Marlon Williams has officially announced his first Māori language album 'Te Whare Tīwekaweka' - set for release on April 4th The lead single from the record is out now titled 'Aua Atu Rā' He shares on the track: "‘Aua Atū Ra’ has existed as a song since May 2019 simple Māori in my Lyttelton bedroom studio spurned on by the thought of writing a depressively isolationist rebuttal to the above whakatauki was the moment that kickstarted the record but especially pertinent to Te Ao Māori’s collectivist culture that I’ve always found difficult to square and as the British literary pundit GK Chesterton added to the picture ‘we owe each other a terrible loyalty,’ and yet are at once utterly alone." 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Follow us on Instagram here. Next time we visit New Zealand, here’s hoping the lively sounds of Korero Māori greet us as we step off the plane (preferably performed live by Williams, The Yarra Benders and He Waka Kōtuia singers) – what a chill vibe! And perusing this song’s English translation unearthed an absolute gem: “Stop your aggressive haka and sway with me.” Pokaia Ra Te Marama closes this record with a reverent sense of ceremony.   Listening to music with lyrics in a language we don’t yet understand is freeing. Without the distraction of words and searching for meaning, we can surrender completely to the melodies and rhythms.  This collection of songs for sweet reverie will be released alongside Marlon Williams: Ngā Ao E Rua – Two Worlds, a feature-length making-of doco, which was directed by Ursula Grace.  the “father of the atomic bomb,” had to be silenced because he was opposing the development of the hydrogen “super” bomb.Photograph from Ullstein Bild / GettySave this storySave this storySave this storySave this story“Architect of Atomic Bomb Cleared of ‘Black Mark.’ ” That was the headline last December 18th when the Times ran a long story on page 16 reporting that Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm had “nullified a 1954 decision to revoke the security clearance of J a top government scientist who led the making of the atomic bomb in World War II but fell under suspicion of being a Soviet spy at the height of the McCarthy era.” Granholm had issued a press release explaining that her department had been “entrusted with the responsibility to correct the historical record and honor Dr Oppenheimer’s ‘profound contributions to our national defense and scientific enterprise at large.’ ” She said that she was pleased to announce the nullification So why now, sixty-eight years after the infamous security hearing, and fifty-five years after Oppenheimer’s death, did the Biden Administration find the courage to do the right thing? Governments rarely apologize for their errors. How did this decision happen? True, the director Christopher Nolan has a major motion picture coming out this summer called “Oppenheimer.” But Hollywood’s influence in Washington is limited particularly when it comes to the nuclear-security establishment I was brought aboard the project only in 2000 and Marty was inspired by the notion that perhaps we could sue the government to revoke the 1954 decision We wrote a four-thousand-word memo delineating how the Atomic Energy Commission had violated its own regulations governing security reviews they had illegally wiretapped Oppenheimer’s home and the office of his lawyer during the course of the security trial They allowed the three-member security panel access to Oppenheimer’s F.B.I which ran to several thousand pages—but denied his own lawyer a security clearance so he was not allowed to read the material being used selectively against his client They blackmailed otherwise friendly witnesses to turn against Oppenheimer we approached a senior partner at WilmerHale and persuaded him to take on the case pro bono A young associate was assigned to research whether there was any legal recourse in the courts explaining that it had to drop the matter due to personal objections from one of its partners who had formerly served as White House counsel during the Presidency of George H the man who had chaired the three-member security-hearing panel that ruled against Oppenheimer Marty Sherwin and I were at a crowded book party in Georgetown a son of the late career politician Paul Nitze introduced himself as Oppenheimer’s biographer and proceeded to explain why what Gray’s father had done in 1954 was a travesty and they argued vehemently for a few minutes but Marty walked away pleased that he had spoken truth to power they had come to the conclusion that the courts could not be used to reverse the 1954 decision The lawyers advised that such a reversal could only be achieved by executive order (WilmerHale did not respond to requests for comment.) we therefore approached the Obama White House the newly appointed White House counsel was Robert Bauer who happened to be one of my high-school friends from Cairo where both of our fathers were stationed as Foreign Service officers in the nineteen-sixties Marty and I drafted yet another memo making the argument for nullification and sent it to Bauer—and he was sympathetic Bauer encouraged us to get a few senators or historians to sign a letter urging nullification we soon learned that Senator Jeff Bingaman which paralleled many of our own arguments and was replaced by Senator Martin Heinrich Marty and I later persuaded Heinrich to write a letter to Obama’s new Energy Secretary who was himself a trained physicist and someone whom we thought would be aware of But in response to Heinrich’s pleading that he “issue a declaratory order vacating the decision,” Moniz offered bureaucratic pablum saying merely that he was “keenly aware of Dr Oppenheimer’s unquestionable scientific contribution to U.S he could not reinstate Oppenheimer’s security clearance (Moniz did not respond to a request for comment.) Not until the spring of 2016 did we get some momentum for our redemption campaign Marty and I drafted a two-page appeal to President Obama who was a longtime aide to Vermont’s Democratic senator can you think of any current senators who have been particularly outspoken about nuclear arms control he/she could find a way to get it to Obama the injustice that had been inflicted on Oppenheimer was also personal Rieser persuaded Senator Leahy and three other Democratic senators—Martin Heinrich; Edward J of Oregon—to sign a letter to President Obama urging nullification We knew the clock was running out on the Obama Administration But we still hoped that the appeal of four senators could persuade the President to issue an executive order had a meeting with Secretary Moniz in early July Moniz said that the Department of Energy would create a student fellowship in Oppenheimer’s name Things were not looking good. Senator Heinrich said that he had repeatedly talked to Moniz but the Energy Secretary was not moving from his position. Marty and I still hoped that Obama could be persuaded to issue an executive order as he left the White House, in early 2017. But nothing happened. And then Donald Trump won the November election Nothing happened on the Oppenheimer case for the next four years I happened to run into Ernest Moniz at the memorial service for the former national-security adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski I asked him why he had refused to nullify the ’54 decision—and he unapologetically insisted “My legal counsel said it was not possible.” We argued briefly the same four senators who had sent the 2016 letter signed a similar one to President Biden Rieser called a friend who had recently been appointed Assistant Secretary for Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs at the Department of Energy Rieser had bought a Ping-Pong table from him that had been advertised on Craigslist Rieser asked his friend about the status of the letter to President Biden The Assistant Secretary looked into the matter and told Rieser that the answer was likely going to be negative Rieser decided that it was time to back off the White House and to instead appeal to the newly installed Energy Secretary So he went back to his office and substantially revised the original letter signed by the four senators in 2016 though it called on the Secretary to vacate the 1954 A.E.C she would not be reinstating Oppenheimer’s security clearance That would require a whole new security review Rieser then began reaching out to Senate staff and Senator Leahy spoke directly to his Senate colleagues recruiting new signatories for the letter addressed to Granholm but by the spring of 2022 they had forty-three Senate signatures But Rieser was still worried that this would not be enough political capital He expanded his campaign by reaching out to the director of the Los Alamos National Laboratory but skeptical of nullifying the 1954 decision if that meant restoring Oppenheimer’s security clearance He felt that what was needed was a formal apology for the wrong that had been done to Oppenheimer and said that he would write his own letter to the Energy Secretary I was visiting Los Alamos in March of 2022 the director of the forthcoming film “Oppenheimer,” had invited me to visit the set Nolan had written the script based on “American Prometheus.” Not surprisingly Rieser contacted Mason and asked if he would see me Mason and I had an entirely civil debate about the merits of nullification versus an official “apology” for what had been done to Oppenheimer I argued that an apology was not sufficient and that nullification was required precisely to restore the integrity of the security-review system Mason came around to this argument once he was persuaded that “nullification” would not restore Oppenheimer’s security clearance He not only agreed to rewrite his letter—he then obtained the signatures of the eight surviving former directors of the Los Alamos lab Here was the director of a science-and-weapons lab the man ultimately responsible for managing thousands of scientists on classified projects urging nullification of the 1954 Oppenheimer verdict Robert Norris (the biographer of General Leslie R Robert Oppenheimer Memorial Committee weighed in and the Los Alamos County Council adopted a resolution urging nullification Rieser bicycled down to the Department of Energy and hand-delivered a binder with all the correspondence and supporting materials Secretary Granholm and her staff read it all and they conducted their own review of the historical record She also took the time to read “American Prometheus.” Marty Sherwin had succumbed to lung cancer in October Rieser and I thought that we had done everything possible to lay the groundwork for a nullification decision But we were painfully aware that the ethos of the national-security bureaucracy stood in our way There were still those in the Energy Department who argued that vacating the decision against Oppenheimer could appear to create a double standard on behalf of politically powerful individuals decision was not only necessary to correct a grave injustice but was also important to the integrity of the security-review process At the end of her six-page memo justifying her decision William Fulbright took to the Senate floor and said ‘Let us remember not only what his special genius did for us; let us remember what we did to him.’ ” Granholm’s decision is a stunning reversal It took tireless persistence and a measure of serendipitous good luck It is important not just for students who will now be able to read the last chapter and learn that what was done to Oppenheimer in that kangaroo-court proceeding was not the last word and the victim of a gross miscarriage of justice we can blame the legacy of the flawed Oppenheimer security trial for this distrust America’s most celebrated scientist was falsely accused and publicly humiliated sending a warning to all scientists not to engage in the political arena as public intellectuals This was the real tragedy of the Oppenheimer case What happened to him damaged our ability as a society to debate honestly about scientific theory—the very foundation of our modern world Granholm’s courageous decision has reaffirmed not only that the federal government is capable of correcting its mistakes but that government employees can express opinions that challenge the conventional wisdom without fear that they will be falsely branded as disloyal A long-ago crime, suddenly remembered A limousine driver watches her passengers transform The day Muhammad Ali punched me What is it like to be keenly intelligent but deeply alienated from simple emotions? 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Scott Caan plays Danny “Danno” Williams, Ian Anthony Dale is Adam Noshimuri, Meaghan Rath is Tani Rey “E ho‘i na keiki oki uaua o na pali” Plot – Five-0 investigates when a rancher is murdered after he uncovers human skeletons on his property where legend says that Civil War-era gold coins were buried reaches out to her for help after her father doesn’t come home “Hawaii Five-O is a contemporary take on the classic series about an elite federalized task force whose mission is to wipe out the crime that washes up on the islands’ sun-drenched beaches returned to Oahu after Hawaii’s former governor persuaded him to head up the new team: his rules no red tape and full blanket authority to hunt down the biggest “game” in town Joining McGarrett are Detective Danny “Danno” Williams a relocated ex-New Jersey cop who is committed to keeping the islands safe for his children; Captain Lou Grover who formerly headed Hawaii’s SWAT unit; Jerry Ortega the islands’ local conspiracy theorist; Tani Rey recent police academy graduate; Junior Reigns a former SEAL who comes to McGarrett looking for a job a friend with old ties to a deadly crime family and Quinn Liu a former Staff Sergeant with Army CID who was recently demoted for insubordination a local entrepreneur who has his pulse on the Island; Sgt a trusted member of the HPD; and medical examiner Dr remain determined to eliminate the seedy elements from the 50th state.” Write for Showbiz Junkies! Contact Us Follow Showbiz Junkies on Social Media About the Showbiz Junkies Team Terms and Conditions You don't have permission to access the page you requested What is this page?The website you are visiting is protected.For security reasons this page cannot be displayed Brazil — Everything is growing in Perpétua’s grove now This is a pigeon pea; we make a very tasty farofa with it This row is for passion fruit; we also plant corn on it But not much lettuce — we feed on it first The proudest producer in the Serra da Besta community Where once lay barren land that caused anything planted on it to wither now grows a prosperous and diverse farm in a space measuring just 30 by 40 meters (100 by 130 feet) So rare in these rain-deprived backlands that it earned a sign at the entrance: “Agrocaatinga,” it says In other words, an agroforest adapted to the Caatinga “We thought about agroecological solutions that included techniques that allowed coexisting with the semiarid climate,” explains agronomist Egidio Trindade general coordinator of the Agrocaatinga project Coopercuc (the Family Agricultural Cooperative of Canudos this means maximizing rainwater harvesting in a region where it rains only for four to five months per year the relative humidity was 14% here in Uauá it’s the relative humidity of the Sahara Desert It’s not possible to think of an agroforestry model for a humid area,” says Egidio Even more so in a land like Perpétua Barbosa’s Almost zero carbon — the result of a combination of scarce rainfall and decades of misguided exploitation of an already unfavorable soil Because we didn’t know how to work,” says Perpétua they cleared and burned the same land over again Egidio recounts that in the first Agrocaatinga that Coopercuc implemented the soil was so acidic that it was no longer able to produce This in a theoretically poor land; in more favorable areas we managed to plant 500 seedlings.” In Perpétua’s the Agrocaatinga idea was born from two demands which in 2018 approached Coopercuc — already a partner in the production of cactus-based moisturizers — wanting to invest in a social project focused on cultivating maracujá-da-caatinga (Passiflora cincinnata) a wild passion fruit endemic to the Caatinga it was actually a concern: What to do when the umbu trees run out Coopercuc is a pioneer in Brazil in large-scale production of umbu (Spondias tuberosa) with which it manufactures and sells sweets is that “there are no more young umbu trees in the Caatinga.” And that’s a problem because all the umbus that Coopercuc uses in its products are collected directly from nature given that the umbu tree is difficult to cultivate If it doesn’t have the complete rainfall cycle it won’t develop,” says Egidio giving examples of umbu trees that Coopercuc planted 20 years ago and have not yet borne fruit the entire cooperative’s production depends solely on extractivism who have the umbu leaves as their favorite food — precisely the younger plants within reach of their mouths Coopercuc technicians thought about creating cultivation areas that would have as an immediate focus the wild passion fruit — which bears fruit in less than a year — but with umbu trees in mind in the long term as much organic food as possible to grow to keep families’ refrigerators full and provide them with extra income There are now 33 Agrocaatingas spread across northern Bahia state of an Agrocaatinga lies in the ability to keep the field always moist — what Egidio calls techniques for coexisting with the semiarid climate The basic technique is contour planting: parallel rows of land that rise a few centimeters above the ground where a hose drips the rainwater it received This same water flows into the hollows between the contour lines accumulates there and slowly infiltrates the soil a microlandscape of valleys and ridges that never lets the farmland dry out they resort to so-called salvation irrigation: Every Agrocaatinga has a 36,000-liter (9,500-gallon) cistern which ensures water during the long dry months it’s as if they were in paradise,” Egidio summarizes they are also continuously nourished by organic fertilizer And by themselves: In an agroforestry system it is essential to prune the plants so that leaves and branches are returned to the soil in the form of organic matter — this helps fix carbon and also covers the soil protecting it from the harsh sun of the backlands Usually implemented as a collective effort Agrocaatingas take a maximum of three days to be ready; sizes vary from 1,200-2,000 square meters (13,000-21,500 square feet) it’s possible to harvest vegetables; in three it’s expected that the first umbu trees will be ready for harvest All plants grown together — the taller ones providing shade to the shorter ones and all nourishing each other, strictly following syntropic agriculture guidelines we try to mimic nature.” Egidio adds It’s no coincidence that many Agrocaatingas are located in communities that also practice “Recaatingamento,” an initiative that seeks to reserve areas of native vegetation to allow the Caatinga to recover on its own nearly 400 hectares (1,000 acres) are preserved No endemic species, however, is more important in these agroforests than the maracujá-da-caatinga as its purchase is guaranteed by L’Occitane which uses its seed oil to make shampoos and conditioners a recipe invented right there in Serra da Besta by a community member But this wild passion fruit has also proven to be an excellent alternative to the adverse semiarid climate sweeter and more acidic than the common passion fruit “You can pass a tractor through a field and leave it it’s a lot of passion fruit,” says Perpétua it’s an excellent complement to the umbu harvest “The passion fruit ripens when the umbu doesn’t,” she says That’s why every Agrocaatinga has at least one row just for it the fruits all hanging from a wire that stretches from end to end While in the forest the maracujá-da-caatinga grows closer to the ground here it has been elevated to the status of a vine “The native passion fruit provides a good income,” says Egidio “Some producers make 2,000 or 3,000 reais per harvest.” That’s $400-$600 four times the local monthly per capita income He mentions the case of a producer in Uauá who set a record: In two months he sold more than $240 worth of maracujá-da-caatinga an entire field irrigated with water used for bathing and washing dishes — a step further in the effort to make the project even more sustainable Taiane highlights that around 80% of the people who produce in Agrocaatingas are women so it’s strategic work for them,” she says allows them to put food harvested and chosen by them on the family table the only mandatory products are native passion fruit and umbu What the producer will plant in between is up to her “While she’s not harvesting the passion fruit she’s harvesting for sustenance.” unprecedented in a region accustomed to a diet based on rice Not to mention that it’s 100% agroecological,” says Egidio Agrocaatinga is already becoming a trend in Uauá “Today we already see neighboring farmers implementing contour planting Perpétua says she can no longer consume the food she used to buy in supermarkets “When I go to São Paulo to visit my daughter she makes a juice that doesn’t taste like juice there’s no toxic stuff in it.” The food and nutritional security provided by the Agrocaatingas even impacts the city’s population which now buys agroforestry products at the open-air market that takes place in Uauá every Friday It’s there that, every week, Perpétua takes her production surplus — largely made up of the cassava flour that she is now able to produce on a large scale, a result of the efficiency of the agroforestry system combined with the presence of a mobile flour mill that now circulates through rural communities “Dona Perpétua makes an average of 300 reais ($60) per week at the market apart from the fruit she sells to Coopercuc And there are savings on groceries since she no longer buys cassava “Agrocaatinga is the most viable and sustainable project for our region,” summarizes Taiane “As we encourage families to produce income generation and the continued presence of women and young people in the countryside it will help conserve native species of the Caatinga.” given how much she enjoys spending the day in the field “I even forget to go to my neighbors’ houses My friends are always arguing with me: ‘You don’t come to my house because you’ve become rich.’ The thing is There’s no greater happiness than arriving there Related coverage here at Mongabay: A community-led strategy to save Brazil’s dry forests from desertification More on agroforestry here.  Banner image of wild passion fruit (Passiflora cincinnata), native to the Brazilian Caatinga. Image by Xavier Bartaburu/Mongabay. The “fortress conservation” model is under pressure in East Africa, as protected areas become battlegrounds over history, human rights, and global efforts to halt biodiversity loss. Mongabay’s Special Issue goes beyond the region’s world-renowned safaris to examine how rural communities and governments are reckoning with conservation’s colonial origins, and trying to forge a path forward […] explainedWhat really mattersIn a world with too much noise and too little context We don’t flood you with panic-inducing headlines or race to be first We focus on being useful to you — breaking down the news in ways that inform We rely on readers like you to fund our journalism Will you support our work and become a Vox Member today by Dara Lind LinkIrfan Khan/Los Angeles Times via GettyThe Obama administration has quieted down its immigration enforcement over the past couple of years But the administration is starting 2016 with a bang: with a nationwide wave of immigration raids The administration’s motivations are complicated. The plan is in part a response to a new surge of children and families into the US from Central America, after a year-long lull. But it’s also a continuation of the 2014 border crisis which created deep political frustrations with the Obama administration on the left and right that still haven’t been resolved Even before the plan was leaked to the public it was extremely controversial within the Obama administration (which is typically unified on immigration policy) and may be a last-ditch bid to keep the Supreme Court on its side It’s getting tremendous heat from immigrant rights activists And it’s almost certainly going to become a problem for the Hillary Clinton campaign about 100,000 families (mostly mothers with children) have arrived in the US from Guatemala Most of them have tried to get asylum in the US — these are among the most violent countries in the world and many of them are being targeted by gangs While some of these families have been granted asylum many have not — either because they’ve made their case in immigration court and lost or because they simply didn’t show up for their scheduled hearing before a judge Some families (as many as 15,000) have stayed in the country after being ordered to leave The Obama administration has launched a big effort to deport those families to begin 2016 And it’s raiding residential neighborhoods to find and arrest the families — a tactic that a lot of immigrants and immigration advocates have traumatic associations with The “border crisis” basically ended in late summer and early fall of 2014 when the number of children and families entering the US dropped precipitously — thanks largely to the efforts of the Mexican government which (with significant US assistance) caught many Central American children and families before they could get to the US and the issue kind of drifted to the sidelines this spike is even more alarming than the 2014 one — that “crisis” happened during a time of year that’s typically a high season for migration to the US from Latin America while this is happening in the middle of winter typically a slow time for migrations everywhere The Obama administration’s reaction to the new wave of Central American families appears to be to step up deportations of the last wave if they’re not really legitimate asylum seekers in fear for their lives but people trying to take advantage of the US immigration system to come here Is that true of the people trying to come to the US now Border Patrol agents think so: They’re circulating reports that most of the newcomers from Central America say they’re coming to the US because they think they can get legal status here not because they’re afraid for their lives But there’s a reason Border Patrol agents aren’t in charge of evaluating asylum claims; they can be too dismissive of legitimate danger And there is evidence that the “Northern Triangle” countries of Guatemala Honduras and El Salvador are legitimately dangerous — even more so than they’ve been in the past The families who have been caught in raids and could be deported have had a chance to receive asylum from an immigration judge and have been ordered to leave the US instead That means they don’t automatically get another hearing before a judge before being deported But there’s an irony in the fact that they could be deported because of a new wave of entries into the US If the new wave of entries is because Central America is getting more dangerous the families denied asylum will be deported to countries where their lives could be more threatened than when they left This is particularly upsetting to immigration advocates many of whom feel that many of these families shouldn’t have been denied asylum to begin with — and that the administration has mistreated them from the very beginning While the border crisis had national attention the Obama administration struggled mightily to find a policy response that would please its critics on the right and left were enraged by the administration’s response — they felt the administration was treating asylum seekers who hadn’t actually broken any laws as if they were criminals Advocates dragged the government into a messy legal battle over detention of immigrant families; the courts have sided with advocates time after time and ordered the government to release the families who are still being detained as quickly as possible the government’s inability to keep families locked up in detention while their immigration cases are heard is one reason they’re planning to start using raids to find and deport families instead But the new deportation plan is enraging immigration advocates anew the Obama administration is in the exact same political bind it was in in 2014: Inaction risked criticism from the right over “border security”; action creates criticism from the left The complaints of advocates might make it seem like the Obama administration is making some sort of huge change from its current immigration policy in order to crack down on this particular group of people In terms of who the Obama administration chooses to deport going after Central American families who’ve lost their asylum cases is totally in line with existing policy But in terms of how they’re being deported Under the policy guidelines the Obama administration has used for the president’s second term — and certainly for the past year — most unauthorized immigrants aren’t targets for deportation But immigrants who have been ordered deported from the US since January 2014 According to the Post, the Obama administration is only planning to deport Central American families who have been ordered to leave the US — in other words, families who would be a priority for deportation anyway. According to the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse about 15,500 mothers with children from Guatemala and El Salvador have been ordered deported since July 2014 (when the Obama administration started speeding up court hearings for new arrivals) Some of those have probably already been deported or left on their own The real number of Central American families who are still in the US and therefore vulnerable to deportation under the new plan is probably closer to 12,500: the number of Central American mothers with children who were ordered to be deported because they didn’t show up to a court hearing Many immigration advocates don’t have a problem with the administration’s current deportation priorities in general And while they may believe that many of the Central American families who’ve been ordered deported should have gotten asylum instead that’s only part of the reason they’re so alarmed by the administration’s new plan The other cause for alarm is that the administration is planning to use raids to track down the families The Obama administration has conducted occasional immigration raids in the past to round up convicted criminals or “immigration fugitives” (people who’ve been ordered deported but are still in the US) the administration’s modus operandi hasn’t been to actively hunt down unauthorized immigrants it’s used local law enforcement as a net: Immigrants who come into contact with law enforcement especially those who fit one of the priorities get gathered up by the federal government for deportation Because there’s so much more coordination between local and federal agents about immigrants under the Obama administration than there was in the past this has allowed the government to deport a lot of people (especially during Obama’s first term) relatively quietly immigration raids — whether on residential neighborhoods or in workplaces — were the centerpiece of immigration enforcement They weren’t as efficient in scooping up hundreds of thousands of immigrants as the later Obama tactics were (those programs were still being developed) But they were another way local law enforcement could help federal agents enforce immigration laws media-friendly demonstrations that the Bush administration cared about tracking down unauthorized immigrants Raids also traumatized immigrant communities — decreasing trust in local police Unauthorized immigrants got the message the raids were designed to send: They weren’t safe anywhere And people who lived alongside unauthorized immigrants worried that in the chaos of an ICE raid the 2016 raids won’t result in immigrants who’ve lived in the US for years getting rounded up and deported including those who would qualify for protection from deportation if the administration’s 2014 executive actions get upheld by the Supreme Court But the administration has historically gotten a lot of resistance from ICE agents on the ground when agents apprehend unauthorized immigrants and then get told to let them go And while the Obama administration appears to have gotten more control over recalcitrant field agents it’s not at all clear whether it will be able to keep that control when it’s sending agents out on raids Every time the Obama administration has cracked down on immigration enforcement and infuriated advocates the administration was trying to persuade Republicans in Congress that it could be trusted to enforce immigration laws so that Republicans would come to the table and pass comprehensive immigration reform the harsh response to the “border crisis” was motivated in part by fear of the midterm elections — Democrats in the federal government were very afraid of being seen as unable to protect the country’s borders the court case has gone against the Obama administration Both the district court judge and the Fifth Circuit put the administration’s plans to protect millions more unauthorized immigrants from deportation on hold while the courts consider whether those plans are constitutional (which is a hint that The Supreme Court has always been more likely to side with the federal government in this case than the lower courts are but that doesn’t mean the case is a slam dunk for the administration — or that the Court will decide to take it up this year at all rather than taking it up next session when Obama is already out of office One of the biggest legal questions about the administration’s immigration policy is whether there’s a “limiting principle” — in other words whether there are any unauthorized immigrants the government actually feels it has to enforce the law against Deporting thousands of mothers with children is certainly one way to demonstrate that the Obama administration really does feel it has to enforce the law in some cases the 2014 memo that made immigrants with deportation orders a priority was part of the same set of executive actions as the programs the Obama administration is currently challenging in court By making a big show of enforcing the priorities it set for itself the administration is demonstrating that it takes that whole set of policies seriously — not just the parts that are nice to unauthorized immigrants If the Obama administration’s plan succeeds at deporting the Central American families it’s targeting it’s going to be a political success only insofar as it keeps border security off the table in the 2016 election — exactly what the administration failed to do in 2014 But it’s very difficult to predict how things will shake out: not just how the policy itself will work And since we don’t yet know who will receive the nomination of at least one major party in 2016 you almost certainly shouldn’t trust anyone who makes claims about the administration’s plan being good for Democrats or for Republicans in the general election — though there are definitely particular variables to watch for Attention and outrage to the raids in Latino and Spanish-language media could be a warning sign that the raids could depress Latinos from turning out for Democrats in the general election they’re definitely having an effect on the primaries the administration’s raid plan has become another thing Donald Trump has taken credit for (although he of course mischaracterizes the policy) Does everyone see that the Democrats and President Obama are now starting to deport people who are here illegally the raids are something that all three remaining candidates clearly feel the need to come out against As I’ve written, the immigrant rights movement firmly believes that the 2016 Democratic nominee ought to be to the left of President Obama on immigration That’s not the standard for their support — it’s the minimum requirement for them Bernie Sanders have surpassed that expectation with policy platforms that read like a wish list for immigration advocates Hillary Clinton has at times struggled to meet the minimum expectation of staying to Obama’s left — particularly when it comes to immigration enforcement and deportations and especially when being to Obama’s left means directly criticizing the administration And the last time she really upset immigrant rights advocates was talking about Central American children and families in the summer of 2014 when she said that most of the children coming to the US even if they were unsafe in Central America The new raids will inevitably remind advocates about Clinton’s 2014 comment That will only increase their pressure on Clinton to take a strong stand against the new raids Clinton’s campaign has issued a statement saying she has “concerns” about the Obama administration’s plan It’s not clear if advocates will find that acceptable (it is pretty likely many will not) O’Malley and Sanders have both come out strongly against the plan and both of them — particularly O’Malley — are likely to start criticizing Clinton for not denouncing it outright Clinton demonstrated at the most recent Democratic debate that she’s already looking toward the general election and is no longer focused on running against opponents in a Democratic primary But the immigration raids are exactly the sort of issue that could feed resentment of Clinton among one segment of the progressive base at exactly the time when she wants Democrats to start rallying around her — and make Latino voters bitter about the general election right when she needs them to start getting excited It’s not clear whether that segment of the base matters enough to the Clinton campaign for them to take a stronger position against the Obama administration — but it’s a situation the campaign almost certainly didn’t want to be in to begin with UPDATE: This piece originally said that the cases of families who’d already been ordered deported are “settled and in fact at least some of the families arrested in raids are fighting the deportations in court Understand the world with a daily explainer plus the most compelling stories of the day An exhausting — if not exhaustive — timeline of 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The Hawaiian monk seal is one of the most endangered marine mammals in the world (there are about 1,400 in the wild now) and only one of two mammal species native to Hawaii. So it’s even more unusual that this female Hawaiian monk seal tagged RH58 but nicknamed “Rocky,” has given birth on one of Oahu’s busiest beaches Rocky’s nine previous pups were born on Kauai 10 (no one has given it a name yet that we know of but we’re voting for “Kai” after Kaimana Beach where the pair are located) has quickly become a celebrity with people lining the safety barricades for a glimpse of the little dark head and flippers playing beside its mother’s bulk Hawaiian Monk Seal Recovery Program coordinator Angela Amlin says the pup was born on Kaimana Beach late Wednesday or early Thursday morning The pair are expected to stay on the beach for about 40 days as the pup matures enough for a longer journey in the ocean monk seals are referred to as “llio holo i ka uaua,” meaning “dog that runs in rough water.”  Hawaiian monk seals are listed as endangered on the U.S. Endangered Species List and the State of Hawaii’s Endangered Species List, and also protected by the Marine Mammal Protection Act. If you are fortunate enough to see a seal on the beach or in the water in Hawaii, NOAA lists these guidelines for safe viewing of the rare creatures.  a nonprofit development organization dedicated to saving sight worldwide today announced it will replace its current DC-10 Flying Eye Hospital with a DC-10 Series 30 freighter The $2 million donation is based on the plane’s estimated value and being funded equally by United and FedEx “Through the extraordinary generosity of United and FedEx millions of people who would otherwise go blind or remain blind for lack of proper eye care will reap the rewards of advanced ophthalmic training,” said ORBIS Executive Director Geoffrey Holland “The new aircraft will allow ORBIS to continue its mobile sight-saving training for 20 years This is a truly wonderful gift to the world.” At the heart of ORBIS is the world’s only Flying Eye Hospital – a DC-10 aircraft containing an innovative teaching facility and ophthalmic surgical center The ORBIS Flying Eye Hospital is flown across the globe by volunteer pilots from FedEx Express and United and its international medical team conducts treatment and training programs Leading eye surgeons volunteer their time to perform surgery and teach aboard the aircraft during programs specifically designed to suit the skills-level of host countries Unique and lasting alliance forged with United Airlines United Airlines is the Founding Airline Sponsor of ORBIS having donated the first ORBIS Flying Eye Hospital with donations from three very generous individuals took over as the world’s only flying eye hospital when it retired its fleet of DC-10 aircraft United held the lead role in maintaining the current ORBIS Flying Eye Hospital United currently supports ORBIS by transporting volunteer medical faculty and other personnel to ORBIS programs around the world more than 300 United pilots and maintenance crew members have donated their time and expertise to ORBIS “We are pleased to continue our long-standing support of ORBIS and ensure that it can reach even more people across the world with this more efficient aircraft,” says Glenn Tilton as well as our own employees who volunteer there is a great opportunity to make a significant difference in maintaining and restoring sight to people around the world.” Aircraft to align with FedEx operating systems FedEx Express has played an indispensable role in helping ORBIS achieve its vision of a world in which no one is needlessly blind which has the world’s largest fleet of DC-10s is the leading aviation sponsor of the ORBIS Flying Eye Hospital Without its donations of critically needed aircraft maintenance and overnight delivery services the Flying Eye Hospital could not fly and vital supplies could not be delivered “FedEx is proud to play a role in helping make the next generation of Flying Eye Hospital a reality,” said Jim Parker FedEx Express air operations senior vice president FedEx is able to leverage our core aviation competencies to deliver the gift of sight worldwide.” FedEx renewed its sponsorship of the ORBIS DC-10 a sponsorship that has made it possible for ORBIS to operate the current Flying Eye Hospital at nominal expense After a comprehensive review of the Flying Eye Hospital ’s navigation and engineering systems ORBIS determined it had to replace its aging DC-10 as replacement parts are becoming more difficult and expensive to obtain This decision allows ORBIS to remain operating in a more efficient and cost effective fashion for years to come Converted plane to be third-generation of ORBIS Flying Eye Hospital A DC-10 Series 30 freighter will be donated to ORBIS This aircraft is about 10 years younger than ORBIS’s current aircraft a McDonnell-Douglas DC-10-10 built in 1970 and has a flying life of at least 20 years The new ORBIS Flying Eye Hospital will be more efficient providing greater range lower operating costs and better reliability has been assembled to determine the design and architectural modification necessary to convert the freighter into a state-of-the-art ophthalmic medical facility The conversion of the plane is expected to take two years to complete United Airlines operates more than 3,300 flights a day on United United Express and Ted to more than 200 U.S domestic and international destinations from its hubs in Los Angeles With key global air rights in the Asia-Pacific region United is one of the largest international carriers based in the United States United also is a founding member of Star Alliance which provides connections for our customers to 897 destinations in 160 countries worldwide FedEx Corp.provides customers and businesses worldwide with a broad portfolio of transportation the company offers integrated business applications through operating companies competing collectively and managed collaboratively Consistently ranked among the world’s most admired and trusted employers FedEx inspires its more than 290,000 employees and contractors to remain “absolutely the highest ethical and professional standards and the needs of their customers and communities ORBIS International is a nonprofit global development organization dedicated to saving sight worldwide ORBIS programs have benefited people in 86 countries enhancing the skills of more than 195,000 health care personnel and providing eye care treatment for more than 6.8 million people ORBIS has been building up the local capacity of eye care institutions through comprehensive long-term development programs tailored to the specific needs of ORBIS-sponsored partners in developing countries In addition to clinical training aboard the ORBIS Flying Eye Hospital and in local hospitals this also includes technical assistance in effective disease control human resource and organizational development infrastructure and technology and community partnership Will Boris Johnson still try to get his deal through – and will he ask the EU for an extension What happens now the Letwin amendment has passed The former Tory minister Oliver Letwin’s amendment passed 322 to 306. This means Boris Johnson did not get the clean yes or no vote on his Brexit deal that he had hoped for in Saturday’s “super sitting” and must by law request an extension. In short, it pushes the focus of Brexit decision-making into next week. Read moreWhat was the Letwin amendment again The amendment says parliament will withhold approval of the prime minister’s deal until the withdrawal bill implementing Brexit has been passed This could be tabled next week with a series of votes kicking off on Tuesday The Benn act set a deadline of 11pm on Saturday for Johnson to win parliamentary approval of his Brexit deal, or request a delay. And on Saturday night he sent an unsigned letter to the European council requesting a further Brexit delay beyond 31 October – accompanied by a signed one arguing against it The Letwin amendment was a way of trying to close a loophole with some of its supporters fearing MPs could support the deal on Saturday but then the legislation implementing Brexit could fall the legislation makes clear that if the government does pass the EU withdrawal bill before 31 October When will the next votes be held?The next opportunity is Monday, when the leader of the House of Commons said the government would seek to hold another meaningful vote on Johnson’s deal the MP Chris Bryant said it was not good practice for the government to repetitiously hold debates on the exact same subject Monday’s emergency business statement and motion are likely to disrupt the debate and votes already scheduled on the Queen’s speech said he would have to consider whether to allow the government’s plans Erika Rasure is globally-recognized as a leading consumer economics subject matter expert She is a financial therapist and transformational coach with a special interest in helping women learn how to invest Developers cannot force changes on a public blockchain that relies on participation Public blockchains rely on their participants they can refuse to accept the changes and keep their preferred version A hard fork is a change in a blockchain’s programming that creates a new blockchain Many projects have hard forked but kept their original names and tokens with other groups deciding to stay with the original code and change the name It depends on the circumstances and participants’ views Some might believe a hard fork is necessary and good There are several reasons a hard fork might happen Code might need adjusting to fix errors or address a weakness or a group might want to create their own blockchain and cryptocurrency Ethereum Classic. “Classic History.” Ethereum. “The History of Ethereum.” CoinDesk. “Cardano’s Plomin Hard Fork Goes Live, Ushering in On-Chain Governance.” Ngāti Whātūa are gathering in Ōkahu Bay tomorrow for their first hui ahurei in over a decade Four takiwā comprised of hapū from Maunganui to Tāmaki will gather for a day of kapa haka Spokesperson Te Kurataiaho Kapea says the last ahurei was in 2010 He says it’s chance to reconnect with each other and celebrate getting through the pandemic It’s just purely focused on culture and ultimately these four items everybody has been through a hard time the last two years so we want Ngāti Whātūa to get together and have a good day together and have a big kai and celebrate that hey I’m there and this side of Covid we’re all there and it’s great to be alive and it’s great to be Ngāti Whātūa,” Mr Kapea Enter your email address to receive regular updates from Waatea News Produced by iDigital This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page.