Bristol Student Protests 2010

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Catholic Church of Peadophilia – Another Child Molestation Church Against Roman Catholic Church

Catholic Church of Peadophilia – Another Child Molestation Church Against Roman Catholic Church
A Dutch Roman Catholic bishop who died in 2003 abused a boy while serving as a priest at a monastery after the war, Dutch media report.

Jan ter Schure, who served as bishop of Den Bosch until 1998, is said to have been one of seven priests involved in abusing the boarding school pupil.

Church documents show the victim was paid compensation for “emotional damages” after ter Schure’s death.

The religious order involved paid him 16,000 euros (£13,500, $21,000).

The abuse occurred at the Don Rua monastery in Ugchelen between 1948 and 1953. The monastery later relocated to the town of ‘s-Heerenberg.

Revelations this year of widespread sexual abuse at Don Rua prompted a wave of publicity about sexual abuse in the Roman Catholic Church in the Netherlands, Radio Netherlands reports…

More @ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11849033

source - rastalivewire

Ripton Linsey interview - Typical Topical Afrotropical Show pt2

There is no show today but we do have part 2 of the Ripton linsey Interview on the Typical Topical Afrotropical Show. See us next week on BCFM 93.2 and Afrotropical Tv 

2 African students build free-energy power generator

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Eniola Adewale (left) and Olajumoke Adebayo with the fueless power generator they invented

2 students invent fueless power generator: By Akoma Chinweoke

Two students of Doregos Private Academy, Lagos, Olajumoke Adebayo and Eniola Adewale has invented a fueless power generator. The invention was showcased at the Pan-African Women Inventors & Innovators Network Symposium, Expo & Awards at the ECOWAS Commission in Abuja.

The event titled Innovative Women with Innovative Solutions for Africa was witnessed by the minister of Information and Communication, Prof. Dora Akunyili, and Mrs Josephine Anenih., minister for Women Affairs, It was indeed a commemdation galore for the students as other youths were advised to emulate them.

The students both in SS3 and members of the Junior Engineers, Technicians & Scientists (JETS Club) said the idea was born out of a need to minimize the cost spent of the usage of fuel generators as an average amount of N10, 000 is spent on fuel weekly adding that their invention does not emit any toxic and poses no threat to human health.

According to them, the idea was conceived through the JETS club to which they belonged as coordinators. “We used magnetic flux to generate electricity which the conventional magnet cannot. It consists of a shaf fixed with eight neodymium magnets which rotates when an initial current is passed through the field coils. The electricity is then passed from the copper coil to a step-up transformer which steps up the power voltage from 32 volts to 200 volts to power the output of the generator”. They said.

The young stars noted that JETS club afforded them a vantage avenue to think, analyze and work on scientific research before embarking on the project based on their scientific knowledge that a generator can still exist without using fuel. They stated that it is possible to produce cheaper and more dependable source of electricity for both domestic and industrial use.

The invention the students admitted was not an easy scale through as they had to make several presentations and seminars on the project to the audience comprising their teachers and the school authority before they were finally selected to defend the significance of their project.

Both students hinted that they intend pursuing a career in Engineering in the near future, to develop a bigger generator that can power the whole school.” This is just a prototype to showcase our endowments and potentials.”

The materials used for the invention according to them are a locally fabricated step up transformer, capacitors with total capacity 400,000 uf, neodymium magnets, copper wires transistors battery, oscillators, bulbs and several other materials.

The coordinator Junior Engineers, Technicians & Scientists (JETS Club), of the academy, Mr Lawal Olaide noted that the problem of high cost usage of fuel generators and unemployment in the country coupled with the burning desires of the students to make something unusual was responsible for the feat. according to him, “the main objective of this project is to produce a generator that can produce cheap and sustainable electric power to solve the problem of power supply permanently in the country, adding that it is also of great importance as it does not emit any waste (toxic) products as with conventional generators”…

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2010/11/2-students-invent-fueless-power-generator/

RACE CLAIM HAS RUINED MY LIFE - Racism in Bristol City Council

By Tom Morris

A TEACHER says his life has been ruined and marriage almost wrecked after he was wrongly accused of assaulting two pupils.

Traditional Caribbean dance teacher Ripton Lindsay was cleared of assaulting the boys at

Bristol Magistrates' Court last December and has now won an employment tribunal against Bristol City Council for race discrimination.

Jamaican Mr Lindsay was told "This is not how we do it in British schools" by head teacher Susan Eriksson after he separated two agitated pupils, aged eight and nine, by grabbing their collars at Millpond Primary School in Baptist Mills on February 24, 2009.

He then found himself accused of assault and was banned from working in council-run schools, lost his slot on Bristol urban radio station Ujima 98 FM, lost his place working on St Paul's Carnival and was dismissed from his position on the board of a nursery school.

He says the experience means he now has to leave the profession and city he loves.

The council now faces a damages bill running into tens of thousands of pounds when a settlement is reached early next year.

The tribunal judgment found that Ms Eriksson "failed to perform any sort of proper investigation into what happened" by not giving Mr Lindsay the opportunity to state his case.

It also found the dance teacher had been left with the impression that as a non-British person he did not "properly understand" how things should be done in a British school.

Mr Lindsay, 38, of Westbury-on-Trym, had worked as a dance teacher in more than 50 schools run by the city council. He had successfully developed shows with children and young people that had gone to venues includingColston Hall and Bath Theatre Royal.

Mr Lindsay says the assault charges further damaged his name because in Caribbean countries the term battery is used for "gang rape".

He told the Evening Post: "My life has been ruined. I have walked down the street and had people saying I beat up children.

"This has destroyed my reputation and almost wrecked my marriage – I would not wish it on anyone.

"Until this incident I loved Bristol and I loved my job but the system has destroyed me and it means I have to leave a city and job that I love.

"There is some serious damage that has been done.

"I have never felt anything like this – I hurt, I really hurt.

"I have made up my mind – I don't want to teach anymore. I will take my skills to somewhere where they are appreciated."

Describing the incident, Mr Lindsay said: "I did not receive the personal support I expected.

"I was not given the opportunity to put my side of the story across and it was blown out of all proportion.

"The system has told me I need to be an animal and that I should have stood back and let those children tear each other apart. I am a human being and I did what was right and acted in their best interests. All I did was use my index finger and thumb on their collars to keep them apart."

Mr Lindsay said Ms Eriksson's comment had been "very racist".

He said: "I was stereotyped. I felt degraded and after it had sunk in, the humiliation kicked in.

"The week during the magistrates court case was hell but I had to stay focused.

"The tribunal was very hard as well. At one point I had to go out and just burst into tears.

"This was an incident that happens in schools all the time and there had just been a massive overreaction.

"When the verdict came I felt a great relief but sadness at the same time. I felt relief because the case was not just for me but for anyone who has faced injustice from all walks of life and sadness because racism still exists."

Describing his feelings towards Ms Eriksson, who has since left Millpond Primary School and is now the head teacher at Glenfrome Primary in Eastville, Mr Lindsay said: "I do not hate Susan – if anything I feel sorry for her. At the end of the tribunal I gave her a hug.

"I now feel like I want to take a step back and focus on my life. I want to be with my family and my true friends. I just hope the council learn from this and realise what an effect they can have on people's lives."

City council spokeswoman Katharine de Lisle said the authority had received the full written reasons for the judgement from the Employment Tribunal yesterday afternoon.

She said: "We recognise that it raises very serious issues. We are seeking legal advice and can't comment further at this stage, except to say that the findings will receive full consideration."

Jibin Philip, from Avon and Bristol Law Centre who represented Mr Lindsay at the hearing last month, said: "We are delighted that Mr Lindsay has been exonerated. No one should suffer like him. If you think you've experienced discrimination at work, don't put up with it. Get advice from the Law Centre or a similar service."

BATTLE WITH THE BRISTOL COUNCIL!-Typical Topical Afrotropical

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