The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) is aiming to give staff technology on a par with that they use at home, with an emphasis on speed and collaborative capabilities, according to its chief information officer.
Arif Harbott (pictured) has outlined the plans in a blogpost that says the ministry's IT has become cumbersome compared with the fast connections and versatility that many of its staff have in their homes and from their own devices.
A willingness to consider any solution.
Proportionate security that does not get in the way of work.
Up-to-date operating systems and browsers.
A diversity of laptops, tablets and smartphones.
Solutions based on user needs.
A preference for cloud computing over local storage.
The ability to store information from devices when they are discarded.
Continual renewal, rather than waiting for big replacement programmes.
Measuring progress in how much working hardware is delivered.
As a first step, the MoJ has been running a small pilot with the intention of building it up to handle more complex issues.
Richard Heaton, the ministry's permanent secretary, recently highlighted efforts to raise its capability in using data to support its performance. This includes a readiness to make some of its data open, making use of predictive analytics and improving the data flows in the justice system.


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The Nineteenth Century Curse of Mercie Dale
The story of the curse of Mercie Dale begins around 1800 in Braintree, Mass. Mercie's daughter Silence had married William Hayden in 1798, and she moved to Albany, Vt., in 1801, with her daughter and son-in-law.
Mercie Dale helped William financially and he initially prospered in his new home. He built a spinning and weaving mill and served as a militia captain and selectmen. He became the town's highway surveyor, and in exchange for his services he received payment in land.
The Haydens would amass land holdings of more than 900 acres during their time in Vermont. But while William had ambition, he struggled to manage his affairs and had to turn to Mercie for help in paying his debts. She loaned him money, but he never repaid the loans.
In the 1820s and 30s, William's financial troubles dogged him in numerous lawsuits, seeking repayment of debts. He would eventually flee to Canada to escape his debts and died in upstate New York.
Marcie Dale Curses Her Son-in-Law
Mercie, meanwhile, exasperated at her son-in-law's inability to repay her, grew ill. She suspected William was secretly poisoning her and her temper reached a breaking point. She cursed the Hayden family name: "The Hayden name shall die in the third generation, and the last to bear the name shall died in poverty."
Mercie Dale moved in with a neighbor, Sarah Rogers, who looked after her until she died in 1872 at age 94. She procured a burial plot in the Rogers' family cemetery. The Hayden family fortunes, however, were about to take a turn for the better.
William and Silence's son William, known as Will, embarked on a career as a contractor, and he got a job building sections of a new railroad line stretching from Nashua, N.H., to Quebec. The lucrative work turned Will into a very wealthy man. He built hundreds of miles of railroad track as far away as Michigan.
A Mansion Springs Up
In the early 1850s, he and his wife Azubah decided to make their mark in the town of Albany, Vt. He swore he would build a grand mansion to "show the foals in Albany what money could do." And indeed he did.
The Hayden family mansion was an ornate Greek revival structure. It featured marble fireplaces that disguised a modern central heating system. The house's dining room could seat 30. And the entire third floor was a ballroom. Its floor was specially constructed with an 18-inch gap underneath so that it could withstand large crowds without damaging the ceiling below.
The house was completed in 1854, and gave Will great pleasure. He was fond of telling guests that he owned all the land as far as the eye could see, and his wife and daughter often toured the town in a grand carriage. Parties and balls at the Hayden house were regular events. Mercie's curse would seem to be just a far away memory. But that would soon change. The next generation of Haydens would see to the fulfillment of her curse.
Over the next decades, the members of the Hayden family began dying off, some unexpectedly and others succumbing to old age. First Will died and then Azbulah in 1892. A family fight broke out over who controlled the fortune. Henry, Will's son, was accused of burning papers that showed how the Hayden fortune was supposed to be divided and conspiring with a brother-in-law to swindle his relatives. Some even believed that Henry had stolen the fortune and hidden it.
A remarkably small amount of money remained, and Henry apparently frittered it away in a lavish lifestyle that ended in 1910 with he and his daughter Mamie impoverished. The family litigation didn't end until 1915, and by 1927 the mansion that Will built had been sold and the family snuffed out. It would sit in a rundown state for many years, a potent reminder of Mercie Dale's curse.
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X. Jie Yang
Professor, School of Languages, Linguistics, Literatures and Cultures, Faculty of Arts, University of Calgary
Professor Yang is a two-time recipient of the Japan Foundation fellowship. He first went to Kyoto in 1996; his second fellowship took him to Rikkyo University, Tokyo, in 2007/08. His time in Japan had long-lasting influences on his career and his family.
The research during my first fellowship in 1996 was on Japanese medieval picture scrolls, particularly those now reserved outside of Japan. I was able to concentrate on the Spencer Collection (New York Public Library), and traced back the content of a few titles to specific classical works, generating two journal articles on the scroll "Goetsu Monogatari" (A Tale of Go and Etsu). The research during my second fellowship in 2007 was on a specific title, "Gosanne Kassen Ekotoba" (A Scroll of The Later Three Years' War). I was able to approach this classical title from a number of different angles, and published a total of 6 journal articles, including one in the journal Bungaku (Iwanami Shoten, 2009) on features of a scroll as an unique medium.
During the first stay in Japan in 1996, I was with my family, including two children in the age 6 and 4. Both of them were enrolled in a kindergarten and had a wonderful experience. Later both became serious students of Japanese language and culture during their time in university. As for my second fellowship in Tokyo, I was able to conduct my research internationally, specifically traveled to other countries each with a group of Japanese scholars, to Seoul, Korea in Nov. 2007 and to Dublin, Ireland in March 2008.
An accomplished and well-established figure in Japanese Studies in Canada, Professor Yang has been the recipient of a number of other prestigious grants and research fellowships. In the 2016 Spring Conferment of Decoration on Foreign nationals, he was awarded the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette, in recognition of his "contributions to Japanese language education and promotion of Japan-related studies, enabling further mutual understanding between Japan and Canada."
The Japan Foundation Fellowship helped me to establish a wide network with scholars in Japan across different research fields, further to build up a solid foundation for conducting research on medieval picture scrolls in Canada. The two fellowship each led me to further accomplish two Visiting Research Scholarship at the Research Center for Japanese Studies, Kyoto, during May 1999 – April 2000 and May 2011- April 2012.
I have also received a Publishing Grant and a Conference Grant both from the Japan Foundation, Toronto in 1998 and 2002. The formal supported my publication, "kanaCLASSIC –An Electronic Guide to Learning Classical Japanese kana Writing" (IMJS, Columbia University Press, UTI, 1998), and the later assisted an international conference, "Historical Consciousness, Historiography, and Modern Japanese Values", jointed with International Research Center for Japanese Studies in Oct. 2002.


SANJU aka Ranbir Kapoor will shout for 'victory'.. The second song from Rajkumar Hirani's SANJU titled "Har Maidan Fateh" is all set to release on Sunday.
Glimpses of the song were seen in the trailer suggesting the song to be an emotional track.
Composed by Vikram Montorose and sung by Sukhwinder Singh and Shreya Ghoshal, the song features Ranbir Kapoor as Sanjay Dutt in his younger days. SANJU depicts the life of Sanjay Dutt right from his younger days to his conviction.
While Sanjay Dutt's lifetime and again made headlines, a lot of unbelievable aspects of the actor's life yet remain untold. Rajkumar Hirani's SANJU promises to bring to the forefront the unabashed details of the actor's life unfiltered highlighting aspects like drugs, women, relationship with parents and friends, and inner conflicts.


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How the Utah rock tumble is connected to Jodi Arias
Posted 6:31 pm, October 21, 2013, by CNN Wire
File photo of Jodi Arias
By Amanda Sloane
(CNN) — If you followed the Jodi Arias trial this year, you may have noticed a familiar face pop up on the video that captured a boulder in Utah being toppled over.
That's right, your eyes weren't deceiving you: It was Dave Hall, one of Travis Alexander's good friends who spoke out regularly about the woman convicted of first-degree murder in May after stabbing, shooting and slitting the throat of the 30-year-old.
Now, Hall and two other men could be in big trouble for destroying the giant boulder, which was perched for many years atop a slender rock pedestal in southern Utah's Goblin Valley State Park. The three men say the balancing boulder, which was created over millions of years by windblown dust and moving water, posed a threat to visitors. But it's against the law to deface state parks, so now the men could face time behind bars.
Hall is the guy behind the camera who sings "Wiggle it, just a little bit" as Glenn Taylor pushes the boulder over. At one point, Hall turns the camera around on himself — and this isn't the first time he has appeared in the national spotlight.
Throughout the Arias trial, Hall appeared numerous times on HLN to talk about the life and legacy of his friend Alexander and to paint an unflattering picture of his killer.
"There was just something really weird about (Jodi Arias), and when she spent time with you, you even got more creeped out," Hall told HLN's Nancy Grace in January. "Just the way she acted in our home. The way that she had this awkward silence about her. The way that she just had no soul. You could almost see through her. It's not someone you could sit down with and have a conversation. She was very mysterious."
Hall saw Arias just hours after she killed Alexander in his Mesa, Arizona, home on June 4, 2008. He noticed that Arias was wearing a long-sleeved shirt even though it was extremely hot that day. Hall joined a group of Alexander's friends who alerted authorities about the on-again, off-again girlfriend once they heard details of Alexander's brutal slaying.
"Many of Travis' friends contacted the Mesa Police Department to tell them 'you need to look at Jodi Arias. We don't know how she would have done it, we don't know what she would have done, but we know Jodi was involved somehow,' " Hall told HLN's Jane Velez-Mitchell in May.
Arias' defense attorneys told jurors she was Alexander's dirty little secret and was forced to defend herself after months of verbal and physical abuse.
Hall explained to HLN's Vinnie Politan why Alexander started keeping his relationship with Arias behind closed doors.
"None of his friends really clicked with Jodi. … For some reason or other, Jodi stayed around. They had a little bit of a secret relationship … and I think he kept it a secret because he knew how disappointed his friends would be if we found out he was still dating Jodi," Hall said in January.
Hall inherited some of Alexander's work suits following his death. He embroidered the inside of one of the jacket pockets "In Memory of Travis Alexander." Every time he wears one of the suits, he says, he thinks of his friend who he called one of the "funniest guys you ever got to hang around with."
Hall, along with the other two Boy Scout leaders involved in the boulder incident, are under investigation, according to Utah State Parks spokesman Eugene Swalberg.
"It gives you a pit in your stomach. There seems to be a lot of happiness and joy with the individuals doing this, and it's not right. This is not what you do at a natural scenic area," Swalberg told CNN.
A few days after the incident, Hall told KUTV that he'd "absolutely" do it again because the boulder — known locally as a goblin — had been unstable. "That wasn't going to last very long at all," he told the HLN affiliate. "One gust of wind, and a family's dead."
"We have now modified Goblin Valley; a new Goblin Valley exists," Hall can be heard saying on the video, shot October 11. "That's crazy that it was held up just by that little bit of dirt. Some little kid was about ready to walk down here and die, and Glenn saved his life by getting the boulder out of the way. So it's all about saving lives here at Goblin Valley. Saving lives. That's what we're all about."
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Barry Goldman is the Vice President and Head of Discovery at Indigo. Using novel computational, sequencing and laboratory technologies, he is responsible for identifying the microbes that enable Indigo's first generation of products.
Barry brings more than 20 years of experience in agriculture and life sciences. Most recently, he was the Head of Microbial Discovery at Monsanto, where he was responsible for developing high-throughput pipelines for identifying bacteria that could be mined for genes of interest.
Prior to this, Barry was the Head of Computational Biology at Monsanto where he led the integration of next generation sequencing data for decision making. He was also responsible for enabling the company to move research data analytics to a cloud-based platform.
Barry holds PhD in Microbiology from the University of Utah. He has over 30 peer-reviewed publications as well as 8 patents. Having grown up in the Chicago area, Barry has finally reaped the rewards of being a third generation Cubs fan.
"For millennia, plants have evolved in concert with their microbiome. When humans began domesticating plants, such as teosinte (the ancestor to corn) they unintentionally disrupted this coevolution. Modern agricultural practices have intensified this disruption, greatly diminishing the microbial diversity of crops. At Indigo, we work to restore this diversity. It's hard work, but it's critical work, as it addresses one of the greatest challenges ahead of us — feeding a ballooning population in the face of climate change. This is the challenge that drives us."


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Need your Monday basketball fix? Try the NIT
Greg Peterson
Washington (plus 10.5) at St. Mary's
Hitting the road to play a 29-win team is typically not easy, but for Washington to be catching 10.5 points in this spot is too many.
The Huskies have had some letdowns, losing five times this season by more than 10 points, but St. Mary's plays at one of the slowest paces in the country.
Washington certainly is not a team that jumps out on offensive and defensive efficiency numbers, but it is a respectable team on the road, going 5-5 with wins over USC and Kansas in double-digit upsets.
St. Mary's has 22 wins by more than 10 points this season, but it plays lesser foes. That said, Jock Landale will be the most talented big man on the floor and Emmett Naar is a senior point guard that notches 7.9 assists per game.
Peterson's pick: Washington is a bit of a heat-check team from beyond the arc on offense and could throw the Gaels for a loop on defense with its zone defense. If the Gaels cannot adapt to a defense they do not see often, the Huskies will hang around and perhaps pull the upset.
Western Kentucky at USC (-4)
USC is without Chimezie Metu for the NIT, but was able to get by UNC-Asheville in its first game and has a chance to get to the NIT Elite Eight against Western Kentucky.
Western Kentucky has had a solid season, which includes an upset of Purdue, but it has one of the lowest 3-point rates in the country. It will be tough for USC to defend against Hilltoppers. Small forward Justin Johnson has tremendous versatility, but USC has the more talented team and does a better job of taking care of the ball.
Peterson's pick: USC has been going to a four-guard lineup given the shorter rotation, but it should still be able to get the job done. Nick Rakocevic needs to stay out of foul trouble or else the Trojans might be in trouble. But he has not fouled out since December and picked up just one foul while posting 24 points and 19 rebounds in USC's last game.
LSU at Utah (-4)
Teams have traditionally struggled when playing at elevation against Utah and the Utes will look to punch a ticket to the NIT Elite Eight against LSU.
LSU is 30th in the country in offensive efficiency and is an above-average free throw-shooting team, but it is significantly worse on the road than at home.
Both teams are outside the nation's top 200 in rebound rate and have good assist- to-turnover ratios. But LSU has more overall team size and both have smaller guards as scoring leaders.
Both teams' 3-point rates are above the D1 average, but Utah's is in the top 25 in the nation.
Peterson's pick: The elevation is a huge x-factor and could hurt LSU late in the game. Utah's conditioning and home court could be the difference and lead the Utes to a win and cover.


I've assembled a list of some of the articles that appeared this week after Bill Gates' keynote at the RSA security conference in San Jose.
Verisign's announcement of support also played a big role in driving home the message that InfoCards are part of an open identity metasystem reaching across platforms. As more people announce support, this part of the message will be strengthened.
The collection I have put together is far from complete, and not edited for content except to cut out all the articles which can only be read by entering a password (I just can't bear them). The idea is to show the kind of dynamic we can get going if all of us work together .
I really believe we have a unique opportunity at a precious moment in time. I hope all of us, throughout the industry, can benefit from and help create a tantalizing technology wave where privacy-based applications aware of identity open a million new possibilities for innovation and great new experiences.
The momentum which we are gaining can be extended and transformed, becoming a glow that radiates from every company in the industry.
Let's work together on giving digital identity a real architecture that will light the fire of web services.


After more than two years as acting U.S. Comptroller General–a job that entails leading the Government Accountability Office-Gene Dodaro got the nod today from President Obama for a long-term appointment to the post.
In a release, Obama said he intends to nominate Dodaro, a 37-year GAO veteran, for the position of Comptroller General. Dodaro has held the job on a provisional basis since March 2008; in a statement today, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said that she, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., and a bipartisan congressional commission recommended Dodaro for the 15-year appointment.
"As the comptroller general, Gene Dodaro will continue to uphold the public trust as the leader of the GAO," Pelosi said. Also praising the nomination was Sen. Joseph Lieberman, I-Conn., who chairs the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, which will review Dodaro's nomination as part of the Senate confirmation process.


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Can-Eng Furnaces International Limited, a global supplier of high-quality furnaces, announced that the company has been contracted to design, manufacture, install, and commission an Aluminium Automotive Casting Heat Treatment system by an India based conglomerate in South Carolina.
Can-Eng was chosen for this heat treatment project due to the unique Modular Design concept which offers efficient product, process, and production flexibility for its partner's new line of Die Cast Light Weight Aluminium Automotive Components. "This Solution Treatment, Water Quench and Artificial Aging system are arranged to provide bothT5, T6 and Homogenizing Processes. The new system will service three distinct aluminium product groups with unique treatment cycles," according to Can-Eng Furnaces.
Can-Eng Furnaces International is a global designer and manufacturer of thermal processing systems for the ferrous and non-ferrous metals. Can-Eng is an ISO 9001:2015 certified company with its head office located in Niagara Falls, ON, Canada.
The company focuses on the development of high volume batch and continuous industrial furnace systems for challenging applications. The company's aluminium furnaces include basketless heat treating aluminium heat treating, precision air quench, modular aluminium heat treating, and primary aluminium processing furnace systems.


Yoga Design Lab's products blend fashion-forward design elements with innovative functionality that are bio-renewable and eco-friendly. The magic all began when Yoga Design Lab's founder, Chad, was taking a yoga class at Yoga Barn in Bali, and noticed how all of the yoga mats that he saw were unoriginal, single-colored, and, well, boring mats that were mass produced.
Inspired, Chad decided to move to Bali for good, and follow his dream of designing yoga mats that are as beautiful to look at as they are great to use. And thus, Yoga Design Lab was born.
Designed to be the ultimate yoga companion, the Tribeca Love Combo Mat is perfect for hot yoga, Pilates, and any other form of sweaty movement. Like many eco-friendly mats, the Tribeca Love Combo mat has a tree rubber base. What makes this mat really special is the top layer of sueded microfiber made from recycled water bottles. The microfiber is silky soft, and super absorbent—eliminating the need to bring both a mat and a towel to class. And it's fun, triangular design was printed with water-based inks.
Though it can be a little slippery under dry hands and feet, spraying the mat before use helps you get better traction. The more you sweat, the stronger it grips—without sacrificing any of its comfortable softness.
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This course provides in-depth training on how to conduct a schedule forensic delay analysis within P6, putting into practice the methods and techniques examined in the Introduction to Schedule Forensic Delay Analysis course, FDA-001. It starts with establishing a quality P6 baseline programme in line with current best practices. Different advanced scheduling scenarios will be presented and debated. We will then discuss delay types and introduce the delay analysis techniques, discussing their applicability and use. Finally, we will carry out the various analyses in P6 and examine the subtleties of using P6 in this manner. The course will conclude with a comparison of each technique, and a presentation of a reporting template for schedule impacts.
Prerequisite: Proficient experience with scheduling in P6 is required, and/or past attendance at Introduction to P6 course, P6-001.
Forensic Delay Analysis (FDA) can be defined as "the study of event interaction using the critical path method of scheduling to understand the significance of deviations from a baseline for potential use in legal proceedings". More simply put, FDA is about examining what actually happened on a project, how it differed from the original plan, whose fault it was, what effect it had, and ultimately being able to use this information to back up or contest a claim.


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Q: how to add output of user input how to add output of user input?
Use nano editor to create script from the scratch which will output the text provided as an argument, the name of the editor used to create the file and whether or not the text is longer then 10 symbols on the same line divided by semicolons and surrounded by double quotes (e.g. somescript this is text should output "this is text"; "nano"; "more then 10 symbols").
#!/bin/bash

if [ `echo "$1" | awk '{print length}'` -gt 10 ]

then

    echo '"$1";"nano";"more than 10 symbols"'

else

    echo '"$1";"nano";'

fi

here you need to add the output of the text entered by the user
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A: This should do the trick:
#!/bin/bash

if [ `echo "$1" | awk '{print length}'` -gt 10 ]

then

    echo  '"'$1'"'";"'"'nano'"'";"'"'more than 10 symbols'"'

else

echo '"'$1'"'";"'"'nano'"'

fi

./testscript 1234567890
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J. Washtell, S. Carver and K. Arrell
School of Geography, University of Leeds, LS2 9JT
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Email s.j.carver@leeds.ac.uk
Viewshed analyses are a potentially useful way of classifying landscapes for the purposes of geomorphometry as well more common applications in landscape evaluation, scenic quality assessment and associated comparative analyses (Fisher et al., 2004; Germino et al., 2001; Wilson et al., 2008; ). It is theoretically possible to quantify a landscape based on openness and the cumulative visibility of a range of geomorphometric indices such as slope, aspect, curvature, roughness, ruggedness, altitudinal range, peakiness, etc (Wood, 2002, Fisher et al., 2004). This can provide the user with an indication of both how open the terrain is and what the precise characteristics of a landscape are that are visible from any point on a terrain surface. This could be implemented using standard, off-the-shelf viewshed analysis tools available in most proprietary GIS software, but the processing overheads, particularly in regard to the extremely long run times involved, where t = years rather than hours or days, make this an impractical proposition even with the most powerful processors. Of course, parallelisation of viewshed algorithms has been shown to be effective in reducing the time required for such analyses (Ware et al., 1996; Kidner et al., 1997; Ware et al., 1998) and distributed GRID computing offers still further reductions in overall run times (Rana and Sharma, 2006), but these methods do not lend themselves easily to most users of desktop GIS. Much effort has been put into developing faster and more efficient viewshed tools in GIS (Huanping et al., 2007; Izraelevitz, 2003) using a variety of algorithms such as tracking in, tracking out, approximation of line of sight, reference plane and block partitioning. This paper describes an alternative approach that utilises a novel voxel-based viewshed algorithm that can significantly reduce overall run times to acceptable levels and allow interactive, real-time evaluation of viewsheds on a standard desktop PC with large terrain models consisting of several million cells.
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REMEMBER: DEMOCRATS WILL STOP AT NOTHING… to deceive the American public in order to take control of one-sixth of the US economy with their health care suicide pact.
Today, a far left pro-abortion group that calls itself a "Catholics in Alliance For the Common Good" published a dishonest letter that suggested that a Catholic organization backed the democrat's pro-abortion takeover of the health care industry. This supposed Catholic group is a who's who of far left radicals. The group includes non-Catholic leftists and even has non-Catholic pro-abortion democrat Hillary Clinton listed as one of its leaders.
Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good, a Washington-based advocacy group, said that the Senate health bill upholds abortion funding restrictions and supports pregnant women.
The letter included a page by page analysis of the Senate bill as it pertains to abortion.
"We believe that the provisions below provide extensive evidence that longstanding restrictions on federal funding of abortion have been maintained. Furthermore, this bill provides new and important supports for vulnerable pregnant women," the letter states.
As Christians committed to a consistent ethic of life, and deeply concerned with the health and well-being of all people, we want to see health care reform enacted. Our nation has a rare and historic opportunity to expand coverage to tens of millions of people, make coverage more affordable for all families, and crack down on many of the most harmful practices of the health insurance industry.
We are writing because of our concern about the lack of clear and accurate information regarding abortion provisions in the health care reform bill passed by the Senate on December 24, 2009.
Of course, this is an awful lie by a group of leftists who want to portray themselves as holy warriors. The truth is that pro-life Catholic groups OPPOSE the Senate's version of Obamacare.
Stacy McCain discovered that the group includes a commie-supporting Sandinista stooge Jim Wallis as a supporter.
Joel Carter, another non-Catholic who signed the decree, gave the closing benediction on the final day of the 2008 Democratic National Convention, prayed with Obama on election day and lied about Obama's abortion record.
Dr. David Gushee, another non-Catholic in the pro-abortion Catholic group, is a Baptist. He endorsed a fake abortion funding compromise in the Senate bill in December.
As you continue to go down the list it becomes obvious that it is a list of radical leftists not pro-life Catholics.
REMEMBER: THE LEFT WILL DO ANYTHING TO RAM THROUGH OBAMACARE– EVEN USE PEOPLE OF FAITH TO LIE ABOUT LIFE.


Millions of PC gamers cried out in unison.
Denuvo's anti-tampering solution, DRM may not be the most popular thing among PC gaming audiences (to put it mildly), but that doesn't stop developers from using it in their games commonly and widely. The upcoming PC version of Mortal Kombat 11 will also be using Denuvo DRM, as the game's Steam page confirms. While this will undoubtedly upset a fair few number of prospective players, the hope remains that NetherRealm Studios will remove it not too late after the game's release, as developers often tend to do with their games.
NetherRealm's games have usually had a spotty track record with their PC versions in the past either way, but the studio has assured fans that Mortal Kombat 11 will be making sure not to follow that pattern. It's being handled by QLOC, who handled the heavily improved PC version of Mortal Kombat XL, and are also credited for significantly improving Injustice 2 on the platform.
Mortal Kombat 11 launches on April 23 for the PS4, Xbox One, PC, and Nintendo Switch. Read our impressions on the game's recent closed beta through here. The game's final unrevealed playable characters were also recently released (again)- get more info through here, but beware of possible spoilers.


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How to Weld Aluminum to Steel
Aluminum and steel are highly weldable materials. Therefore, welding aluminum to aluminum or steel to steel is a pretty easy and straightforward job. However, welding aluminum to steel is where the task becomes challenging and daunting.
Welding aluminum to other metals is possible through adhesive bonding or mechanical fastening. However, welding aluminum to steel requires the use of specific techniques such as friction and arc. So, if you are in a pickle and need to do a job that involves welding these two metals together, we are going to take a look at the best approach when it comes to welding aluminum to steel.
Why Would You Need to Bond Aluminum to Steel?
Why Is it Difficult to Weld Aluminum to Steel?
The Solution to Welding Aluminum to Steel
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Ideally, it is best to weld the same type of metals together. However, some situations pop up and necessitate the need to weld two different metals together.
Steel has been the go-to metal for industrial and structural applications. However, because of its higher density, it makes vehicles heavier, which leads to higher gas emissions. In addition, as newer, stricter laws are being enacted, most companies are moving from using steel and turning to aluminum. However, completely replacing steel structures in the transport sector and other industries is almost impossible. As such, the ideal solution is to replace steel with aluminum where possible and join the two materials in the other parts of the structure.
Joining the two uses relatively simple techniques like adhesive bonding, brazing, or mechanical fasteners. However, in the case where structural integrity is needed, welding is the go-to option. But welding aluminum to steel can be challenging.
To understand this, you first need to know the difference in the metallic properties of these metals. For starters, steel is so much denser than aluminum. Steel has a density range of 7.75-8.05g/cm3, while aluminum has a density that's about three times less at around 2.70g/cm3. This means that volume-wise, steel will be three times heavier than aluminum.
Another difference in their metallurgy is in their melting point. Steel has a higher melting point of 1370°C which is more than two times that of aluminum at 660°C. This presents a problem: how can you weld them simultaneously and melt them simultaneously to join them?
Even if you melt them simultaneously, this presents the third and final problem; these metals are insoluble to each other. This means that even in their molten state, they barely react. The final result is a brittle weld that cannot be applied in structural or industrial situations.
So how do you solve these three issues for a better welding experience with aluminum and steel?
The significant problems in joining aluminum with steel are the differences in melting points, expansion coefficients, thermal conductivity, and the brittle intermetallic welded results.
Moreover, it is almost impossible to MIG or TIG weld these two metals together. This is because the variables are just too many to deal with, and the welding equipment cannot adjust fast enough to keep up.
The key to welding these two metals together is keeping the temperature as low as possible and minimizing their exposure to high temperatures. In addition, it's best to keep the metals from liquefying. One such method used is rotary friction welding. This involves using a compressive axial force to rotate one piece of metal relative to the other. The friction produced during the process forces the metals to plasticize. Since the heat produced here is minimal, it greatly improves the intermetallic connections.
That said, a few options can get the job done. However, some of them are expensive and require a lot of experience and skill in welding.
This process involves the use of aluminizing steel, whereby steel is dipped in an aluminum-silicon alloy. An aluminum galvanic coating can also be applied to the metal. However, the former method is the most commonly used.
The aluminized or galvanized steel is then welded onto other regular steel structures. However, the downside of this technique is that it is only used for small metals and doesn't work with large blocks of aluminum and steel. This is because the aluminum coating will be pulverized by the time you achieve enough temperatures to melt the steel core.
This process, on the other hand, needs someone who is well skilled in their craft. You will also need a solid mechanical fit to hold everything in place and a large surface area to work with.
Wet the steel using a 56% silver braze. Next, join the aluminum piece to the wetted steel. Aluxcor 4047 is the most recommended aluminum brazing alloy.
This process is used on an industrial scale and is mainly used in joining aluminum and steel in heat exchangers, pipelines, and ships. However, it is an expensive process and the materials used are difficult to find.
You will need to acquire pre-bonded inserts that have steel on one side and aluminum on the other. These inserts are sturdy and are made using hot pressure techniques, hot rolling, or explosion welding. Once you have the inserts, the next phase is much easier. You use regular welding to join aluminum to one side and steel to the other.
If all the above methods fail or become unattainable, your next best solution is mechanical fastening.
As you can see, welding aluminum to steel is one of the most complex processes. Moreover, achieving a strong weld is difficult even after successfully welding them together. Because of this, a lot of commercial applications use mechanical fasteners instead. However, one should be careful when joining these metals using fasteners as there's the risk of galvanic corrosion. This mostly affects aluminum alloys. To prevent this, it's best to coat the alloy using paint or an insulating coat.
Is it possible to weld aluminum to steel? Yes. But is it an easy process? No. Conventional welding techniques simply do not apply to these metals as they vary far too greatly. Even though there are some methods you can try, the costs are too great for small-scale applications, or the final welding results are brittle connections that won't hold for long.
The best way to do your welding is simply sticking to the same type of metals. If you have to use different ones, make sure they have similar metallurgy. Some properties that should fall within the same range include the melting point, thermal conductivity, and expansion coefficients. This will make it easier for you to use GMAW or GTAW welding techniques.
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Trump Back at White House Early, Offering Year-End Message NEWSMAX
President Donald Trump delivered a year-end video message Thursday after returning early from vacation, highlighting his administration's work to rapidly develop a vaccine against COVID-19 and rebuild the economy.
As the end of his presidency neared, Trump cut short his stay at his Mar-a-Lago club in Florida and got back to the White House a day ahead of schedule.
Upon his return, Trump released a video message over Twitter to underscore his administration's work on the vaccine, economic stimulus checks and America's "grit, strength and tenacity" in the face of challenges.
He called the vaccine, which is rolling out nationwide, a "truly unprecedented medical miracle" and said it would be available to every American early this coming year.
"We have to be remembered for what's been done," Trump said in the nearly five-minute message.
The White House did not give a reason for Trump's early return, and the schedule change means Trump will miss the glitzy New Year's Eve party held annually at his Palm Beach club.
But it comes as tensions escalate between the United States and Iran in the final weeks of his administration. There is concern in Washington that Iran could order further military retaliation for the U.S. killing last Jan. 3 of top Iranian military commander Gen. Qassem Soleimani. Iran's initial response, five days after that deadly U.S. drone strike, was a ballistic missile attack on a military base in Iraq that caused brain concussion injuries to about 100 U.S. troops.
Iranian-supported Shiite militia groups launched a rocket attack on the U.S. Embassy compound in Baghdad on Dec. 20. No one was killed, but Trump said days later that Iran was on notice.
"Some friendly health advice to Iran: If one American is killed, I will hold Iran responsible. Think it over," Trump tweeted Dec. 23. He added, "We hear chatter of additional attacks against Americans in Iraq."
The White House announced the abrupt change in the president's schedule late Wednesday, hours after Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., said he would raise objections next week when Congress meets to affirm Joe Biden's victory in the November election.
It is the latest attempt by Trump and his allies to combat election fraud. Former Attorney General William Barr and other administration officials have said there has not been enough evidence of voter fraud to overturn the election results, as Trump has claimed.
Trump, accompanied by first lady Melania Trump, arrived at Mar-a-Lago after dark Dec. 23 and spent practically the entire vacation focused on election legal challenges. That includes an effort to get Republican lawmakers to challenge the vote when Congress meets Jan. 6 to affirm Biden's 306-232 victory in the Electoral College.
Millions of Americans are behind you. History will show you were the winner.
Melodee Perrett on January 03, 2021
I am proud of you and your numerous accomplishments in the past four years and believe with everything in me the Lord has brought you this far to give you another four years for America. Keep up the good work regardless of what the adversaries say and do. Love you, Mike Pence and your families with all my heart.
Regi Hodges on January 02, 2021
Hold fast Mr. President! It may be a bumpy ride but we will prevail. You are most needed to bring us through these attacks. Be with God and He will guide your every step!
Patricia on January 02, 2021
I pray daily that God carries you to the victory you have earned. You are the best President we have had since the establishment of our Republic. May God allow this nation 4 more years of your leadership. I pray for blessings on you and your beautiful family and thank you from the bottom of my heart for all that you have done for our Country.
Klee on January 02, 2021
Thank you President Trump! You have done more for this country than any other president. I stand by you against voter fraud and requiring voter ID, which I have been saying for years. Stand tall and strong.
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In a Record Breaking .NET Sale Poker.Net Changes Hands for $750,000 to Smash the Previous Mark Set 7 Years Ago
What a month March 2021 has been for the domain aftermarket! Just one day after we released our latest bi-weekly Domain Sales Report that was stuffed with an eye-popping 13 six-figure sales, we've gotten news that Poker.net has been sold for $750,000 in the biggest .net sale ever reported. The previous mark was $500,000 for Mobile.net (a sale we told you about in this column back in 2014).
The WhoIs record shows that Poker.net has been acquired by ADX Labs, a technology and marketing company based in Minnesota. As of this writing the new owner's plans for the domain have not been announced.
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Three veteran brokers played a role in setting the new high water mark for the .nets. The seller was represented by Joe Uddeme, who founded NameExperts.com in 2015 after a successful five-year run at Domain Holdings. Over the past 12 years Joe has racked up a long string of high end sales and acquisitions. The buyer's broker was Tony Adams at HQBrokerage.com. Andy Kelly also played a role. After seeing Uddeme had Poker.net listed, Kelly, knowing that Adams had a client that would likely have an interest, let Adams know the domain was on the market. Uddeme and Adams connected and worked out the deal.
Joe told me, "I saw a tremendous opportunity targeting the end-user marketplace. Ultimately, the highest offer was brought in from Tony. He and I have worked together on deals in the past, and it was great to complete this one and deliver an exceptional price for the seller. At the end of the day, we were able to create a win-win that both buyer and seller could be happy with."
We will be officially charting Poker.net when our next sales report comes out March 31. As of today it would rank as the 3rd highest sale, regardless of extension, so far this year. It is also, by far, the biggest non .com gTLD sale of the year to date.
Congratulations to Joe, Tony, Andy on the transaction and to ADX Labs for their acquisition of a great domain name.
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Turkey protests calm after hundreds wounded, 2 dead
Sunday 2 June 2013 - 3:33pm
An injured demonstrator is helped during clashes between riot police and demonstrators in Ankara on June 1, 2013.On Saturday, police in Ankara blocked a group of demonstrators from marching on parliament and the prime minister's office.
ISTANBUL - After two days of violent protests and appeals by Turkey&39;s Western allies for restraint, the situation appeared to have calmed on Sunday after police pulled out of Taksim and officials took on a more conciliatory tone.
Officials said 53 civilians and 26 police officers were hurt during the violence, while Amnesty International put the number of wounded in the hundreds and said there had been two deaths.
Amnesty said some protesters had been left blinded by the massive quantities of tear gas and pepper spray used by police while at least two people were hit in the head with gas canisters.
Interior Minister Muammer Guler said police had detained 939 people as of Saturday evening, but many have been released.
Hundreds of people were occupying Istanbul&39;s Taksim Square on Sunday, the epicentre of the worst demonstrations in a decade against Turkey&39;s Islamist-rooted government which have seen almost 1,000 people detained and scores wounded nationwide.
Some protesters camped around the square&39;s monument to Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the founder of modern secular Turkey, occasionally chanting "Government, Resign!" and victory cheers after the police withdrew on Saturday.
Taksim has been at the heart of a wave of more than 90 demonstrations in 48 cities nationwide, the biggest public outcry against Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan&39;s government since it assumed power in 2002.
Turkey&39;s Western allies Britain, France and the United States have called for the Erdogan government to exercise restraint, while Turkish officials acknowledged mistakes.
"We have learnt our lesson," Istanbul mayor Kadir Topbas told NTV on Saturday.
He said he regretted "not informing the people enough" on the details of the construction project in Taksim, the spark that led to the protests.
What began as an outcry against a local development project in Turkey&39;s largest city snowballed into a broader protest against what critics say is the government&39;s increasingly conservative and authoritarian agenda.
Speaking at a rally on Saturday, Erdogan acknowledged: "It is true that there have been some mistakes, extremism in the police response."
But he added: "I call on the protesters to stop their demonstrations immediately."
He also vowed to push forward with controversial plans to redevelop the square, but said the project may not include a shopping mall, as feared by protesters.
The interior ministry promised legal action against police officers who had acted "disproportionately".
President Abdullah Gul had called on Saturday for restraint on both sides.
Mass circulation newspaper Milliyet plastered "Freedom Park" on the front page, with a picture showing the thousands who had flocked to the square on Saturday.
"Put that AVM (shopping mall) down and start running away fast," was the headline of liberal Birgun newspaper on Sunday.
AMNESTY SAYS POLICE RESPONSE WAS &39;DISRACEFUL&39;
Officials said a dozen people were being treated in hospitals, and one of them was in intensive care after brain surgery.
Amnesty said in a statement that it had opened its Istanbul offices near Taksim Square to give sanctuary to protesters and that doctors were treating the injured there.
Amnesty&39;s Europe director John Dalhuisen said police excesses in Turkey had become routine.
"But the excessively heavy-handed response to the entirely peaceful protests in Taksim has been truly disgraceful," he added.
Human Rights Watch also suggested the number of injured was higher than official figures and said one protester had lost an eye after police shot him with a plastic bullet.
The US State Department called on NATO-member Turkey to uphold "fundamental freedoms of expression, assembly and association, which is what it seems these individuals were doing".
"We urge authorities in Turkey to exercise restraint and not to use tear gas indiscriminately," the British Foreign Office tweeted on Saturday.
French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius told local media that Paris was calling for "moving towards a peaceful solution".
But he rejected comparisons with Arab Spring uprisings, saying "we are dealing (in Turkey) with a government that was democratically elected."
Some 1,800 people rallied in Vienna on Saturday to denounce the Erdogan government and show their support for protesters in Istanbul, Tur.
Some shouted "Stop police violence" and "Murderer Erdogan."
The protests also follow a recent law introduced by Erdogan&39;s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) that will restrict the sale and advertising of alcohol.
Erdogan&39;s populist government is often accused of trying to make the predominantly Muslim but staunchly secular country more conservative and has also been criticised for its crackdown on opponents including Kurds, journalists and the military.


"Land degradation and water shortages are major issues in developing countries, contributing to reduced economic output, lower growth potential and increased poverty. The immediate trade-off between short-term welfare and long-term agricultural development in the highland regions of Ethiopia represents a challenge to successful economic development in a predominantly agricultural-based economy. Although previous studies investigated country-level economic costs of sustainable land and watershed management (SLWM) in Ethiopia, few quantitative assessments of household level SLWM adoption and maintenance, linked to benefit payoff horizons and magnitude, exist in recent literature. Finally, we briefly discuss the benefits and costs of implementing SLWM for individual farmers and calculate an approximate net present value of investing in such infrastructure. We find that although value of production increases given these investments, the benefit may not always outweigh the costs of implementation, and policy measures to incentivize construction and maintenance may be needed."


There have been scenes of jubilation in Baghdad as US tanks rolled into the very heart of the Iraqi capital, confirming that the government of Saddam Hussein has been ousted from power.
In the main square in Baghdad, a group of Iraqi men attempted to pull down a massive statue of Saddam Hussein in an unprecedented show of contempt for the Iraqi leader.
The metal plaque at the base of the statue was torn off and the statue's marble plinth attacked with a sledgehammer.
The men scaled the statue to secure a noose around its neck but were unable to pull it down.
Then US troops joined in, and used an armoured vehicle to gradually pull down the statue.
The extraordinary scenes were watched by millions across the world live on television.
The square is opposite the Palestine Hotel, used as a base by the world's media during the war in Iraq.
A little before the statue came down, a US soldier climbed up and draped the face with a US flag.
The crowd did not welcome the move, seeing it as a step too far towards American triumphalism, and the flag was quickly removed.
A few minutes later, it was replaced by the old Iraqi flag, to roars of approval.
As the statue fell to the ground at last, the crowd surged forward and jumped on it.
Chanting and jeering, they danced on the fallen effigy, kicking it and hitting it with their shoes in a symbolic gesture of contempt as it was torn to pieces.
They then severed the head, tied chains around it, and dragged it through the streets.
As news of the events in the square spread, more and more Iraqis gathered to watch, with women and children joining the crowds of men.
There were similar scenes across the capital, as the many hundreds of statues and pictures of Saddam Hussein that came to symbolise his regime were attacked and torn down.
The military campaign will continue, although the US Army has delivered its most upbeat assessment yet of the gains it is making in Iraq.
"Much of Iraq is free from years of repression," said Brigadier-General Vincent Brooks, the US Central Command spokesman in Qatar.
"With every day that passes, we are breaking the grip of the regime."
The toppling of Saddam Hussein's statue became one of the enduring images of the war in Iraq. Although there has since been some speculation that it was staged by US forces.
One BBC correspondent, who was in Paradise Square and watched the statue being pulled down, said his impression was of "a newly free people" expressing their "overwhelming joy".
US troops continued to advance north for another week, taking key towns such as Saddam Hussein's home town of Tikrit, before President Bush declared victory on 1 May.
The honeymoon period for US troops was short.
In the power vacuum which followed the collapse of Saddam Hussein's regime, law and order broke down and US troops became targets for many Iraqis resentful of the continuing occupation.
In the six months after the war ended, more US soldiers died in guerrilla attacks and suicide bombings than during the whole of the war.
Saddam Hussein himself was captured in December 2003.He was tried by and Iraqi court, sentenced to death and was hanged on 30 December 2006.


Witzieshoek in the 1950s was a small reserve of some 40 000 hectares. Located in the north-eastern part of the Orange Free State, adjacent to the northern border of Lesotho, it was a tiny fragment of what was once Sotho territory annexed by the Boers in the 1860s. The reserve was 'granted' to the great-grandfather of Paulus Howell Mopeli, a key actor in the Witzieshoek rebellion of 1950-51, by President Brandt in a peace treaty in 1867. In 1875 the Batlhokwa community entered Witzieshoek, and since that time it was occupied by the Bakwena and Batlhokwa communities.
In the 1940s, Witzieshoek 'was regarded as a very important water catchment area.' Agricultural officers became concerned that because of 'over-grazing on the steep slopes and tilling of lands in the spongy catchment areas' the 'water flow in the six major streams had diminished by half and that the whole area's water catchment capacity was rapidly deteriorating, affecting conditions in the Orange Free State and southern Transvaal.' Overcrowding and the pressure on land became acute, and by the mid-1940s half of the residents possessed no agricultural land. While Witzieshoek covered an estimated 40 000 hectares, only 4 000 hectares were considered cultivatable, the rest being suitable for grazing or as mountainside and barren land. Increasing numbers of people became migrant workers on the mines and in the factories of distant towns and cities. By 1950 the population of Witzieshoek stood at some 14 000 and the incidence of migrant labour was extensive and the system well-established.
In 1939, Betterment Areas Proclamation No. 31 was applied to Witzieshoek. At meetings with community members 'plans for the making of contour and diversion banks, fencing of grazing camps, provision of bulls and culling of stock were explained. Thereafter, numerous measures were indeed implemented – contour and diversion banks and dams were constructed, grazing camps and eroded areas were fenced, and plantations of gum, pine and poplar trees were established. These seem to have been generally accepted by the Reserve Board, including the traditional leaders and the community, and there was minimal opposition.
The precipitating factor of the rebellion, however, was the state's decision to impose limitations on the number of stock and the cattle-culling measures of the 1940s. In 1940, the stock carrying capacity for Witzieshoek was established to be 12 500 'cattle units' (that is, one cow or five small stock). An agreement was concluded whereby inferior cattle would be culled because of overstocking. This happened in 1942, although 'on this occasion Eva Mota, the Regent of the Batlhokwa"¦refused to have her stock culled and was prosecuted and fined.
A further stock count in 1946 found there were over 13 700 cattle units. This time, however, the state's attempt to enforce culling met with vigorous opposition. In 1946 Paulus Howell Mopeli (Mopelinyana) and three other stock owners 'refused to submit their cattle to culling. They were charged and convicted but on appeal to the Supreme Court, the judgment was set aside....This legal victory boosted the morale of the protesters,' and 'many proceeded to ignore culling orders.
The state's attempt to carry out a second cattle culling met with resistance because as far as cattle owners were concerned they had only conceded to the culling of inferior cattle, and not to culling as a means of limiting stock. This position was made clear by a statement at a meeting of the Reserve Board in January 1947: 'In 1942 it was announced that only inferior cattle would be culled. Now stock is being culled in order to reduce it. The tribe has been deceived. It did not accept the limitation of stock.' Sometimes oxen, indispensable for farming were culled. In the view of Atwell Mopeli, 'the rich suffer little, those with their hundred lost three, as did those with five or ten. Also provoking resentment was the ban on felling of trees which had been planted by the people. A strong sense of grievance, then, existed that traditional practices were being tampered with.
There was passive resistance, active non-cooperation and acts of sabotage on the part of sections of the community. Three plantations were partially burnt between July and September 1949, and over three kilometres of fencing destroyed in November. By the close 'of 1949 it was clear that culling was a complete failure as a result of active and passive resistance.' The community refused to heed the NAD's instructions, and undermined an attempt to count stock by refusing to present their stock.
An attempt to cull stock in February 1950 failed in the face of an extensive campaign of resistance. Stock brought for culling were driven off by militants mounted on horses and, on 13 February 1950, 300 horsemen presented a letter to the NC threatening bloodshed if police and state officials interfered with the community's stock. Despite this warning, another culling was set for 16 February 1950. This once again met with active resistance, and the following day a gathering of 400 armed people assembled outside the office of the NAD to repeat the earlier warning of bloodshed if the state persisted in its attempts to cull stock. The following month another letter was delivered to the NC by 300 armed men.
In October 1950, a Commission of Enquiry into the events in Witzieshoek was finally appointed. Arrangements were made for four members of the Sechaba to testify before the Commission. On the appointed day some 1 300 people gathered outside the court. During the course of the proceedings two objections arose: to the composition of the Commission of Enquiry and to the hearings being conducted in the courthouse as it meant that the vast majority of the people could not attend. It was suggested that the hearings be conducted in open air; consequently, the Enquiry was postponed to 27 November 1950. However, on 22 November Proclamation 28 of 1950 was issued prohibiting meetings of more than three people. Police reinforcements were sent into Witzieshoek to come under the overall command of a Major I.P.S. Terblanche, who threatened that he would sweep Witzieshoek with fire if there was continued resistance.
On 27 November, the day the Commission was due to sit again, a large crowd assembled at Mopelinyana's homestead in Namoha village to discuss tactics, many people unaware that the meeting was 'illegal' until after they has already gathered. The witnesses who were to give evidence left at midday with the lawyers. That afternoon Major Terblanche and 38 armed mounted police arrived to 'subpoena four persons, including Mopelinyana, to testify before the commission of inquiry.' He pronounced the meeting illegal, and demanded that the gathering of some 600 disperse. There are differing accounts of what happened next. One account is that 'a pistol shot was fired from the crowd,' that 'the women started the molilietsane ("war cry"), and that the police were attacked from all sides with weapons which were produced from beneath blankets. Two policemen and 14 Blacks were killed.
The Witzieshoek rebellion of 1950-51 was essentially 'a response to the increasing pressure on the arable land of the Reserve, caused by such government action as the 1913 Land Act.' There was increasing over-population and, concomitantly, economic decline and social deprivation. Inequalities were as also highly visible: 'the wealth of a number of white traders in the territory contrasted sharply with the poverty of the inhabitants – the more so because they were allowed to keep stock, grazing land and agricultural plots. Rather than address the key issue of land shortage, betterment 'finally destroyed the hope many landless people, people with small patches of land, and people without any land and stock, ever had of one day obtaining these traditional symbols of status and wealth.
The killings were followed by widespread arrests, and on 2 December 1950 Verwoerd signed a proclamation enabling the detention without trial of fourteen 'ringleaders.' After a four month long preparatory examination of some 130 people, 104 were committed for trial for public violence. The trial lasted almost a year: '25 of the original accused had by then been discharged and 6 of the remaining 79 were sentenced to one year imprisonment for holding an unauthorised meeting. The rest were found guilty of public violence and sentenced to terms of imprisonment ranging from 18 months to 5 years, leave to appeal being refused.' Eight people were banished from Witzieshoek between 1951 and 1954 as a consequence of their participation in the uprising: Paulus Howell Mopeli; Treaty Mahlouoe Mopeli, Piet Mokoena, Caswell Moloi, Matela Mantsoe, Jim Lithako, Mothebang Mopeli and Maretile Kooae.
Mopelinyana first served a prison sentence in Johannesburg and was then banished in 1952 to the Middelburg district of the Transvaal. Thereafter, he was banished to Bothaspruit Farm in the District of Groblersdal in the Transvaal. In March 1954 he was transferred to the Native Trust Farm Uitkyk No. 92 in Groblersdal District. It was reported that Mopelinyana was not restricted to the farm and it was alleged that he used his freedom of movement to garner support for his 'anti-state cause' and that 'left-leaning' people come at night to the home he shared with his partner Treaty Mopeli. As a result the couple were transferred to the banishment camp at Frenchdale in the Mafeking district.
Mopelinyana refused to accept any state allowance arguing that this would be tantamount to 'compromising with the enemy,' and he suffered great hardship. In 1965, the couple was again transferred to another site of banishment - Ewbank Farm in the Kuruman District of the Northern Cape. It was reported that Frenchdale was now needed for 'Bantus' that were to be moved from the 'swartkolle' Doornbult and Vergenoeg in the Mafeking District, and the six inhabitants of Frenchdale had to therefore be moved.
Treaty Mahlouoe Mopeli was banished in 1954 to Uitkyk Farm No. 92 in the Groblersdal district of the Transvaal, where she joined her partner Chief Paulus Howell Mopeli. It was noted that despite the banishment of her partner and other leaders from Witzieshoek, there continued to be opposition to state interventions.
One of the key 'agitators,' indeed, a leader of the 'agitators' was Treaty Mahlouoe Mopeli. The fact that she had refused the NAD's 'generous' offer to join her banished partner was construed as her wishing to be in Witzieshoek to continue resistance in Chief Mopeli's name. Together with Chief Mopeli she was banished to Frenchdale in 1957. Thereafter, she was banished to Ewbank Farm in the Kuruman District. Her banishment order was only withdrawn in July 1972.
Caswell Moloi is described as a leader of the recalcitrant 'Natives' in the Witzieshoek Native Reserve. He was banished to Frenchdale in 1952, and on release from banishment in 1959 lived in Harrismith. His banishment order was revoked in 1962. Matela Mantsoe was a 'recalcitrant native' who served a two-year jail sentence in Bloemfontein. He was banished to Frenchdale banishment camp in the Northern Cape in 1952. He was released from banishment in 1959 and his banishment order was revoked in 1962.
Piet Mokoena, a strong supporter of Paulus Howell Mopeli, was alleged to be undermining the authority of the appointed chief. He was banished in 1954 to Frenchdale Trust Farm. His banishment followed 'the announced visit by the police, the call to the Commissioner's office, and the imposition of the banishment order.' Joseph met him in 1962 at Frenchdale, where he had been in banishment for eight years. Mokoena had indicated that 'the banished men who were already there when he arrived had long since been allowed to return to their various homes. But he remained, and other men had followed.' On being banished he had been given £2, but nothing else thereafter.
Jim Lithako was also banished in 1954, to 'Zwelitsha Native Reserve' near King Williamstown; he was said to be one of the leading 'agitator's in Witzieshoek, who had also refused the instructions of the head of the Native Commission. In 1957, he was served a new banishment order, because being free to move around in the district of his banishment he was alleged to have paid 'clandestine visits to Witzieshoek Native Reserve.' The new order restricted Lithako's movement to Zwelitsha Township. Lithako's banishment order was withdrawn on 23 August 1967.
Other 'agitators' that were banished were Mothebang Mopeli and Maretile Kooae. They were both banished on 8 March 1954, to 'Native Reserve No. 19' in the Nkandla district in Natal and Frenchdale respectively. The banishment orders of both men were revoked in August 1967.
The gaMatlala and Witzieshoek struggles are interesting cases of rural resistance in the early 1950s to the intrusions of the new apartheid state. In the case of gaMatlala we are fortunate to have a literature that conveys a sense of continuities and discontinuities over a 60 year period of both state-community relations and conflict as well internal schisms and struggles. In terms of the apartheid government's policy of separate development and the creation of bantustans, Witzieshoek became part of QwaQwa, a bantustan that comprised two entirely geographically separate areas that were essentially grossly overcrowded rural slums. QwaQwa came into being 'after the creation of a Territorial Authority for Basotho BaBorwa (as QwaQwa then was) in 1969, and was meant to be the ethnic "homeland" for South African South Sotho.


Exploring how human rights education can build more peaceful and equitable communities.
War, conflict and violence inevitably result in denial and/or violation of human rights. Most conflicts also arise from severe and systematic human rights violations. Thus the connection between human rights and the right to peace is very strong. To explore this further, Equitas and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), together with McGill University, Concordia University, Université de Québec à Montréal and Western Sydney University organised the 8th International Conference on Human Rights Education (ICHRE): Bridging our Diversities. The conference which was held in Montreal, Canada from 30th November to 3rd December 2017 brought together over 300 practitioners, policy-makers, academics, members of CSOs and other people who are interested in human rights education (HRE). ICHRE series began in Sydney in 2010 and was held in Durban, South Africa in 2011.
The conference explored how HRE can build more peaceful and equitable communities and provide effective solutions to current national and global challenges related to diversity, inclusion, violence and extremism. The objectives of the conference were: to deepen our understanding of the impact of human rights education in tackling current global challenges; to identify strategies and formulate recommendations for ensuring HRE becomes a higher priority for governments and civil society organizations; to share and showcase good HRE practices and innovative tactics from around the world that aim to promote respect for diversity and inclusion, strengthen social cohesion and reconciliation, and support knowledge and education as drivers to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs); and to forge new connections and reinforce existing efforts to build networks and communities of practice for human rights defenders.
Some of the thematic issues discussed include: Human rights education as a fundamental response to global challenges; The role of HRE in achieving gender equality; HRE good practices for building equitable and inclusive communities; Applying HRE models at the international, national and community levels; Building a culture of human rights; Building inclusive communities to counter religious extremism through HRE; Youth-led guide on prevention of violent extremism through education; Use of technology to support inclusive intercultural dialogue; and HRE for mediation and reconciliation, where ACCORD led a session on 'How can human rights education strengthen the human rights aspect of mediation practices in Africa?'. A declaration was produced at the end of the conference.
The more a society promotes, protects and fulfils the human rights of its people, the greater its chances of curbing violence and resolving conflicts peacefully. ACCORD's work on conflict prevention and resolution seeks to contribute to the protection of and respect for human rights. This commitment is also reflected in the governing principles of ACCORD's Africa Peace Award, which include; protection of and respect for human rights; peaceful settlement of disputes; and good governance of public affairs.


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All different ways of saying thank you, the last one will come in handy if you ever visit the beautiful country of Nepal.
We regularly get Thank You cards and emails sent into the office from clients we've helped buy or sell a property.
I'm proud we are so well thought of and it's testimony to our hard work, patience, expertise and skill that we receive so many messages and gifts.
We are truly committed to our clients and there's no better evidence we get of that than the kind words and cards clients share with us.
I'd like to take this opportunity to say a huge thank you from us to all of the buyers, sellers, landlords and tenants that use our services it's our pleasure to serve you.
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Every origin story for a heroic character features a call to action and Wonder Woman is no different. In a new photo thanks to EW, we get a look at Gal Gadot early on in the film when Diana is compelled to help mankind in their time of need. Diana defies her mother, Queen Hippolyta (Connie Nielsen) and breaks into the heavily guarded armory the island of Themyscira and steals the Amazon's mythical sword "the Sword of Athena" which has been dubbed "god killer" in this darker, more violent take on the DC universe.
The film stars Gal Gadot in the titular role as Wonder Woman, Chris Pine as Steve Trevor, Robin Wright as General Antiope and Connie Nielson as Queen Hippolyta with a script penned by Alan Heinberg and Geoff Johns, directed by Patty Jenkins.