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(2015/London) 11 tracks - Re-issue of the original 1973 album. Produced by Roy Orbison and Joe... more
Roy Orbison: Milestones (LP, 180g Vinyl)
(2015/London) 11 tracks - Re-issue of the original 1973 album. Produced by Roy Orbison and Joe Melson.
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Orbison, Roy - Milestones (LP, 180g Vinyl) LP 1
01 I Wanna Live
02 You Don't Know Me
03 California Sunshine Girl
05 Blue Rain (Coming Down)
06 Drift Away
07 You Lay So Easy On My Mind
08 The World You Live In
09 Sweet Caroline
10 I've Been Loving You Too Long (To Stop Now)
11 The Morning After (Song From 'The Poseidon Adventure')
Roy Orbison Born on 23 4th 1936 in Vernon, Texas. Died on 6.12th 1988 in Tennesse.... more
"Roy Orbison"
Born on 23 4th 1936 in Vernon, Texas.
Died on 6.12th 1988 in Tennesse.
The man with the unmistakable voice began as a rockabilly singer, then went as a staff composer (at Acuff - Rose) to Nashville. From his contract with Sun Records, he bought himself free, signed with Monument, where he began the assembly line production fate pregnant pain ballads. Among his classics and evergreens include 'Crying', 'Only The Lonely', 'Dream Baby', 'In Dreams', 'It's Over' and of course 'Pretty Woman' (a total of 29 US-Hits 1956-1967).
1966 accident his wife Claudette deadly on a motorcycle, only two years later both Orbison's sons died in a house fire. On 25 3 1969 Roy married in Nashville, the 19 year old Barbara Anne Wellhonen from Bielefeld (two common sons: Roy Kelton Jr., born in 1970, and Alexander, born 1974). During the 70 years it has been quiet around the superstar, who had to undergo a dangerous heart surgery.
End of the 80 he received a new contract with Virgin, again bubbled the hits, and Orbison was next to George Harrison, Bob Dylan, Jeff Lynne and Tom Petty solid Roy ORBISON Mm member of the Traveling Wilburys. At 6:12. In 1988, he died 'in Nashville a heart attack, his designated successor at the Wilburys, Del Shannon, shot himself.
Orbison's only German-language single is the mega-Rarität- both original titles were übersungen of the production line of Wolf Kabitzky on 06.09.1963 in Hamburg Teldec studio in the Easter Road with German lyrics. 1987 was recorded 'The Big O' in the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame.
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Historians love to write about how Roy Orbison got started in the music business on the wrong foot, being forced to cut rock 'n' roll until he found his niche with the sort of orchestrated ballads that would cement his place in the Hall of Fame.
While it is true that Roy himself preferred the softer songs and the pop ballads, and certainly that is where he found his greatest chart success, one thing cannot be denied—Roy Orbison's veins pulsed with the blood of a rocker. Although he always denied it, he was great at rocking, and left behind some of the best-loved rockabilly tracks of all time.
This collection is perhaps the first of its kind, the first to collect all of Roy's best 'rockin'' material from the different periods in his career—from the early days at Sun Records and at the Norman Petty studios, to the short-lived days as an RCA Victor artist in the late 50s, and the few but fertile rockers that Roy cut in his golden days for Monument Records in the early 1960s.
When an artist finds such massive success with a radically different style such as Roy Orbison did with his pop hits in the 60s, it is easy to write off early efforts with a dismissive wave of the hand. In fact, in doing the research for these liner notes, I was shocked at how nearly every single book or article about Roy Orbison regurgitated the same details about Roy's early rocking period, usually in a few short paragraphs. The thought occurred to me that had Roy not gone on to record those massive pop hits, he would have had the sort of attention paid to his rockabilly sides as the other greats of Sun Records—Carl Perkins, Billy Lee Riley, Sonny Burgess, Warren Smith, and others who have had every minute detail of their 1950s activities researched and obsessed over time and again.
The fact of the matter is that Roy was another teenager in the mid-1950s who traveled to see Elvis Presley play and got swept up in the fury—women, fame, attention, and Roy's own admission that his only goal was "a Cadillac and a diamond ring by the age of 21."Whether or not he was teen idol material mattered not—for deep in his soul Roy felt the calling of wild bop music known as rock 'n' roll.
Much has also been written about how unlikely a star Roy Orbison was. True, back in the 1950s as it is today, looks mattered over talent in the pop business, and Roy Orbison was not exactly an attractive man. Born albino, he suffered the eyesight problems of albinism, and in fact in the early days (before he wore glasses on stage) many thought Roy was blind because he had to be led up to the microphone. But he dyed his hair a deep jet black, bought himself the finest hepcat clothes that money could buy, equipped himself with top-of-the-line equipment (teenage Roy had a Les Paul 'black beauty' guitar—the most expensive solidbody Gibson made—and a Ray Butts Echosonic Amp like Scotty Moore—also the most expensive custom-ordered amplifier one could own at the time), and made up his mind that he was going to be a rock 'n' roll star, looks be damned.
In the music business, there has always been a great divide between the gifted and the determined, and Roy was both. The determination paid off—in fact the stubborn Roy stuck at it through high and low times throughout his 40-year stint in the music business. How many artists can say they started off with a hit on their first record, then sank so low as to eat rolled up balls of cornmeal and water (as Roy did between his Sun days and the pop hits), found top 40 success and made a million dollars, lost his wife to a motorcycle accident and two sons to a house fire, then wound up getting inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and having a top 10 hit just as he died? The story of Roy Orbison is a story of perseverance and dogged determination more than anything else.
West Texas is precisely the sort of place to breed a determined young man like Roy Orbison. Hot, dusty, and flat—these are the only goodthings that can be said about a place like Wink, Texas, where Roy was raised. Born in April 23, 1936 to hard working parents (Roy's dad Orbie Lee was a rigger in the oilfields), Roy was the classic outcast, a subject that later permeated his hits like Only The Lonelyand In Dreams.
Roy had a good head on his shoulders, though, and quickly found that while he wasn't good at football and hard, menial labor, he was good at drawing and singing. Perhaps the most telling picture of his early years is a photo of Roy posed in front of a very large blackboard mural. Roy had created an elaborate Christmas drawing, which apparently was so well received that the entire school was taken to view his creation. In the photo, the huge mural dwarfs the diminutive Roy, who stands beaming from ear to ear, his eyes barely visible through his thick coke-bottle glasses. Roy had found that he could use his talents to gain acceptance and praise from others, even if he didn't fit in with the football players and oil riggers.
Roy's musical talents surfaced early on as well, and by his early teens was leading a local aggregation called the Wink Westerners, a group that eventually turned into the Teen Kings. The group began by playing all the country & western hits of the day, with Roy being particularly knocked out by Lefty Frizzell's voice. As was the norm of the day, the group also found itself having to play pop standards like Moonlight Serenadeand Stardust. All that would change the day that Elvis Presley blew through West Texas like a hurricane, changing everything in his path.
The details of exactly where and when Roy saw Elvis for the first time are murky, but it's generally accepted that Roy had heard about the noise Elvis was making in the music world, and in fact his father had told him of seeing a Presley show that he deemed "terrible."Roy made up his mind to see what the fuss was all about, and went to see Elvis play, either at the Big D Jamboree in Dallas or at one of the many shows Elvis played across West Texas in 1954 and 1955.
It's now hard to imagine a time when such things were so shocking or life-changing, but when Roy recounted seeing Elvis for the first time, he remembered Elvis spitting out his chewing gum on stage, breaking guitar strings, talking "with the coarse diction of a truck driver,"rolling around on the floor while singing, and causing a near-riot in the crowd between turning the ladies on and ticking the men off in the process.
Like thousands of other teenagers all over the country, Elvis' music, looks and attitude represented something that their generation could latch on to and call their own. In no time at all, the Wink Westerners were doing their own interpretation of hillbilly bop and looking at getting a piece of the Presley pie for their very own.
The group made some line-up changes, most notably adding rhythm guitarist Johnny 'Peanuts' Wilson to the line-up, who brought with him a healthy love for the new rock 'n' roll music (and later would cut the classic single Cast Iron Arm.) After a spell during which Roy and drummer Billy Pat Ellis went to North Texas State College in Denton, the whole group moved to Odessa, where they all attended junior college together, and changed their name from the Wink Westerners to the Teen Kings. It wasn't long before the group made its first recording, an acetate demo of a song that Roy had learned from two students at North Texas State named Wade Moore and Dick Penner. The song was Ooby Dooby,and although it was a simple song with nonsense lyrics, Roy had seen Wade and Dick make crowds go crazy with the tune.
The demo session was intended as an audition for Columbia Records. Columbia saw no future with the band, but A&R man Don Law did give Ooby Doobyto Sid King & the Five Strings to record, who released it on Columbia to little fanfare (these early Orbison demos of Ooby Doobyand Hey Miss Fanniecan be found on the Roy Orbison box set on Bear Family, BCD 16423).
Around this time, Roy and the Teen Kings had caught the eye of local impresario Weldon Rogers, who agreed to put out a Teen Kings 45rpm record as soon as they had something recorded. The group then traveled to the other notable studio in the region, Norman Petty's Studio in Clovis, New Mexico, where they re-cut Ooby Doobyand a new flip side, Tryin' To Get To You, which they had learned from Elvis' live shows (one report has Roy owning a pre-release acetate of Elvis' version). The two numbers were released on the tiny Je-Wel record label, an acronym that stood for the financial backer's daughter Jean Oliver and Weldon Rogers, who handled the music and promotional side of the label.
The Je-Wel record took off locally, selling hundreds of copies and catapulting the Teen Kings to local fame. The record made so much noise that another local impresario, Cecil Holifield, notified Sam Phillips of Sun Records that the Je-Wel contract was not legally binding, with Orbison and the other boys under the age of 21. When Holifield and Sam Phillips threatened legal action against Je-Wel Records, the Teen Kings were released from their contract and given instructions to come immediately to Memphis to record for Sun.
In the rapidly moving waters of the day, songs could break overnight, and just as easily be forgotten. Sam Phillips knew this, and brought the group to Memphis as fast as possible to re-cut Ooby Doobyyet again, and capture the momentum that the Je-Wel record had promised. When the group arrived in Memphis, Sam rushed them into the studio and explored their potential as new rockabilly hitmakers. The group re-recorded Ooby Doobya total of four times, but Phillips felt they hadn't gotten a good recording of the song, and in fact wound up calling Weldon Rogers seeking to lease the Je-Wel master. This after threatening legal action against him only a month earlier! Weldon offered to sell the Je-Wel master for $1100, but Sam decided to go with the first take the boys had laid down at the Sun Studio instead.
For a flip side, the band came up with a new rocker, Go Go Gowhich was a scorching rockabilly mover that has become one of the 'standards' in the rockabilly song repertoire to this day, though usually called Down The Line, the title that Jerry Lee Lewis gave it when he re-cut the song a year later for the flip side of Breathless.
One thing that should be pointed out regarding all of the early rockabilly sides that Roy Orbison and the Teen Kings recorded is that Roy played all the lead guitar parts himself. If nothing else, Roy established himself as one of the great rockabilly axemen, cutting solos that were as tough sounding and biting as any of his contemporaries. Few know that when they hear that classic intro to Go Go Gothat it's Roy himself tearing it up on the guitar! The band also recorded another couple of takes of Tryin' To Get To Youat the first Sun session, but Sam chose the two rockers (and picked Go Go Goas the flip to ensure his own publishing interests) and rushed Ooby Doobyout as Sun 242 as quickly as possible. The single did very well, selling up to 200,000 copies by some reports, and Roy Orbison became a star for the first time.
Roy's tenure at Sun has been rehashed in Orbison biographies many times over. According to Orbison, he kept trying to get Sam Phillips and his in-house producer 'Cowboy' Jack Clement to listen to his ballads, which he felt were his forte. If you believe everything you read, Phillips and Clement forced Orbison to record rock 'n' roll material against his will, while he tried in vain to convince them that he was a ballad singer. Again, according to lore, Orbison eventually showed them with a giant"I told you so"when he scored numerous top ten hits with his ballads in the early 1960s.
Like a lot of music history, it all makes for a nice story. But human accounts differ from the recorded material—and for that matter photographs—from his time at Sun.
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Whisky making is serious business in Scotland; there are more than 120 active distilleries, spread across five whisky regions. The 'water of life', as it's known, is Scotland's largest export and, it's safe to say, we've been known to enjoy a dram or two ourselves.
Crafting the golden elixir is a fascinating, but lengthy process. For a whisky to officially be called 'Scotch', it must have been aged in Scotland for at least three years and made in a manner strictly specified by the 'Scotch Whisky Regulations'. There's no half measures here!
Many distilleries offer tours and tastings so you can sample their whisky's flavours, hear from their passionate team and see where the whisky's themselves are born.
And of course, in addition to being perfectly-placed to enjoy a distillery tour, many of our Luxury Scotland member properties have spectacular and well-stocked whisky bars where you can enjoy this wonderful spirit during your stay.
So, pour a wee dram and join us on a virtual tour of the five whisky regions and some of the best distilleries to visit in Scotland.
Highland Whisky Tours
We start with the largest and most northerly region, the Highlands, which boasts a wide range of whisky distilleries including some of the famous names you'll no doubt already be familiar with. Rich in diversity, flavour and style, whiskies from this region certainly reward those who venture north.
The Deanston Distillery, located close to Luxury Scotland Member, Cromlix, was originally a cotton mill, which opened its doors in 1785. It was at the forefront of new beginnings as Scotland moved from agriculture to industrialisation. When the cotton industry went into decline, the mill was converted into a distillery and the first bottle of Deanston Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky was produced in 1974. The process begins with water from the River Teith, which flows over granite, making it very soft and perfect for making whisky. In 2012 the Deanston Distillery proudly opened its doors to its brand new visitor centre, offering tours, tastings, and access to exclusive limited editions.
Tullibardine Distillery stands proudly in the village of Blackford, also home to Luxury Scotland Member, Highland Spring. The iconic hotel, Gleneagles, is located just 3 miles away. In 1947 William Delmé-Evans began converting what had previously been a brewery into The Tullibardine Distillery. Upon testing the water from the nearby springs, Delmé-Evans knew he had found the perfect location for distilling whisky. In 1979 Highland Spring began bottling the same water.
Blair Athol Distillery is one of the oldest whisky distilleries in Scotland. It stands at the gateway to the Scottish Highlands, in the picturesque town of Pitlochry, also home to Luxury Scotland Member Fonab Castle Hotel & Spa. Blair Athol's ancient source of water – the Allt Dour – flows through the grounds from the slopes of Ben Vrackie, contributing to the whisky's quality and smooth finish.
Glen Garioch Distillery (Garioch pronounced Geery), is Scotland's most easterly distillery and is situated in the historic old town of Oldmeldrum, near Aberdeen. It was established in 1797. Only ever produced in small, precious batches, Glen Garioch is a rare find indeed, but warmly appreciated by those who like a hearty Highland malt. The perfect base for a visit, The Marcliffe Hotel and Spa is just a 40 minute drive away.
On the West coast, you'll find The Torridon in its spectacular setting at the head of a spectacular sea loch. It's also home to a whisky Bar with a superb array of 365 whiskies, and their whisky tasting experiences are, quite rightly, a favourite of their guests.
A little further West, on the Isle of Skye, Talisker, is set on the shores of Loch Harport, with dramatic views of the Cuillins. This alluring, full-bodied single malt whisky is so easy to enjoy, and like Skye itself, so hard to leave. Kinloch Lodge, on the shore of Loch-Na-Dal, is just under an hour away and offers both whisky tasting as well as whisky and food pairing experiences.
Moving more central, 15 miles outside of Inverness, you'll find Glen Ord Distillery, Scotland's oldest distillery and the last remaining one on the Black Isle. Barley from the Black Isle meets water from the White Burn to make a Scotch of vibrant colour – The Singleton of Glen Ord. A beautifully renovated, Georgian mansion house, Rocpool Reserve, is ideally located nearby.
About 40 miles North of Inverness, you'll find Glenmorangie, the acclaimed distillery famed for smooth, rich whiskies with intriguing, complex flavours. They offer a range of tasting experiences, ideal for whisky connoisseurs. Guests of Glenmorangie House also receive a complimentary tour of the Glenmorangie Distillery visitor centre. Their Brand Home Manager, Stuart Smith, discusses the famous brand in more detail in our recent interview here.
Lowland Whisky Tours
The Lowland region includes Edinburgh and the Lothians as well as Glasgow and the Clyde Valley, and therefore some of the more easily accessible distilleries in Scotland. Known for being light-bodied with sweeter and almost floral tones, malts from this region are considered an ideal introduction for those new to whisky drinking.
At the top of Edinburgh's Royal Mile, you can visit The Scotch Whisky Experience, a five star visitor attraction where you can take a tour and indulge in a tasting or blending session. For a more in depth experience you can sign up to their one day Scotch Whisky Training School.
In 2021 whisky giant, Diageo, will be opening The Johnnie Walker Experience in Edinburgh's West End. The detailed plans for inside this eight-storey building are being kept a closely guarded secret, but will include a multi-sensory, immersive visitor experience, guiding people throughout the 200 year history and the flavours of Scotland. You can pre-register to visit here.
The Dunstane Houses, is a family-run, five-star boutique hotel in the west end, where you can enjoy the spirit of Orkney in Edinburgh. The owners, Shirley & Derek Mowat, grew up on Orkney and they have one of the most extensive rare-whisky selections in the city, with more than 70 varieties in their vintage wall cabinet, including a rare Highland Park. They can also arrange some great whisky tasting experiences.
Edinburgh's no. 1 hotel on TripAdvisor, Fingal, is a 5-star luxury floating hotel, berthed on the vibrant waterfront. You may well choose to tour the distilleries from the comfort of the spectacular on-board bar, The Lighthouse, that houses a single cask collection with some of the finest whiskies from around the country.
Head a little further north and you'll find Eden Mill, in St Andrews. Based on the site of a historic distillery, on the banks of the River Eden, Eden Mill was the first to make spirits in the region for 150 years and in 2018 they released the first Single Malt Whisky to be distilled in St Andrews in over 150 years. The iconic golf resort, the Old Course Hotel, is just a short 10 minute drive away.
Kingsbarns distillery, about 15 minutes' drive from St Andrews, is a family owned and operated distillery located in a restored historic farm steading, offering tours and tastings.
Finally, you have Kinross House, an exclusive use venue that has a whisky room where you can sample a wide range of premium whiskies including their own Kinross House whisky, produced by Macallan in Speyside. A whisky expert can also be arranged to take guests through a fascinating whisky tasting experience.
On Scotland's West coast, you'll find another Luxury Scotland Member, well-placed for a whisky tour in both the Campbeltown, Islay and Lowland regions. Crossbasket Castle's French-inspired Scottish cuisine and bar (with 30 whisky blends and malts) is just 20 minutes from Glasgow.
Campbeltown Whisky Tours
Scotland's smallest whisky region has just three distilleries, but still warrants a visit for those who value a malt whisky that some describe as 'fiercely enduring and distinctive'.
Glen Scotia is one of Scotland's smallest distilleries, while Springbank Whisky Distillers is the oldest independently and family owned distillery in Scotland.
The Crinan Hotel, on Argyll's rugged coastline, is very well placed to visit both Glen Scotia and Springbank Whisky Distillers at just a 1 hour and 20 minutes drive.
Speyside Whisky Tours
World-renowned, the Speyside whisky region in the North East of Scotland is home to over half of all distilleries in Scotland as well as the UK's only working cooperage (Speyside Cooperidge) where they craft American Oak casks that help mature whiskies in Scotland and around the world. Whiskies from Speyside tend to have smooth and refined flavours, often lighter and sweeter than other Scotch single malts.
Glenlivet and Aberlour distilleries offer wonderfully in-depth tasting sessions, while Macallan offers a very modern tour of their incredible distillery and visitor centre.
Glenfiddich's Spirit of Innovation Tour takes visitors on a journey through every step in the whisky making process including their innovative and experimental releases.
Islay Whisky Tours
Islay, the island known affectionately as 'the whisky island', lies just off the Argyll coast in the West of Scotland. Despite its relatively small size, it's home to nine distilleries producing whisky with a characteristic peaty, smoky flavour.
Today, Islay's distilleries are spread across the island; Bowmore, Bruichladdich and Kilchoman can be found right in the heart of the island and there are three more located next to each other, collectively known as the Kildalton Distilleries. The most recently opened Ardnahoe Distillery launched in April 2019 and Bowmore is said to be one of the oldest distilleries in Scotland, dating back to 1779.
Luxury Scotland Member, The Machrie, have organised a special whisky experience with Lagavulin Distillery. Guests can enjoy a trip to Lagavulin Distillery where they can enjoy a Core Range Tasting. Their 3-course lunch is paired with some of Islay's famous malts to provide a variance of flavours and aromas to enhance the menu.
Glenapp Castle in Ayrshire, regularly takes guests over to Islay or the Mull of Kintyre by boat to experience the whisky distilleries. Closer to Glenapp, in nearby Kirkoswald, the whisky bottlers, A.D. Rattray, have established a whisky experience where visitors can test the blends that they bottle.
Chauffer-Driven Whisky Tours with Little
Sightseeing by chauffeur-driven car is undoubtedly the best way to see Scotland. Luxury sightseeing tours are a speciality of Little's, a Luxury Scotland Partner. From bespoke tour design services to the remarkable knowledge of their touring chauffeurs, the Little's team is dedicated to creating a memorable experience for you or your clients. And with your own driver, you can enjoy your whisky tasting to the full.
Slainte Mhath!
All that remains from us is to wish you Slainte Mhath (pronounced Slanj-a-va), the traditional toast to say 'Good Health' in Gaelic, during your whisky tour of Scotland.
First published 22 September 2020. Information correct at time of going to press.
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Impunity passports: Governing immunity's impact on rights
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A vaccination passport application for COVID-19 displayed on a smartphone screen.(Rafael Henrique / SOPA Images/Sipa USA)
Around the world, governments are rushing to develop so-called "vaccine passports." The state of New York, the United Kingdom, and the European Union have all announced initiatives aimed at enabling people with proof of vaccination to engage in some activities that had been prohibited by COVID-19 restrictions. While each initiative has its idiosyncrasies, they are generally attempts to certify that a person has been vaccinated for COVID, through a range of objects broadly referred to as "passports." This can be as simple as a paper record but typically refers to an electronic record that can be used to verify that a person received a vaccine.
But in the rush to roll out passports and allow their citizens to return to some semblance of pre-pandemic life, governments are failing to establish how to govern systems to verify vaccination status and how to resolve the disputes that will inevitably arise from them. Rather than focusing on technical methods for verifying vaccination status, governments should be working to establish clear guidance on how vaccine status information can and can't be used in the first place; who can compel its disclosure; under what conditions it can be used to restrict a persons' rights; and how to resolve conflicts over its use.
Without well-defined policies on how public institutions will allow vaccination to affect access to services and resources, clear articulations of private discretion to use vaccination status to impact peoples' fundamental rights, and a system for resolving disputes arising out of abuse of these systems, few people will have confidence or trust in the equity of the system. Without clarity on our rights, or how we can enforce them when they're violated, it's hard for the public to have anything other than concern about digital systems used to verify immunization.
It remains unclear how vaccine passports will be deployed and access to which services will be conditioned on their use. Calling them "passports" only contributes further to this confusion. Despite the "passport" moniker, there are a number of differences between requiring disclosure of vaccine status in order to travel internationally and requiring them to go to the grocery store. Not only is international travel well-regulated with significant public and private oversight, but there are also clear boundaries on the discretion afforded to the actors that regulate travel. By contrast, allowing a business to make its own decision about whether to require vaccine passports ensures that it will do so and that violence will ensue in subsequent confrontations over their use.
Unfortunately, it is cheaper for powerful institutions to force those they govern to adopt an ineffective, or even dangerous, technology than it is to grapple with meaningfully addressing health risks. As in the decision to roll out contact-tracing apps despite little evidence of their meaningful impact, the public pressure to do something and roll out vaccine passports is outweighing scientifically rigorous scrutiny of these systems. Once public institutions started focusing on the potential of digital contact-tracing apps, employers, educators, and a range of public authorities began encouraging or requiring their use. The same pattern is likely to ensue with vaccine passports.
As vaccine passport apps are rolled out, they are likely to have major impacts on fundamental rights, with little opportunity for accountability. The principal scenarios in which their designers are envisioning vaccine passport apps will be used are for travel, access to workplaces, or public locations. And as they are used to restrict individuals' movement and access to work, vaccine passports become yet another opportunity for impunity, with potentially violent consequences. Around the world, the enforcement of COVID-related restrictions have been accompanied by violence, as in Kenya and India.
Vaccine passports become one more opportunity for impunity and inequity in the world's response to COVID-19. Given unequal access to vaccines, the World Health Organization has urged governments not to roll out vaccine passport technology, as they are likely to further entrench the global divides created by access to the vaccine. But democratic governments are nonetheless moving forward with vaccine verification schemes, which is likely to legitimize their use by private actors and non-democratic states. When an excuse for the exercise of impunity becomes openly and publicly acknowledged as legitimate for private use by governments, as vaccine passports have, it justifies that same impunity by anyone with power over people or a physical space. The threat of giving those with authority another power over those without it, knowing how rare it is for those affected to seek justice, should be a cause for deep skepticism about the wisdom of conditioning access to fundamental rights, such as work and movement, on vaccination status.
Rather than focusing on tools for verifying vaccination status, governments would be better served writing clear rules regarding when and how such information can be used in the first place and how to resolve disputes regarding its use. As a public health measure, vaccine passports aren't really meant to protect the unvaccinated, so much as reduce the restrictions on those who are. For those who live in places where the vaccine is plentiful and access is easy, vaccination status may become a matter of personal choice, but for most of the world, access is months if not years away. And impunity is a very familiar problem.
Sean McDonald is the co-founder of Digital Public and a senior fellow at the Centre for International Governance Innovation.
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Fortune Hunter is an American action-adventure drama series that was shown on Fox from September 4 to October 2, 1994, starring Mark Frankel as the super-spy Carlton Dial.
In the United States, Fortune Hunter aired on Fox from September 4, 1994 to October 2, 1994. Of the 13 episodes produced, only five were aired for the North American audience. The decision to schedule the series immediately after football on Sundays at 7:00 pm was a factor in the dismissal of Sandy Grushow, president of Fox Entertainment, by chairman Rupert Murdoch.
The show has aired in its entirety in other countries. It was well liked and generally received high ratings.
The series was a high paced, action and adventure based show that followed the exploits of Carlton Dial (Mark Frankel). Dial is an ex-government agent whose high-risk assignments take him to exotic locales and into extreme danger, all in the name of recovering some of the world's most sought-after items – classified information, complex weapons systems, and the occasional endangered species, which have fallen into the wrong hands – for a handsome fee.
Dial is now working as a master agent for the Intercept Corporation, a high-tech global recovery organization based in San Francisco. Dial and his partner, the affable Harry Flack (John Robert Hoffman) execute incredibly complex plans to retrieve these valuable items, depending on split-second timing and an astounding array of sophisticated electronic gadgetry.
Dial is portrayed as a suave, charming and self-assured spy, similar in style, dressing and witty remarks to James Bond, who uses his quick wit and sense of humor to get him out of many precarious situations. Dial performs his high-risk assignments with deadly seriousness. Determined to keep his perfect success record intact, he depends upon split-second timing and an astounding array of sophisticated electronic gadgetry – not to mention his partner, Harry. Dial wears a special contact lens with a built-in camera and an electronic earpiece, so Harry can see and hear everything that Dial does. This also allows Harry to speak with Dial, relaying information to the agent immediately, from the safety of the home office.
As Dial travels the globe, Harry shares dangerous missions with Dial while linked to him by computer. He is in charge of the technological end, seeing and hearing everything Dial sees and hears, and providing the information not readily available to the average person. But much is left to Harry's imagination as the details of Dial's private life remain – well, private.
The humor in their pairing is that each man believes that he is the one in charge. Dial is the agent with "the perfect recovery record," the one who is always in danger, while Flack, the technological wizard, sees himself as "the brains," and lives vicariously through his partner, which often can get Dial into trouble.
^ Carter, Bill (1994-09-30). "Murdoch Replaces Fox Programming Chief". The New York Times. Retrieved 2008-05-27.


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Kanye and Chance Go to a Rally for a Black Democrat, Yeezy Leaves After 5 Minutes
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The rapper, designer and superhero whose resumé for a post-Thanos substitute Avenger claims his "Make America Great Again" hat gives him superpowers, made an appearance with a Chicago mayoral candidate but bounced after five minutes because he probably got a call to save a child from a burning building or wanted to watch a Trump rally.
According to USA Today, Kanye West appeared alongside fellow Chicago native and future winner of the 2021 Nobel Prize for Black Excellence, Chance the Rapper, at a sidewalk stump speech for Amara Enyia on Chicago's South Side on Tuesday. Enyia is a candidate for mayor after current Mayor Rahm Emmanuel announced that he will not seek re-election to spend more time with his mentor, Satan.
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Kanye stood beside Chance the Extraordinary Gentleman, briefly responding to Enyia's chant of: "Whose city is this?" by replying "Our city!" West stayed for about five minutes, according to reports, before telling Chance, "I've got to bounce" and disappearing as if his mentor Thanos Trump had finally gathered all the stupidity stones.
Enyia still gave props to Ye for donating $73,540 to her campaign to settle the debt for her 2015 campaign for mayor, explaining that she doesn't share Kanye's love for President Trump but that she appreciates the help from the hip-hop conservative.
Chance endorsed Enyia for the 2019 mayoral race while Kanye has endorsed free thought while admitting that he doesn't read books.
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Norwalk High Volunteer Track Coach Arrested in Alleged Off-Campus Sexual Assault of 2 Female Students
Posted 2:39 PM, October 16, 2017, by Marissa Wenzke, Updated at 04:37PM, October 16, 2017
Johnny Arrellano, 26, is seen in a booking photo released on Oct. 5, 2017, by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.
A high school track coach in Norwalk who was arrested after allegedly sexually assaulting two female students is set to be arraigned Tuesday.
Johnny Arrellano, 26, was working as a volunteer track coach at Norwalk High School when the alleged sexual assaults occurred somewhere off campus, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.
He was arrested on Oct. 5 on suspicion of lewd and lascivious acts with a minor. He was being held on $370,000 bail.
Investigators think there may be more victims or witnesses.
The arrest was made in the 19700 block of Bloomfield Avenue, the address of Cerritos Community Regional Park.
Arrellano was set to appear in court in Norwalk Tuesday.
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Former CHP Officer Charged With DUI in 2017 Crash That Injured Mother, 10-Year-Old Son in Norwalk
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Santa Clarita Valley Youth Basketball Coach Sentenced to 9 Years for Sexual Assaulting 9 Teens
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Comparing loose diamonds for an engagement ring? Don't be dismayed by the dizzying array of choices. The important thing is to compare wisely. Here are six easy steps to help you pick a diamond that's beautiful and a smart purchase.
If you've ever bought a car, computer, house – or any major purchase – you know that the secret to finding the best value is good comparison shopping. That means knowing the features you want, how much you want to spend and how to recognize quality. It's no different when comparing loose diamonds.
Diamond engagement rings sell from less than $500 to more than $500,000. That's quite a range, so it might be helpful to know that in 2017 the average U.S. consumer spent $6,351 on an engagement ring according to The Knot.
So what should your budget be? That is a question only you can answer. But knowing how much you want to spend before you start to look for an engagement ring diamond is essential. A budget will significantly narrow the loose diamonds in your search, and it will help ensure that you're comparing apples to apples, so to speak.
The 4Cs of Diamond Quality, which GIA created, is the universal standard for describing diamonds. Understanding the 4Cs will allow you to determine the diamond qualities that are most important to you and help you compare those qualities across an array of loose diamonds.
Color: Within the D-to-Z range, less color is rarer and more valuable.
GIA created the D-to-Z color scale, with D being colorless and Z showing distinct yellow, brown or gray. Within the D-to-Z scale, colorless diamonds are typically prized over ones with color. Intensely colored diamonds (fancy colors) are a different matter.
Cut: How well a diamond's facets interact with light is determined by the quality of its cut.
Clarity: This refers to the presence or absence of inclusions in the stone and blemishes on the surface.
An internally flawless diamond is a thing of beauty. Photo: Robert Weldon/GIA. Courtesy: Rogel & Co. Inc.
Carat Weight: The measurement, in metric carats, of how much a diamond weighs, its mass or size.
As a diamond's carat weight increases, it typically appears larger.
Once you've set your budget and learned about the diamond quality factors, you can begin identifying which "C" is most important to you. This will help narrow your choices among loose diamonds even further, and you can start shopping in earnest.
If a diamond's colorlessness captivates you, then diamond color will be your most important C. Remember that a diamond's color will be affected by the metal used in the ring. Platinum and other white metals can accentuate the absence of color in diamonds with a color grade of H or better. Similarly, diamonds with a slightly yellowish body color (a color grade lower than M) will be more noticeable if set in yellow gold.
If you want a diamond with fewer inclusions and blemishes, then clarity will be your most important C. Keep in mind that you are not likely to see inclusions in diamonds with clarity grades of SI1 or higher with the unaided eye.
If you want a diamond with lots of sparkle, then cut quality will be your most important C. Many trade professionals think cut is the most important of the 4Cs, as it produces brightness, fire and scintillation – or the play of light we've come to associate with diamonds.
Diamond grading reports are an invaluable tool for comparing loose diamonds, for they have information on a diamond's 4Cs and more. A report will also tell you if a diamond is natural, synthetic or has been treated to enhance its color or clarity. Knowing this information empowers you to buy with confidence.
GIA offers a variety of diamond grading reports to meet your needs.
IMPORTANT TIP #1: Only compare diamonds graded by the same lab. Different labs may have different grading standards. GIA has nine labs around the world that grade diamonds, and all of them adhere to the same strict grading standards. GIA will not issue reports on color- or clarity-enhanced diamonds where the enhancement is not permanent.
IMPORTANT TIP #2: While a grading report from a reputable laboratory will provide you with an objective assessment of a diamond's quality, the report will not tell you what the diamond will look like in person. Color, clarity and cut grades represent ranges. So diamonds with the same grades on paper can look different when compared side-by-side. Visit a jeweler to compare loose diamonds in person, which leads to tip #5.
Now that you've already identified your most important C and are looking at diamonds graded by the same lab, you've probably narrowed your search down to two or three loose diamonds. What next?
These four lighting environments will let you see how the diamond looks in a variety of conditions. Sparkle is one of the most prized qualities in a diamond, and this lighting test lets the stone strut its stuff.
Once you've narrowed down your selection, calculate the prices of the loose diamonds to see where you're getting the best value. You can do this by determining the price per carat for each stone. It just requires some simple math: Divide the price by the carat weight.
Know that diamond prices aren't determined by weight alone. Diamonds are valued based on the combination of all their quality factors. So, before you start comparing prices for loose diamonds, make sure you're comparing diamonds of near-equal carat weight and with similar color, clarity and cut grades.
Also be aware of how popular carat weights can affect price. These weights are sometimes referred to as "magic sizes" in the trade: 0.25 ct, 0.50 ct, 0.75 ct, 1.00 ct and so on. Because more individuals want diamonds weighing these sizes, they are generally more expensive than diamonds that weigh slightly less. For example, assuming all other quality characteristics are equal, a 1.02 ct diamond will be significantly more expensive than a 0.96 ct diamond – even though it is difficult to see the difference in size.
We hope these tips will help you find a diamond to thrill your beloved. And if you need a little extra help, you might want to learn some common engagement ring terms before heading off to your nearest jewelry store.


The point is to keep production from falling prey to theft and corruption.
Theft, corruption and injustice are getting dangerously close to strangling the newly reborn Libyan oil industry in its cradle.
Should anyone outside Libya care? Yes — OPEC, Europe and the U.S., to name a few.
On the face of it, National Oil Corp. had a good year in 2017, building on its successes of late 2016. The country's production tripled between the third quarter of 2016 and the last three months of 2017 — a feat few thought possible.
But it still has a long way to go to get back to where it was before Muammar Qaddafi was toppled in 2011. And the recovery is at risk.
Libya's oil production is halfway back to its pre-revolution level, but future output growth is at risk NOC Chairman Mustafa Sanalla, speaking at a conference in London last week, told a story that sums it all up. He described how at the end of last year, he sent a small team to investigate fuel smuggling in the west of the country, and found that 83 percent of fuel stations were non-operational, despite receiving deliveries. Nearly all of these "ghost stations" had been built after 2010, and he ordered fuel deliveries to them to be stopped. It didn't work. Four days after he issued his order, he got a letter from the Prime Minister's office telling him it was illegal.
Clearly the smugglers are very well connected.
But while such actions may not directly affect the NOC, which presumably got paid for the fuel it delivered, they risk causing local fuel shortages, leaving residents resentful. Those feelings do directly affect the company, which is the backbone of the Libyan economy and therefore a target in a country where salaries are often not paid for months and the population feels disenfranchised. Theft of company property is rife, while communities seeking employment or payoffs resort to blockading oil fields, pipelines and export terminals. The closure of the Sara group of fields from November to mid-January, started by the local municipality, halted the flow of 55,000 barrels of oil a day and cost the state more than $280 million.
And that loss of revenue also has a direct impact on the oil company. Like every other branch of the state, it has to compete for funds whose allocation is, at best, opaque. NOC received only half its capital investment budget in 2017, Sanalla says. That shortfall not only undermines prospects for output growth, it also puts at risk current production if maintenance programs are cut.
On the face of it, this unhappy situation should nevertheless help OPEC achieve its goal of depleting the world's surplus stockpile. After all, rising Libyan oil production has undermined the cuts made by other members of the group, so shrinking it would help speed the market's return to balance.
But Saudi oil minster Khalid Al-Falih should perhaps reconsider the comment he made last month, when OPEC and its friends met in Muscat. He said that Libya should focus on increasing revenue rather than output. The first takes advantage of higher prices, and the second requires volume gains that undermine the price. Relying on higher prices to boost revenue is fine in the short term, but as Al-Falih knows well, to benefit from the rebalancing of the oil market in the longer term producers need the capacity to boost production. And Libya doesn't have it.
The light, sweet crudes produced in Libya are much closer in quality to the liquids produced from U.S. shale rocks than the oil that comes from the Middle East. More Libyan oil means less demand for U.S. exports. That ought to be some comfort OPEC.
America's world-class equipment manufacturers and oil field service providers at the center of our procurement strategy.
Yes, that may be a cynical attempt to get the attention of a U.S. president who thinks in terms of what benefits the nation, but it also sends a clear message to American oilfield service companies and operators, who have long historical ties to Libya. And it's not just the sheer size of the NOC investment — the U.S. also imports about 70,000 barrels a day of its oil. Canadian refiners and European buyers would also feel the sting of disruption.
European buyers dominate, but Libya's crude oil exports span the globe. So when Sanalla calls on the rest of the oil world to support his company, it should do as he asks. Focusing policies towards Libya on what the country needs — including inward investment, stable communities and an accountable government — is a good place to start.


Lively and unexpectedly delightful, this is a closely observed character drama directed by Marc Turtletaub, the producer of Little Miss Sunshine and Loving, and written by Oren Moverman (The Messenger, Love and Mercy), an English language remake of Argentine Natalia Smirnoff's 2010 film. Kelly Macdonald (Trainspotting, No Country for Old Men) stars as Agnes, an undervalued stay-at-home mom tending to her clueless mechanic husband Louie and two grown sons. When she receives a jigsaw puzzle for a gift and completes it quickly, she discovers the thrill of success and the satisfaction of having a talent. She brazenly answers an ad for a competitive puzzle solver, meeting the charismatic Robert (Irrfan Khan, Life of Pi) a wealthy Indian inventor, and sending her life in a new direction.


Come and be part of the fun and exciting Fashion Show at Nisha by Nishat spearheaded by the Artesia Chamber of Commerce Directors and the Ms. Artesia Court in this once-in-a-lifetime collaboration!
On February 16, 2017, Thursday at 5:30 PM, a once-in-a-lifetime fashion show at Nisha by Nishat will happen. With the collaboration of the Artesia Chamber of Commerce ladies spearheaded by the lovely President Dr. PaoLing Guo and the Ms. Artesia Court. This rare event will take place at ACC Evening Mixer to be hosted by Nisha. In this event, Nisha will showcase their classy clothing lines.
Nisha by Nishat is located at 18725 Pioneer Blvd #2, Artesia, CA 90701 (South/ Pioneer).
Please RSVP by February 13, 2017 Monday. Contact Ina Dahilig, ACC Executive Director at 562-881-8743 or email[email protected].


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Q: checking if FOREGROUND_SERVICE permission is granted allways returns false Having followed the migration notes and added the following line to the manifest :
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE"/>

I could not figure out why I am getting a failing test case where the permission android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE is not being granted (at least when it's being checked on run-time).
Based on the docs, which states that android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICEshould be automatically granted by the system.

apps wanting to use foreground services must now request the
FOREGROUND_SERVICE permission first. This is a normal permission, so
the system automatically grants it to the requesting app.

Can somebody explain why my test case (which uses a variant of the the following code) is failing?
assertEquals(ActivityCompat.checkSelfPermission(activity, "android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE"), PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED);

Yet! I am not having any SecurityException thrown. What am I missing?

A: FOREGROUND_SERVICE is not a dangerous permission. Hence, it has nothing to do with the runtime permission system and methods like checkSelfPermission().

A: This is failing because you probably run it on device with API < 28. This method field works only on API 28 and up. If you write as you should Manifest.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE instead of plain string, Android Studio will warn you.

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Moving overseas has been a challenge in the food department. Our pantry is full, but we seldom make dinner at home (If you could get a great dinner for $1.50 at a restaurant in walking distance from your house, you wouldn't cook either). Baking, though, has been a challenge, but not because of time or money. The oven we have is similar to a toaster oven. We make eggs in a microwave because getting our stove to work is an ordeal. I can't really find whole wheat flour and the real good baking stuff I used at home in the grocery store here. So it's been fun. There's no question about it, though, I have been baking.
I actually had the chance to bake some the first week I arrived here, and I got a message from my mom not long after that said, "Oh! You're baking! That says a lot about the state of you."
These hand pies are loosely based (or tightly based, based on what I could scrounge up in Thailand) on the Oh, Ladycakes recipe for the dessert of the same name. I am allergic to raw apples, so I enlisted the help of my hypo-allergenic roommate to chop up these babes for me. We were so excited to find Granny Smith here in the Land of Smiles. What we couldn't get in whole wheat we made up for in tart fruit.
Makes about 20 pies, but really, it depends on how you make the dough stretch.
Crust In a large bowl combine the flour, brown sugar and salt. I used a fork, but a whisk is probably best. Drizzle in the coconut oil, one spoonful at a time, and use your hands to mix it into the dry mixture. Once you've added all the oil, continue mixing for another minute or so until it looks sandy like above. Freeze for 15 minutes, then break up all the frozen chunks of coconut oil with your fingers and add the water, a third at a time. Continue gently kneading without overworking the dough. Form into a disk and wrap in parchment paper. Let sit for about 45 minutes.
Filling Combine sugar, starch and cinnamon in a bowl. In another mixing bowl, toss the apples and lemon juice, then add the dry mixture you just made until the apples are covered. Add the caramel sauce. Chill them in the fridge for about half an hour, you may want to freeze them if you are using a caramel that is on the thinner side. Let's not try to make a mess.
Crust When it's time, go ahead and preheat the oven to 350˚F. Lay out some parchment paper and sprinkle that junk with a ton of flour. Unwrap the dough and roll it out until it's about 1/8″ thick. I used a mug because I haven't found a rolling pin here and I could also use it as a makeshift cookie cutter. Cut the dough (3" cutter will do) and transfer the pieces to a baking sheet lined with more parchment paper. Collect scraps and roll out the dough again to make more circles. Get the caramel apple mixture from the refrigerator and place a bit on one half of each round, folding each in half and pressing around the edges (use a fork, it's way easier to seal the pies this way). Use a toothpick or some other sharp tool of your choosing and poke holes in the top of each pie. Do this or they will explode, and that will not be good for you.
Topping Brush (I just dabbed it, honestly, because it's impossible to find a cooking brush here) with milk then sprinkle with sugar. Bake at 350˚F for 20 minutes, check them and then give them a minute or two more if you think they need it (they won't be brown, but you can tap the crust to see if it's firm and dry). Repeat with the rest of the dough that you have. These can stay good for about week.
I made these for Thanksgiving at the office, and let me tell you: I am so glad I ate one of them when I baked 'em, 'cause they were gone in a hot minute.


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Iranian cleric jailed for dissident views 'has deteriorating health problems'
Kazemeyni Boroujerdi is suffering from worsening Parkinson's, diabetes and high blood pressure, according to Amnesty
Saeed Kamali Dehghan
guardian.co.uk, Monday 10 October 2011 18.18 BST
Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has been urged to provide a written explanation for Boroujerdi's continued detention or set him free. Photograph: Morteza Nikoubazl/Reuters
An imprisoned Iranian cleric who fell foul of the authorities after advocating the separation of religion and state is in poor health condition, activists have warned.
Ayatollah Hossein Kazemeyni Boroujerdi was sentenced to 11 years in jail in June 2007 following a trial behind closed doors that found him guilty of 30 charges including acting against national security and having links with anti-revolutionaries and spies.
His supporters say the charges stemmed from his opposition to the involvement of religious clerics in politics and his public criticism of the country's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Boroujerdi, an outspoken Shia cleric has repeatedly called the concept of political leadership by the clergy unlawful and has described Tehran's regime as a "religious dictatorship".
Boroujerdi was arrested along with hundreds of his followers in Tehran in October 2006 after clashes between security officials and his supporters.
The 53-year-old scholar, who is currently held in Tehran's Evin prison in a ward designated for dissident clerics, was initially given a death sentence before an appeals court reduced it to 11 years in jail. He was found guilty of insulting the supreme leader, spreading propaganda against the regime and moharebeh or waging war against God, a charge that carries the death penalty under Iranian law.
Boroujerdi is the son of a prominent ayatollah who refused to back Rouhollah Khomeini in his years as the founder of the Islamic revolution in 1979.
According to Amnesty International, Boroujerdi has been subjected to torture and ill-treatment while in prison and suffers from Parkinson's disease, diabetes and high blood pressure. His health is believed to have worsened in recent weeks.
"In Iran, people are fed up with a religious regime and because of that unfortunately people do not pay enough attention to the fate of a religious figure who is put in jail for his views," said Maryam Moazen, an activist who has campaigned to highlight Boroujerdi's plight. "Unlike clerics who are associated with officials in power, Mr Boroujerdi had been very critical of the regime's violation of human rights."
According to Moazen, Boroujerdi has been kept incommunicado but has had intermittent access to his family. "People associated with Boroujerdi including his family have also been persecuted by different means such as being arrested or interrogated," said Moazen, who was among the followers arrested for their support for the cleric.
He said Boroujerdi is also suffering from heart problems and permanent shaking of his legs and hands.
A group of prominent journalists and human rights activists have written a public letter raising alarm over Boroujerdi's situation. "Kazemeini Boroujerdi has been subjected to the most inhumane forms of physical and psychological torture to force him into signing a statement renouncing his beliefs," said the letter, according to Iran's Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA).
"Ayatollah Khamenei, as supreme leader and head of the special court of clergy [which found Boroujerdi guilty], has moral, judicial and constitutional duty to provide a written explanation or set him free."
Iran's embassy in London could not be reached for comment.
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the letter of complaint of Dr. Manouchehr Ghanji to Secretary General of the United Nations , Ban Ki-Moon
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The new and challenging answers of Mr. Boroujerdi to some basic and important questions inside prison
The first part of Mr. Boroujerdi's unpublished interview in the prison
Woman in Ayatollah Boroujerdi's view
Principles for Establishing Peace
An interview with Ayatollah Boroujerdi in Evin prison about different matters of the world
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Stop Child Executions
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Americans for Persian Freedom
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DW Duke
IranAlmanac
Omid The Future of Iran
IranPressNews
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Iranian.Com
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HR Links :
Reporters sans frontiers
Office of the United Nations High Commisseioner for Human Rights
Human Rights Internet
FIDH
International Supports :
It's Not Left Wing, It's Not Right Wing, It's the Right Thing: No Engagement, No War, It's Time to Support the Will of the Iranian People
An open letter by the families of the Iranian prisoners to the United Nations
The annual report of the Foreign Ministry of America on Human Rights in Iran
Amnesty International France
SOBHANI: Baha'is on trial ( America's Iran policy must include religious freedom )
Union of Persian Students and Human Rights Activists in Exile
Declaration by the Presidency on behalf of the European Union on the violation of religious freedom in Iran ( 25.5.2009 )
Amnesty International: Ayatollah Boroujerdi's life is in danger ( 19 May 2009 )
Iran: Ensure free presidential election ( 15 May 2009 )
Amnesti international: Torture and ill-treatment of Ayatollah ( 14 May 2009 )
Dissident Cleric Allegedly Tortured in Iran ( May 6, 2009 )
Religious freedom in Iran worsened – US Commission ( May 01, 2009 )
Announcement in support of Ayatollah Kazemini Borojerdi , Abbas Khorsandi and Behrooz Javid Tehrani held in Islamic republic prisons
2008 Human Rights Report: Iran
Call for the immediate and unconditional release of Mr. Seyyed Hossein Kazemeini Boroujerdi
Two Followers of Ayatollah Boroujerdi Detained Incommunicado
amnesty international USA report about ayatollah boroujerdi's situation
Followers of Ayatollah Boroujerdi Again Incarcerated (3 November 2008)
Amnesty International Report ( 11 Sep 2008 )
International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran (5 Sep 2008)
Human Rights Watch and ... ( Sep 2008 )
Human Rights Watch ( 5 June 2008 )
International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran (1 June 2008)
Human Rights Watch ( January 2008 )
Amnesty International Report ( 10 Aug 2007 )
International Federation of Human Rights ( Aug 2007 )
International Federation of Human Rights ( 2 July 2007 )
Amnesty International Report ( 15 June 2007 )
Amnesty International Report ( 30 Mar 2007 )
Amnesty International Report ( 11 Dec 2006 )
Amnesty International Report ( 13 Oct 2006 )
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Boroujerdi Suffers Heart Attack and Pulmonary Edem...
Rebel Ayatollahs
Time to Get Real in Iran and Syria
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Learning scientists and corporate cube dwellers agree: for workplace training to work, it must be fun and engaging. Click and drool benefits no one. It must also be quick. if you go to war with bosses' deadlines and paying customers' demands, you'll lose. But even that isn't enough. You also need clear and immediate reinforcement, persistence over time, and constant measurement. We've built a complete information security training platform around these principles.
Ataata delivers effective online security training to employees in roughly three minutes a month.
How does it work? Once a month, your employees get an email link to a module that typically takes around three minutes to complete and is focused on one crucial information security awareness training topic. The main learning is delivered by video, cemented in practice with a question and reinforced with the comparative performance from peers answering the same question. And all of the data collected along the way feed our analytics suite so you can use this training performance data to predict who the security risks are.
Every module is drafted by professional television comedy writers who understand the reality of security in the enterprise. Yes, such people exist. We hired 'em. So our content is funny, deeply knowing about the contemporary workplace and driven by characters your employees will recognize all too well.
Ataata modules never feel like information security training. The video components feel like smart, modern, 3-minute sitcoms. They're a welcome break, not a detested requirement. And our writers carefully script each online security training module to address the key drivers of human error. That's how we make sure each micro-lesson lands with impact.
Every information security awareness training module ends with one carefully crafted multiple-choice question: What would you do if...? Your employee can typically answer in a thirty seconds or less.
It's virtually painless, but it drives each lesson home. And when hundreds or thousands of employees answer, we can generate actionable knowledge about problem areas and create opportunities to improve. That insight is immediately available through an exceptionally intuitive and efficient dashboard.
If your employee got the question right, we'll reward them with a tiny moment of pleasurable approval — and, if your people care about microcredentials, a badge. If your employee got it wrong, we'll offer an amusing nudge, show the right answer, and explain why. All in plain English -- unless you would have it in another language. The learning moment is emphatically not "school." It's one quick, focused jolt each month.
All of our online security training modules are available in several leading languages, via translation or captioning, to support your worldwide operations. And because each module is delivered online, you can easily deploy Ataata to a global workforce with just a few clicks.


Your website is arguably your hospital or treatment center's most important marketing asset, and if it isn't bringing in enough new patients, it's time to take a hard look at why.
Healthcare is in the midst of an incredible transformation driven by the new, digitally empowered consumer. Gone are the days where consumers relied on medical professionals to drive their health decisions—85 percent of patients say they are confident in their ability to take responsibility for their health and know how to access online resources to help them do so.
No longer can you count on your brand, your market share, or a consumer's choice of health insurance to drive business to your practice. Today's medical marketing strategies focus on enabling patients to make smart, easy, convenient healthcare choices—and it starts with your website.
Point-blank, if you want to attract and convert more patients in 2019 and beyond, you need to have an amazing healthcare website.
Below I'll show you some of the ABSOLUTE BEST healthcare website design examples, and give you the rundown on the top 12 traits these medical websites have in common.
The modern patient's expectations for your digital presence are shaped by their favorite digital experiences—regardless of whether that experience was with Amazon, Apple, Uber, or any other multi-billion-dollar company. In fact, over 75 percent of people have admitted to judging a company's credibility based on their website design.
So, what does a GOOD healthcare website look like?
Patients need to be able to book, pay, and renew prescriptions right on your website—71 percent of millennials prefer online scheduling, and they won't be alone for long as Baby Boomers get more comfortable with digital technology. Online booking is becoming a necessity, and Accenture predicts that by the end of 2019, 66 percent of health systems will offer self-scheduling and 64 percent of all patients will use self-scheduling systems.
Olathe Health has this down to a science.
If I'm a patient, I can get pretty much anything I need without scrolling down. They've got easy online bill pay, patient portals, and a doctor search front and center.
A full 89 percent of patients want easier, seamless access to their personal health records. If you don't have a customer portal that's easy to use, you need to talk to your web developer this week about it. Not next month, not next year—this week. You're already behind the best in the business, and it won't be long before you're trailing far behind your competitors.
Olathe Health (again, above) nails the patient portal section. It's customized with individual health tracking, appointment scheduling and reminders, and historical data.
I can't tell you how many times I've needed a quick opinion on a mysterious ailment or symptom. I'm not alone. Virtual appointments are all the rage, and they aren't a trend that will pass—78 percent of consumers say they would be interested in receiving virtual health services, and virtual healthcare visits have increased from about 54 percent in 2014 to 71 percent in 2017.
If you don't have virtual appointments and messaging capability, you're already behind the best of your competitors and peers.
Michigan Avenue Primary Care does a great job with this. Their virtual appointment scheduler is front and center on their webpage, making it easy to access and schedule appointments.
There are wayyyy too many symptoms, illnesses, and ailments for anyone who isn't a doctor to remember them all. That's why you need an internal search function—so patients can do research on their own. Patients also need to be able to get to know, trust, and learn about your doctors or specialists.
If you have an emergency room, you need to add emergency room wait times. I know I will go to an emergency room based on wait time, and I know I'm not unique in that regard. If you have wait times on your website—bonus if you include maps—you're significantly increasing your chances of attracting patients.
This is old news by now, but your healthcare website design needs to be mobile-friendly. About 62 percent of smartphone owners use their device to look up health information, and 82 percent of smartphone users use a search engine when looking for a local treatment center or health facility.
Not only that, but according to Google, 77 percent of smartphone owners have used their smartphones to find local health services in the past six months, and 79 percent of them say they're more likely to revisit and/or share a mobile site if it is easy to use.
If you haven't started investing in video marketing, you're potentially missing out on a wealth of new patients. A video is 50 times more likely to rank organically in the search results than text pages, and in 2019, videos will account for 85 percent of online traffic in the US.
ZocDoc does this extremely well. The medical industry has a habit of using language that makes the average patient go "Huh?" By speaking the language your patients use, you're more likely to connect with them.
If you thought patients were impatient in person, they're even more so online. They don't like waiting for anything and expect your website to load fast.
Your website also needs to be secure (HTTPS instead of HTTP). You do this by getting an SSL certificate.
If you're in a touristy area, this is a MUST.
Imagine this—a family is on vacation in Florida, and Grandpa has chest pain. It's stressful and scary, not just because of the severity of the symptom, but because this family is thousands of miles from home and a doctor they trust, they've never been to Florida, and they don't even know where the nearest hospital IS.
If you want your website to appear at the top of the search engines for questions like this, your website needs to be optimized for search engines using medical SEO.
Here's a tip—if you're looking for some treatment center or hospital web design inspiration for your content, just use a search engine to find the most commonly asked questions from your patients. I wrote an entire blog JUST on how to do SEO for medical websites here, so be sure to check that out for more guidance.
The strength of your website depends on the designer and launch execution. If you choose a subpar designer, you're going to have a subpar website.
What's more, you will 100% OWN your website—unlike a lot of other local healthcare website design companies that hold it hostage. You'd be surprised how many web design companies have hidden clauses in their contracts.
To put it simply, your website should be beautiful, thoughtfully laid out, and lead-focused. What you did in 2018 may not work anymore since patient preferences and digital access is advancing at breakneck speed. A professional web design and marketing company, like Blue Corona, can help with this.
Contact us for a free consultation—I promise, it's painless!


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use quote;

use syn;
use syn::MetaItem::*;
use syn::Lit::*;

#[derive(Default, PartialEq, Debug)]
struct GlobalAttrData {
    default_prefix: Option<String>,
}

fn get_smelter_attributes(attrs: &[syn::Attribute]) -> Vec<syn::MetaItem> {
    let smelter_ident = syn::Ident::new("smelter".to_string());
    attrs.into_iter().filter(|attr| {
        if let List(ref ident, _) = attr.value {
            return ident == &smelter_ident
        }
        false
    })
    .flat_map(|attr| {
        match attr.value {
            List(_, ref items) => items.clone(),
            _ => panic!("Attempted to extract item from non-list"),
        }
    })
    .collect()
}

impl GlobalAttrData {
    fn from_attributes(attrs: &[syn::Attribute]) -> GlobalAttrData {
        let prefix_ident = syn::Ident::new("prefix".to_string());
        let mut data = GlobalAttrData {
            default_prefix: None,
        };
        let smelter_attrs = get_smelter_attributes(attrs);

        for item in smelter_attrs {
            if let NameValue(ref key, Str(ref prefix, _)) = item {
                if *key == prefix_ident {
                    data.default_prefix = Some(prefix.clone());
                }
            }
        }
        data
    }
}

#[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Default)]
struct FieldAttrData {
    field_name: Option<String>,
    create_field: bool,
    force_public: bool,
}

impl FieldAttrData {
    fn from_attributes(attrs: &[syn::Attribute]) -> FieldAttrData {
        use syn::MetaItem::*;
        use syn::Lit::*;
        let mut data: FieldAttrData = FieldAttrData {
            create_field: true,
            .. Default::default()
        };
        let field_name_ident = syn::Ident::new("field_name".to_string());
        let create_field_ident = syn::Ident::new("should_create".to_string());
        let force_public_ident = syn::Ident::new("force_public".to_string());
        let smelter_attrs = get_smelter_attributes(attrs);
        for item in smelter_attrs {
            match item {
                NameValue(ref key, Str(ref value, _)) => {
                    if field_name_ident == key {
                        if &"".to_string() == value {
                            panic!("Error: empty `field_name` has been specified as a smelter attribute")
                        }
                        data.field_name = Some(value.clone());
                    }
                },
                NameValue(ref key, Bool(ref value)) => {
                    if create_field_ident == key {
                        data.create_field = *value;
                    }
                },
                Word(ref ident) => {
                    if force_public_ident == ident {
                        data.force_public = true;
                    }
                }
                _ => ()
            }
        }

        data
    }
}

#[derive(PartialEq, Debug)]
struct CodeGenData<'a> {
    attr_data: &'a GlobalAttrData,
    fields: &'a Vec<syn::Field>,
    struct_name: &'a syn::Ident,
    ty_generics: &'a syn::Generics,
}

fn expand_fields<F>(fields: &[syn::Field], f: F) -> quote::Tokens
    where F: Fn(&syn::Field) -> quote::Tokens {
    let mut tokens = quote::Tokens::new();
    tokens.append_all(fields.iter().map(f));
    tokens
}

fn get_method_name(field_attrs: &FieldAttrData, field: &syn::Field, mutable: bool, prefix: &Option<String>) -> syn::Ident {
    let _prefix = match *prefix {
        Some(ref string) => string.clone(),
        None => "".to_string(),
    };
    let base_name = match field_attrs.field_name {
        Some(ref field_name) => {
            format!("{}{}", _prefix, field_name)
        },
        None => {
            format!("{}{}", _prefix, &field.ident.as_ref().unwrap())
        }
    };

    if mutable {
        syn::Ident::new(format!("{}_mut", base_name))
    } else {
        syn::Ident::new(base_name)
    }
}

fn get_visibility(field_attrs: &FieldAttrData, field: &syn::Field) -> syn::Ident {
    let is_public = field_attrs.force_public || match field.vis {
        syn::Visibility::Public => true,
        _ => false,
    };
    if is_public {
        syn::Ident::new("pub")
    } else {
        syn::Ident::new("")
    }
}

fn expand_mutable(data: &CodeGenData, fields: &[syn::Field]) -> quote::Tokens {
    let prefix = &data.attr_data.default_prefix;
    expand_fields(fields, |field| {
        let field_attrs = FieldAttrData::from_attributes(&field.attrs);
        let ident = field.ident.as_ref().unwrap();
        if field_attrs.create_field {
            let method_name = get_method_name(&field_attrs, field, true, prefix);
            let pub_ident = get_visibility(&field_attrs, &field);
            let ty = &field.ty;
            let struct_name = data.struct_name;
            let ty_generics = data.ty_generics;
            quote! {
                #pub_ident fn #method_name(&mut self, __value: #ty) -> &mut #struct_name #ty_generics {
                    self. #ident = __value;
                    self
                }
            }
        } else {
            quote! {
                // Omitted #ident
            }
        }
    })
}

fn expand_immutable(data: &CodeGenData, fields: &[syn::Field]) -> quote::Tokens {
    let prefix = &data.attr_data.default_prefix;
    expand_fields(fields, move |field| {
        let attr_data = FieldAttrData::from_attributes(&field.attrs);
        let ident = field.ident.as_ref().unwrap();
        if attr_data.create_field {
            let method_name = get_method_name(&attr_data, &field, false, prefix);
            let pub_ident = get_visibility(&attr_data, &field);
            let ty = &field.ty;
            let struct_name = data.struct_name;
            let ty_generics = data.ty_generics;
            quote! {
                #pub_ident fn #method_name(self, __value: #ty) -> #struct_name #ty_generics {
                    #struct_name { #ident : __value, .. self }
                }
            }
        } else {
            quote! {
                // something is silly here
            }
        }
    })
}

fn expand_methods(ast: &syn::MacroInput) -> quote::Tokens {
    let body = &ast.body;
    match *body {
        syn::Body::Struct(ref variant) => {
            match *variant {
                syn::VariantData::Struct(ref fields) => {
                    let struct_name = &ast.ident;
                    let (_, ty_generics, _) = ast.generics.split_for_impl();
                    let attr_data = GlobalAttrData::from_attributes(&ast.attrs);
                    let gen_data = CodeGenData {
                        ty_generics: &ty_generics,
                        struct_name: &struct_name,
                        attr_data: &attr_data,
                        fields: fields,
                    };
                    let immutable_build_methods = expand_immutable(&gen_data, fields);
                    let mutable_build_methods = expand_mutable(&gen_data, fields);
                    quote! {
                        #immutable_build_methods

                        #mutable_build_methods
                    }
                },
                _ => panic!("Derive builder is not supported for tuple structs and the unit struct")
            }
        },
        syn::Body::Enum(_) => panic!("Enums are not supported"),
    }
}

pub fn expand_builder(ast: syn::MacroInput) -> quote::Tokens {
    let methods = expand_methods(&ast);
    let struct_name = &ast.ident;
    let (impl_generics, ty_generics, where_clause) = ast.generics.split_for_impl();
    quote! {
        #[allow(unused_attributes)]
        #[allow(dead_code)]
        impl #impl_generics #struct_name #ty_generics #where_clause {
            #methods
        }
    }
}

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text:
Wine Connection Celebrates Their 20th Anniversary This 2018
Kyle Ong·
EventFood + DrinkSingapore
· November 13, 2018 ·2 min read
Wine Connection, a familiar wine consumer brand in Singapore, is proud to share its success of 20 years. It is now the largest owner and operator of its kind, helming wine shops and full-service restaurants in South-East Asia. Mr Michael Trocherie, Founder of Wine Connection, first stepped into the scene with a small corner wine shop in Bangkok, Thailand; two decades later, Wine Connection sees itself at its peak. Due to its stable and steady organic growth, it now boasts eighty-one outlets across four countries: Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia and recently South Korea, with a total of 1600 employees. In 2017, Wine Connection Group imported about two million bottles of wine into its three markets. This success was achieved by keeping true to the brand's promise of making 'wine democratic & affordable' as well as its rapid expansion of F&B operations, curating and providing European-style food at reasonable price, to achieve the ultimate drinking experience. The latest addition in the Singapore market is the newly opened Bistro and Wine Shop at United Square Mall on 1 October 2018.
Holding True to Its Brand Promise
To deliver the brand promise of making 'wine democratic and affordable', Wine Connection sources an extensive range of high-quality wines directly from the vineyards around the world. It has its own dedicated team of experts that select and taste an impressive 2,000 wines in a year, only to hand-pick the 5% best gems, from classics to exciting new tastes. Today, Wine Connection is the exclusive importer of 400 wine labels from renowned brands and small artisan wineries, from 13 old and new world countries. "We only sell wines we are proud of." says Ms Caroline Simon, Managing Director of Wine Connection Singapore and Malaysia, who oversees the wine selection process.
From Vineyard To Table – Sources direct, sells direct
'Cutting away the middlemen' is a business goal which Wine Connection works towards to, in bringing reasonably-priced and good quality wines straight to the table.
"This is the very reason behind our steady and successful expansion across South-East Asia. Our customers get incredible wines at the most affordable prices, at convenient locations which are close to their homes and workplaces. They can even order online, and have their wines delivered within 3 hours! At Wine Connection, we believe that there is a bottle of wine for everyone. Forget about rules and labels. We take pride in delivering quality and satisfaction at both our restaurants and wine shops, as we want consumers to be happy and turning into regulars." says Wine Connection CEO, Mr Alain Trad.
Twentieth Anniversary Wine Fair & New Collection
On 1 and 2 December 2018, Wine Connection will be holding its inaugural Wine Fair – 40 Wine Producers will be showcasing their wines at Wine Connection @ Capital Square and 300-400 visitors a day are expected to be present. Visitors will get to taste over 100 wines including selected labels from its 20th Anniversary collection, as well as best sellers from its permanent portfolio. Entry tickets (SGD 20 per person) can be purchased in advanced at any Wine Connection outlet or via their website. Attendees will receive an event pack which includes a wristband, booklet and tasting glass. The new wine collection will also be available for purchase at a promotional price – perfect for stocking up for the festive season.
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Russian diplomats call Britain 'dumb' to think country would stage nerve agent attack during World Cup: report
May: Highly likely Russia behind poisoning of ex-Russian spy
Prime Minister Theresa May says if Moscow is proven to be behind the attack on Sergei Skripal and his daughter, the British government will consider it an 'unlawful use of force.'
The Russian embassy to the Netherlands on Thursday wrote on social media that Britain is dumb to think the country would stage a nerve agent attack during the World Cup.
"How dumb (do) they think (Russia) is to use 'again' so-called 'Novichok' in the middle of the FIFA World Cup...The show must go on?" the Netherlands wrote on Twitter, Reuters reported.
British officials investigating a second case of poisoning with the nerve agent Novichok in southwestern England said they suspect the victims were not directly targeted but sickened as a consequence of the previous attack.
Police announced late Wednesday that specialists have determined that a couple in their 40s were poisoned by the same lethal toxin — developed by the Soviet Union — that almost killed Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia in March. The new victims are both critically ill in the same hospital that treated the Skripals.
"The working assumption would be that these are victims of either the consequence of the previous attack, or something else, but not that they were directly targeted," security minister Ben Wallace told the BBC.
"I think what we said at the time was that this was a brazen and reckless attack in the heart of a very peaceful part of the United Kingdom, and that is part of the anger I feel about the Russian state ... that they chose to use clearly a very, very toxic, highly dangerous weapon."
The unexplained poisoning of two British citizens with no immediately apparent link to Russia has raised public health concerns in the Salisbury area, where a massive decontamination effort took place after the Skripals were found to have been poisoned with Novichok.
Prime Minister Theresa May has blamed the Russian state for the attack on the Skripals — an assertion the Kremlin denies. Wallace said the Russian government could "put this wrong right" by providing details about the Skripal poisoning. He called on Moscow to provide information and "tell us what happened. What they did."
"I'm waiting for the phone call from the Russian state," he said. "The offer is there. They are the ones who could fill in all the clues to keep people safe."
The Associated Press contributed to this report