First and foremost, we are focused on results. Dr. Charles Graper understands how important it is to look and feel your best, and we pride ourselves on delivering the highest quality of care. Our years of education and experience have given us the training to work at the highest level.
I must apologize for not sitting down and taking a moment to write this letter, especially after all you've done for me. Thank you for the time and concern you devoted to my case. The resulting change is amazing.
Just a brief note to thank you for helping us out with my son's wisdom teeth. I just cannot believe that you got those teeth out so quickly and that there was absolutely NO swelling. To look at him, you could not have noticed that he had surgery.
I would like to express my appreciation on the fine work that you performed. With each day I like my new nose more and more. I must admit you are a superior doctor and I am quite pleased. I would also like to add that you have a staff that is extremely pleasant.
There's yet to be a day go by where I don't think of how much better I feel, and how different I look because of the surgery you did a year ago. Thank you for the care and concern you've shown me then and now.


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Home Celebrigation
Accused Celebrity Smuggler Cleared After 25 "Closely Monitored" Bowel Movements
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If you are in the legal profession, may you never be required to utter the following sentence:
"[My client] has excreted 25 times."
Bamidele Aturu had the opportunity to say these words, though I suppose he was not required to, because his client had been falsely accused of ingesting drug packages in order to smuggle them into Europe. Babatunde Omidina, a popular Nigerian actor and comedian who goes by the stage name of "Baba Suwe," was arrested last month at the Lagos airport while waiting for a flight to France, after one of those infallible body scanners indicated that he had drugs in his stomach.
Last Friday, after "25 closely monitored bowel movements produced nothing suspicious," Omidina was freed.
"All my defecations were innocent!"
Because of Omidina's popularity in Nigeria, his arrest was big news. The drama only escalated over the next 24 days, "during which his bowel movements were earnestly followed by authorities and the media." The remarkable thing about that — other than the fact that a celebrity's bowel movements were being "earnestly followed," and Baba Suwe's evident regularity — was that after 23 days of negative bowel movements they apparently still kept him one more day just to see what might come of it. Did they think he was hiding all the heroin in his appendix until the heat was off?
Personally I'd start agitating for my client's release after the first two or three productions of evidence, but maybe I am unclear on the medical realities here. According to an article in the Nigeria Tribune, the government claimed that some suspects had excreted evidence only after one to two weeks of incarceration, but is that even possible? I'm guessing that in those cases "excreted" meant the cops got tired of waiting and put it in there themselves.
The Tribune's coverage of the story is quite extensive, and it at least appears to be a reputable source despite the headline chosen for that particular article, "Baba Suwe Yet to Pooh Suspected Drug."
And that was back on October 15, just three days after the arrest and so before it would have become entirely farcical. On October 16, the Tribune confirmed ("Baba Suwe Excretes Again Without Any Drug") that Omidina had indeed completed a repeat performance. Evidently, there had been "conflicting reports on the true position of things" at that time, "with a section of the media reporting on Saturday that Baba Suwe made the first excretion on Friday while others said he was yet to." Kudos to the Tribune for setting the record straight.
On the 19th, the Tribune reported ("Baba Suwe Excretes Again, Yet No Drug Found") that Omidina had negatively excreted for the third time in seven days, and quoted a doctor as saying that there was already reason to doubt the smuggling claim. The packages should have appeared after a week, he said, and if they had not appeared because they had ruptured, Omidina would have been in serious medical trouble rather than continuing to deposit proof of his innocence. Instead of releasing him, however, the agency asked for and got permission to hold Omidina for two more weeks.
At some point thereafter, agency spokesmen stopped discussing "how many times Baba Suwe had excreted," saying they could not comment on an ongoing investigation.
On Friday, at long last, the agency finally admitted defeat. The judge apologized to Omidina, wished him well, and said he was free to go. Fans and supporters cheered as he and his vindicated bowels left the building in triumph. Unsurprisingly, he is said to be considering a lawsuit, but one report said he may also make a movie about his experience. I don't know – if I wanted to see a movie with that much crap in it, I'd just watch "Armageddon" again, but at least this one might be a comedy.
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LinkedIn Influencers · Uncategorized
By Admin Great Digital India Published On September 13, 2020
LinkedIn is the world's leading and highly regarded social media platform. In recent years, it has not only established itself as the best digital platform for industry experts and professionals but also it has leveraged the relationship among the famous personalities and their followers.
India is full of famous personalities who have influenced the world through their innate abilities and work. From Narendra Modi to Priyanka Chopra, there are some exceptional personalities who invested in their own professional brand and moved to inspire the people around them.
Let's have a look at these most famous LinkedIn Influencers in India who have astonished the world through their success.
1. Narendra Modi
Hon'ble Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi is the face of India. The rise of Narendra Modi is certainly a remarkable exemplary that anyone get instantly inspired. His relentless dedication and work have influenced the minds of millennials which makes him the top LinkedIn influencer in India.
PM Modi has the highest profile views on LinkedIn.
He is the most viewed influencer on LinkedIn in India.
He has 3.5M followers on his LinkedIn profile.
PM Modi has been declared as the most powerful LinkedIn profile by LinkedIn in the report 2017-18.
Click here to view his LinkedIn profile.
Priyanka Chopra (Pee Cee) has its own undefeatable fame. She is not only one of India's highest-paid actresses but she is regarded as the most popular international celebrity as well. Priyanka Chopra has received various acclaimed awards. She recently got in news for her relationship with American singer and actor Nick Jonas.
Priyanka Chopra is the only Bollywood actor in the list of the most influential people on LinkedIn.
She is on 2nd most viewed Influencer on LinkedIn after PM Modi.
Priyanka Chopra has 604K followers on her LinkedIn account.
Find out more on her LinkedIn profile.
3. Kiran Mazumdar Shaw
Kiran Mazumdar has been named among TIME magazine's 100 most influential people in the world. She is a well-known expert in the biotechnology industry in India and also the founder of India's leading biotechnology enterprise Biocon.
Kiran Mazumdar has been recognized as a rising leader for making India proud by developing a globally recognized biopharmaceutical enterprise.
She has 816K followers on her LinkedIn account.
She is considered a pioneer of the biotechnology industry in India.
Click here to view her LinkedIn profile.
4. Vani Kola
Vani Kola is an idea lover and trend spotter. She is a successful entrepreneur in the Silicon Valley and became part of the startup ecosystem when the entrepreneurial scope was in the rising stage. Vani Kola is known for her entrepreneurship abilities and influential ideas which can create big and successful businesses.
She has over 1M followers on her LinkedIn account.
She has led successful digitally powered platforms: Dream11, Myntra, Cure.fit, and Snapdeal.
Click here to explore more on her LinkedIn profile.
5. Kailash Satyarthi
A Nobel Peace Laureate, Kailash Satyarthi is dedicated to a peaceful struggle to prevent children from being exploited as labor. He is a renowned social activist. He is endeavoring to help underprivileged children for bringing into the stream of education. Kailash Satyarthi has contributed to the development of international conventions on the rights of children.
Kailash Satyarthi has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize jointly with. Malala Yousafzai for fighting for the rights of children to education.
He has 30K followers on his LinkedIn profile.
Find out his popular posts on his Linked account here.
6. Ravi Venkatesan
The former Chairman of Bank of Baroda, Ravi Venkatesan is a well-known writer and business leader in India. He is the author of the bestseller book 'Conquering the Chaos – Win in India, Win Everywhere'. He is also considered one of the most influential people in India.
He has 241K followers on his LinkedIn account.
He is the founder of the Global Alliance for Mass Entrepreneurship (GAME).
7. Kunal Bahl
Kunal Bahl is an example of stubbornness for success. He had initially started a detergent company and later a coupon startup in 2008, but did not succeed. And later, he got success through establishing an E-commerce platform.
He is the CEO and Co-founder of Snapdeal. Kunal's journey has gone through an array of failures; despite this he didn't stop to move on and consequently, he became an impact entrepreneur. This is what sets him apart from others.
He has 529K followers on his LinkedIn profile.
He is one of the top influencers and famous entrepreneurs in India.
8. Shradha Sharma
Shradha Sharma is known as 'the biggest storyteller of India's digital space'. She is the CEO & founder of YourStory, a digital platform for sharing stories and life journeys of entrepreneurs. For her benchmarks, she has received numerous awards.
Shradha believes that every story is different and has its own meaning. She finds her life in stories. Shradha has also worked with CNBC TV18 and Times of India. Shradha Sharma is also one of the top LinkedIn influencers in India.
She has 1.5M followers on her Linked account.
She is the founder & chief editor of YourStory Media.
You can find out her more activities on her LinkedIn profile here.
9. Mahesh Murthy
Founder of Pinstorm, Mahesh Murthy is a 34 years old man who has worked with several reputed companies such as Microsoft, Amazon, Nike, Pepsi, Yahoo, Unilever, etc. Mahesh Murthy is known for his association in launching the famous TV channel MTV in India and his own channel Channel V.
Mahesh Murthy is one of the famous influencers in India.
He has 300K followers on his Linked account.
Click here to know more about him on his LinkedIn profile.
10. Santosh Desai
MD & CEO of future brands, Santosh Desai is a columnist, a thought leader, a leading ad professional, and an author. He has a great reputation among business leaders due to his understanding of the relationship between brands, culture, and consumers. Santosh Desai is very popular for his LinkedIn posts and it is obvious as he is an author. His unique ideas on entrepreneurship and business set him as a popular influencer in India.
He is a well-known author for his business and entrepreneurship concept.
Click here to explore his LinkedIn profile.
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Uzbekistan's Losing Battle Against Drought
Sheep graze on a dusty and dry landscape east of Bukhara in July 2013. The Uzbek regions of Karakalpakstan, Khorezm, Bukhara and Kashkadarya have suffered intense droughts in the past 15-20 years. (Photo: Dean C.K. Cox)
The last time Berdybai Nauryzbayev harvested rice was five years ago.
In the 1990s, farmers with his Sary Altyn agricultural association — the name is Uzbek for "white gold" — would regularly yield around four tons of rice from every 10,000 square meter plot of cultivated land. Rice harvests in Karakalpakstan were some of the most bountiful in Uzbekistan.
The soil has now deteriorated, become heavily salted, and people are moving away for a better life.
"It is five, six years in a row that we don't get enough water. The canal that runs past my land used to bring us about 7,000-8,000 cubic meters of water. Now there is not a drop. Many lands are no longer in use and my fellow countrymen's situation is truly dire. There is no cotton, no rice and no wheat," Nauryzbayev told EurasiaNet.org.
The Chimbay district of the autonomous Republic of Karakalpakstan, where Nauryzbayev is from, is home to around 110,000 people. The entire area's economy depends on farming and animal husbandry. No water means no economy.
Around 500 square kilometers of the land in the region is irrigated. Intense droughts in 2000, 2001 and 2008 caused numerous artificial reservoirs in Karakalpakstan to dry up, causing major shortages not just for irrigation but also of drinking water. Many farmers went bankrupt and countless cattle perished.
Karakalpakstan, the arid westernmost region of Uzbekistan, is the country's poster boy for drought, but other regions like Khorezm, Bukhara and Kashkadarya have suffered the same problem. The difficulties of agriculture are of immense economic significance. According to the Labor Ministry, around 27 percent of the working population is employed in the agricultural sector. Almost every second person out of Uzbekistan's 31-million strong population lives in the countryside.
Scientist Zinovy Novitsky, who has for many years studied the problem of desertification, warns that the spread of degraded land is growing with every passing year, particularly in the area around the nearly vanished Aral Sea. The impact of the Aral disaster on farming is difficult to fully comprehend.
"Every year, more than 150 million tons of salt, dust and salt are thrown up into the air off the dried-up seabed of Aral. They drift across thousands of kilometers and drop again in the form of salt showers and snowfalls, provoking strong salinization of irrigated land. The fertility of soil is falling, as are, consequently, crop yields. Eventually, this land will be dead," Novitsky told EurasiaNet.org.
At the start of every spring, farmer Batyr Khabarov moves with his family to the Tashkent region, outside the capital, to rent some land on which to grow vegetables. In the Kashkadarya region village where Khabarov was born, water is always scarce. This year was the fifth in which Khabarov uprooted his household and moved 500 kilometers to earn his living. The Tashkent region is relatively blessed with water — the Syr Darya River courses through it, so working there is a pleasure for Khabarov.
"We have been engaged in farming since childhood. When we were small, we helped our parents, so we know where and what to grow, and what will yield more profit. At home, we have enough land, but not enough water. Even drawing spring water is hard. So we came here, rented four hectares (40,000 square meters) of land and planted watermelons, melons, peanuts, corn and carrots," Khabarov said.
Khabarov gets help from the whole family — his wife, adult children, nephews. The focus is on crops that need little excess expenditure. With their own hands, they sow, ridge the soil around individual crops and tend the plants as they grow. They live in makeshift, reed tents by the fields. As the arid areas of Uzbekistan become larger, the ranks of these latter-day nomadic agronomists is growing.
Agriculture in Uzbekistan is especially reliant on a strong system of irrigation, which uses up 90 percent of the country's available water resources. And most farmers and specialists agree that the amount of water now flowing in from Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan simply is not sufficient for requirements.
Mashal Khushvaktov, a farmer from Andijan with 40 years of working experience under his belt, uses Facebook to give advice to farmers and household agronomists on how best to tend to seedlings, fruit trees and vegetables. He believes that people who plan to create their own gardens and orchards need first and foremost to think about water.
"The easiest way is to use underground reserves, spring water in other words. In the Andijan region, about 90 percent of requirements are addressed this way," Khushvaktov told EurasiaNet.org.
When it comes to water shortages in Uzbekistan, the agricultural elephant in the room is cotton. Irrigating 10,000 square meters of cotton fields requires 500 cubic meters of water. The crop needs four cycles of irrigation before it reaches the mature stage of its life cycle.
Uzbekistan has 30,000 square kilometers of land for agricultural use. Of that, around 13,500 square kilometers is used for cotton. Another 13,000 square kilometers is for cultivating grains. The rest is for fruit and vegetables. The country annually produces around 3.5 million tons of raw cotton, which is grown in all of Uzbekistan's 12 regions, as well as in Karakalpakstan.
"In theory, we have enough water. The whole problem is in the ineffective management of water resources and the outdated irrigation system. New irrigation technologies are widely available, but there is no interest in them, not least as they cost a lot," a farmer in the Ferghana Valley told EurasiaNet.org.
An article in science journal Nature published in October 2014 about the issue of water in Central Asia illustrates this point well by explaining how little water manages to contribute to the economy unit for unit in the region. Uzbekistan uses around 2.5 square meters of water per dollar of gross domestic product — one of the most economically inefficient rates in the world.
There is some sign of a rearguard battle against a fate that can often seem inescapable.
In 1995, Uzbekistan became a party to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification. As part of the country's efforts to address the problem, Novitsky is studying how to increase the proliferation of desert plants that might help secure the shifting sands. He believes not all is lost.
"Planting forests and plants on degraded land will enable the creation of pastures in the deserts of Uzbekistan," he told EurasiaNet.org. "This country cannot do without growing cotton, since this is a strategically valuable crop. But we need to economize water, and so far we have been very wasteful in this regard."
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ps: flow control, 它是用資料中兩個bytes XON(0x11), XOFF (0x13)來做這流量控制, 而當要送這個bytes時就會呼叫這一個call back function, 而且這兩個必須要馬上被送出, 不可放在buffer之中.
export BOARD_KERNEL_CMDLINE="console=ttymxc0,115200 init=/init video=mxcfb0:dev=ldb,bpp=32 video=mxcfb1:dev=hdmi,1920x1080M@60,if=RGB24,bpp=32 video=mxcfb2:off video=mxcfb3:off vmalloc=400M androidboot.console=ttymxc0 consoleblank=0 androidboot.hardware=freescale cma=384M mem=1G"
export BOARD_KERNEL_CMDLINE="console=ttymxc0,115200 kgdboc=ttymxc0,115200 init=/init video=mxcfb0:dev=ldb,bpp=32 video=mxcfb1:dev=hdmi,1920x1080M@60,if=RGB24,bpp=32 video=mxcfb2:off video=mxcfb3:off vmalloc=400M androidboot.console=ttymxc0 consoleblank=0 androidboot.hardware=freescale cma=384M mem=1G"
(*) If you are using the same serial line for both console and debug, now is the time to disconnect the terminal application (e.g. minicom).


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package com.google.cloud.talent.v4beta1.stub;

import static com.google.cloud.talent.v4beta1.ProfileServiceClient.ListProfilesPagedResponse;
import static com.google.cloud.talent.v4beta1.ProfileServiceClient.SearchProfilesPagedResponse;

import com.google.api.core.BetaApi;
import com.google.api.gax.core.BackgroundResource;
import com.google.api.gax.rpc.UnaryCallable;
import com.google.cloud.talent.v4beta1.CreateProfileRequest;
import com.google.cloud.talent.v4beta1.DeleteProfileRequest;
import com.google.cloud.talent.v4beta1.GetProfileRequest;
import com.google.cloud.talent.v4beta1.ListProfilesRequest;
import com.google.cloud.talent.v4beta1.ListProfilesResponse;
import com.google.cloud.talent.v4beta1.Profile;
import com.google.cloud.talent.v4beta1.SearchProfilesRequest;
import com.google.cloud.talent.v4beta1.SearchProfilesResponse;
import com.google.cloud.talent.v4beta1.UpdateProfileRequest;
import com.google.protobuf.Empty;
import javax.annotation.Generated;

// AUTO-GENERATED DOCUMENTATION AND CLASS
/**
 * Base stub class for Cloud Talent Solution API.
 *
 * <p>This class is for advanced usage and reflects the underlying API directly.
 */
@Generated("by gapic-generator")
@BetaApi("A restructuring of stub classes is planned, so this may break in the future")
public abstract class ProfileServiceStub implements BackgroundResource {

  public UnaryCallable<ListProfilesRequest, ListProfilesPagedResponse> listProfilesPagedCallable() {
    throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Not implemented: listProfilesPagedCallable()");
  }

  public UnaryCallable<ListProfilesRequest, ListProfilesResponse> listProfilesCallable() {
    throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Not implemented: listProfilesCallable()");
  }

  public UnaryCallable<CreateProfileRequest, Profile> createProfileCallable() {
    throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Not implemented: createProfileCallable()");
  }

  public UnaryCallable<GetProfileRequest, Profile> getProfileCallable() {
    throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Not implemented: getProfileCallable()");
  }

  public UnaryCallable<UpdateProfileRequest, Profile> updateProfileCallable() {
    throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Not implemented: updateProfileCallable()");
  }

  public UnaryCallable<DeleteProfileRequest, Empty> deleteProfileCallable() {
    throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Not implemented: deleteProfileCallable()");
  }

  public UnaryCallable<SearchProfilesRequest, SearchProfilesPagedResponse>
      searchProfilesPagedCallable() {
    throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Not implemented: searchProfilesPagedCallable()");
  }

  public UnaryCallable<SearchProfilesRequest, SearchProfilesResponse> searchProfilesCallable() {
    throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Not implemented: searchProfilesCallable()");
  }

  @Override
  public abstract void close();
}

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LIVESTREAM: Badalona Dracs Take On Valencia Firebats For Third Straight Year In Spain's Title Game
Roger Kelly | American Football | 06/18/2016
The Badalona Dracs and Valencia Firebats face each other in the Spanish championship game for the third consecutive year in a game that has become an arch rivalry.
The two cities are rivals. Two of the five teams in the Spanish top division come from Barcelona and two from Valencia. These two teams have battled for supremacy in Spain four times in total with the Firebats having a 3-1 edge.
This will be the 14th appearance in the championship game for the Dracs with six titles (1998, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2014), and a win today will make them the most successful team in Spanish American football league history (now tied with Pioners, also with six championships). The Firebats have four league titles (2006, 2007, 2009 and 2015) and are playing in their eighth final.
Valencia won last year's game 30-20.
The Dracs enter the game without star quarterback Mike Box, but since his departure prior to the final regular season game of the year, Sergio Gonzalo has filled in well and the team has not lost a beat. Gonzalo led the team to the championship in 2014 and with weapons like receivers Robbie Jackson and Drew Clausen, who led the league in scoring, along with running backs Javi Fernandez and Joan Carles Bartra, he could well add the 2016 title to his resume.
Dracs head coach Oscar Calatayud will be trying to cap his 10th season with the club with a championship. He has put together a formidable team which has gone undefeated throughout the regular season and the playoffs. They have averaged 52.7 points per game while allowing only nine point per contest.
This is Alvaro Quezada's first year as a head coach with Valenica who have undergone a rebuilding year.
The Firebats opened this season tentatively, struggling to beat the Barbera Rookies early on winning on the final play of the game. But the team has gradually improved and despite dropping both its games to Badalona during the regular season, are much more prepared to meet them in the championship.
Quarterback Thomas Murphy has his own weapons in receivers Javier Martinez, Alejandro Silvestre and oJshua Helmkamp while running back Hector Pertegaz has been steady all season. In addition, Ryan Seaberg has also been erected in fundamental part of a defense that has gconceded 20.1 points on average in the regular season (the second best championship behind Dracs).
Despite Badalona's superiority during the season, anything can happen in a championship game. This will be fun to watch.
Kickoff: Saturday June 18 9 PM (12 Noon EDT)
Roger Kelly
Roger Kelly is an editor and a writer for AFI. A former PR Director the B.C. Lions of the Canadian Football League for 7 years, he now lives in Sweden writing about and scouting American Football throughout the world.


I think there will always be fellowships that develop.
I like the sound of The Wild!!!
LOL, does that mean steveland is back?
WOW, so sorry Mkindy is going through this! but glad he is on the mend!!
LOL....who are you? joking...sort of....you should come post more random stuff to entertain us!
UPDATE--Your secret Santa gift chests will become available at approximately 9am Pacific time FridayThursday December 24th!
Let either myself or Sgtwisky know if you have any questions. MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYBODY!!!


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Tag Archives: Baadami Bagh
Human Rights, International, Islamabad, Life, Pakistan, Politics
Death by a thousand cuts
By Farahnaz Ispahani
After each act of violence against religious minorities, the Taliban, Lashkar-e-Jhangvi or Sipah-e-Sahaba proudly own up to it without fear of punishment
The recent mob attack on Christians in Lahore, resulting in the burning down of over one hundred Christian homes while the police stood by, is a reminder of how unsafe Pakistan has become for religious minorities. The attacks on Christians follows a rising tide of attacks on Pakistan's Shia Muslims, sometimes mischaracterised in the media as the product of sectarian conflict. In reality, these increasingly ferocious attacks reflect the ambitious project of Islamists to purify Pakistan, making it a bastion of a narrow version of Islam Sunni. Pakistan literally translates as "the land of the pure". But, what started in an imperceptible way as early as the 1940s, picking up momentum in the 1990s, is a drive to transform Pakistan into a land of religious purification.
Muslim groups such as the Shias that account for possibly 20-25% of Pakistan's Muslim population and Non-Muslim minorities such as Christians, Hindus and Sikhs have been target-killed, forcibly converted, kidnapped and had their religious places bombed and vandalised with alarming regularity. At the time of partition in 1947, Pakistan had a healthy 23% of its population comprise non-Muslim citizens. Today, the proportion of non-Muslims has declined to approximately three per cent. The distinctions among Muslim denominations have also become far more accentuated over the years.
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Cries for a lost home(land)
By Xari Jalil
LAHORE, March 9: "Burn us too!" wails a woman, her hands repeatedly hitting her head. "Did they leave us alive to see all this?" Her tears stream down her face and her nose is red and swollen. In one of the doorways, a mother and son stand hugging each other and weeping as if someone has just died. "They took everything from us…" sobs the boy. "Those robbers took everything we had worked hard for."
Not many of the homes in Joseph Colony are left intact. They are now skeletons, empty shells, housing nothing but ashes.
The Christian families, who had been shifted one night ago for 'safety' as the police told them, only came the next day to find out that all of their belongings and all their assets – in fact everything that they owned had been ransacked, robbed, and the rest mercilessly burnt to the ground. All because one man from among them was accused under Section 295-C: an accusation which has not been proved.
While the police remain guarded, only carefully revealing any kind of information to the media, and the Muslim community prefer to remain mute, the Christians are ablaze with fury.
"There are about 250 families in total," says Aslam Masih. "Each family has faced a loss of about Rs0.8 to Rs0.9 million, and this figure is the lowest I am talking about."
Mariam Bibi stands in her doorway peering inside. She cannot step inside because the ashes are still white and burning, and acrid, black smoke fumes out angrily.
"We saved every penny to collect for my daughter's dowry," she sobs. "In one night they have left us homeless and out on the streets. Where will we sleep now?"
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British Pakistani Christian Association – In memory of Shanti Nagar
Today is the 16th anniversary of the sacking of Shanti Nagar. In memory of this, we publish the relevant section of a new report on Pakistan we plan to publish quite soon.
Shanti Nagar is a predominantly Salvation Army village in the Punjab province, founded in 1916, of around 25-30,000 people. Apart from about 15 Muslim families – for whom the other villagers built a mosque – the inhabitants are Christian. Hard work in farming meant the village was relatively prosperous. On 17th January police raided the house of a 60 year old Christian, claiming intelligence of alcohol-drinking and gambling going on. The police regularly raided the village on such pretexts – usually about every fortnight, probably because of jealousy over the Christian village's prosperity. They would harass the villagers, and because the villagers were rich enough to bribe the corrupt police, they always came back for more. Anyway, despite, as ever, no gambling or alcohol or anything else illegal going on there, they searched his property, and amidst the ransacking a box with a bible fell out. The police deliberately kicked and desecrated the bible, and took the man to the police station, even though they had found nothing illegal, and were trying to get a large bribe from him. The residents of the village protested the raid, the false arrest and the desecration of the bible, and also the numerous false blasphemy accusations that had been made against villagers. They asked for charges under article 295 to be brought against the policeman responsible. Even after police investigations found the charge to be true, the police refused to act until sustained pressure resulted in a promise to suspend the officers responsible and take them to court. Then the police pressured the village for the matter to be settled out of court, but they refused and the senior police officer threatened to act in way that meant they would not be able to stand on their own feet for at least 50 years. On 3rd February, a general election day, he posted the policeman who had kicked the bible to Shanti Nagar as security officer. This made the villagers even more angry as it proved the promises by higher police officers to take action was a lie, and they protested even more, so the police hatched a plot. Two days later, a Muslim man went to an abandoned mosque 2km from Shanti Nagar and found – so he said – torn pages of the Quran with blasphemous words and the name and address of the Christian from Shanti-Nagar who complained about his bible being desecrated, along with several others. He took it to the police station of the nearby city of Khanewal, a stronghold of an Islamicist group with ties to Bin Laden called Harkat-ul-Insar. Within 30 minutes of registering a case (and several Christians being arrested), mosque loud speakers from the city and all the Muslim villages around about were calling all faithful Muslims to wage jihad against Shanti Nagar, using word for word identical language. City church priests rushed to warn senior officials of the impending attack, and were promised that all appropriate measures would be made, but that too was a lie. Late that night, mobs started attacking churches, Christian homes and shops and medical dispensaries in Khanewal, setting them and their contents on fire. The next morning, the mob attacked the Catholic church just outside the city Council buildings. Bibles and other books were gathered from churches and burned, and the Holy Communion bread thrown on the floor, statues and the like were systematically smashed. 100's attacked the priests' house and burned all the parish records. Pleas for police help went unheeded, they just stood by and watched. The mob attacked a Christian boys school. Many fled, but about 50 of the youngest hid under their beds. The mob set fire to mattresses over them, and they had to flee for their lives, several being carried out unconscious. They burned all the school records and furniture. They then attacked the Salvation army church and pharmacy, and re-attacked the Church of Pakistan building they had attacked the night before. Christians in local shops and homes fled for their lives, but those who were caught were severely beaten. Again the police did nothing. The mob only retreated when Christians started throwing bricks and stones to defend their homes.
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§ 23-102 Statement of Findings.
§ 23-106 Exemptions and Modified Requirements.
§ 23-109 Compatibility with Other Ordinances or Legal Requirements.
This chapter shall be known as the "East Fallowfield Township Stormwater Management Ordinance."
Due to an unfunded state mandate, East Fallowfield Township is being required to adopt increased stormwater management regulations. PA Act 167, § 12, authorizes the State Treasurer to withhold payment of all funds payable from the General Fund, including liquid fuels funds, if a municipality has failed to adopt ordinances required by the Act. While this chapter should improve stormwater management, its adoption results from the threat of the withholding of state funds and the other consequences of noncompliance with the Act.
Inadequate management of accelerated stormwater runoff resulting from land disturbance and development throughout a watershed increases flooding, flows and velocities, contributes to erosion and sedimentation, overtaxes the capacity of streams and storm sewers, greatly increases the cost of public facilities to convey and manage stormwater, undermines floodplain management and flood reduction efforts in upstream and downstream communities, reduces infiltration and groundwater recharge, increases non-point-source pollution to waterways, and threatens public health and safety.
Inadequate planning and management of stormwater runoff resulting from land disturbance and development throughout a watershed can harm surface water resources by changing the natural hydrologic patterns, accelerating stream flows (which increase scour and erosion of stream beds and stream banks, thereby elevating sedimentation), destroying aquatic habitats, and elevating aquatic pollutant concentrations and loadings, such as sediments, nutrients, heavy metals, and pathogens. Groundwater resources are also impacted through loss of recharge.
A comprehensive program of stormwater management, including minimization of impacts of new development, redevelopment, and other earth disturbance activities causing accelerated runoff and erosion and loss of natural infiltration, is fundamental to the public health, safety, and general welfare of the people of the municipality and all of the people of the commonwealth, their resources, and the environment.
Stormwater is an important water resource that provides infiltration and groundwater recharge for water supplies and baseflow of streams, which also protects and maintains surface water quality.
Impacts from stormwater runoff can be minimized by reducing the volume of stormwater generated and by using project designs that maintain the natural hydrologic regime and sustain high water quality, infiltration, stream baseflow, and aquatic ecosystems. Cost-effective and environmentally sensitive stormwater management can be achieved through the use of nonstructural site design techniques that minimize impervious surfaces, reduce disturbance of land and natural resources, avoid sensitive areas (i.e., riparian buffers, floodplains, steep slopes, wetlands, etc.), and consider topography and soils to maintain the natural hydrologic regime.
Federal and state regulations require the municipality to implement a program of stormwater controls. The municipality is required to obtain a permit and comply with its provisions for stormwater discharges from its separate storm sewer system under the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES).
Nonstormwater discharges to municipal or other storm sewer systems can contribute to pollution of the waters of the commonwealth.
Reduce the frequency and magnitude of flooding and stormwater impacts affecting people, property, infrastructure and public services.
Sustain or improve the natural hydrologic characteristics and water quality of groundwater and surface waters.
Protect natural resources, including riparian and aquatic living resources and habitats.
Maintain the natural hydrologic regime of land development sites and their receiving watersheds.
Minimize land disturbance and protect and incorporate natural hydrologic features, drainage patterns, infiltration, and flow conditions within land development site designs.
Reduce and minimize the volume of stormwater generated and manage and release stormwater as close to the source of runoff as possible.
Provide infiltration and maintain natural groundwater recharge to protect groundwater supplies and stream baseflows, prevent degradation of surface water and groundwater quality, and to otherwise protect water resources.
Reduce stormwater pollutant loads to protect and improve the chemical, physical, and biological quality of groundwater and surface waters.
Reduce scour, erosion and sedimentation of stream channels.
Reduce flooding impacts and preserve and restore the natural flood-carrying capacity of streams and their floodplains.
Protect adjacent and downgradient lands from adverse impacts of direct stormwater discharges.
Minimize impervious surfaces and connected impervious surfaces to promote infiltration and reduce the volume and impacts of stormwater runoff.
Provide proper long-term operation and maintenance of all permanent stormwater management facilities, BMPs and conveyances that are implemented within the municipality.
Reduce the impacts of runoff from existing developed land undergoing redevelopment while encouraging new development and redevelopment in urban areas and areas designated for growth.
Implement an illicit-discharge detection and elimination program that addresses nonstormwater discharges.
Provide performance standards and design criteria based on watershed-based stormwater management planning.
Provide standards to meet certain NPDES stormwater permit requirements.
Meet legal water quality requirements under state law, including regulations at 25 Pa. Code Chapter 93, to protect, maintain, reclaim and restore the existing and designated uses of the waters of the commonwealth.
Implement the requirements of total maximum daily load (TMDLs) where applicable to waters within or impacted by the municipality.
Provide review procedures and performance standards for stormwater planning and management.
"(1) Encourage planning and management of storm water runoff in each watershed which is consistent with sound water and land use practices.
(2) Authorize a comprehensive program of stormwater management designated to preserve and restore the flood carrying capacity of Commonwealth streams; to preserve to the maximum extent practicable natural storm water runoff regimes and natural course, current and cross-section of water of the Commonwealth; and to protect and conserve ground waters and ground-water recharge areas.
(3) Encourage local administration and management of storm water consistent with the Commonwealth's duty as trustee of natural resources and the people's constitutional right to the preservation of natural, economic, scenic, aesthetic, recreational and historic values of the environment."
The Second Class Township Code, 53 P.S. § 65101 et seq.
All regulated activities as defined in this chapter, including, but not limited to, new development, redevelopment, and earth disturbance activities that are located within the municipality shall be subject to regulation by this chapter.
When a building and/or grading permit is required for any regulated activity on an existing parcel or approved lot created by a subdivision and/or improved as a land development project, issuance of the permit shall be conditioned upon adherence to the terms of this chapter.
This chapter contains the stormwater management performance standards and design criteria that are necessary from a watershed-based perspective. The municipality's stormwater management conveyance and system design criteria (e.g., inlet spacing, inlet type, collection system design and details, outlet structure design, etc.) shall continue to be regulated by the applicable municipal ordinance(s) and applicable state regulations, or as included in § 23-311 of this chapter.
Duty of Persons Engaged in a Regulated Activity. Notwithstanding any provision(s) of this chapter, including exemptions, any landowner or any person engaged in the alteration of land which may affect stormwater runoff characteristics shall implement such measures as are reasonably necessary to prevent injury to health, safety, or other property. Such measures also shall include actions as are required to manage the rate, volume, direction, and quality of resulting stormwater runoff in a manner which otherwise adequately protects health, property, and water quality of waters of the commonwealth.
Phased and Incremental Project Requirements.
Any regulated activity (including but not limited to new development, redevelopment, or earth disturbance) that is to take place incrementally or in phases, or occurs in sequential projects on the same parcel or property, shall be subject to regulation by this chapter if the cumulative proposed impervious surface or earth disturbance exceeds the corresponding threshold for exemption (as presented in Table 106.1, "Thresholds for regulated activities that are Exempt from the Provisions of this chapter as Listed Below").
The date of adoption of this chapter shall be the starting point from which to consider tracts as parent tracts relative to future subdivisions and from which impervious surface and earth disturbance computations shall be cumulatively considered, unless such requirements have previously been adopted, then the earliest date of the applicable municipal ordinance adoption shall remain as the starting point.
If, after adoption of this chapter, an applicant proposes construction of a six-hundred-square-foot garage, that project would be exempted from the requirements of this chapter as noted in Table 106.1. If, at a later date, an applicant proposes to construct a nine-hundred-square-foot room addition on the same property, the applicant would then be required to implement the stormwater management and plan submission requirements of this chapter for the cumulative total of 1,500 square feet of additional impervious surface added to the property since adoption of this chapter.
Applicability of Part 8, Prohibitions. The provisions of Part 8, Prohibitions apply to all activities, persons, and properties within the municipality.
An exemption from any requirement of this chapter shall not relieve the applicant from implementing all other applicable requirements of this chapter or from implementing such measures as are necessary to protect public health, safety, and welfare, property and water quality.
An exemption shall not relieve the applicant from complying with the requirements for state-designated special-protection waters designated by PADEP as high-quality (HQ) or exceptional-value (EV) waters, or any other current or future state or municipal water quality protection requirements.
An exemption under this chapter shall not relieve the applicant from complying with all other applicable municipal ordinances or regulations.
Does not concentrate runoff on adjacent properties.
Does not block, impede, or divert the path of natural runoff in order to prevent accelerated erosion and protect the integrity of adjacent properties.
Are listed in § 23-106, Subsection 3, are exempt from those (and only those) requirements of this chapter that are included in the sections and articles listed in Table 106.1. Exemptions are for the items noted in Table 106.1 only and shall not relieve the landowner from other applicable requirements of this chapter. Exemption shall not relieve the applicant from implementing such measures as are necessary to protect health, safety, and welfare, property, and water quality.
Specific activities listed in § 23-106, Subsection 3, are exempt from the indicated requirements, regardless of size.
A proposed Regulated Activity must be less than BOTH the proposed impervious surfaces and proposed earth disturbance thresholds to be eligible for exemption from the requirements listed in this table.
"Proposed impervious surface" - as defined in this chapter.
"Exempt" - Regulated activities are exempt from the requirements of listed section(s) only; all other provisions of this chapter apply.
Exemptions for Specific Activities. The following specific regulated activities are exempt from the requirements of §§ 23-301, 23-304, 23-305, 23-306, 23-307, 23-308, 23-309, and 23-310, and Part 4, Part 5, Part 6 and Part 7 of this chapter (as shown in Table 106.1), unless otherwise noted below. All other conveyance and system design standards established by the municipality in other codes or ordinances shall be required, and all other provisions of this chapter shall apply.
Emergency Exemption: emergency maintenance work performed for the protection of public health, safety and welfare. This exemption is limited to repair of the existing facility; upgrades, additions or other improvements are not exempt. A written description of the scope and extent of any emergency work performed shall be submitted to the municipality within two calendar days of the commencement of the activity. A detailed plan shall be submitted no later than 30 days following commencement of the activity. If the municipality finds that the work is not an emergency, then the work shall cease immediately and the requirements of this chapter shall be addressed as applicable.
Maintenance: any maintenance to an existing stormwater management system, facility, BMP or conveyance made in accordance with plans and specifications approved by the Municipal Engineer or municipality.
Existing Landscaping: use of land for maintenance, replacement or enhancement of existing landscaping.
Gardening: use of land for gardening for home consumption.
Agricultural activities (as defined in Part 2), when performed in accordance with the requirements of 25 Pa. Code Chapter 102.
Conservation practices (as defined in Part 2) that do not involve construction of any new or expanded impervious surfaces.
Forest Management: forest management operations which are consistent with a sound forest management plan as approved by the municipality and which comply with the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection's management practices contained in its publication "Soil Erosion and Sedimentation Control Guidelines for Forestry" (as amended or replaced by subsequent guidance) and Chapter 13, Part 3, § 13-301, of this Code. Such operations are required to have an erosion and sedimentation control plan which meets the requirements of 25 Pa. Code Chapter 102 and meets the erosion and sediment control standards of § 23-303 of this chapter.
Maintenance of Existing Paved Surfaces: Replacement of existing paved surfaces shall meet the erosion and sediment control requirements of 25 Pa. Code Chapter 102 and § 23-303 of this chapter and is exempt from all other requirements of this chapter listed in § 23-106, Subsection 3, above. Resurfacing of existing paved surfaces is exempt from the requirements of this chapter listed above. Construction of new or additional impervious surfaces shall comply with all requirements of this chapter as indicated in Table 106.1.
Municipal Roadway Shoulder Improvements: shoulder improvements conducted within the existing roadway cross section of municipal-owned roadways, unless an NPDES permit is required, in which case the proposed work must comply with all requirements of this chapter.
In-Place Replacement of Residential Dwelling Unit: the replacement in the exact footprint of an existing one- or two-family dwelling unit.
In-Place Replacement, Repair, or Maintenance of Residential Impervious Surfaces: the replacement of existing residential patios, decks, driveways, pools, garages, and/or sidewalks that are accessory to an existing one- or two-family dwelling unit in the exact footprint of the existing impervious surface.
Modified Requirements for Small Projects. Regulated activities that involve 1,000 to 2,000 square feet of proposed impervious surfaces and 5,000 to 10,000 square feet of proposed earth disturbance may apply the modified requirements presented in the "Simplified Approach to Stormwater Management for Small Projects" (Simplified Approach) (Appendix A) to comply with the requirements of §§ 23-301, 23-304, 23-305, 23-306, 23-307, 23-308, 23-309, and 23-310, and Part 4, Part 5, Part 6 and Part 7 of this chapter (as shown in Table 106.2). The applicant shall first contact the Municipal Engineer: to confirm that the proposed project is eligible for use of the simplified approach and is not otherwise exempt from these chapter provisions; to determine what components of the proposed project are to be considered as impervious surfaces; and to determine if other known site or local conditions exist that may preclude the use of any techniques included in the simplified approach. Appendix A includes instructions and procedures for preparation, submittal, review and approval of documents required when using the simplified approach and shall be adhered to by the applicant. All other provisions of this chapter shall apply.
"Modified Requirements" — Regulated activities listed within the subsections of this chapter noted in Table 106.2 are eligible for exemption only from the indicated sections and subsections of this chapter and only if the modified requirements of §§ 23-106, Subsection 4 and/or 5, are met to the satisfaction of the municipality; all other provisions of this chapter apply.
Is located at least 150 feet from any municipal separate storm sewer system or public roadway, or any constructed conveyance connected to any municipal separate storm sewer system or public roadway.
Not be eligible for exemption if an NPDES permit is required.
Approvals issued and actions taken pursuant to this chapter do not relieve the applicant of the responsibility to secure and comply with other required permits or approvals for activities regulated by any other applicable code, rule, act, law, regulation, or ordinance.
To the extent that this chapter imposes more-rigorous or more-stringent requirements for stormwater management than any other code, rule, act, law, regulation or ordinance, the specific requirements contained in this chapter shall take precedence. To the extent that any other ordinance imposes more-rigorous or more-stringent requirements for stormwater management than this chapter, the specific requirements contained in that ordinance shall take precedence.
Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to affect any of the municipality's requirements regarding stormwater matters that do not conflict with the provisions of this chapter, such as local stormwater management design criteria (e.g., inlet spacing, inlet type, collection system design and details, outlet structure design, etc.).
Be determined, collected, applied and enforced in accordance with §§ 509-511 of the MPC and the provisions of the municipality's Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance (SALDO) [Chapter 22].
General. The requirements of this chapter are essential and shall be strictly adhered to. For any regulated activity where, after a close evaluation of alternative site designs, it proves to be impracticable to meet any one or more of the mandatory minimum standards of this chapter on the site, the municipality may approve measures other than those in this chapter, subject to § 23-111, Subsections 2 and 3.
The governing body shall have the authority to waive or modify the requirements of one or more provisions of this chapter if the literal enforcement will exact undue hardship because of peculiar conditions pertaining to the land in question, provided that such modification will not be contrary to the public interest and that the purpose and intent of this chapter is observed. Cost or financial burden shall not be considered a hardship. Modification may also be considered if an alternative standard or approach can be demonstrated to provide equal or better achievement of the results intended by this chapter. A request for modification shall be in writing and accompany the SWM site plan submission. The request shall state in full the grounds and facts on which the request is based, the provision or provisions of this chapter involved and the minimum modification necessary. The governing body shall have the authority to impose reasonable conditions on the grant of any waiver or modification.
PADEP Approval Required. For any proposed regulated activity involving earth disturbance equal to or greater than one acre, the municipality may approve measures for minimum volume and infiltration control other than those required in this chapter only after consultation with and evaluation by PADEP that the alternate site design meets state water quality requirements and does not conflict with state law, including, but not limited to, the Pennsylvania Clean Streams Law, 35 P.S. § 691.1 et seq.
Any permit or authorization issued or approved based on false, misleading or erroneous information provided by an applicant is void without the necessity of any proceedings for revocation. Any work undertaken or use established pursuant to such permit or other authorization is unlawful.


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