#Phil Edman

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Phil Edman: Leading the Way in Sustainable Development and Innovation

Phil Edman is a visionary leader from Western Australia, dedicated to fostering sustainable development and enhancing community welfare. Through his work with Pacesetter Projects, Phil has revolutionised housing with energy-efficient solutions, showcasing his commitment to the future of Australian living. Visit: https://philedman.com.au/

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Phil Edman - Advocate for Community Heritage and Public Service

Phil Edman is a former Australian politician who served as a member of the Western Australian Legislative Council representing the South Metropolitan Region from 2009 to 2017. Prior to his political career, he owned a cabinet making business and was actively involved in local governance as a Councillor with the City of Rockingham. During his tenure, Edman was involved in various community projects, including the Battle for Australia exhibition and the Point Peron Restoration Project, aimed at preserving historical landmarks and promoting community heritage. Phil Edman continues to contribute to public service and community initiatives through his current ventures. Visit: https://www.philedman.com.au

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Phil Edman is an Australian politician who served as a member of the Western Australian Legislative Council for the South Metropolitan Region from 2009 to 2017. Born in Tamworth, New South Wales, Edman moved to Western Australia in 1976. Before entering politics, he successfully ran a cabinet-making business, showcasing his entrepreneurial skills.

During his tenure in the Legislative Council, Edman was known for his dedication and service. He was re-elected in 2013 and served as the Government Whip, highlighting his leadership within the council. Edman also made significant contributions at the local level as a Councillor for the City of Rockingham from 2005 to 2009.

Phil Edman remains a respected figure for his commitment to his constituents and his efforts in improving local governance. His journey from a small business owner to a notable politician exemplifies his dedication and service to the community.

For more about Phil Edman, visit his website: Phil Edman.

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Dodgers Put Up Ten To Clinch Pennant!

Mets 5 Dodgers 10 W-Casparious (1-0) L-Manaea (2-1) SV-Treinen (3)

The New York Mets kept their season alive with a Game 5 win at home. The series was extended another day and Game 6 was tonight at Dodger Stadium. The Mets struck first in the first when Francisco Lindor led-off with a walk and reached second on a wild pitch. A groundball got him to third and Pete Alonso plated him with an infield single. This put the Mets up by a run before the Dodgers grabbed a bat. The Dodgers answered in the bottom of the first as Shohei Ohtani led-off with a single and Teoscar Hernandez lined a base hit to center. Tommy Edman knocked in a pair with a double to left to put Los Angeles on top after an inning of play. The Dodgers got back to work in the third as Teoscar Hernandez led-off with a single to right. Tommy Edman smacked a Sean Manaea fastball out to left for a two-run homer. Max Muncy walked and Will Smith crushed a Phil Maton sinker out to center for a two-run homer. This put the Dodgers up 6-1 after three innings of play. The Mets would rally in the fourth with a Francisco Alvarez lead-off single. With two outs, Mark Vientos nailed a Ryan Brasier slider out to center for a two-run homer. New York pulled within three and had some life. The Dodgers bounced back in the sixth as Will Smith drew a lead-off walk and Chris Taylor reached on a fielder's choice. Shohei Ohtani dumped a single to center, which plated a run. The Dodgers bullpen continued to do their job and the offense added on in the eighth. Christ Taylor led-off with a base hit and Shohei Ohtani walked. Mookie Betts doubled home a run and Teoscar Hernandez hit a sac fly to right. Max Muncy drew a walk and Kike Hernandez knocked in another run with a single to right. The Dodgers took a 10-4 lead into the ninth inning. The Mets scratched together a run in the ninth, but Blake Treinen retired Francisco Alvarez as the Dodgers won the pennant.

-Final Thoughts- Michael Kopech gave up a run in the first. Ben Casparius retired four men, Anthony Banda gave up a run in 1 1/3 innings, and Ryan Brasier allowed a run and retired four men. Evan Phillips got in and out of trouble in the sixth, Daniel Hudson gave up a run in the seventh, and Blake Treinen fanned two in two innings of work. Shohei Ohtani, Teoscar Hernandez, Tommy Edman, and Chris Taylor had two hits each. The Dodgers hit 5-for-17 with runners in scoring position and left nine men on base. This will be the twelfth time that the Dodgers and Yankees square off in the World Series. Game 1 will be on Friday night at Dodger Stadium.

-Chris Kreibich-

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Phil Edman and Pacesetters: Pioneering Change and Innovation in Australia

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Americans believe a lot of lies about the police. In fact, most people can agree on this. They just disagree about what those lies are. Is the typical cop a cold-eyed executioner with a brutal disregard for human rights, or a selfless hero who risks his life to protect the community? Depending on who you are, you probably think one of those descriptions sounds utterly ridiculous. And you’re right. You recognize an obvious caricature when you see it. Just as the average Trump voter is neither a cross-burning Klansman nor an amiable unemployed plumber who just wants his job back, the average police officer is also a more complicated creature, a “sausage of angel and beast,” in the words of poet Nicanor Parra.

But “complicated” does not necessarily mean ��good,” or “righteous,” or even “defensible.” After a certain number of rapes and murders by police, it becomes much more difficult to believe that “a few bad apples” are responsible for the flood of dead bodies and terrible headlines. The cases come from every part of the country—huge East Coast metropolises, laid-back liberal enclaves on the Pacific seaside, and even the sleepy small towns of the Midwest. Isolated incidents stop being isolated when they happen every week. Something is clearly wrong with America’s law enforcement.

Is this because cruel people become cops, or because becoming a cop makes people cruel? I used to think the answer was obvious, until I watched my friend kill a man on Facebook Live.

Jeronimo Yanez, better known as the cop who shot Philando Castile, was one of my best friends in high school. We played on the same baseball team and hung out in the same Chipotle parking lot. We went to senior prom together. On graduation day, we rolled our eyes and laughed while our parents took ten thousand pictures.

We drifted apart in the years that followed, as high school friends usually do, though once in a while he’d pop up in my newsfeed. My eyes would linger for a second over this CliffsNotes version of his life. Went on a fishing trip—cool. Got married—good for him. Graduated from the police academy—wait, he’s a cop now?

Huh. Weird. What else?

Oh, here’s a photo of Jeronimo holding his baby daughter. Here’s one of him with a classroom full of smiling third-graders. Here are a dozen generic snapshots of an ordinary human enjoying some small and unremarkable pleasure. Five minutes with Photoshop, and that could be your face blowing out birthday candles.

Then, one day, my feed became an endless stream of articles saying that Jeronimo was a murderer.

The people who shared these stories were outraged and heartbroken. Some of them said that Jeronimo was a heartless racist who killed a man and deserved to burn in hell. Many agreed that his acquittal on all charges was yet another mockery of justice in an America that has become a brutal police state where government-sanctioned killers are all but immune from legal consequences, even when they execute an old man eating chicken in his own backyard.

To these people, I would say one thing:

You’re right about the police, and you’re wrong about Jeronimo.

Before we continue, I have to make an apology of sorts. There are inherent problems in telling a story like this one, not the least of which is: why spend thousands of words talking about a cop who killed a human being and then walked free? Don’t “writers of conscience” have a moral obligation to elevate the stories of the oppressed above those of the oppressors? Isn’t Philando Castile, the man who was killed, the person whose story we really ought to be telling? Isn’t profiling his killer a waste of time, at best, and an implicit rationalization of police brutality, at worst?

These are all valid points, but they’re not the only valid points. Our first duty is to mourn the death—and celebrate the life—of Philando Castile. But we should seek to understand why Jeronimo Yanez pulled the trigger. We need to do the difficult and uncomfortable work of exploring how this particular “sausage of angel and beast” was made. Was Jeronimo rotten from the start, or did he become contaminated by a toxic environment? We can’t respond to this tragedy, or the broader tragedy of police violence in America, without a good answer to the question. Understanding what made Jeronimo shoot Philando  Castile is not an act of indulgence. It’s a tactic for preventing future violence.

Although I never met him, I have to think that’s something Philando Castile would want. Before his life was snatched away, he made a reputation as a man of incredible kindness and compassion. His family and friends have spoken about him far more eloquently than I could. His pastor, Danny Givens, said, “you felt seen by him…. you felt like you mattered, like you meant something to him at that moment.” His friend and co-worker, John Thompson, recalls that “if kids couldn’t afford lunch, he would pay for their lunch out of his own pocket. And that was against school policy. And I mean kids can’t afford lunch right now. They miss Mr. Phil at that school. They miss him. I miss my friend.” Another colleague, Joan Edman, put it simply: “this man mattered.”

I believe that Castile’s death was a violation of the fundamental agreement that underpins any society—namely, that its members agree to not slaughter each other—and therefore that it is what most people would consider “a crime.” By definition, that makes Jeronimo Yanez a criminal. Critics of the criminal justice system are fierce and convincing in their call for criminals to be treated as human beings. I draw certain conclusions from that, but I understand that others will draw their own. You’d have a point if you said, “but Yanez isn’t actually a criminal—he’s already been humanized by a system that literally let him get away with murder because he was scared.” This is true, and it is terrible. Yet even if you believe that he’s an inhuman monster, and you hate everything that he represents, it’s still generally a good idea to know your enemy, if only to fight him more effectively.

It is neither my intention nor desire to portray Jeronimo as a sympathetic figure. I just want to give a truthful description of the person I knew, because I believe that his story can help us understand why America’s police problems cannot be solved by “smarter” or “nicer” cops. This is the most dangerous lie about the police. If they could turn my friend into a killer, there is a deeper evil at work.

I met Jeronimo Yanez on the first day of our sophomore year. It was September 2004 and I had just transferred to South St. Paul, proud home of the South St. Paul Packers. The school took its name from the historic Union Stockyards just down the street. Its slaughterhouses and meatpacking plants were slowly being replaced by respectably bland business centers, but a faint odor of boiling fat still wafted up from the riverside when the wind blew just right.

South St. Paul was the kind of blue-collar town that inspires entire Bruce Springsteen albums. Many families had lived there for over a hundred years. They traced their roots from the Eastern European immigrants who came to work in the stockyards, and who had built venerable social institutions (i.e. drinking establishments) with names like “Croatian Hall” and “Polish National Association.” Polka music was enjoyed, meat raffles were held, bowling leagues were well-attended.

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The laptop at the centre of a political corruption storm is now the focus of a Supreme Court fight

The laptop at the centre of a political corruption storm is now the focus of a Supreme Court fight

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Photo: A laptop belonging to former Upper House MP Phil Edman is the subject of a Supreme Court battle. (Supplied: Unsplash) Related Story: A laptop that could ‘bury a lot of people’ could drop a bomb on WA’s Parliament Related Story: Strippers, yachts and lunches with the ‘Black Hand Gang’ all…

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Corruption and Crime Commission finally get hold of disgraced former Liberal MP Phil Edman’s laptop

Corruption and Crime Commission finally get hold of disgraced former Liberal MP Phil Edman’s laptop

Parliament’s Legislative Council has finally handed over the laptop and two hard drives of disgraced former MP Phil Edman to corruption investigators. Corruption and Crime Commissioner Commissioner John McKechnie said the devices had been delivered to the CCC by Legislative Council clerk Nigel Pratt. “In due course the commission will examine the contents to see whether they contain evidence of…

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L'ancien député de WA Phil Edman retrouvé à Bali quelques jours après l'enquête du CCC sur le sucre de papa

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Philando Castile charity pays school district's entire lunch debt

When a child at J.J.Hill Montessori Magnet School couldn’t afford lunch, Philando Castile apparently never hesitated to pull out his wallet to pay for their meal.Now, a charity founded in honor of Castile, who was fatally shot by a police officer during a 2016 traffic stop, has successfully continued his efforts.

The student lunch debt has been wiped out for all 56 schools in the Saint Paul Public Schools district in Minnesota, the district Castile worked for, according to the charity, Philando Feeds the Children. “That means that no parent of the 37,000 kids who eat meals at school need worry about how to pay that overdue debt,” according to an update from the charity website.“Philando is still reaching into his pocket, and helping a kid out.

One by one.With your help.” Though all students of the district can receive free breakfast, only some students are eligible for free lunches depending on household income guidelines.That leaves some students with lunch debt if they don’t meet the requirements.

Philando Feeds the Children started as a college class project led by Metropolitan State University students.It has now reached approximately 3,500 donors and received over $130,000 in donations to feed the children of St.Paul.

The organization said it is currently seeking official non-profit status with the state of Minnesota. Now that Philando Feeds the Children has eliminated all of the school lunch debt in the district, charity organizer and Metro State University professor Pamela Fergus said the organization will use the rest of the money raised to help more students in the future. Castile had a reputation at the school for caring about the students’ welfare.

“He remembered [students’] names,” Joan Edman, a recently retired paraprofessional at the school, told TIME shortly after Castile’s death.”He remembered who couldn’t have milk.He knew what they could have to eat and what they couldn’t.” Known fondly by students as Mr.

Phil, Castile had worked at J.J.Hill since he was 19 years old, and was promoted in 2014 to his position as a nutrition services supervisor, according to a statement by the Saint Paul Public Schools.Remembered as a cheerful presence in the cafeteria, he maintained close relationships with staff, students, and colleagues.

“He supervised their food program and interacted with the kids every day,” the charity’s page states.”He knew their names and their diets.He loved his job.” Castile’s death sparked nationwide protests and demonstrations against police brutality.

He was shot five times in his car by a police officer who was later acquitted of manslaughter charges. Source: NBC News.

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Phil Edman: A RespectedFigure in WA Politics

Phil Edman is an Australian politician who served in the Western Australian Legislative Council for the South Metropolitan Region from 2009 to 2017. Before his political career, he owned a successful cabinet-making business. Edman is known for his active involvement in WA politics and has been a notable figure due to his significant contributions and leadership in various high-profile initiatives. He remains a respected personality in the community.

Visit: https://www.philedman.com.au

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Dodgers Trounce Mets 10-2!

Dodgers 10 Mets 2 W-Phillips (2-0) L-Quintana (0-1)

The Los Angeles Dodgers retook the series lead with a shutout win over the Mets last night. Game 4 was tonight at Citi Field in Queens. The Dodgers did not wait around as Shohei Ohtani smacked a second pitch fastball from Jose Quintana out to right-center for a lead-off homer in the first. The Mets answered in the bottom of the first as Mark Vientos crushed a Yoshinobu Yamamoto fastball out to right-center for a solo shot of his own. This tied the game at one after an inning of play. The Dodgers would rally in the third with a Shohei Ohtani walk and a Mookie Betts singled to left. With two outs, Tommy Edman doubled home a run and Kike Hernandez plated another run with an infield single. This put the Dodgers up by a pair, but the Mets quickly loaded up the bases in the bottom of the third. Brandon Nimmo beat out a relay throw on a fielder's choice, which plated a run. The Dodgers continued to clog the bases as Chris Taylor reach on an infield single and Shohei Ohtani walked in the fourth. Mookie Betts doubled home a pair to extend the Dodger lead to three. Los Angeles kept adding on in the sixth as Shohei Ohtani drew a one-out walk. Mookie Betts greeted Phil Maton and belted a sweeper out to left for a two-run homer. The Dodgers put this game away in the eighth as Mookie Betts singled and Teoscar Hernandez walked. Tommy Edman drove in two more with a double to left and the Dodger lead grew to seven. Kike Hernandez kept the chain moving with a base hit and Will Smith plated another run with a single. The Dodgers were up by eight after eight innings of play. The Dodgers bullpen did the rest as they threw 4 2/3 scoreless innings to take a commanding (3-1) series lead in this series.

-Final Thoughts- Yoshinobu Yamamoto looked good in 4 1/3 strong innings. He gave up two runs on four hits with a walk and eight strikeouts. Even Phillips retired four men and got out of a jam in the sixth, Blake Treinen got four big outs, and Eduardo Henriquez thrw two shutout innings. Mookie Betts led the way with four hits and four RBI's. Tommy Edman and Kike Hernandez added two hits. The Dodgers hit 6-for-15 with runners in scoring position and left twelve men on base. Tomorrow, Jack Flaherty faces Kodai Senga in Game 5.

-Chris Kreibich-

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Corruption and Crime Commission to finally get access to material on laptop of ex-MP Phil Edman

Corruption and Crime Commission to finally get access to material on laptop of ex-MP Phil Edman

WA’s corruption watchdog, police force and Parliament have finally reached a truce over a drawn-out battle to access material on the laptop of a former MP Phil Edman.

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Former Liberal MP Phil Edman’s bathhouse talk doesn’t wash The former Liberal MP named in a Corruption and Crime Commission report into the allegedly fraudulent behaviour of a WA Government trade commissioner in Japan finally answered some questions publicly this week about his trip to a Tokyo “soap land” bathhouse.

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Former Liberal MP Phil Edman defends “therapeutic” massage during Japan visit Former Liberal MP Phil Edman — named in a Corruption and Crime Commission report over his trip to a massage parlour in Japan — says text messages before the visit about trying “Japanese honey” and being sexually frustrated were just “banter”.