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After Howard County voters showed overwhelming support for a charter amendment to establish an Office of the Inspector General, to create the office’s structure is up for final consideration by the County Council on Monday. “And I’m also quite pleased that we spent a lot of time as a body in work sessions, probably about nine or 10 hours, public work sessions, to reach a consensus on this particular bill. So, we’ve really put in a lot of hard work, it’s been kicking around since last June and we’re finally flying into the airport, I think, and landing it,” Council Chair Deb Jung said at a Nov. 18 public hearing. Days after the public hearing, the council held its regular legislative work session on Nov. 22 where council member Christiana Rigby proposed changes, and Howard County Executive Calvin Ball’s staff brought forth potential amendments that were to be filed before the 2 p.m. deadline Tuesday. The council will vote on Monday because “we got to get this thing going,” Jung said. Thirteen amendments were filed Tuesday, ranging from technical language changes to more substantial adjustments. The county executive’s office filed eight amendments. Some of the amendments would allow for the Inspector General Citizen Board to appoint and remove the inspector general rather than the County Council and prohibit former county executives or elected officials from being the inspector general within five years of government service. Anyone wanting to serve on the citizen board would also have to wait five years after serving in county government. Another amendment by Rigby, District 3, would change the name of the citizen board to “Inspector General Advisory Board.” Ball supported the council’s decision in July to amend the county’s charter, emphasizing the significance of good governance, efficiency and trust, Howard County Chief Administrative Officer Brandee Ganz said in a statement. The amendments were filed to support that “vision” and “strengthen the independence of the Office of the Inspector General,” Ganz said. “This includes a provision to ensure that oversight of the Inspector General falls to an empowered board of experienced community members and professionals, and not elected officials,” the statement read. “We look forward to working with the County Council to advance and implement this important initiative.” Other proposed amendments would authorize the citizen board to recommend changes to the Office of the Inspector General’s budget and allow the county executive to make two appointments to the board, while each County Council member would receive one. When discussing potential amendments during the Nov. 22 work session, Jung said she would never give the county executive two appointments “no matter what.” Jung filed an amendment clarifying the selection process so each council member and the county executive would nominate one person. Another person would be nominated by the majority of the council from names provided in a public process. Legislation around the Office of the Inspector General has been in the works since July, when Council Vice Chair Liz Walsh to form the office, which would uncover and address cases of fraud, abuse and waste in organizations receiving county funding. She also proposed legislation to form a citizen board that would appoint the inspector general, change the code around whistleblower complaints and the Howard County Ethics Commission’s composition and repeal some duties of the county auditor. After , the council worked on an amendment to the county charter to ensure the office would be completely independent of county government branches. The council that added it to the ballot in this year’s general election, when 85.6% of voters voted to establish the office. The day before Election Day, during a legislative session, members of the council introduced CB61-2024, which differed from the bills proposed by Walsh in July. The new bill would establish the Office of the Inspector General, an independent citizen board, and other functions of the new entity. Walsh, Jung, and Rigby, along with councilmember David Yungman, District 5, sponsored the measure. Opel Jones, of District 2, supported creation of the office but decided not to sponsor the bill because he said he wanted to see how the Nov. 5 vote went and needed to talk with constituents. “Whether a council member is on a bill as a co-sponsor or co-author really doesn’t have much to do with whether he or she is going to support an effort or a bill or not,” Jones said at the Nov. 18 public hearing. Members of the public shared their support for the inspector general’s office at the meeting while also raising questions and concerns about the cost, transparency and independence of the office, among other topics. Jung said the council shares some of those concerns. “I share your concerns,” Jung said responding to a resident’s testimony. “I think we probably all do share to a certain extent some of your concerns. It’s a new thing for us, too.”STATESVILLE, N.C. , Nov. 27, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Kewaunee Scientific Corporation (NASDAQ: KEQU) today announced that the Company plans to release its second quarter fiscal year 2025 financial results on Wednesday, December 11, 2024 after the close of trading. This information will be available on the Company's website www.kewaunee.com after the release. About Nu Aire Founded in 1971 and based in Minneapolis , the Company is a leading manufacturer of equipment for a diverse range of laboratory and pharmacy environments. Nu Aire is the North American market share leader in biological safety cabinets and other airflow products and also offers a complete line of CO2 incubators, ultralow freezers, animal handling equipment, pharmacy compounding isolators, and parts and accessories. Nu Aire's equipment is required for safety and quality in every type of laboratory: life sciences research, clinical, hospital, biotech and pharmaceutical R&D, academia, food and beverage, industrial and more. Nu Aire's website is located at http://www.nuaire.com/ . About Kewaunee Scientific Founded in 1906, Kewaunee Scientific Corporation is a recognized global leader in the design, manufacture, and installation of laboratory, healthcare, and technical furniture products. The Company's products include steel and wood casework, fume hoods, adaptable modular systems, moveable workstations, stand-alone benches, biological safety cabinets, and epoxy resin work surfaces and sinks. The Company's corporate headquarters are located in Statesville, North Carolina . Sales offices are located in the United States , India , Saudi Arabia , and Singapore . Three manufacturing facilities are located in Statesville serving the domestic and international markets, and one manufacturing facility is located in Bangalore, India serving the local, Asian, and African markets. Kewaunee Scientific's website is located at http://www.kewaunee.com . This press release contains statements that the Company believes to be "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All statements other than statements of historical fact included in this press release, including statements regarding the Company's future financial condition, results of operations, business operations and business prospects, are forward-looking statements. 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Such factors, risks, uncertainties and assumptions include, but are not limited to: our ability to realize the benefits anticipated as a result of the Nu Aire acquisition; competitive and general economic conditions, including disruptions from government mandates, both domestically and internationally, as well as supplier constraints and other supply disruptions; changes in customer demands; technological changes in our operations or in our industry; dependence on customers' required delivery schedules; risks related to fluctuations in the Company's operating results from quarter to quarter; risks related to international operations, including foreign currency fluctuations; changes in the legal and regulatory environment; changes in raw materials and commodity costs; acts of terrorism, war, governmental action, and natural disasters and other Force Majeure events. The cautionary statements made pursuant to the Reform Act herein and elsewhere by us should not be construed as exhaustive. We cannot always predict what factors would cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated by the forward-looking statements. Over time, our actual results, performance, or achievements will likely differ from the anticipated results, performance or achievements that are expressed or implied by our forward-looking statements, and such difference might be significant and harmful to our stockholders' interest. Many important factors that could cause such a difference are described under the caption "Risk Factors," in Item 1A of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2024 , which you should review carefully, and in our subsequent quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and current reports on Form 8-K. These reports are available on our investor relations website at www.kewaunee.com and on the SEC website at www.sec.gov . 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From delicious roast spuds to tips for homemade gravy, Darina Allen has shared some of her top tips for Christmas cooking. Whether you're preparing a small intimate meal or you're serving up a feast for your extended family, Christmas cooking can feel a bit overwhelming. Fear not, however, as Ballymaloe Cookery School founder Darina Allen has a few simple tips to make your meal even tastier. On Newstalk Breakfast , Ms Allen explained how you can brine your own turkey at home to make it even more flavourful. For turkeys that come pre-stuffed, she recommends a dry brine. "Dry brine is literally getting some good salt and rubbing it all over the surface several hours ahead, or on the day before - that draws out extra moisture," she said. If your turkey is not pre-stuffed, Ms Allen says you can also make a brine with water and salt. In both cases, she advises against using specialty salt - such as truffle salt. To make homemade gravy, Ms Allen urges home cooks to keep their turkey's giblets. "Put them in a saucepan with a couple of carrots, celery stalks, onions and peppercorn," she said. "Bring that up to the boil, simmer it for a couple of hours, strain it and you've got the stock." Once the turkey is finished roasting, Ms Allen advises home cooks to remove the top layer of fat from the concentrated turkey juices to the stock. Boil the fat and add it to the turkey stock along with a roux of flour and butter, then whisk until all the lumps are gone. For perfectly crispy spuds, it is vital to parboil the potatoes and roast them in a a hot oven. Ms Allen also recommends either using a lard, like goose fat, or a good olive oil. Feature images shows Darina Allen, AlamyOttawa mayor speaks on transit funding, federal turmoil in year-end interviewNone
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“THE CULT OF THE FOUNDER.” “THE CULT OF THE TECH GENIUS.” “Beware: Silicon Valley’s cultists want to turn you into a disruptive deviant.” “Tech’s cult of the founder bounces back.” “Silicon Valley’s Strange, Apocalyptic Cults.” “How the cult of personality and tech-bro culture is killing technology.” “Company or cult?” “Is your corporate culture cultish?” “The Cult of Company Culture Is Back. But Do Tech Workers Even Want Perks Anymore?” “10 tech gadgets with a cult following on Amazon—and why they’re worth it.” “13 steps to developing a cult-like company culture.” The headlines seem to write themselves (if that cliché is allowed anymore in the age of ChatGPT and generative AI). Tech is culty. But that is a metaphor, right? When I first saw Michael Saylor’s Twitter account, I wasn’t sure. Saylor is an entrepreneur, tech executive, and former billionaire. Once reportedly the richest man in the Washington, DC, area, he lost most of his $7 billion net worth in 2000 when, in his mid-30s, he reached a settlement with the US Securities and Exchange Commission after it brought charges against him and two of his colleagues at a company called MicroStrategy for inaccurate reporting of their financial results. But I had no idea who he was back then. In 2021 Saylor started showing up in my Twitter feed. His profile picture showed a man with chiseled features, silver hair, and stubble sitting in a power pose and looking directly into the camera, a black dress shirt unbuttoned to display a generous amount of his neck. It was a typical tech entrepreneur’s publicity shot except for the lightning bolts blasting from his eyes, and the golden halo crown. Then there were his tweets: #Bitcoin is Truth. #Bitcoin is For All Mankind. #Bitcoin is Different. Trust the Timechain. Fiat [government-backed currency] is immoral. #Bitcoin is immortal. #Bitcoin is a shining city in cyberspace, waiting for you. #Bitcoin is the heartbeat of Planet Earth. As MIT’s humanist chaplain, I follow a lot of ministers, rabbis, imams, and monks online. Very few religious leaders would dare to be this religious on social media. They know that few of their readers want to see such hubris. Why, then, does there seem to be an audience for this seemingly cultish behavior from a cryptocurrency salesman? Are tech leaders like Saylor leading actual cults? According to Bretton Putter, an expert on startups and CEO of the consulting firm CultureGene, this needn’t be a major concern: “It’s pretty much impossible,” Putter writes, “for a business to become a full-blown cult.” And if a tech company or other business happens to resemble a cult, that might just be a good thing, he argues: “If you succeed in building a cultlike culture similar to the way that Apple, Tesla, Zappos, Southwest Airlines, Nordstrom, and Harley-Davidson have, you will experience loyalty, dedication, and commitment from your employees (and customers) that is way beyond the norm.” Are the cultlike aspects of tech companies really that benign? Or should we be worried? To find the answer, I interviewed Steve Hassan, a top expert on exit counseling, or helping people escape destructive cults. At age 19, while he was studying poetry at Queens College in New York City in the early 1970s, Hassan was recruited into the Unification Church—the famously manipulative cult also known as the Moonies. Over his next 27 months as a member of the church, Hassan helped with its fundraising, recruiting, and political efforts, which involved personally meeting with the cult leader Sun Myung Moon multiple times. He lived in communal housing, slept only a few hours a night, and sold carnations on street corners seven days a week for no pay. He was told to drop out of college and turn his bank account over to the church. In 1976, he fell asleep at the wheel while driving a Moonie fundraising van and drove into the back of a tractor-trailer at high speed. He called his sister from the hospital, and his parents hired former members to help “deprogram” him and extract him from the cult. After the Jonestown mass suicide and murders of 1978 brought attention to the lethal dangers of cult mind control, Hassan founded a nonprofit organization, Ex-Moon Inc. Since then, he’s earned a handful of graduate degrees (including a doctorate in the study of cults), started numerous related projects, and written a popular book on how practices with which he is all too familiar have crept into the mainstream of US politics in recent years. (That 2019 book, , seemed even more relevant in early 2024, when a video called “God Made Trump” went viral across the campaign trail.) Hassan even found himself advising Maryland congressman Jamie Raskin, leader of the second impeachment trial against Donald Trump, in 2021, on how to think and communicate about the cultish aspects of the violent mob of Trump followers who stormed the Capitol on January 6 of that year. I wanted to ask Hassan what he makes of the discourse around tech cults, but first it’s important to understand how he thinks about cults in the first place. Hassan’s dissertation was titled “The BITE Model of Authoritarian Control: Undue Influence, Thought Reform, Brainwashing, Mind Control, Trafficking, and the Law.” The idea was to create a model that could measure cult exploitation and manipulation, or what Hassan and other experts in related fields call “undue influence.” His BITE model looks to evaluate the ways social groups and institutions attempt to control followers’ behavior, information access, thoughts, and emotions. Because there is no one quintessential, Platonic definition of a cult, what matters is where a given instance of potential cultishness falls on an “influence continuum.” In this continuum model, Hassan evaluates the ways in which institutional cultures attempt to influence people. To what extent are individuals allowed to be their authentic selves or required to adopt a false cult identity? Are leaders accountable to others, or do they claim absolute authority? Do organizations encourage growth in the people who participate in them, or do they seek to preserve their own power over all else? While any kind of person or group can struggle with some of the dimensions on Hassan’s continuum chart (which lists constructive behaviors at one end and destructive behaviors at the other), healthier organizations will tend toward constructive responses more of the time, whereas unhealthier institutions—those more truly worthy of the cult label in the most negative sense—will tend toward destructive responses such as grandiosity, hate, demands for obedience, elitism, authoritarianism, deceptiveness, or hunger for power. It turns out that there are some real, meaningful similarities between cults and tech, according to Hassan. “This is the perfect mind-control device,” he told me, holding up his iPhone. He explained that when he joined the Moonies in 1974, cult recruiters had to get information from the victim. Now, he said, users of everyday technologies are sitting ducks: “There are 5,000 data points on every voting American in the dark web, and there are companies that will collect and sell that data.” The first time Hassan was told about cryptocurrency, he added, it smacked of multilevel marketing to him. The proposition that you can make a fortune in a very short amount of time, with almost no labor, was something he had seen many times in his work. As was the idea that if you become an early investor in such a scheme, you’ll make more money if you recruit more people to join you. “The people who started it are always going to make 99% of the money,” Hassan said. And as in the cults that recruited him and continue to recruit the kinds of people who ultimately become his clients, “everyone else is going to get burned.” All of this would certainly seem to explain why I so frequently hear from people, eager for me to know they are fellow atheists, who tell me to buy some bitcoin because it will rewire my neurons and cure me of the woke mind virus. Of course, it should be noted that some scholars have complained about Hassan’s work, arguing that brainwashing and mind control are concepts for which there is not sufficient evidence. But I’m not claiming that tech uses literal brainwashing, nor is it like when a character in a episode hears “You are getting very sleepy” and then their eyes become squiggles. Hassan probably wouldn’t say so either. Companies don’t need to go to such extremes to exert undue influence on us, though. And as is clear from the headlines I cited above, a lot of companies have been accused of, or associated with, a bit of cultishness. I won’t attempt to evaluate anyone’s cultish tendencies on a scale of 1 to 10. But I see crypto sales techniques as a particularly good example of cultlike behavior, because if there’s one thing cults need to be good at to sustain their existence, it’s separating people from their wallets. Cryptocurrency has specialized in that to extraordinary effect. It’s all a continuum, and it would be hard to find a person whose life is completely devoid of anything cultish, technological or otherwise. But as a culture, we are careening dangerously toward the wrong end of Hassan’s chart. Or to quote a Michael Saylor tweet, “We all stumble in the dark until we see the cyber light. #Bitcoin.” : How Technology Became the World’s Most Powerful Religion, and Why It Desperately Needs a Reformation.
Amber Heard Speaks Out on Blake Lively’s Complaint Against Justin Baldoni By has spoken out about ‘s recent complaint against , as well as the social media backlash the actress faced earlier this year. What did Amber Heard say about the Blake Lively situation? In a statement to NBC News, Heard said that social media is a perfect analogy for the old phrase “a lie travels halfway around the world before the truth can gets its boots on,” and that she has lived the experience Lively is going through “firsthand,” a reference to her defamation lawsuit against her former partner, Johnny Depp. “Social media is the absolute personification of the classic saying ‘A lie travels halfway around the world before truth can get its boots on.’ I saw this firsthand and up close. It’s as horrifying as it is destructive,” said Heard. Heard’s case against Depp gained worldwide notoriety in 2022, and garnered opinions from any and everyone on the internet. Fans of both Heard and Depp’s were viciously defending either online, and following a jury that Heard had defamed Depp and awarding Depp $5 million in punitive damages and $10 million in compensatory damages, the actress called the decision a wrong one, and one that “sets back the clock to a time when a woman who spoke up and spoke out could be publicly shamed and humiliated.” Lively’s complaints against Baldoni include claims of sexual harassment and a smear campaign In the case of Lively and Baldoni, this past week, Lively alleging him of sexual harassment and of coordinating an effort to destroy her reputation. In Lively’s claims, she states that things got so bad during filming that an all-hands-on-deck meeting was called due to her claims of a hostile work environment. During the meeting, Lively asked that Baldoni stop showing her nude videos or images of women, that he stop mentioning his pornography addiction to her, that Baldoni stop discussing sexual experiences in front of her, and that he also stop mentioning Lively’s weight. The complaint also claims that an agreement was made between production company Wayfarer Studios and the cast, in which the promotion of the movie would focus “more on [Lively’s character’s] strength and resilience as opposed to describing the film as a story about domestic violence.” However, Lively claims that Baldoni would renege on that and instead spoke in interviews about the film’s serious story. Lively also claimed that Baldoni and his PR manager, Melissa Nathan, discussed ways in which to start a social media campaign to harm her reputation. The filing by Lively includes 22 pages of texts between Baldoni’s publicist and Nathan, in which they discuss wanting to have Lively “buried.” (Source: ) Anthony Nash has been writing about games and the gaming industry for nearly a decade. When he’s not writing about games, he’s usually playing them. You can find him on Twitter talking about games or sports at @_anthonynash. Share articleHouse rejects Democratic efforts to force release of Matt Gaetz ethics report
Burt, the huge Australian crocodile who had a cameo in ‘Crocodile Dundee,’ dies at 90The two sailors killed in the have been identified as Nick Smith and Roy Quaden. or signup to continue reading Mr Smith, 65, from South Australia, was sailing on Bowline when he was struck by a sail boom, a pole at the base of the sail, on the first night of the race. Mr Quaden, 55, from Western Australia, was onboard Flying Fish Arctos when he was struck by the yacht's boom. A sailor on Porco Rosso was rescued after they were swept more than a kilometre from their boat in the early hours of the morning. Bowline owner Ian Roberts said Mr Smith was a "great friend and a very fine and experienced yachtsman". "In very difficult sailing conditions, crew member Nick Smith was hit by main sheet in a gybe that threw him against a winch," Mr Roberts said. "Despite immediate CPR administered by the crew, Nick was unable to be resuscitated," he said. "Nick was a very valued crew member and a very experienced sailor. Having completed 4 previous Sydney Hobart's, numerous yacht deliveries and the around the world 'Clipper Race Yacht' race. "He was also a regular competitor in the Hamilton Island Sailing Regatta. Having sailed many thousand miles with Nick, the Skipper and crew of Bowline are devastated with this loss." Royal South Australian Yacht Squadron said Mr Smith was an "experienced crew member with this being his 5th Sydney to Hobart Race. "On behalf of the Commodore, Flag Officer, Management Committee, Members and Staff we extend our condolences to Nick's family, friends and the crew of Bowline at this tragic time." Cruising Yacht Club of Australia (CYCA) vice commodore David Jacobs said the two-day race would continue despite the "tragic situation". "It's a very close community and on a boat itself, they train together, they live together, they cook together, they do everything together. It would be devastating, absolutely, as we are devastated," he said. Prime minister Anthony Albanese offered his condolences to the families, friends and loved ones of the crew members. The Sydney to Hobart is an Australian tradition, and it is heartbreaking that two lives have been lost at what should be a time of joy. "Our thoughts this morning are with the two sailors that tragically lost their lives in the Sydney to Hobart race overnight," he said. NSW Police was notified at 11.50pm on December 26 that a 55-year-old on Flying Fish Arctos had suffered a serious head injury. The injury was caused by a sail boom and the crew member couldn't be revived after fellow sailors performed CPR. The yacht was rerouted to Jervis Bay, NSW. Police were contacted again two and a half hours later, at 2.15am on December 27, with reports that a 65-year-old Mr Smith from South Australia on Bowline had died after being struck in the head by a sail boom. Bowline stopped at Bateman's Bay on the morning of December 27. "Flying Fish Arctos was sailing approximately 30 nautical miles east/south-east of Ulladulla when the incident occurred," the race organisers said in a statement. NSW-based 50-footer Flying Fish Arctos, built in 2001, had 12 crew members on board. "Bowline was approximately 30 nautical miles east/north-east of Batemans Bay and crew members administered CPR," CYCA said. South Australia's Bowline was competing in her third Sydney to Hobart race. Mr Smith was sailing with Reid Bosward, Melanie Bushby, Paul Greaves, Troy Mohler, Anthony Pennington, Paul Senior, skipper Ian Roberts and navigator Peter Hutchison on Bowline. Porco Rosso sailor Luke Watkins survived the first night of the race after he was swept overboard in the early hours of the morning. The 37-year-old crew member was rescued after being washed about 1.2 kilometres from their boat, the CYCA vice commodore said. "That is one of the most terrifying experiences that you can have, and this was at 3.14 am, so it was at night, which makes it tenfold more scary," he said. The sailor activated his personal location beacon that sent a satellite message to the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA). "AMSA sent out a plane to start searching, NSW Police were ready to dispatch a boat and a helicopter and a boat in our fleet was diverted to try and help with the search," the vice commodore said. "Fortunately, the boat from which the crew member fell was able to retrieve that crew member and they are healthy and well." NSW Police said Mr Watkins was in the water, 51 nautical miles off the coast of Australia, for an hour before he was rescued. On the morning of the second race day, December 27, the CYCA vice commodore said 17 yachts had retired after two had mainsail damage, three were dismasted and the other yachts suffered "various equipment failures". He said 87 boats out of 104 remained in the race. The vice commodore said the Bureau of Meteorology advised organisers to expect strong to gale-force winds before the race started. "These fleets can handle those winds easily. They're ocean races, they're used to those winds. It was not extreme conditions," he said. "Currently there is about a 25 knot northerly wind. Being a northerly wind, it is behind the boats and pushing them down the coast. "The lead boats were experiencing speeds of between about 25 and 30 knots, so they're travelling extremely fast. "The sea was not unusually large, from the information I have received." The yacht race continues as leading boats are expected to arrive at Hobart's Constitution Dock late on December 27 or early on December 28. Anna Houlahan reports on crime and social issues affecting regional and remote Australia in her role as national crime reporter at Australian Community Media (ACM). 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The Wall Street Journal editorial board wrote that the United Nations made a “political choice” not to renew the contract of the Kenyan peacemaker Alice Wairimu Nderitu , the U.N. special adviser on the prevention of genocide since Nov. 10, 2020. “She is being dismissed because she has stood firm in her belief that Israel’s war with Hamas isn’t genocide,” the publication’s board wrote. Farhan Haq, deputy spokesman for António Guterres, the U.N. secretary-general, insisted during a press briefing on Tuesday that Nderitu wasn’t penalized for refusing to call Israel genocidal. “That’s false. Ms. Nderitu’s contract is coming to an end today, but she has now fulfilled her full term, and the secretary-general certainly appreciates the work that she did,” Haq said. “But regarding the definition of genocide, any idea that the secretary-general wanted her term to end because of that is just false.” JNS asked the U.N. spokesman to explain what went into the decision not to renew Nderitu’s contract, given that the tenures of special advisers and other U.N. officials are sometimes extended. “Many officials — it’s not unusual for many officials to serve for a term and then go past that,” Haq said. “I believe three of her four predecessors had a single term, and that’s true about many other special advisers or special representatives.” “That’s par for the course,” he added. JNS noted that it’s not rare for the global body to extend an adviser’s term and asked Haq, again, what the secretary-general’s reasoning was in lettering her term expired. “What I’m saying is that this is part of the normal course of events. It happens all the time, and you can look across the board. Look, for example, at the number of terms that the high commissioners for human rights have. All of them have served for one term,” Haq said. “This is true about many senior appointments.” ‘Reason and moral clarity’ Jonathan Harounoff, Israel’s international spokesman to the United Nations, told JNS that it is “deeply concerning” that the United Nations didn’t renew Nderitu’s contract. Nderitu is a “prominent voice of reason and moral clarity in stating unequivocally that Israel’s defensive war in Gaza doesn’t meet the definition of genocide,” Harounoff said, noting “her steadfast commitment to speaking out against hatred and antisemitism.” Ronald S. Lauder, president of the World Jewish Congress, stated that the situation is “deeply troubling and reflects the growing antisemitism and moral decay within the United Nations system.” “This action not only disregards Ms. Nderitu’s extraordinary commitment to combating hatred, including antisemitism, but it also sends a chilling message about the United Nations’ priorities and values,” Lauder stated. “Ms. Nderitu’s distinguished career has been a testament to integrity. Her leadership has brought hope to victims of hatred worldwide, including the Jewish community,” he added. “Often, a partner of the WJC, her efforts to counter hate speech, promote Holocaust remembrance, and protect the term genocide have been a vital defense against the resurgence of antisemitism impacting Jewish communities.” Lauder called on Guterres and other top U.N. officials to “urgently reflect on the direction this institution is taking.” “When individuals like Ms. Nderitu are removed from positions of influence, and when Israel remains a disproportionate target of condemnation while human-rights violators and antisemites are elevated, the United Nations risks losing its relevance as a defender of peace and justice,” he stated. “The World Jewish Congress will not remain silent in the face of this alarming trajectory. It is not too late for Secretary-General Guterres to correct course, but the time to act is now.” The United Nations has yet to name Nderitu’s replacement.Bad Axe: Wisconsin wary of rival Minnesota with bowl bid in peril
