's 2050 greenhouse…
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"This is a historic day," said Jenny Rushlow, CLF's lead attorney on the case. "Today our highest court declared clearly and unequivocally that our leaders can no longer sit on their hands while Massachusetts communities are put at risk from the effects of climate change. Thanks to this landmark decision, our role as a national leader in battling climate change has only been stalled but not sacrificed. Now, with action from DEP, we can get back on track and ensure that the health of our families and future generations is always a top priority."
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Without electricity, our capability to conduct our modern way of life becomes immediately and severely curtailed. Communication instantly stops. Food quickly spoils. Sundown puts an end to all activity. Air conditioning and water well pumps no longer function.
And as prolonged blackouts often go hand-in-hand with gas shortages, disaster victims are often truly forced into a "dark ages" lifestyle.
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Defining Feedback
Feedback is defined as the transmission of evaluative or corrective information about an action, event, or process to the original or controlling source – essentially, feedback is providing helpful information or constructive criticism from one person to another.
There are at least two types of feedback to consider if you run a medical practice. The first one is patient feedback. Patient feedback is a reaction to a patient towards the services and/or products that they have received from a doctor or medical practice. The second one is called employee performance feedback. Employee performance feedback is your staff's feedback to their supervisor, office manager, or directly to you. This type of feedback is just as important as patient feedback because this can assess whether or not your employees are happy working for you. Happy employees will excel and perform their tasks well. If they perform well that means that they will also serve your patients with a positive attitude – in turn, this will make your patients very happy as well.
Never dismiss any feedback especially if it comes from your patients. Feedback can help to improve and enhance your medical practice. And all the data and information gathered can be put into consideration when making decisions pertaining to your practice. Feedback also allows you to build a good rapport and maintain communication with your patients.
5 Reasons Why Feedback Is Important
Whether positive or negative, feedback is very helpful. Why? Well, if you receive positive feedback, you'll most likely maintain (or even further improve) the level of excellent service that you provide. However, if you do receive negative feedback, you have something to work on to improve your medical practice and your services. Some people would disregard negative feedback, or worse, argue with the person who wrote the feedback. Feedback should be one of your gateways to understanding your patients and staff even more.
Effective feedback has a lot of benefits for you, your patients, and your whole team. Here are five reasons why feedback is extremely important:
Feedback is effective listening
You can gather feedback verbally or through a feedback survey. Regardless of how you gather the feedback, the most important thing that you can show to the person who gave the feedback is that you're really listening and that you understand the feedback they're giving. When you ask for feedback, you have to explain why that person's feedback is important and how you will utilize their feedback.
Feedback is a tool for continuous learning
Take some time to ask your staff how they're doing, if they're having a hard time doing a task, and their opinion on how the practice can improve. Continuous feedback can help you align goals, create better strategies, improve your services, develop relationships, and so much more. If you continue to learn every day, you will continue to improve every day as well.
Feedback can improve performance
One of the best ways to improve your practice is to receive constructive criticism or constructive feedback. It can help you formulate better decisions and greatly increase the performance of you and your staff members.
Feedback comes in many different forms
Feedback can be gained through an employee survey, performance appraisal, or training evaluation. But, feedback can also be nonverbal. For instance – every time you communicate with your patients or staff members, you can assess their body language and the tone of their voice to tell how they truly feel.
Feedback can motivate everyone
When you ask for feedback, it can actually motivate your employees to be/do better. Three of the things that employees want is to be heard, valued, and appreciated especially if it can help you make a decision that concerns your practice. And, getting feedback from patients, vendors, suppliers, and stakeholders can be used as motivation to build better working relationships with them.
Benefits of Feedback:
- A reasonable way of measuring general satisfaction
- A way of engaging with patients as one of the positive advocates
- A reflection of loyalty to you as their doctor
- A sensible way to manage and grow your medical practice
- A great way to improve the experience of your patients
- A good way to gain insights as to how you can improve the services you provide your patients
How You Can Gather Patient Feedback
Here are a few methods that you can use to collate feedback:
- Customer satisfaction surveys/ Patient experience surveys
- A patient advisory board
- Provider groups
- Focus groups
- Call interviews
- An open call to retrieve feedback
Incorporating Feedback To Your Medical Clinic Marketing Plan
A marketing plan is a strategic plan that is designed to be a guide to help businesses achieve specific business goals and objectives within a specific time period. If you have a good marketing plan, it will allow you to anticipate, assess, prepare, and build a roadmap that you and your staff can follow and implement. A marketing plan is a vital tool for any business including your medical practice.
One marketing strategy that should be included in your marketing plan is feedback marketing.
Feedback marketing is where you allow your patients to share their experiences with you as a whole. From the moment they step foot inside your medical clinic to the moment they pay for their services, they will rate how you serve them. If you implement feedback marketing, you are in tune with your patients. If you make your patients feel valued because you are allowing them to voice their opinions and concerns, they will appreciate that and most likely stay loyal to you.
The feedback that you've gathered usually is applied to the last part of your marketing plan which is recommendations. With all the data and information that you have, you can create strategies that fit your medical practice. Your recommendations should be the solutions that you can provide to the problems that your patients experienced during their visit or what your staff has noticed that isn't working well. Nonetheless, feedback should always answer the question, "How can we improve our medical practice?".
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One of the many imponderables in the post-Brexit world is the way in which Britain's key bilateral relationships with its erstwhile European partners is likely to change. In the short run all these relationships will be affected by arm-wrestling over the terms of disengagement. In the long run, the UK will continue to have to weigh carefully its diplomacy towards Germany, as the EU's leading power. But there is also the critical and delicate question of the London-Paris axis, which has been central to Europe's foreign policy-making for the last four decades, and which is institutionalised through the Lancaster House Treaties of 2010. Will this close, but difficult, relationship be dismantled by the UK's departure from the EU? It seems hardly in either state's interests that it should be.
The two countries have many obvious things in common: alliances in two world wars; the need to manage relative decline; permanent membership of the UN Security Council; nuclear deterrents; the capacity to project conventional force beyond Europe (within limits); ambivalent relations with ex-colonies, and more. But none of this has produced the kind of solidarity which exists between Paris and Berlin. Britain and France maintain an uneasy entente which can quickly break down under pressure – as over Iraq in 2003. In particular their approaches to European integration have been sharply different, with the UK acting as a force for stasis and France committed, at least in principle, to 'ever closer union'. The British referendum this year has brutally exposed this difference and calls into question the ability of the two states to remain in harness as the leaders of Europe's foreign policy-making process. France might simply despair of British reliability, whether in multilateral or bilateral forms of cooperation.
Yet despite the obvious reasons to assume increased divergence – including the neuralgia of the British tabloids over the prospect of a 'European army' – there are good reasons to think that France and the UK are doomed to work together in foreign and security policy. For one thing no British government could commit itself simply to following the US lead in world affairs – let alone that of a Trump presidency. The 'poodle' stereotype is already prevalent in anti-western circles and it does the UK no favours in politics or in trade with the wider world. Yet London has nowhere else to go if it has to cut itself loose from the CFSP system in which it has had a leading role for 46 years, and which indeed was the only part of the EU project where Britain was 'present at the creation'. Pure unilateralism adds up to very little for a country struggling to find the resources to sustain its welfare state, and with a population one twentieth the size of India's. By the same token the rising powers are unlikely to want 'strategic partnerships' with an ex-imperial country whose need for trade and investment is greater than theirs – as we saw with Theresa May's fruitless recent visit to India. Thus Britain has a strong interest in staying in the European foreign policy club.
It does not follow that the other 27 will allow this to happen, though most observers assume that the ability to offer diplomatic, security and counter-terrorist cooperation is one of the strongest cards in London's hand as it negotiates Brexit. But France in particular will be reluctant to watch the UK float away into the distance from the rickety European armada. It is true that in terms of defence cooperation form is more prominent than content. The main framework here is NATO, where France has become increasingly comfortable and Britain has a key role. In relation to nuclear weapons the two states manage some discreet cooperation but have no intention of creating the joint force that Edward Heath dreamed about in the 1970s. On defence industries and arms sales they are serious competitors, for all the regular talk of combining expertise. Even inter-operability is a distant prospect.
Yet foreign policy is different. The need of each country not to be isolated on major political issues like the Middle East, non-proliferation, and the stability of fragile regimes in sub-Saharan Africa, is a powerful driver of cooperation. Iraq has had the effect of making both London and Paris understand better the need for solidarity, evident over Libya, Mali, Russia and (after a hiccup) Syria. The dual fear, of isolation on the one hand and of US volatility on the other, is likely to keep the two in close diplomatic touch even after Brexit, and could therefore in practice give the British an informal seat at the CFSP table.
This may seem like wishful thinking. There are plenty of difficulties in Franco-British relations even without the Brexit negotiations. The Treaty of Le Touquet, which has allowed the UK to avoid migrant pressures at Dover, might well be renounced by President Hollande's successor. The two countries have very different approaches to multiculturality and to policing, which has led in the past to serious problems over extradition. If pushed Paris will always choose Berlin over London, given the continued importance of the Elysée Treaty and the joint role of France and Germany at the heart of the EU. What is more, if Britain's departure does finally spur Germany on to punch its weight in foreign and security policy then France will have far less need of a partnership with Britain.
Still, this last scenario remains unlikely for the foreseeable future, in which case Paris and London have few incentives to fall out on foreign policy, even allowing for the difficult bargaining ahead over Brexit. History, geography and similar positions in the hierarchy of international politics, make for a natural alliance, if not for the fusion envisaged in Churchill's proposal of 1940 in desperate circumstances. Yet this view derives from the assumption that both countries do still pretend to play significant foreign and security roles in world politics. Certainly neither state could envisage taking on by itself a military intervention of the kind they carried out together in Libya during 2011. Neither wishes to risk losing its permanent membership of UNSC, and by the same token, each needs the help of the other in order maximise its weight on the major issues in that forum – not least to defend the right of middle range European states to possess nuclear weapons.
If either France or the UK were to turn inwards and to turn away from centuries of activism, then the parameters of the problem would change radically. But it is difficult to imagine their foreign policy establishments settling for a role like that of Sweden, or even Italy. If Donald Trump wants to move the United States towards insularity he will have some big internal battles to fight and the same would be true in Whitehall and in Paris. The two countries might be divided on many issues, but they share an aspiration to be seen as Europe's leading foreign policy players, and to continue on their historical paths of deep engagement in international politics. In that context Brexit might be seen as little more than a blip.


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August 8, 1969: Jazz Concert at Castle Hill
Summertime jazz finally went outdoors to stay in 1954, courtesy of the Newport Jazz Festival and Jazz Night at the Boston Arts Festival. In 1955, Castle Hill, on the Crane Estate in Ipswich, joined the al fresco party. Their venerable classical concert series invited a jazz band for the first time. The band was Louis Armstrong's.
Series organizers wanted jazz, but not just any jazz. They wanted mainstream names with crossover appeal who wouldn't rock the suburban boat. Still, not everyone associated with Castle Hill embraced the idea of jazz concerts, and Count Basie's contract couldn't be signed in 1956 until background checks on performers were completed. When asked if this was prompted by concern over subversive influences, the concert organizer responsible replied, "no comment." What, I wonder, was he afraid of—Dope? African-Americans? Beatniks? All of the above?
In Basie's Old Testament days, Jimmy Rushing sang "Baby, Don't You Tell on Me." Perhaps the Count called it at Castle Hill.
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The Invisibles Vol. 2 #14: 'Only Lovers Left Alive'
A quick note first, I've got some non-Invisibles posts coming up later today, including the first review of Crusade, a look at the new Sopranos, and tomorrow, a look at the new Heroes. But, for now, more Invisibles.
Kissing Mister Quimper is my favorite book of all time. This may seem ridiculous, to say that the sixth volume of a comic book is better than everything written in the previous thousands of years of human existence, but I can think of nothing else ever written that is simultaneously so emotional, so cool, so thought provoking, so challenging and mind expanding. Rereading this book for the first time, I was stopping on nearly every page just to put the pieces together and attempt to fully comprehend what I was reading, and by the end I thought I understood what Morrison was saying. Volume III quickly obliterated that idea, but my love of the Volume persists. This is The Invisibles to me, everything great about the series contained in one volume....
I've taken down my posts on The Invisibles because they're all coming out in book form. The book, Our Sentence is Up, features revised and expanded versions of each blog post, covering every issue of The Invisibles, plus an extensive interview with Morrison himself. Visit your local comic store and order a copy now!


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CFCC REACTION: Consumers at mercy of advisers
The Commission for Financial Capability aka Retirement Commission says consumers are at the mercy of intermediaries selling life insurance on behalf of companies
Tuesday, January 29th 2019, 10:01PM 2 Comments
A report aiming to improve the culture and conduct of New Zealand's life insurance industry may require companies to change their entire business model, but the outcome will be better service for their customers, says the Commission for Financial Capability (CFFC).
The Managing Editor of CFFC's Sorted website, Tom Hartmann, says consumers are at the mercy of intermediaries selling life insurance on behalf of companies who have not invested in their own frontline staff.
"It is often impossible for consumers to know the difference between being told or sold," says Hartmann. "If a financial advisor is giving you the best options based on your circumstances, and shopping around for the best policy for you, that's great, but if they're only working for one company they're just a sales funnel."
The report by the Reserve Bank and the Financial Markets Authority (FMA) concluded that life insurance companies put sales and profits ahead of customers. They did not concentrate on selling people the right product, had poor systems and poorly trained staff to handle complaints or oversee risks. Companies had been too slow to clean up their act after being criticised by the FMA last year of paying millions of dollars in commission, as well as lavish holidays and other perks, to third-party agents selling their policies without tackling issues of possible conflict, disclosure, or whether the products sold were appropriate.
"Many insurance companies outsource the selling of their products to agents and shield themselves from risk – they incentivise the agents to sell, but effectively wash their hands of poor customer outcomes," says Hartmann.
He supports the report's next steps, providing the 16 life insurers studied with individual feedback and requiring them to report back to regulators by June 30 on how they will remedy the issues raised.
In the meantime, consumers can question an agent regarding whether they are independent or acting for a particular company, whether they receive incentives and whether they will shop around for the best produce for the client's circumstances.
"This report is an important vehicle for change. It may require the industry to change its entire business model, but I'm hopeful of a better outcome for consumers."
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I wonder why CFFC didn't make the same comment during the financial advice review when the issue of sales v advice was being debated.
Bank advisers are just bank salespeople! Why do the FMA, Code Committee, Uncle Tom Cobbley and all tell the gullible public they are not just salespeople.
Did CFFC ever hear of an ANZ mortgage Coach encouraging a mortgage client to go and get a Westpac Mortgage, or an ASB Kiwisaver adviser telling a customer to go and get a Milford Kiwisaver! Yea, nah!
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RAYMOND — Fast Enterprises announced that the State of Mississippi has selected the company and its GenTax commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) software product as the Mississippi Department of Revenue's solution for a modernized and completely integrated tax and revenue system.
Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
The project, known as the Mississippi Automated Revenue System, or MARS, involves software installation, data conversion services, technical support, agency-specific system configuration, user testing, functional and technical training and post-implementation support services.
The Mississippi Department of Revenue, which collects more than $6.5 billion annually for the support of state and local government services, has described its existing systems as being inefficient and ineffective for the administration of a modern tax agency. Most of these existing systems, designed and initially implemented in the 1970s, do not have taxes integrated into a single, unified system and can be difficult to manage and maintain due to their age, file structure, and interfacing limitations.
The GenTax-based MARS project will replace Mississippi's current legacy applications with a comprehensive and fully integrated solution to manage over 40 tax and license programs for business and individual taxpayers. In addition to supporting the full suite of tax and revenue business functions for the agency, the solution will provide taxpayers with Internet services, will include the GenTax Data Warehouse for loading, mining and managing data from multiple external sources and will utilize the GenTax Discovery module for audit selection, fraud detection and tracking suspected noncompliance cases.
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