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Zawya
4 days ago
- Business
- Zawya
Mawani adds new shipping service to Saudi ports
The Saudi Ports Authority (Mawani) has announced the addition of Evergreen's new shipping service 'ARPG' to King Abdulaziz Port in Dammam, further strengthening maritime connectivity between the Kingdom and international markets. The move reinforces the port's strategic standing, boosts its competitiveness for exporters, importers, and shipping agents, said Mawani in a statement. The new shipping service links King Abdulaziz Port with nine major regional and global ports, including Port Klang (Malaysia), Laem Chabang (Thailand), Vung Tau (Vietnam), Kaohsiung (Taiwan), Yantian, Ningbo, and Shanghai (China), Umm Qasr (Iraq), and Jebel Ali (UAE), with a total capacity of 9,466 TEUs. This initiative reflects Mawani's broader efforts to elevate Saudi Arabia's ranking on global performance indices and to improve the operational efficiency of King Abdulaziz Port, it stated. It also supports the movement of national exports and imports in alignment with the objectives of the National Transport and Logistics Strategy 'NTLS' to solidify the kingdom's standing as a global logistics hub bridging the three continents. King Abdulaziz Port in Dammam features advanced operational and logistical capabilities, with 43 fully equipped berths and a handling capacity of up to 105 million tonnes of cargo and containers, said the statement. It also boasts a range of specialised terminals along with modern infrastructure, and state-of-the-art equipment that enable the port to handle all types of cargo efficiently, it added. Copyright 2024 Al Hilal Publishing and Marketing Group Provided by SyndiGate Media Inc. (
Zawya
5 days ago
- Business
- Zawya
Nine Ports to be connected to Saudi Ports by adding Evergreen's Shipping Service 'ARPG'
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia: The Saudi Ports Authority 'Mawani' has announced the addition of Evergreen's new shipping service 'ARPG' to King Abdulaziz Port in Dammam, further strengthening maritime connectivity between the Kingdom and international markets. The move reinforces the port's strategic standing, boosts its competitiveness for exporters, importers, and shipping agents. The new shipping service links King Abdulaziz Port with nine major regional and global ports, including Port Klang (Malaysia), Laem Chabang (Thailand), Vung Tau (Vietnam), Kaohsiung (Taiwan), Yantian, Ningbo, and Shanghai (China), Umm Qasr (Iraq), and Jebel Ali (UAE), with a total capacity of 9,466 TEUs. This initiative reflects Mawani's broader efforts to elevate Saudi Arabia's ranking on global performance indices and to improve the operational efficiency of King Abdulaziz Port. It also supports the movement of national exports and imports in alignment with the objectives of the National Transport and Logistics Strategy 'NTLS', to solidify the Kingdom's standing as a global logistics hub bridging the three continents. It is worth noting that King Abdulaziz Port in Dammam features advanced operational and logistical capabilities, with 43 fully equipped berths, a handling capacity of up to 105 million tons of cargo and containers, and a range of specialized terminals, modern infrastructure, and state-of-the-art equipment that enable the port to handle all types of cargo efficiently.
Winnipeg Free Press
23-05-2025
- General
- Winnipeg Free Press
Helpingthose who were harmed
Opinion It is encouraging to see the Evergreen school division moving to an approach, structured literacy, which scientific studies have shown is a more effective way for children to learn to read (A new read on literacy, Maggie Macintosh, Free Press, Jan. 31). It is also significant that their change appears to have been accomplished within their existing budget process. However, it raises a question as to what can be done to help students who were taught in Manitoba schools using the previous approach and who not only struggled to learn to read, but also struggled to learn to write and do maths, and were traumatized by their school experience and are functionally illiterate as a result. One such person is Marin. She is the focus of an effort called 'Marin's Principle' which not only calls on the provincial government to show leadership in moving provincewide to better help students with learning disabilities including improved training of classroom teachers in this area, but the heart of it calls for attention to adults who were not helped as children in school, which led them to being functionally illiterate. It is a general principle, that when a 'wrong' has occurred, and harm has been done — in this case by not giving adequate interventions to students with learning disabilities — that those who were harmed should be helped and compensated. It is not acceptable that those who have been harmed are called 'casualties' of what happened in the past, as has happened with Marin, with nothing being done to address the mistakes. As she grew up Marin, though highly intelligent, faced many obstacles with her dyslexia, dysgraphia, dyscalculia and autism. She only learned to read because her mother put in endless hours over many years helping her, however, she struggled to acquire knowledge and skills in maths and writing, and to be included in school. Her mental health suffered and she still struggles with the trauma from her school experiences. There needs to be attention and help for those who did not receive the sort of education needed to learn literacy skills (reading, reading comprehension, spelling, written expression and maths). As the Supreme Court said in 2012, public schools in Canada have a duty to provide the learning environment so that children can learn to read, including when a child has severe dyslexia. What about adults whom the system failed when they were children in the period after the Supreme Court decision, and indeed before the Supreme Court Decision? It is an issue which the Manitoba Human Rights Commission needs to consider in its deliberations related to literacy in Manitoba. In Manitoba, too high a proportion of adults do not meet the literacy level needed for full participation in a knowledge-based economy. This is a major burden on the province's economy (lack of skilled workers) as well as on the provincial social and justice support systems. It is possible that those who were harmed by suboptimal instruction could bring forward a class-action lawsuit. We have seen Manitoba governments make mistakes which led to costly (in the hundreds of millions of dollars) class-action lawsuits — including in relation to child welfare in Manitoba and more recently with regard to inaction to address algal blooms on Lake Winnipeg. It would be far better for the province to acknowledge the issues considered in Marin's principle and address them now — by taking specific steps to recognize adults who were harmed by the province's education system, and to help them, rather than wait for a class action lawsuit to be filed. I call on the province to act now — to address the needs of those who the province's education failed because the province failed to act quickly on the Supreme Court ruling of 2012. It is not only important to address the needs of children learning to read today. It is important to implement a plan to help children whom the system has failed when a child with dyslexia, dysgraphia or dyscalculia was not given the optimum help to learn to read, write and do math. Marin's principle needs to be widely recognized and action taken. For more on Marin's principle, visit Jon Gerrard is the former MLA for River Heights.
CBS News
22-05-2025
- General
- CBS News
Colorado's oldest-known one-room schoolhouse gets new home
In Evergreen, Colorado, the old one-room school that has sat on the grounds of Wilmont Elementary for decades has now moved on down the road to Marshdale. The one-room schoolhouse was on the move in Jefferson County. CBS The school, built in 1877, is believed to be the oldest existing one-room log schoolhouse in the state. For a place with such a history, it has been kicked around a bit. It's now at its fifth known location after Jeffco Public Schools decided to give it up, but it won't be far from students. "It's right across the street from a school," said Evergreen Park and Rec District Board President Betsy Hays. "Move it from a school to a school. So kids can still enjoy, and it turned out to be a win-win." It was moved on Wednesday to Marshdale Park, where the Rec District and Evergreen Mountain Area Historical Society will use the school in its new location for educational purposes. Just getting it ready to be moved was tricky because the building has rotting timbers. "You know the little ones give us more of a fit said Shane Davis, field operations manager for Mammoth Moving and Rigging Company. "They present their own challenges." "We had to get hold of it and pick it up off of the slab without damaging it," said Mammoth vice president Bill Davis. The one-room schoolhouse on the move in Jefferson County. CBS "Oh, I'm happy, I'm so happy," said local historian John Steinle. Stienle and others had worked on the project for several years. The school was originally built 12 years after the end of the Civil War by French-Canadian families that settled the Evergreen area. But by the 1890s, it was getting full," said Steinle. "They had as many as 22 kids, and the teacher crammed into this little 15 x 20 building. So it was pretty crowded in there." By 1920, with the construction of a new school along Cub Creek, the school fell out of use. The school remained on a ranch until the ranch was sold, and it ended up being moved along with the ranch owner. But in the 1960s, she sold that land, and the school was transferred to the Evergreen Women's Club. They first had the school moved to the grounds of Evergreen High, then Wilmont Elementary. There were some efforts to fix things up a bit, but some of it was not so hot, including a dropped ceiling that will be removed as the building is restored. The move came after the Jefferson County School District fell behind on maintaining it. "I believe they did not have the expertise to maintain it properly, and they didn't have the budget to really take care of it as it should have been," said Steinle. Supporters are seeking donations and grants to do the work now that the school has a new home on a fresh concrete pad in Marshdale Park. School children watch the old schoolhouse being moved. CBS It's set to go, and aside from one fencepost that got in the way, the move went off without a hitch. " Yeah, it's a wonderful day, we love success," said Bill Davis. "Failure's not an option."
Scotsman
20-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Scotsman
Edinburgh date for The Brian Jonestown Massacre ahead of Glastonbury slot
Ahead of their slot at this year's Glastonbury Festival, American psych-rockers The Brian Jonestown Massacre are heading to Edinburgh for a date at the O2 Academy on 27th June. Sign up to our daily newsletter Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to Edinburgh News, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Learn More Sorry, there seem to be some issues. Please try again later. Submitting... It's over 30 years since the release of The Brian Jonestown Massacre's first single She Made Me / Evergreen. Released in 1992, as the British music press descended on the US to anoint the next US guitar band as flavour of the month and major labels were on the hunt for the compliant hopefuls to be their latest quick fix, Anton Newcombe had an idea: say no. As leader of The Brian Jonestown Massacre, frontman, songwriter, composer, studio owner, multi-instrumentalist, producer, engineer, father, force of nature Anton Newcombe had already established himself as a visionary songwriter, a man to whom making music wasn't a lifestyle choice or a hipster haircut but the very fabric of existence itself, and he had observed in silent horror as his peers meekly acquiesced to everything – yes to contracts, yes to management, yes to suggestions, yes to this, yes to that, yes, yes, yes. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad But he was different. Anton Newcombe was going to say no to everything. 'I just knew I would be more successful in a certain way by saying no, just being contrary because I figured that if people liked me they were gonna like me anyway,' he says. 'Or dislike me. It doesn't matter.' American psych-rockers The Brian Jonestown Massacre. Much of this was documented on the controversial documentary 'Dig!', which is still hailed as one of the best rock documentaries ever made, and celebrates its 20th Anniversary this year. The remastered, expanded version premiered at Sundance in January. The Brian Jonestown Massacre's shoegazing-tinged debut album Methodrone was released in 1995 and since then numerous band members have joined Newcombe on his sonic escapades, but he has remained the sole constant, the creative mastermind at the centre of one of music's most fascinating bands. There have been a further 20 albums under The Brian Jonestown Massacre moniker since then, each embarking on their own mind-expanding adventure and exploring the outer realms of rock'n'roll; psychedelic rock, country-blues, snarling rock'n'roll, blissed-out noise-pop and more. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Along the way, Newcombe has established himself as a once-in-a-lifetime talent who saw the direction in which mainstream indie-rock was heading and opted to take the long way round. He's emerged as a revolutionary force in modern music, an underground hero. There was no other way, this was how it had to be. 'My only option with everything in life has always been that you just jump into the fire,' he declares. 'It doesn't matter what it is.' The Brian Jonestown Massacre play at the O2 Academy Edinburgh on 27th June It's with that spirit that he's hopped around the globe, from the West Coast to New York, from Manhattan to Iceland, and then to Berlin, where he's lived for 15 years and has two flats, one to live in and one that's been converted into his studio. After a hugely prolific 2010s that saw the release of eight long-players and one mini-album, Newcombe had been going through a period of writer's block when one day he picked up his 12-string guitar and The Real (the opening track on previous album Fire Doesn't Grow on Trees) came out of him. Like the kraken, it was as if he'd summoned it. 'All of a sudden, I just heard something,' he says. 'And then it just didn't stop. We tracked a whole song every single day for 70 days in a row.' By the end of it they had 2 albums ready to go. Joining Newcombe in the studio for The Future Is Your Past were Hakon Adalsteinsson (guitar) and Uri Rennert (drums). There is no such thing as a defining statement in Anton Newcombe's world anymore, just more chapters that contribute to the tale. 'Nobody can stop me, I'm not asking somebody, I'm not making the rounds at Warners, saying 'please put out my record!'. It's just for me.', he says. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad He hopes he can be an inspiration to others. 'I would love to see more groups, people playing music in the UK and everywhere else because I really enjoy it. That's the only reason I need. It's the only reason to do stuff.' That hits to the core of what makes Anton Newcombe and The Brian Jonestown Massacre tick. He'll keep jumping in that fire. That's how he rolls. Savour it. For tickets to see The Brian Jonestown Massacre at O2 Academy Edinburgh on 27th June go to:
