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Team Dimension Data an Post Chain Reaction Orica
Team Dimension Data An Post Chain Reaction Orica BikeExchange Roger Hammond Kurt Bogaerts Matthew Wilson 1 Mark Cavendish GBR 71 Nicolas Vereecken BEL 141 Caleb Ewan AUS 2 Steve Cummings GBR 72 Japer Bovenhuis NED 142 Alex Edmondson AUS 3 Bernhard Eisel AUT 73 Emiel Wastyn BEL 143 Michael Hepburn AUS 4 Mark Renshaw AUS 74 Oliver Kent-Spark AUS 144 Luka Mezgec SLO 5 Jay Robert Thomson RSA 75 Jacob Scott GBR 145 Robert Power AUS 6 Johann Van Zyl RSA 76 Damien Shaw IRL 146 Amets Txurruka ESP Team Sky Cannondale Drapac Pro Cycling Wanty Group Gobert Kurt Arvesen Eric Van Lancker Steven De Neef 11 Elia Viviani ITA 81 Jack Bauer NZL 151 Mark McNally GBR 12 Ian Stannard GBR 82 Dylan Van Baarle NED 152 Enrico Gasparotto ITA 13 Wout Poels NED 83 Sebastian Langeveld NED 153 Marco Marcato ITA 14 Nicolas Roche IRL 84 Ryan Mullen IRL 154 Guillaume Martin FRA 15 Ben Swift GBR 85 Wouter Wippert NED 155 Xandro Meurisse BEL 16 Danny Van Poppel NED 86 Ruben Zepuntke GER 156 Bjorn Thurau GER Team WIGGINS Caja Rural - Seguros RGA Madison Genesis Simon Cope Jose Miguel Fernandez Mike Northey 21 Sir Bradley Wiggins GBR 91 Carlos Barbero ESP 161 Erick Rowsell GBR 22 Jonathan Dibben GBR 92 Miguel Ángel Benito ESP 162 Alexandre Blain FRA 23 Owain Doull GBR 93 Javier Francisco Aramendia ESP 163 Taylor Gunman NZL 24 Mark Christian GBR 94 Andre Domingos Goncalez POR 164 Matt Holmes GBR 25 Chris Latham GBR 95 Diego Rubio ESP 165 Matt Cronshaw GBR 26 Daniel Pearson GBR 96 Héctor Saez ESP 166 Tom Stewart GBR Etixx Quick-Step Great Britain Team Giant Alpecin Brian Holm -
Towards a [Re]Conceptualisation of Power in High-Performance Athletics in the UK a CONSTERDINE Phd 2020
Towards a [re]conceptualisation of power in high-performance athletics in the UK A CONSTERDINE PhD 2020 Towards a [re]conceptualisation of power in high-performance athletics in the UK ALEXANDRA CONSTERDINE A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements of Manchester Metropolitan University for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy Department of Sport and Exercise Sciences Manchester Metropolitan University 2020 ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I lay the blame for this thesis at the door of my first Director of Studies, Dr Bill Taylor. As it was his foresight, patience and wisdom that has encouraged me to persevere, so he must shoulder some of the burden. Despite being constantly challenged in the last five years, I offer my unending gratitude and heartfelt appreciation to him. I also extend sincere thanks as well as further blame to my supervisory team. To Dr Laura Gale, my second Director of Studies, Dr Ryan Groom and Dr Samantha Oldfield who have provided me with their well measured advice and questions. Furthermore, I recognise that without the willing contribution from all who acted as research participants I would have no thesis at all. Therefore, thank you to everyone I interviewed and I hope to do justice to your involvement. To my well-meaning friends and family who forgave me for not being fully present, I extend my warmest gratitude. I am indebted to your foolhardy belief in me throughout my research. My parents, Rose and Bill, have kept me grounded throughout. Finally, to the two people most affected by my studies, Tom and Mikey, I thank you the most. -
The Gordian Knot: Apartheid & the Unmaking of the Liberal World Order, 1960-1970
THE GORDIAN KNOT: APARTHEID & THE UNMAKING OF THE LIBERAL WORLD ORDER, 1960-1970 DISSERTATION Presented in Partial Fulfillment for the Degree Doctor of Philosophy in the Graduate School of the Ohio State University By Ryan Irwin, B.A., M.A. History ***** The Ohio State University 2010 Dissertation Committee: Professor Peter Hahn Professor Robert McMahon Professor Kevin Boyle Professor Martha van Wyk © 2010 by Ryan Irwin All rights reserved. ABSTRACT This dissertation examines the apartheid debate from an international perspective. Positioned at the methodological intersection of intellectual and diplomatic history, it examines how, where, and why African nationalists, Afrikaner nationalists, and American liberals contested South Africa’s place in the global community in the 1960s. It uses this fight to explore the contradictions of international politics in the decade after second-wave decolonization. The apartheid debate was never at the center of global affairs in this period, but it rallied international opinions in ways that attached particular meanings to concepts of development, order, justice, and freedom. As such, the debate about South Africa provides a microcosm of the larger postcolonial moment, exposing the deep-seated differences between politicians and policymakers in the First and Third Worlds, as well as the paradoxical nature of change in the late twentieth century. This dissertation tells three interlocking stories. First, it charts the rise and fall of African nationalism. For a brief yet important moment in the early and mid-1960s, African nationalists felt genuinely that they could remake global norms in Africa’s image and abolish the ideology of white supremacy through U.N. -
THE UNITED STATES and SOUTH AFRICA in the NIXON YEARS by Eric J. Morgan This Thesis Examines Relat
ABSTRACT THE SIN OF OMISSION: THE UNITED STATES AND SOUTH AFRICA IN THE NIXON YEARS by Eric J. Morgan This thesis examines relations between the United States and South Africa during Richard Nixon’s first presidential administration. While South Africa was not crucial to Nixon’s foreign policy, the racially-divided nation offered the United States a stabile economic partner and ally against communism on the otherwise chaotic post-colonial African continent. Nixon strengthened relations with the white minority government by quietly lifting sanctions, increasing economic and cultural ties, and improving communications between Washington and Pretoria. However, while Nixon’s policy was shortsighted and hypocritical, the Afrikaner government remained suspicious, believing that the Nixon administration continued to interfere in South Africa’s domestic affairs despite its new policy relaxations. The Nixon administration concluded that change in South Africa could only be achieved through the Afrikaner government, and therefore ignored black South Africans. Nixon’s indifference strengthened apartheid and hindered liberation efforts, helping to delay black South African freedom for nearly two decades beyond his presidency. THE SIN OF OMMISSION: THE UNITED STATES AND SOUTH AFRICA IN THE NIXON YEARS A Thesis Submitted to the Faculty of Miami University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts Department of History by Eric J. Morgan Miami University Oxford, Ohio 2003 Advisor __________________________________ (Dr. Jeffrey P. Kimball) Reader ___________________________________ (Dr. Allan M. Winkler) Reader ___________________________________ (Dr. Osaak Olumwullah) TABLE OF CONTENTS Acknowledgements . iii Prologue The Wonderful Tar Baby Story . 1 Chapter One The Unmovable Monolith . 3 Chapter Two Foresight and Folly . -
Technical and Vocational Skills Development in the Informal Sector (TVSD)
68 Technical and Vocational Skills Development in the dvv international Informal Sector Contributions to the 4th Bonn Conference on Adult Education and Development (BoCAED), October 2013 Karen Langer (ed.) Informal Sector International Perspectives in Adult Education Technical and Vocational Skills Development in the Sponsored by International Perspectives in Adult Education – IPE 68 The reports, studies and materials published in this series aim to further the develop- ment of theory and practice in the work of the Volkshochschulen (VHS) as it relates to international aspects of Adult Education – and vice versa. We hope that by provid- ing access to information and a channel for communication, the series will serve to increase knowledge, deepen insights and improve cooperation in Adult Education at an international level. Publisher: dvv international, Anton Markmiller Editor: Karen Langer Managing Editor: Ruth Sarrazin Production: Bonner Universitäts-Buchdruckerei Opinions expressed in papers published under the names of individual authors do not necessarily reflect those of the publisher and editors. This publication, or parts of it, may be reproduced provided the source is duly cited. The publisher asks to be furnished with copies of any such reproductions. Bibliographic information published by Die Deutsche Bibliothek Die Deutsche Bibliothek lists this publication in the Deutsche Nationalbibliografie; detailed bibliographic data is available on the Internet at <http://dnb.ddb.de> ISBN Nummer: 978-3-942755-11-5 © 2013 dvv international dvv international Institut für Internationale Zusammenarbeit des Deutschen Volkshochschul-Verbandes Obere Wilhelmstraße 32 · 53225 Bonn Federal Republic of Germany Tel.: +49/228-97569-0 · Fax: +49/228-97569-55 [email protected] · www.dvv-international.de Our publications are printed on 100% chlorine-free bleached recycled paper. -
The "Tar Baby" Option: American Policy Toward Southern Rhodesia
The "tar baby" option: American policy toward Southern Rhodesia http://www.aluka.org/action/showMetadata?doi=10.5555/AL.SFF.DOCUMENT.crp2b20030 Use of the Aluka digital library is subject to Aluka’s Terms and Conditions, available at http://www.aluka.org/page/about/termsConditions.jsp. By using Aluka, you agree that you have read and will abide by the Terms and Conditions. Among other things, the Terms and Conditions provide that the content in the Aluka digital library is only for personal, non-commercial use by authorized users of Aluka in connection with research, scholarship, and education. The content in the Aluka digital library is subject to copyright, with the exception of certain governmental works and very old materials that may be in the public domain under applicable law. Permission must be sought from Aluka and/or the applicable copyright holder in connection with any duplication or distribution of these materials where required by applicable law. Aluka is a not-for-profit initiative dedicated to creating and preserving a digital archive of materials about and from the developing world. For more information about Aluka, please see http://www.aluka.org The "tar baby" option: American policy toward Southern Rhodesia Author/Creator Lake, Anthony Publisher Columbia University Press (New York) Date 1976 Resource type Books Language English Subject Coverage (spatial) Zimbabwe, United States Coverage (temporal) 1965 - 1974 Source Northwestern University Libraries, Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies, 968.9104 L192t Rights By kind permission of Anthony Lake and Columbia University Press. Description This study of U.S. policy toward white Rhodesia, based on extensive interviews with U.S. -
A Study on Summarizing and Evaluating Long Documents
A Study on Summarizing and Evaluating Long Documents Anonymous ACL submission Abstract code the input sequence into a single vectorial rep- 040 resentation and another RNN to extract the target 041 001 Text summarization has been a key language sequence. This approach allowed the generation 042 002 generation task for over 60 years. The field of sequences of arbitrary length conditioned upon 043 003 has advanced considerably during the past an input document and therefore was adopted by 044 004 two years, benefiting from the proliferation of 005 pre-trained Language Models (LMs). How- the summarization community as the first viable 045 006 ever, the field is constrained by two fac- attempt at abstractive summarization (e.g. (See 046 007 tors: 1) the absence of an effective auto- et al., 2017), (Nallapati et al., 2016)). The pace 047 008 matic evaluation metric and 2) a lack of ef- of progress further accelerated leveraging trans- 048 009 fective architectures for long document sum- formers (Vaswani et al., 2017) as these are able to 049 010 marization. Our first contribution is to demon- generate outputs with higher fluency and coherence 050 011 strate that a set of semantic evaluation metrics than was previously possible. This improvement in 051 012 (BERTScore, MoverScore and our novel met- performance drove a push into a wider and more 052 013 ric, BARTScore) consistently and significantly 014 outperform ROUGE. Using these metrics, we diversified range of datasets, broadening from sum- 053 015 then show that combining transformers with marizing short news articles (e.g. (Hermann et al., 054 016 sparse self-attention is a successful method for 2015), (Narayan et al., 2018)) to generating news 055 017 long document summarization and is competi- headlines (Rush et al., 2015), longer scientific docu- 056 018 tive with the state of the art. -
Communities in the Platinum Minefields POLICY GAP 6 A
Communities in the Platinum Minefields POLICY GAP 6 A Review of Platinum Mining in the Bojanala District of the North West Province: A Participatory Action Research (PAR) Approach The Bench Marks Foundation The research was commissioned by the Bench Marks Foundation, and was conducted by: David van Wyk, Mudjadji Trading (Pty) Ltd in collaboration with the Bench Marks Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility at the North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, and the Bench Marks Community Monitoring School. The Bench Marks Foundation PO Box 62538 Marshalltown 2107 Johannesburg South Africa Tel/Fax: +27 11 832-1750 Tel: +27 11 832-1743/2 www.bench-marks.org.za Table of Contents Acknowledgements ............................................................................................................. i The Bench Marks Foundation ............................................................................................ ii Foreword ............................................................................................................................ iii Preface ................................................................................................................................. v Executive Summary ........................................................................................................... vi Contextualised Quotes ...................................................................................................... ix 1. INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................ -
August 02, 2021
Sport MONDAYMO 2 AUGUST 2021 Qatar'sQa Cherif and Tijan advance to qquarters;u Samba cruises into final WeWe nevern look at the score. We don’t care about the score. We aalwayslway focus on the game, always focus on ourselves, not on the oppoopponentn or the score. We just have to play well and enjoy the game. AhmedA Tijan Sport |15 OLYMPICS: FOOTBALL SEMIS TODAY: (WOMEN) USA vs Canada, Australia vs Sweden; TOMORROW: (MEN) Mexico vs Brazil, Japan vs Spain Congratulations to our hero Mutaz Barshim for this victory. You are a role model of hard work and perseverance for Qatari youth. Mutaz Barshim celebrates after clearing the 2.37m mark. INSET: QOC President Sheikh Joaan bin Hamad Al Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC) President Sheikh Joaan bin Hamad Al Thani and Qatar Athletics Thani congratulates Barshim after the world champion Federation President Dr. Thani bin Abdulrahman Al Kuwari celebrate after Mutaz Barshim won won his maiden Olympic gold yesterday. the gold medal in the men's high jump final in Tokyo, yesterday. ‘This is a dream I don’t want to wake up from’ Barshim grabs Qatar’s second gold FAWAD HUSSAIN Mutaz Barshim in action THE PENINSULA yesterday. Nothing can stop Mutaz Barshim from achieving his goals. After qual- We thank Allah for Qatar winning the second ifying for the final, the reigning world gold medal at the Olympics. We extend our champion vowed to jump “as high congratulations and blessings to H H The Amir, as it takes to win an Olympic gold” H H The Father Amir, the people of Qatar and and he fulfilled his promise all Arabs for Mutaz Barshim winning the gold yesterday. -
Boycotts and Sanctions Against South Africa: an International History, 1946-1970
Boycotts and Sanctions against South Africa: An International History, 1946-1970 Simon Stevens Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY 2016 © 2016 Simon Stevens All rights reserved ABSTRACT Boycotts and Sanctions against South Africa: An International History, 1946-1970 Simon Stevens This dissertation analyzes the role of various kinds of boycotts and sanctions in the strategies and tactics of those active in the struggle against apartheid in South Africa. What was unprecedented about the efforts of members of the global anti-apartheid movement was that they experimented with so many ways of severing so many forms of interaction with South Africa, and that boycotts ultimately came to be seen as such a central element of their struggle. But it was not inevitable that international boycotts would become indelibly associated with the struggle against apartheid. Calling for boycotts and sanctions was a political choice. In the years before 1959, most leading opponents of apartheid both inside and outside South Africa showed little interest in the idea of international boycotts of South Africa. This dissertation identifies the conjuncture of circumstances that caused this to change, and explains the subsequent shifts in the kinds of boycotts that opponents of apartheid prioritized. It shows that the various advocates of boycotts and sanctions expected them to contribute to ending apartheid by a range of different mechanisms, from bringing about an evolutionary change in white attitudes through promoting the desegregation of sport, to weakening the state’s ability to resist the efforts of the liberation movements to seize power through guerrilla warfare. -
African International Relations, Genocidal Histories and the Emancipatory Project Part 1
Vestnik RUDN. International Relations 2020 Vol. 20 No. 1 115—130 Вестник РУДН. Серия: МЕЖДУНАРОДНЫЕ ОТНОШЕНИЯ http://journals.rudn.ru/international‐relations DOI: 10.22363/2313-0660-2020-20-1-115-130 Research article African International Relations, Genocidal Histories and the Emancipatory Project Part 1 H.G. Campbell 1 Syracuse University, Syracuse, USA Abstract. Silences in the discipline of International Relations on genocide amount to a form of genocide denial, which is one of the foundations of future genocide. The paper posits that in the era of militarized global apartheid, pro- gressive scholars are challenged to critique and expose the past and current crimes against humanity that are occurring in Africa. Drawing from the consolidation of an alternative analysis in the context of the Bandung Project, the paper ana- lyzed the contributions of the ideas that emerged out of the anti-apartheid struggles and the struggles for reparative justice. Struggles from the Global South had culminated in the World Conference against Racism (WCAR) process, elevating the anti-racist battles as a core challenge of Africa’s International Relations. This rejuvenation and energies coming out of the protracted struggle for bread, peace and justice took the form of the transition to the African Union leaving behind the concept of the noninterference in the internal affairs of states. The paper analyzed the ways in which afro-pessimism was being reinforced by the constructivist path in African International Relations. The contributions of radical African femi- nists are presented as one new direction where there is the coalescence of the progressive anti-imperialist intellectual tra- ditions with radical feminisms. -
City of Cape Town
2015/16 INTEGRATED ANNUAL REPORT ANNUAL 010939_CoCT IAR_1_cover-p37_v4_prf3 – January 17, 2017 10:43 AM 2017 10:43 17, January – IAR_1_cover-p37_v4_prf3 010939_CoCT CITY OF CAPE TOWN INTEGRATED ANNUAL REPORT 2015/16 010939_CoCT IAR_1_cover-p37_v4_prf3 – January 17, 2017 10:43 AM 010939_CoCT IAR_1_cover-p37_v4_prf3 – January 17, 2017 10:43 AM ABOUT THIS ANNUAL REPORT 2 Vision and mission of the City of Cape Town 4 ABOUT THIS ANNUAL REPORT 6 Highlights 8 Message from the executive mayor 9 Statement by the city manager 10 OVERVIEW OF THE CITY OF CAPE TOWN 12 Key facts and salient features 14 About Cape Town 16 Understanding Cape Town’s key challenges 18 The Cape Town spatial development framework 19 Ensuring sustainable economic growth and social development 20 Building the City of the future 22 Embracing innovation to serve the people of cape town 24 GOVERNANCE, COMPLIANCE AND RISK MANAGEMENT 26 Management and governance structures and frameworks 33 Good governance as a sustainable foundation CONTENTS 37 Public participation 38 2015/16 PERFORMANCE REVIEW 40 Strategic focus area 1: The opportunity city 90 Strategic focus area 2: The safe city 98 Strategic focus area 3: The caring city 114 Strategic focus area 4: The inclusive city 124 Strategic focus area 5: The well-run city 136 OVERVIEW OF FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE AND ECONOMIC STABILITY 138 Overview of the 2015/16 financial performance 142 CONSOLIDATED ANNUAL FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 144 Approval of the consolidated annual financial statements 146 Report of the Auditor-General 150 Report of the