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The young Indian stand-up who went to jail for a joke he didn't tell
Comedian Munawar Faruqui, a Muslim, was arrested in January in Indore, India, on charges of insulting Hindus.
(Saad Shaikh)
By Parth M.N.,
Shashank Bengali
Feb. 5, 2021 2 AM PT
MUMBAI, India —
For more than a month, Munawar Faruqui, a tousled-haired, 30-year-old comic, languished in jail for a joke he didn't tell.
Faruqui was beginning to make his name in the crowded ranks of India's up-and-coming stand-up comedians. More than half a million people subscribed to his YouTube channel, where his performances feature an edgy mix of social and political commentary, one-liners and takedowns of religious fundamentalism delivered in rapid-fire Hindi.
The trouble started on New Year's Day, when Faruqui took the microphone at a cafe in the central city of Indore. Just as he was beginning his set, a man wearing a white shirt and unzipped vest walked onstage and began harassing the comedian, accusing him of insulting Hinduism.
The crowd cheered on Faruqui, who is Muslim, and burst into applause when the man left. Minutes later, Faruqui and four other comedians and event organizers were arrested by police for allegedly making "indecent" and "vulgar" remarks.
Denied bail three times by a state court, Faruqui appealed to the country's Supreme Court, which ordered Friday that he be released from jail pending a trial. Critics say he has become a prominent example of an escalating crackdown against free speech in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's India.
A growing number of entertainers, activists, lawyers and academics who have spoken against Modi's Hindu nationalist government have been arrested, charged with sedition and other serious crimes, or viciously attacked on social media.
In recent days, India has filed criminal charges against journalists who covered a Jan. 26 protest by farmers against proposed agricultural laws. It ordered Twitter to block hundreds of accounts critical of the prime minister and threatened the company's employees with jail time if they didn't comply. Last month, the producers of a fictional Amazon Prime Video series called "Tandav" apologized after politicians from Modi's party claimed the show had insulted Hindus.
Farmers protest against new agricultural laws on the outskirts of New Delhi.
(Manish Swarup / Associated Press)
Faruqui's friends say he was targeted in part because of his faith. The allegations have jeopardized the promising career of a small-town striver whose only offense, they argue, was poking fun at the powerful establishment in a country that increasingly seems to lack a sense of humor.
Muslims, who make up about 14% of the population, are the largest religious minority in overwhelmingly Hindu India. Since Modi came to power in 2014 on a Hindu nationalist wave, members of his Bharatiya Janata Party and allied groups have promoted laws that have marginalized Muslims and subjected many to vigilante violence.
Faruqui's case shows that in India, the world's most populous democracy, "the judiciary sometimes looks at the accused, not the accusation," said Sanjay Hegde, a prominent lawyer who is not involved in the case.
The man who accosted him onstage, Eklavya Gaur, is the son of a local leader associated with the ruling BJP. Gaur is the leader of a group called the Hind Rakshak Sangathan, one of many hard-line Hindu organizations that have risen to prominence under Modi's government and claim to defend the faith.
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A video shot by an audience member shows Gaur addressing the crowd, saying: "This is Munawar Faruqui. He makes fun of our gods and goddesses and you pay to watch his shows. Don't you have any shame?"
"Sir," Faruqui responded calmly, "I don't target anyone. I have made jokes about Islam. I have also made jokes about triple talaq" — a practice, until recently legal in India, by which a Muslim man could divorce his wife merely by uttering (or texting) the word three times.
Gaur said he didn't care; he accused Faruqui of mocking Ram, a Hindu god, which he found unacceptable. Gaur appeared to be referring to a joke, seen in a clip online, about a classic Bollywood love song in which a woman invokes Ram to celebrate her husband returning home.
Faruqui joked in English: "Ram-ji doesn't give a — about your husband."
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ruling party has cracked down on critics, including entertainers and journalists.
In a complaint filed with Indore police, Gaur accused Faruqui of "deliberately intending to outrage religious feelings," a criminal offense punishable by up to four years in prison.
Faruqui's lawyer, Anshuman Srivastava, said Faruqui did not perform that joke in Indore, and that Gaur has alleged only that he "overheard" him practicing the line.
"The police registered the complaint without conducting a preliminary investigation," Srivastava said. "It appears this is happening under political pressure."
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With barbed, well-timed punchlines, Faruqui did tread on sensitive topics during his brief time on stage. He opened with a joke about his home state. "I was born and brought up in Gujarat," he told the crowd. After a pause, he added, "Survived in Gujarat."
The crowd laughed, but the joke was dark: Gujarat, a prosperous state in western India, was led by Modi for more than a decade before he became prime minister. Under his watch, in 2002, religious riots killed more than 1,000 people, most of them Muslims.
For years, Modi was dogged by allegations that he did not take action to stop the bloodletting. Although he has never been convicted of wrongdoing, the riots remain a blot on the prime minister's career. Many Muslims in Gujarat continue to associate Modi and the BJP with religious persecution.
"I think I survived," Faruqui continued, "because I believe [the] government is not good in completing their targets."
Low whistles this time, then laughter and applause.
A few minutes later, he and the others were arrested.
Indians participate in a candlelight vigil in 2012 to mark the 10th anniversary of the Gujarat religious riots.
(Ajit Solanki / Associated Press)
Faruqui, who hails from the city of Junagarh, lost his mother at a young age and moved to Mumbai as a teenager to support his family. His first job was at a utensil shop, where he earned about $1 a day for a 13-hour shift. At the time, he couldn't speak Hindi or English.
He later found work at a graphic design company, where he discovered he was gifted at coming up with witty one-liners for posters. It was around 2017, when a surge in mobile internet access and the arrival of international streaming platforms like Netflix were driving a boom in Indian stand-up comedy, so he decided to try telling jokes before an audience.
Around that time, he met another aspiring comic, Saad Shaikh, at a show where they were the only Muslims performing. The bearded Shaikh said many Indians didn't immediately peg Faruqui, whose wispy stubble and baggy T-shirts give him the look of a distracted college student, as a practicing Muslim.
Their difference in appearance may help explain their approaches to comedy: Shaikh said he tends to avoid political humor, whereas Faruqui took more risks with his material.
"It is very easy for a Muslim comedian to be targeted," Shaikh said.
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A popular comedy troupe's decision to pull clips of a raunchy performance off the Internet has revived an old question in India.
Aditi Mittal, a Mumbai-based stand-up comic, said political comedy has become increasingly fraught under Modi's government. Since 2014, Mittal said, even joking about rising gas prices earned howls of protest from the prime minister's partisans.
"You never know what may lead to a controversy, and that is always at the back of my mind when I write jokes," she said. "But it is our responsibility to speak up."
Last summer, comedian Agrima Joshua received rape and death threats for telling jokes allegedly insulting Shivaji, the 17th century warrior king revered by Hindu nationalists in Maharashtra state, which includes Mumbai.
Comedian Kunal Kamra is facing contempt charges in India's Supreme Court for tweets criticizing the court after it granted bail to pro-BJP news anchor Arnab Goswami in a case involving the 2018 deaths of an interior designer and the designer's mother.
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Kamra refused to apologize and issued a passionate statement in which he wrote: "Should powerful people and institutions continue to show an inability to tolerate rebuke or criticism, we would be reduced to a country of incarcerated artists and flourishing lapdogs."
Sanjay Rajoura, a New Delhi-based member of the Aisi Taisi Democracy satirical troupe, said the case against Faruqui is the sign of a "rotten society," and would dog him even if he is cleared of wrongdoing.
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"Who will give him shows?" Rajoura said. "Those who own venues will have a fear of backlash. So will the sponsors. It will have an impact on his career."
Ashutosh Bagri, the police superintendent in Indore, has pledged a "fair and impartial" investigation. But the court in Madhya Pradesh state sharply criticized Faruqui in a hearing Jan. 25, when a judge accused him of taking "undue advantage of others' religious sentiments and emotions" in his act.
"What is wrong with your mindset?" the judge asked. "How can you do this for the purpose of your business? Such people must not be spared."
Shaikh said that in the months before the incident in Indore, Faruqui began to realize that many people in India felt the same way as the judge. Last April, social media trolls threatened him over his jokes about Hinduism. A hashtag calling for his arrest briefly trended nationally.
"That shook him," Shaikh recalled. "He was even questioning his comedy at the time, but we told him to have faith in the judiciary. Looking back, we were probably wrong."
Special correspondent Parth M.N. reported from Mumbai and Times staff writer Bengali from Singapore.


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Scott William Simpson (born September 17, 1955) is an American professional golfer.
Scott William Simpson
(1955-09-17) September 17, 1955 (age 63)
Turned professional
Current tour(s)
Former tour(s)
Professional wins
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour Champions
Best results in major championships
(wins: 1)
T7: 1990
T6: 1984, 1993
Won: 1987
Simpson was born in San Diego, California, and played college golf at the University of Southern California, where he was two-time medalist at the NCAA Championship in 1976 and 1977. He turned professional in 1977 and graduated in 1978. He played on the PGA Tour from 1979, and won seven PGA Tour events between 1980 and 1998.
The highlight of Simpson's career was the U.S. Open in 1987 at the Olympic Club in San Francisco, his only major title. He birdied the 14th, 15th, and 16th holes of the final round to overtake Tom Watson by one stroke and finished with a three under par total of 277.
Simpson became eligible to play senior golf in 2005 and won his first Champions Tour title in 2006.
In team competition, Simpson played for the United States in the Walker Cup in 1977 and the Ryder Cup in 1987. He lists bible study among his interests and attributes his success to it. He and his wife Cheryl have two children: Brea Yoshiko and Sean.
Simpson was previously a Democrat (during Bill Clinton's presidency he was the only PGA Tour player vocally to support him), but became a Republican later on and supported George W. Bush.[1]
Amateur winsEdit
this list may be incomplete
1976 NCAA Division I Championship, Porter Cup
1977 NCAA Division I Championship
Professional wins (16)Edit
PGA Tour wins (7)Edit
Winning score
1 Jul 6, 1980 Western Open 70-69-70-72=281 −7 5 strokes
Andy Bean
2 Jun 10, 1984 Manufacturers Hanover Westchester Classic 66-68-70-65=269 −15 5 strokes
David Graham,
Jay Haas,
Mark O'Meara
3 Apr 5, 1987 Greater Greensboro Open 70-73-69-70=282 −6 2 strokes
Clarence Rose
4 Jun 21, 1987 U.S. Open 71-68-70-68=277 −3 1 stroke
5 May 28, 1989 BellSouth Atlanta Golf Classic 72-68-71-67=278 −10 Playoff
Bob Tway
6 May 16, 1993 GTE Byron Nelson Golf Classic 65-66-68-71=270 −10 1 stroke
Billy Mayfair,
Corey Pavin,
D. A. Weibring
7 Feb 8, 1998 Buick Invitational 69-71-64=204 −12 Playoff
Skip Kendall
PGA Tour playoff record (2–3)
1 1983 Kemper Open
Chen Tze-chung,
Fred Couples
Barry Jaeckel,
Gil Morgan Couples won with birdie on second extra hole
Jaeckel eliminated with par on first hole
2 1989 BellSouth Atlanta Golf Classic
Bob Tway Won with par on first extra hole
3 1991 U.S. Open
Payne Stewart Lost 18-hole playoff (Stewart:75, Simpson:77)
4 1994 Southwestern Bell Colonial
Nick Price Lost to birdie on first extra hole
5 1998 Buick Invitational
Skip Kendall Won with birdie on first extra hole
Japan Golf Tour wins (3)Edit
1984 Chunichi Crowns, Dunlop Phoenix Tournament
1988 The Crowns
Other wins (5)Edit
1979 Hawaii State Open
1990 Perrier Invitational (Europe, not a European Tour event)
Champions Tour wins (1)Edit
1 Sep 3, 2006 Wal-Mart First Tee Open at Pebble Beach 67-69-68=204 −12 1 stroke
Jay Haas
Major championshipsEdit
Wins (1)Edit
1987 U.S. Open 1 shot deficit −3 (71-68-70-68=277) 1 stroke
Results timelineEdit
Masters Tournament CUT 11 40 T41 T25 T27 CUT T38
U.S. Open T45 T23 T15 T13 T25 T15 CUT 1 T6 T6
The Open Championship T65 T62 T26
PGA Championship T30 CUT T32 T9 T6 T12 T41 T47 CUT T53
Masters Tournament T7 T22 T13 T11 T27 T29 CUT
U.S. Open T14 2 T64 T46 T55 T28 T40 CUT 58
The Open Championship T39 T57 T9 CUT CUT T33
PGA Championship T66 CUT T6 CUT T54 CUT CUT
Did not play
CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place.
Cuts made
Masters Tournament 0 0 0 0 1 6 15 12
U.S. Open 1 1 0 2 4 10 19 17
The Open Championship 0 0 0 0 1 1 9 7
PGA Championship 0 0 0 0 3 4 17 11
Most consecutive cuts made – 12 (1982 U.S. Open – 1986 Masters)
Longest streak of top-10s – 2 (1993 Open Championship – 1993 PGA)
Results in The Players ChampionshipEdit
The Players Championship CUT T51 CUT T2 T61 T33 T33 CUT T4 CUT CUT CUT T17 CUT CUT T11 CUT CUT CUT CUT T63
"T" indicates a tie for a place
U.S. national team appearancesEdit
Walker Cup: 1977 (winners)
Ryder Cup: 1987
Kirin Cup: 1987 (winners)
List of golfers with most PGA Tour wins
^ https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2006/9/26/250246/-
Scott Simpson at the PGA Tour official site
Scott Simpson at the Japan Golf Tour official site
Scott Simpson at the Official World Golf Ranking official site
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Scott_Simpson_(golfer)&oldid=902917882"

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The iPhone 6 utilises the A8 processing chip, allowing for some of the most powerful graphics ever found on a smartphone. Users will be able to stream video or play games with bigger ease than ever before and experience a smoother phone overall, whether you're working or playing.
Top end, mid-range or budget?
Whilst the iPhone 6 has now been replaced by Apple's iPhone 6S model, this version is still considered a top of the range smartphone, with many of the same features you'll find in the updated version. Because of this, it can't be recommended if you're looking for a smartphone on a budget. However, if money isn't a problem and you have your pick of the bunch, the iPhone 6 is a perfectly viable option.
What's it like for games and apps?
Because of its advanced processor, the iPhone 6 is great for gaming on the go. Games that would have trouble running on previous iPhones have no problem here, with the 6 able to render 3D graphics at a much faster rate. If you're more of a user of regular apps, the iPhone 6 is also great, allowing you to run tracking and work apps with a faster speed and better ease of access. Also, if you have an Apple Watch, you'll be able to link the devices and get app notifications right there on your wrist.
Who would like this phone?
If you're in the market for a high-quality, top range phone, but see no need in spending the extra money for the latest model, the iPhone 6 is perfect. Here, you'll get the premium Apple experience and won't feel like you're missing out despite not using the most recent model. It's also ideal if you're waiting for the iPhone 7 and see no need to upgrade to the 6S in the meantime.
What do we think?
The iPhone 6 is quite comfortably the best version of Apple's smartphone range. The improved design feels much better in the hands compared to the angular design of old, and the increased display size makes doing everyday tasks easier and more enjoyable.
"The iPhone 6 ushered in the new generation of Apple smartphones, and still holds up as a thoroughly modern device that's packed full of features.
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Domino's employee braves 'Welcome to Hell' riots to deliver pizza
For years, Domino's promised hungry customers that their pizzas would be delivered to them within 30 minutes or less. The chain no longer requires its employees to deliver pizzas that quickly, but that didn't stop one Domino's worker from going above and beyond on Friday.
Violent protests have erupted in the streets of Hamburg, Germany this week as leaders of the world's most powerful countries gather for the G20 Summit. Estimates indicate that more than 4,000 protestors have taken to the streets, with some setting fires and destroying property. At times, police have been forced to use water cannons on the demonstrators to quell the violence.
At one point on Friday, First Lady Melania Trump was ordered to shelter in place at her hotel because the demonstrations were becoming too violent.
That all came to a halt on Friday afternoon, when a man aboard a Domino's-branded scooter weaved his way through the demonstrations. Protesters applauded the purveyor of pizza, and police broke their human wall to let him pass.
It doesn't matter how big the riot is in #Hamburg tonight, you will get your pizza #G20 pic.twitter.com/rz1zOrUkdQ
— Barstool News (BNN) (@BarstoolNewsN) July 6, 2017
Brave pizza boy faces off with riot police at #G20 protests pic.twitter.com/ect6uF0ff9
— Press TV (@PressTV) July 7, 2017
The man, identified only as 27-year-old Benjamin by Fink Hamburg, said he was returning from a delivery on a trip he only expected to be "a few minutes." Instead, he was slowed significantly by the protestors and was forced to duck to avoid flying rocks.
He told Fink Hamburg that neither he nor his scooter suffered any damage.
One Twitter user, @thepezman, put it best.
That guy needs a raise.
— thepezman (@thepezman) July 6, 2017
Alex Hider is a writer for the E.W. Scripps National Desk. Follow him on Twitter @alexhider.


Defense mechanisms, in the psychological sense, are mind-sets or emotional reactions that block painful emotions from real or imagined threat. Regression is one these defense mechanisms. When faced with insurmountable conflict, our behavior may return to a more primitive state. Emotional states that are regressive include screaming, tantrums, name-calling and ultimately, violent behavior.
Such primitive states are most common in individuals who have not been parented in a way that installs functional foundational values such as restraint, self reliance, personal responsibility compassion etc.. . Individuals who have been "spoiled" and allowed to act out without fear of consequences never learn the most basic social responsibility. . Such "brats" grow into self-centered, grandiose, and immature adults who have no persuasive social skills past coercion and intimidation. The political left are in a regressive state, a weird mass contagion is affecting the majority of the policital left. Reacting to merely being in the presence of a pro-Trump article of clothing, quickly regressing to the more primitive state, incapable of reasoned rhetoric and intolerant of opposing views. Below is a picture of a regressive DEMOCRAT….
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The search for real yield
Vivek Prabhu
Head of Fixed Income
Perpetual Investment Management Limited
At a time of record low interest rates, fixed income isn't typically seen as an income-generating option - but maybe it should be.
In the 12 months to March 2021 - during one of the worst economic crises the world has seen - the Perpetual Diversified Income Fund returned 8.85% when the index saw just 0.11%.
Perpetual's head of fixed income Vivek Prabhu, who doubles as portfolio manager of the fund, says this is because the fund has several advantages compared to traditional defensive assets, like no fixed rate of return and its ability to act as a hedge against inflation.
As volatility and globally uncertainty wears on, it makes sense to take a more defensive approach.
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American doc shows what more we can do to help
By Teresa Blackmon On Jul 7, 2022
When I trained at Bellevue hospital as a medical resident in the late 1980s, we often relied on the philosophy "See one, do one, teach one" when it came to learning new techniques.
Still, I'd never believed that tenet could be extended to the combat setting, where mass casualties may come in at any time and truly experienced hands are crucial to providing both prioritization — triage — and top-level care to difficult shrapnel wounds and blast injuries.
Don't get me wrong: All humanitarian aid is useful when it gets to the right places, and basics like chest tube insertions and sewing up wounds can be quickly taught. But more complex care requires significant experience.
Put another way, how can anyone who is not specially trained or experienced in combat injuries and high-level security provide the lifesaving care essential in Ukraine right now?
Dr. Aaron Epstein has the answer. He has been on the ground in Ukraine providing and teaching combat trauma care throughout the war-torn country for months. He is there right now.
Epstein, who has a Georgetown graduate degree in foreign service, is a former defense contractor and national-security and intelligence expert who went on to med school to become a decorated surgeon. He founded the Global Surgical and Medical Support Group, where he works with former Special Forces, combat medics and surgeons, going from his Buffalo base to humanitarian disasters and working with and training local medical teams. When I spoke with him recently — he was at an undisclosed location in Ukraine — for SiriusXM's Doctor Radio Reports, it quickly became clear to me that his group is highly successful at training local health personnel on administering essential emergency care in the middle of the war.
Most of the team are former special-operations combat vets.
Previously, he was trying to "affect populations through a national-security lens, and we would see limited effects in doing that," he said. But that changed when he became a surgeon and founded GSMSG. "I saw a fundamental change in our approaches to the communities by just giving some of them medical attention. I mean, you treated someone's mother, their kid, their grandmother, and they appreciated it."
Epstein's group began back in 2015 training Kurdish combat medics in Iraq and has been involved in multiple combat and refugee situations since, including in Venezuela. Ukraine, he told me, was a natural extension of the group's mission and abilities. "There are plenty of groups that come in and just dump supplies and plenty of groups that come and maybe do direct medical care, but the effect is X number of people, and so I remember thinking I have the networks in place to bring these high-end providers in. How can we really shape populations? And we went off the US Special Forces model, which is basically to train participation partners."
Epstein and his team teach local medical professionals how to become trauma specialists themselves. They have run tactical-care combat courses for several thousand Ukrainians since the war's start. They've also led "train the trainer programs" where Ukrainian medical personnel who are fast learners turn around and train other Ukrainians further in the field of combat casualty care. This is an amazing example of my "Watch one, do one, teach one" paradigm.
Tactical Medicine Center specialists from Hungary conduct training for Ukrainian medics in conditions close to real ones.
They improvise solutions to fit the problem. They use tips of latex gloves, for example, to help provide suction valves for chest tubes. They have a "low-visibility rolling trauma surgery suite in their vehicles" that's for emergencies as needed. On a typical day, Epstein told me, they had Russian cruise missiles hit nearby and were staged and ready for the injuries that resulted. Former special-operations combat vets make up almost his entire team.
"We were running them through chest-tube placement, even basic suturing," he said. "You'd be surprised how few people here can do basic wound closures. At some point the air raid sirens went off, and we moved it all down into a bunker. Just continued the training in the bunker there."
Each conflict has its particular trademark wounds, which lead to a different approach to breathing, airway and circulation maintenance, Epstein said. For Iraq and Afghanistan, it was the upper-body wounds from exploding IEDs. For this war it's the penetrating shrapnel from artillery fire, "unlike anything we have really dealt with on a large scale since World War I."
Epstein's group began back in 2015 training Kurdish combat medics in Iraq.
Since Russia's invasion of Ukraine began Feb. 24, there have been more than 10,000 civilian casualties, close to 5,000 of whom have died. Not to mention the many thousands of troops on both sides of the conflict who have been wounded or killed. Humanitarian aid has poured in from across the globe, but it is never sufficient to stop the bloodshed or to comfort someone who has lost a loved one. Some of the best efforts go for naught, but the work of highly skilled training groups like Dr. Epstein's continues to make a difference. "Combat-ready" means more than ready to fight — it also means ready to triage, to teach and to heal.
Marc Siegel, M.D., is a clinical professor of medicine and medical director of Doctor Radio at NYU Langone Health and a Fox News medical analyst.
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Freely-available geospatial dataset to make flood research easier
Sahana Ghosh
Mongabay
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India's first digital flood inventory has digitised flooding events from 1985 to 2016 using data from the India Meteorological Department.
The digital inventory will aid future data collection efforts, scientific research on floods, disaster risk reduction, loss and damage estimates and pave the way to develop financial products to tackle disaster risks.
Stakeholders working to build financial products and mechanisms such as disaster risk insurances including crop insurances could also benefit from the dataset.
Data on fatalities and damage associated with India's flooding events from 1985 to 2016 have been meticulously mined from printed government records and combined with information from global databases to create India's first digital flood inventory freely available in modern geospatial formats.
The India Flood Inventory (IFI) pools 89% of its data from the India Meteorological Department's Disastrous Weather Events, and the remaining from Emergency Events Database (EM-DAT) and Dartmouth Flood Observatory (DFO), states the paper documenting the inventory's inception.
"We have taken decades of data from the published document by IMD's DWE, digitised it, fixed a lot of things, and augmented it with geospatial information in the form of GIS files. Each historical flooding event now has its information digitised, which IMD didn't have till now," said Manabendra Saharia from IIT-Delhi's Hydrosense Lab, who led the development of the inventory.
The objective was to provide a ready-made database to the community that could be used for future work including disaster management personnel and scientists working on flood research and management. The inventory will also aid future data collection efforts.
Floods are one of the most devastating natural disasters. India is one of the most affected countries with the increasing frequency and intensity of floods, leading to loss of lives and livelihoods. The latest assessment report from IPCC's Working Group 1, finds that climate change is intensifying the water cycle which will bring more rainfall and associated flooding in some regions. In-depth research and better early warning systems (EWS) are needed for India to adapt to such disasters. The most important component for carrying on with in depth research and EWS is data.
Data to help with attribution, modeling and forecast
"If a disaster management personnel looks at the dataset, they would have a searchable archive of every flooding event as recorded by IMD. While IMD will admit there are observational deficiencies in the collection, this is the best possible available historical information which helps personnel to assess how many people have died in historical flooding events, or how much paddy has been destroyed to plan for food shortages etc. and for which months," said Saharia.
The scientists marked every event with a Unique Event Identifier making it easy to reference with other datasets through a common database scheme; dates were made compliant to ISO 8601, an internationally accepted calendar-and-clock format. Information on human fatalities, animal fatalities, damages etc. was extracted from the dataset and coordinates of the events were verified.
India Meteorological Department (IMD) scientist D.S. Pai, the co-author of the paper, shares that the inventoried data would help with attribution analysis, improve modeling and forecast. "Improved modeling and flood forecasting would help strengthen our flood early warning systems," the Pune-based Pai, Head, Climate Research & Services, IMD, Ministry of Earth Sciences told Mongabay-India. "The data would also aid with hazard mapping and vulnerability analysis," he said.
"Analysis of the data in the inventory highlights that the majority of floods in the country happen in the monsoon season, which is 79% of the yearly total, with a peak in July. While the number of flood fatalities during the same period is 83% of the yearly total, with a peak in August," the paper states.
Large flood plains such as Uttar Pradesh, Assam, Maharashtra, Bihar, and West Bengal experience the highest number of floods and fatalities. While, the hill states such as Uttarakhand have experienced catastrophic events, with some of the highest per-capita death rates in the country.
The inventory reveals three major flood events: the Brahmaputra floods in 1988 and 2004 and the 1987 Bihar floods that affected the entire state.
Sushma Guleria, assistant professor at the National Institute of Disaster Management, who was not associated with the inventory work, explained that historical data of flooding events also come in handy to implement post-disaster needs assessment (PDNA) contributing to the collection and standardisation of loss and damage data in the aftermath of floods. "Having access to historical data would also help to track the intangible damages such as displacement, property damage, impacts on ecosystems and psychological effects of loss of life, that can be long-lasting and earmark adequate compensation for flood-affected families factoring in the tangible and intangible impacts," Guleria told Mongabay-India.
Saharia adds that it could also benefit stakeholders working to build financial products and mechanism such as disaster risk insurances including crop insurances.
Loss and damage due to climate disasters and slow onset events like sea-level rise and climate finance to address loss and damage and decarbonisation efforts by developing countries were important issues for these countries at the recently concluded United Nations climate conference in Glasgow or COP26.
The United Nations weather agency World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) in its report said India lost $87 billion in 2020 due to disasters such as cyclones, floods and droughts. Floods and cyclones contribute to maximum human deaths in India from extreme weather events (EWEs) in the past 50 years.
At COP26 which saw India pledge to net zero commitments by 2070, the nation also stood its ground demanding climate finance to act on its climate commitments. The richest one percent of the world's population are responsible for more than twice the combined share of carbon emissions of the poorest 50 percent.
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Satellite-based flood mapping in the boreal region for improving situational awareness
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Ched Evans
Published on January 12, 2015 January 20, 2015 in Opinion by Andrew Furlong
It's barely a week old, but so far in 2015, Harry Redknapp and Steve Bruce have thrown their support behind Ched Evans and Oldham Athletic even came close to signing the convicted rapist. The ugly football story of 2014 isn't going to go away anytime soon.
When it comes to Ched Evans, it has been a real eye opener for me just how many people who clearly only have a general gist of the story, yet seem to feel a need to wade into the conversation, inflicting their ill informed, often misogynistic opinions on the rest of us; which has culminated in certain level of rapist sympathizing and victim blaming.
Victim. That's right, the victim. The person who seems to get the least amount of thought or attention, the person whose life has been destroyed; all forgotten because we need a national moral debate over whether a convicted rapist should or shouldn't be allowed to play football again.
I keep hearing people say "he should be allowed to play", and of course, they're right – he should be allowed play. Indeed, he has a right to play; just like football clubs have a right to not want anything to do with him; and thankfully the vast majority of football clubs don't want to go anywhere near him.
"He has served his time" is another sign of someone not fully aware of the facts. He hasn't served his time; he is about half way through serving his time. Evans was given a 5 year sentence, 2 and a half of which were to be served behind bars and 2 and a half on licence – like probation. As for getting his life back on track, 2 and a half years seems like a relative short time when you consider his victim has just had to move home and change her identity for the 5th time since this ordeal, thanks to the hideous website vilifying her, and the disgusting behavior of his friends and supporters; tracking her down and naming her on social media websites.
What muddies the water seems to be the nature of the incident itself. Its not a – for lack of a better word – "classic" rape; its not some helpless woman being dragged down a dark alleyway and violently raped by some complete stranger. It's an issue of consent.
Maybe it's the lad culture our society is being swallowed up by that is causing so many people to instantly think that Evans is innocent or that the victim is lying for some reason – though what she has to gain from doing so I cant quite grasp.
Maybe too many people see themselves in Evans' actions, and are too horrified to admit that those actions are indeed rape. That "classic" rape that I mentioned a few paragraphs above, which while it is the most common one used on film, is far from the most common form of rape, in fact it makes up just under 10% of rape cases. The majority of rape cases happen where one party is in a position of power over the other.
A woman too afraid to say no to an abusive husband, a boss making sexual advances on an employee knowing they fear saying no for the repercussions it might have on their employment. Or a figure within the local community, who has quite a bit of standing and support, like a religious figure, a politician or celebrity using that position as an implied form of intimidation. These are all more common forms.
I think it's not unreasonable to suggest that the lifestyle of being a professional footballer had some part to play in this sordid incident. Footballers are put up on pedestals, they are treated and adored like superstars. They get what they want, when they want it, and are surrounded by an entourage of people telling them how great they are, constantly fueling their ego. You don't have to be an elite star in the upper echelons either; even for clubs in the Championship or League 1 and 2, while they may not be international stars, they are still celebrities within their local towns, and they are well recognized members of their communities.
To quote a line from Casino Royale, "women are nothing more than disposable pleasures, rather than meaningful pursuits"; I think this quote is a fair reflection on how a large portion of our society still views women. Women are objects for men to pull and "bang" on a Saturday night; and while its entirely possible that Evans didn't set out to rape that girl, it's also entirely possible that he didn't even realize that he was raping her at the time of the incident either. But he was, and he did.
"It would be so easy to happen to you" is a contemplation that I've heard a few men make when discussing the Ched Evans case. Would it though? I mean, really? How easily could it happen? From my own perspective; if I was on a night out; and my friend text me saying "Got a bird", the last thing on my mind would to be call over and see if he needed a hand – so to speak. Even if I was staying with him, and had no choice but to go back to where he had brought this "bird" he had gotten himself, the idea that I would look to join in while he took advantage of a near unconscious teenager, is completely baffling to me. Only a misogynistic, complete lack of respect women in general would make me even remotely contemplate doing so. And if I did, it would be rape.
We're now at a stage where Evans is looking to rebuild his life – something his victim is currently doing for the fifth time – and he is looking to go back to playing football. I said earlier that he is allowed to play again, he has the right to do so; but should he have that right?
There are other professions out there that you would be immediately excluded from working in should you be a convicted rapist; such as a doctor, a teacher, a police officer etc. The idea behind that being that those professions put people in charge of vulnerable people and children, and football doesn't, so there. I've already laid my thoughts out on how a footballer's lifestyle may have had some form of influence on the incident in hand, and how the majority of rapes occur from someone in a position of power, then Evans being a footballer again does restore him to a position of power.
Not only that, but why should he be allowed to play again? The idea of prison is one about rehabilitation, leading to the reintegration of the convicted back into society. Ched Evans has shown no remorse for his crime, nor compassion for his victim. Even if he still believes that he didn't rape that girl, he could still show compassion for her current plight. He could issue a statement condemning those who publicly name her on social media. He could condemn his supporters who threatened Jessica Ennis with rape if she removed her name from the stands at Bramall Lane should Sheffield United resign the convicted rapist.
He could use his position in the public eye to help educate a generation of people on what the consent laws are. He could acknowledge that he didn't believe what he was doing was rape, but he understands it now. But no, there has been nothing like that. Evans still seems to think that the only thing he did wrong the night in question was cheat on his girlfriend. How do you reintegrate someone back into society who still thinks he has done no wrong?
Other people, notably Marlon King and Lee Hughes have gone back to football after committing serious crimes, so why can't Ched Evans? For a start, two wrongs don't make a right, and just because the wrong decision has been made in the past, that doesn't justify continuing to make the wrong decision moving forward. You have to start somewhere, and football (or at least the FA) can draw a line in the sand with this case.
It saddens, but doesn't surprise me that the likes of Harry Redknapp and Steve Bruce have shown support for Evans. Football is a closed shop when it comes to this kind of thing. It's run by old-fashioned dinosaurs, who have an almost cult like attitude to thing when it comes to situations like this. You only have to look at the recent scandals with Malky Mackay and his offensive text messages for anecdotal evidence of that. Mackay offended pretty much everyone with a series of texts, leaving no race or minority unturned. Yet, when asked about him in press conferences, the amount of people in a position of power in football who seemed to turn a blind eye to all of that and instead focus on Malky being "a good footballing man" was alarming.
Some sections of football will try and stand behind Ched Evans, but thankfully they seem to be in the minority at the moment. From the top down, football is a game that is filled with corruption and a serious lack of morals; but maybe we are finally seeing the game take a united stance on hideous crimes such as rape.
by Andrew Furlong
Twitter: @Andrew_Furlong
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Michiganders Against Excessive Quarantine Facebook Page Blows Up
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The Facebook Group "Michiganders Against Excessive Quarantine" was created on April 9th and in just 3 days, the page has blown up to over 250,000 members.
The page was created after Governor Gretchen Whitmer extended the stay at home order and changed some of the definitions of what was deemed essential. Many Michiganders are angry about the limits that are being put on them and are now gathering together to voice their complaints on social media.
The Facebook Group posted this to their description:
A place for Michiganders to organize and work towards a reasonable solution to the covid-19 crisis. We desire to retain our liberty by organizing in large numbers and commanding the attention of our legislators and governor. Our mission is to set a nationwide example by proving the people of Michigan are resilient, courageous, intelligent, and our liberty is valuable. We can overcome covid-19 without putting Michiganders out of work and further damaging our economy.
If you would like to join, just be aware that like any social media group with hundreds of thousands of members... There are a lot of trolls and people who have joined just to spread misinformation and/or to antagonize others. That being said, it is a place to voice your concerns and find like minded people if you want the quarantine order to be revised.
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12/25/22 5"x7", Hi-Uni graphite on Stonehenge Lenox Cotton
A while back when I made a portrait and complained about how much harder it is to draw young skin (you've probably noticed that I tend to favor craggy, old men when I choose reference photos), a Facebook friend commented that I should try drawing a baby. I shuddered at the thought of rendering all that smooth skin and such subtle forms (babies' noses are so tiny, they barely cast a shadow), but you know me – challenge accepted!
I didn't have to go out on the Internet to find a random baby's photo. This little person is the newest member of my family. She was born to my niece Alix and her husband Seila in August. Since I also sketched at their wedding, their current house, and Alix performing with her taiko group, it felt extra special to draw my grand niece Kaila, too.
Material and process notes: As expected, drawing Kaila was certainly the most challenging portrait I've attempted to date. Although capturing resemblance is usually at least a partial objective with portraits, in this case, I knew it was all-important. I spent the most time on the eyes.
After that, it was all about trying to render the delicacy of her skin. For paper, I chose Stonehenge Lenox Cotton. It isn't perfectly smooth like Bristol; it has a fine, velvety tooth, which is lovely with both graphite and colored pencil. Halfway through, I regretted my choice. Even with an H-grade Hi-Uni pencil, the paper's fine tooth seemed too coarse for an infant's skin. I wished I'd used Bristol Smooth after all. Using a blending stump can be risky because it usually darkens graphite, but I took a chance and gave the graphite a very, very gentle once-over to smooth out the texture. Whew!
The hardest part of all? Stopping in time. It's the kind of drawing I could have continued picking at for a few more hours, but I knew that would only make it worse, not better.
Labels: graphite, photo-inspired, portrait, Stonehenge
Anonymous January 7, 2023 at 8:49:00 AM PST
Wonderful! Beautiful baby….
MiataGrrl January 9, 2023 at 6:07:00 PM PST
Thank you, Cathy!
Joan Tavolott January 7, 2023 at 4:59:00 PM PST
I think you did an awesome job on this portrait of Kaila!!! Babies are so hard to sketch. I went back and checked out the other sketches you had done for Alex and Selia and smiled at the sketch of the wedding. The only time I thought about doing that was my niece's wedding in Australia, but they didn't even want anyone taking photos during the wedding ceremony. Instead I sketched the outdoor location where the ceremony was going to take place. I was already decorated. I left space for their figures and I did that part from a photo. When I gave it to her she was so happy. Friend of hers kept telling her that they saw me sketching all over the farm we were staying at and hoped she would end up with something I was sketching. So it was perfect!
MiataGrrl January 8, 2023 at 9:56:00 AM PST
Aww, that sounds like it was a wonderful experience for both you and the wedding couple! I remember Alix & Seila's ceremony was so short that I barely had time to make the sketch!
Lee January 9, 2023 at 3:58:00 PM PST
What a beautiful portrait and a wonderful idea! It is so hard to draw babies, but this is adorable.
Thank you! Yes, it was tough! :-)


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For the most part, Adobe is the leader when it comes to photo and video editing on a PC or laptop, however when it comes to mobile editing they have been dragging their heels allowing app's like Affinity Photo and LumaFushion to dominate mobile devices such as iPhones and iPads. With today's powerful tablets such as the iPad Pro, it is now possible to meet all your editing needs on these mobile devices. Last year I made the switch from editing all my YouTube, Drone and GoPro videos from a laptop to an iPad Pro and I haven't looked back. More and more people are making the switch and its about time that Adobe got into the mobile game.
A few months back Adobe announced a public beta of a new mobile editing app called Project Rush and was geared to YouTubers and mobile editors. I joined the beta program right away so I could get my hands on the new mobile editing app early and was quite impressed even early on in the beta testing. A few days ago Adobe finally launched this new mobile editing app with a new name called Adobe Premiere Rush CC, the CC refers to it being part of the creative cloud suite. Not only is this new mobile editing app compatible with iPhones and iPads, they even have a desktop version. This allows you to start editing on one device and finish on another.
Some notable features of Adobe Premiere CC is its capability of editing 4 tracks of video and 3 tracks of audio. This can be switched between a simple timeline and a multitrack editor. There are some really good tools for editing audio, but what I really like the most is its powerful titling tools. Adobe has included some really professional premade animated titles that look really good. All titles can be fully customized to suit any taste. Even though its early on I think that Adobe is headed in the right direction when it comes to usability and features. There is definitely some room for improvements when it comes to features as there is a huge gap between Adobe Premiere Pro and Rush. I am sure we will see that gap close as new features and updates are added over time. I do have to say I am really impressed with the interface of Rush, Adobe has done a great job at organizing the layout and it will seem very familiar for those who are accustom to Adobe products.
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In der Saison 1966/67 gelangen dem 1. FC Magdeburg und dem FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt der sofortige Wiederaufstieg in die DDR-Oberliga.

Modus
Gespielt wurde in 2 Staffeln zu je 16 Mannschaften (regionale Gesichtspunkte). In einer Doppelrunde mit Hin- und Rückspiel wurden die Staffelsieger und Absteiger ermittelt.

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Kreuztabelle

Die Kreuztabelle stellt die Ergebnisse aller Spiele dieser Saison dar. Die Heimmannschaft ist in der linken Spalte aufgelistet und die Gastmannschaft in der obersten Reihe.

Torschützenliste

Zuschauer
 In 240 Spielen kamen 739.050 Zuschauer ( 3.079 pro Spiel) in die Stadien.

 Größte Zuschauerkulisse
35.000 1. FC Magdeburg – BSG Post Neubrandenburg (30. Sp.)

 Niedrigste Zuschauerkulisse
150 ASG Vorwärts Neubrandenburg – SG Dynamo Schwerin (Nachholspiel des 24. Sp.)

Staffel Süd

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Kreuztabelle

Die Kreuztabelle stellt die Ergebnisse aller Spiele dieser Saison dar. Die Heimmannschaft ist in der linken Spalte aufgelistet und die Gastmannschaft in der obersten Reihe.

Torschützenliste

Zuschauer
 In 240 Spielen kamen 665.400 Zuschauer ( 2.773 pro Spiel) in die Stadien.

 Größte Zuschauerkulisse
16.000 FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt – BSG Stahl Riesa (27. Sp.)
16.000 FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt – BSG Motor Steinach (29. Sp.)

 Niedrigste Zuschauerkulisse
200 BSG Chemie Jena – BSG Aktivist Böhlen (21. Sp.)

Aufsteiger

Modus

Sechs Mannschaften aus den 15 Bezirksligen steigen in die DDR-Liga auf. In 3 Gruppen zu je 5 Mannschaften, ermittelten die 15 Bezirksmeister bzw. aufstiegsberechtigten Vereine die Aufsteiger. Die beiden Erstplatzierten jeder Gruppe steigen auf. Jede Mannschaft bestritt in ihrer Gruppe zwei Heimspiele und zwei Auswärtsspiele.

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Staffel B

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Staffel C

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Siehe auch
 DDR-Fußball-Oberliga 1966/67
 FDGB-Pokal 1966/67

Weblinks
 rsssf.com

Literatur
 Hanns Leske: Enzyklopädie des DDR-Fußballs. Verlag Die Werkstatt, Göttingen 2007, ISBN 978-3-89533-556-3.

1966/67
Fußballsaison 1966/67


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LIPSTICK APOLOGY by Jennifer Jabaley
I recently finished the fantastic debut novel by Jennifer Jabaley - LIPSTICK APOLOGY. Think Gossip Girl but through the eyes of a believable, likable, not overly mature teen. I laughed out loud (and cried) in several places - truly enjoyed it. This is one of those books you will finish with a satisfied 'that was awesome!'
Today, I talk with Jennifer about her new book which comes out THIS WEEK!
Q. I think most people will be surprised to hear that you are actually DR. Jabaley - an Optometrist. How did your interests turn to writing?
A. I am an eye doctor - and so many people find it interesting when they learn that I have written a novel. It's true that people in the medical field tend to be very left brained, but I've always been split down the middle - part logical and analytical, but equally creative and (as my husband says) melodramatic.. As soon as I graduated from optometry school I really began nuturing my creative side. I took a lot of painting classes and tried different craft projects, but the thing I wanted to do most was write. It scared me, to be honest, this desire to write a novel because I felt so ill prepared. But I just thought, hey, nothing ventured, nothing gained. And the whole experience has been wonderful. My optometry career gives me stability and precision and socialization, but the writing lets me be fun and creative and full of emotion. It completely balances me. Of course time management is an issue. . . :)
Q. Can you share your journey to publication?
A. I toyed around with the idea of writing for quite awhile before I actually committed to it. When I stumbled across the idea for LIPSTICK APOLOGY I finally made the resolve to complete a manuscript. From start to finish it took me about a year. It was the fall of 2007 when I felt my manuscript was ready to submit for agent representation. When researching literary agents my methodical side kicked in. I pulled books off my shelves that I loved or that I felt were similar in tone to my manuscript. I searched the acknowledgement section to see if the author thanked their agent. Most often they did. Then I checked to make sure that agent represented young adult and if they did I sent out a query letter mentioning which book it was that they represented that I loved. I think this method worked very well because it narrowed my target search. I was prepared to wait, but within days I had several requests for manuscripts. Then, I had several rejections, but also several of the agents gave lengthy revision notes and wanted to see the manuscript back. So over the winter I revised then resubmitted to some of the same agents and a few new agents. In March I received a call from Tricia Davey of Sanford J. Greenburger with an offer of representation. Within a month we had the manuscript out to nine publishing houses and in May I received an offer from Lexa Hillyer at Razorbill. I feel so fortunate that my journey to publication was pretty smooth.. From the time I submitted to agents to the time LIPSTICK APOLOGY hits bookshelves is 21 months - and that, for the publishing world, is pretty fast.
Q. What was the inspiration for Lipstick Apology?
A. My sister inspired this story. Several years ago she and her husband took their first trip without their children and she was a nervous wreck. Being that I'm their designated legal guardian in the event of an untimely death, and being that at the time of her trip I was single with no children of my own, I think she was beginning to panic, thinking I would have no clue what to do with her two sons. The night before her flight she kept calling giving me updates in the event of a plane crash. She told me where the safety deposit box was, where the will was, where the spare key, the car key, the kids baseball uniforms, her son's special toy - it was getting comical. After the seventh or eight call I turned to my husband (boyfriend at the time) and said, "The plane would be going down and she would whip out her lipstick and start outlining the boys bedtime routine on a tray table." And my husband said, "That would be a great book." So I wrote down "lipstick on a tray table" on a post it note and stashed it away. Three years later when we were moving I came across that note and the inspiration was born.
Q. In Lipstick Apology you describe New York like a native and yet I know you call the North Georgia Mountains home. What's the connection and how did you get it so right? (This coming from a non-New Yorker.)
A. Thank you for that - I've never lived in New York and worried the setting would not come off as authentic. I grew up in New Jersey about an hour from Manhattan and I would spend summer vacation with my Nana who lived in Queens. She would take us into the city often. But when I originally wrote LIPSTICK APOLOGY I had the story set on the Upper East Side - the area I was most familiar with. After Razorbill acquired the manuscript they requested I change to a different location in Manhattan because Gossip Girls was set on the UES and they were afraid it would be too similar. My editor suggested the West Village. I had no experience with the West Village so I was worried. My mother works in lower Manhattan, so she did some research for me - sent me the subway schedules, sent the Village Voice, and I did a lot of research online. I submitted my final revisions to my editor in October then that December I flew home for the holidays. I went into the city and walked all the streets I wrote about and stopped at all the places featured in the book and felt like I had such intimacy with each place after so much research.
Q. You did such a wonderful job of creating characters I absolutely fell in love with - I wanted to hang out with all of them! Okay, well, most of them. Some of them were pretty snarky too. But that Anthony - what a hottie! Is he inspired by anybody you know? And his family's bakery - does it actually exist somewhere? (Because I really want to try those croissants.)
A. Originally I think Anthony was inspired by my brother in law because he is Italian and grew up working in a deli. But as I wrote him, Anthony just sort of morphed into his own, sweet character. Most of the places in the book are real, but Anthony's family bakery is made up.
Q. You created such believable characters. Emily seemed spot on for her age - not the over-mature teen we sometimes hit in Urban YA. So many of your characters were just plain good people at heart - truly. Did you have an idea of what you wanted to achieve with them when you were writing?
A. Oh thank you. You know, sometimes I watch T.V. or movies now and the teenagers seem so...mature to me. When I was sixteen I was still so impressionable and naive and unsophisticated. Life at sixteen was about wanting good friends, wanting to fit in, wanting a boyfriend, wanting your family to be normal and not embarrass you. When I first started writing this story I really paid attention to the teenagers I saw as patients at work. And the thing was, they may dress more sophisticated and wear more make up and carry fancy cell phones, but deep down when you talk to them - those simple basic wants are still all there.
Q. I have to say, when I turned the last page, I was so happy for where Emily ended up in her life. And I was convinced she would eventually meet some of the other pivotal characters. But I was sorry to have to say good-bye for now. Any chance of a sequel? And if not, what's coming next?
A. Hmm, not sure. I've talked to my editor about not necessarily a sequel, but a maybe a spin off. But we're still just talking. Right now I'm at work on my second book - I'm branching into adult fiction - writing a story about a college age girl who has a quarter life crisis. It's been really fun.
Q. Jennifer, it was hard to believe this was your first novel. You sucked me in with skill and humor and I look forward to more of your work in the future!
A. Thank you so much, E! I appreciate all your kind words and support! Thanks for the opportunity to have this chat! Jen
okay, I read the book and loved it and to the author, please write a sequal (btw, this would be a really good movie) because I want to find out what happens next, cause I haven't read a book this good for a while
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Recess Monkey is the GRAMMY-nominated trio of Seattle teachers who make music for kids and families that truly rocks. Living separate lives as teachers and indie band musicians, Jack, Drew and Korum quickly discovered a connection between the kids they taught and the music that they played and love. As an elaborate experiment after years in the Seattle indie music scene, the band wrote and recorded an album's worth of songs based on Drew's half-day Kindergarten classroom and within months were filling rooms around Seattle with high energy songs, bouncing kids and relieved parents. Thirteen years, thirteen albums and over 1000 shows later, Recess Monkey is proud to return to Timber! for its second visit.


The news title nearly sounds like there will be something really new but it's not like that.
It is new but doesn't change anything essential in the game.
The vinyl-master J.S.Paint surprises again with another high quality modification. With a new background image for the World Racing 2 Menu called "Future" the daily look at the menu isn't that monotonously anymore.
At this modification its name is the program. It shows a very futuristic BMW with a same futuristic dresses woman in front of a big city. The complete scene is made in comic style and looks completely different like the masses of background mods do.
To enjoy this new look just download it following the link below the news.
Na endlich mal ein hintergrund der sich sehen lassen kann.


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The Evolution and Distribution of Galaxies
For Further Exploration: The Evolution and Distribution of Galaxies
Andrews, B. "What Are Galaxies Trying to Tell Us?" Astronomy (February 2011): 24. Introduction to our understanding of the shapes and evolution of different types of galaxies.
Barger, A. "The Midlife Crisis of the Cosmos." Scientific American (January 2005): 46. On how our time differs from the early universe in terms of what galaxies are doing, and what role supermassive black holes play.
Berman, B. "The Missing Universe." Astronomy (April 2014): 24. Brief review of dark matter, what it could be, and modified theories of gravity that can also explain it.
Faber, S., et al. "Staring Back to Cosmic Dawn." Sky & Telescope (June 2014): 18. Program to see the most distant and earliest galaxies with the Hubble.
Geller, M., & Huchra, J. "Mapping the Universe." Sky & Telescope (August 1991): 134. On their project mapping the location of galaxies in three dimensions.
Hooper, D. "Dark Matter in the Discovery Age." Sky & Telescope (January 2013): 26. On experiments looking for the nature of dark matter.
James, C. R. "The Hubble Deep Field: The Picture Worth a Trillion Stars." Astronomy (November 2015): 44. Detailed history and results, plus the Hubble Ultra-Deep Field.
Kaufmann, G., & van den Bosch, F. "The Life Cycle of Galaxies." Scientific American (June 2002): 46. On the evolution of galaxies and how the different shapes of galaxies develop.
Knapp, G. "Mining the Heavens: The Sloan Digital Sky Survey." Sky & Telescope (August 1997): 40.
Kron, R., & Butler, S. "Stars and Strips Forever." Astronomy (February 1999): 48. On the Sloan Digital Survey.
Kruesi, L. "What Do We Really Know about Dark Matter?" Astronomy (November 2009): 28. Focuses on what dark matter could be and experiments to find out.
Larson, R., & Bromm, V. "The First Stars in the Universe." Scientific American (December 2001): 64. On the dark ages and the birth of the first stars.
Nadis, S. "Exploring the Galaxy-Black Hole Connection." Astronomy (May 2010): 28. About the role of massive black holes in the evolution of galaxies.
Nadis, S. "Astronomers Reveal the Universe's Hidden Structure." Astronomy (September 2013): 44. How dark matter is the scaffolding on which the visible universe rests.
Schilling, G. "Hubble Goes the Distance." Sky & Telescope (January 2015): 20. Using gravitational lensing with HST to see the most distant galaxies.
Strauss, M. "Reading the Blueprints of Creation." Scientific American (February 2004): 54. On large-scale surveys of galaxies and what they tell us about the organization of the early universe.
Tytell, D. "A Wide Deep Field: Getting the Big Picture." Sky & Telescope (September 2001): 42. On the NOAO survey of deep sky objects.
Villard, R. "How Gravity's Grand Illusion Reveals the Universe." Astronomy (January 2013): 44. On gravitational lensing and what it teaches us.
Assembly of Galaxies: Introductory background information about galaxies: what we know and what we want to learn.
Brief History of Gravitational Lensing: From Einstein OnLine.
Cosmic Structures: Brief review page on how galaxies are organized, from the Sloan Survey.
Discovery of the First Gravitational Lens: By Ray Weymann, 2009.
Gravitational Lensing Discoveries from the Hubble Space Telescope: A chronological list of news releases and images.
Local Group of Galaxies: Clickable map from the Atlas of the Universe project. See also their Virgo Cluster page.
RotCurve: Try your hand at using real galaxy rotation curve data to measure dark matter halos using this Java applet simulation.
Sloan Digital Sky Survey Website: Includes nontechnical and technical parts.
Spyglasses into the Universe: Hubble page on gravitational lensing; includes links to videos.
Virgo Cluster of Galaxies: A page with brief information and links to maps, images, etc.
Cosmic Simulations: Beautiful videos with computer simulations of how galaxies form, from the FIRE group.
Cosmology of the Local Universe: Narrated flythrough of maps of galaxies showing the closer regions of the universe (17:35).
Gravitational Lensing: Video from Fermilab, with Dr. Don Lincoln (7:14).
How Galaxies Were Cooked from the Primordial Soup: A 2013 public talk by Dr. Sandra Faber of Lick Observatory about the evolution of galaxies; part of the Silicon Valley Astronomy Lecture Series (1:19:33).
Hubble Extreme Deep Field Pushes Back Frontiers of Time and Space: Brief 2012 video (2:42).
Looking Deeply into the Universe in 3-D: 2015 ESOCast video on how the Very Large Telescopes are used to explore the Hubble Ultra-Deep Field and learn more about the faintest and most distant galaxies (5:12).
Millennium Simulation: A supercomputer in Germany follows the evolution of a representative large box as the universe evolves.
Movies of flying through the large-scale local structure: By Brent Tully.
Shedding Light on Dark Matter: 2008 TED talk on galaxies and dark matter by physicist Patricia Burchat (17:08).
Sloan Digital Sky Survey overview movies
Virtual Universe: An MIT model of a section of universe evolving, with dark matter included (4:11).
When Two Galaxies Collide: Computer simulation, which stops at various points and shows a Hubble image of just such a system in nature (1:37).
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