Indonesia Reiterates Support for UN Efforts for Political Solution to Western
Jakarta – On the sidelines of the 2nd Session of the Morocco-Indonesia Joint Committee, held on Thursday and Friday in Jakarta, Indonesia reiterated its strong support for the efforts by the UN Secretary-General and his Special Envoy to reach a durable political solution to the issue of the Western Sahara.During this meeting chaired jointly by Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Mounia Boucetta and Indonesia’s Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Abdurrahman Mohammad Fachir, the emphasis was laid on the development of bilateral political, economic and cultural relations, as well as technical cooperation.The two sides also shared viewpoints on a number of issues of common interest, both regionally and internationally, and expressed their firm commitment to moving ahead in fostering bilateral relations. Read Also: UN Secretary-General Guterres Meets Pompeo, Hale on Western SaharaTo this end, Morocco proposed to examine the possibilities of developing a tripartite cooperation by taking advantage of the strategic position of the Kingdom and Indonesia on their respective continents.Boucetta also congratulated the Republic of Indonesia on its election as a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council, noting that the Kingdom of Morocco is willing to share its experience and expertise in relation to the body
The current system, where students have to pick from 13,000 different qualifications, will be replaced with just 15 standalone courses Earlier this year, the prime minister said the notion that vocational education was for “other people’s children” needed to change.Theresa May urged people to “throw away” the “outdated attitude” that university is the only desirable route for young people.Last year the Government announced that it would be launching the biggest overhaul of post-16 education in 70 years, as part of a multibillion pound drive to improve technical training.Philip Hammond unveiled his “radical” plans to put technical education on an equal footing with academic studies in his Budget last March.The current system, where students have to pick from 13,000 different qualifications, will be replaced with just 15 standalone courses.Teenagers who undertake the technical training, such as courses to become an engineer or builder, will spend 50 per cent longer learning than they do now, equalling 900 hours of teaching a year. Ms Milton later backtracked, telling MPs that “I probably made the mistake in using my own personal experience to emphasise the point that I think all parents are always wary of new qualifications.”She went on to say: “The point about T levels is that we’re introducing them, designed by employers – they are very rigorous. I know that take-up will be low in the first years. It will take a while to persuade both young people and their parents that these are a cut above.” If somebody said to me, ‘Your children could do this new qualification,’ I’d say, ‘Leave it a year’Skills Minister Anne Milton The Labour MP James Frith said he found the minister’s comments “quite remarkable”, adding: “Why shouldn’t every other parent of the children considering what they do next also say, ‘Leave it [a year],’ when the minister in charge for launching this believes it is not right for your children and, in fact, they are not ready?” The skills minister has said that she would advise her own children to “leave it a year” before taking the Government’s flagship T-Levels.Anne Milton, the minister charged with overseeing the introduction of the new vocational qualifications, said that it will inevitably be “tough” to persuade parents of the merits of the new system.During an Education Select Committee hearing, the Labour MP Lucy Powell asked Mrs Milton why a parent would want their child to do a childcare T-level when there was already a well-respected and industry-backed qualification in place.Ms Milton responded: “The job of persuading parents to do any new qualification is always quite tough and we know that not huge numbers will do it in the first instance because… I mean, I’m a parent of four children.–– ADVERTISEMENT ––“If somebody said to me, ‘Your children could do this new qualification,’ I’d say, ‘Leave it a year.’“You know, instinctively, that is what parents will do. I think what we will need to do as a department, and the providers will need to do, is to make absolutely clear what you are getting in addition to any of the existing qualifications already set out.” Want the best of The Telegraph direct to your email and WhatsApp? Sign up to our free twice-daily Front Page newsletter and new audio briefings.
Cyprus police make arrests in hunt for kidnapped girl The child’s Norwegian father and Greek Cypriot mother have been engaged in a bitter custody battle. Tweet thisShare on FacebookEmail this article Friday 28 Apr 2017, 11:54 AM Short URL http://jrnl.ie/3363464 CYPRUS POLICE SAID today they have made four arrests in connection with the abduction of a four-year-old girl from outside a nursery school as they pressed a widening search.Authorities issued a European arrest warrant for the child’s Norwegian father who is separated from the girl’s Greek Cypriot mother with whom he has been engaged in a bitter custody battle.Police said that they had found a vehicle at the home of one of the four people arrested which they believe was used in yesterday’s kidnapping in the capital Nicosia.Two masked men forcibly took the girl from her mother as she was being dropped off at the nursery, then sped off with a getaway driver, police said.The girl is now with her father, media in Norway reported, but their whereabouts are unknown.“My client has indicated that he has been reunited with his daughter and that they are fine. I can’t comment on the case beyond that,” his lawyer Morten Engesbak said, quoted by the Aftenposten newspaper.Policing in Cyprus is complicated by the island’s decades-old division.A breakaway Turkish-Cypriot administration in the north is recognised only by Turkey and has no extradition agreement with any other country.There are multiple crossing points between the two sides, including in the heart of the divided capital.© – AFP 2017Read: Trouble for Le Pen as her replacement steps aside amid allegations of Holocaust denialRead: Woman in serious condition after being shot by British anti-terror police 14,248 Views Share Tweet Email1 By AFP 7 Comments Apr 28th 2017, 11:54 AM 
Google : des voitures sans chauffeur en cours d’élaborationÉtats-Unis – Alors que le mondial de l’automobile parisien bat son plein, Google vient de rendre publiques les recherches qu’il mène secrètement depuis des mois. Leur objet : des voitures automatisées, déjà testées sur plusieurs centaines de milliers de kilomètres outre-Atlantique. 220.000 kilomètres. Telle est la distance parcourue en Californie par les six Toyota Prius et l’Audi TT équipées par Google pour rouler sans chauffeur. La firme de Mountain View testait en toute discrétion, depuis plusieurs mois déjà, ses sept voitures intelligentes. Généralement prises pour des Google cars du service Street View, ces véhicules autonomes sont pourtant beaucoup plus développés que ceux utilisés pour collecter des images de nos rues. À lire aussiÉquinoxe du Printemps : pourquoi tombe-t-il le 20 mars ?Capables de suivre un itinéraire programmé par GPS grâce aux multiples capteurs et caméras dont elles sont équipées, ces voitures peuvent effectuer un trajet sans intervention humaine. Accélération et décélération, limites de vitesse, signalisation et notamment feux rouges : les Google cars maîtrisent leur propre conduite, même si un “conducteur” se tient prêt à prendre le relais de la machine derrière le volant. Pour faciliter encore la tâche de celui-ci, un éventuel dysfonctionnement de l’un des nombreux capteurs serait signalé par un message d’alerte. Alors, les voitures sans chauffeur : science ou fiction ? Si elles continuent à prouver leurs talents, elles pourraient bien envahir nos routes plus rapidement qu’on ne le pensait. D’autant plus qu’à l’heure actuelle, un seul accident a été enregistré durant les tests, dû à la percussion de l’une de ces voitures à un feu rouge, par un autre véhicule. Le 11 octobre 2010 à 10:43 • Emmanuel Perrin
Owning a PS4 and Xbox One gives gamers access to the latest games, but it also forms a bit of a management headache. That’s because the hard drive these consoles ship with is quite limited in terms of size. When digital copies of games regularly hit 50GB and your hard drive is 500GB or 1TB, it doesn’t take long before you’re forced to decide what to delete.Seagate thinks it has a solution for Xbox One owners, but it also thinks gamers will be willing to pay $200 for some extra storage and the promise of faster load times. I’m not so sure.Seagate is set to start shipping the Game Drive for Xbox SSD this month. It’s an external drive that plugs into the front or back of your Xbox One and unlocks an extra 512GB of storage. Seagate claims that’s enough to store 15 games including all their DLC. Apparently the drive also cuts down on load times with transfer speeds of up to 440MB/s. That may be true because it’s an SSD, but surely it won’t bring load times down that much seeing as the drive is connected over USB.If you’re concerned about storage then Seagate has a better option in my opinion in the form of the HDD version of this Game Drive. It’s pretty much the same offering, but with a hard drive inside and for less money. The 2TB version costs $86.99 and the 4TB version is $149.99. That larger drive is still $50 cheaper than the SSD Game Drive and offers 8x the storage. It is going to be slower, but no more so than the internal drive.
Worst fears as a tourist is murdered in Providenciales; ten homicides for 2019 Related Items:cortez simmons, court, Keziah Burke, margaret ramsey-hale, murder, rodney adams Freeport Man Killed in ‘The Ghetto’, Homicide Count Now At 100 Facebook Twitter Google+LinkedInPinterestWhatsAppProvidenciales, 16 Feb 2015 – Court tomorrow for murder accused Cortez Simmons according to the court docket. The now 31 year old Simmons has been imprisoned since May 2013 for allegedly being a part of the shooting death of Keziah Burke in April that same year. Simmons had been beaten up initially when remanded; now he stands trial for the incident which has spawned other landmark cases and rulings in the country; including the trial of now exonerated Deputy Commissioner of Police Rodney Adams. Cortez Simmons is expected to appear before Chief Justice Margaret Ramsey-Hale in Provo at 9am, Tuesday. Recommended for you Bahamas Police takes 10 to court for murders and other crimes, including a couple for cruelty to a child Facebook Twitter Google+LinkedInPinterestWhatsApp
Share AP Photo/Carolyn KasterPresident Donald Trump walks from the Oval Office of the White House to Marine One in Washington, Monday, April 16, 2018, for the short trip to Andrews Air Force Base en route to Miami.President Donald Trump and his allies have hit a new level of anxiety after the raid on his personal attorney’s office, fearful of deeper exposure for Trump, his inner circle and his adult children — and more than concerned that they don’t know exactly what is in those records and electronic devices seized last week.There is also some worry that Michael Cohen, the self-described legal fixer who helped make bad stories go away and took a leading role in Trump Organization projects in foreign outposts, may strike a deal with prosecutors out of concern about his own prospects.“I think it’s a huge minefield for Donald Trump and the Trump Organization,” said trial attorney Joseph Cammarata, who represented Paula Jones in her sexual harassment suit against President Bill Clinton. “I think this is on its own track and this train is coming down the track with brute force.”The wild legal show continued to play out Monday, at a court hearing in New York before a federal judge who is considering what to do with the material that the FBI seized from Cohen. The scene was punctuated by dramatic entrances and revelations. Stormy Daniels — the porn actress who alleged she had a sexual affair with the president — made an appearance, stumbling on her high heels as she was swarmed by press. Cohen was forced to reveal that another one of his clients is Fox News host Sean Hannity, a high-profile confidant of the president.Trump left the White House for Florida, for a two-day summit with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the president’s Mar-a-Lago estate. Advisers are hoping the meeting will draw attention from the legal tempest in Washington and New York.On the trip south, White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders sought to put distance between Trump and Cohen, saying: “I believe they’ve still got some ongoing things, but the president has a large number of attorneys, as you know.”The federal raid, carried out a week ago in New York City, sought bank records, information on Cohen’s dealing in the taxi industry, Cohen’s communications with the Trump campaign and information on payments he made in 2016 to former Playboy model Karen McDougal and to Daniels, both of whom allege relationships with Trump, people familiar with the raid told the Associated Press. The court proceedings Monday dealt with who gets to look at Cohen’s seized documents and devices before they are turned over to prosecutors.Though Cohen once said he “would take a bullet” for Trump, he is aware of the possible outcome — including potential prison time — and has expressed worry about his family, said a person who has spoken to the lawyer in recent days but is not authorized to discuss private conversations. Cohen has not been charged with anything.Trump’s moods have grown darker in recent days, as he lashes out at the “overreach” of the raid. Further angering the president is that the raid was triggered in part by a referral from special counsel Robert Mueller, who is looking into Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. The raid was authorized by the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York.On Twitter Sunday, Trump said that all lawyers are now “deflated and concerned” by the FBI raid on Cohen, adding that “Attorney Client privilege is now a thing of the past.” Trump has also taken to downplaying Cohen’s role.The president also inveighed further against former FBI Director James Comey, who said Monday morning that Trump was morally unfit to be president. That was a few hours after Comey said the same and worse in a highly promoted ABC interview.Many in the White House view the aftershocks of the Cohen raid as potentially more threatening than Mueller’s Russia probe, fearful of what skeletons may be in the lawyer’s closets, according to five officials and outside allies who all spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss private conversations.“I agree with the consensus forming that it’s very dangerous for the president, probably the most serious thing yet,” said Sol Wisenberg, a defense attorney who was a deputy independent counsel during the Starr special counsel investigation into Clinton. “Even if you shut Mueller down some way, how do you shut down the Southern District (federal court)?”Trump’s anger at the probe has intensified, with him musing publicly about firing Mueller and the man who authorized the probe, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein. Those around Trump have hoped that this week’s visit to Mar-a-Lago, where he is generally happier, along with the tightly scheduled summit with Abe, would somewhat distract him from Cohen and from Comey’s ongoing publicity tour.But White House aides have also expressed worry that they can control Trump less at his palatial Florida estate, where he is known to seek out counsel from club members and get revved up by their at-times provocative advice. One recent presidential dinner guest was Hannity, a longtime Trump ally whose connection to Cohen shed more light on the attorney who was more than just a lawyer for Trump.Cohen has long been a key power center in the Trump Organization and a fixture along the edges of Trump’s nascent political life. In Cohen’s own estimation, he is Trump’s Ray Donovan, the bruising television character who takes whatever steps are needed to fix problems for the tycoon he serves.He has regularly threatened lawsuits against those who pose a challenge to Trump. He has berated reporters for writing unflattering words about his boss. He has worked with tabloids, including the National Enquirer, to kill unfavorable stories about Trump. He has said he used a home-equity loan to finance a $130,000 payment to Daniels in the final days of the 2016 campaign and did so without Trump’s knowledge.The president has consistently denied a relationship with Daniels, who claims the two had sex not long after first lady Melania Trump gave birth to the couple’s son Barron. He has also pushed back against other claims from women.A recent Trump fundraising email praised Mrs. Trump, with the president calling her “my rock and foundation.”
Kingsglaive, you beautiful, confusing beast of a movie.Although fans are wary of another Square Enix film after the box office disaster that was Final Fantasy: Spirits Within, and the confusion that was Advent Children, Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV promised bigger and better things for fans. There’s clearly a vast amount of time and money gone into this project, along with an A-list cast. The team has done everything they can to assure fans that this was going to be the film that broke their losing streak.Should fans still be wary of this film? Yes and no.Those who know the Final Fantasy world and have seen the sneak peek of the FFXV game will know what to look for to follow the story, although the plot is fraught with confusion. A non-fan with no FF knowledge and no desire to play the game afterwards will be completely lost as to what is going on.Why do they keep talking about a prince who’s not even in the movie? Why do the characters have American, English, Scottish, and Australian accents all mixed together? Why is the evil chancellor dressed like a cowboy with a British accent dragging what looks like a dragon wing on his arm?So many questions, with no answers strictly given in the movie itself. It’s a much tougher ride for those not familiar with the franchise.StoryThe story in the film occurs parallel to the events that will occur in the Final Fantasy XV game. While Prince Noctis and his buddies road trip in the game, the movie covers what happens at the kingdom while they are away.The movie opens with a dense monologue by Lena Headey, explaining the struggle between the kingdom of Lucis and Niflheim throughout the ages. Niflheim has been conquering lands left and right for hundreds of years, and continues to battle Lucis for control of their magic crystal that protects their lands and imbues the king and his subordinates with power. In what is obviously a con, Niflheim offers Lucis a chance at peace: if they marry crown prince Noctis to their princess Lunafreya, Niflheim will take over control of Lucis, but in a peaceful way.Exhausted by the centuries of long war, the King agrees, setting off a chain of events that are full of beautiful battle and chase scenes, and over-long diplomatic meeting sessions. But man, what a pretty adventure it all is.CharactersSuper Great: King Regis Lucis Caelum CXVIII is played by Sean Bean. As soon as the world learned that Sean Bean would play an elderly king again, we all feared he was in for the same fate as Bean’s past characters. No spoilers here, but the thought looms pretty heavy throughout the film until the end. Regis is a king with noble aspirations, but has a tired soul from the years of battling with Niflheim.When Niflheim suggests the peace treaty, with some struggle he accepts. He knows he cannot fight the war this way forever, sacrificing his troops to endless battles. Bean does a wonderful job portraying the weary king and breathes life into what would normally be a throwaway monarch character. Despite the sometimes stiff nature of the CG for the faces in this film, the voice gives Regis all the regalness and compassion that his character has.Great: Nyx Ulric, played by Aaron Paul (Breaking Bad, Bojack Horseman), is written admirably as a member of the Kingsglaive who just wants peace. His home country was taken by Niflheim years ago, and he lost his family in the process. Now, he only hopes for peace and will do anything to achieve it when it is threatened.Paul gives a great performance as Nyx, showing the actor has a wide range outside of his past characters as the young side kick for Walter White or the wacky roommate of Bojack Horseman. Nyx is the quintessential “hero” type of this film. It doesn’t seem like he needs a lot of pushing from Princess Lunafreya to continuing to try to protect the land even when all hope seems lost. Instead, his character is able to rise to the occasion of adversity, in an epic and action-packed way at the end of the film. Nyx is a pretty fun bad ass to follow.The Bad: Lunafreya Nox Fleuret, what is going on with you? The only female protagonist of this film is the Princess, who is offered up as a sacrificial lamb and then as bait by Niflheim. Her character is written as quietly strong. We see that she has accepted that her life is only the sum of what it symbolizes for the kingdom, which she embraces to an almost suicidal extent in the film.This girl has no sense of self preservation (she literally throws herself out of an aircraft with no gear on when she thinks she might not make it to where the king is in time), and sure likes to say “I do not fear death” an awful lot.Voiced by Lena Headey (Game of Thrones), Lunafreya’s frail, translucent features do not match her powerful voice in the least. Lunafreya’s character design is odd, which isn’t anything new to the Final Fantasy franchise, but it is distractingly so in the film. Her face emotes a total of zero times throughout the film, adding awkwardness to scenes where there should be fear, power, or willfulness.She falls off of a ladder into an empty abyss and only gives a weak “Oh!” in response, as her facial features never change. Her face reads sharp and a bit alien on screen, with her pure-as-the-driven-snow skin and white garments beating into the audience that, “Yes! Her thoughts and feelings are pure! She is the symbol of goodness and peace!” God, we get it, guys. Take it down a notch.I was disappointed in Lunafreya’s character to say the least, but maybe she’ll boss-up by the time we see her again in the FFXV game. As for this movie, she’s just a monotone plot device to keep the characters moving around.The WorldThe CG in this movie is exquisite. Disregarding everything else, this movie is the most beautiful thing you will see on the big screen for many years to come. The details of this world come alive in a truly magical way. In the movie, it is a treat to be able to see the various landscapes of the Final Fantasy XV world.The boiling disaster of the battlefield in the opening scenes crackles with fire and violence among a barren desert. The royal castle is majesty and magic in a scene where it is surrounded by fireworks and an aurora borealis-esque twinkling sky, the effect of the crystal’s protective shield domed around all of Lucis. Lucis’ capital city of Insomnia (the name is distractingly wacky) is a futuristic version of Tokyo, with sweeping freeways and giant statues plotted about the city.The only off scenery we see is the glimpse of the ghettos where Nyx and his fellow refugee friends live far outside the castle grounds. It’s introduced with a layover of pop Indian music, and looks a confusing amalgam of New York, Tokyo, and Agrabah. Despite that last weird one, the scenery is gorgeous and worth pausing to soak it all in.Action SequencesAfter the movie’s introduction, we are thrust into a brilliant battle sequence of the Kingsglaive protecting their country’s borders against Niflheim troops. They look like space-aged Nazi robots. Check the battle out in the clip above!This opening sequence had my jaw dropping to the floor. A beautiful display of the Kingsglaive transportation magic and stunning battle choreography, we also get to see the fearsome demonic technology of Niflheim. The biomechanical monster that spews a thousand missiles is stunning and horrifying in its destruction. I loved that this battle also included a team of magic users on the high ground creating shields for the ground troops. It was a nice touch for those of us hoping to glimpse some mages in the film.“Hi! I am totally not evil! Just look at my cool hat and ruffled collar shirt!” said the evil chancellor of Niflheim who was obviously totally evil.After this, the audience must wait until halfway through the movie for the action to pick up again as Nyx and Lunafreya battle the Niflheim forces trying to capture them. One of the strongest parts of this film is the action choreography. And let’s not forget about the surprises sprung upon viewers that nod back to the Final Fantasy franchise. No spoilers, but I can promise you some airships and hidden monsters. No chocobos yet, unfortunately.People of ColorWhat is happening here? The entirety of the main cast is Caucasian. We see maybe a total of 10 people of color in the entire film, ranging from background NPCs to side characters with no names. This was disappointing to say the least. For what’s supposed to be a city full of refugees from multiple Niflheim-conquered countries, y’all look kind of the same. Not a win for diversity here.VerdictKingsglaive is a treat for the eyes, but not really for the brain. The story is weak and it’s hard to care about the stone-cold princess or the wacky villains, but at least we love King Regis and the brave Nyx. The end falls a little flat as it neatly takes care of characters in the movie who won’t be appearing in the game. Despite this, the amazing landscapes and battle scenes make this movie worth watching for fans of the game and the fantasy genre alike. And hey, it did make me pumped for the game, which I’m pretty sure is its real purpose.Oh yeah, and don’t forget to wait until after the credits for a little surprise!The movie hits select theaters this Friday, August 19th, and will be available for digital download and Blu-ray and DVD on October 4th.
Johnny Appleseed is an American folk hero, known as an intrepid outdoorsman who spent his days planting apple trees along the western frontier. The myths and legends surrounding his life have been exacerbated by popular depictions of him as a jolly farmer, surrounded by rosy apples, singing birds and bucolic countryside.Johnny Appleseed, Harper’s New Monthly Magazine, 1871According to Professor William Kerrigan, Johnny Appleseed has come to be regarded as ‘St. Francis of the apples’, wandering along the American frontier, dressed in rags, and a coffee sack, distributing apple seeds and planting trees.AdChoices广告inRead invented by TeadsAs a follower of the teachings of the Swedish theologian Emanuel Swedenborg, he believed that suffering in this life would lead to happiness in the hereafter, and therefore he is said to have traveled barefoot, as a humble pilgrim, befriending Native American tribes, protecting nature, and cultivating the land.Johnny AppleseedHowever, this saccharine picture of a harmless proto-hippy belies the true story of Johnny Chapman, an enterprising businessman who fuelled the burgeoning cider industry and paved the way for expansion and settlement into the Midwest.Kerrigan reports that Chapman did indeed plant apples along the western frontier, but they were primarily used for drinking, not eating. In addition, the construction of this image of benign eccentricity has obscured the role he played in facilitating the displacement and destruction of Native American communities in the Northwest Territory.A variety called the “Johnny Appleseed” is similar to these Albemarle Pippins, good for baking and apple sauce. Photo Leslie Seaton CC BY 2.0Chapman was born in Leominster, Massachusetts, in 1774. His early years are shrouded in mystery, but we do know that he turned up in Pennsylvania at the turn of the 19th century, at a time when expansion westwards was accelerating significantly. The colonization of the Northwest Territory was in full swing, and many large private companies and investors were buying up land for settlement.According to The Smithsonian Magazine, in 1792 the Ohio Company of Associates developed a policy to encourage migration to these areas. Potential settlers would be granted 100 acres of land if they permanently settled there, and permanent settlement was defined by the planting of apple and peach trees. This was considered to be evidence of a long-term investment, as apple trees planted from seed tended to take around a decade to bear fruit.Published November 1871 in Harper’s New Monthly MagazineChapman realized that there was a lucrative opportunity in this new context. If he could travel the frontier planting apple trees, he could successfully hand them over to incoming frontiersmen at a considerable profit. He would undertake the difficult work of raising the orchards, and sell them on later.His religious beliefs prohibited him from using grafting techniques to cultivate apples, so he decided to plant his orchards in carefully constructed nurseries, from seed. However, planting apples from seed is an unreliable, unpredictable business, and the yield rarely produces apples suitable for eating. Rather, the apples that Chapman planted would have been unbearably sour, even if taken from the seed of a sweet eating apple.Ripe red apple close-up with sun rays and apple orchard in the background.As a result, Chapman’s apple trees were used to produce cider. In this period, water was generally considered unsuitable for drinking, as it could not be sterilized, and so the majority of people quenched their thirst with weak ale or other alcoholic beverages.Apple cider became the beverage of choice along the American frontier, and was drunk by men, women and children alike. Author Howard Means even describes frontier life in this period as being lived “through an alcoholic haze”, according to The Smithsonian Magazine, due to the vast quantities of strong cider that were consumed.Basket with red apples on the grass in the gardenChapman died in 1845, an extremely rich man, leaving over 1200 acres of nurseries to his sister. To the end, he deprived himself of material comforts, and continued to proselytize for the New Church of the Swedenborgians throughout his life.Johnny Appleseed grave Kevin M. Brooks CC BY SA 3.0However, during prohibition, the majority of the orchards that he had planted were ripped up by the authorities, due to their role in fuelling the production of cider.Nevertheless, his development of new American apple strains has left a legacy to this day, producing popular, hardy types of apples that continue to enjoy popularity across the United States.US stamp honoring Johnny AppleseedJohnny Appleseed has emerged as an emblematic image of mythologized frontier life. His kindness, strong religious faith and enterprising spirit appear to embody the American dream, and it is no wonder that he has become known as a folk hero in the national origin story.Read another story from us: Campaign to Save the Grave of the Man who Invented Special Effects for FilmHowever, as Kerrigan notes, the real story of Johnny Chapman is far more complex and ambiguous. The myth serves to obscure the brutality and hardship of frontier life, and the price paid by Native communities for American expansion into the Midwest.
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The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released data for global air freight demand in June 2016 showing a rise in freight tonne km (FTK) of 4.3% year-on-year. This was the fastest pace of growth in 14 months. Freight capacity measured in available freight tonne km (AFTKs) increased by 4.9% year-on-year, keeping yields under downward pressure.Freight demand increased year-on-year in June across all regions with the exception of Latin America which recorded a 9.8% decrease, compared to the same period last year. Middle East and Europe posted the fastest demand growth in June with year-on-year increases of eight percent and 5.1% respectively.“June saw an improvement in demand for air freight. That’s good news. However, we cannot read too much into one month’s performance. Air cargo markets have been in the doldrums for several years during which there were several false starts on indications for improvement. We will continue watching developments closely, keeping in mind that the air freight business environment is fragile,” said Tony Tyler, Director General and CEO, IATA.