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CBLDF's First Case, 30 Years Later
by Casey Gilly • November 18, 2016 • Comments Off on CBLDF's First Case, 30 Years Later
Omaha the Cat Dancer by Reed Waller
Thirty years ago today, the purchase of just 15 comic books would spark a chain of events that would ignite an ongoing fight for free expression across the entire industry. As CBLDF celebrates 30 years with a soon-to-end auction of original art from our very first benefit portfolio, we take a look back.
One young man, the manager of an unassuming comic book store in Lansing, Illinois, would be arrested and face charges for displaying obscene material. He life was shattered. For doing his job he was now facing prison time, fines, and the permanent stigma that came from being labeled a pornographer. With an outpouring of support from the comics community, he would receive funds toward his trial. What remained after his defense became the financial foundation for an organization that knew it must stand against threats to the First Amendment: the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund.
That young man was Michael Correa, the retail manager of comic book store Friendly Frank's. On November 18, 1986, two officers entered the store and purchased comics from Correa, including Omaha the Cat Dancer, Heavy Metal, and Weirdo. Obviously, they didn't like what they read, as six officers returned the next month to raid Friendly Frank's and drag off Correa in handcuffs for the display of obscene materials.
Unpublished Weirdo #18 Cover by R Crumb
Shop owner Frank Mangiaracina took action, reaching out to other retailers and publishers for help, among them Denis Kitchen, publisher of Kitchen Sink Press. Together, they rallied a group of comics creators including Sergio Aragones, Hilary Barta, Reed Waller, Stephen Bissette, Bob Burden, Richard Corben, Robert Crumb, Howard Cruse, Will Eisner, Frank Miller, Mitch O'Connell and Don Simpson, and Eric Vincent to create a portfolio intended to raise money for Correa's defense. In the aftermath of Correa's defense, Kitchen founded the CBLDF and acted as its president for nearly 20 years until 2004, starting a legacy of liberty for the comics community.
While the anniversary of Correa's traumatic arrest isn't something to celebrate, the swift, generous actions of his community inspired the founding of the CBLDF — and protecting freedom, defending against unconstitutional legislation are worth celebrating. For the past three decades, comics creators, publishers, and fans continue to keep our legacy going, a legacy that began with seeing injustice and rallying to fight back.
We spoke with Kitchen about the impact of the arrest on Correa, the initial acts of generosity that provided for Correa's defense, and the lasting legacy of this fateful day in comics history.
What can you tell me about the day of Michael's arrest? How did you find out, and what were your and Michael's reactions?
Artwork by Hilary Barta and Mitch O'Connell
Kitchen: In December 1986 Frank Mangiaracina called me and said Michael had been busted by local Lansing cops. I was stunned, mainly because he hadn't apparently done anything wrong, such as selling an inappropriate title to a minor. He was charged with displaying obscene material. What especially shocked me was the titles the cops found obscene: Heavy Metal, Crumb's Weirdo, Omaha the Cat Dancer, and Bizarre Sex. A few weeks later they went in again and added Richard Corben's The Bodyssey, Elektra: Assassin, Love & Rockets, and even Ms. Tree and ElfQuest to the list of charges. These comics, to be sure, contained erotic elements, though barely so in some cases.
He was this young guy, working in a comics shop–do you think he had any idea that his job would lead to the arrest?
Kitchen: I highly doubt it. Ordinarily managing a comics shop is a low-risk job.
Was there any warning that this could happen? Did you or Michael know these were potential consequences?
Kitchen: According to Frank there had been no warning, and Michael was shocked when he was arrested. No one had anticipated that selling a wide variety of comics to consenting adults would lead to consequences, including a fine and possible jail time.
How did you get involved? And what was it about this case that led to taking larger action?
Kitchen: I was the publisher of several of the titles, including Omaha the Cat Dancer by Reed Waller and Kate Worley. That long-running series, which began in Bizarre Sex, was effectively an erotic soap opera comic. There were long passages and entire issues without any sexual content, and when there was sexual content it was in a literary and plot context. Omaha had been widely praised by critics and fans, such as Neil Gaiman, and it had probably the highest female comics readership at the time. It was by no means obscene. So to be told that an important series like Omaha was illegal even to display in a neighboring state just boiled my inner furnace.
"Censortivity" by Stephen Bissette
The next thing that pissed me off was when I read the local newspaper account of the bust. One of the Lansing police officers, Sgt. Jack Hoestra, said he found the busted comics not just obscene but products of the Devil himself. The Gary Post-Tribune quoted the officer saying, "Oh yes, there was absolutely a lot of satanic influence in the comics there. If you know what you're looking for, you can see the satanic influence all over. Three-quarters of the rock groups today show satanic influence, and it's all over the television." It just totally floored me that police officers with this kind of world view could quickly ruin a business enterprise and a man's career.
How did he decide to take legal action to defend himself? And how did he respond?
Kitchen: Michael didn't personally take action. Frank hired a local attorney to defend Michael. The attorney assured them that it was an "open and shut case" that they would win easily. But in January 1988 Circuit Court Judge Paul Foxgrover found Michael guilty on thirteen charges brought against him. Michael was fined $750 and placed under one year court supervision. Michael, I think, was fearful that local headlines about obscenity had ruined his and his family's reputation. He gave notice to Frank right after his conviction, and Frank said he spent an hour talking Michael out of quitting on the spot. It didn't help that Judge, Foxgrover advised Michael from the bench that it was "inadvisable to keep working in the store." In an ironic twist, Foxgrover himself plead guilty a few years later to forgery and stealing fines he imposed on defendants and was sentenced to six years in state prison.
This wasn't the first time someone in comics had been prosecuted — but it was the first time the community organized to create a support network. What was it about Michael's situation that inspired that?
Mr. Krupp by Denis Kitchen
Kitchen: Frank felt he and his attorney had the situation under control. But after Michael's conviction, everything changed for me. It was a dangerous precedent for a retailer to be charged and convicted for simply displaying comic books and magazines that a fanatical cop found personally offensive. I felt something had to be done, starting with appealing the case. Since Frank had already paid out of pocket for legal help that may not have been competent, I felt it wasn't fair for him to pay for a much more costly appeal. So I organized a portfolio to raise funds for what I called the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, not knowing at the time that it would become a permanent organization or a 501 (c) 3 non-profit. I quickly went through my Rolodex and contacted artists like Frank Miller, Robert Crumb, Reed Waller, and Richard Corben, whose titles had been part of the Friendly Frank's bust. But I also reached out to artists who would likely never be busted, such as Will Eisner, Sergio Aragones, and others, including myself. Thirteen artists in all donated art for the plates, and each agreed to sign 250 of the most expensive edition. Kitchen Sink's printer agreed to print the portfolio at cost, most distributors waived a mark-up, and fans reacted with enthusiasm: the 1,500 portfolios instantly sold out. I reached out to Burton Joseph, a prominent First Amendment attorney in Chicago, who agreed to take on the appeal. His services weren't cheap, but the fund could pay him, and in November 1989 the Appellate Court in Chicago overruled Correa's conviction.
Unpublished Ronin #4 cover by Frank Miller
I originally saw the fund-raising effort as a one time mission, to overturn the Friendly Frank's case. But funds remained from the portfolio sales and other contributions, and industry support had been so positive at all levels—fans, retailers, publishers, creators—that I decided the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund should continue. Burt agreed to stay on retainer. I created a board of directors, including Frank and other early supporters. What we soon found is that there were cases similar to Michael and Frank's in other parts of the country that would likely have been unknown outside their respective communities. But with the CBLDF as an umbrella organization and with growing national press the organization was able to defend many other retailers and other victims of First Amendment abuse. I'm extremely gratified to see that the organization, nearly three decades later, is stronger and more capable than ever.
You can bid on some of the original art from the benefit portfolio that Kitchen assembled to fun Correa's defense, but act now! The auction ends around 11:45 a.m. PST! View the pieces and bid here.
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Q: Prove ths sum of $\small\sqrt{x^2-2x+16}+\sqrt{y^2-14y+64}+\sqrt{x^2-16x+y^2-14y+\frac{7}{4}xy+64}\ge 11$ Let $x,y\in R$.show that
$$\color{crimson}{f(x,y)=\sqrt{x^2-2x+16}+\sqrt{y^2-14y+64} + \sqrt{x^2-16x+y^2-14y+\frac{7}{4}xy+64} \ge 11}$$
Everything I tried has failed so far.use Computer found this inequality   $\color{blue}=$ iff only if $\color{blue}{x=2,y=6}$
Here is one thing I tried, but obviously didn't work.
$$f(x,y)=\sqrt{(x-1)^2+15}+\sqrt{(y-7)^2+15}+\sqrt{(x-8)^2+(y-7)^2+\dfrac{7}{4}xy-49}$$
Thanks in advance

A: For convenience, we make the translation $x=2+a$ and $y=6+b$, so that the equality case is $a=b=0$. Then the expression to bound is:
$$\sqrt{(a+1)^2+15}+\sqrt{(b-1)^2+15}+\sqrt{\frac{7}{8}(a+b)^2+\frac{1}{8}(a-6)^2+\frac{1}{8}(b+6)^2} $$
Now recall the following form of Cauchy-Schwarz for $n$ nonnegative variables $x_1, \cdots, x_n$:
$$\sqrt{n(x_1+\cdots+x_n)}=\sqrt{(1+\cdots+1)(x_1+\cdots+x_n)}\ge \sqrt{x_1}+\cdots+\sqrt{x_n}$$
with equality iff $x_1=\cdots=x_n$. We use this three times, keeping in mind the equality case $a=b=0$:
$$\sqrt{(a+1)^2+15}=\frac{1}{4}\sqrt{16((a+1)^2+15)}\ge \frac{1}{4}(|a+1|+15)$$
$$\sqrt{(b-1)^2+15}=\frac{1}{4}\sqrt{16((b-1)^2+15)}\ge \frac{1}{4}(|b-1|+15)$$
$$\sqrt{\frac{7}{8}(a+b)^2+\frac{1}{8}(a-6)^2+\frac{1}{8}(b+6)^2}\ge \frac{1}{4}\sqrt{2((a-6)^2+(b+6)^2)}\ge \frac{1}{4}(|a-6|+|b+6|)$$
Now since $|a-6|+|a+1|\ge 7$ and $|b+6|+|b-1|\ge 7$ by the triangle inequality, the expression must be at least $\frac{15}{2}+\frac{7}{2}=11$, as required.

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Mehul Choksi (left) and Nirav Modi are at the centre of the $2 billion PNB fraud.
Mumbai: Authorities have been directed to demolish the "illegal" bungalow of PNB fraud accused Nirav Modi situated in Alibaug, a Maharashtra minister said Tuesday, days after the Bombay high court pulled up the state government for not taking action against it.
Environment minister Ramdas Kadam gave the demolition order after presiding over a review meeting on illegal bungalows built in Raigad. District collector Vijay Suryawanshi was also present in the meeting held at the state secretariat.
According to Suryawanshi, one of the "illegal" bungalows in the district belongs to Gitanjali Gems Ltd promoter Mehul Choksi, uncle of Nirav Modi and a co-accused in the PNB fraud, but there was a court stay on its demolition, along with some other unauthorised buildings.
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The government will also write to the Enforcement Directorate (ED), which has attached Nirav Modi's bungalow as part of its probe into the PNB fraud, seeking permission for the demolition.
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A number of years ago I attended a workshop conducted by Kym Nadebaum in which he shared an approach to storytelling using a combination of stills, audio and video. The group utilised tools such as iMovie, Garageband, Audacity and others. It was most enjoyable.
I was quite familiar with the tools yet it was simply a great opportunity to meet up with other teachers from across Australia and New Zealand. Had a thoroughly good time. Kym Nadebaum is a great presenter and a dedicated educator.
I produced a short clip about my father Francis Xavier Larkin Snr, a former prisoner of war. I include it below. Download the clip.
Tomorrow I am giving a presentation as part of the Thinking Globally, Delivering Locally VC Seminars being jointly conducted by the Macquarie ICT Innovations Centre at Macquarie University and the New South Wales Department of Education and Training.
As they point out on their web site the Macquarie ICT Innovations Centre is hosting the seminars to provide regional and isolated schools with access to innovative technologies. I received an invitation from Anne-Maree Moore, Project Manager Collaborative Technologies at the centre to participate in the Thinking Globally seminars.
The focus of my presentation is Getting Started with Web 2.0 Technologies. During the course of the presentation regarding classroom implementation of Web 2.0 technologies I plan to emphasise three points.
1. Choose an aspect of the curriculum with which you hold a passion.
2. Choose an online tool with which you feel comfortable or 'clicks' for you.
3. Steer a simple, straightforward path at the outset.
Why do I give this advice? By following these simple rules of thumb a teacher new to technology will be able to ease themselves into the process gently. Being familiar with the curriculum component enables the teacher to focus on the implementation and the technology. Selecting a technology that they are comfortable with serves to ease the burden with the actual implementation. A simple beginning provides a a practical and commonsensical framework for the implementation to be effected.
I base this on experience, pure and simple. It may not have been Web 2.0 but back in 1992-1993 the tool that clicked for me was Apple's HyperCard. I was given a quick demo of HyperCard by Dr John Hedberg, during a promotional presentation for a new course being offered by the University of Wollongong. John was teaching at the Faculty of Education at the university and he was a member of the famous Interactive Multimedia Learning Laboratory, now EmLab. John is now Professor and Head of the School of Education at Macquarie University.
John's demo of HyperCard in addition to the other components of the presentation convinced me to enrol in the Graduate Certificate of History Education at the UOW. In addition to the pedagogical components the course included a technology subject that introduced the students to multimedia programming and educational technologies. It was brilliant. It changed my life.
I chose an area of the curriculum that held my passion. The Pacific War. In particular the unit on Australian prisoners of war. My late father, Francis Xavier Larkin Snr, had been a guest of the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) across various parts of Asia from January 1942 through to August 1945. My father had shared with me his letters, photographs, relics, maps and other documents from that period. This was an area that fascinated me, personally and professionally. I created a curriculum matrix at the time.
I scanned the documents using an Apple Scanner, a Mac Classic and a HyperCard stack that acted as the interface. I created a HyperCard stack that incorporated the documents and my father's recollections that I had recorded on to cassette tape and then later digitised on the Mac. I bought a Mac LCIII.
Main menu of the Prisoner of War HyperCard stack.
Entry point for Photographs 1940 to 1942.
Photograph of my father taken in 1944 by the IJA. Clicking on the play button allowed the listener to hear my father's thoughts regarding the photograph.
HyperCard was an excellent tool. It introduced programming to the masses. Once I had figured out the navigation and the 'stack map' developing the stack, card by card, was straightforward. It was an enjoyable process and provided myself with a real sense of achievement. When it was completed I placed it on a server at school with the help of two colleagues, Ken Orrock and David Emery.
My Year Nine students could access it to complete a number of activities. They were amused by the fact that they were attending History lessons in the computer laboratory. During subsequent years I wore a second hat at school and taught students how to create HyperCard stacks as part of their Design and Technology course. I made other stacks on Kite Flying, the Iceman and a simple game about the end of the world called Hunger City. That stack taught students about the importance of collecting appropriate evidence when creating a historical argument.
I actually racked my brain repeatedly for a topic that I could use as the foundation for my first HyperCard stack. Various topics crossed my mind. One evening when I was going through my father's relics it dawned on me. My father's wartime experiences were the perfect topic. I had an interest in the topic and by scanning the letters, relics and photographs and by creating the stack I was able to share the relics with the students without fear that the original relics would be lost or damaged. The students could access the materials on the server via the stack. It was a great solution. I have since created a web site that feature my father's relics.
So, my journey into educational technology began with a topic for which I had a passion, a piece of technology that clicked and a reasonably straightforward beginning. It was a good experience. I enjoyed it. The students enjoyed it. It reinvigorated my passion for education. I had reached a point in my career where I was basically teaching within a reasonably secure comfort zone. That HyperCard stack took me outside my comfort zone and set me on a journey that continues to this day.
Well, time has passed and not long back I wished to set up some blogs for my middle secondary History students. What steps did I take?
First of all I did some investigation. I began with a simple Teacher~Class blog in which problems and questions were posed by myself and the students responded via comments. I utilised Blogger as the tool. I would utilise eduBlogs now.
Actually, thinking back I had a blog of my own for a while before creating a teacher-class blog. By working with my own blog I gradually understood how they worked. I gained an understanding of the positive characteristics of the blog and also the pitfalls.
Then, how about blogs for each student? This was a significant task. I considered some of the educational blogging services but discovered, for example, that once I had exceeded 50 student blogs, that fees kicked in for the school. In other cases there was a lack of control. How could one set up multiple student blogs? Well this is how I did it. This time.
I wanted my middle secondary students to compose online diaries as if they were living through the Great Depression and/or the Second World War. I explored some blogging possibilities and I went with Blogger. I set up the Blogger accounts for each student. That took up some time. I created a simple initial welcome post in each blog.
I created a sample blog that illustrated the sort of product that I would like to see the students begin with as they started blogging. I was then hoping that they would become more creative as they proceeded with the blog. The next day in class I asked the students to list their student email accounts in turn in a spreadsheet. I showed them the sample blog and how they would need to post a blog entry. I invited each student to pick a template for their blog as well. I invited each student to be an author of their blog. I would be the administrator.
The following day I had booked the students (two separate classes) into two separate computer labs at school to begin blogging. There were some technical problems but all of that was sorted and a subsequent visit was more fruitful. The holidays then intervened. I was away as well and now that the fourth term has commenced I shall encourage the students to start blogging again. I have a role to play there.
I am notified of each blog post via a RSS newsreader. Comments will come to me via email for vetting. Just for now I just wish to see the students enjoying the process of creatively writing via a different medium. They understand why I have set up these safeguards. The students began their blogging with mixed results and about a dozen have really sunk their teeth into the project. many of the students have only made one post. Squeezing this project within the normal programming of the subject is challenging but I am getting there, gradually. I have added some screen shots below.
From a historical perspective it is interesting as the blog entries are sprinkled with dating errors, anachronisms and other anomalies. They provide a source of fruitful analysis when the students share their blogs in class.
Web 2.0 links and resources: Here you will find online guides and resources for applications and tools as diverse as Twitter, Second Life, Wikis and more. There are links to classroom blogs, wikis, Second Life sites, teacher blogs and a variety of advice from educators near and far. I have just updated the list with additional Nings and Twitter resources.
How to guides. This page is chock-a-block full of pdf guides to blogs, wikis, Twitter, RSS feeds, Posterous and much more. Feel free to download and use these guides. Worpdress has just been updated so that guide is a little out of date. I have also added these resources to my home page.
Blogrolls. These are some of the blogs that I read some of the time, not all of the time. This needs updating. Need to import my latest OPML file into Google Reader.
I have also uploaded four rough edits of an interview recorded by Nanyang Technological University. Four questions were answered.
Click on each question to view the relevant video. You will need to ensure you have Quicktime installed.
How can teachers and students exploit Web 2.0 technologies for teaching and learning?
How can teachers benefit from web 2.0 technologies?
How can students benefit from web 2.0 technologies?
Remember, before embarking on a dedicated implementation of technology as part of your curriculum consider your existing workload and the demands that are made upon your time on a daily basis. Some time is required to make changes to your programming and the strategies that you employ in your teaching. Allowing for this time should not be a burden.
Choose a part of the curriculum which holds a particular interest for you. Select a technology that clicks for you. Do not re-invent the wheel. If other colleagues or teachers elsewhere have also established similar implementations within the curriculum then drop them a line and seek their advice or assistance. Perhaps you could collaborate. Take small steps, one after the other. A simple, straightforward path. Nothing too extravagant or burdensome.
And something I have neglected… tap into the skills of your students. Allow the students to assist as appropriate. Empower the students.
The journey should be pleasant. An opportunity or professional growth. An opportunity to stretch. An opportunity to be observed in a different light by your peers and your students.
What steps have you taken in the past? What steps will you take in the future? Please share them below if you wish by adding a comment.
A few days ago our school held a Cross Country event at a nearby sporting and recreational complex. It is situated on a massive area of land. The students were able to participate in 6km and 3km events. I arrived about 8.30AM and noticed that the moon stood out in the clear blue sky in the west. I pointed my camera at the moon, allowed for autofocus and took a photograph. I used a Nikon D70 with a telephoto lens.
That night I duplicated the photo, adjusted the levels to provide some contrast and a deeper blue sky. I applied a little Unsharp Mask to make the moon appear a little more crisp. A cropped copy of the finished result is visible below. I have not enlarged the moon. The original image is available here. A cropped 800 x 600 copy is here. I was surprised that the camera and the telephoto lens could capture the moon so well without a tripod and longer exposure.
Note the mark in the upper right hand corner of the original? A speck of dust on the sensor which has eluded all efforts to remove it. I use a tool or two in Photoshop Elements to remove the dust artefact from the photograph if it is an issue. I do not think I shall buy a D-SLR again. The dust is a nightmare despite all my best efforts to keep the camera dust free when changing lenses.
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Q: PHP API stdClass value I've being searching arround, but i couldn't find anything yet
Im using and API in my php code similar to this:
Array(
    [randomName] => stdClass Object (
        [id] => 412
        [key] => NameKey
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    )
)

I need some help with this, how can I get the [key], since the [randomName] it's a random name that the developer used?
This has 124 values like this:
Array(
    [randomName] => stdClass Object (
        [id] => 412
        [key] => NameKey1
        [name] => Name 1
        [title] => some title
    )
    [something] => stdClass Object (
        [id] => 412
        [key] => NameKey2
        [name] => Name 2
        [title] => some title
    )
    [othename] => stdClass Object (
        [id] => 412
        [key] => NameKey3
        [name] => Name 3
        [title] => some title
    )
    [otherthing] => stdClass Object (
        [id] => 412
        [key] => NameKey4
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    [somethingelse] => stdClass Object (
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        [key] => NameKey5
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    )
)

I need to get all the [key] to an array but I don't know how I'm going to get inside the [randomName].
Any one knows?

A: Not seeing the problem, but,
Random name is the key in the array, and key in the object is a property so:
$newList = array();
foreach ($values as $ramdomName => $object) {
   $newList[] = $object->key;
}


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Home » Football » Poll reaction: Morecambe hit the big time with premier pie offering
Poll reaction: Morecambe hit the big time with premier pie offering
James Curtis | 02.03.2015
Next time you're about to sink your teeth into a sub-standard pastry dish at a football ground – don't!
You don't have to put up with flavourless, lukewarm, stodgy pies with more pastry than filling and no-one is proving this more than the folks at the Globe Arena.
That is according to the latest Ladbrokes poll, which saw Morecambe FC win by an absolute landslide when we asked you which British club sells the best pies.
To be fair, with a wide variety of fillings – from Ham & Leek to Apple, Blackberry & Elderflower – and recognition from the British Pie Awards in the shape of Gold and Bronze awards it's perhaps not surprising to see the Shrimps take a whopping 43 per cent of the vote!
Liverpool, who are said to do a mean Balti chicken pie, came second with 17 per cent of the vote and the same number of people said none of our named clubs deserved the accolade!
Burnley picked up a commendable 13 per cent of the vote and earned a special mention for price with their tasty treats costing considerably less than the £4 hot dogs seen across the south of the country.
West Brom and Fulham, however, didn't fare too well despite both boasting award-winning pies.
The Baggies picked up first, second and third prize in the 2013 British Pie Awards but took just seven per cent of our vote while the Cottagers, whose Steak & Ale offering is supposedly Silver award standard, brought up the rear with a paltry three per cent.
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Sonam Kapoor relates to a film family and she herself is a renowned actress of Indian film industry. Sonam Kapoor was born on 9th June 1985 and Sonam Kapoor Age is about 32 years till the article written (2017). in the Bombay suburb of Chembur. Her father Anil Kapoor is an actor and producer. Her mother Sunita is a former model and designer. She has two younger siblings, one sister who is a film producer and one brother Harshavardhana. Sonam Kapoor's father Anil Kapoor is a famous Indian Bollywood superstar and every Indian knows him.
In Sonam's childhood, her family went to Juhu suburb to live. She received primary education from the Arya Vidya Mandir School, Juhu, where the teachers described her as a bubbly and mischievous girl. Sonam was interested in playing basketball since childhood and in childhood she also learned Kathak classical music and Latin dance. Sonam Kapoor has always been thanking her teachers. Sonam Kapoor is very pretty bollywood actress and she is very good in nature. She loves parties and spend time with her friends.
Sonam Kapoor did the first job by becoming a waitress at the age of 15, but her job lasted only for 1 week. Subsequently, Sonam Kapoor entered United World College of South East Asia in Singapore, where she practiced theater and arts. After this, she started the course of Economical and Political Science along with Mumbai University.
After returning from East London University, she received Bachelor Degree in this subjects but shortly after starting, she returned to Mumbai. In fact, Sonam Kapoor wanted to become director and writer and she also expressed the desire to work as a "crew member" in the film. On the recommendation of her father, director Sanjay Leela Bhansali also made her his assistant.
Sonam Kapoor has also worked as Assistant Director in the film 'Black', directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali in 2005. After this, she entered Bollywood films from Bhansali's romantic drama "Saawariya" (2007). In the film, the people also appreciated her performance. She has also been nominated for Best Debut Actress Award for the film. She has received the "Stardust Superstar of Tomorrow" award for the film.
In 2009, her second film "Delhi 6" with Abhishek Bachchan received a brilliant review, and this film made her one of the famous Bollywood actress. In 2009, Sonam was named the "best dressed celebrity" by Peoples Magazine Sonam's pics in Saree and Bikini were also very popular at that time. Year 2010 proved to be a turning point for Sonam's career, this year she gave two hits, including "I Hate Love Story" and "Ayesha". These films included them in the list of superstar actresses. In 2012, she was also included in the list of famous 100 Indian celebrities of Forbes India based on her income and fame.
After several commercially unsuccessful films, the 2013 superhit film 'Ranjana' proved to be a turning point in her career, and in view of her performance in the film, she was awarded many awards and also nominated for film fare award. After this she appeared in the 2014 romantic comedy film Khoobsurat and then in the 2015 comedy drama Dolly Ki Doli. She was nominated for the Filmfare Best Actress Award for both of these films.
After this, in the super hit Melodrama film Prem Ratan Dhan Payo with Salman Khan, she played the role of a princess, which is one of Bollywood's highest grossing films. In the year 2016, Neerja, based on the life of Neerja Bhanot, got her the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actress and National Film Award for the film. This film is also one of the highest grossing films of Bollywood's female actresses.
Sonam Kapoor also performs many social functions and is also making the women aware about breast cancer. In the media she is said to be a female with vocal personality, while the girls consider her one of Bollywood's most fashionable actresses. Currently Sonam Kapoor has been associated with prestigious brands. Sonam Kapoor is one of the industry's highest-paid actresses and winning actresses. She has been honored with the Filmfare and National Film Award till date.
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INdAM Workshop
Geometric Challenges in Isogeometric Analysis
January 27‐31, 2020 — Rome, Italy
The workshop aims at an intensive but informal interaction between international experts in numerical analysis, applied geometry and related fields, with a special focus on geometric aspects in isogeometric analysis and spline spaces on unstructured meshes.
Carla Manni (University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy)
Hendrik Speleers (University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy)
Tor Dokken (SINTEF, Norway)
Bert Jüttler (Johannes Kepler University, Austria)
Jörg Peters (University of Florida, USA)
Xiaoping Qian (University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA)
Ulrich Reif (Darmstadt University of Technology, Germany)
Giancarlo Sangalli (University of Pavia, Italy)
Tatyana Sorokina (Towson University, USA)
Jessica Zhang (Carnegie Mellon University, USA)
Daniele Fakhoury (University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy)
Carlotta Giannelli (University of Florence, Italy)
Jan Grošelj (University of Ljubljana, Slovenia)
René R. Hiemstra (Leibniz University Hannover, Germany)
Mario Kapl (RICAM, Austria)
Jiří Kosinka (University of Groningen, the Netherlands)
Tom Lyche (University of Oslo, Norway)
Angelos Mantzaflaris (INRIA Sophia Antipolis Méditerranée, France)
Benjamin Marussig (Graz University of Technology, Austria)
Ludwig Mitter (Johannes Kepler University, Austria)
Matthias Möller (Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands)
Bernard Mourrain (INRIA Sophia Antipolis Méditerranée, France)
Francesco Patrizi (SINTEF, Norway)
Francesca Pelosi (University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy)
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His Majesty, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, Asantehene has finally arrived in New York ahead of the United Nations Assembly where he will be delivering a speech. #Cultureofpeace20
The Asantehene His Royal Majesty Otumfuo Osei Tutu, yesterday paid a courtesy call on the Secretary General of the United Nations, His Excellency Antonio Guterres at UN Headquarters in New York.
His Royal Majesty is scheduled to deliver the keynote address marking the 20th Anniversary of the UN General Assembly Resolution 53/243 on the Declaration and Programme of Action on Culture for Peace.
His Royal Majesty and UN Secretary General expressed profound admiration for each other on efforts towards the building and maintenance of global peace and security.
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This book arrived beautifully wrapped for this month's review for the Gabby Moms. Welcome Home, Daddy, is an entreaty to welcome home your husband with the joy and comfort he so richly deserves, simply because he is your husband!
What meets your husband when he comes home from a hard day of work? Is it chaos? Screaming children? Piles of laundry? Toys strewn across the floor? A harried, pajama-laden mother? Is there no dinner in sight? Do you even greet your husband when he comes home?
Thank goodness we don't have to wash the laundry like that anymore!
Well never fear, Lorrie Flem of Eternal Encouragement has been there too. In fact, she relates humorously how she used to saute onions and boil some spices when she realized her husband was coming home and she had not made dinner, to make it appear she had been busily cooking in the kitchen! In this book, Lorrie doesn't seek to condemn those who struggle but encourage and give help to those who seek it.
This book is filled to the brim of ideas and guidance to make your abode a pleasant place for Daddy to come home to, as well as for the family to live in. Lorrie truly believes that a Christian wife's domain is in the home, which I greatly appreciate. There is a whole chapter devoted to Scripture and reassurance in being a keeper at home.
This book is full of advice to make dinner time a sacred, family get-together as opposed to just a dish thrown on the table. She covers how to be a gracious host, how to set the table to make it special, and how to properly prepare for your husband's homecoming! Bedtimes, family ministry, and special celebrations are also covered, as well as homemaking in general, which makes this a great book for any wife wanting to keep a warm, inviting home for those who enter therein.
If you would like to review the wonderful products produced by Lorrie Flem and Eternal Encouragement magazine, The Gabby Moms program is still accepting applications for next year!
My husband is going through a difficult time at work so making sure the home is stree free and mess free is very important. I also like to cook his favourite meals dinner certainly helps reduce some of that stress.
I'm sure he appreciates that, Joluise.
Thank you, Carie. I agree; they were tough!
We certainly can't argue with God now can we? So thankful that Lorrie's thoughts are not her own, but based on what God has already said. Practically how to live that out, she gives great ideas!
You are so right, Mrs. Q, Lorrie definitely encourages and doesn't condemn!
Thanks for sharing some great thoughts.
No, Cindy, we can't argue with God!
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Appeal of FAMILY LIFE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOLS from action of the New York City Department of Education regarding school utilization.
Cohen Schneider LLP, attorneys for petitioner, Susan R. Briggs, Esq., of counsel
Zachary W. Carter, Corporation Counsel, attorney for respondent, Andrew J. Rauchberg, Esq., of counsel
Berlin, Acting Commissioner.--Petitioner, Family Life Academy Charter Schools, an existing education corporation with authority to operate Family Life Academy Charter School II ("FLACS II" or "the school"),[1] challenges the New York City Department of Education's ("DOE" or "respondent") failure to offer the school a co-location site in a public school building or space in a privately-owned or publicly-owned facility at DOE's expense and at no cost to petitioner, as required by Education Law §2853(3)(e). The appeal must be sustained.
Petitioner is authorized by the Board of Trustees of the State University of New York ("SUNY") to operate FLACS II, which served students in kindergarten through grade 5 in the 2016-2017 school year.[2] On March 8, 2017, SUNY authorized the renewal of the authority of petitioner to operate FLACS II for a five-year term and approved its request to revise the school's charter to expand to serve students in grades 6 through 8 ("middle school expansion"). The school will commence its middle school expansion in the 2017-2018 school year.
By letter to DOE dated May 5, 2017, petitioner requested co-location in a public school building, pursuant to Education Law §2853(3)(e), for the school's middle school expansion. By letter dated May 16, 2017, DOE acknowledged petitioner's request, but stated that it would "not be extending an offer of space at this time."[3] This appeal ensued.
Petitioner asserts that DOE failed to offer it facilities for the school in violation of Education Law §2853(3)(e). As relief, it seeks an order directing DOE to comply with Education Law §2853(3)(e)(5) and pay rental assistance, beginning with the 2017-2018 school year and continuing thereafter, in an amount attributable to the school's middle school expansion that is equal to the lesser of the actual rental cost of an alternative privately-owned site selected by petitioner or thirty (30) percent[4] of the product of the school's basic tuition for the current school year and the positive difference of the school's enrollment in the current school year minus the school's enrollment in the school year prior to the first year of the expansion.
Respondent admits that it has not offered petitioner a co-location site in a public school building or space in a privately-owned or other publicly-owned facility, but requests that the appeal be dismissed in its entirety.
Preliminarily, I note that this appeal was commenced pursuant to Education Law §2853(3)(e), which was added by Part BB of Chapter 56 of the Laws of 2014. Education Law §2853(3)(e)(3) provides that a charter school in the City School District of the City of New York shall have the option of appealing the "city school district's offer or failure to offer a co-location site through ... an expedited appeal to the commissioner" pursuant to Education Law §310 and the procedures prescribed in Education Law §2853(3)(a-5). Pursuant to Education Law §2853(3)(e)(3), in any such appeal, the standard of review shall be the standard prescribed in Civil Practice Law and Rules ("CPLR") §7803.
In an appeal to the Commissioner, a petitioner has the burden of demonstrating a clear legal right to the relief requested and the burden of establishing the facts upon which petitioner seeks relief (8 NYCRR §275.10; Appeal of Aversa, 48 Ed Dept Rep 523, Decision No. 15,936; Appeal of Hansen, 48 id. 354, Decision No. 15,884; Appeal of P.M., 48 id. 348, Decision No. 15,882).
Petitioner asserts that DOE failed to offer it facilities for the school in violation of Education Law §2853(3)(e). Education Law §2853(3)(e) provides that, in the City School District of the City of New York, charter schools that require additional space due to an expansion of grade level approved by their charter entity for the 2014-2015 school year or thereafter, and request co-location in a public school building, shall be provided access to facilities. The statute also requires that, within the later of five months after a charter school's written request for co-location and 30 days after the charter school's charter is approved by the charter entity, the city school district shall offer the charter school either a co-location site in a public school building approved by the board of education as provided by law at no cost to the charter school, or space in a privately-owned or other publicly-owned facility at the expense of the city school district and at no cost to the charter school (Education Law §2853[3][e][1]).
Here, by letter dated May 5, 2017, petitioner requested co-location space in a public school building for the school's middle school expansion commencing in the 2017-2018 school year. The record indicates that, in its May 16, 2017 response, DOE stated that it would "not be extending an offer of space at this time." However, in the event that DOE did not offer petitioner a co-location site in a public school building for the school, it was nevertheless required by Education Law §2853(3)(e)(1) to offer petitioner space in a privately-owned or other publicly-owned facility at the expense of the city school district and at no cost to petitioner. Instead, DOE indicated in its response only that it would not be extending an offer of space. As it did not offer petitioner space for the school in a privately-owned or other publicly-owned facility at the expense of the city school district and at no cost to petitioner, DOE failed to comply with the requirements of Education Law §2853(3)(e)(1).
The standard of review in an appeal pursuant to Education Law §2853(3)(e) is the standard prescribed in CPLR §7803, which lists questions that may be raised in a proceeding brought pursuant to Article 78. The question set forth in CPLR §7803(1) is whether the body or officer failed to perform a duty enjoined upon it by law. The question set forth in CPLR §7803(3) is whether a determination was made in violation of lawful procedure, was affected by an error of law or was arbitrary and capricious or an abuse of discretion, including abuse of discretion as to the measure or mode of penalty or discipline imposed. Although Education Law §2853(3)(e)(3) does not specify which specific provision of CPLR §7803 applies, I find that under either subdivision (1) or (3), petitioner has carried its burden of establishing the facts and law upon which it seeks relief.
The record in this case indicates that the school currently serves students in kindergarten through grade 5. The record further indicates that the school was approved by its charter entity in March 2017 to expand to serve students in grades 6 through 8. The school will commence its middle school expansion in the 2017-2018 school year, an expansion for which it requires additional space. Therefore, on the record before me, I find that petitioner has established that the school requires additional space due to an expansion of grade level that was approved by its charter entity for the 2014-2015 school year or thereafter. Petitioner has, thus, met all the statutory criteria and is entitled either to a co-location or to an offer of private or other publicly-owned space (see Education Law §2853[3][e]).
Accordingly, having failed to make such an offer, DOE must, pursuant to Education Law §2853(3)(e)(5), pay petitioner commencing with the 2017-2018 school year, and in each remaining year of the school's current charter term and any subsequent renewal term, provided that, in any such renewal term, the charter school serves the grades encompassed by the charter referenced herein, rental assistance based on student enrollment in the newly-added grades 6 through 8 for which it has been approved to provide instruction.[5] Specifically, with respect to an existing charter school whose expansion of grade level is approved by its charter entity, "if the appeal results in a determination in favor of the charter school, the city school district shall pay the charter school an amount attributable to the grade level expansion" that is calculated in accordance with the formula set forth in Education Law §2853(3)(e)(5).
Therefore, DOE must pay petitioner for the school's newly-added grades 6 through 8, commencing in the 2017-2018 school year, and in each remaining year of the school's current charter term and any subsequent renewal term, provided that, in any such renewal term, the charter school serves the grades encompassed by the charter referenced herein, an amount attributable to its middle school expansion that is calculated in accordance with the formula set forth in Education Law §2853(3)(e)(5).
In this instance, petitioner also has not been afforded the opportunity to select an alternative privately-owned site for the school and respondent must afford petitioner an opportunity to do so. Petitioner must present DOE with evidence of the actual rental cost of an alternative privately-owned site so that DOE can determine whether such rental cost is less than the amount computed pursuant to Education Law §2853(3)(e)(5)(B).
Nothing herein should be construed to prevent respondent from offering petitioner co-location space for the school in the future.
IT IS ORDERED that respondent comply with the requirements of Education Law §2853(3)(e)(5) in accordance with this decision and pay petitioner for the school's middle school expansion commencing with the 2017-2018 school year, and for each remaining year of the current charter term and for any subsequent renewal term provided that, in any such renewal term, the charter school serves the grades encompassed by the charter referenced herein, an amount attributable to the grade-level expansion that is calculated in accordance with the formula set forth in Education Law §2853(3)(e)(5).
[1] In addition to operating FLACS II, petitioner operates two other charter schools, Family Life Academy Charter School and Family Life Academy Charter School III.
[2] FLACS II currently serves students in kindergarten through grade 5 in private space. Petitioner previously appealed DOE's failure to respond to its request for co-location space for the school's expansion to grades 3 through 5. On June 23, 2015, a decision was issued ordering DOE to comply with the requirements of Education Law §2853(3)(e)(5) with respect to such expansion (see Appeal of Family Life Academy Charter Schools, 54 Ed Dept Rep, Decision No. 16,777).
[3] In her affidavit, petitioner's chief executive officer indicated that without an offer of space from DOE, petitioner will incur rental costs and expenses for the school.
[4] Effective July 1, 2017, Education Law §2853(3)(e)(5) has been amended to increase the percentage in the rental assistance formula from 20 percent to 30 percent.
[5] To be eligible for an apportionment pursuant to Education Law §3602(6-g) where the charter school has prevailed in an appeal to the Commissioner pursuant to Education Law §2853(3)(e), DOE must document all expenses incurred pursuant to Education Law §2853(3)(e)(5) for each such charter school for the term of the charter indicated in the Commissioner's decision, including any renewals pursuant to Education Law §2851(4), provided that the charter school serves the grades encompassed by the charter that was the subject of the Commissioner's decision (see New York State Education Department, Update on Facilities Assistance Guidance for NYC Charter Schools, dated November 3, 2016).


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Q: How to echo $0 with a custom shell I'm writing a custom shell and echo works with my shell variables:
'PATH' is set to /usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games:/snap/bin:/usr/local/go/bin.
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$ echo $str
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FOO
19163: executed
$ str=BAR
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19170: executing echo
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The implementation of shell variables looks like:
static bool expand_parameter(char *shellcommand, hashtable_t *hashtable) {
    char mystring[CMD_LEN];
    char *cp;
    char *ep;
    strcpy(mystring, shellcommand);
    cp = strstr(mystring, "$");
    int position = cp - mystring;
    int quote = isBetweenQuotes(position, mystring);
    if (cp) {
        *cp = '\0';
        strcpy(shellcommand, mystring);
        ep = ++cp;
        while (*ep && (*ep != ' ')) {
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        }
        if (!quote)
            strcat(shellcommand, ht_get(hashtable, cp));
        else {
            strcat(shellcommand, "$");
            strcat(shellcommand, cp);
            strcpy(mystring, shellcommand);
            return false;
        }
    }
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}

How should I make the shell print echo $0 that should echo the shell name? Should I just hardcode it into my shell variable function or is there a best practice way to do it?
The purpose of the code is to enable shell variables. The project is https://github.com/montao/openshell

A: Shell parameters, like $0, $1... are received to your shell as the array char **argv passed as second parameter to main() function.  If you don't want to touch too much your code, you can copy these variables as keys 0, 1... to the hash table prior to calling your expand_parameter function, and it should work.  But someday you'll have to implement a shift like command and perhaps you'll have to manage them differently.


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Charges of Anti-Semitism & the Silencing of Dissent in Europe
When the Jewish "community" speaks with one voice because its other voices have been eliminated, you will not know it, writes Jonathan Cook. There will be no record of what was lost.
By Jonathan Cook
Jonathan-Cook.net
The Israeli newspaper Haaretz has run a fascinating long report this week offering a disturbing snapshot of the political climate rapidly emerging across Europe on the issue of anti-Semitism. The article documents a kind of cultural, political and intellectual reign of terror in Germany since the parliament passed a resolution last year equating support for non-violent boycotts of Israel — in solidarity with Palestinians oppressed by Israel – with anti-Semitism.
The article concerns Germany but anyone reading it will see very strong parallels with what is happening in other European countries, especially the U.K. and France.
The same European leaders who a few years ago marched in Paris shouting "Je suis Charlie" — upholding the inalienable free speech rights of white Europeans to offend Muslims by insulting and ridiculing their Prophet — are now queuing up to outlaw free speech when it is directed against Israel, a state that refuses to end its belligerent occupation of Palestinian land. European leaders have repeatedly shown they are all too ready to crush the free speech of Palestinians, and those in solidarity with them, to avoid offending sections of the Jewish community.
The situation reduces to this: European Muslims have no right to take offence at insults about a religion they identify with, but European Jews have every right to take offence at criticism of an aggressive Middle Eastern state they identify with. Seen another way, the perverse secular priorities of European mainstream culture now place the sanctity of a militarized state, Israel, above the sanctity of a religion with a billion followers.
Guilt by Association
This isn't even a double standard. I can't find a word in the dictionary that conveys the scale and degree of hypocrisy and bad faith involved.
If the American Jewish scholar Norman Finkelstein wrote a follow-up to his impassioned book The Holocaust Industry — on the cynical use of the Holocaust to enrich and empower a Jewish organizational establishment at the expense of the Holocaust's actual survivors — he might be tempted to title it The Anti-Semitism Industry.
In the current climate in Europe, one that rejects any critical thinking in relation to broad areas of public life, that observation alone would enough to have one denounced as an anti-Semite. Which is why the Haaretz article — far braver than anything you will read in a U.K. or U.S. newspaper — makes no bones about what is happening in Germany. It calls it a "witch-hunt." That is Haaretz's way of saying that anti-Semitism has been politicized and weaponized — a self-evident conclusion that will currently get you expelled from the British Labour Party, even if you are Jewish.
The Haaretz story highlights two important developments in the way anti-Semitism has been, in the words of intellectuals and cultural leaders cited by the newspaper, "instrumentalised" in Germany.
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Jewish organizations and their allies in Germany, as Haaretz reports, are openly weaponizing anti-Semitism not only to damage the reputation of Israel's harsher critics, but also to force out of the public and cultural domain — through a kind of "anti-Semitism guilt by association" — anyone who dares to entertain criticism of Israel.
Cultural associations, festivals, universities, Jewish research centers, political think-tanks, museums and libraries are being forced to scrutinize the past of those they wish to invite in case some minor transgression against Israel can be exploited by local Jewish organizations. That has created a toxic, politically paranoid atmosphere that inevitably kills trust and creativity.
But the psychosis runs deeper still. Israel, and anything related to it, has become such a combustible subject – one that can ruin careers in an instant – that most political, academic and cultural figures in Germany now choose to avoid it entirely. Israel, as its supporters intended, is rapidly becoming untouchable.
A case study noted by Haaretz is Peter Schäfer, a respected professor of ancient Judaism and Christianity studies who was forced to resign as director of Berlin's Jewish Museum last year. Schäfer's crime, in the eyes of Germany's Jewish establishment, was that he staged an exhibition on Jerusalem that recognized the city's three religious traditions, including a Muslim one.
He was immediately accused of promoting "historical distortions" and denounced as "anti-Israel." A reporter for Israel's rightwing Jerusalem Post, which has been actively colluding with the Israeli government to smear critics of Israel, contacted Schäfer with a series of inciteful emails. The questions included "Did you learn the wrong lesson from the Holocaust?" and "Israeli experts told me you disseminate anti-Semitism – is that true?"
Schäfer observes:
"The accusation of anti-Semitism is a club that allows one to deal a death blow, and political elements who have an interest in this are using it, without a doubt… The museum staff gradually entered a state of panic. Then of course we also started to do background checks. Increasingly it poisoned the atmosphere and our work.:
Another prominent victim of these Jewish organisations tells Haaretz:
"Sometimes one thinks, 'To go to that conference?,' 'To invite this colleague?' Afterward it means that for three weeks, I'll have to cope with a shitstorm, whereas I need the time for other things that I get paid for as a lecturer. There is a type of 'anticipatory obedience' or 'prior self-censorship.' "
Ringing off the Hook
There is nothing unusual about what is happening in Germany. Jewish organizations are stirring up these "shitstorms" – designed to paralyze political and cultural life for anyone who engages in even the mildest criticism of Israel – at the highest levels of government. Don't believe me? Here is Barack Obama explaining in his recent autobiography his efforts as U.S. president to curb Israel's expansion of its illegal settlements. Early on, he was warned to back off or face the wrath of the Israel lobby:
"Members of both parties worried about crossing the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC). Those who criticized Israeli policy too loudly risked being tagged as "anti-Israel" (and possibly anti-Semitic) and confronted with a well-funded opponent in the next election."
Corbyn, it seems, has found an unlikely ally in former US President Obama. In his new autobiography, he writes of the Israel lobby's power: 'Those who criticized Israeli policy too loudly risked being tagged as "anti-Israel" (and possibly anti-Semitic)' https://t.co/tKmy8q3Cws
— Jonathan Cook (@Jonathan_K_Cook) November 26, 2020
When Obama went ahead anyway in 2009 and proposed a modest freeze on Israel's illegal settlements:
"The White House phones started ringing off the hook, as members of my national security team fielded calls from reporters, leaders of American Jewish organizations, prominent supporters, and members of Congress, all wondering why we were picking on Israel … this sort of pressure continued for much of 2009."
He observes further:
"The noise orchestrated by Netanyahu had the intended effect of gobbling up our time, putting us on the defensive, and reminding me that normal policy differences with an Israeli prime minister – even one who presided over a fragile coalition government – exacted a political cost that didn't exist when I dealt with the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Japan, Canada, or any of our other closest allies."
Doubtless, Obama dare not put down in writing his full thoughts about Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu or the U.S. lobbyists who worked on his behalf. But Obama's remarks do show that, even a U.S. president, supposedly the single most powerful person on the planet, ended up blanching in the face of this kind of relentless assault. For lesser mortals, the price is likely to be far graver.
No Free Speech on Israel
It was this same mobilization of Jewish organizational pressure – orchestrated, as Obama notes, by Israel and its partisans in the U.S. and Europe – that ended up dominating Jeremy Corbyn's five years as the leader of Britain's leftwing Labour Party, recasting a well-known anti-racism activist almost overnight as an anti-Semite.
It is the reason why his successor, Sir Keir Starmer, has outsourced part of Labour's organisational oversight on Jewish and Israel-related matters to the very conservative Board of Deputies of British Jews, as given expression in Starmer's signing up to the Board's "10 Pledges."
It is part of the reason why Starmer recently suspended Corbyn from the party, and then defied the membership's demands that he be properly reinstated, after Corbyn expressed concerns about the way anti-Semitism allegations had been "overstated for political reasons" to damage him and Labour. (The rightwing Starmer, it should be noted, was also happy to use anti-Semitism as a pretext to eradicate the socialist agenda Corbyn had tried to revive in Labour.) It is why Starmer has imposed a blanket ban on constituency parties discussing Corbyn's suspension. And it is why Labour's shadow education secretary has joined the ruling Conservative party in threatening to strip universities of their funding if they allow free speech about Israel on campus.
Labour leaders, having crushed free speech in their own party and screwed over the Palestinians, now want to force British universities to follow suit, as the Kate Green, the shadow education secretary, explains in the Jewish Chronicle https://t.co/EnaKp5U0xz
— Jonathan Cook (@Jonathan_K_Cook) December 8, 2020
Jewish Dissidents
But the Haaretz article raises another issue critical to understanding how Israel and the Jewish establishment in Europe are politicizing anti-Semitism to protect Israel from criticism. The potential Achilles' heel of their campaign are Jewish dissidents, those who break with the supposed "Jewish community" line and create a space for others — whether Palestinians or other non-Jews — to criticize Israel. These Jewish dissenters risk serving as a reminder that trenchant criticism of Israel should not result in one being tarred an anti-Semite.
Leading Palestinians warn: 'The fight against antisemitism has been increasingly instrumentalised by the Israeli government and its supporters in an effort to delegitimise the Palestinian cause and silence defenders of Palestinian rights' https://t.co/Shu1Z7XYM1
Israel and Jewish organizations, however, have made it their task to erode that idea by promoting a distinction — an anti-Semitic one, at that — between two types of Jews: good Jews (loyal to Israel), and bad Jews (disloyal to Israel).
Haaretz reports that officials in Germany, such as Felix Klein, the country's anti-Semitism commissioner, and Josef Schuster, president of the Central Council of Jews in Germany, are being allowed to define not only who is an anti-Semite, typically using support for Israel as the yardstick, but are also determining who are good Jews — those politically like them — and who are bad Jews — those who disagree with them.
Despite Germany's horrific recent history of Jew hatred, the German government, local authorities, the media, universities and cultural institutions have been encouraged by figures like Klein and Schuster to hound German Jews, even Israeli Jews living and working in Germany, from the country's public and cultural space.
When, for example, a group of Israeli Jewish academics in Berlin held a series of online discussions about Zionism last year on the website of their art school, an Israeli reporter soon broke the story of a "scandal" involving boycott supporters receiving funding from the German government.
Hours later the art school had pulled down the site, while the German education ministry issued a statement clarifying that it had provided no funding. The Israeli embassy officially declared the discussions held by these Israelis as "antisemitic," and a German foundation that documents anti-Semitism added the group to the list of antisemitic incidents it records.
Described as 'Kapos'
So repressive has the cultural and political atmosphere grown in Germany that there has been a small backlash among cultural leaders. Some have dared to publish a letter protesting against the role of Klein, the anti-Semitism commissioner. Haaretz reports:
The anti-Semitism czar, the letter charged, is working "in synergy with the Israeli government" in an effort "to discredit and silence opponents of Israel's policies" and is abetting the "instrumentalization" that undermines the true struggle against anti-Semitism .
Figures like Klein have been so focused on tackling criticism of Israel from the left, including the Jewish left, that they have barely noted the "acute danger Jews in Germany face due to the surge in far-right anti-Semitism," the letter argues.
Again, the same picture can be seen across Europe. In the U.K., the opposition Labour Party, which should be a safe space for those leading the anti-racism struggle, is purging itself of Jews critical of Israel and using anti-Semitism smears against prominent anti-racists, especially from other oppressed minorities.
Extraordinarily, Naomi Wimborne-Idrissi, one of the founders of Jewish Voice for Labour, which supports Corbyn, recently found herself suspended by Starmer's Labour. She had just appeared in a moving video in which she explained the ways anti-Semitism was being used by Jewish organizations to smear Jewish left-wingers like herself as "traitors" and "kapos" – an incendiary term of abuse, as Wimborne-Idrissi points out, that refers to "a Jewish inmate of a concentration camp who collaborated with the [Nazi] authorities, people who collaborated in the annihilation of their own people."
In suspending her, Starmer effectively endorsed this campaign by the U.K.'s Jewish establishment of incitement against, and vilification of, leftwing Jews.
The aggressive purge of Jews from the Labour Party under the repressive rule of @Keir_Starmer marches on.
I haven't seen a sustained campaign of overt anti-Semitism quite like the effort of Labour centrists to create lists of Good Jews & Bad Jews and purge the latter. https://t.co/wVwnu47QJP
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) December 3, 2020
Earlier, Marc Wadsworth, a distinguished black anti-racism campaigner, found himself similarly suspended by Labour when he exposed the efforts of Ruth Smeeth, then a Labour MP and a former Jewish official in the Israel lobby group BICOM, to recruit the media to her campaign smearing political opponents on the left as anti-Semites.
In keeping with the rapid erosion of critical thinking in civil society organisations designed to uphold basic freedoms, Smeeth was recently appointed director of the prestigious free speech organization Index on Censorship. There she can now work on suppressing criticism of Israel – and attack "bad Jews" — under cover of fighting censorship. In the new, inverted reality, censorship refers not to the smearing and silencing of a "bad Jew" like Wimborne-Idrissi, but to criticism of Israel over its human rights abuses, which supposedly "censors" the identification of "good Jews" with Israel — now often seen as the crime of "causing offence."
Ok, we've now officially moved from Alice Through the Looking Glass into the Twilight Zone.
Ruth Smeeth, ex-Israel lobbyist for Bicom and a key player in outlawing solidarity for Palestinians in the Labour party, is the new CEO of free speech group Index on Censorship! https://t.co/UmHXbTQETS
— Jonathan Cook (@Jonathan_K_Cook) June 15, 2020
Boy Who Cried Wolf
The Haaretz article helps to contextualize Europe's current anti-Semitism "witch-hunt," which targets anyone who criticizes Israel or stands in solidarity with oppressed Palestinians, or associates with such people. It is an expansion of the earlier campaign by the Jewish establishment against "the wrong kind of Jew," as identified by Finkelstein in The Holocaust Industry. But this time Jewish organizations are playing a much higher-stakes, and more dangerous, political game.
Haaretz rightly fears that the Jewish leadership in Europe is not only silencing ordinary Jews but degrading the meaning — the shock value — of anti-Semitism through the very act of politicizing it. Jewish organizations risk alienating the European left, which has historically stood with them against Jew hatred from the right. European anti-racists suddenly find themselves equated with, and smeared as, fledgling neo-Nazis.
If those who support human rights and demand an end to the oppression of Palestinians find themselves labelled anti-Semitic, it will become ever harder to distinguish between bogus (weaponized) "anti-Semitism " on the left and real Jew hatred from the right. The anti-Semitism smearers — and their fellow travelers like Keir Starmer — are likely to end up suffering their very own "boy who cried wolf" syndrome.
Or as Haaretz notes:
"The issue that is bothering the critics of the Bundestag [German parliament] resolution is whether the extension of the concept of anti-Semitism to encompass criticism of Israel is not actually adversely affecting the battle against anti-Semitism . The argument is that the ease with which the accusation is leveled could have the effect of eroding the concept itself."
The Anti-Semitism Industry
It is worth noting the shared features of the new Anti-Semitism Industry and Finkelstein's earlier discussions of the Holocaust Industry.
In his book, Finkelstein identifies the "wrong Jews" as people like his mother, who survived a Nazi death camp as the rest of her family perished. These surviving Jews, Finkelstein argues, were valued by the Holocaust Industry only in so far as they served as a promotional tool for the Jewish establishment to accumulate more wealth and cultural and political status. Otherwise, the victims were ignored because the actual Holocaust's message — in contrast to the Jewish leadership's representation of it — was universal: that we must oppose and fight all forms of racism because they lead to persecution and genocide.
Instead the Holocaust Industry promoted a particularist, self-interested lesson that the Holocaust proves Jews are uniquely oppressed and that they therefore deserve a unique solution: a state, Israel, that must be given unique leeway by Western states to commit crimes in violation of international law. The Holocaust Industry – very much to be distinguished from the real events of the Holocaust – is deeply entwined in, and rationalized by, the perpetuation of the racialist, colonial project of Israel.
In the case of the Anti-Semitism Industry, the "wrong Jew" surfaces again. This time the witch-hunt targets Jewish leftwingers, Jews critical of Israel, Jews opposed to the occupation, and Jews who support a boycott of the illegal settlements or of Israel itself. Again, the problem with these "bad Jews" is that they allude to a universal lesson, one that says Palestinians have at least as much right to self-determination, to dignity and security, in their historic homeland as Jewish immigrants who fled European persecution.
Keir Starmer needs to listen to the 'proudly pro-Israel' Americans for Peace Now. They reject the IHRA definition for 'weaponising' antisemitism and allowing 'McCarthyite witch hunts' of Israel critics. Only those living in a 'black hole' could support it https://t.co/mNCj0LqCky
In contrast to the "bad Jews," the Anti-Semitism Industry demands that a particularist conclusion be drawn about Israel — just as a particularist conclusion was earlier drawn by the Holocaust Industry. It says that to deny Jews a state is to leave them defenceless against the eternal virus of anti-Semitism. In this conception, the Holocaust may be uniquely abhorrent but it is far from unique. Non-Jews, given the right circumstances, are only too capable of carrying out another Holocaust. Jews must therefore always be protected, always on guard, always have their weapons (or in Israel's case, its nuclear bombs) to hand.
'Get Out of Jail' Card
This view, of course, seeks to ignore, or marginalize, other victims of the Holocaust — Romanies, communists, gays — and other kinds of racism. It needs to create a hierarchy of racisms, a competition between them, in which hatred of Jews is at the pinnacle. This is how we arrived at an absurdity: that anti-Zionism — misrepresented as the rejection of a refuge for Jews, rather than the reality that it rejects an ethnic, colonial state oppressing Palestinians — is the same as anti-Semitism .
Extraordinarily, as the Haaretz article clarifies, German officials are oppressing "bad Jews," at the instigation of Jewish organizations, to prevent, as they see it, the re-emergence of the far-right and neo-Nazis. The criticisms of Israel made by the "bad Jew" are thereby not just dismissed as ideologically unsound or delusions but become proof that these Jews are colluding with, or at least nourishing, the Jew haters.
In this way, Germany, the U.K. and much of Europe have come to justify the exclusion of the "wrong Jew" — those who uphold universal principles for the benefit of all — from the public space. Which, of course, is exactly what Israel wants, because, rooted as it is in an ideology of ethnic exclusivity as a "Jewish state," it necessarily rejects universal ethics.
What we see here is an illustration of a principle at the heart of Israel's state ideology of Zionism: Israel needs anti-Semitism. Israel would quite literally have to invent anti-Semitism if it did not exist.
This is not hyperbole. The idea that the "virus of anti-Semitism" lies semi-dormant in every non-Jew waiting for a chance to overwhelm its host is the essential rationale for Israel. If the Holocaust was an exceptional historical event, if anti-Semitism was an ancient racism that in its modern incarnation followed the patterns of prejudice and hatred familiar in all racisms, from anti-black bigotry to Islamophobia, Israel would be not only redundant but an abomination — because it has been set up to dispossess and abuse another group, the Palestinians.
Anti-Semitism is Israel's "get out of jail" card. Anti-Semitism serves to absolve Israel of the racism it structurally embodies and that would be impossible to overlook were Israel deprived of the misdirection weaponised anti-Semitism provides.
An Empty Space
The Haaretz article provides a genuine service by not only reminding us that "bad Jews" exist but by coming to their defence – something that European media is no longer willing to do. To defend "bad Jews" like Naomi Wimborne-Idrissi is to be contaminated with the same taint of anti-Semitism that justified the ejection of these Jews from the public space.
Haaretz records the effort of a few brave cultural institutions in Germany to protest, to hold the line, against this new McCarthyism. Their stand may fail. If it does, you may never become aware of it.
The fraudulent 'Labour antisemitism' controversy has empowered the most thuggish elements in the organised British Jewish community.
Case in point: the Campaign Against Antisemitism effectively calls for Professor David Feldman to keep quiet or be sacked. https://t.co/QWvNg84c2E
— JamieSW (@jsternweiner) December 4, 2020
Once, the "bad Jews" have been smeared into silence, as Palestinians and those who stand in solidarity with them largely have been already; when social media has de-platformed critics of Israel as Jew haters; when the media and political parties enforce this silence so absolutely they no longer need to smear anyone as an anti-Semite because these "anti-Semites" have been disappeared; when the Jewish "community" speaks with one voice because its other voices have been eliminated; when the censorship is complete, you will not know it.
There will be no record of what was lost. There will be simply an empty space, a blank slate, where discussions of Israel's crimes against Palestinians once existed. What you will hear instead is only what Israel and its partisans want you to hear. Your ignorance will be blissfully complete.
Jonathan Cook is a former Guardian journalist (1994-2001) and winner of the Martha Gellhorn Special Prize for Journalism. He is a freelance journalist based in Nazareth. If you appreciate his articles, please consider offering your financial support.
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12 comments for "Charges of Anti-Semitism & the Silencing of Dissent in Europe"
I wonder how long it will be before "pro-semitic" and Zionist / Israel apologists and advocacy groups attempt to obtain a trademark or copyright on the term "anti-semitic". If I recall correctly, the term "semite" as defined in Anthropology 101 referred to middle-eastern ethnic tribal groups loosely connected by a linguistic affinity and that have existed for many centuries. It had zero to do with anti-Jewish attitudes.
Kudos to CN and Jonathan Cook for bringing a degree of common sense to the subject.
Of equal concern is the unequal targeting of the left as anti-Semitic compared to the right in the UK suggesting that the anti-Semitic smear campaign has been initiated for two reasons firstly to eliminate criticism of Israel and secondly to rebrand anti-Semitism in the public's perception as a badge of the left in a revision of history intended to legitimise the growth and utility of extreme Nationalism in UK politics by the ruling elite.
Carolyn L Zaremba
Excellent article. Thank you. I concur with the previous commenters.
John Earls
Suppose Haaretz itself will soon be declared Anti-Semetic after publishing that article… ;-)
This is all so completely ridiculous and transparent, not to mention damaging, which is exactly the point of the exercise. Still, it is shocking the degree to which people live in fear of this crap and are roped into completely surrendering their critical thinking skills in service to what is so obviously a global smear campaign, all to cover for the-country-who-shall-not-be-named (tcwsnbn)'s crimes against humanity. Up is down. Black is white. And tcwsnbn has now turned into their historical oppressors. Great world they're making for us, ain't it?
Criticizing government actions is not inherently (or, in this case, especially) racist, no matter how much tcwsnbn wants to conflate the two in people's minds. This is not hard to understand or defend, and Corbyn made a grave mistake kowtowing to this narrative. Glad to see some push back against it.
Daniel, up is down and black is indeed white. Example: despite hundreds of acts of war by Israel against Iran, the MSM have brainwashed the public into believing that Iran is somehow the aggressor.
The emptiness of the argument about criticism of Israel being a form of anti-Semitism becomes blindingly clear with a comparison from history.
The Soviet Union was a state a great many people criticized, people of many political beliefs. And that was despite the USSR's having some worthy declared goals and ideals in its constitution.
Yet, the claim was never made that such criticism of the USSR was hatred of the Russian people.
I certainly criticized the Soviet Union, yet I have always felt affection for Russian culture – its literature, its music, its food, its architecture, its vibrant history, its science, and, although I speak no Russian, even the sound of its language.
Just so, Israel.
Like the old USSR, Israel is a state bristling with heavy arms and secret police and intelligence services, even nuclear weapons. Its behavior for over seventy years towards millions of Palestinians closely parallels that of the Soviet Union towards dissidents and critics and some minorities – the people Stalin called "wreckers." It is oppressive, arbitrary, and often extremely violent.
If you cannot criticize a state for injustice and violence without being accused of hate and prejudice, absolutely all our Western ideals – from the Enlightenment to the great struggles for freedom and fair treatment – are removed from our political culture.
I regard that as a sick prospect, one that in the long term actually supports all the hateful and murderous interests of the earth.
I think eventually this method of attacking legitimate critics will wither and die off. It has no substance, its results are poisonous, and it very much resembles the tale of the Shepard boy who kept crying, "Wolf!".
A society defended in this fashion is not worthy of defense.
Thomas Kahler
Excellent Point. Somewhat off the point – now at 70 remembering as a child how I was so thankful not to be living in Russia, and happy that they at least had the Voice of America so that they could know the truth. Today the shoe is on the other foot – now I'm thankful that we have RT and Sputnik for more truthful coverage of world events than anything in our corporate propaganda machine. Thankful for CN as well.
Although I agree with your sentiments, the analogy to the old USSR isn't apt. Despite the oppressiveness of the regime and Stalin's wartime application of "collective guilt" and deportation to ethnic groups such as the Volga Germans, Crimean Tatars and Kalmyks (which measures were later reversed under subsequent leadership), the USSR was a multiethnic state that generally respected minorities. Sad to say, the more apt analogy to present-day Israel is the USSR's former totalitarian neighbor to the West and its occupation of Poland during World War II, including displacement and degradation of the native population and introduction of settlers from the "preferred" ethnic group. Here, I must think of my late father, who having escaped from Nazi Germany at the last moment with his life, considered the Israeli state as having policies close to those of European fascism – which regrettably he had personally experienced.
Brilliant article ! So truthful, so courageous, so needed. Bravo Jonathan! Bravo!
It's really disgusting how the slur of "antisemitism" is being used as a cudgel to silence and intimidate critics of Israel's expansionism, militarism and harsh treatment of the Palestinians – such critics being the least "antisemitic" people of all, as they are fighting for the ethical principles underlying the Jewish religion and for human rights of the Palestinians, who have an equal right (at least) to be called "Semites".
The hypocrisy and cowardice of the political class and intelligentsia are breathtaking – with the noble exception of such heroic truthtellers as Norman Finkelstein, Noam Chomsky, Max Blumenthal and Jonathan Cook.
James Whitney
Here in France advocating a non-violent boycott of Israel is illegal since November 2015, reference
https:lemonde.fr/police-justice/article/2015/11/06/l-appel-au-boycott-de-produits-israeliens-est-illegal_4804334_1653578.html