The bid to get a new Director of Criminal Investigations (DCI) starts on Monday with three short-listed candidates for interviews.
Director of logistics at police headquarters Silas Mc Opiyo will be the first one to appear before the interviewing panel and will be followed by Stanley Cheruiyot of legal department at CID.
The head of CID training school Peter Muinde will close the day.
Tomorrow, deputy director of CID Gideon Kimilu, head of investigations at CID headquarters Mohamed Amin and head of Interpol at CID headquarters Mary Kaol will appear.
The candidates will appear before the National Police Service Commission (NPSC) for interviews until Friday.
A total of 33 police officers applied for the job but 12 made it to the final list.
Three names will be sent to the President and Prime Minister for appointment of one.
The chairman of the commission, Johnston Kavuludi, said they expect to have a new director by Christmas.
?So far we are progressing well and we expect to finish this business by Christmas time,? said Kavuludi.
The DCI will be semi-autonomous and will be one of the most powerful office holders.
It is the first time that Kenya conducts open recruitment of police bosses as stipulated in the Constitution and other laws.
The commission has so far nominated David Kimaiyo, Patrick Ochieng Owino and Grace Kaindi for Inspector General, Ndegwa Muhoro, Judy Ndeda and Jasper Ombati for the deputy Inspector General and Samuel Arachi, Kimilu and David Ngondi for Administration Police.
Gazette appointment
Anxiety is building in the police service after President Kibaki failed to gazette the successful candidates of the Inspector General of Police and two deputies.
The President was supposed to gazette the names on Friday, which marked seven days after he received them from the NPSC.
The National Police Service Act states the president is supposed to gazette the successful candidates seven days after receiving them from the commission.
The nominees? names were sent on November 22 after successful interviews.
Gender and regional balance will be a major determinant. The Act states one of the three top bosses has to be a woman.
By Cyrus Ombati, The Standard
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Krakow considers co-hosting the Winter Olympic in 2022 with Slovakia
?Yesterday, 04:10 ? ? # When I first got wind of it I must admit to an immediate sense of incredulity. "Really?" The recently-concluded European football championships is one thing BUT THE OLYMPICS? In Krak?w? I dunno. Can Poland pull this one off? Where do you get the funding for something like this? Hotels and sports venues will need to be built. With so much that needs yet to be done in Poland, will the people go along? It's an exciting idea. You've gotta give it to the Poles for thinking big. Would they even stand a chance of being chosen?
xzqbq7? Threads: 2 Posts: 108 Joined: Apr 24, 10??? ?Yesterday, 07:53 ? ? # I think they should go for it! They can pull it off without any problems. Finally build a freeway to Zakopane. There is plenty of hotels in Krakow already, they can also use Student Miasteczko. People will go along, Poles like to party!!!
Grzegorz_? Threads: 90 Posts: 6,679 Joined: Nov 16, 06??? ?Yesterday, 12:58 ? ? #
rybnik:
The recently-concluded European football championships is one thing BUT THE OLYMPICS? In Krak?w?
Winter Olympics are much smaller event than summer ones.
Marysienka? Threads: - Posts: 64 Joined: Nov 14, 12??? ?Yesterday, 13:48 ? ? # http://krakow.gazeta.pl/krakow/1,35798,12936865,Polsko_slowackie_igrzy ska_zimowe__Co_trzeba_wybudowac_.html - in polish (what needs to be build)
Zakopane tried for 2006 Winter Olympics and Turin won.
Village- we could use Miasreczko studenckie , and build some apartments that would be sold after the event. New cross-coutry skiing paths, that are planned but there alvays were not enough money, Biathlon- we would need to renew one route Snowboard- we use Jurgowo, 20 km from zakopane, new Alpine skiing and freestyle - Thos would have to take place in Slovakia Hockey - either Sosnowiec/ Katowice or in Slovakia Figura skating and short track - stadium would be finished by 2014 skating- we would have to build this curling - stadium for this is going to be build near AWF ( even without Olimpics) sleighs - most expensive and would have to be build
?Yesterday, 16:26 ? ? #
Marysienka:
Village- we could use Miasreczko studenckie , and build some apartments that would be sold after the event. New cross-coutry skiing paths, that are planned but there alvays were not enough money, Biathlon- we would need to renew one route Snowboard- we use Jurgowo, 20 km from zakopane, new Alpine skiing and freestyle - Thos would have to take place in Slovakia Hockey - either Sosnowiec/ Katowice or in Slovakia Figura skating and short track - stadium would be finished by 2014 skating- we would have to build this curling - stadium for this is going to be build near AWF ( even without Olimpics) sleighs - most expensive and would have to be build I completely forgot about all those existing resources like the student dorms. Maybe it makes sense
jon357? Threads: 6 Posts: 2,663 Joined: Mar 15, 12????? ?Yesterday, 18:10 ? ? # They should go for it. Even better, hold it in the Beskidy Slaskie.
Warszawette? Threads: - Posts: 81 Joined: May 7, 12??? ?Yesterday, 18:49 ? ? # Hi! Please let's be serious: the other candidates are Munich, Barcelona, Nice, Oslo and Saint-Moritz (+ Brazow and Lviv) so ....;) The olympic authorities need more than ... students' dorms in Krakow ;). In the western cities applying, infrastructures are top and far much better and usually already existing. The mountains are higher (Alps and Pyrenees in the case of Barcelona) and quality snow is garanteed. I know one can dream but let's be realistic: Krakow has very little chance.
Marysienka? Threads: - Posts: 64 Joined: Nov 14, 12??? ?Yesterday, 18:58 ? ? # Are we talking about chances? I don't think anybody actually believes we could win. Just as nobody believed about 2006 , or about Euro 2012 ;)
?Yesterday, 19:35 ? ? #
Marysienka:
I don't think anybody actually believes we could win forgive me, then why even try? Why go through all of this if it's only a pipe dream?
Richfilth? Threads: 8 Posts: 486 Joined: Mar 8, 09??? Edited by: Richfilth ?Yesterday, 19:37 ? ? # To judge a city's chances based on the quality of its existing infrastructure is to miss the point of the Olympics. Only very rarely do these big sports competitions take place in already-prepared areas; they're given to countries that the Committee have decided need to improve their infrastructure in order to improve their sport. Poland and Ukraine were given Euro 2012 for exactly that reason; their existing sports infrastructure was terrible.
Using the same logic, Poland/Slovakia stand a very high chance of being awarded the Winter Olympics, but it would mean creating easy transport crossing across the mountains. At the moment, it's more than 2 hours to travel the 50km between Zakopane and Chopok, and that's in normal traffic not Olympic traffic, and therefore these two countries have no chance.
forgive me, then why even try? We are Poles. If we win something we call it miracle ;P. It doesn't mean we stop trying. And we did host Euro 2012.
Grzegorz_? Threads: 90 Posts: 6,679 Joined: Nov 16, 06??? I can't find it now but once I saw statistics on major sport tournaments (avg number of fans, infrastructure requirements etc.) and Winter Olympics were far behind Summer or World Cup, more or less on pair with Euro... so I don't see a reason why we wouldn't make it... on the other hand there are controversies over benefits for the host country in case of such events... Personally I think Winter Olympics 2022 in Poland are not a bad idea... Some people are also talking about Summer Olympics in Warsaw 2024... I would have serious doubts in this case...
Grzegorz_:
I can't find it now but once I saw statistics on major sport tournaments (avg number of fans, infrastructure requirements etc.) and Winter Olympics were far behind Summer or World Cup, more or less on pair with Euro... so I don't see a reason why we wouldn't make it...
[quote=Richfilth]To judge a city's chances based on the quality of its existing infrastructure is to miss the point of the Olympics. Only very rarely do these big sports competitions take place in already-prepared areas; they're given to countries that the Committee have decided need to improve their infrastructure in order to improve their sport. Poland and Ukraine were given Euro 2012 for exactly that reason; their existing sports infrastructure was terrible.
Using the same logic, Poland/Slovakia stand a very high chance of being awarded the Winter Olympics, but it would mean creating easy transport crossing across the mountains. At the moment, it's more than 2 hours to travel the 50km between Zakopane and Chopok, and that's in normal traffic not Olympic traffic, and therefore these two countries have no chance.
How valid is Richfilth's point regarding mountain traffic?
berni23? Threads: 6 Posts: 257 Joined: Mar 26, 09??? Edited by: berni23 ?Today, 04:18 ? ? # I have no idea how he comes up with Chopok, it will rather be Banska Bystrica or Poprad. Which doesnt change the fact that the road(are there even multiple? ;) ) is terrible up there. And it would be an excellent opportunity to establish some decent links between the countries.
Random: Does anyone know the average wage of a taxi driver in Warsaw?
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Because, y?know, we must all sacrifice for Gaia (1). Mary Katherine Ham summarizes at Hot Air:
It?s just a 100-year-old company and California?s only surviving cannery, a sustainable, family-owned operation employing 30 people. The Drakes Bay Oyster Company has been in a seven-year fight with the federal government and environmental groups over whether it?s 40-year lease would be renewed this week. The Lunny family, which owns the oyster farm, was among a group of families that sold their ranch lands to the National Parks Service in the 1970s to protect them from developers, with the understanding they would get 40-year-leases renewed in perpetuity. After buying and operating the oyster farm without incident? they were even featured as outstanding environmental stewards by the National Parks Service? the Lunnys learned in 2005 they were accused of bringing environmental damage to an area the NPS and environmentalists were anxious to designate as the nation?s first federally recognized marine wilderness.
And thus Secretary Salazar has decided to shut down a farm that accounts for 40% of the oyster harvest in California, in violation of the original lease agreement and on the basis of? ?science? driven by an environmentalist agenda:
The trouble started in 2005, when Kevin Lunny, a local rancher, purchased the oyster farm from Johnson Oyster Co. He was required to get a special-use permit from the California Coastal Commission, which had placed a cease-and-desist order on the property as a result of previous problems.
In the midst of those negotiations and discussions about extending the 2012 lease, the Park Service came out with accusations of environmental damage, setting off a series of dueling scientific reports.
?What has happened is the National Academy of Sciences has shown that all the claims made by the National Park Service are wrong,? Lunny said. ?It gives us a clean bill of health.?
Lunny and others claim Jon Jarvis, the Pacific West regional director of the National Park Service, deliberately misrepresented data to bolster his own ideological agenda.
Jarvis apologized Tuesday for mistakes that were made on the initial report but defended the Park Service?s handling of the science.
?They didn?t say our research was wrong. They just said it was incomplete,? Jarvis said. ?What there really is here is a disagreement among scientists about the level of impact on the environment. That does not mean that one side is guilty of misconduct.?
The battle intensified in 2007, when the Park Service issued a report claiming, among other things, that oyster farming reduced the number of harbor seals and damaged eelgrass beds.
Lunny, who is trying to persuade the Park Service to renew a 40-year occupancy agreement in 2012, was furious. His case was helped by Corey Goodman, a biological scientist who reviewed Park Service studies on oysters.
They accused Park Service officials of fabricating environmental problems to drive the oyster company off the bay where explorer Sir Francis Drake purportedly landed more than 430 years ago.
Be sure to read the whole article. At best, the Park Service study was incompetent; at worst, it was a hit job meant to serve a Green objective (2), rather than objective science. Whatever the truth, a venerable business has been wrecked, livelihoods ruined, and the economy of California?s rural north, which has already suffered terribly (3) at the hands of environmental extremists, takes another blow.
This is another example of Washington-as-Leviathan, where abstract policy goals (and big donor groups) come before the needs of individual people, and science is a tool to be used to reach that goal, rather than a source of information leading to a wise, just decision.
(And didn?t Obama want to depoliticize science? Never mind?)
Of course, in the midst of this sad story is some irony, too. The Lunny?s farm is near Inverness, in Marin County, which is infamous in its liberalism. While we don?t know how the people of the area voted in the last election, Marin as a whole went 75% for Obama. (For comparison, California overall voted ?only? 60% for the President.) Thus I think it?s safe to say a majority of the affected people likely were Obama voters.
How?s that for gratitude, folks?
That bit of snark aside, what?s happening here is unjust and needless, and one hopes that pressure from the public and Senator Feinstein?s office will find a way to undo the harm caused by Secretary Salazar?s arrogance. You can see a short documentary on the Lunny?s battle at Hot Air.
Afterthought: I suppose one can also take grim satisfaction at the thought of rich Bay-Area liberals having to pay more for their precious shellfish, given that Salazar?s decision will massively contract the available supply. Nah. They?ll never make the connection.
Footnotes: (1) Except for the High Priests of the faith, such as Al Gore, who can jet around the globe as much as they need and just buy themselves absolution via the carbon credits scam. (2) Of course, that?s S.O.P for Ken Salazar, who was found by a federal judge to have misrepresented the science in a report used to justify a moratorium on drilling permits in the Gulf after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. (3) Other than marijuana, now that logging, mining, and fishing have been all but killed. If you eliminate legitimate industries, people will turn to what they have to in order to survive.
Here?s the running list of Friday?s non-tenders as we approach the 12 a.m. EST deadline.
American League
Angels: none
Athletics: OF Jermaine Mitchell
Mitchell had already been designated for assignment. He had a breakthrough 2011 in Triple-A, hitting .302/.401/.453, but he regressed to .252/.345/.386 for Sacramento last season.
Indians: 3B Jack Hannahan, LHP Rafael Perez, LHP Chris Seddon
The Indians seem to like Hannahan as a part-timer, but they paid him $1.75 million to hit .244/.312/.341 last season. Maybe he?ll be brought back for less if he doesn?t find the open market to his liking. Perez is a goner after shoulder surgery limited him to eight appearances last season, but there will be several teams interested in taking a flier on him.
Orioles: RHP Stuart Pomeranz, INF Omar Quintanilla, 1B Mark Reynolds
Reynolds says the Orioles didn?t even offer him a deal?after a down season in which he hit .221 with 23 homers in 538 at-bats. He could bounce back to 30 homers next year and he has more defensive value at first than he did at third, so some team could commit $8 million to him on a one-year contract.
Red Sox: RHP Scott Atchison, LHP Rich Hill, OF Ryan Sweeney
No Alfredo Aceves, though that seemed to be a given when he wasn?t let go prior to the purge of non-arbitration eligible players last week. ? Atchison was Boston?s best pitcher last season, finishing with a 1.58 ERA in 51 1/3 innings. Hill was also quite effective, amassing a 1.83 ERA in 19 2/3 innings after returning from Tommy John surgery. One gathers that the Red Sox will attempt to re-sign both, but there?s certainly no reason for either to accept minor league contracts. ? Sweeney hit .260/.303/.373 in 62 games last season before going down with a self-inflicted hand injury.
Royals: OF Derrick Robinson
Robinson reached Triple-A in his seventh season in the Royals minor league system, hitting .268/.344/.325 with 23 steals for Omaha. Even a future as a fifth outfielder seems unlikely at this point. He could be re-signed to a minor league deal.
Tigers: LHP Daniel Schlereth
A key component in the big Curtis Granderson-Max Scherzer-Edwin Jackson deal, Schlereth was supposed to develop into a big-time reliever after getting sent from Arizona to Detroit. However, his command has never come around and he missed most of last season with shoulder woes. The Tigers will try to keep him in the organization on a minor league contract.
White Sox: RHP Anthony Carter, 1B Dan Johnson
Carter was an intriguing relief prospect a couple of years ago, but he?s stumbled to 5.84 and 4.60 ERAs the last two seasons. Johnson would make for nice insurance for Paul Konerko and Adam Dunn, but he?s the kind of player the White Sox would much prefer to have on a minor league deal than occupying a 40-man roster spot.
National League
Braves: RHP Jair Jurrjens, RHP Peter Moylan
After two lost seasons due to back and shoulder seasons, Moylan wasn?t going to get much of a guarantee from the Braves. However, he?s healthy now and he should draw quite a bit of interest. ? That Jurrjens went 13-6 with a 2.96 ERA in 2011 has already been forgotten after a 2012 season in which he showed diminished stuff and got knocked around in 10 starts. No one was interested in acquiring him and paying him $6 million through the arbitration process, but now that he?s free, several teams will come calling.?
Brewers: LHP Manny Parra
Parra was nearly non-tendered last winter, but the team opted to give him one more chance. A full-time reliever for the first time, he had a 5.06 ERA in 62 appearances, though it did come with 61 strikeouts and just three homers allowed in 58 2/3 innings. He still has plus stuff, and several teams will think they can get better results from him.
Cubs: RHP Zach Putnam, RHP Jaye Chapman, 3B Ian Stewart
Stewart was known to be long gone after hitting .201/.292/.335 in 55 games and then missing the rest of the season with a wrist injury. In such a thin third base market, he could get a chance to compete for a starting job elsewhere in the spring. The two righties will likely be offered minor league contracts to stick around.
Mets: RHP Manny Acosta, RHP Mike Pelfrey, OF Andres Torres
Pelfrey?s non-tender was a given after he underwent Tommy John surgery. The Mets will likely attempt to re-sign him for about half of the $5.6875 million he made last season. ? Acosta shook off a horrible start to post a 1.78 ERA in the second half of the season. He would have earned $1.5 million or less in arbitration, so it?s disappointing the Mets didn?t bring him back. ? Torres will be looked at as a fourth or fifth outfielder after hitting .230/.327/.337 in his lone year with the Mets.
Nationals: C Jesus Flores, LHP Tom Gorzelanny, LHP John Lannan
(Not yet official, but Ken Rosenthal and several others are reporting.)
It seems like the Nationals are just throwing away a fair amount of talent here, but it must be that no one offered anything in trade. Lannan was likely due about $6 million in arbitration, Gorzelanny $3.5 million and Flores $1.2 million. Lannan is a lock to wind up in some team?s rotation next year after the Nationals allowed him to waste away in Triple-A for much of 2012. Gorzelanny had a nice 2.88 ERA in 72 innings out of the pen last season. Flores was a disappointment after initially stepping in for the injured Wilson Ramos, hitting .213/.248/.329 in 277 at-bats. Still, someone will want him as a backup.
Padres: LHP Juan Oramas
Oramas, who went 3-4 with a 6.37 ERA in eight Double-A starts last season, will miss at least the first couple of months of 2013 after Tommy John surgery. The Padres will likely re-sign him to a minor league contract.
(Unofficial: Brian Wilson (SFG),?Nate Schierholtz (Phi), Jeff Karstens (Pit))
?A round-up of some of our favourite recipes and food-related features this week including recipes for a Lemon Pear Upside-Down Gingerbread Cake, five different holiday cookies and Cranberry Prosecco Punch.
Lemon Pear Upside-Down Gingerbread Cake
Photograph by Matthew Mead, AP
Alison Ladman suggests pairing a slice of this Lemon Pear Upside-Down Gingerbread Cake with ?a mug of hot cocoa, coffee or (to be totally indulgent) a frothy glass of eggnog.?
Gift of homemade food full of heart
Spice blends: Italian Salamoia bolognese; gomasio; cinnamon sugar; Montreal steak spice (photograph by Dave Sidaway, The Gazette).
Susan Semenak of the Montreal Gazette shares some homemade food gift ideas including spice blends, luxury granola and an old-school lemon pie kit.
12 Days of Holiday Cookies
Photographs by Matthew Mead, AP
We kicked off our 12 Days of Holiday Cookies series this week with recipes for Cherry Allspice Hermits, Chocolate Pepper Sable, Triple-Ginger Cranberry Bars, Cardamom Chocolate Macadamia Cookies, and Cinnamon-Honey Oat Drop Cookies.
Ingredient of the week: cranberries
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We?ve put together a collection of seasonally-inspired recipes featuring cranberries including a Cranberry-Pear Crisp, a Turkey and Cranberry Pie with Sweet Potato Crust, and a Cranberry Ginger Fizz Cocktail.
Seasonal Sips: Cranberry Prosecco Punch
Supplied photo by David Strongman, Earls Restaurants
Continuing with this week?s cranberry theme, this fresh and bubbly cocktail recipe was developed by Cameron Bogue, beverage director for Earls Restaurants.
Holiday Drinks: Sparklers and ?stickies?
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Wine expert Michael Godel recommends seven sparkling and dessert wines (or ?stickies? in Australian slang) to look for this holiday season.
And to finish, some tasty inspiration from the blog world:
- Alimation by Alexandre DUBOSC - Persimmon Squash Salad from The Forest Feast - Brussels Sprout, Sweet Potato, & Chorizo Hash, & Chestnut Potato Soup from Katie at the Kitchen Door - Apple and Quince Gingerbread from Apt. 2 Baking Co. - Hazelnut Hot Chocolate with Minted Whipped Cream from Turntable Kitchen
