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Papa Roach has released the first song from their upcoming new album.
Titled "Swerve," the defiant rap-metal track features vocals by Fever 333's Jason Aalon Butler and LA rapper Sueco, aka Sueco the Child.
"This track came at the very end of the writing process for our upcoming album and truly feels like the culmination of years of experimenting with our sound coming back to a new version of Papa Roach," says frontman Jacoby Shaddix in a statement. "We're kicking off this new chapter of our careers with a next-level track, and couldn't imagine doing it with anyone other than Jason and Sueco."
"This is one of the favorite songs I've ever made," Sueco adds. "Papa Roach has been an inspiration of mine since I was a kid, so working with them was super dope and a dream come true!"
As for Butler, he says of Papa Roach, "I've said it before and I'll say it again — this band has somehow managed to be a legacy AND relevant all at once. So, naturally, when I got the call to hop on this track there was no question."
Butler adds, "With Sueco doing his thing the track's got 3 different vibes that all work together. This s**t is different and that's exactly what rock needs. More DIFFERENT S**t. Thanks to these modern legends for making sure it happened."
Papa Roach is also announcing that they've reactivated their early 2000s label, New Noize Records. No word yet on when we can expect the new album, which will be the follow-up to 2019's Who Do You Trust?
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Душа (грч. психе лат. анима) појам којим преднаучно мишљење даје супстанцију, односно своди на посебно, од тела различито биће, свеукупност животних, а посебно психичких појава. Сама реч душа етимолошки је повезана са "дисањем", једним од најочигледнијих знакова код човека и животиња. Душа је ентитет за који се, у многим верским и филозофским традицијама, претпоставља да постоји само у живим бићима. Душа је оно што чини живот, принцип живота, знак живота, оно што се само собом покреће. Постоје различита веровања о постојању душе, о њеном односу према твари, о томе да ли се ради о једној свеопштој души или их има више, о томе како се душа односи према телу и психолошким процесима, о пореклу и судбини људске душе, укључујући и њено претходно постојање и бесмртност. Неке традиције не праве разликовање између људске душе и духа, па се та два термина често користе као синоними.

Разумевање душе као виталнног принципа ("ентелехије тела") настало је у античкој филозофији (Аристотел), и још увек претпоставља различите виталистичке претпоставке у биологији, а у многим религијама, њен независни, скоро материјални битак, означава саму суштину религиозне мисли и такође је утицао на формирање различитих идеалистичких схватања и кретања у филозифији.

Душа је у многим религиозним, филозофским и митолошким традицијама, бестелесна есенција живог бића. Душа или психа (старогрчки језик: ψυχή -{psūkhḗ}-, од ψύχειν -{psū́khein}-, "дисати") су менталне способности живог бића: разум, карактери, осећаји, свест, сећања, перцепције, размишљања итд. У зависности од филозофског система, душа може бити или смртна или бесмртна. У јудео-хришћанству, само људска бића имају бесмртне душе (иако се бесмртност оспорава унутар јудаизма и можда је то произашло из утицаја Платона). На пример, католички теолог Тома Аквински је приписивао "душу" (anima) свим организмима, али је тврдио да су само људске душе бесмртне.

Друге религије (оре свега хиндуизам и ђаинизам) сматрају да су сва жива бића, од најмањих бактерија до највећих сисара, душе саме по себи (атман, ђива) и да имају своје физичке репрезентације (тело) у свету. Стварно биће је душа, док је тело само механизам да се доживи карма тог живота, нпр. ако се разматра тигар онда постоји самосвесни идентитет који се налази у њему (душа) и његова физичка репрезентација у свету (цело тело тигра које се може видети). Неки сматрају да чак и небиолошки ентитети (као што су реке и планине) поседују душе. Ово веровање се зове анимизам. Грчки филозофи, као што су Сократ, Платон, и Аристотел, сматрали су да душа (-{ψυχή psūchê}-) мора имати логичку способност, испољавање које је најбожанскије од људских акција. На свом суђењу, Сократ је у својој одбрани чак сумирао своје учење као ништа друго до подстицај својим суграђанима Атињанима да надмаше сами себе у стварима психе, јер су сва телесна добра зависна од такве изврсности (Извињење 30a–b).

Душа у религији

Хришћанство узима у обзир да је на почетку све створено као "добро", дакле душа (дух) је добра, бесмртна и учествовује у спасењу. Људске душе након смрти иду у рај или пакао. Римокатоличка црква верује и у постојање чистилишта.

Човек се, према учењу Светог писма, састоји из тела и душе (Пост. 2,7 ; Мт.
10,28), која оживљава тело, надахњује га. Зато душу у Библији често називају дахом живота, духом живота или духом. Душа не потиче од тела, већ представља посебну снагу, која има свој извор у Богу. Душу имају и животиње. Душу животиња створио је Бог из оних почетака који су били у самој твари, мада су представљали нешто различито од ње (Пост. 1, 20, 24). Душу човека Бог је створио начином који је назван удахнућем Божијим (Пост. 2, 7). За разлику од животиња, душа човекова имала је посебне особине, јер је једино човек био створен по лику и прилици Божијој. Посебне особине људске душе су јединство, духовност, бесмртност, способноост разума, слободе и дар говора.

Тeмeљни критeријум свeтости је спaсeњe душe.

Древни Блиски исток

У древној египатској религији, веровало се да је појединац састављен од различитих елемената, неки од којих су физичких и неки духовни. Сличне идеје налазе се у древној асирској и вавилонској религији. Кутамува, један краљевски званичник из Самала у 8. веку п. н. е., наручио је да се подигне стела са натписом након његове смрти. У натпису је затражено да његови ожалошћени обожавају његов живот и загробни живот путем гозби "за моју душу која је у овој стели". То је једна од најранијих референци на душу као засебан ентитет од тела. Базалтна стела је  тешка,  висока и  широка. Откривена је у трећој сезони ископавања Нојбауерове експедиције Оријенталног института у Чикагу, Илиноис.

Бахаи вера

Бахаи вера тврди да је "душа знак Бога, небески драгуљ чију реалност ни најцењенији међу људима нисе успели да докуче, и чија мистерија колико год да је акутна, неће никада моћи да буде разоткривена". Бахаула је сматрао да душа не само да наставља да живи после физичке смрти људског тела, већ да је заправо и бесмртна. Рај се делимично може посматрати као стање блискости душе Богу; а пакао као стање одвојености од Бога. Свако стање следи као природна последица индивидуалних напора, или њиговог одсуства, да се оствари духовни развој. Бахаула је учио да индивидуе немају постојање пре њиховог живота овде на земљи и да је еволуција душе увек усмерена према Богу и далеко од материјалног света.

Будизам

Будизам учи да су све ствари у константном стању флукса: све се мења, и перманентно стање не постоји само по себи. То се односи на људска бића, колико год и на све друго у космосу. Стога, људско биће нема перманентну суштину. Према овој доктрини аната (пали, санскрит: -{anātman}-) – "одсуство себе" или "одсуство душе" – речи "ја" или "мени" се не односе на било коју фиксну ствар. Оне су једноставно погодни изрази који дозвољавају да се позове на непрестано мењање ентитета.

Доктрина "аната" није вид материјализма. Будизам не пориче постојање "нематеријалних" ентитета, и по њему се (бар традиционално) разликују телесна стања од менталних стања. Стога, конвенционални превод термина -{anatta}- као "без душе" може да буде збуњујући. Ако се реч "душа" једноставно односи на нематеријалну компоненту у живим стварима која може да настави с постојањем након смрти, онда будизам не пориче постојање душе. Уместо тога, Будизам пориче постојање перманентног ентитета који остаје константан иза променљивих телесних и нетелесних компоненти живог бића. Као што се тело мења од тренутка до тренутка, као што мисли долазе и одлазе, тако не постоји стално стање које је у основи ума, и које доживљава те мисли, као у картезијанству. Свесна ментална стања једноставно се појављују и нестају, без "мислиоца" иза њих. Кад тело умре, будисти верују да се бестелесни ментални процеси настављају и да се поново рађају у новом телу. Будући да се ментални процеси непрекидно мењају, биће које је поново рођено није ни потпуно различито од, нити потпуно исто са, бићем које је умрло. Међутим, ново биће је континуација бића које је умрло – на исти начин на који је особа овог момента континуација те особе из претходног момента, упркос чињенице да се она константно мења.

Будистичко учење сматра да је појам перманентног, сталног себе заблуда, која је један од узрока људских сукоба на емоционалним, друштвеним и политичким нивоима. Они додају да разумевање анате даје тачан опис људског стања, и да нам то разумевање омогућава да усмеримо наше свакодневне жеље.

Разне школе будизма имају различите идеје о томе шта се наставља након смрти. Школа свести у махајанском будизму сматра да постоје стања свести која настављају са постојањем након смрти. У неким школама, а посебно у тибетанском будизму, устаљено је гледиште да постоје три форме ума: веома суптилан ум, који се не дезинтегрира након смрти; суптилан ум, који се дезинтегрира након смрти и који је "сањајући ум" или "несвесни ум"; и укупан ум, који не постоји кад особа спава. Стога је укупан ум мање перманентан од суптилног ума, кога нема након смрти. Веома суптилан ум, међутим, се наставља, а када се "схвати", или кад се поново поклапи са појавама, настаје нови суптилни ум, са својом личношћу/претпоставкама/навикама, и тај ентитет доживљава карму у садашњем континууму.

Сматра се да су биљке неосетне (無情), мада су будистички монаси обавезни да не пресецају, нити пале дрвеће, јер су нека осетна бића зависна од њих. Неки махајански монаси сматрају да неосетна бића као што су биљке и камење имају Будину природу.

Поједини модерни будисти, посебно у Западним земљама, одбацују или бар заузимају агностичку позицију у погледу концепта поновног рођења или реинкарнације. Стивен Бечелор дискутује ту тему у својој књизи Будизам без веровања. Други указују на истраживања која су била спроведена на Универзитету у Вирџинији као доказ да су неки људи поново рођени.

Душа у филозофији

Код првих грчких филозофа није било јасног разликовања појмова душе (психе) и духа (нус). Платон је сматрао душу за једно без делова и, према томе, непропадљиво. Пошто је још у античко доба било очигледно да се органске материје разлажу, Платон је сматрао да нематеријалност душе представља фундаментални услов за њену бесмртност.

Ни Платон ни Аристотел нису мислили да само људска бића посједују душу. Аристотел је разликовао:
 разумску душу, коју поседује само човек,
 чулну душу, коју поседују и животиње и која је основа чулне осетљивости, и
 вегетативну душу, коју имају и биљке и која је основа нагона за храном и узрок раста и размножавања.

Ипак, за разлику од Платона, Аристотел је одбацивао сеобу душе из једне врсте у другу, послије смрти. Такође је био скептичан према могућности да душа опстане и функционише без тијела. Грчки атомисти Демокрит и Епикур су душу замишљали као супстанцију сложену из најљепших атома, те према томе пропадљиву (пропадање је исто што и разлагање).

За Декарта, душа је део духовне супстанције (лат. res cogitas) и по својој природи је непросторна и без икаквих других својстава материје. Декарт је сматрао да само људска бића посједују душу и да њена нематеријална природа омогућава слободу, иако је људско тијело условљено детерминистичким физичим законима. По Декартовом схватању, животиње су машине без душе.

Франсис Бејкон је претпостављао да и животиње имају душу, али само у облику онога што је назвао anima sensibilis:

Дуалисти су аргументовали да душа и тијело морају бити различити ентитети, како би се објаснила свијест код људских бића, као и могућност постојања бесмртности. Материјалисти пак тврде, да свијест није ништа друго до резултат сложених физичких процеса организма, одбацујући могућност било каквог дуализма или бесмртности.

Референце

Литература

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Спољашње везе

 Наука 50: Душа (РТС Образовно-научни програм - Званични канал)
 Душа (pravoslavlje.net)
 Знање о души (Hasan Hasanzade Amoli)
 Античке теорије о души - Станфордова енциклопедија филозофије
 -{Etymology of Soul }-
 -{Quantum Theory Won't Save The Soul }-
 -{What Science Really Says About the Soul by Stephen Cave}-
 -{The soul in Judaism at Chabad.org}-
 -{The Old Testament Concept of the Soul by Heinrich J. Vogel]}-
 -{Body, Soul and Spirit Article in the Journal of Biblical Accuracy}-
 -{Is Another Human Living Inside You?}-

Религија
Духовност
Филозофска терминологија
Ум
Религиозна веровања и доктрине

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Copenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark. This "friendly old girl of a town" is big enough to be a metropolis with shopping, culture and nightlife par excellence, yet still small enough to be intimate, safe and easy to navigate. Overlooking the Øresund strait with Sweden just minutes away, it is a cultural and geographic link between mainland Europe and Scandinavia. This is where old fairy tales blend with flashy new architecture and world-class design; where warm jazz mixes with cold electronica from Copenhagen's basements. You'll feel you've seen it all in a day, but could keep on discovering more for months. Copenhagen is considered a very liveable place because of its cleanliness. It's considered as one of the very environmentally friendly cities because its harbour can be swum in and about a third of the city's people use bicycles as their means of transportation. In their downtown area, the places to visit and to be entertained at are the Tivoli gardens and the Town Hall Square. If you want the very cultural and scenic areas the places to see are the Marble church, the Rosenborg castle, and the Christiansborg.
Warnemünde is a seaside resort and a district of the city of Rostock in Mecklenburg, Germany. It is located on the Baltic Sea and, as the name implies, at the estuary of the river Warnow. Founded in about 1200, Warnemünde was for centuries a small fishing village with minor importance for the economic and cultural development of the region. Today, it's known for its long beachfront and marina, a cruise-ship stop.
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Does school choice create more tolerant, engaged citizens?
Studies show school choice programs generally have a positive effect on a student's character. Students in school choice programs are more tolerant than their public school peers, and they are more likely to vote, volunteer and engage in other civic activities.
To be exact: six of the available studies found school choice had a positive effect; five found no effect; none found a negative effect.
It's important to note that those studies don't compare all of the students in public schools to all of the students in private schools. They compare two groups of students whose families are demographically, academically and socioeconomically similar with one factor setting them apart from each other: school choice. How?
Some of the studies were conducted using a random-assignment method. So all of the kids being compared were applicants of a school choice program. Some got a voucher, some didn't, based on a random selection or lottery process. The other studies were conducted using a matched method, where a random sample of voucher students was compared to a sample of area public school students of the same demographic, socioeconomic and academic proportions as the voucher student sample.
With both methods, researchers were able to more effectively rule out any potentially skewed factors, such as parents' affluence or level of involvement.
One random-assignment study measured political tolerance by asking students to identify their least-liked group—such as the KKK, pro-life/choice supporters, people of different religions—and then asking them if they thought members of that group should be permitted to engage in civic activities, such as giving a speech or running for office. Voucher students were more likely to display political tolerance.
Another study looked at the effect of school choice on families rather than just students. It found that, because they got a voucher, parents "were more likely to be actively involved in their children's schools, parent-teacher organizations and "other education groups" than parents of students at traditional district schools with a similar demographic profile. The study also found that parents empowered by choice became "more likely to see a connection between education and the civic institutions of society, to say that their children were learning how government works, and to be involved themselves in civic activities."
The Founding Fathers' vision of a free and democratic nation depends on having educated citizens, but that vision never required we depend only on government-run schools to educate them. Indeed, as Neal McCluskey wrote, "the only system of education that can effectively support a free society is one that is itself grounded in freedom."
To dive deeper into the complexities of school choice research, flip through this slide show.
For a fully cited list of studies, visit our school choice research bibliography page.


Tolerance for poor customer service is rapidly shrinking in the travel industry. Within the hotel sector, one bad experience is enough to turn off customers from using a particular brand, according to results from a 2016 survey of US and UK internet users.
Driven by growing customer expectations in relation to hygiene standards, exceptional service and customized personal experiences, the hotel industry is facing a vast set of challenges.
Combined with increasing competition, thanks partly to the growth of the economy of sharing, today's hotel operators need to ensure they exceed expectations at every stage of their guests' stay if they are to ensure long-term profitable growth.
Here are some of the biggest challenges faced by hotel operators in the twenty-tens.
First impressions count for a great deal and many hotel guests get an instant sense for the standards in a hotel from their first visit to the hotel washroom.
The demand for cleanliness should not be a surprise, especially within the service industry.
In fact, hygiene and cleanliness are ranked as number 1 priority for choosing and recommending hotels post stay.
The majority of hotel guests would happily give up on luxuries and even technology, such as wifi access, than stay in a dirty hotel.
Efficient housekeeping teams are still critical for brand reputation management and to drive loyalty amongst guests.
Technology is an integral part of everyday life. Whilst we might use our holiday to take a break from certain aspects of our lives, it seems we never want a break from technology.
Hotel guests demand a basic right to be connected in any hotel, in any location, around the world. Technology is a constant travel companion, wherever we go.
Good news then, that the hotels sector is embracing the technology revolution.
Innovative use of technology that benefits customers and not just hotel operations, helps hotel chains to stand out from the competition and attract new customers.
The Oracle Hotel 2025 survey, conducted in February 2017, discovered that guests are willing to engage brands that offer new technologies if they feel they're in control of their experience.
It started with the demand for free WiFi connection but this is very much a basic need now.
Hotels have since turned to robotics and voice control technology, amongst other technological installations, like smart mini bars and golf simulators. If you are excited about high-tech hotels, read the Business Insider article on the 12 most high-tech hotels in the world.
The Wynn hotel in Vegas already uses Amazon Echo and Marriott is exploring Amazon Alexa and Google Home to use in their bedrooms.
Whilst technology provides endless opportunities to improve hotel efficiencies, hoteliers must strike the right balance between automation and the human touch.
Investment in technology is critical to long-term business success but it must not come at the cost of personal service.
Every hotel guest expects good customer service but today's hoteliers must exceed expectations by being more than just good - they need to be excellent.
A hotel is judged by the quality of the service delivered. Highly skilled and attentive staff, a personal touch, respect, and the ability to make a guest's stay as comfortable and as relaxing as possible are all equally important to succeed.
If hotels can provide that extra level of service, they can generate brand loyalty and repeat custom. The phrase "The customer is always right" may have been coined in the retail sector, but it is highly relevant to the hospitality sector.
How can hotel operators win on service? By understanding who their customers are and what they expect.
To win repeat business and ensure long-term growth, hotels must develop a deep understanding of the types of customers they want to attract and provide services and facilities that cater to the needs of their target customer base.
There is now a growing demand to employ data scientists in the hospitality sector, to provide insights into hotel guests — their likes, dislikes and interests — to ensure unexpected and highly appreciated personal touches during a guest's stay.
Memories are based on powerful experiences. There is a growing expectation now to always 'experience' something.
In the hotel industry, design trends, technology and personalisation can all help to provide a meaningful experience and drive guest loyalty.
It is no longer enough just to go out for a nice meal in a nice restaurant with great service. Restaurants are aware of the need for offering a real 'dining experience'.
Consider the trend for dining in the dark thanks to French restaurant Dans Le Noir, where all the senses are awakened, not just your taste buds, all to provide a real 'experience'.
In terms of cruise travel, just think about how cruise ships have evolved over the past decades into liners like the Symphony of the Seas cruise ship.
Experiences should be treated as an extension of the great quality customer service already offered by hoteliers, though admittedly it might be more relevant to the luxury/ five-star plus rated hotels in the world.
Whilst quality of service is hugely important to guests it can be made even better by a meaningful, personal experience.
In some cases, Hotel design and interior trends might be enough to attract new customers and in other cases, technology might be more attractive — as in the case of the world's first robot hotel in Japan, The Henn na (Weird Hotel).
In the UK, a BBC television programme, Amazing Hotels, brings the rising demand for experiences, over and above pampering, into sharp focus. It showcases a new breed of hotels that have diversified into providing experiences, such as sharing your breakfast table with giraffes.
If hoteliers can provide these sought-after experiences, then they can exceed customer expectations.
Sustainability is rapidly climbing the agenda of every organisation, driven by people's growing interest in and concern for the environment. In fact, the World Tourism Organization, is deeply committed to sustainable tourism.
Smart hoteliers understand that corporate responsibility programmes can help to win customers and trust, whilst benefiting employees, the environment and earnings.
Hotels spend a large part of their running costs on energy and utility bills. Luckily there are many ways, thanks to intelligent technologies, that hotel operators can go green, review energy consumption and implement ways to deliver financial savings.
There are many opportunities for hoteliers to raise their brand profile in terms of environmental impacts by focusing on reduction of food waste, general waste, water consumption, and energy (lighting, heating and cooling).
Thanks to technological innovations, such as daylight harvesting sensors and motion sensors, hotels are already finding ways to reduce lighting and heating bills.
Hilton already understands the importance of Corporate Responsibility initiatives and Starwood has pledged to reduce energy use by 30% and water use by 20% by 2020.
In 2017, Hilton announced their partnership with the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) to launch a new, long-term water stewardship strategy to tackle their water usage.
If hotels can meet the challenges and expectations of their guests, they can ensure long-term business growth in a sustainable way and exceed customer expectations.


The popularity of the tenor was second to none. It's generally believed that 'he triggered a collective madness that could be compared to present reactions to the greatest successes of a football star'.
In October 1921, fulfilling hi father's wish, Kiepura enrolled in the Faculty of Law at the University of Warsaw, as he didn't manage to make his parents warm to his plans of vocal studies. Even the positive opinion of Professor Brzeziński didn't help. Franciszek Kiepura wanted his son to get a "decent" profession that could guarantee a sense of stability. However, Jan never gave up his dreams about an artistic career. Soon after he arrived in Warsaw, he took steps to achieve his goal. While studying law, who took private lessons in singing under the supervision of Professor Brzeziński, one of the most outstanding vocal tutors. Kiepura remained under his artistic care for many years.
In February 1924 he passed an examination in the Warsaw Opera (performing arias from Huguenots, Carmen, and Tosca) and he was admitted as a trainee. He cherished a hope that in the future he would be singing solo part on this stage. He prepared himself conscientiously for this moment by practising Faust by Ch. Gounod during lessons given by Professor Brzeziński.
Unexpectedly, as early as at the end of February he gave a public performance in the Warsaw Conservatory Hall, replacing a sick tenor. He performed arias from Halka by Moniuszko, Pagliacci by R. Leoncavallo, and Tosca by Puccini. This unscheduled debut turned out to be very successful, and he received a long ovation from the audience. In the Opera he was given a minor role of the highlanders choir conductor, in Halka. The solo part he was going to perform was quite short; it was just one verse of text. Unfortunately, for drawling the last sound (which was done on purpose, as Kiepura wished to show off his voice) he was sacked by the then director Emil Młynarski.
Kiepura also failed to carry out his university responsibilities, so he had to return to Sosnowiec in the middle of 1924. He moved in with his schoolmate Mieczysław Szafruga, because his father didn't want to see him any more, after he had given up his law studies.


These rooms are a trademark of "Moskva" hotel. They give the feeling of exceptional comfort and luxury because of 4 m high ceilings and the space of over 30 m2. Every room is unique, decorated with works of art and antique furniture. An elegant sofa on the lower level is an enjoyable place for rest, while a big bed on the gallery floor guarantees a comfortable night's sleep. A toilet and a bathroom, two plasma TVs, a pull-out sofa – they all provide enough comfort for the whole family. Grandiose windows make waking up to a sunny morning in this room an exceptional experience.


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Ilgin Yorulmaz, Contributor
Freelance Turkish Journalist, East West Center Fellow
Trump's Decision To Skip The White House Correspondents' Dinner Sends Journalists The Wrong Message
Mr. President, if you really want to fix all of America's problems, you can't afford to alienate us.
Courtesy of Ilgin Yorulmaz
I attended the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner last year with other scholars.
President Donald Trump: I was pleased to see the measured tone in your address to Congress Tuesday night and your dedication to solving the problems of this country. But in order to do that and keep your promises to the American people, you're going to need the press. Here's why.
A year before you were inaugurated as president, I became a White House Correspondents' Association scholar. Three months later, I attended the White House Correspondents' dinner in Washington.
Having arrived in the United States from Turkey the previous year to study at Columbia Journalism School, I watched then-President Barack Obama open the event by joking, "Good evening, everybody. It is an honor to be here at my last ― and perhaps the last ― White House Correspondents' Dinner."
Little did I know that Obama had correctly predicted what was to come after his second term as president ended, and what that would mean for those who had chosen to pursue my profession in this country.
In order to keep your promises to the American people, you're going to need the press.
Knowing what I know today, just a little over a month into the new administration, I am disheartened by what this could mean for journalism in America going forward.
Your recent decision not to attend the dinner for no reason other than ― based on your distraught relationship with the press ― to boycott it, is an unfortunate one, to say the least.
The White House Correspondents' Dinner isn't just a "nerd prom," and its sole purpose isn't pompousness. Yes, there is a lot of that, too, from what I gather from attending similar functions in my limited time here in the U.S. But it's also meant to celebrate an institution that reaches well beyond extravagant galas in the District.
For one, the WHCA offers much-needed scholarships to support journalism students across the country. The grant goes towards their education, which it did in my case. Each student also gets matched with a mentor who guides him or her and offers career advice and counsel for a year.
In addition to this, scholars are given access to key members of the presidential staff, including a chance to meet the White House press secretary, or his deputy, and receive a private audience with the president and the first lady.
For those already established in the White House press corps, the dinner may not hold too much weight beyond a chance to lighten the mood between mainstream media and the governing administration. But for scholars like me ― a journalist from abroad ― the dinner is tied to an association that enables those of us on the outside to get a glimpse of what that media relationship is like and use it to inform our careers.
Our job as journalists in this country is to check executive power and ... rockiness in the relationship [between press and president] need not reach the level of hostility that we are at now for both sides to function.
I will never forget the excitement the scholars, all 18 of us, felt having had a word with Barack and Michelle Obama. For me and my eight fellow foreign scholars from countries such as Mexico, Colombia, Taiwan, Pakistan, the Philippines, China and Ghana, the experience was especially valuable because we were able to witness American politics up close.
The relationship between the press and the president in America has never been perfect, and it is not meant to be. But in our past year as scholars, we were able to understand that our job as journalists in this country is to check that executive power, and that in checking it, the rockiness in the relationship need not reach the level of hostility that we are at now for both sides to function.
In fact, the respect that each entity holds for one another even when at odds is what makes American democracy fascinating. Shaking hands with the president of the free world last year and being congratulated by him was thus an honor for journalists like me who value justice, integrity and press freedom. And the kind of unity and celebration among both groups when Washington Post journalist Jason Rezaian, who had just been released from prison in Iran, came to the podium to speak at the event, was emblematic of that special ― though often times trying ― relationship.
The Washington Post via Getty Images
President Donald Trump speaks during a press conference at the White House, Feb. 16, 2017.
But today, the awe I felt then is tainted.
I fear that this year's scholars will find a White House hostile to them and their profession, and they certainly will not find a president to shake hands with, or get encouragement from. I wonder how they will even be treated by the press secretary, Sean Spicer, when, you, his boss, refuses to even come to dinner and meet them.
The hostility between your administration and media outlets reached a new height last week at the Conservative Political Action Conference when you once again called what you referred to as "fake" media "the enemy of the people." The same day, the White House selectively barred from attending a press briefing correspondents of several media organizations, including The New York Times and Politico, whose correspondents I had met during the dinner last year.
I can, to a certain extent, sympathize with your frustration for being picked on so relentlessly by the aggressive Washington press corps.
This isn't to say that there weren't restrictions and access issues for press under the Obama administration. Yes, there was definitely a certain element of journalist control then resulting in frustration at times. But Eric Schultz, the former White House deputy press secretary and special assistant to President Obama, whom we met last year before the dinner, and his team members were always open and extremely responsive to my inquiries as a foreign journalist about not just the president, but also the Senate and the House. In fact, I was so surprised by their quick responsiveness that for the next six months, whenever I ran into a dead end with a source for any kind of story anywhere, my tagline was, "Accessing the White House for comment is so much easier than reaching you." And it was true.
But media here in America isn't perfect, and as we've no doubt seen and must acknowledge, fake news is a real problem. Likewise, biased news is not acceptable, either.
While here, I have noticed for instance that coverage of conflicts in my home country, Turkey, by many U.S. media outlets tend to have a slant and seem to stick to a certain angle. Whether it is the Kurdish issue or July's failed coup d'etat, it is as if there is a bandwidth on what can be reported tied more to what the audience wants to hear and not reflective of the complexity and layers of the issues at hand.
U.S. media tend to offer a slanted and simplistic view of Turkey's conflicts, including in coverage of the July coup attempt.
Dare I say then that I can, to a certain extent, sympathize with your frustration for being picked on so relentlessly by the aggressive Washington press corps.
But there is a difference between "fake news" as you, Mr. President, call it, and the unfavorable news I describe here, which starts to look like bias when there is too much of it from one side and less or none from the other. Banning news agencies or boycotting an event altogether isn't the solution. Engaging in dialogue is.
I have to admit that the tension was high even last year, with WHCA members speculating what the dinner may be like in a Trump presidency. But the latest ban on CNN and others last week forced the WHCA president, Jeff Mason of Reuters, to issue a stark statement like never before.
The stakes are suddenly higher for me as both a Muslim and foreign journalist trying to work in the current climate given your rhetoric on Islam and your Muslim-focused travel ban.
Because I met the former President Obama so soon after becoming a journalism student in this country, my friends keep asking me jokingly if I will ever meet the new president, Donald Trump. The stakes are suddenly higher for me one year later as both a Muslim and foreign journalist trying to work in the current climate given your rhetoric on Islam and your Muslim-focused travel ban.
I still have hope that things can turn around and that scholars like me in the future can be rewarded with the same experiences. Your optimistic speech Tuesday and your genuine effort to reach across to put aside "trivial fights" might be the vital sign that we journalists may all be looking for in the future. But for this to happen, we need your empathy. You need to have faith in my profession and trust my fellow journalists and I in our mission to tell the truth. And come to that dinner, of course.
If you don't, it will be a sad reminder, especially for those in other countries looking to go into the journalism profession, that the ability, "to ask questions of government officials, push for transparency from the presidency ... and hold the powerful to account," as Jeff Mason said in a recent WHCA statement, is fragile even in the most advanced democracy in the world. And statements like that don't sound like solving the totality of a country's problems.
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Model Kendall Jenner arrives on the red carpet for the annual White House Correspondents Association Dinner in Washington, U.S., April 30, 2016. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
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Tsogo Sun had the pleasure of attending and participating in both the Nederburg Wine Auction and the Cape Winemakers Guild Auction. Here are a few pictures of the Tsogo team at these prestigious events.
John Van Rooyen (left), Tsogo Sun Operations Director for the Cape Region with Ravi Nadasen (right), Tsogo Sun Operations Director for the Central Northern Region.
Georgio Meletiou, Cape Region Sommelier for Tsogo Sun (left) and Miguel Chan, Group Sommelier for Tsogo Sun (right).
Louise Sevel, Group Brand Manager for Tsogo Sun.
From left: Georgio, Miguel, Ravi, Louise, John and Ayanda at the Nederburg Wine Auction.
From nearest: Ravi Nadasen, Miguel Chan & Georgio Meletiou.
From nearest: Garry Reed, GM of Southern Sun The Cullinan and Georgio Meletiou, Cape Region Sommelier for Tsogo Sun.
Tsogo Sun team at the CWG Auction: Garry Reed, Georgio Meletiou, Miguel Chan, Ravi Nadasen and John Van Rooyen.
Visit www.tsogosun.com for more info on our auction wines.


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Navbar

Navbar is a fixed (with Fixed and Through layout types) area at the top of a screen that contains Page title and navigation elements.

Navbar has 3 main parts: Left, Center and Right. Each part may contain any HTML content, but it is recommended to use them in the following way:

Left part is designed to be used with "back link", icons or with single text link.

Center part is used to display page title or tab links (buttons row/segmented controller).

Right part is for the same as the Left part.

Navbar layout

Navbar layout is pretty simple and self explaining:

<div class="navbar">
    <div class="navbar-inner">
        <div class="left">Left</div>
        <div class="center">Center</div>
        <div class="right">Right</div>
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</div>

Note that Navbar's Center element has lowest width priority, and when window screen will not fit all three elements during window resize, then Center part will be cuted.

So if you use plain text in Center part it will have ellipsis (...) on the end when cuted. But you need to take care about it if you have some custom elements there.

Navbar with links

To add links in Left or Right part you just need to add the plain <a> tag with additional link class:

<div class="navbar">
    <div class="navbar-inner">
        <div class="left">
            <a href="#" class="link">Left Link</a>
        </div>
        <div class="center">Center</div>
        <div class="right">
            <a href="#" class="link">Right Link</a>
        </div>
    </div>
</div>

Additional link class is not required but recommended, because it adds required link sizes and "active" opacity effect

Multiple links

Nothing extraordinary. Just add more <a class="link" to the required part:

<div class="navbar">
    <div class="navbar-inner">
        <div class="left">
            <a href="#" class="link">Left 1</a>
            <a href="#" class="link">Left 2</a>
        </div>
        <div class="center">Center</div>
        <div class="right">
            <a href="#" class="link">Right 1</a>
        </div>
    </div>
</div>

Links with icons + text

Here comes a little difference. In this case we need to wrap link's text with <span> element. It is required for correct spacing between icon and "word", and for animation:

<div class="navbar">
    <div class="navbar-inner">
        <div class="left">
            <a href="#" class="link">
                <i class="icon icon-back"></i>
                <span>Back</span>
            </a>
        </div>
        <div class="center">Center</div>
        <div class="right">
            <a href="#" class="link">
                <i class="icon icon-bars"></i>
                <span>Menu</span>
            </a>
        </div>
    </div>
</div>

Links with icons only

If need links with icons and without text we need to additional "icon-only" class to links. With this class link will have fixed 44x44 px size so we can't miss it with finger:

<div class="navbar">
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        <div class="left">
            <a href="#" class="link icon-only">
                <i class="icon icon-back"></i>
            </a>
        </div>
        <div class="center">Center</div>
        <div class="right">
            <a href="#" class="link icon-only">
                <i class="icon icon-bars"></i>
            </a>
        </div>
    </div>
</div>

Related App and View methods

If we have initialized View we can use following methods available for Navbar:

                myApp.hideNavbar(navbar)
                Hide specified toolbar.
navbar - HTMLElement or string (with CSS Selector) of required navbar. Required.

                myApp.showNavbar(navbar)
                Show specified toolbar.
navbar - HTMLElement or string (with CSS Selector) of required navbar. Required.

                view.hideNavbar()
                Hide navbar in this View

                view.showNavbar()
                Show navbar in this View

                myApp.sizeNavbars(viewContainer)

 viewContainer - CSS Selector string or HTMLElement. URL of page to load

Call this method to recalculate positional styles for Navbar in selected View. For example: myApp.sizeNavbars('.view-main')

It could be useful after you change some of Navbar elements dynamically.

Used only by iOS theme

And the following example:

var myApp = new Framework7();

var $ = Framework7.$;

var mainView = myApp.addView('.view-main');

$('.hide-navbar').on('click', function () {
    mainView.hideNavbar();
});

$('.show-navbar').on('click', function () {
    mainView.showNavbar();
});

Hide Navbar automatically

Framework7 allows you to hide/show navbar automatically for some Ajax loaded pages where you may not need Navbar. It is useful only when you use through-type layout.

To make it work all you need is to add <srong>"no-navbar"</srong> class to loaded page (<div class="page no-navbar">) and put there empty Navbar:

<!-- Empty Navbar -->
<div class="navbar">
  <div class="navbar-inner">
  </div>
</div>

<!-- Page has additional "no-navbar" class -->
<div data-page="about" class="page no-navbar">
  <div class="page-content">
    <div class="content-block">
      <p><a href="#" class="back button">Go Back</a></p>
      ...
    </div>
  </div>
</div>

Dynamic Navbar Events

If you use Dynamic Navbar in your app then it will also have useful special events.

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Politicians and Their Friends
The Sunday Washington Post has a lengthy story on Terry McAuliffe's highly successful "business" career. McAuliffe, of course, is the longtime Democratic fundraiser and "first friend" of Bill Clinton who is now the Democratic nominee for governor of Virginia.
How did a lifelong political operative make many millions for himself? The Post reviews:
The pitches to potential investors in a new electric-car company have been unabashed about its promise: It will enjoy "billions" in government subsidies and tax credits, will rise to a dominant position in the U.S. electric-car industry and, perhaps most critically, has a politically connected founder with the savvy to make it all happen….
The prospectus, along with other documents reviewed by The Post, shows how GreenTech fits into a pattern of investments in which McAuliffe has used government programs, political connections and access to wealthy investors of both parties in pursuit of big profits for himself.
That formula has made McAuliffe a millionaire many times over, paving the way for a long list of business ventures, including his law firm, from which he resigned in the 1990s after profiting — along with his partners — from fees paid by domestic and foreign clients seeking results from the federal government.
A review of McAuliffe's business history shows him often coming out ahead personally, even if some investments fail or become embroiled in controversy.
Or as McAuliffe told the New York Times:
"I've met all of my business contacts through politics. It's all interrelated," he said. When he meets a new business contact, he went on, "then I raise money from them."
And how did Bill Clinton meet his very good friend? Was it in high school? College? At Oxford? The local Kiwanis Club? No, President Clinton was down in the dumps after his electoral thumping in 1994 and needed to get in gear for his reelection campaign. Harold Ickes, "his politically astute deputy chief of staff," urged him to meet McAuliffe, who had been a fundraiser for President Carter, when he was 23 years old, and Dick Gephardt. McAuliffe quickly recommended renting out the Lincoln Bedroom, and that worked so well that they became fast friends, maybe even "best friends."
An Unconstitutional Tax Bill in Virginia?
My long-ago colleague Norman Leahy, once a young research assistant at the Cato Institute, has an op-ed in the Washington Post today. I wonder where he got the idea that an act of the legislature is invalid just because it violates the state constitution.
"Good Federal Spending" versus Bad Federal Spending
Washington, DC is a company town, and the company is the federal government. Between the executive branch, the Congress, the Supreme Court and all the rent-seekers and hangers-on that come to court power, the city is a veritable petri dish that breeds and nurtures the worst human impulses. Some Cato people live here, too.
February 9, 2012 9:26AM
RTD: 'Insurance Exchange: Just Say No'
Regarding legislation to create an ObamaCare "Exchange" in Virginia, the Richmond Times-Dispatch explains:
Republicans at the General Assembly are falling prey to the fallacy of the false alternative…
'Virginia Shouldn't Enable Federal Takeover of Health Care'
Bart Hinkle has an excellent column in the Richmond Times-Dispatch about why Virginia—and all states—should refuse to create one of Obamacare's health insurance "exchanges":
Any state exchange will have to abide by the Obama administration's directives… If Washington is going to dictate the terms, why should Virginia foot the bill?
December 14, 2011 10:57AM
Va. Gov. McDonnell (Sort of) Takes My Advice, Defers Creating ObamaCare Exchange
In June, I testified in Richmond before Virginia's Joint Commission on Health Care that Virginia should refuse to create one of ObamaCare's health insurance "exchanges":
Why Is Virginia Gov. Robert McDonnell Implementing ObamaCare?
I ask this question in today's Richmond Times-Dispatch:
Bob Gates Against the World
Defense Secretary Robert Gates has again made headlines with a proposal to slow the growth of the Pentagon's budget – already higher than at any point since World War II – by cutting overhead, waste and a top-heavy command structure.
If We Don't Admit That Taxes Are an Issue, Can We Make the Issue Go Away?
The Washington Post devotes most of a page to summarizing the views of Virginia gubernatorial candidates Bob McDonnell and Creigh Deeds on the major issues of the election. (The article seems to have no real headline online, and isn't linked from anywhere obvious, but in the actual paper, it dominates page C4 under the headline "Where do they stand on the issues? A Rundown of Competing 4-Year Agendas for Virginia.")
Battle for Libertarian Voters in Virginia
Almost two months ago I quoted a Washington Post op-ed that said that this fall's gubernatorial race in Virginia would depend on
the all-important independent voters — the disproportionately moderate, young, prosperous, suburban and libertarian-leaning people who typically decide Virginia contests.


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Attempts to intimidate, silence Boston freedom fighter and anti-racist activist prove unsuccessful
By Taraneh Azar for BCN #134
Photo Credit: Nate Lamkin
Amid pending charges following an altercation initiated by a Trump supporter on Dec. 12 in Swampscott, attempts by law enforcement and right-wing agitators to silence local activist and Freedom Fighters Coalition co-founder Ernst "Shimmy" Jean-Jacques have been unsuccessful.
Jean-Jacques, 32, was participating in a counter-protest at a pro-Trump MAGA rally late last year when 80-year-old Linda Greenberg doused him with a water bottle in an incident captured on video. Greenberg and other Trump supporters had been dancing to music when Jean-Jacques had gone to join them, dancing along on the other side of a metal barricade.
"I just realized this lady just threw water in my face, in the middle of a pandemic," explained Jean-Jacques. "I simply swatted the water bottle out of her hand, so she could not follow up again and throw more water in my face. It could have been acid. It could have been anything for all I know."
In that moment, Greenberg, along with surrounding Trump supporters, began exclaiming that Jean-Jacques punched her. Video evidence indicates otherwise.
Jean-Jacques, the only Black man present at the demonstration, was arrested within minutes based on the words of the white pro-Trump protesters.
Immediately following the incident, Swampscott police captain Joseph Kable was recorded on video by Boston activist Hibah Nour stating to Jean-Jacques: "What I heard was that you hit a woman," quickly adding that "other officers saw it" when called out for speculation. Someone who was later identified to me as eyewitness Mary Farrell can be heard in the same video urging repeatedly, "[Jean-Jacques] didn't touch [Greenberg]."
"Shimmy was the victim of a crime, rather than the perpetrator of a crime," explained Murat Erkan, Jean-Jacques' lawyer. "It seems that police and the prosecution are still unwilling to abandon the narrative… of the Black man as aggressor and the white woman as the victim. This is a false narrative. We have video evidence which shows that this is a false narrative."
Systemic racism is intrinsically woven into the fabric of American life and the criminal system is the spearhead. Jean-Jacques was determined guilty until proven innocent from the start.
Jean-Jacques co-founded the Freedom Fighters Coalition (FFC) in June of 2020 in response to the murders of Breonna Taylor, George Floyd and countless other Black Americans at the hands of police. In addition to organizing actions and rallies for racial justice and police accountability in Boston since June, FFC has coordinated mutual aid events and community care initiatives for greater-Boston residents. The collective has advocated for victims of police brutality in Boston like Moses Harris and Christopher Divens as well as hosted NARCAN training sessions and distributions, among other actions. "Shimmy" has dedicated his life to advocacy and empowering Black, Indigenous and people of color.
In a police report, Swampscott officer Brendan Reen noted that he made the arrest based on Trump supporter Diana Ploss' livestream footage that he was watching back at the precinct, citing having seen Jean-Jacques "punching Greenberg with his right fist." Nowhere does the livestream footage reveal a fist, however, and other footage reveals Jean-Jacques' open hand at a distance from Greenberg's person.
This footage, along with the word of other Trump supporters, appears to be Swampscott Police Department's point of reference for Jean-Jacques' arrest based on the police report and video footage of the arrest taken by witnesses.
Swampscott Police Department denied our request for comment.
The people of Swampscott have spoken out against the prosecution and called for an internal police investigation, the results of which were released in late March. Swampscott Police Chief Ron Madigan stated in a press release in January when the investigation was announced: "After watching several videos related to the arrest of Mr. Jacques, I am concerned there may have been opportunities to handle this incident more constructively."
The independent investigation found that involved officers failed to properly carry out the initial and post-arrest investigations, acting in a "disjointed and cursory manner" that was "inconsistent with industry standards and best practices." The contracted firm reported that no one attempted or was directed to interview Jean-Jacques before or after his arrest, that officers failed to properly gather information from witnesses or pass along select relevant information to supervisors and that an officer told Jean-Jacques to "shut the expletive up" when escorting him to the station for booking, among other things.
Although the report concludes that officers had probable cause to arrest Jean-Jacques on Dec. 12, "Video and testimonial evidence suggests that [redacted] actions were precipitated by [redacted] assault of [redacted] in the first instance." The report continues: "Had [redacted] not sprayed [redacted], it is likely that this confrontation could have been avoided."
The firm could not conclude whether Jean-Jacques' civil liberties were violated, writing: "[The firm] defers to Massachusetts Office of the Attorney General, civil rights division for final review."
Despite this, Jean-Jacques is still facing assault and battery charges as Assistant District Attorney Danielle Doherty-Wirwicz signaled her intent to move forward with the case following a pretrial conference in Lynn District Court on Feb. 24.
At the first hearing on Dec. 14, Doherty-Wirwicz attempted to frame Jean-Jacques as a danger to society and requested that he be held until the next hearing — motions which the judge denied.
"We had all this video evidence, and the prosecutor would not even watch the footage. She insisted that Shimmy be held until the next hearing date as a danger to society," said Nate Lamkin, fellow FFC activist and Boston-based photographer who was present on Dec. 12 and has been advocating for Jean-Jacques since. Paraphrasing Doherty-Wirwicz' statements, Lamkin explains "In court [Doherty-Wirwicz] brought up a comparison, saying 'As we would do with a child molestation case, this man clearly can't control his anger and should not be allowed around people over the age of 70 without supervision.'" She also requested that Jean-Jacques be barred from Swampscott. The judge denied these requests.
Jean-Jacques was working in elder care services at the time.
"It's quite blatant that she was coming after Shimmy's livelihood there," added Lamkin. "She just saw a Black man accused of a crime that he didn't commit and tried to push for every possible stipulation that would ruin this man's life. If she couldn't get jail time or have him held, she wanted to have his job. If she couldn't get that she wanted to get him out of Swampscott."
Jean-Jacques has lost his job and health insurance as a result of the charges.
Director of Communications for the Essex District Attorney's Office Carrie Kimball briefly responded to these points upon our request for comment. In an email, she wrote: "Your sources are wrong. We are prohibited from discussing the evidence in a pending criminal matter outside of court. We will continue to try this case in court, not in the media."
Later in a phone call she added: "Your sources said that an assistant district attorney assigned to this case didn't properly review the evidence. I'm saying that's wrong. She did. . . I can assure you, the evidence has been reviewed — all of the evidence has been reviewed."
The evidence in question undermines the accuracy of the police report, however — revealing Jean-Jacques' open hand when officer Reen reported having personally seen a fist in Ploss' livestream video, among other things. Despite this video evidence and the fact that Greenberg has filed no suit or pressed charges against the Boston activist, the prosecution is moving forward with the case.
"Ernst is just not standing up for racial justice, he's standing against hate. The prosecution is currently supporting the criminalization of his efforts. And the support of those who would silence him to me is disheartening to say the least," said Erkan. "The system remains burdened by racism… this is a racist prosecution. This is the way that I view it. And until we're able to call it what it is with a loud and strong voice, it's never going to change."
The next hearing will be on March 29.
Greenberg remained at the rally that day and in another video taken by fellow counter-protester Hannah Connolly, Greenberg admits to a Swampscott police officer: "He was gyrating in front of me and I was getting mad and I did get water on him, I don't want to lie." The officer stops taking Greenberg's statement after she incriminates herself on camera. Greenberg turns to Connolly and says, "Oh, why don't you fuck off… You're not America."
Connolly explained that officers were treating Greenberg as the victim based on her word against that of Jean-Jacques before knowing the full scope of the situation.
"You don't say that someone's a victim before you even know the story, A. You're not even doing your job correctly. B, this woman has admitted that she assaulted someone. Nothing has been done in the situation," explained Connolly. She had encountered Greenberg a number of times previously while protesting pro-Trump rallies. "She would often come and sit down and pretend like she is an innocent person but then just be throwing insults at people. She is not a nice person unless you're on her 'quote unquote' side."
Connolly and Nour both captured videos of altercations between Greenberg, the police and Jean-Jacques throughout the day which have been submitted as evidence supporting his innocence.
"I kept saying to the officer, '[Greenberg]'s standing just fine. No nothing. No marks, nothing," explained Nour. "I am a 5'8" tall woman, and if I had hit her the way she claims that Shimmy punched her, she would have also had damage done to her. So please explain how she's still here. Why is there not an ambulance? There was no explanation."
"I think it's a way to scare us. It's a scare tactic. Attack him, try to silence him to teach the rest a lesson," explained Nour. "This is an attack on the movement itself, the movement being against police brutality, the BLM movement, being outspoken against immigration laws, against racism in general. Islamophobia, transphobia, homophobia, any sort of xenophobic behavior.'"
Greenberg, reached by phone, denied our request for comment. Her lawyer, Richard Chambers Jr., could not be reached for comment after multiple attempts to contact him by phone.
"I honestly think that they're just trying to drag this out as long as they can, until they mentally and financially break me. But that's not gonna happen. I've got too many people that genuinely support me," explained Jean-Jacques.
Jean-Jacques has received death threats and been the target of countless racist remarks from neo-Nazis and alt-right Ploss-adjacents. Many social media users have threatened to attack, assault and brutally harm him, harping on details which deserve no further mention. Jean-Jacques described the remarks as being "on some Emmett Till stuff," a nod to the brutally racist nature of these threats which draw parallels to the horrific lynching of 14-year-old Till in Mississippi in 1955.
Economic hardship, threats to personal safety and repeated attempts to intimidate and silence Jean-Jacques have not stopped him from organizing actions and mutual aid events for his community.
"The government will never, ever, ever, ever help us out with the problems that we need help with. Just seeing how the system is doing me, I'm like, 'Oh, yeah, this system has their priorities, and we're not at the top of the list.' So what I can't do is I can't end hunger, I can't end poverty, I can't end homelessness. What I can do is I can use my time and my energy, and resources that I have available to me and I can give back," explained Jean-Jacques. "We're gonna keep doing this mutual aid thing. We try to give back to all of the community fridges that are in the Boston area and the greater Boston area. We just try to give back. That's it, because we're literally all we got."
The Freedom Fighters Coalition can be found every Friday at 6 p.m. on Atkinson Street in the South End serving food and distributing supplies to community members.
"Swampscott, Halifax, Arlington, some of these towns are far from Boston. Some of them are right next door, but there's hatred, and bigotry and nastiness in all of these towns. We can no longer sit back,'" explained Jean-Jacques. "If I've got to be the beacon, if I've got to be the martyr," he added, "I'll take the responsibility because it has to happen."
Boston Compass
Taraneh Azar


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Custos of the Holy Land
Giacomo Pizzi19 November 2010
The head of ATS Pro Terra Sancta is de jure the Custos of the Holy Land. P. Pierbattista Pizzaballa OFM is the head of the Custody of the Holy Land, the Franciscan province in the Middle East. He is called a custos ("custodian") because in 1342, the Pope entrusted the Franciscans of his province with the preservation of Christian holy sites in the Holy Land. The custos is appointed by the General Definitorium of the Franciscan Order of Friars Minor, and approved by the Holy Seat in accordance with the Pontifical Statues
The current Custos of the Holy Land is Father Pierbattista Pizzaballa OFM. He is one of the youngest heads of the Custody of the Holy Land in the history of the Franciscan Order of Friars Minor.
Pierbattista Pizzaballa was born in Cologno al Serio (Bergamo, Italy) on April 21, 1965. In Emilia-Romagna (Italy), he got to know the Franciscans of the Christ the King Province. After high school, he joined the noviciate in La Verna (Arezzo, Italy) in 1984 and made his Solemn Profession on October 14, 1989. In September 1990, he was named a priest.
Pierbattista Pizzaballa studied theologie at the Pontificio Ateneo Antonianum in Rome. In 1990, he came to the Holy Land. He completed his studies in theology in Jerusalem, receiving a degree, and a he completed a course of study in Biblical studies at the Studium Biblicum Franciscanum. P. Pizzaballa also learned modern Hebrew and took courses in Semitic languages at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem from 1995 to 1999.
Since 1998, P. Pierbattista Pizzaballa OFM has been a professor of Biblical Hebrew and Judaism at the Studium Biblicum Franciscanum and at the Studium Theologicum Jerosolymitanum. In 1995, together with P. Massimo Pazzini OFM, he published the Rite of Mass in Hebrew and also translated other liturgical texts into Hebrew for the Hebrew-speaking Catholic community.
P. Pizzaballa was the vicar of the Hebrew-speaking Catholic community and is now the episcopal vicar of the Latin Patriarchate in Jerusalem for Hebrew-speaking Catholics in Israel. In 2001, he became the head of the Convent of Saints Simeon and Anna in Jerusalem
In 2004, P. Pierbattista Pizzaballa OFM was elected as Custos of the Holy Land for a six-year term.
In the Custody of the Holy Land, P. Pierbattista Pizzaballa is also head of the commission for evangelization and member of the commission on Judaism and Islam.


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How Many World Series Have the Mets Won?
Walter Mittyon March 16, 2021 October 7, 2021 4 Comments on How Many World Series Have the Mets Won?
The New York Mets have won two World Series, in 1969 and in 1986.
In addition to those championships, the Mets have played in three other Fall Classics, all losses: 1973, 2000, and 2015.
Here is a rundown of each of those Mets teams and the World Series they appeared in.
1969 World Series – New York Mets over Baltimore Orioles (4 games to 1)
After a woeful beginning to their history as an expansion team in 1962, the Mets shocked the world in 1969 to win the first-ever National League East division crown. Led by manager Gil Hodges, budding stars like Tommie Agee, and a young pitching staff that included Tom Seaver, Jerry Koosman, and Nolan Ryan, the Mets then took down the Atlanta Braves in the first National League Championship Series, three games to none.
That set up a matchup against the heavily favored Baltimore Orioles, but the Amazin' Mets kept their amazing streak going, downing the O's in five games to take their first ever championship.
1973 World Series – Oakland A's over New York Mets (4 games to 3)
Despite putting up a pedestrian 82-79 record in the regular season, the Mets again took the NL East in 1973 before beating the Cincinnati Reds in a tough five-game NLCS. Then they took the defending World Series champions, the Oakland A's, the full seven games before losing the final game of the Fall Classic by a 5-2 margin.
1986 World Series – New York Mets over Boston Red Sox (4 games to 3)
The Mets were clearly the best team in the game in 1986, fashioning a sterling 108-54 record thanks to superstar seasons from Dwight Gooden, Darryl Strawberry, Gary Cater, Keith Hernandez, and a constellation of other big names. They took care of the Houston Astros, four games to two, in the NLCS, before matching up with the Boston Red Sox in a thrilling seven-game World Series. The famous error by Bill Buckner in Game 6 gave the Mets new life when it looked like their season was over, and they won Game 7 handily, 8-5, to capture their second title.
2000 World Series – New York Yankees over New York Mets (4 games to 1)
The 2000 Mets didn't win their division, but thanks to the Wild Card, they made the playoffs. There, they beat the San Francisco Giants (3-1) in the NL Division Series and the St. Louis Cardinals (4-1) in the NLCS to set up the first Subway Series since 1956. Alas, the 2000 affair felt like old times — the New York Yankees handled their crosstown rivals, four games to one, to win their third straight World Series.
2015 World Series – Kansas City Royals over New York Mets (4 games to 1)
After a 90-72 regular season netted them a division title, the 2015 Royals won their NLDS matchup with the Los Angeles Dodgers, three games to two. The Mets then swept the Chicago Cubs in the NLCS in four games before falling to the Kansas City Royals in the World Series, four games to one.
Other Postseason Appearances
In addition to those five World Series appearances, the Mets have landed postseason berths on four other occasions.
In 1988, they won the NL East division crown before falling to the Dodgers in the NLCS, four games to three.
In 1999, the Mets finished second in the East but made the playoffs as a Wild Card. There, they defeated the Arizona Diamondbacks (3-1) in the NLDS before falling to the division rival Atlanta Braves (4-1) in the NLCS.
In 2006, New York won the NL East and then swept the Dodger (3-0) in the NLDS before falling to the Cardinals in the NLCS (4-3).
In 2016, the Mets again made the playoffs as a Wild Card but dropped a one-game play-in to the San Francisco Giants.
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[INFO] --- maven-dependency-plugin:2.1:sources (install) @ my-app ---

Why does it get stuck? When i press control-c, why does it perform rest of the steps? How can i fix it?

A: Try using start instead of run-war.
From javadoc on org\eclipse\jetty\jetty-maven-plugin\9.3.0.M2\jetty-maven-plugin-9.3.0.M2.jar!\org\eclipse\jetty\maven\plugin\AbstractJettyMojo.nonblocking

Determines whether or not the server blocks when started. The default behavior (false) will cause the server to pause other processes while it continues to handle web requests. This is useful when starting the server with the intent to work with it interactively. This is the behaviour of the jetty:run, jetty:run-war, jetty:run-war-exploded goals.
If true, the server will not block the execution of subsequent code. This is the behaviour of the jetty:start and default behaviour of the jetty:deploy goals.

A: So in order to start the jetty add run:
<goals>
     <goal>stop</goal>
        <goal>start</goal>
</goals>

And the whole:
<plugin>
    <groupId>org.eclipse.jetty</groupId>
    <artifactId>jetty-maven-plugin</artifactId>
    <version>9.2.10.v20150310</version>
    <configuration>
        <war>webapp/target/MyWar.war</war>
        <stopKey>fooKey</stopKey>
        <stopPort>8081</stopPort>
        <stopWait>1</stopWait>
        <httpConnector>
            <port>8888</port>
        </httpConnector>
    </configuration>
    <executions>
        <execution>
            <id>start-jetty</id>
            <phase>pre-integration-test</phase>
            <goals>
                <goal>stop</goal>
                <goal>start</goal>
            </goals>
            <configuration>
                <scanIntervalSeconds>0</scanIntervalSeconds>
                <daemon>true</daemon>
                <stopKey>STOP</stopKey>
                <stopPort>8866</stopPort>
            </configuration>
        </execution>
        <execution>
            <id>stop-jetty</id>
            <phase>post-integration-test</phase>
            <goals>
                <goal>stop</goal>
            </goals>
            <configuration>
                <scanIntervalSeconds>0</scanIntervalSeconds>
                <daemon>true</daemon>
                <stopKey>STOP</stopKey>
                <stopPort>8866</stopPort>
            </configuration>
        </execution>
    </executions>
</plugin>

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