Please select what you would like included for printing: Copy the text below and then paste that into your favorite email application Jennipher Anne Deba-Alexander of Highlands Ranch 1976 to Joseph and Barbara Deba as the middle child between her brothers Joseph (Laura) and Jamison (Tracy) But her life’s joy and legacy are her daughter Hailey Nicole Alexander (21) and son Wyatt Joseph Alexander (17) has left this world a changed and better place She spent most of her life in Colorado with a short stint in Oklahoma She graduated from Cherry Creek High School in 1994 making life-long friends there and at her job at Hugh M Woods hardware where her love of country music She started her college education at then Mesa State College in Grand Junction Colorado where she not only studied but had many adventures whether she was rappelling off a mountain or enjoying a midnight pallet bonfire in the desert where she was certainly up to no good She ultimately earned her degree years later from Colorado State University Global Her dedication and perseverance set an example to her kids as she would often be found interacting with them while simultaneously studying or writing an essay Knowing Jennipher meant knowing that her kids were everything to her She had many responsibilities and wore many hats but her role as “Mom” surpassed them all Her love and self-sacrifice were on constant display as she was always their biggest fan and support no matter what they were involved in She would be at every event and every game and she loved to share big events alongside everyday happenings on Facebook so that everyone she knew could keep up on the things most important to her.  she lived strong and courageously despite cancer you beat the cancer.” She had much love and support along the way from both family and friends-turned-family especially Scott Phillips who meant the world to her and never left her side Memorial services to celebrate Jennipher’s life will be held October 5 with the celebration continuing at 12:00 noon at Parry’s Pizzeria 2154 East Commons Avenue also in Centennial Please join both to remember and reminisce Attire is requested to include bright spring colors including purple A livestream will be available for those unable to attend in person Live Stream Jennipher's Service by clicking the following link The livestream will begin at 09:50 AM MDT.  Live Stream Service Add to Calendar Horan & McConaty Funeral Service and Cremation - South Metro/Centennial Complete the form below to RSVP for the Celebration of Life for Jennipher Deba-Alexander Complete the form below to get directions for the Celebration of Life for Jennipher Deba-Alexander Add to Calendar Complete the form below to RSVP for the Reception for Jennipher Deba-Alexander Complete the form below to get directions for the Reception for Jennipher Deba-Alexander This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply Service map data © OpenStreetMap contributors Sign up for our newsletter and be the first to hear about exclusive offers Photography by Fatima Khan | Styling by Anna Pierce A Rabbit’s Foot spoke to Kurdish-British actor and model Deba Hekmat about her lead role in coming-of-age drama Last Swim working with Luna Carmoon and why being tired of London means being tired of life It is a Wednesday in Bayswater and she has travelled up from the Old Kent Road where she lives late March morning that portents warmer days to come “This is why I love living in South London so much,” says the actor and model “I can come here to West London and I’m like wow Hekmat’s latest role explores the city as a vehicle for discovery a British-Persian girl on A-Level Results Day With 2 A-stars and a university place to study astrophysics she also has a life-threatening illness that has kept her locked away all summer She has an itinerary ready for a day of organised fun with her friends (they are suspicious makes peace with her mortality and finds perspective in the pain of others the story has some parallels with Agnès Varda’s Cléo from 5 to 7 described (with painful accuracy) as a ‘Persian Hermione Granger’ by her best friend “It’s the first time she is experiencing normal teenage things because up until now she’s shut herself off from the world,” says Hekmat sitting in a black coat in the shade of the studio garden where we are speaking The group of friends travel from school to the Golborne Road (for a pitstop at Falafel King) taking shrooms and watching a meteor shower—a rare celestial event It is Hekmat’s first feature-length lead role coming-of-age movie with real star breakout potential grateful that I was even considered to read for it,” she says “It was a room full of actual actors—and the imposter syndrome kicked in To be in a room with seven other girls that look like they could be your sister.” Hekmat called her friend on the walk home “I was on the canal in Hackney and I called my friend crying,” she recalls not going to any of these traditional avenues I feel like I really just threw myself in the deep end.” Hekmat started out as a model, leaving school at 16 and using her platform to promote Kurdish beauty and female body hair. (As someone with a natural monobrow, I distinctly remember seeing her for the first time). Her acting debut came in 2023 with Hoard, the visionary, BAFTA-nominated film by Luna Carmoon in which Hekmat plays Laraib a small role in which Hekmat’s effervescence as a performer was deeply memorable who taught Hekmat that “we owe it to ourselves to be as much ourselves as we possibly can,” she notes “People can see through fakeness very easily And in a world where so much of it—to be blunt—is nepotism the schools you’ve gone to—to have someone like Luna where she is from South East London and she will never never hide parts of herself.” bubbly personality has much similarity with the real-life Hekmat “I’m literally the least educated person I know Another difference is that Ziba is also Iranian meaning the actor had to brush up on her Farsi “I was calling my mum every night,” she says “Sasha kept on being like—enunciate your Ts and say wah–ter,” that was the hardest part—getting her Britishness right.” Hekmat wears her London and particularly South London identity as proudly as she does her Kurdish heritage “I owe everything to this city and I wouldn’t change it for the world I always say you could give me a five-bedroom house in Bora Bora and I would stay in London “What I love specifically about South London is that we are all in a massive bubble together Race and identity and all of that stuff go out the window I could have more in common with a white working-class person that lives two doors down from me than I do with some brown people in West London.”  Yet there were some commonalities between Hekmat and Ziba “Our hunger to control everything and to just want everything to be structured in our way—when things don’t go my way Hekmat tells me about a friend of hers who passed away a few years ago from cancer “Watching other people’s relationship with mortality and death… to see someone who really didn’t want to go compared to other people in my life where they did want to leave everything but still managed to find a way out of it Although not always sensical logistically (“No 16 year old in their right mind would go from West to Central to back West to go up North in one day,” jokes Hekmat) with its euphoric soundtrack is wholly evocative of those long hot days of youth when I ask her about her own formative viewing as a teenager In the film there is a moment when they ask one another what they would do with eight minutes—the time it would take us to notice on earth if a star had died And I ask her what she’d do for that herself even if they don’t quite understand the meaning of being an actor Anything she’s seen of me she thinks is real I did a short film where I get perved on by an older man and my mum sent the link back home and all of my cousins were like They genuinely think I’ve just been molested.”  Our conversation is on the day before Kurdish New Year—Newroz—a celebration of the arrival of spring and a day you are supposed to spend out of the house Hekmat explains proudly that the Kurds are a mountainous people without borders meaning religions cross Sunni and Shia Islam The actor is filled with a sense of possibility for what is to come Whilst she is grateful to modelling for the start it gave her teaching her the foundations of “finding a persona pretending to have a certain attitude,” the fashion industry already makes her feel old Working in film feels like a new possibility “It’s a much longer span in terms of career longevity I’m not afraid of it,” she says resoundingly “I believe that what I’m doing is going to make sense in the long run.” Ultimately Hekmat just likes being part of something it’s not doing any of the red carpets or anything like that it’s literally the fact that we are all here together Deba Hekmat is wearing a stuffed carnation balconette bust dress and black curve wedge sandals by Simone Rocha SEARCHJOIN CLUB When Deba Hekmat introduces herself to strangers A fashion figure and activist who partakes in documentaries and stars in movies the 23-year-old multihyphenate is able to sum herself up in other ways “I was born in Kurdistan but London definitely raised me,” she says “I’ll be honest: I’m still trying to figure out what my job is.” Hekmat’s second onscreen role is as the lead of Last Swim a coming-of-age drama from Sasha Nathwani about four teens celebrating their A-Level results by partying around London an 18-year-old astrophysics afficionado with an uncertain trajectory Hekmat is evidently a natural big-screen presence who injects each scene with her own spark and charisma When she’s addressing her mother in Farsi or cycling around Hampstead while gossiping about boys Ziba appears to be a go-getter careening towards a bright future Yet Ziba sells her laptop for cash and is evidently hiding a secret that ensures Last Swim is more than a mere hang-out movie Denzel Baidoo and Jay Lycurgo – are first-time performers who co-wrote the script with Helen Simmons (a producer on Hoard) has referred to Last Swim as a London version of the Harmony Korine-written Kids “Sasha would ask us which lines felt truer to the characters If you’re going to make a film about young people we should have input into how we speak.” Any examples “There was a day we couldn’t agree on if we should say ‘dumb bitch’ or ‘dumb cow’ ‘I don’t know if anyone my age would call their best mate a ‘dumb cow’.” She adds I didn’t feel comfortable enough to improvise on it I definitely could have been a bit crazier in places.” Hekmat acknowledges her path to movies is unusual the casting director privately messaged Hekmat on Instagram with a request to audition but I think it was my Instagram profile,” says Hekmat I left the audition crying my eyes out at the side of Hackney canal but I really believe that if you want to succeed in this industry – so much of it is nepotism just like in modelling – what’s helped me is to do it my way I always tell everyone I’m doing it my way Simmons had already collaborated with Hekmat on Hoard while Nathwani had directed her on a music video in 2020 “I haven’t had to audition 10,000 times to get one role like other actors,” says Hekmat “Sasha reached out to me directly.” Wasn’t it daunting to be suddenly leading a full-length feature I always tell everyone I’m doing it my way.” After moving to London from Kurdistan at the age of four Hekmat then lived in Cardiff as a teen before returning to London And then I found Anti-Agency on Instagram.” She sent photos of herself and signed a modelling contract the following week “I had so much confidence at 16 compared to now If you told me today to send photos of myself to an agency No way.” Where did the confidence come from Hekmat was an activist who campaigned to normalise body hair on women she did a podcast episode for BBC Sounds titled “Carefree body hair with Deba Hekmat” about how her “body hair is for showing Hekmat refers to her younger self as “having a lot more balls” whereas her older self doesn’t feel an urge to share every opinion with the world Boys threw bits of paper into my hair every day My friendship group was referred to as the Tree Family because there was one girl that was bigger and the rest of us were borderline anorexic but the way they viewed women really messed with my perception of beauty It was only when I started modelling and was celebrated for being me that I realised There’s nothing wrong with girls who feel too this or too that Modelling gave me the confidence to speak up about things.” Hekmat admits she didn’t grow up dreaming of Hollywood her birthday wish was for one gift: to perform in front of her parents before going to school and you were sick in it’ – I almost cried”) and a second film with Carmoon “Luna sees that there’s value in scattiness the richer Black and Brown people I now have access to.” Aware that she’s increasingly on people’s radar and acknowledges that she’s overdue in hiring an agent Hoard and Last Swim indicate that the actor has range and she’s keen to demonstrate her talents further – as long as the industry will allow it we don’t get the liberty and pleasure of just acting for the sake of acting our roles are manufactured for a specific storyline I’m a working-class immigrant from Kurdistan and the fact I’m doing this job is more than enough But we owe it to our communities to take it one step ahead.” “Obviously I’m not saying no to ethnic roles but I want to be able to audition for a role that some next white woman could get I’m as British as the next white woman that’s born and bred in Surrey.” Lucy styles the Peachy Den Deba Co-ord with simple sandals and a black bag wears the Peachy Den Deba Co-ord on holiday Lindsey styles the Peachy Den Deba Top with a pair of black shorts MV styles the Peachy Den Deba skirt with a simple tank top At last, the bright spring days have arrived getting out into the sunshine is at the top of your to-do list meaning time spent putting together an outfit each morning must be kept to a minimum a sleek a-line silhouette with a dropped v-shape waistband which then flows into delicate pleats and we haven't even considered the ways in which the Deba skirt can be styled With its anti-trend design and considered shirring and dropped waist details this co-ord instantly became a bestseller for the brand it's been restocked in key colours like classic black I'm completely sold on the Peachy Den Deba set Revitalise your spring wardrobe with this crisp light green shade The full skirt adds a fluid movement to the skirt with each step This deep green shade is already moving quickly she began to write her dissertation on the history of fashion and landed her first role at Harper’s Bazaar she interned for various publications including Elle Grazia and Marie Claire before joining the fashion team at Conde Nast Traveller she contributed to international photoshoots Over eight years of fashion industry experience Florrie has honed her skills from styling e-commerce photoshoots to personal shopping Florrie first joined Who What Wear UK as a freelancer before becoming the Commerce Writer wardrobe heroes and how best to style them Director Seb Tabe tell us story behind his masterfully-shot true crime short Words: Tiffany Lai27th November 2024 It’s not often you see the sort of talent that could carry a film with just their eyes involved in a dangerous scam led by her older erratic boyfriend Danny (played by Timothy Innes) you can’t help but be entranced by the narrative her eyes portray “I remember seeing Deba’s image on that Last Swim post and it just clicked in my head,” writer and director Seb Tabe says of tapping the burgeoning actor for the role the South London director was watching films with limited dialogue in them he began to add layers to Jodie’s character and cut out lines of dialogue ​“Jodie was a very different character before Deba was cast She gave a lot of backchat and complained about stuff but [then I thought] I’d love to make a film where everything can be read from the upper half of the face and I knew Deba had it.” 20 minute short is inspired by a true story Three years ago Seb had seen the face of a boy in the year below him at school in a news article — he’d been jailed for murder after drugging a man he’d solicited on Grindr with a date-rape drug The boy’s younger girlfriend had then taken the stolen credit cards and attempted to buy diamonds on the black market ​“I decided to switch the genders to focus on the girl instead,” he says “[The news article] didn’t say too much about her so it left me the freedom to fill in the gaps How did this guy entice her into being involved in such a crazy situation at that age?” Another alteration Seb made to the story is the addition of Daisy, the 10-year-old daughter of Mark whom Jodie meets at his flat. For the role, Seb cast Summer-Rose Churchhouse emits an unspoken strength and sensitivity on screen ​“Summer’s self-tape was one of the best,” Seb says ​“She had so much emotional intelligence and depth which is what we needed [In the film] you can see that Daisy obviously needs to take care of herself.” We caught up with Seb the week of Jodie​’s release at the Prince Charles Cinema Soho to find out what it takes to make an indie film in 2024 My earliest memory of filmmaking is probably my GCSE media classes My media teacher was big on films so we watched the Goodfellas Copacabana film where he’s being tracked all the way through the restaurant and analysed why certain decisions were made – why a scene has been blocked out this way analysing all the decisions [that were made and why] A few years ago I started making small art films and then just caught the bug and began getting small opportunities music videos then commercial stuff [with clients like Nike and Adidas] So much of this film feels like it could only have been set in London Do you think the city informs your filmmaking I could just see it so clearly and I could put myself in those situations and see what decisions the characters made and what they would do just based on my own experiences from growing up in London At the screening you mentioned location scouting for places that showed signs of ​‘pre-gentrification’ so I wanted the film to have the aura of that time period in a very subtle way it would be an iPhone 4 or we would use an old CD player in the car I didn’t want anything which brought the film into the modern world the film probably would have happened a bit differently; it would have been more technological there would have been more messaging and less going to places I wanted [the characters] to be present How would you describe Jodie’s personality she’s controlled by the dominating men in her life so she’s quite submissive but there is that moment [in the film] when she actually thinks what she does might look stupid but when I was writing I was thinking about the mindset of a 16-year-old and you can be really easily influenced at that age She’s a very trusting person but her awakening is spurred on by seeing Daisy – she sees a mirror of herself and doesn’t want her to go through the same things she did What was the process like of building these characters We had loads of conversations about their lives… Why they were doing what they were doing why Mark was at home by himself and inviting a girl over added a bit of depth to the characters for continuity’s sake I thought it would be easier if Jodie left her bag in the car [when she’s dropped off to Mark’s house] but Deba said ​‘no I think she would keep it as a safeguard.’ In the film she’s almost always holding her bag [as a result] I’d be out and about on buses and I’d listen to conversations of school girls to see if [my flow worked] It’s a bit different to how I spoke at school but I remember hearing one girl say: ​‘School’s so depressing.’ So I added in a line where Daisy says something along those lines Their film Rosetta was a big influence on Jodie as well as British directors like Ken Loach [The French director] Claire Denis is one of my favourites when I first watched her films I was amazingly struck by the complexity and the elliptical nature of the films as well as [this idea that] you don’t have to explain everything all I watched were Hollywood films where everything’s very formulaic and every single thing has to be explained Is there anything that you’re often drawn to in the stories you work in There’s a bit of me in every single character Everything I do or write is always focussed on one person intensely and I’m telling it from that person’s perspective I want to extend Jodie into a feature but I’d also love to go to Cameroon where I’m from and do a film there A top student’s A-level celebrations are overshadowed by bad news in Sasha Nathwani’s Berlinale prize-winning British film unfettered physicality to her performance that chimes perfectly with Carmoon’s maverick vision In Sasha Nathwani’s Berlin film festival prize-winning Last Swim a high-achieving A-level student whose carefully planned day of celebration with her friends is clouded by an ominous diagnosis and a question mark over the future is unmistakable: she’s a free and fascinating presence Watch a trailer for Last Swim.This is the archive of The Observer up until 21/04/2025 The Observer is now owned and operated by Tortoise Media announced new plans to address prize money discrepancies caused by doping offences over the past 40 years will begin issuing voluntary payments to athletes whose results were re-ranked due to disqualifications dating back to 1986—the year prize money was first introduced This announcement is significant for Ethiopian runner Buzunesh Deba and Kenyan athlete Edna Kiplagat, who were both elevated to first place after Kenya’s Rita Jeptoo (2014) and Diana Kipyokei (2021) were disqualified for doping she was originally awarded the second-place prize but was later recognized as the winner of the 2014 race; she also set the course record of 2:19:59 Deba has waited nearly a decade to receive the USD $100,000 owed to her: $75,000 for first place and $25,000 for the course record Deba’s payment, set to be issued in January, will be the largest compensation under the B.A.A.’s voluntary payout program. Earlier this year, a Wall Street Journal article put a spotlight on the B.A.A. sharing Deba’s 10-year wait for the prize money The story caught the attention of Philadelphia businessman Doug Guyer who sent Deba a USD $75,000 cheque to cover the difference between the first- and second-place prizes “Our initiative aims to ensure that clean athletes are compensated appropriately While the process to reclaim and redistribute prize money has been challenging it remains essential to uphold fair competition.” Eighty runners from eight Boston Marathons and nine participants from the Boston 5K event are eligible to receive payments totalling USD $300,000 Athletes found guilty of doping offences at any time will be ineligible for compensation says it will seek to reclaim payments from any recipient later disqualified collaborates with global anti-doping organizations including the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and the U.S to ensure a level playing field at its events no male Boston Marathon champion has been stripped of their title for doping Get the digital edition of Running for your chosen platform: Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker Embed on your websiteClose×Copy the code below to embed the WBUR audio player on your site<iframe width="100%" height="124" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" src="https://player.wbur.org/hereandnow/2024/06/27/buzunesh-deba-boston-marathon"></iframe> Ethiopia’s Buzunesh “Buza” Deba — who also broke the women’s course record — became the official winner That made her the rightful winner of the $75,000 prize plus another $25,000 for her course record The Boston Athletic Association says they haven’t gotten the money they paid to Jeptoo back But a Philadelphia businessman who heard the tale stepped in and wrote the check Here & Now’s Scott Tong talks to Doug Guyer about why he donated the money to Deba and what it’s meant for her training and her family She talks to Vicky Jessop about her new film Culture | Film I don’t know what I’m going to do in the next five years. I don’t know what I’m going to do next year,” Deba Hekmat tells me. “I wouldn’t label myself as an actor, a personality, a model or anything like that I’m just extremely grateful to be able to work in spaces that allow me to collaborate on things that are bigger than me.” She’s certainly doing that. Her new film, Last Swim, won two awards at the Berlin International Film Festival, and is out on Friday. Hekmat, 23, plays Ziba, a school leaver who joins her friends for one last day of partying and carousing around London As they ride the Tube or relax in the city’s parks It’s her first leading role — and, in fact, only her second-ever acting role, after Luna Carmoon’s 2023 film Hoard. Born in Kurdistan, Hekmat came to the UK with her family when she was four. They settled in London, barring a short stint in Wales, after which Hekmat decided to become a model “Modelling genuinely came about because me and my dad weren’t really getting along,” she says I had way too much confidence for a 16-year-old She applied to an agency and her career took off — she cites one highlight as Xavier Dolan’s Gucci 2025 campaign and reminisces about bumping into her childhood idol (Jin from BTS) at a recent show this world is so funny because at 14 years old I was convinced I was going to marry you.” But the desire to work is ingrained: in addition to modelling I literally came with my mum to this country I wouldn’t say I don’t fit in here because I do But I think there’s just like an immigrant mentality that we all have.” It’s not like anybody in my family has the finances to back me if I don’t have myself.” she’s contemplating a move to writing and directing “I’ve been trying to write about my mum for ages,” she says there’s all the plaudits she’s been getting for Last Swim It looks like she’s not going to need that plan B any time soon Prince Louis steals the show at VE Day parade as he keeps dad William looking sharp and mimics brother George Prince Louis steals show with sweet antics at VE parade VE Day 2025 fashion: best looks from the day VE Day 2025 fashion: Princess of Wales to Lady Victoria Starmer Ukraine 'launches stunning Kursk offensive' in major blow for Putin ahead of Victory Day celebrations Ukraine 'launches stunning Kursk offensive' in blow for Putin David Beckham extends olive branch to son Brooklyn amid 'family feud' Pregnant Jesy Nelson reveals plans for future in message from her hospital bed after surgery Pregnant Jesy Nelson reveals plans for future in message from hospital Ten years and one month after Buzunesh Deba finished as the rightful winner of the 2014 Boston Marathon she was finally given the prize money she never received — but it didn’t come from the Boston Athletic Association When Deba crossed the finish line on Boylston Street in 2014 the ceremonial gold wreath or the purse of $100,000 ($75,000 for winning plus $25,000 for breaking the course record) those honors and winnings went to Rita Jeptoo who crossed the finish line first that year but whose victory was stripped by the BAA in 2016 after a failed drug test Deba finished just over one minute behind Jeptoo for second place that day but her time of 2:19:59 still shattered the previous course record set by Margaret Okayo in 2002 But while Deba’s name replaced Jeptoo’s in the history books after the failed test the money never appeared in Deba’s bank account Free, daily sports updates direct to your inbox. Sign up Despite Jeptoo’s record being scrubbed and her name being tarnished Similar cases have unfolded with the Chicago Marathon where Liliya Shobukhova won the race three times for a total of $265,000 before she was caught doping no money has ever been recovered from Shobukhova That is until Doug Guyer gave her the money out of his own pocket personally paid Deba her $75,000 after reading an article in The Wall Street Journal in April about her never receiving her winnings I called my mother to tell her and she was so happy,” Deba told The Athletic in an email who has competed internationally for Ethiopia She found success at the 2014 New York City Marathon that 2014 win remains the pinnacle of her career The money will go to my training and my family We have waited so long for this and almost gave up who played football at Boston College and was beaten out for the starting quarterback spot by Doug Flutie in 1981 “It was just about righting a wrong that’s been wrong for 10 years.” Guyer said he’ll consider sending the $25,000 course record bonus if the BAA doesn’t The BAA said in a statement it is in “pursuit of reclaiming prize money awards from Rita Jeptoo” and plans to pay Deba her winnings when the association receives them The organization said it is backed by policies held by World Athletics and supported by World Marathon Majors which the BAA believes would be a just and fair result for her and all runners who follow the rules,” a BAA spokesperson said Deba said she was skeptical of Jeptoo’s performance from the day of the 2014 race saying she wondered why Jeptoo wasn’t tired when she crossed the finish line But when Deba was told in 2016 that she was the winner “I was in my apartment and I jumped up and down “Not only was I the champion but I was also the course record holder.” Despite her decade of waiting for her proper winnings Deba said she’s never held bitterness against the BAA she considers the organization “like family.” in the weeks before the 10-year anniversary of her win she held back from sharing it so for many years because she trusted the BAA would do right by her She also feared that if she said something she would not be invited back to the prestigious race “This started when my friend came to my apartment and looked at my second-place trophy and asked Where’s your real trophy?’ I told her that they never sent one to me,” Deba said We wrote to them and I eventually got my medals Then they asked me to come to a celebration for the 10 year winners She told me that I should see what they planned to do about the money.” In response to The Wall Street Journal story fans from around the world came to Deba’s defense with many even willing to crowdfund her winnings “I am so grateful to know that so many people are behind me,” Deba said “It is important that people know how hard I worked to win I was not begging for something that wasn’t mine A lot went into winning and I am glad to see that the community agrees with me.” It wasn’t until after the April article was published that the BAA responded about trying to move her case forward that doesn’t diminish her adoration for the race or even deter her from wanting to return to the world’s most famous marathon “It is still my dream to come back and not only run but win Boston,” she said (Photo: John Blanding / The Boston Globe via Getty Images) Enter your phone number above to have directions sent via text NEW YORK — Buzunesh Deba is not rejoicing in her belief that she angered the Boston Athletic Association by asking for her medals the soft-spoken Deba also believes that her decision to test her Boston “family” ties is worth the stress Deba wants to be treated like who she is: the 2014 Boston Marathon champion and women’s course record-holder because I’ve been patient for eight years,” said Deba from the small two-bedroom apartment in the Bronx where she and her husband are raising their 2-year-old son Ammanuel and 1-year-old daughter Kalkidan they are going to give us our money and my medals A spillage of Froot Loops by Ammanuel among the toys in the living room while his mother was tending to Kalkidan speaks to the futile battles waged by parents of toddlers to maintain perfect order. Since 2016, when second-place finisher Deba was named Boston champion after delayed drug tests showed the original winner, Rita Jeptoo, was doping Deba’s life as a professional runner has been thrown into its own state of disorder one that Deba described with a mix of tears who speaks the Amharic language of her native Ethiopia After Deba opened up to the Wall Street Journal about how she has been waiting eight years for the BAA to pay her $75,000 in prize money and $25,000 for setting the course record, Doug Guyer, a former Boston College quarterback, overnighted Deba a check for $75,000 She did originally receive $75,000 for finishing second he changed our life; may he have good health and God bless him,” said Deba an ardent devotee of Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity Deba and Beyi are already drawing on the new funds sending some to support their families in Ethiopia the remainder on the children and Deba’s return to training But there is still payback Deba is looking for that people like Guyer cannot come up with is sticking to its decision to follow World Athletics rules which state clearly that prize money will not be reallocated until it is reclaimed It’s a process the BAA told Deba it would be following back in 2016 the BAA “asked us not to go public and don’t give interviews we’ll let you know.’ That’s why we were waiting.” To say there’s a disconnect between eight years of the BAA following protocols of three European-based organizations — Athletics Integrity Unit and World Athletics — and what that wait has meant to Deba’s family is quite the understatement that doesn’t make sense — they have to take responsibility,” said Deba the BAA pointed to World Athletics Anti-Doping Rule 10.11 that it must adhere to and said that it is working with governing bodies and athletes “to address the process and the importance of doing all we can to protect the integrity of our sport.” The BAA said its objective is “to keep cheaters out of the sport It’s a tack that is focused on the sport’s integrity and those who lack it (Jeptoo in this case) rather than those who are paying the price waiting for justice The BAA described the process of reclaiming the money as “complex and time-consuming” and said it will “continue to work diligently towards a final resolution in this case “We have kept Buzunesh Deba and all clean athletes in mind as we have taken the legal steps to pursue Rita Jeptoo and we have assured her we continue to legally pursue the funds which rightfully belong to her.” the BAA said Deba had been paid like a winner on subsequent Boston Marathon appearances: “Ms Deba has been invited back to the Boston Marathon on numerous occasions since 2014 and each time the BAA presented her with appearance fees commensurate to a champion including 2020 when the Boston Marathon was cancelled due to COVID.” Brett Clothier, head of the Athletics Integrity Unit, echoed the previously stated position of World Marathon Majors the BAA has followed all rules and policies and in fact has gone above and beyond in its attempts to reclaim prize money so that it can be repaid,” Clouthier said “The BAA has always stood firmly behind the AIU in our anti-doping efforts it is one of the very best races the AIU deals with worldwide in terms of its commitment to anti-doping and protecting the integrity of its race.” The BAA’s stance does not explain the delay in delivering championship hardware Deba emailed the BAA to ask about not only the $100,000 owed her but also the winner’s trophy and the medals for winning and setting the course record Deba received a box with the two medals and a photograph of the trophy “Thank you for sent to us the Boston marathon Medallion and we really appreciate it the Boston Marathon is our favorite marathon ever and we respect and love you all too and did you sent the trophy too and we hope to receive the payment soon too Holding the medals in her hand brought tears When Deba returned to her hometown of Assela in the central highlands area that has been home to several top Ethiopian distance runners for a visit in 2017 she wanted to arrive with the medals and trophy that everyone wanted to see ”It doesn’t make sense if you don’t have the trophy or just these medals it doesn’t make sense if they announce you as a champion.” That reminded Deba of another reason she cried when she got the medals she is going to be like Derartu Tulu,” said Deba referring to the first African woman and first Ethiopian to win Olympic gold in a distance running event By not receiving the accolades that come with crossing the finish line first Deba lost out on a chance to ascend to the highest ranks of elite women marathoners never got the $50,000 Nike bonus for setting the course record Being a full-time mother and coming off a cesarean birth for Kalkidan I’m always focused to win and to break my best time.” After saying that she will need six months to a year to return to race-ready fitness she broke into a body-rocking fit of laughter when a reporter did mental math in front of her and figured out that an April marathon in Boston fit neatly into that time frame but I have to see what kind of shape I’m in,” said Deba I don’t want to run if I’m not in good shape.” If she does show up in Hopkinton next April And her motivation to break the tape first and stand in the spotlight of the world and the BAA Michael Silverman can be reached at michael.silverman@globe.com. Home Delivery Gift Subscriptions Log In Manage My Account Customer Service Delivery Issues Feedback News Tips Help & FAQs Staff List Advertise Newsletters View the ePaper Order Back Issues News in Education Search the Archives Privacy Policy Terms of Service Terms of Purchase Work at Boston Globe Media Internship Program Co-op Program Do Not Sell My Personal Information California committed $6.7 billion in state funding to protect the grid against the risk of heat-wave-driven blackouts Most of the money was directed at paying for fossil-fueled power plants and backup generators that don’t fit into the state’s clean energy plans But nearly $1 billion of that funding was committed to cleaner alternatives — financing small-scale batteries connected to low-voltage power grids and paying utility customers to turn down their power use to forestall grid emergencies as California grapples with a budget shortfall Governor Gavin Newsom (D) and state lawmakers have proposed slashing hundreds of millions of dollars of funding for these cleaner alternatives — a move that could undermine one of the key avenues for distributed energy to gain traction in the state “Given the critical importance of these programs for maintaining grid reliability to avoid dire energy shortages as well as for achieving our state’s climate goals we urge you to protect the funding for the DSGS and DEBA programs,” the companies wrote in a May 28 letter to state legislative leaders ​“Investing in these programs is an investment in California’s clean energy future and our resilience against the growing threats of climate change.” two of the only state-funded programs that don’t rely on fossil fuels to combat those grid emergencies are under threat “Slashing funding for programs that prevent blackouts is beyond short-sighted — it’s a direct threat to our most vulnerable communities,” Edson Perez California policy lead for clean energy industry trade group Advanced Energy United ​“These two programs are our best shot at creating a resilient It would be wise for the Governor and legislative leaders to reverse these cuts before finalizing the budget on June 15.” Perez was one of the signatories to last week’s letter which included demand response and distributed-energy companies CPower and Voltus; solar and battery providers Generac and Sunnova; backup-generator companies Enchanted Rock and Mainspring Energy; and solar and battery industry groups Many of these companies have invested money and time to pursue projects under these two programs, which were created in 2022 as part of a broader set of emergency measures proposed by Newsom and mandated by the passage of state law AB 205 ​“Cutting funds at this crucial juncture would not only disrupt these processes but also damage California’s reputation as a reliable partner for energy companies,” the letter said State leaders have proposed backfilling the cuts with funding available from the state’s greenhouse gas cap-and-trade fund a promise of future funding from uncertain sources ​“does not provide prospective participants with any confidence in the program’s future or the state’s commitment to clean distributed power.” Both DEBA and DSGS are administered by the California Energy Commission meant to fund smaller-scale battery storage DEBA would see its previous $545 million budget slashed by $418 million vice president of policy for the trade group California Energy Storage Association “We’ve been working on this for almost two years now A lot of people are interested,” she said a number of battery developers hoping to use the program to start installing batteries are unlikely to be able to continue The situation is more uncertain for the DSGS program, which provides a pathway for companies to pay utility customers willing to reduce their electricity consumption — a tactic commonly known as demand response — or provide power from batteries or backup generators during times of grid stress These combinations of load reduction and ​“behind-the-meter” generator and battery resources are commonly referred to as virtual power plants (VPPs) since they can largely mimic the grid-supporting capabilities of traditional power plants One key benefit of the DSGS program is that it avoided the complexities of traditional demand-response programs in California which participants say have consistently undercounted the value of customer load reductions to forestalling grid emergencies These programs have also barred customers from earning money for battery power they export to the grid — a restriction that DSGS eliminated by measuring and rewarding participants for that exported energy This has made the DSGS program a key target for VPP developers in California with $295 million budgeted in 2022 and 2023 About 1,300 participants in DSGS-funded programs were able to reduce peak load by about 315 megawatts and provide more than 3,100 megawatt-hours of emergency response during hot summer weather in the summer of 2022 according to the companies that signed on to the protest letter to state lawmakers Those companies have planned to ​“provide much more emergency capacity in the summer of 2024.” “This newly expanded and re-designed program was finally launching for a full summer in 2024,” Perez of Advanced Energy United told Canary Media in an email But the proposed budget cuts would eliminate $186.5 million in DSGS funding through this year and next leaving only $108.5 million for the program to run through 2025 according to industry groups tracking the latest budget figures That would ​“severely impact” participating companies’ efforts since they ​“need to have predictability to invest in market development Renew Home works with hundreds of thousands of households in California and participated in the DSGS program in 2022 and 2023 The potential for VPPs in California is particularly strong, given the state’s preponderance of homes equipped with rooftop solar, backup batteries, smart thermostats, and electric vehicle chargers. In an April report consultancy Brattle Group projected that VPPs could enable $550 million per year in consumer savings in California and provide in excess of 15 percent of the state’s peak grid demand by 2035 Jigar Shah, head of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Loan Programs Office, which has issued billions of dollars in loan guarantees to support VPP deployments, highlighted that report in an April social media post citing it as evidence that VPPs are the ​“lowest cost way” for utilities and regulators ​“to handle load growth and lower rates for everyone.” But with the future of the DSGS program now very much in doubt it’s unclear how California utility regulators and policymakers will enable that potential ​“A big part of how we were going to figure out the next phase of demand response and virtual power plants in the state of California was the CEC programs We don’t have the answers to what’s going to happen next.” That’s a problem for a state that’s simultaneously trying to control electric utility rates that are among the highest and the fastest-rising in the country keep the lights on during stressful grid events and ​“retire a bunch of dirty old fossil fuel plants,” he said the lion’s share of California’s emergency-grid-support funds has gone toward extending the lifespan of its fossil fuel plants The state has already spent about $426 million from those emergency programs to build or procure ​“emergency and temporary” power generators that burn fossil gas or diesel fuel according to a May report from the state Department of Water Resources and have been unprofitable to operate absent state subsidies these power plants take days to ramp up in advance of predicted grid emergencies and are much more expensive than the capacity that can be enlisted through the DSGS program which consists of customers that can almost instantaneously reduce power use or commit battery power to helping the grid The proposed cuts to DSGS and DEBA aren’t the only state funds for cleaner alternatives that might fail to materialize Part of the emergency plan laid out in 2022 called for directing $900 million to incentives to fund battery installations in lower-income and disadvantaged communities But only $280 million of that has been set aside in the state budget “To maintain commitments to fossil fuel resources and cut back on deployment of new resources — clean resources that could be used for emergencies — is short-term thinking and just seems kind of backwards,” said Ed Smeloff a solar consultant and former managing director of the regulatory team at nonprofit group Vote Solar ​“It’s important to have strategic reserves for the future because we are going to have extreme weather events But those reserves should be compatible with the state’s clean energy policies.” California residents are being encouraged by state clean energy and climate policies to buy electric appliances and EVs as rising electric rates make them more costly to operate Finding some way for those customers to earn money for programming those devices to relieve grid peaks is a vital counterbalance to the higher electric bills they’ll face as they electrify It’s also likely that state leaders believe that the grid emergencies of 2020 and 2022 aren’t as dire today, Smeloff said. An assessment from CAISO last month indicates that the state has a surplus of resources to meet expected peak grid demands this summer But as McMahon of the California Energy Storage Association noted But what happens the year after that if we haven’t planned for it?” London Film Festival: Sasha Nathwani’s debut feature is a touching meditation on the uncertainty of growing up – and delivers 2024’s best representation of teenage friendship Words: Olive PometseyPhotography: Matthew McQuillan11th October 2024 A‑level results day is a tinderbox of emotions all knotting in your stomach as you queue to find out your grades The anxious smiles shared with mates as you reassure each other that everything will be fine even though you ran out of time in that history exam as you hold a brown envelope containing the keys to your future It’s a day of bittersweet endings and new beginnings another swung open to the exhilarating freedom of adulthood Results day perfectly distils the core themes of any good coming-of-age film rolling the optimism of youth and the uncertainty of growing up into one neat package It’s part of the reason new British indie Last Swim makes for such an arresting watch the film follows a group of friends as they embark on post-A-evel results celebrations traversing the city with a single mission: have the Best Day Ever ​“I knew for a long time that I wanted my debut film to be a coming of age story about young people and I wanted it to be set in London,” says director Sasha Nathwani Sasha always felt there was something missing in on-screen depictions of the capital The films and TV shows of his youth always focused on the grey skies “In the summer that [version of London] completely flips on its head,” says the director who prior to Last Swim had worked on an impressive selection of short films ​“Strangers drum up conversations with one another We know that the weather could change at any moment I wanted to tap into that and tell a story about young people growing up in London having to deal with a world that has become quite fraught.” She’s the driving force behind the friendship group’s big day out in the city – she even designs and prints out itineraries for the group which takes them everywhere from Notting Hill to eat falafel to Hampstead Heath for a dip in the ponds having just bagged herself a spot at University College London to study astrophysics and despite attempts from a snide (and racially biassed) uni tutor to catch her out during her admissions interview this day should be one of the happiest of Ziba’s life When she opens that brown envelope to reveal two A*s and two As she slinks off to silently cry in the toilets the 16-year-old has been privately battling health issues that could jeopardise her future Her determination to have the ultimate results day blowout with her mates isn’t only driven by the classic teenage impulse to live large at any opportunity at least – her last chance to have any kind of fun How did Deba tackle such a challenging character it helped that Sasha had curated playlists for every character and scene playing specific songs to each actor to get them in the zone before filming But Deba also credits her fellow castmates for lifting the mood and making life on-set feel like she was genuinely just hanging out with friends This much is clear when she Zooms from the London flat of her co-star Lydia Fleming (who plays Ziba’s best friend Tara) the pair cosied up on the sofa with cups of tea the acting world is a bit scary for me,” says Deba ​“But I feel like the projects that I’ve done-slash-am-going-to-do are always going to be ones that feel like home and feel like family.” Deba and Lydia begin reeling off anecdotes: the time the cast went to Nando’s after the first table read and felt an ​“instant” connection or when they kicked off a week of rehearsals with an impromptu dance party to ​“Noughties bangers” authentic chemistry between the cast is part of what makes Last Swim so special You’re not only watching actors pretend to be mates You’re feeling the energy of the cast’s real-life friendships Also part of this true-to-life gang of mates: Denzel Baidoo (Suspicion), who plays hopeful footballer Malcolm; Solly McLoed (House of Dragon, Outlander), who takes on party-chaser Shea; and Jay Lycurgo whose character Merf provides unshakeable good vibes to the group who arrived on the Last Swim set after working on supercharged fantasy productions such as The Batman Titans and The Bastard Son & the Devil Himself the atmosphere was a breath of fresh air back to real life,” he says of a production that shot in 2023 ​“It was a beautiful summer in London and we all just all wanted to hang out We all had the same interests and we were making our own inside jokes I guess the reason the chemistry worked so well is because we had that freedom and we didn’t have a wall up – there were no egos.” It’s a sentiment that’s echoed by Lydia (Mary & George who was initially drawn to the script precisely because of its depiction of teenage friendship She remembers watching the film back for the first time and feeling compelled to text Sasha the next day “[I said]: ​‘Do you know what you’ve captured It’s that feeling of when you’ve shaken up a Coke bottle and you’re twisting the top off.’ They just break free driving around with your best mates being daft Maybe a lot of it [came from] how we bounced off each other and were improving but it was also in the script from the beginning.” Sasha first began writing Last Swim during the pandemic in 2020 lockdown was the first time he’d actually had the time and space to flesh out a full feature-length film he loosely had Deba in mind for the lead role but knew the character would be a lot of pressure for a young actor “I needed to gauge whether she was up for it and whether she was going to be open and allow herself to be vulnerable,” he says The director decided to do an open casting and Deba made it to the final callback did a read of the diagnosis scene and knocked it out the park She was so incredible and able to communicate so much with just her eyes That’s a skill that is impossible to teach – that kind of instinctual “The second that you put ethnicity into films it becomes almost the only thing that’s focused on” It also helped that Deba was born in Iranian Kurdistan The character of Ziba is largely informed by Sasha’s own Iranian-Indian heritage play a musical instrument and would help out at home,” he says “I just thought [about taking] this Iranian character and in a society where she can do whatever she wants to do she has to give up on her dreams and ambitions There’s a real tragedy in the fact that she’s a young Iranian woman in London versus being a young Iranian boy Sasha is keen to point out that Iranian-Kurdish people have their own culture and speak a different language But that fundamental connection – of transposing a young girl from the Middle East into British society – helped Deba build the character even if she didn’t want it to be the plot’s main focus it becomes almost the only thing that’s focused on,” the actor says ​“I never wanted Last Swim to be a film about a young Iranian girl It took a long time for me to battle with myself [to stop thinking that] I’m not British But everything I do – the way I speak the way I act – my environment that made me like this “I’m so proud that [Ziba is] Iranian and that there’s glimpses of her life in the film like when she’s speaking to her mum in Farsi Freedom’ posters in her room [that reflect the women’s rights movement in Kurdistan and Iran],” she continues Because what Last Swim is really about is the beauty and pain of growing up and the friendships that pull you through the rough There are nuanced and difficult themes weaved throughout the plot whether you’re dreaming of becoming an astrophysicist or simply diving into Hampstead Heath’s ponds with your mates even when it feels like the world is ending it can all feel very heavy,” concludes Sasha ​“But as Ziba’s mum [tells her] nothing is permanent high or low – just know that things are going to change.” Last Swim screens at LFF on 14th and 16th October 12:15 PM | Updated: 1:41 pm BY KSL SPORTS VIDEO • The Chiefs & Eagles will be meeting in the Super Bowl after frankly being the two best teams in the playoffs • Top 3 Stories of the Day: Jazz struggled to shoot in Memphis Chiefs & Eagles Super Bowl Rematch on deck • Cowboys Owner Jerry Jones pats himself on the back for an “out of comfort zone” hire • With the NBA Trade Deadline coming up the Utah Jazz could begin showcasing some of their veterans • Patrick Mahomes is already headed to his fifth Super Bowl • There are do’s and don’ts when it comes to celebrating a win Home » Deba Prasad Dash Takes Charge as Odisha’s New I&PR Director a seasoned administrator and celebrated litterateur has assumed the prestigious position of Director of Information & Public Relations (I&PR) Dash took charge at the I&PR Headquarters amid a warm reception from department officials and staff Known for his literary expertise and deep understanding of cultural affairs Shri Dash’s appointment has raised optimism among various circles This dual role of administrative precision and artistic inclination sets him apart as a visionary leader Dash emphasised the importance of maintaining transparency and efficiency within the department “The Department of Information & Public Relations plays a vital role in bridging the gap between the government and the public,” he remarked “My focus will be on adapting to the evolving media landscape while preserving the rich heritage and artistry of Odisha.” Dash’s background as Special Secretary of the Department of Odia Language and Culture complements his new responsibilities His unique blend of administrative acumen and cultural advocacy is expected to steer innovative initiatives that celebrate Odisha’s heritage while enhancing effective communication strategies With the government’s ambition to spotlight Odisha’s traditions and artistic expressions Dash’s leadership is hailed as an important step forward in promoting the state’s identity on national and global platforms As he sets out to outline his vision for the department stakeholders eagerly anticipate his roadmap for revitalising Odisha’s communication framework Dash’s profound interest in cultural preservation further aligns with the state’s goal of promoting its rich Odia legacy through creative outreach and campaigns His tenure promises to be a blend of strategic governance and artistic inspiration The National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) recently approved multiple projects under its Namami Gange program has been the forte of Pragativadi over the years And this has ensured a classy readership encompassing the who’s who of the state decision makers and people with surplus disposable income Pragativadi is a must Please enter your username or email address to reset your password last-minute UCAS applications—we all remember A-level results day and the uncertainty that filled the air It marked the end of adolescence and the beginning of adulthood as many of us prepared to move away from home who is coming to terms with a life-threatening illness; Tara (Lydia Fleming) who is facing the disappointment of poor results; Merf (Jay Lycurgo) who is dealing with his mother’s recent death; and Malcolm (Denzel Baidoo) who has recently been dropped from a promising football career and is a year older than the rest Each character carries their own struggles and the film sensitively explores their shared desire to momentarily escape sending them across London to complete Ziba’s itinerary Last Swim masterfully balances youthful optimism with the weight of impending adulthood as the friends realise this day signifies more than just the end of summer—it’s the end of an era Their journey is filled with heartfelt conversations a natural and relatable dialogue that captures the uniqueness of London’s youth portraying the resilience and rawness of friendships that serve as lifelines let’s start with you: what made you go with the title Last Swim What are your top three coming-of-age films of all time Sasha Nathwani: Good Will Hunting is one—I’m showing my age now [laughs] Good Will Hunting was a really impactful film that really stuck with me Deba Hekmat: I just wanted to add to what Sasha said as well: we don’t see London in this beautiful vibrant way that I think Sasha and Olan have been able to capture in Last Swim And that’s another thing that makes me so proud of the film because up until now—not to say we’ve only ever seen London in a dark miserable kind of way—I don’t think we’ve explored London in the summer enough in films Last Swim made me fall in love with London all over again I think it made us all fall in love with London all over again especially because we were shooting over the summer months how did you approach the representation of Iranian culture within a London-centric film Sasha Nathwani: Music is very important in the film and very important to the characters Deba was sending me music when we were in pre-production the last song in the film is not a song that I intended to be in the film but it’s a song that Deba listened to during a very emotional scene It was such an interesting choice that I had to put it in the film; it’s by an Iranian folk musician called Kourosh Yaghmaei who is someone that affirms Ziba’s identity in the film Most of the music in Last Swim is from well-known British artists but I really wanted some Iranian music in there and so the last track was brought by Deba We spent a lot of time designing the look for the film he’s someone I’ve known for a while; we’ve shot some music videos and other projects together we applied more of a progressive grade; as Ziba becomes a bit more relaxed the colours become more vibrant and a bit more dream-like That was something we had a lot of fun with we just wanted to shine a light on how lush London looks in the summer how green the parks are and also the feeling of heat and sweat Being in a city that doesn’t necessarily cater for extreme heat we don’t have a culture of air conditioning like a lot of other cities so it was about tying together all of those elements what were some of your favourite experiences during filming Taken from the summer 24 print issue of THE FACE. Get your copy here Deba Hekmat was destined for big things from the age of five ​“I asked my parents if I could perform for them [for my birthday] – I was wearing a tutu and I was dancing!” Since that gig the 22-year-old model-slash-actor has bagged herself roles in Luna Carmoon’s debut feature Hoard and Sasha Nathwani’s coming-of- age feature Last Swim an Anglo-Iranian teenager celebrating A‑level results day with her friends on a London-wide odyssey There are plenty of parallels between actor and character: Ziba is Iranian Deba is Kurdish; Ziba has been raised primarily by her mum Coming from a working-class background Deba endeavours to represent her Southeast London community – and amplify their voices through her work ​‘I want a seat at the table’ thing,” she says ​“But I don’t want a seat at a table where no one is like me.” NN Deba wears top MOSCHINO and jewellery talent’s own “I live in my memories,” says iKeda Moody-Golding a Central Saint Martins fine art graduate ​“I like to include nostalgic references that reflect how I’m always tapping into my unconscious [mind].” For visual art airbrushing is her technique of choice; she uses it to depict the faces from her dreams in ethereal pieces too – iKeda airbrushes original designs for her own label and has launched archive fashion project CocoPaparazzi with partner Giacomo Trost Then there’s music: she coyly describes her upcoming single Cinderella as Much of her work is inspired by an animal that came to her in a dream and often pops up in her painting: ironically for this busy multi-tasker… a snail ​“It’s a message to take things as they come – that everything happens for a reason and in its own time.” NN ring ALEXANDER MCQUEEN and jewellery stylist’s own “I was excited to move to the UK because on TV it looked pretty fun – I thought it was like Victorian times!” So says architecture graduate and TikTok star Noris Obijiaku who relocated to South London from Italy at the age of 10 Noris admits he was hesitant about posting on TikTok for the first time in 2021 – would people be interested in videos about buildings His 198k followers avidly watch histories of the ​“finest blocks in ends” around London ​“I try my best to incorporate my values [in my work],” says Noris who also shares his architectural drawings with fans ​“I’m very much putting people first,” he adds highlighting his dissertation topic: ​“Is it the people or the design force that caused the decline of social housing?” Does the 24-year-old have a favourite city for landscapes Argentinian designer Lucila Safdie’s origin story started on a girls’ trip to New York with her mum ​“We were going into shops and I was like I love buying clothes,’” says the 26-year-old where she discovered Central Saint Martins and set her ambitions on the uni’s womenswear course she was on a flight from Buenos Aires to London literature and archival pieces in a fresh take on femininity Think: lace halterneck mini dresses and ruffled gold lamé hotpants Inspired by poet Sylvia Plath and filmmakers Sofia Coppola and Lucrecia Martel Lucila’s clothes are about making ​“the struggle of being a girl” look good And that’s precisely why she vows to never create menswear ​“I just want to design clothes for girls like me!” Sorry boys Lucila wears dress and jacket LUCILA SAFDIE and shoes and tights talent’s own “I’m interested in bringing contrasting worlds together,” says artist Eric Hesselbo ​“You take a reference from nature and something very synthetic and create something new.” That’s exactly the inspiration for the 29-year-old’s book Surf Gardens – 50 pages of choppy ocean waves alongside photos of Japanese Zen gardens The Oxford-born Londoner also keeps himself busy with painting and wood carving; his favourite work is a series of axe handles he created with Calum Stevens which they set up in an empty shop in Hackney in 2022 Eric is also part of indie art collectives Tarzana and Diskpak where he narrowly escaped a shark attack I’d meditated on the idea of being attacked by a shark so I’d already lived the whole experience.” Alright shoes and tie GIVENCHY and hat talent’s own Sam Akpro ditched a biomedical science course at Kingston University in 2020 when he realised uni wasn’t right for him – he preferred to hang out with his rapper and producer mates not least because the 26-year-old ​“had a student loan to buy music equipment” Growing up in a Gambian and Ivorian Coast household in South London various musical genres could be heard in the family home But his early experimentation with trap beats evolved from his love for skate video soundtracks This summer he and his bandmates are playing Corsica Studios and Rally festival in Southeast London Sam insists that sharing the stage with friends is what brings his music to life ​“I’ve never played by myself and I don’t think I would It wouldn’t evoke any sort of emotion.” NN shirt and shorts STONE ISLAND and tie talent’s own When London-based trio Mary In The Junkyard finished their debut EP This Old House they hopped in a car to listen to it all the way through XL Recordings’ boss Richard Russell (who discovered Adele ​“We went around the block,” says 21-year-old drummer David Addison ​“Richard timed it to finish exactly as we got back into the driveway of the studio,” adds Saya Barbaglia alongside guitarist and vo- calist Clari Freeman-Taylor soundtracked by five tracks of the band’s experimental brand of melancholy rock they’ve headlined a UK tour and are now looking ahead to a string of European festival dates The most exciting thing they’ve done so far ​“I bought an accordion the other day!” announces Clari shoes MIU MIU and jewellery stylist’s own Saya wears jumper DIESEL and shoes BALENCIAGA at FLANNELS David wears shirt and shorts C.P The Boston Athletic Association has come to the realization that when it comes to righting a wrong When it comes to writing an overdue $100,000 check to Buzunesh Deba the reality could not be much more wonderful of the phone call he placed to his wife Monday in Ethiopia where she is training to return to elite marathoning status when he got the phone call from the Boston Marathon organizers a conversation that marks the beginning to the end of an eight-year saga Deba’s payment is the largest of the approximately 80 checks the BAA will sign the result of an unprecedented voluntary payback program by the organization the BAA grew as tired as the Deba family of waiting for lawyers to pull off the complex task of clawing back prize money from runners who were found to have used performance-enhancing drugs About 80 runners from eight Boston Marathons between 2003 and 2016 and nine runners from this year’s Boston 5K race are eligible for a share of around $300,000 in BAA funds Deba, who set a course record that still stands, drew headlines last May when she voiced her frustration with the BAA which had told her that it was following World Athletics protocols in not reallocating prize money before it had been returned by the cheater Between the $75,000 owed her for being champion and the $25,000 for the course record the $100,000 check for Deba will be the largest of them all the money will be used to support the “hard training” his wife is undergoing in Africa not just by his family but for all the other runners who will receive money because life is very hard right now everywhere and these guys are going to use money for their training,” said Beyi After the Wall Street Journal reported last April that Deba had been waiting eight years for her prize money, former Boston College quarterback Doug Guyer was disturbed enough by the delay that he sent the family a check for $75,000 Doug and then give him back the money,” said Beyi Each of the runners receiving a check moved up in ranking after a runner who finished ahead of them was later disqualified The money to be disbursed will account for the difference between any prize money originally awarded and the new prize money due and it is still our intention to recoup and claw back money from the dopers,” said Jack Fleming we have been working with the governing bodies and talking to third parties around it for a long time we made the decision that it’s the right time to do it.’ ” “When he told me yesterday that this is what’s going to happen that’s the Thanksgiving Day spirit in my book,’ ” said Guyer we’re going to do the right thing for not just Buzu but for all the athletes,’ that just blows me away.” Guyer also said he has no intention of allowing the Deba family to repay him “He said he’s going to pay me back and I said you’re not paying me back a cent,’ ” said Guyer who is working with the family to try to land Deba a shoe deal “Nike still owes Buzu — this is not BAA money but because of that doping incident Nike didn’t pay the $50,000 bonus [for setting the course record] that she earned.” Fleming is unaware of any other racing organization that has instituted a similar program but this one is in the best interests of both the athletes and the BAA No particular event prompted the BAA to launch the voluntary repayment program Thanksgiving week Rules of world athletic organizations ask that prize money due re-ranked athletes comes directly from disqualified athletes but the Boston organizers determined that the rules allowed for its discretion to make voluntary payments The BAA began its attempts to recoup money not only from Jeptoo but other runners in 2016 Fleming said the BAA is “sorry that it’s taken a long time and that’s where a comprehensive program that we could execute for all of our athletes affected has come that we’ve been working on.” the BAA’s senior director of pro athletes-road race events believes “that athletes will be appreciative” of the decision “It’s always disappointing when someone is sanctioned and ultimately disqualified,” said Shea “but this program and these types of initiatives that show support for clean athletes is tremendously beneficial is to reward those people who are playing by the rules.” The BAA will first undertake the formidable task of notifying by Jan as many of the athletes as possible that they are eligible to apply for the funds via a page on the BAA website the BAA will work with a company that specializes in outreach to people for moving up the finishers’ list from the 2014 Boston Marathon there will be no impact on race operations we have planned for this and we’ve budgeted for this,” said Fleming with $29.3 million in revenues and $30.4 million in expenses last year of voluntary payments for future races in which a prize-winning runner is disqualified “This is no simple task to initiate an unprecedented program such as this,” said Fleming many of these athletes are not around the corner or participated last year so we have to go way back and very far to find them “But this is the right thing to do and this is the right time to do it Bhubaneswar: In a recent administrative reshuffle senior Odisha Administrative Service (OAS) officer Deba Prasad Dash has been elevated to the rank of Special Secretary he has been assigned the additional responsibility of Director of the Information and Public Relations (I&PR) Department The position of Director I&PR had been vacant since the retirement of Saroj Samal on February 28 Dash served as Joint Secretary in the Department of Odia Language He will now continue as Special Secretary in the same department while overseeing the I&PR Directorate The General Administration & Public Grievance Department issued an official notification on Tuesday confirming Dash’s promotion and additional assignment Puri: The Rajyabhishek Niti of Gajapati Maharaja Dibyasingha Deba will be held today at his residence in Puri today This is done as a part of the Pushya abhishek Niti on the Pushya naxatra tithi on the Pushya naxatra tithi the King will ascend the throne Special rituals will be conducted for the Pushyabhishek of King in Tretaya Yug Lord Ramchandra had ascended to the throne on this tithi Before the Rajyabhishek of Gajapati Maharaja Dibyasingha Deba Bardhani Kalashi puja and Ramabhishek Pati puja will be done Abhishek of King and Queen will be done with sacred waters Paita lagi (sacred thread ceremony) of king will be done King will ascend to the throne and Sola Sasan Brahmins and pundits will offer him coconut and sacred thread Kalinga TV a 24-hour Odia news channel is part of Kalinga Media & Entertainment Pvt was founded by philanthropist and educationist Dr Himansu Sekhar Khatua the noted film maker at it’s helm as the Managing Director Kalinga TV is a 24-hour news channel and plans to be the premiere news channel in Odisha with special emphasis on social development The company was incorporated on 24.04.2013 under the Companies Act of 1956 « Back By subscribing, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy Euro Summer is trending and London-based, it-girl label Peachy Den has just the wardrobe you need to make it a reality. Its latest drop features a re-release of some of its best-selling silhouettes, including the ever-popular Cindy in bikini form alongside the brand-new Kylie Dress The Cindy bikini re-emerges in three core colorways of black “Humbug” and “Parasol,” each coordinating with the brand’s Cindy top Crafted using Peachy’s new-and-improved stretchy seersucker fabric while the bikini top boasts a classic triangle shape with a halter neck and tie sides MA - APRIL 21: Buzunesh Deba of Ethiopia crosses the finish line of the 118th Boston Marathon on April 21 BOSTON (AP) — Buzunesh Deba will leave the Boston Marathon with one champion’s medal this week The 29-year-old Ethiopian inherited the 2014 title this December when Kenya’s Rita Jeptoo was stripped of her victory for testing positive for performance-enhancing drugs as the only people to be disqualified from the Boston Marathon after breaking the tape on Boylston Street “She took my chance,” Deba said this week after returning to Boston where she has also finished third and seventh When Ruiz took a shortcut to the finish line she deprived Jacqueline Gareau of the thrill of breaking the tape being crowned with the traditional olive wreath and hearing the Canadian national anthem waft over Copley Square who were immediately skeptical of the unknown and unseen Ruiz made it up to Gareau with a substitute victory ceremony and even had her cross the finish line again — this time in street clothes But Gareau’s victory was in the race’s amateur era whose 2006 and 2013 victories remain unchallenged claimed $150,000 for the victory and an additional $25,000 for setting a course record 59 seconds remains the fastest in Boston Marathon history but the Boston Athletic Association would have to claw it back from Jeptoo In the year after the finish line explosions that killed three people and wounded hundreds more, Jeptoo herself was already an afterthought, coming in just minutes before Meb Keflezighi claimed the first American victory in the men’s race since 1983 As “The Star-Spangled Banner” played over Boylston Street Jeptoo’s third win — even in a course-record time — drew less attention than normal medals and even the prize money — if she ever gets it — wouldn’t make up for the opportunities lost when she wasn’t able to capitalize on being a returning champion the two-time New York City Marathon runner-up said this week “but it is not 100 percent.” They are hoping Jeptoo will return the money “She knows herself she is not champion,” Beyi said Deba has a chance to steal back the spotlight on Monday when she joins a field of more than 30,000 in Hopkinton for the 121st edition of the race Among them are defending champion Atsede Baysa of Ethiopia; Kenya’s Gladys Cherono who has the fastest time in the field; and two-time Olympian Desi Linden who is trying to become the first American woman to win in Boston since 1985 The men’s field includes defending champion Lemi Hale who last year completed Ethiopia’s first sweep; 2012 winner Wesley Korir; and Keflezighi who is planning to retire after the New York City race in the fall Partly cloudy skies and temperatures in the 60s are expected to greet the runners for the 26.2-mile trek to Boston’s Back Bay Security will be tighter than before the 2013 bombings but race director Dave McGillivray is hoping things are getting back to normal after three races without incident “I just feel like we’re back to putting on a road race,” he said OlympicTalk is on Apple News MORE: How to watch Boston Marathon A Division of NBCUniversal DISCLAIMER: This site and the products offered are for entertainment purposes only and there is no gambling offered on this site This service is intended for adult audiences No guarantees are made for any specific outcome If you or someone you know has a gambling problem The Dutch based Water and Wastewater company represented in the UK by Nijhuis Industries UK & Ireland has agreed to acquire Deba UK Ltd to complement its existing portfolio of services (performed by KBS Corporate) is effective immediately and is part of the Nijhuis Industries group strategy of increasing its portfolio of water and wastewater services and also growing its presence in the UK and Ireland delivering solid and adaptive solutions for a sustainable and resilient future The Company will be renamed Nijhuis DEBA Ltd and its offices in Wokingham will be added to its existing presence in Truro and Bristol products and technologies that enable organisations to meet their health safety and environmental obligations in the areas of Legionella compliance as well as water and ventilation hygiene It is a proven provider of mechanical and chemical solutions for cooling towers and also provides wastewater bio-organic catalyst applications commented that ‘The DEBA suite of services is an excellent fit with our global vision of providing water and wastewater services that recognise the increasing scarcity of water resources and that contribute to the circular economy’ Managing Director added ‘I am confident that this acquisition is good for the Company and for the employees and will open-up many opportunities for the business going forward Holterman added that ‘the acquisition would result in an integrated turnkey offer for water and wastewater solutions offering customers a ‘one-stop shop’ and benefit from Nijhuis added value services like i-Consult Therewith also addressing the fast growing demand to deliver solid and adaptive solutions for a sustainable and resilient future Mike Platt will continue to work for the combined group as Nijhuis DEBA Business Development Director As of October 15th Ian Stentiford has been appointed Managing Director Nijhuis UK & Ireland Former Boston College quarterback Doug Guyer came through for Buzunesh Deba Deba was named the winner in October of 2016 who lost his quarterback job to Doug Flutie in the 1981 season told the Wall Street Journal it’s “a ridiculous policy” for the BAA to wait on recovering the money instead of paying the money up front and then if you have to use lawyers to claw it back “Just don’t put the onus on the second-place finisher.” a 36-year-old Ethiopian with two children who said she intends to use the funds for her children and to try to return to the elite running ranks Guyer is the founder and president of Wildlife Designs and managing partner of CMA Media Group He also was the founder and CEO of Brandshare an e-commerce media networking company that was sold in 2022 Guyer said that if the BAA cannot come up with the remaining $25,000 he is considering paying that amount himself A spokesperson from the BAA emailed a statement about the matter that read “The Boston Athletic Association stands for clean sport and fair competition Following the ruling by the Court of Arbitration for Sport began pursuit of reclaiming prize money awards from Rita Jeptoo we are unable to comment further at this time We are in the process of attempting to recover the prize money awarded to Ms Deba is due the prize money as she is the rightful winner of the 2014 women’s race there are policies held by World Athletics and supported by World Marathon Majors that we along with the other members of the organization believes would be a just and fair result for her and all runners who follow the rules.” When Guyer emailed the BAA after reading about Deba’s plight D.C.-based WilmerHale law firm representing the BAA Guyer told the Journal the email said recovering the money required a lot of time which included communication with “multiple stakeholders in several jurisdictions within the United States and abroad.” © Copyright – 2024 – Athletics Illustrated The 2014 Boston Marathon winner was initially Kenyan Rita Jeptoo she made off with prize money in the amount of $75,000 for the win and $25,000 for breaking the course record In 2013 she also won Chicago in a personal best time of 2:19:57 Jeptoo finished nine Marathon Majors events in the top six she likely collected at least a million US dollars Buzunesh Deba of Ethiopia trains in NYC and is a nine-time marathon champ on U.S. soil. Her 2:19:59 @bostonmarathon time is the course record. She ran her friendship relay leg in NYC. pic.twitter.com/WDBbwnRZFq Ethiopian Buzunesh Deba was moved up from second to first place she never received the prize money for first Jeptoo was stripped of her Marathon Majors titles as well as her New York and Boston wins The $500,000 she won from the Majors’ two-year competition was held back Both of her A and B results tested positive for EPO she denied wrong-doing and blamed a doctor for treating her for malaria; a go-to red-flag excuse commonly used by East Africans International Association of Athletics Federations) suspended nine more athletes eight from Kenya and one from India for six months to eight years James Maunga Nyankabaria and India’s Sethi Kethi for eight years Boston Marathon organizers continue to try to get the money back from the now 43-year-old runner It is highly unlikely the money will ever be returned The prize money she collected boils down to theft She has waited patiently for the money — it wasn’t coming a businessman in Boston found out about Deba’s story and sent her a cheque for the $75,000 began the pursuit of reclaiming prize money awards from Jeptoo We are in the process of attempting to recover the prize money awarded to Ms Jeptoo so that it can be repaid to Ms Deba “While we believe that Ms Deba is due the prize money as she is the rightful winner of the 2014 women’s race “The B.A.A is still pursuing Ms Jeptoo to recover the prize money for Ms Deba believes would be a just and fair result for her and all runners who follow the rules we are not able to comment further at this time.” Composite Manufacturing and Simulation Center process simulation and manufacturing of 3D-printed composite parts I have worked on a projects on implementing 3D printed composites as tool for doing compression molding for prototyping purpose process analysis including the thermo-viscoelastic behavior of the composite and the manufacturing of the tool to do the compression molding process I am working on simplifying the process simulation to make it computationally less demanding by working on an inherent strain approach to model the thermal effects and calibrate the mechanical analysis accordingly I decided to join the Interdisciplinary Graduate Program for a chance to learn from people in different fields and interests It is a nice chance to know about research and work going on in various other fields which may be completely opaque to an unrelated audience by experts and scholars in the field it also gives a chance to present my own work and get feedback from an learned audience coming from varied backgrounds which is a valuable asset in evaluating my own work and progress Contact OGSPS at gradinfo@purdue.edu for accessibility issues with this page 35th Armored Regiment along with Polish counterparts were preparing for the live fire with a set of tabletop drills aimed at proficiency on the M1A2 Abrams soldiers at a Polish base in Nowa Deba are working with a platoon that was among the first in Poland to operate the U.S first the M1A1 and now the more advanced M1A2 The training and upcoming gunnery will “build a model for them to use in the Polish army for the Abrams platform,” Sgt a platoon sergeant assigned to the battalion the Abrams tank serves as the centerpiece of those modernization efforts Poland began receiving the first of its tanks last year and will incorporate 366 of them into its arsenal in the coming years The fleet will be a mix of the M1A1 and the more state-of-the-art M1A2 version Polish officials also announced that a center for maintaining and servicing the tanks will be created in Poznan Army’s first permanent base in the country soldiers are focused on what it takes to get the most out of the Abrams’ firepower Troops in Nowa Deba studied the mechanics of the tank ranging from weapons disassembly and assembly to gunnery-related skills said that the work is paying dividends and that occasional language barriers were being managed tankers are “specialists when it comes to this equipment and we can learn from you and exchange our experiences,” he said Deba initially came in second at the 2014 Boston Marathon but the winner was later stripped of her title after she was found to have used performance-enhancing drugs Mark Garfinkel/Boston Herald/MediaNews Group/Getty Four of the 2020 Dazed 100’s most exciting next-generation creatives – including Deba – will come together for four days of online workshops, talks, mentoring, and community-building in August 2020. Read more about the Dazed 100 Academy here Deba got into modelling just two years ago when she speculatively sent some pictures to Anti-Agency “I am a model and activist who defies Western beauty standards by being as unapologetically Kurdish as I can,” she explains As the daughter of immigrants from Kurdistan Deba grew up in the UK feeling conscious that the way she looked didn’t fit into the narrow Eurocentric beauty standards upheld by the west I really didn’t see anyone in Western media that looked like me,” she recalls she has used her platform to speak out about things that affect her and those like her Working as a model has created an opportunity for Deba to help other girls who feel they don’t fit in “I decided to grow out my eyebrows,” she says “Something I used to get bullied heavily for became a symbol of hope and rebellion for me and many other people my belly – it’s me saying that you do not need to be clean-shaven and have traditional standards of what it means to be beautiful.”  Deba: I hope I can help young women of colour to love themselves in a society where beauty standards are still so backwards and non-inclusive I want young girls to believe that they are the change for a more inclusive and safer world I want the fashion industry to support a wider definition of beauty and for all of our ‘foreign’ features to be celebrated and represented I want a future where everyone has the same chance of getting a job That’s the influence I hope to somehow have on this world What issues or causes are you passionate about and why Deba: I’m passionate about racial equality because I’m tired of us having to work ten times harder than our white counterparts for the same position I am also passionate about educating people on FGM (female genital mutilation) It’s still practised in a lot of countries It’s an inhumane procedure that has ruined the lives and dimmed the light of so many women FGM is a destructive operation during which the female genitals are partly or entirely removed or injured with the aim of inhibiting a woman’s sexual pleasure Most often the mutilation is performed before puberty often on girls between the age of four and eight My whole entire family has had this done apart from me My mother and all four of her sisters have had this done back home in Kurdistan It’s a brutal practice often performed in unsterile and unhygienic ways often by someone with no medical experience My mother recalls her experience as highly traumatic and painful and remembers how the tool that was being used looked dirty and rusty It’s something that no woman deserves to go through I really didn’t see anyone in Western media that looked like me” – Deba What creative or philanthropic project would you work on with a grant from the Dazed 100 Ideas Fund Deba: I would host a workshop for women of colour where they can benefit from connecting with experts from all fields of the fashion industry; where they can learn tips on how to persevere in such a busy and help build connections that could be of further help I would also like to include a panel discussion to discuss the troubles we have faced in our working lives I want us to be able to openly discuss how we can make our workspaces safer and more inclusive We are the future so we need to utilise the power of our voices The day would also include a dance class taught by my old dance teacher and mentor a multi-creative collective in South Wales that aims to bring the medium of dance and art to young kids from disadvantaged backgrounds She’s the type of person I want to be when I’m older so I’d love for her to be involved and show everyone how fun and uplifting dancing can be I would also like to use this opportunity to raise money and awareness for FGM charities I’d love to get someone who is highly educated in this field to come and show the attendees about the horrors of FGM and why we all need to come together to help banish this ghastly practice Tick these boxes if you want to be in for a chance to join our events and receive updates from Dazed and Converse by email By logging in or submitting details you are agreeing to our Privacy Policy Doug Guyer was looking to do the right thing when he wrote a $75,000 check to Buzunesh Deba this month “Buzu called me when she got my overnight letter in my 62 years I’ve never heard someone say thank you with more genuine gratitude in my life,” Guyer said the check for Deba was an overdue payment for justice delayed after the Boston Athletic Association’s decision to adhere to guidelines of world athletics groups when it comes to addressing injustices Deba was the second-place finisher in the 2014 Boston Marathon women’s division, but eight years ago, she was declared the race’s winner after a two-year investigation disqualified the first-place finisher that day, Rita Jeptoo plus $25,000 more for setting a course record the BAA followed — and is still following — the guidelines of world athletic associations that allow it to seek payback of prize money directly from Jeptoo When Guyer read about Deba in an April article in the Wall Street Journal he did not understand why she was still waiting for the money “I wasn’t trying to get a story out of this at all,” said Guyer who was the junior quarterback at Boston College when freshman Doug Flutie took over early in the 1981 season It was just about righting a wrong that’s been wrong for 10 years “Obviously [the BAA] had a chance to do that but pay Buzu eight years ago and then claw back with your attorneys and everything else you’re doing “But I guess when you’re trying to set a precedent but it’s not happening in a time frame eight years is a lot of time to go by for legalities.” Guyer believes the BAA could do things differently Guyer made it clear he is not trying to criticize the BAA He is trying to see if it can come around to his way of thinking which he tried to explain in an email to Jack Fleming you guys are way better than this; there’s ways to do this I know you’re following the governing body route of the World Athletics this family over here in the Bronx is trying to compete on a worldwide basis and 75 grand It has the support of World Marathon Majors an organizing group of the six global major marathons: Boston “‘World Athletics’ rules are incorporated into World Marathon Majors’ Code of Conduct,” said a World Marathon Majors spokesperson in an email to the Globe World Marathon Majors supports the stance of the Boston Athletic Association on this matter.” in addition to having no further comment on the matter “We are in the process of attempting to recover the prize money awarded to Ms D.C.-based WilmerHale law firm is working on behalf of the BAA to get the prize money back from Jeptoo Guyer said his inbox and phone have been busy since the story about his check to Deba appeared in the Wall Street Journal Monday Guyer’s senior captain on the BC football team when Guyer was a freshman out of the millions of people that read the first story about her and I bet many people wanted to take action on it but only one person did,’ ” Guyer said how can a senior captain be proud of a little freshman I still look up to him like he’s my big brother.” He was the co-founder and CEO of Brandshare Guyer hopes the publicity about Deba will help her find not only the time to train for another Boston Marathon but also find sponsors who can financially support her and her two young children and husband who Guyer said drives an Uber to help make ends meet for the family “Let’s talk about Buzu and her journey and how honorable she was through all of this,” said Guyer “She was never throwing the BAA under the bus and she’s sweet and kind and genuine — everything you want in someone that a corporate company would want to sponsor.” Bhubaneswar: OAS officer Deba Prasad Das has been reinstated in service with the condition that he will not violate the provisions of Odisha Govt Servants’ Conduct Rules he was placed under suspension since May 28 The official order of the reinstatement reads as below: 28.05.2018 vide GA & PG Department Order No is reinstated in service from the date of his joining with the condition that he will not violate the provisions of the Odisha Government Servants’ Conduct Rules he is posted as Joint Secretary to Government The company was incorporated on 24.04.2013 under the Companies Act of 1956.