Once Upon A Time – Sept. 3 – 301 – San Marino, World’s Oldest Republic Still In Existence, Founded By Saint Marinus

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September 3, 2022

301 San Marino, one of the smallest nations in the world and the world’s oldest republic still in existence, founded by Saint Marinus

1650 Battle of Dunbar; Oliver Cromwell’s English New Model Army defeats Scottish force in surprise attack

1783 Treaty of Paris signed in Paris ends the American Revolutionary War between Great Britain and United States of America

1791 French Revolution: The new French Constitution, declaring France a constitutional monarchy, is passed by the National Assembly

1900 With a proclamation by General Lord Roberts, Britain annexes the Boer Republic of South Africa

1939 World War II: Britain declares war on Germany after invasion of Poland. France follows 6 hours later quickly joined by Australia, New Zealand, South Africa & Canada

1944 Holocaust diarist Anne Frank sent to Auschwitz concentration camp

1988 Estimated by this date 50,000 Kurdish civilians and soldiers killed by Iraq, many using chemical weapons, in aftermath of Iran-Iraq War

HISTORICAL EVENTS TODAY

TODAY IN FILM & TV

1951 TV soap opera “Search for Tomorrow” debuts on CBS

TODAY IN MUSIC

1912 Arnold Schoenberg’s “Funf Orchesterstucke” (Five Pieces for Orchestra) premieres in London at a Promenade Concert

TODAY IN SPORT

1950 Giuseppe “Nino” Farina wins inaugural Formula 1 World Drivers Championship by taking out the Italian Grand Prix at Monza in an Alfa Romeo; wins by 3 points from Juan Manuel Fangio

MORE FACTS…

1777 Flag of the United States flown in battle for the 1st time at Cooch’s Bridge, Delaware, a skirmish during American Revolutionary War

1752 Britain and the British Empire (including the American colonies) adopt the Gregorian Calendar, losing 11 days. People riot thinking the government stole 11 days of their lives

FAMOUS WEDDINGS

1921 American author and journalist Ernest Hemingway (22) marries 1st wife Hadley Richardson (29)

1923 Cultural anthropologist Margaret Mead (21) weds field archaeologist Luther Cressman (25)

1937 Author Muriel Spark (19) weds teacher Sidney Oswald Spark in Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia

48th Edition: Deauville American Film Festival Raises The Curtain

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Angel Gimalo

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September 3, 2022

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The Deauville American Film Festival Has Raised The Curtain For Its 48th Edition. The Jury Is Presided By French Film Director Arnaud Desplechin.

The Film Festival Is A Yearly Film Festival Devoted To American Cinema, Which Has Taken Place Since 1975 In Deauville, France.

Although Not Competitive At Its Origin, The Festival Began To Award Prizes For Feature Films In 1995 And Short Films In 1998.

From Indie US Cinema To 2022 Festival Favourites, This Year Will See Plenty Of Stars Gracing The French Northwestern City In The Calvados Commune.

It Will Run Till September Eleven, 2022.

Gov Sanwo-olu Sets Up Independent Education Trust fund for Lagos Varsities

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Rhoda Onuzulike

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September 3, 2022

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Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Thursday, announced that his government will be setting up Lagos State Tertiary Education Trust Fund for tertiary institutions in the state.

He said the initiative would be an autonomous funding mechanism that would keep all three Lagos tertiary institutions on the path of sustainability.

Sanwo-Olu made the announcement when he received members of the Visitation Panel to LASU led by the former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Lagos, Prof. Abdulrahman Bello, at the State House, Marina.

This was contained in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Gboyega Akosile, titled, ‘Sanwo-Olu floats autonomous financing channel for Lagos’ tertiary schools, sets up dedicated trust fund’.

According to Sanwo-Olu, the move will creatively revolutionise the model for the funding of tertiary education in the country.

Sanwo-Olu said the need to create an independent funding channel for the state’s tertiary institutions became pertinent, given the nature of disputes characterising the national university system which had led to the perennial staff strikes and closure of campuses across the country.

The governor said the fund would be a pragmatic strategy to meet the schools’ requirements.

Sanwo-Olu, however, directed the Attorney General, Moyosore Onigbanjo, SAN, and the Special Adviser on Education, Hon. Tokunbo Wahab, to fashion out the statutory framework that will give legal approval to the Fund.

He said: “Now that we have three universities in Lagos, I believe there is a need for us to set up Lagos State Tertiary Education Trust Fund, which, in our view, will create a sustainable model and the funding that is required, both internally and externally, to strengthen academic research, learning and all that is necessary to keep these universities on track of their mission.

“This is an idea whose time has come at the appropriate period many schools are under closure due to industrial disputes. I am issuing the responsibility to Attorney General and Special Adviser on Education to create the legal framework for the birth of the Trust Fund. This will be another legacy initiative our Government is bringing to sustain education in our State. This will create a financial model that will ensure sustainability of these schools.”

Sanwo-Olu said the Trust Fund would create an additional funding source to the three universities, aside the monthly subvention and intervention funds from federal education agencies, including Tertiary Education Trust Fund.

INS Vikrant: India’s Launches Warship After 17 Years Of Construction

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Angel Gimalo

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September 3, 2022

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India has commissioned its first indigenously-built aircraft carrier, Vikrant, at a ceremony in the southern state of Kerala.

The 45,000-tonne Vikrant got the prefix INS (Indian Naval Ship) at a formal commissioning ceremony, attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

It is a moment that was 13 years in the making.

The vessel – 262m (860ft) long and almost 60m (197ft) tall – is the first aircraft carrier India has designed and built on its own. It has the capacity to hold 30 fighter planes and helicopters.

Modi called the carrier “a floating city” and the “symbol of indigenous potential”.

“With INS Vikrant, India has joined the list of countries which manufacture huge aircraft carriers with indigenous technology. It has filled the country with a new confidence,” he said at the commissioning ceremony.

India’s other aircraft carrier, INS Vikramaditya, can carry more than 30 aircraft.

The UK Royal Navy’s HMS Queen Elizabeth can carry about 40 and the US Navy’s Nimitz class carriers can accommodate more than 60 aircraft.

Ogoniland Pollution: UN Describes Shell Clean-Up Bid As Incompetent

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Angel Gimalo

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September 3, 2022

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A Billion-Dollar Project To Clean Up One Of The Most Polluted Places On Earth, The Nigerian Region Of Ogoniland, Has Been Described By The UN As Incompetent, Wasteful And Lacking Transparency.

The Anglo-Dutch Oil Giant Shell Is Partly Funding The Clean-Up After Leaving Ogoniland In The 1990’s Following Complaints Of Leaking Pipelines.

Shell’s Huge Cleanup Began In 2019, Backed By The United Nations And Was Considered To Be One Of The Most Ambitious Projects Of Its Kind In The World.

But, Far From Improving The Situation, Documents From The Un Environmental Programme Reveal The Pollution Could Now Be Getting Worse.

South Korea To Spend Almost $300 Million On Apache Attack Helicopters Upgrade

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Angel Gimalo

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September 3, 2022

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Starting Next Year, South Korea’s Army Will Spend Almost 300 Million U.S. Dollars To Enhance Combat Capabilities Of Apache Attack Helicopters.

The Project Is Expected To Be Completed By 2027.

The Upgrades Will Add Tactical Data Links To The Choppers, And Buy Additional Fire Control Radar Systems.

Currently The Systems Are On Just A Few Of The 36 Apaches Deployed In Early 2017.

As For The Tactical Data Links, An Official From The Arms Procurement Agency Said They Will Be Equipped With Link 16, The Same Military Network System Used By The U.S. And Nato Allies.

Katsina Poverty Alleviation: 31,000 Flood Victims Get Relief Materials

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Angel Gimalo

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September 3, 2022

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The National Emergency Management Agency nemahas distributed relief items to flood victims in 13 local government areas of Katsina State.

This is part of the Federal Government’s efforts aimed at assuaging the suffering of those affected by the natural disaster in the country.

Minister Of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management And Social Development, Sadiya Umar Farouq, handed over the items to the katsina state government at the state emergency management agency’s wearhouse in Katsina.

Road Crashes Prevention: Federal Road Safety Corps Seeks Nigerians’ Cooperation

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Angel Gimalo

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September 3, 2022

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Federal Road Safety Corps is seeking nigerians’ cooperation to prevent road crashes as mber months begin.

Acting Corps Marshal, Ali Biu, stated this during a press conference with journalists in Abuja, Nigeria’s Capital while noting that the FRSC was targeting minimal road crashes and zero fatalities during the period.

The Federal Road Safety Corps also urged citizens to refrain from embarking on nighttime travel during the last four months of the year, citing poor visibility due to darkness and the increased number of road accidents emanating from nighttime travel and speeding.

Ali Biu added that the corps had deployed massive personnel to all strategic roads across the nation, as part of the measures to achieve the target.

Le Monde Accused Of ‘Censorship’ For Pulling Op-Ed On Macron

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faith Jegede

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September 3, 2022

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Leading French daily Le Monde has faced accusations of censorship after it deleted an opinion piece that critically analyzed President Emmanuel Macron’s stance on Algeria, although the newspaper insisted it had contained an error of interpretation.

Le Monde issued a hugely unusual personal apology to Macron over the article, written by the researcher Paul Max Morin after the president made a hugely sensitive visit to the former French colony late last month.

In his article, Morin argued that a comment made by Macron in Algeria about a “love story that has its tragic element” glorified the colonial past and represented a step back from his previous attempts for a more modern attitude towards the history of France in the North African country.

“Reducing colonisation in Algeria to a ‘love story is the culmination of Macron’s shift to the right on the memory question,” Morin argued in the piece.

But Le Monde said that it had later deleted the piece as Morin had misinterpreted the quote.

“While it could be subject to different interpretations, the phrase ‘a love story that has its tragic element’ used by Mr Macron did not specifically refer to colonisation — as was written in the piece — but the long history of relations between France and Algeria,” it said.

“Le Monde apologises to its readers as well as the president of the Republic,” it added.

But the move was followed by a torrent of criticism.

Jean-Luc Melenchon tweeted, “An op-ed was pulled for a quote Macron made which he did not like, It is a new low in the collapse of a newspaper that was once a point of reference.”

Edwy Plenel, a former editor-in-chief of Le Monde who went on to found the investigative website Mediapart said “Staggering censorship”.

The writer, Morin himself told the Liberation daily that “pulling a piece is an abnormal practice and incomprehensible.”

Leading French economist Thomas Piketty also had something to say about it calling it Inexplicable and inexcusable censorship by Le Monde. “We can disagree with the piece, but not delete it because it displeases the Elysee.”

The controversy is doubly sensitive given it was Le Monde which in October 2021 quoted closed-door comments by Macron describing Algeria’s system as “politico-military” that prompted a new crisis in relations with Algiers. Macron in his speeches is said to portray himself as a champion of the free press but there have been episodes in the past that, according to critics, reveal a more thin-skinned attitude

Exploring Wallblake House, Anguilla

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Angel Gimalo

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September 2, 2022

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Wallblake House is a heritage plantation house which serves also as a museum annex, located on the British overseas territory island of Anguilla. As one of the oldest buildings on the island, it has been built in 1787 by Will Blake who was a sugar planter.

It is clear that the house has been built then because of a brick placed in the northern side of the old kitchen and bakery on which the date was carved and it is still faintly visible.

We do not know, however, how long it took to build and how much expertise it required or how much labour, but here again, we do know that it must have taken at least eighteen months to build (possibly much longer) because of the cut stone involved, some of which may have come from East End or even Scrub Island and the lime used to hold the stone together which had to be made from burnt coral and shells, and then mixed with molasses and marl.

Probably in 1790s, the French have destroyed the house, however the British have rebuilt it and today has been fully restored with its kitchen complex, stables and slave quarters.

The roof of the house if formed with Guyanese hardwood, which is shingled with wooden upper section.

The house has been completely refurbished in 2004 with an official cost of around $92,000, which made it one of the ten places to be seen and popular on the island.

Even though it is a private house, serving as a living quarters for the priest from Saint Gerard’s Roman Catholic Church, people can go in and see the premises, and from time to time serves as a museum annex and venue for art shows, flower shops and marriage receptions.