that immigrated here from Afghanistan. It focuses on the character of Dima, the 16 year old daughter who has a skin condition that causes her to cover her entire body and refuses to go outside. She uses her mom's old burqa to cover herself even while she is at home. The story follows the struggles she faces as well as her parents struggles. Add in the mix of a young suitor and the play takes on a lovely romantic side that is sure to touch your heart.
This play touches on many family topics and it does it with great care. The actors, Nikhaar Kishnani (Dima), Sahar Bibiyan (Mother Sahar), Rajesh Bose (Father Amir), Christopher Reed (suitor Elliot), and the narrator Kayla Jackmon all bring such strong performances to this play. I was filled with pure joy as I was engaged by each person on stage. I felt such a connection to the family portrayed because they were able to pull me in from the start.
This play won't be here in Astoria long! It is running until November 18th. Take the entire family or make it a date night. Having such incredible performances right here in Astoria is such a delight and honor. You can catch the show this Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 8pm and also 2pm this Saturday. It is playing at the Good Shepherd United Methodist Church located at 30-44 Crescent Street, Astoria, NY 11102. You can find our more about tickets here.


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The Ripa lineage
Teaching and practice
Centers and monasteries
Ripa in Ukraine
Regular practice
Doctor Sherab
Information texts
Video materials
According to the Buddhist way of thinking, all the happiness and peace of sentient beings depends upon the teachings of the Buddha, which in turn depends principally upon the spiritual community, which is the Sangha, or practitioners, (including both ordained and laity), who are correctly abiding in the teachings. Whether or not the Sangha or practitioners remain long to uphold the Buddha Dharma depends in large part on the Monasteries, Temples, and Retreat Centers. Therefore, many great holy masters built and established many great and small monasteries because they knew the benefits of building monasteries, temples, stupas and so on. In the Sutras, Lord Buddha said, "construction of monastic centers, preserving Buddha's teachings, providing food, shelter and clothing to the Sangha are the greatest way to accumulate merit." There are inconceivable benefits, as testified by the Buddha, so it is extremely worthwhile to build monasteries and other centers. Particularly, if the sites or places of the monastery are considered to be extraordinary and sacred, these sites then bring more happiness and peace to the community and a greater accumulation of merit. The Ripa lineage monastic seat is in Kham, Tibet. Additional monasteries were established after the Ripa teachers were forced to flee from Tibet in 1959, with their Tibetan community. The second monastery that was established, after passing through Pemakoe, was in Orissa, India. The third monastery that was established was in Pharping, Nepal. The fourth monastery, currently under construction, is in Kalmykia, Russia. Finally, Gyetrul Jigme Rinpoche holds two lineages, one as a reincarnation of Pema Lingpa, and the head of the Gyeling monastery in Pemakoe, on the Tibetan side of this region that is known as a 'bayul' or hidden land. This monastery is not a Ripa monastery, but is connected to Gyetrul Jigme Rinpoche from his past lives in Pemakoe
The Monastery in Tibet Rigon Tashi Choeling
The Ripa Lineage's original Rigon Tashi Choeling Monastery is located in Kham – Tibet. One of the first projects conducted by the Ripa Ladrang Foundation was to fund the restoration of the Rigon Tashi Choeling Monastery in Tibet. This Monastery is currently run by His Eminence's oldest son Tenzin Nyima Rinpoche.
The Monastery in Orissa
China invaded Tibet in 1949 and His Holiness the Dalai Lama was forced to flee his country in 1959. After a harrowing journey across the Himalayas, His Holiness, along with some 100,000 Tibetan refugees who followed after him, finally arrived safely in India. While facilitating the creation of a new Tibetan government in exile in Dharamsala, the Indian government led by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru launched a major rehabilitation program, assigning the Tibetan Refugee communities that were fleeing Tibet in mass exodus, to various sites across the country of India.
The Tibetan Phuntsokling site was founded in 1963, as one of these communities, near the remote tribal village of Chandragiri in Gajapati District (South Orissa ). Initially, the population numbered 500 people, including His Eminence Namkha Drimed Rabjam Rinpoche and his communities that came from both Kham and Pemakoe. Since its inception, the Phuntsokling site has continued to grow. There are now several camps housing thousands of refugees.
Thupten Mindrolling monastery was founded in the mid-1980s under the vision and guidance of the Terton, His Eminence Namkha Drimed Rabjam Rinpoche, and subsequently inaugurated by His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Therefore, the monastery became a center dedicated to the spiritual activities and the survival of the precious ancestral wisdom of Tibet and of Vajrayana Buddhism. The monastic community includes monks and novices. According to ancestral values, the lay community, participates harmoniously in the life of the monastic community during practice.
In 1998, His Holiness the Dalai Lama laid the foundation stone which symbolized the expansion of the monastery to house a larger monastic community. To contribute to the realization of this project, efforts to raise funds programs were launched.
In 2010, the work was completed and His Holiness the Dalai Lama inaugurated the new Thupten Mindrolling monastery. The limited resources of the camps are based largely on agriculture and raising livestock during the summer monsoon, and are supplemented by the proceeds of the sale of textiles, when traveling to the neighboring states of Orissa in winter. The camps also feature a craft center which mainly produces traditional Tibetan rugs, incense, traditional paintings called thangkas and ritual objects .
In each camp, people choose their own leaders through democratic elections. They are responsible to the Representative Office, Department of Homes, CTA Dharamsala.
The Monastery in Nepal Rigon Tashi Choeling – Nepal
In 1976, the renowned Tibetan lama and meditation master, Namkha Drimed Rabjam Rinpoche, stayed in retreat at the Asura Cave in Pharping, Nepal – one of the most sacred "power places" in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. The visions that he experienced at this pilgrimage site on the edges of the Kathmandu Valley led to the founding of The New Treasures Project and Rigon Tashi Choeling Nepal Monastery which is situated amidst Pharping's lush, forested hills. The area of Pharping is as sacred to practitioners of Vajrayana Buddhism as Bodhgaya is to Buddhism as a whole, for it was here that Padmasambhava, the 8th century Tantric sage, achieved enlightenment.
For centuries Pharping has been a center for spiritual practice and, besides the two caves where Padmasambhava and his consort Shakyadevi meditated, the area boasts many monasteries, temples, and residences of revered Tibetan masters. The rocks surrounding the caves continue to manifest an extraordinary phenomenon called rangjung, in which sacred forms arise spontaneously from the living rock due to the intensity of spiritual energy that pervades this area. The site for the monastery is situated below high forested hills which are held to be mystically formed in the shape of the Eight Auspicious Symbols highly regarded among Tibetan Buddhists.
In November of 2005, after 6 years of construction, the Rigon Tashi Choeling Monastery was completed and officially opened. The consecration of this monastery took place, at a time when one thousand two hundred fifty four years have passed since the Abbot (Shantarakshita), the Master (Padmasambhava), and the Dharma King (Trisong Detsen), met in Tibet and the great monastery of Samye was built, and three hundred fifty years have passed since Terchen Taksham Nuden Dorje appeared as the protector of the teachings and beings. The consecration took place in the 17th Rabjung cycle, in the Wood Bird Year on the occasion of the Lhabab Duchen, which marks the return of Shakyamuni Buddha to this world after traveling to heaven to give teachings to his mother.
This great festival was celebrated on the tenth day of the ninth month, during the waxing moon, which was on the 11th of November 2005, according to the Western calendar. Many great Lamas headed by the holder of the life-force of the Nyingma School, His holiness Penor Rinpoche were in attendance. The protector of the dharma wheel, Kyabje Namkha Drimed Rabjam Rinpoche, in the midst of the gathering of an ocean of lamas, tulkus, masters, and the sangha together with disciples and benefactors, performed the consecration according to the ritual of the Beautiful Garland of Flowers, a ritual manual from Lama Yishin Norbu of the Taksham Treasures, so that the virtue of this auspicious and excellent occasion may be the cause for the teachings to abide and spread in this world for a long time. The Monastery temple is four stories in height, 90 feet in length, 70 feet in width and constructed in an excellent shape.
The main image in the assembly hall is a two-story statue of Buddha Shakyamuhni made from medicinal clay surrounded by the two Supreme Disciples, the Six Ornaments and the Seven Universal Buddhas. To the right is the statue of Guru Rinpoche constructed according to the Taksham Lama Norbu tradition and surrounded by the two Dakinis and the Eight Manifestations. To the left of the main image is Eleven-face and thousand-armed Avalokiteshvara surrounded by the two bodhisattvas.
In the right alcove there is Guru Dorje Drolo and in the left alcove is Palchen Tamdrin (Hayagriva) with consort. On the walls are paintings of the Twelve Dzogchen Teachers, the Taksham lineage masters, all of the main deities of the three roots according to the Gathering of the Intentions of all Yidams (Yidam Gongdu), the Wrathful Guru, the peaceful and wrathful emanations of the Guru, Sengdongma Dudul Dragmo, Guru Silnon together with a small retinue, and the male and female dharma protectors. Outside are the Four Great guardian Kings.
On the middle floor, in the Gesar Temple, the main image is a statue made of medicinal clay of Palchen Dorje Shonu (Vajrakilaya) with consort. To the right are, in order, the Gesar of the three roots and the Gesar of the Four Activities, according to the iconography from the Secret Treasure of the Three Families, a mind terma of Namkha Drimed Rabjam Rinpoche, and an image of Gesar Dorje Tsegyal, from the mind treasures of both Jamgon Mipham Rinpoche and Lharig Dechen Rolpa Tsal. Also, there are images of Gesar's heroic companions led by Phuwo Gyatsa Shelkar. On the walls are primarily images of the three roots from the Tersar, among them scenes from the life story of King Gesar of Ling, annihilating hosts of demons.
In the temple on the upper floor there are images of Samantabhadra with consort, Amitabha, Vajrasattva, the Medicine Buddha, and Amitayus. All of the images are excellently constructed with the six medicinal substances and filled according to the tradition of Minling Lochen Choepel Gyatso, with the four types of relics, dharani, and life pillars. Important sacred substances from Ripa Labrang and other places, earth, water and wealth-bringing substances, treasure vases of the yaksha wealth gods, and so forth have been properly placed therein.
In the surrounding areas there are the monks' quarters and monastic assembly hall, a common kitchen, bathrooms and showers, a garden and park, all surrounded by a fence. This has all been excellently constructed in the past five years without any untoward incidence incurred to exterior or interior.
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Katerina is currently 18 years old and has already begun to reach high levels of study in the field of biotechnology, specifically in the field of tissue-engineering and has written not one but two theses.
As a young biotechnologist, biochemist, and microbiologist, Katerina has been studying tissue-engineering and is currently working with cells for future production of new tissues and organs.
In high school, Katerina worked with lemongrass and its effect on human cells and even looked at if it can be used as a potent antibiotic. This is a key example of microbiology and biochemistry intertwining. Katerina even looked at the possible anti-cancerous properties of lemongrass (spoiler alert: eating lemongrass won't cure your cancer), and even though she found that it was not anti-cancerous in and of itself, lemongrass is a potent antibiotic and still STUDIED CANCER AT 18 THAT IS AMAZING.
Like I said before...Katerina has not written one, but TWO theses: one about lemongrass and one about her general study of antibiotics and skin cells. Both are attached below and are partially in English (...but mostly Czech…).
We have refrained from calling Katerina a 'female scientist' or a 'woman in STEM' because we believe that Katerina is simply a scientist and that she has been doing extraordinary work as a young scientist, not just a young female scientist. We at The Girl Narrative believe it is important to acknowledge the young women we look at as key characters in their field/paving the way for their field, not key female characteristics in their field. We do not call extraordinary male [insert occupation] 'extraordinary male [insert occupation],' but we simply call them 'extraordinary [insert occupation],' and we believe that should be for women too because there are many women who are extraordinary in their field.
Looking beyond her work in the lab, Katerina is currently enrolled in the Grammar School in the northern Czech Republic town of Turnov. Katerina, in addition to her work in the lab, is in a small band where she plays trombone. It is also through her expression of the arts that Katerina street dances. HERE is a video of some street dancing in Prague (Praha), Czech Republic to show you the kind of style Katerina is into.
"So...are you an artist or a scientist?" this is a question many young people are asked, and you can fill in 'artist' and 'scientist' with any other occupations that seem to oppose themselves. Starting from the age of around 15-16, young people feel pressure to narrow down their interests and passions in preparation for college. But, as you can CLEARLY see, YOU DO NOT NEED TO SACRIFICE YOUR PASSIONS AT A YOUNG AGE. DON'T SACRIFICE WHAT YOU LOVE.
As with all of our young females, I began to ask Katerina some basic questions about being a young woman and, specifically, being a young woman in her field. "Naturally, yes, there are differences," she told me when I asked if she was treated differently. "But I do not feel that, overall, I am treated worse in the fields that I am in. On the other hand, with the other women that I interact with, I have to say that I look up to people who can balance family and the work in the lab. Although they are raising children, they can have (work and family) balance.


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Word has been received of the death of ATA Life Member and Indiana Trapshooter's Association Hall of Fame member, Thomas Mundell, originally of Tipton, Indiana. Tom was the 1976 and 1989 Indiana State Singles Champion, 1965 and 1986 Indiana State Handicap Champion and the 1984 and 1986 Indiana State All-Around Champion. Tom had lived in Tipton all his life until his retirement and subsequent move to Silver Lake, Indiana. He is survived by his wife, Beth. Our prayers are with the family.
We had a meeting at CERAland in Columbus, IN for the gun clubs and interested individuals. The meeting went really well. There were approximately 30 people and 15 gun clubs represented. The board is in the process of sending cards out to the gun clubs to get their vote on moving forward. The next step is for us to put together more detailed plans for the buildings and the property. If we get the OK from the gun clubs, we would like to have our 2013 state shoot at the new home grounds in Columbus.
I would like to congratulate Paul Rode on shooting his 400,000th registered target on Aug. 20, 2011.
I also want to congratulate the trophy winners at the 2011 Grand American. They are: George Gresh, Ed Miller, Roger Thompson, Paul Rode, Morris McCoshey, Gilbert Huffman, William Tucker, Salvatore Desantis, Raymond Strabavy, Devon Harris, Jack Curry, Ryan Clark, Michael Stephenson, Steven Bilderback, Michael Welte, Richard Self, Jacob Wieneke, Richard Garmene, Loren Dixon, Harold Bowers, Tank Lunsford, Frank Craft, and Mike Williams.
Medallion Award winners were: Wayne Downham, Roger Thompson, Gene Baxter, Paul Rode, and Jacob Wieneke.
Don't forget to mark your calendars for the Indiana Zone Shoots in May and the Indiana State Shoot in July. Come out and enjoy what might be the last state shoot at the old home grounds.
I want to also congratulate the Indiana Shooters that made the different All American Teams. They are: Men's Second Team- Tank Lunsford, Sub-Jr. Team- Brandon Sullivan, Vet. Team- Bobby Hubble and Wayne Downham, and Sr. Vet Team- Raymond Strabavy. I also want to congratulate my squad mate from KY, Keith Ditto for making the Men's All American Second Team .


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Windows 8: Zune Software Goes Metro
By Mike Rothman
It is clear that Microsoft is moving the best parts of the Zune software into new Metro style apps which will come preinstalled with Windows 8. After a rebranding, this great software will survive in a new form. Read on to understand why you should care.
Zune software from Microsoft has long been a favorite for Microsoft for organizing and playing music, videos and other media on Windows desktops. Its clean interface and Metro user interface makes it a nice alternatives to iTunes.
Microsoft has not updated the software in any significant way for well over a year. With the release of the Windows 8 Consumer Preview, it is clear that, even with Microsoft's much anticipated move away from the Zune brand, the key components of the software will live in the Metro apps Store, Video and Music apps. Microsoft has already said it will come preinstalled in the final Windows 8 release.
Take Video for example, opening this Metro app preview in the Consumer Preview released in February displays spotlight, collection and marketplace options.
Select the TV Marketplace and you'll see familiar options.
Select Show More to browse through the list of available programs.
Maybe the popular show Mad Men would be fun to watch?
Tap or click Series Details takes you deeper. You get a description of the show by season.
Here I decided to start at the beginning. Click through to confirm the purchase and watch your show.
The fun part is — you can watch videos on your Xbox 360, PC and Windows Phone. And add Windows tablets once they arrive. With the Metro UI and logging in to your devices with your Windows account, the same app will run on your desktop, tablet and phone. It has taken awhile, but it seems like Microsoft's strategy is finally coming around, with a rebranded Zune Marketplace and software at it's heart.
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By 1994, Michael Haneke was well established as an incisive chronicler of what he regards as the numbing effects of an accelerated culture. Like previous releases The 7th Continent and Benny's Video, 71 Fragments In A Chronology Of Chance is a harrowing exploration of moral, spiritual and emotional bankruptcy, delivered in typically austere style.
On Christmas Eve, a student pulls out a gun in a bank and mows down a row of customers. The scene itself isn't shown, but the incident provides entry into the lives of those affected, and the bulk of the film is spent charting the events that brought them there.
Whether or not you agree with Haneke's bleak assessment of modern urban life, the film is a technical triumph, dipping into the characters' lives and slowly dragging them together. There's neither tenderness nor sentiment here, and each self-contained scene exemplifies a broader malaise. Whether at prayer, playing ping-pong or committing a little domestic violence Haneke's characters are joyless, atomised automatons who interact only for profit.
How you feel about this probably depends how much you accord with Haneke's evident disgust with the post-industrial West, but in every sense it's a devastating hour and a half.


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So i've been living in a commune in the south of france for the last 20 yrs.
I have 2 grand children and a mercedes van 310.
I'm mainly busy with a free radio (http://www.radiozinzine.org) and a monthly political paper, archipel, http://www.forumcivique.org).
because we get so many people just turning up but old friends just have to ask me the address, and i'll send a personnal message in answer.
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Just bored with checking this forum and there's nothing new on it. So a few news from me. Danny just spent a week at my commune and i think he enjoyed it past the first shock of arriving in the middle of a party's preparation. He's off to spain now to visit mac and a few places. Oh well i said news from me! I'm at he moment enjoying a cure in a thermal spring, thanks to french nationnal health.
Here we're still fighting off horse flies so if you want a bit more summer, just let me know!
Oh and Olivia and family just visited me and they ARE going to post a message telling the story (aren't you!
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olivia. Well, anyway her or her compagnon. They are pretty busy but i'm going to give them a poke about it!
As every year, we're having a benefit for our radio, big party all night, on the 7th of july. Let me know if your planning to visit.


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those years but she never gave up. She loved being out on the water regardless of the catching, just like we do. She was just about the best fishing dog you could ask for. She passed on in 2007 and just before we buried her I took some clips of hair to make a fly to remember her by.
Given her golden color I knew there was 1 fly that was perfect, the gotcha. The prince nymph of bone fishing. I have never fished that fly and never will. It sits at eye level embedded in a hemlock timber near my woodstove mantel. I walk by it daily and when that pearl body braid and golden hair catches my eye I remember her like it was yesterday.


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The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer was, without a doubt, one of THE most wanted books at BEA this year, and is one of this fall's most anticipated books! I read it before I left for New York last month, and I was stunned at how massive the hype for this book is! I did meet Michelle Hodkin though, and she was extremely nice and enthusiastic! Anyway, here is my review!
Mara Dyer is falling apart. Still reeling from an accident months earlier and the resulting memory loss, She moves with her family from New England to Florida for a change of scenery. But Mara's memory loss, the death of her boyfriend and two best friends, lapses in memory, and strange hallucinations plague her continuously. She's certain she's not crazy, but that something is happening to her, and if she can figure out what happened the night her friends died, everything will be fixed. Frightened of getting close to anyone else, she pushes away the advances of Noah, a boy from school with his own secrets, but the more she pushes, the more Noah sticks around, until it's evident that whatever is happening to Mara isn't going away, and Noah might be able to somehow help her.
The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer is a chilling book, and an absolutely fascinating look at one girl's struggle with post-traumatic stress disorder that just might be something more. The mystery behind what really happened the night of Mara's accident and what was so terrible that her memory has erased is fascinating, and Mara's lapses in her short term memory and the strange hallucinations that she has not only mess with Mara's head, but the reader's as well, and will keep them on the edge. The antagonism between Mara and Noah is an interesting development, yet it fits very well with Mara's current state of confusion, hurt, and her tough personality, and the barbs exchanged by the two flawed characters did provide some interesting tension. The novel does tend to be a little formulaic when it comes to some of Mara and Noah's early conversations and interactions at their school, which is stereotypically clique-ish to the extreme, but the driving mystery of what is happening to Mara and the strange occurrences that follow her everywhere make them easy to overlook. Hodkin certainly winds readers up throughput the novel, which is a surprisingly quick read, and then leaves them with many questions in the suspenseful conclusion that demands a sequel right away. The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer is a fitting title to this fascinating and intriguing enigma of a book.
Cover Comments: I think this cover is amazing! It really does fit the book perfectly. I did have to stare at the book sometime before I made out the there was a boy hugging the girl from behind, but once I saw it, I was even more intrigued. This cover is genius, and will sell books based on looks alone.
The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer will be out on September 27th, 2011.
Thanks for the review...I've been reading quite a few regarding this title and your's is one of my favorites. I'm one of those people who have fallen for the hype, lol, eagerly anticipating this book!
I loved Noah Shaw! I can't wait to see how the story continues after that ending! Wowsa.
This is so on my wishlist. I've heard just amazing things about it and can't wait to read it. Thanks for a great review!
The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer is really a kind of chilling book.Which contains the story about the Mara's accident and as a result of it she Lost the memories.Great book it is.
I can't wait to get my hands on this book! I'm always up for an unusual read! Thanks for the review! I like the "fix er up" element!


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'Å, den svalande vind': 15 Variations on a Norwegian Folktune, Op. 120
Vier Gesänge, Op. 43: No. 1, 'Von ewiger Liebe'
Music For My Love, Vol. One
Ragnar Söderlind was born in Oslo in 1945. Early recoinition of his talent came at the age of eighteen, in 1964, when his symphonic dance Jölsterslått, Op. 2, was performed by the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, impressing the audience with his skill in orchestration and his musical craftmanship.
More than fifty years later he has composed more than 120 works, among them nine symhonies, concertos for violin (two), viola, cello, piano and trumpet, four ballets and nine operas or opera-oratorios, a large Requiem and a series of smaller orchestral works, songs, choral works, chamber music and more.
As a young composer, having composed some works in a dodecaphonic style, Söderlind chose not to break with the great European musical tradition but rather to develop the language of classical music into modern times. He thereby became one of the first composers in Scandinavia to break with post-war modernism and became a leader in the post-modernist or Neo-Romantic period which followed. Söderlind's tonal language typically mixes styles and tonalities; in his music can be found everything from simple folk-tunes via polytonal fusions to dramatic atonal moments. In spite of this mixture his own strictly composed musical style can readily be recognised.
Ragnar Söderlind has enjoyed many commissions from musical institutions in Norway and abroad. In the 1970s and '80s he had a short career as conductor before beginning to teach at the Norwegian Music Academy in Oslo, where he later was appointed professor of composition.
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'Game of Thrones': Liam Cunningham Weighs in on Season 6 Premiere's "Remarkable" Ending
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[Warning: This story contains spoilers from the season six premiere of HBO's Game of Thrones.]
Winter is coming, but few people in Westeros are preparing for the storm.
Davos Seaworth (Liam Cunningham) is one of the rare exceptions, more aware than most of the ice-cold menace known as the White Walkers. The Onion Knight, a mainstay on HBO's Game of Thrones beginning with the second season, knows the true enemy facing the Seven Kingdoms — if not quite how to handle the threat.
In Davos' defense, the man has a lot on his plate. First, he lost Stannis (Stephen Dillane) and Shireen Baratheon (Kerry Ingram), the two most important people in his life. Then, his back-up plan fell through: Jon Snow (Kit Harington), betrayed and killed at the end of season five.
Season six begins with Davos learning about Jon's fate firsthand, recovering and protecting the fallen Lord Commander's corpse from Alliser Thorne (Owen Teale) and the other Night's Watch mutineers. Davos' allies are few: Dolorous Edd (Ben Crompton), a handful of Snow loyalists, Jon's direwolf Ghost and Melisandre (Carice van Houten), the titular "Red Woman."
Needless to say, the relationship between Davos and Melisandre is a complicated one filled with bloody history — bloodier than even Davos knows, considering Melisandre's role in killing Shireen. But that's far from Melisandre's greatest secret. In the closing moments of the episode, the Red Priestess from Asshai privately reveals her true form — an old woman, impossibly ancient, a far cry from the famously seductive and youthful physique she normally boasts — to nobody but herself and the viewers.
The morning after the Game of Thrones season six world premiere in Los Angeles, The Hollywood Reporter sat down with Cunningham to talk about Davos' immediate call to action following Jon's death, his current alliance with Melisandre, his take on the red priestess' big reveal, and how the White Walker threat reflects a real world adversary.
In the past, you have said that Davos saw a "fellow traveler" in Lord Commander Snow. Is that why Davos doesn't hesitate to act when he sees Jon's body?
He's a straight-shooter, the boy. He has this legendary decency and loyalty, and knows what the right thing is. He sees in Jon … which is obviously, after Stannis goes, and even prior to that, before he died, Stannis said, "He's a good boy. He's Ned Stark's son. He's the real deal." So that sort of thing is something Davos can throw himself into. He's not going to align himself with the Boltons, or any number of the Lannisters, because they're just power hungry animals.
Even if the best move for his survival is to lean into Alliser Thorne's new leadership, it's just not in line with Davos' moral compass.
No, there's just no question. Even in the premiere [when Alliser confronts Davos], he turns around and says, "He's lying. I've been around men like that all my life. There's no good on the other side of the door. They're coming in to kill us." So, things are pretty clear cut for him. Even in a confusing world, the answer for Davos is always: "Do the right thing." He knows what the right thing is for any given situation. It's one of the joys of speaking those gorgeous words that these gentlemen provide. It's proper stuff.
We saw the true Melisandre at the end of the episode. Davos has had a complicated relationship with her in the past…
To say the least! [Laughs]
How would Davos' opinion of Melisandre change if he found out her secret?
There's no need … again, he's that character where there's no need for revenge or pettiness or anything like that. He's not going to be passive aggressive around the red woman. He doesn't have use for it. They're fellow travelers at the minute. They're strange bedfellows. They both lost their reason for being on the show, with Stannis gone, and with what she's done to Shireen — even though Davos doesn't know that she's responsible. She had seen a great battle at Winterfell with Jon Snow leading it, and now, he's dead. He's gone. Her world's falling asunder. Then we see this remarkable moment, where her humanity comes out.
Many fans have theorized that Melisandre is older than she lets on, but even they will be surprised at her true form…
The poor guys who made love to her! [Laughs]
Do you have any insight into how that scene was created?
The remarkable shot where she's looking at you … that's Carice, from the neck up. She spent a lot of time in a head cast. There was a huge amount of work put into getting the prosthetics done. She showed me one photograph; I wasn't there when they shot it. It was very much a one-off thing. She showed me the photograph of her in the gear, and when I saw it on the phone, I thought it was remarkable to see. I've always wanted to do something like that. I'd love to get something like that done, to throw yourself into a character like that. But she thought it was very weird. I think she liked it a lot more than she thought she would — getting adorned. That stuff she wears … it must have taken six hours, or something like that to get it on. She only had to do it for a day.
But she's quite constricted in the costumes that she wears, as well as where we're shooting, [because] Carice does not like the cold, and the irony is, Melisandre doesn't feel the cold. So it's very tricky for her. We have to keep her warm. [Laughs] We have to keep her covered in duvets quite a bit. It's very tricky for her. Of course, the old woman who came into play the full-length Melisandre … that remarkable moment at the end. The reveal at the end makes you go, "Uh, what?" But this is what I love about the show: the remarkable moment where she just climbs into bed, with this very sad look in her eyes, recognizing that there's something lost.
For a moment, you wonder if Melisandre is becoming her true self so she can cast some great magic — to show off her power, like Davos alluded to when speaking with the Night's Watch. But no; instead, she just crawls into bed.
Her world is shattered. We saw the real Melisandre. That's why the episode is called "The Red Woman." She's taking it all off. The facade is down. That's remarkable to me. Whatever you saw for the last five [seasons], it's gone. You're never going to look at Melisandre the same way again. That's really great. That's just an additional thing for an actor to have. And she doesn't even need to play it; the audience [feels] it for her. Everything she does now is a lie. It's not the real Melisandre. We're always going to be watching to see when the reveal is going to take place — if it ever takes place. It's amazing. Great drama.
'Game of Thrones' Season 6 Premiere: 'The Red Woman' Reveals an Ancient Secret
Looking forward, there's a great line from Davos in one of the trailers: "The real war is between the living and the dead…"
"…and the dead are coming."
It alludes to the idea that the politicking and infighting within the Seven Realms means nothing compared to the threat beyond The Wall.
And the Red Woman has already seen that. She said, I think at the end of season four, that these petty wars between the Lannisters and whoever it may be — the Starks, the Boltons, the Khaleesi and her Dothraki trying to come across the sea — this is all just f—ing schoolyard fighting, when the real f—ing war is this army of a hundred thousand zombies.
Did Davos believe her at the time? He's never kept close counsel with Melisandre, but have recent events opened his mind to this threat?
It was Hardhome. He found out about Hardhome, and he's seen what [the White Walkers] are capable of, and sees the difficulty required to take these guys out. They are moving closer and closer to The Wall. They're coming, and they're not going to be stopped by bows and arrows. This is the big enemy. No one is paying attention to the big enemy. It's almost a bizarre thing to say, but the metaphor could almost be climate change. The White Walkers are climate change. People are dropping bombs all over the Middle East, when the actual big problem is going to kick us in the f—ing eye and nobody cares. It's nuts!
An especially interesting metaphor, when you think about the White Walkers heading toward a gigantic sheet of protective ice…
Yeah! It'll be quiet. Our demise will be quiet, with ice cold water.
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Jimmy Connelly loves his job, as a milkman in the London borough of Lambeth, and his only ambition is to one day be the regional manager of Express Milk Dairies. He is in his early 20s and lives at home with his mum, who is a 'massage therapist'. He spends his spare time hanging out with his friend Stan or down at Herbie Bush's gym where he has just started boxing. Due to the fact that Jimmy has drunk three pints of milk every day for as long as he can remember, his teeth and bones are incredibly strong. It is this that leads to him accidentally putting Britain's contender for the boxing middleweight world title out of action. With no time to find a replacement it is up to Jimmy to take to the ring. Easier said than done for someone who has never even had a sparring match before.
Jimmy is charming, honest and innocent almost to a fault. He places his trust, his boxing career and ultimately his life, in the rather incompetent hands of Bush, allowing his image to be manipulated to a point where even his friends and family start to turn against him. Jimmy remains fiercely loyal to those around him, not wanting to let anyone down, least of all his father, whose fortune cookie wisdom he quotes at every opportunity.
After a week of intensive training Jimmy finally gets a chance to prove himself; not just to those that know him, but to the world. The day has come when he has to get in the ring and fight world champion Jose Mendes. Even though he knows in his heart that he doesn't really stand a chance, he also knows that he has to get up there and do it with head held high. It is Jimmy's genuine character that ultimately leads to him being the hero of the hour and getting everything his heart desires.


The same can be said of Canada's attitude to the environment. Where else would you struggle to buy an aerosol anti-perspirant (they're all roll-ons, in a bid to protect the ozone layer!) but find a race of people so loathe to step outside their over-sized, large-engined vehicles, that there exist drive-thru restaurants, coffee-shops, chemists and banks. There are laws prohibiting the use of certain chemicals in cleaning products and phosphate-free detergents aplenty, yet the ingredients list on some of the convenience foods would make you shudder! Kraft Dinner anyone?
Recycling is pretty good here in Ontario, with separate boxes for card and paper, and cans and plastics as well as compostable waste, and money back on returned bottles (just like in the old days back home!) Many people bring their own bags to grocery shop as most supermarkets charge for theirs, with the exception of Walmart, where they're handed out willy-nilly, sometimes with only a couple of items in them. But if you want to air-dry your washing, you may be disappointed. There are by-laws prohibiting washing lines in back gardens where we live, leaving me with no choice but to tumble-dry our clothes year round, which means they last about half as long as they should and ensures our hydro (electricity) bill never gets much below $100 a month.
On a macro level, Canada's environmental record isn't great. There's little government effort to encourage people out of their cars, thus reducing the transportation problems that are the greatest contributor to our greenhouse gas emissions. We pulled out of Kyoto on the grounds that if the US wasn't going to try then we weren't either.
Canada has a veneer of eco-friendliness but once you scratch the surface it becomes apparent that people don't really care enough to make a difference. Attitudes towards the "biggest and best" as a reflection of your social status are deeply entrenched. Buying organic and phosphate-free makes you look educated and environmentally aware, but that concern usually stops once outside the front door.
Yes, we recycle. There are solar and wind power generators and lots of hydro-generated electricity and nuclear power, but that's largely obliterated by personal consumption and government indifference, and a scarily large part of the population still doesn't trust or believe the science behind global warming or acknowledge the widening gap between the "haves" and the "have nots".
How much consideration do you give to the environment?
Authors edit: The municipal rules concerning clotheslines here in Ontario were overruled by provincial law in 2008. Apologies for the incorrect information.
I think like many countries, there are pockets of progress here and there, but many contradictions in "eco-friendliness." This Earth Day we had heavy downpours almost all day, which our garden welcomed! We participated in two Earth Day events this week, organized by two great environmental NGOs. I did a blog post on one, and am planning to do another – it might be a belated one tomorrow… I actually think many Jamaicans "get" climate change – even if they don't make the connections between environmental conservation and mitigating the impact. But we can see it for ourselves, on our little island.
"Getting" is one thing, but being prepared to do something that will affect a future you may not be around to see is another. I don't think it's a priority for a lot of people here, purely because they don't feel a sense of urgency about it.
…and the "doing" takes just as long to get off the ground as the "getting"!
Absolutely. It's a habit here – all talk, little action… We are painfully aware of it.
Interesting post, Aisha. Canada has always seemed to me to be a country of contradictions. It promotes animal protection and welfare, then slaughters seals in their thousands in the name of economic reasons. It champions environmental causes on the world stage, then dramatically pulls out of Kyoto. It argues for greater UN peacekeeping participation by other nations, but its own contribution is at one the lowest levels for years (and lower than countries such as Bangladesh).
I think the public perception of Canada in areas such as the environment is exaggerated by the media, where as the reality of the situation as enacted by the government of the day is quite different. This then leads to the contradictions you highlight above. Or at least that was my sense of things when living there.
So, will you be hanging your laundry outside to dry now that you know the ban has been overruled?! I hang mine up year-round – outside in the summer and inside on foldable clotheslines. We save a lot of money this way, and I feel good about helping the environment out a little. I agree with you completely that most Canadians are talking more than doing when it comes to protecting the environment. Having lived in Germany in my twenties, I know that they are much further advanced in their mentality and actions when it comes to the environment. I think a lot of the problem in Canada is that we tend to choose present convenience over the future health of our planet, and that makes me very sad – even angry at times. Thanks for your thought-provoking post on Earthday!
If I could find one of those retractable lines you set up on your garden fence, I would! Don't think the landlord would be happy if we plunked one of those umbrella gizmos into their lawn!
Interesting, thanks. I think the "bigger is better" mentality would depress me. Mind you I guess there are shades of it wherever you live. I am shocked they have laws against line-drying. Why is that?


Other big winners were Home, Layla M, The Fixer and Lady Macbeth.
Glory won best film at the 8th Les Arcs European Film Festival, which finished Friday (December 16) in the French Alps.
The second feature by Bulgarian directorial tandem Kristina Groseva and Petar Valchanov, it was awarded the festival's top prize by the jury headed by filmmaker Radu Mihaileanu.
Produced by Abraxas Film, Graal SA, Screening Emotions and Aporia Filmworks (sales handled by Wide), this story about a railroad worker who accidentally finds a lot of money on the tracks and decides to give it back to the police also won the Press Prize.
Another big winner at the festival was the Belgian production Home (by Prime Time Entertainment and Communication Versus Production). Directed by Fien Troch, it picked up the grand jury prize. Troch is an experienced Flemish director in the international film festival circuit and former participant at the Cannes Cinéfondation.
The best actress prize went to Nora El Koussour for Layla M, by Mijke de Jong; the film also won the audience award.
The best actor award went to Tudor Aaron Istodor for The Fixer, by Adrian Sitaru, best original music to Nicola Piovanu for Daydreams, by Caroline Deruas and best cinematography to Gösta Reiland for Pyromaniac, by Erik Skoldbjaerg.
British production Lady Macbeth, directed by William Oldroyd, got the Cineuropa prize.
This year Les Arcs celebrated the new generation of women directors through the program Nouvelles Femmes de Cinéma by selecting 10 emerging directors to present their films (Rachel Lang, Jessica Hausner, Pia Marais, Joyce Nashawati, Agnès Kocsis, Laura Bispuri, Nanouk Leopold, Alanté Kavaïté, Houda Benyamina and Rebecca Daly).
An in-depth European study on the emergence of a new generation of European women filmmakers was presented, and there were two round tables to debate how to improve the number of women directors in Europe.
This year the event there were more than 100 films presented, 21,000 admissions and 700 industry professional visitors.


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Starnes: Why Not Just Self-Identify as a "Vaxxer" — If That's Your Truth?
Nationally syndicated radio host Todd Starnes reacted Friday to President Biden's message to get "vaxxed or masked."
The "Todd Starnes Radio Show" host told listeners he checked the Constitution and didn't see anything giving the Democratic president that kind of authority.
"I don't know what Joe Biden's been putting in the cottage cheese…I don't know what he's smoking. I don't care. But he doesn't have the constitutional authority to tell any of us that we should get vaccinated or that we should wear face masks, "Starnes said.
The author of "Culture Jihad: How to Stop the Left from Killing a Nation" questioned how the Biden administration plans to enforce the new order.
"Are they going to demand our medical records? That flies in the face and HIPAA. Personally, I have decided that I am going to self-identify as a vaxxer," he said.
"So if somebody asked me if I got the vaccine, I'm going to say, 'absolutely,'" Starnes concluded. "Because that's how I identify…that's my truth."
And the callers agreed.
Dan in Baltimore, Maryland, said he's going to do the same thing.
"That's what I'm going to do," Dan said. "If they ask me, I'm going to say, 'Oh, I got the shot,' but I won't get the shot because I don't think I should."
Starnes added: "That's between you and the Almighty…if you feel comfortable getting the vaccine, go for it. Knock yourself out! But it's none of my business whether you had the vaccine or not."


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Higher Education Bond Issue Accord Complete; Hobson Steps Down as Top Senate Leader
Having reached an agreement with Governor Henry and House leaders on a $500 million capital investment in Oklahoma's colleges and universities, Senate President Pro Tempore Cal Hobson said Wednesday he has accomplished his top priority for the legislative session and will resign as the leader of the Oklahoma State Senate.
"I have devoted countless hours and nearly every ounce of my energy to seeing this bond issue through," said Hobson. "We still must vote on it in the Senate, but the heavy lifting is complete. Having accomplished my top priority for this session, I have decided to step down as President Pro Tempore of the Senate."
The bond issue's 140 projects in 36 cities, Hobson said, will create 4,000 construction jobs and have a more than $700 million impact on the state's economy.
"Beyond its immediate impact, this capital investment will create a state-of the-art learning and research environment that will further enhance our state's economy for generations to come," Hobson said. "Our state has no great economic engine than higher education."
Hobson said he feels the timing is right to turn the reigns of the Senate over to the next President Pro Tempore.
"I'm actually looking forward to being one of 48 members of the Oklahoma State Senate, representing the people of District 16," Hobson said.
Hobson was elected to the House of Representatives in 1978 and joined the Senate in 1990. He was elected President Pro Tem for the 49th Oklahoma Legislature in January 2003 and re-elected to the post in January 2005.
Hobson has long been an advocate for education.
As chairman of the House Appropriations and Budget Committee and a co-author of the bill, Hobson was deeply involved in the battle to pass House Bill 1017 in 1990.
Before being elected to the Senate's top leadership post, he was chairman of the Senate Appropriations Sub-committee on Education and vice chairman of the full Appropriations Committee.
In his first session as President Pro Tempore, Hobson led the fight for passage of Governor Henry's education lottery proposal. As Senate author of House Bill 1278 and author of Senate Joint Resolution 22, Hobson played a key role in sending the lottery and the Constitutional lock box guaranteeing new funding for education to a vote of the people.
Last year, Hobson won passage of Senate Bill 1252, which sent to a vote of the people the question of state regulation of Native American tribal casinos and increased funding for public schools.
"Thanks to the work of the members of the Legislature who were courageous enough to take a stand for education and to the voters of Oklahoma, we have two new sources of funding for education," Hobson said. "I am proud to have been a participant in making that happen."
Also a year ago, Hobson led the legislative charge for an increase in the tobacco tax, which also won approval by state voters in November.
"The result will be a healthier Oklahoma thanks to creation of world-class cancer center, increased Medicaid funding and health insurance for thousands of previously uninsured Oklahomans," Hobson said.


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Some companies prefer nearshoringe their business processes instead of offshoring them. This is because companies offshoringe their projects usually deals with different issues such as cultural differences, language barriers, and time zone differences. Many companies in the United States prefer outsourcing their non-core tasks to nearby countries. Certain nearshore providers that are available to the US are outsourcing companies in Mexico and Canada. Aside from the low cost and good information technology (IT) infrastructure, these countries are closer to the US.
Moreover, the companies that opt to nearshore their business processes can visit the site of their outsourcing partners. Because the provider lies in the same location and area, travel is less complicated and accessible to the client. It is much simple for the client to personally address certain problems to outsourcing company if its only two flights away. Companies, therefore, can save money on travel to the area where they outsource their tasks. Location is an important consideration when the client needs to visit the site of the outsource provider frequently. Aside from this, both, the company and the outsource provider share the same time zone. Therefore, the transfer and coordination of information is much convenient compared to companies that outsource their works overseas. It also saves the company from getting phone calls during unholy hours of the day particularly .
But location and time zone were not the usual reasons why a company resort to nearshoringe their activities. Some companies give consideration to the culture, mindset, and language similarities – things which a company deems important when outsourcing. When the provider and the client share the same culture and language, the communication and coordination between the two is much easier. Both companies can work easily and avoid culture related problems when working.
A company may also consider the availability of skilled manpower in the area that can be used to increase their competitive edge. The cultural affinity is also a factor because it reduces the problems that may arise from cultural diversity. Since the location of both companies lies in same geographical area, they share the almost the same culture and have better coordination and communication.
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Companies that tend to outsource their jobs overseas have the advantage of tapping excellent talent pool that other countries can provide. Nearby countries may not be able to sustain the demand for skilled worker in different and specialized fields. In this case, companies may resort to transfer their work overseas where skilled and specialized manpower is present. India for example has a huge pool of IT professionals. US based companies may depend on their outsourcing companies for IT related jobs. Furthermore, in areas that required advanced knowledge and expertise such as research and development (R&D), engineering, and product development, nearby outsourcing companies may not be able to supply the needed manpower specialized in these areas. Thus, companies may tend to outsource these jobs to countries that have gained specialization in such fields.
One factor for the continuous growth of offshore outsourcing is the availability of the global electronic Internet network that made data access and transfer, easy and available. The high technology and infrastructure present in outsourcing countries help in the quick access and transfer of information and coordination of issues concerning the outsourcing provider and its client.
Aside from this, certain countries have developed a specialization over a period of time that other countries may tap. India, for example remained as a dominant offshore location for all types of business processes particularly IT outsourcing and business process outsourcing. For procurement functions, China is the best option since the Chinese were more adept in the process of buying. The Philippines, on the other hand, is highly skilled in contact centers and customer service.
The choice whether to nearshore or offshore your non-core tasks always depends on what the company prioritizes and considers relevant for its growth. You can decide which one is the best for your company to choose.


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Five reasons Brotherhood will continue to lose in Egypt
The Muslim Brotherhood's recent history of miscalculation has cost the Egyptian revolution and limited the Brothers' future options.
Supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood push a journalist (C) who they claim is pro-army, on the outskirts of Cairo, Nov. 4, 2013. - REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh
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Almost three years have passed since Jan. 25, 2011, and the political scene in Egypt has gone through drastic changes. Some of the few constants, however, are the persistent miscalculations by the Muslim Brotherhood and its catastrophic choices that have consistently harmed the revolution and its goals.
One strategic miscalculation was their running for the presidency after winning a majority in parliament, putting all the responsibility on themselves — which they could not possibly handle — and cornering themselves in a very volatile situation of economic crisis and a revolutionary state.
They then did not miss any chances to make enemies or dismantle democratic infrastructure. Their first enemy, unfortunately, had once been an ally: the secular movement that had spearheaded the revolution.
Between aligning with the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) to pass constitutional amendments in March 2011; the presidential decree that placed then-President Mohammed Morsi and his decrees above the law, the constitution and even the judiciary; and appointing a public prosecutor that functioned more as a private one, the Muslim Brothers managed to unite almost every political organization in Egypt against them. Sending their "militias" to disperse a sit-in at the gates of the presidential palace and torture people — some of whom were previous comrades — was for many people the point of no return for reconciliation with the Brotherhood.
They then went on to attack the media, creating yet another fierce enemy which, angered by their threats, worked up a huge media campaign against the Muslim Brotherhood.
Not long after that, they attacked the judiciary, and tried to gain complete control over it by removing around 3,000 older judges and appointing another 3,000 younger ones of their own. Obviously, this did not succeed and — surprise — created yet another enemy.
Over the first six months of 2013, political activists, the media and the judiciary waged a campaign to ignite the masses against the Muslim Brotherhood, whose handling of the economy and government institutions could only be described as a fiasco. This led to massive turnout in the streets on June 30.
But in yet another miscalculation, Morsi did not call for a referendum or early presidential elections, but rather stubbornly continued on. The fall of the Muslim Brotherhood was imminent.
The Brothers continue today with their miscalculations, thinking they can get back into power or bring down the current government though demonstrations and supporting terrorist attacks against the military and police forces — or at least not condemning them — and by creating instability in the streets and the economy.
Since the beginning of the revolution, it has always taken two to defeat one. When the Muslim Brotherhood joined the secular movements, it brought down the regime of former President Hosni Mubarak. When the Muslim Brotherhood teamed up with SCAF, it defeated the secular powers' first road map in a referendum. Today it's the secular powers teaming up with SCAF against the Brotherhood. With unprecedented public support, this is will not change soon or easily.
There are five factors that indicate that this alliance is likely to continue unbroken.
First, there is the use of arms by some of the Brothers, which was caught on camera and aired on television. This opened the door for SCAF to crack down on the Brotherhood with the near complete support of the people and only timid criticism from political activists.
The second factor is the complete absence of trust in the Muslim Brotherhood. Secular movements and parties who had trusted them were betrayed every single time. With so few sympathizers, hardly anyone was willing to trust them again and stand with them against the current alliance.
The third factor — which comes as a surprise to me — is that the people in the street are only criticizing the current government and General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi for "not being firm enough" with the Brothers, allowing them to demonstrate and create chaos to the detriment of the economy. The Muslim Brotherhood is becoming ever less popular. People blame the group for instability and worsening the economy, and activists and political parties blame their current practices for opening the door to the return of the police state.
The fourth factor is the clearly visible diminishing capacity of the Muslim Brotherhood to mobilize its supporters. The turnout on Morsi's trial day was so poor that pro-Brotherhood television stations had to mute the audio from the demonstrations.
The final factor is a palpable change in the international position toward the current alliance, road map and interim period as a whole. Just a few days ago, the United Kingdom resumed 24 arms-export licenses that had been suspended in July following the Morsi's ousting.
The fact is, the only thing that would drastically change the current scene would be if SCAF were to abandon the agreed-upon road map, not hold free and fair elections on time, try to gravely curb freedoms or push forward a presidential candidate with a military background. So far, the council seems to be smart enough to avoid such mistakes.
The Muslim Brotherhood needs to get rid of the leadership that has brought it to its lowest popularity in 80 years. The group as it was known for so long will surely be dismantled, but it can still try to survive as a political party and not as a secret organization.
The younger generation must revise its doctrine, practices and strategic aims, and realize that its only means of survival is to drop the dream of hegemony. For once, it needs to let go of arrogance and all-or-nothing strategies, and stop its three-year-long series of miscalculated steps.
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Parents urged to help teachers win battle over pay and jobs
Parents are being called on to help teachers in their fight for a pay rise as unions try to win the public relations battle against the government over next month's strikes.
With thousands of schools across England and Wales set to close in February after teachers voted to strike, the Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL) union has told the Observer that it is working with Parentkind, the umbrella group for parent-teacher associations in schools, and with school governors to get parents to lobby backbench Conservative MPs on the crisis in recruiting and retaining teachers.
The education secretary, Gillian Keegan, said parents would be "deeply disappointed" that members of the National Education Union were risking the "education and wellbeing" of children with the strikes, which could close individual schools for up to four days.
But Geoff Barton, general secretary of the ASCL, said: "We are determined that after underfunding education for 12 years, the government won't be allowed to get away with trying to blame the teachers."


Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho has dismissed suggestions that Galatasaray are close to signing Marouane Fellaini this summer.
The Special One insists that the Belgium international is 'too important' for his squad after the 29-year-old found the scoresheet in the 3-0 friendly win over Valerenga on Sunday.
Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho has confirmed that defensive trio Luke Shaw, Ashley Young and Marcus Rojo will miss the start of the new campaign.
In spite of their respective injuries, Mourinho has allowed the players board the plane to the United States, where they have been cheering for their teammates in pre-season games.
The Red Devils have won all three of their pre-season games in convincing fashion including the 2-0 victory over rivals Manchester City on Wednesday, but Mourinho is still eager to add at least one signing to his ranks with the midfield, in particular, in need of strengthening ahead of the 2017/18 season.
Prior to United's pre-season game against Real Madrid, Mourinho delivered an injury update on his players, where he clarified that Shaw, Young and Rojo would all miss the start of the Premier League season next month. Out of the three, however, Shaw could be the earliest to return to first-team action while Rojo could be the lengthier absentee as he continues to recover from a serious knee injury.


Digitech18 coming to Leeds on the 31st October 2018.
Digitech18, an event organised by Crown Commercial Service and Public Sector Connect, is coming to Leeds on the 31st October 2018 in celebration of the continuous success of digital events in Leeds. The event will be held at the Arena and will be attended by over 600 technology and procurement specialists who will discuss key issues that affect the UK's public sector technology landscape, including robotics, artificial intelligence, digital transformation and the SME agenda.
Claire Heap, Head of ConferenceLeeds, commented: "The selection of Leeds to host the first digitech is a credit to our digital sector strength, following the city hosting more tech events in a week compared to San Francisco, during Leeds Digital Festival this year. What's more, the first direct Arena is a world-class venue that will really add gravity to the excellent key speakers attending. The first direct Arena will host an exhibition area covering 2200 sq metres, 60 + stands and two purpose built seminar theatres – the event and the setting is sure to attract technology and procurement specialists from all parts of the public sector for learning and exploration.


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Civipol, the French multinational that sells security in Africa
The terrorism fever and the migrant crisis have contributed to change the international cooperation of the European Union. No longer only an instrument to close the gap with inequality, to build new commercial opportunities and for growth, the money allocated for international cooperation has also been invested to "instruct," with lots of money, the countries with strong migratory pressure in order to stop the migrants before they cross the Mediterranean. Security beats development. Forgetting, according to some observers, the respect of human rights.
The paradoxes of a soft dictatorship
For the second time in seven years, violent unrest has followed the presidential election in the small country of Gabon in West Equatorial Africa. The crisis started on August 28, when the candidate of the united opposition, Jean Ping (age 73), declared himself the winner of the presidential election. In the country's capital, Libreville, people retreated into an anxious pause.
Exploding enclosures in Africa and Europe (on Charlie Hebdo and Boko Haram)
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Charlie Hebdo. Damien Glez: "Ready to take up our pens and get back to drawing"
The internationally renowned Franco-Burkinabe cartoonist Damien Glez knew the Charlie Hebdo's colleagues killed two days ago well. "They were key figures in the French press, brilliant cartoonists who would not want to see us cry, but instead fight for freedom."
'We don't believe in Nigeria': Boko Haram declares an Islamic Caliphate
Nigeria – According to Boko Haram, north-eastern Nigeria no longer belongs to the Nigerian government. Instead, it's now part of an Islamic Caliphate. We're not yet sure who exactly this Caliphate answers to, but it's certainly not President Goodluck Jonathan. What's Jonathan going to do about it?
Touaregs seek a secular and democratic multi-ethnic state
Lekorne, France – An interview with Europe's spokesperson for the National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA), an armed separatist group in Mali.


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Joe Boozell | NCAA.com | April 1, 2017
Freshman Collins a difference-maker as Gonzaga tops South Carolina
Final Four: Gonzaga defeats South Carolina
A popular narrative in the days leading up to the Final Four: Experience, grit and continuity win games in the NCAA tournament.
True. Also true: Never underestimate the value of sheer talent. No matter its age.
Gonzaga veterans Przemek Karnowski and Nigel Williams-Goss excelled in the Bulldogs' 77-73 semifinal win Saturday over South Carolina in the Final Four, pushing Gonzaga into Monday night's national title game against North Carolina. Freshmen are often unpredictable in intense settings like Saturday's. With 70,000-plus raucous fans zeroed in on a basketball court in the middle of a huge stadium, even the most skilled prospects can get rattled.
So what Zach Collins did against the Gamecocks at University of Phoenix Stadium was extra special. The rookie forward scored 14 points, grabbed 13 rebounds and blocked six South Carolina shots – in just 23 minutes.
"He [Collins] told me before the game, he said, 'Look, I wouldn't want to be playing against me today,'" Williams-Goss shared after the game.
Collins was recruited by Gonzaga to be an immediate starter, but because of Karnowski's medical redshirt, Collins ended up a reserve this season. Yet in only limited time off the bench, the 7-footer has been brilliant. Collins averages only 17.2 minutes a game, but his per-40 numbers are astounding: 23.1 points and 13.1 rebounds. Both marks lead the team.
Block by Zach Collins
It's a testament to both Collins and the Gonzaga program. Going into this season, everyone knew Gonzaga was talented. But it was fair to wonder how, and how quickly, the parts would mesh. After all, Josh Perkins and Silas Melson are the only rotation players who logged significant minutes on last season's team.
In Mark Few's mind, instant buy-in made all the difference.
"I think it's been kind of under-talked about, how they came together," Few, Gonzaga's coach, said. "They haven't fought anything. And it's absolutely been amazing, the sacrifices they've made. They gave up shots, minutes, roles ... just like Zach Collins."
In basketball circles, analytics versus chemistry is a constant argument. Statistical wonks often don't give enough credence to the game's human element. And old-schoolers often are unwilling to embrace innovative ways to explain what we're watching. The truth is, both matter deeply. A talented team whose players hate each other probably won't make a deep NCAA tournament run. A team whose players love each other but lack skill won't, either.
GONZAGA WILL PLAY FOR IT ALL!
Bulldogs beat South Carolina, 77-73, to advance to first #NationalChampionship Game. #FinalFour pic.twitter.com/OEHNRRABkn
— NCAA March Madness (@marchmadness) April 2, 2017
Blending chemistry and ability is crucial, and Collins showed on Saturday he has both ability and the ability to fit in. Remember, some tension between Collins and Karnowski would have been almost expected.
Yet the big brother-little brother relationship between the two is apparent. Wise cracks and all.
"I'm really happy for him," Karnowski said of Collins. "His work ethic is awesome. He's been playing well for us the entire season. Whenever I go to the bench and he gets in, our team doesn't drop a bit. So he's been huge for us.
"And with six blocks ... you know, my career high is seven. But six is still good."
MORE: Karnowski's father travels from Poland to watch his son play
As good as Collins and Gonzaga were Saturday, give South Carolina credit: The Gamecocks were relentless. This stat from the second half is jaw-dropping:
Hope for South Carolina?
Gamecocks have trailed in 3 previous games in this tourney and won all 3. First-half margin: -9. Second half: +54. pic.twitter.com/XeDgDYCZvi
— ESPN (@espn) April 1, 2017
South Carolina charged back from 14 points down in the second half with a 16-0 run to give Gonzaga a scare. But in the end, Gonzaga was too cohesive, too big, too athletic and too skilled. By himself, Collins was too big, athletic and skilled.
A little good fortune doesn't hurt either. Collins had eight 3-pointers before Saturday's game. His ninth was by far his most important. And his luckiest. It ended that monster South Carolina run.
3-pointer by Zach Collins
"Right when I flashed up to the high post I knew I was going to shoot it," Collins said. "I think Przemek was open in the low post. I probably should have passed it but, luckily, it went in."
That's Collins for you. Wise enough to know better. Too skilled for it to matter.
Friendly reminder to those who doubt Gonzaga: Collins ranks seventh on the team in minutes. Luck is always welcome. But on most nights, it's not necessary for these Bulldogs.
Joe Boozell has been a college basketball writer for NCAA.com since 2015. His work has also appeared in Bleacher Report, FOXSports.com and NBA.com. Joe's claim to fame since joining NCAA.com: he's predicted the correct national championship game twice… and picked the wrong winner both times. Growing up, Joe squared off against both Anthony Davis and Frank Kaminsky in the Chicagoland basketball scene. You can imagine how that went.
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Charles Hayter, cofounder and CEO of digital currency data platform CryptoCompare, pointed to this development, noting that "a rising tide lifts all boats."
When digital assets draw the interest of investors, "the smaller cap cryptos can face buying pressure that moves them more than the majors," he stated.
Since it serves as the industry's reserve currency, bitcoin can experience notable inflows when investors flock to the space, a development that can bolster altcoin prices through a so-called "spillover effect."
Several market observers used this effect to explain bitcoin cash's recent gains, claiming that the altcoin was benefiting from such inflows.
Bitcoin Cash's market capitalization (market cap) is far smaller, standing at roughly $5.5 billion at the time of this writing, compared to $92.3 billion for bitcoin, additional CoinDesk figures show.
Because of its smaller market value, any gains in bitcoin cash are "magnified in comparison to Bitcoin" should the altcoin benefit from a spillover effect, noted Dipasquale.
The altcoin has a "much thinner order book, and therefore a much higher probability to move violently when the market moves violently," he stated.
"Given how Bitcoin is considerably more expensive than Bitcoin Cash, a lot of small investors who enter the market during an uptrend tend to go for Bitcoin Cash, since they generally prefer to own a complete coin (within their budget) rather than a fraction of a coin."
"When compared to Bitcoin, lower priced coins often appeal to investors that are hunting for perceived bargains."
"Because bitcoin futures can be legally bought and sold through the CME, that makes bitcoin more mature as an investment vehicle, and less speculative," said John Hargrave, publisher of Bitcoin Market Journal.
He noted that bitcoin cash futures, while available through Kraken subsidiary Crypto Facilities, are "less developed than bitcoin futures."
"Futures help reduce volatility, by giving investors a way to predict the future price," said Hargrave.
"Because the future is more 'predicted,' you might say, the future becomes more 'predictable,'" he added.
Hargrave said that "because futures help reduce volatility, they could be helping bitcoin see a more 'mild rise,' while BCH is seeing a 'wild ride.'"


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John Tyndall: Lest We Forget
The White Deer Returns
The Young Drummer At Bay
Blundering Along
I will forgive much if a man is sound on the race issue, and I will forgive nothing if he is not; which means I have few friends in the intelligentsia because the white intelligentsia has betrayed their race. And by the term 'intelligentsia' I mean those who make their living with pen and mind, not necessarily those who are intelligent.
The black intelligentsia defends blacks, the Mexican intelligentsia defends Mexicans, the Puerto Rican intelligentsia defends Puerto Ricans, etc. But only the white intelligentsia betrays its own.
The betrayal stems from a secularized Christianity perpetuated by cowardice.
It is the white man who embraced the Christian Faith, lived the Christian Faith, and held the image of the God-Man in the deepest regions of his soul. So, it is no coincidence that the most depraved, secularized versions of Christianity should also come from the soul of the white man. And the betrayal of one's own race, the race which was the Christ-bearing race, is a base perversion of Christianity. The Good Samaritan was able to see the humanity of another because he saw the humanity of his own. He loved his own. He did not wake up in the morning and strangle his wife and children so that he could go out on the highway and help others. No, if he had done that he would not have been the type of man who would help others; he would not have been the Good Samaritan.
Of course, this is not a difficult concept to grasp. In fact, it takes a deliberate, cold-blooded dive into stupidity to so pervert the Good Samaritan parable, which is why I say the betrayal of the white race is perpetuated by cowardice. One does not get tenure if one is "racist," one does not get published in the "higher class" publications, and one does not get the approval of one's peers. But what about truth? What about faith, hope, and charity? How can we credit anything said by a member of the intelligentsia who bases his writing on a lie and a betrayal of his own? Of course, we can't credit anything he says.
If one reads only respectable publications from the mainstream press – periodicals such as the New Republic and the National Review – and if one only circulates with people in academia or the clergy, one gets the impression that the hatred of whites and the worship of blacks is a universal sentiment that unites all people everywhere. But if one circulates with older white folk in the plus-45 age range who do not work in academia or in the sexier professional jobs, one gets a very different impression. Every time I meet such people (and sometimes, despite all liberal brainwashing, I meet younger ones), the same opinions surface: "We don't have a crime problem, we have a black problem," and, "You bet there are cultural differences – they are barbarians."
Are these older whites simply prejudiced? Yes, they are prejudiced; they are prejudiced in the way they should be. They have a prejudice for truth rather than falsehood and a prejudice for decency over barbarism.
The reason that there must be such draconian methods used to enforce black worship is because it runs so counter to the truth. As with the enforcement of feminism, there can be no tolerance of any divergence from the party line, because the party knows that the slightest crack in the totalitarian system can bring the whole lie-infested structure down.
Very few members, almost none, of the white intelligentsia have dared to defend the white man and attack the black man. Anthony Jacob practically stands alone. He didn't mind being called a racist, which he was not, nor a Nazi, which he also was not. He loved the older white civilization, and he defended what he loved. I honor him, and I revere him for his love for, and his passionate defense of, the civilization and the people that I love.
It is nothing short of lunacy, or Liberal unrealism, to attempt to meld civilized white men and uncivilized black men into an enduring 'family unity'. The two cannot mix: and all attempts to make them mix will work gravely to the detriment of the Whites, upon whom civilization exclusively depends. To my mind it is self-evident that the Anglo-Saxon and the kindred peoples are absolutely irreplaceable, and that without them the civilization they engendered and represent would, with the possible exception of one or two curious deviations or malformations, soon cease to exist. Let there be no mistake about this. When we speak of civilization we are referring to that which is wholly our own. There is no other civilization whatever. At best there are one or two minor foreign cultures. At best there are one or two successful foreign copyists of our civilisation's more material aspects. But there are absolutely no imitators of its moral and spiritual uniqueness, because there are no other people like the Westerners whose possession it is.
From White Man, Think Again!
Addendum: I think the abandonment of the white race by conservative Christians is the main indicator that Gnostics own the soul of that group as well as the soul of the liberal groups. A love of kith and kin is at the heart of Christianity as is a belief in the resurrection of the body. Both that love and that belief are eroded when the new ideas of race are adopted.
For this reason I view authors such as Joseph Pearce (one among legions) as politically correct modernists rather than as counter-culture writers. Pearce, in his latest book on Solzhenitsyn, tries to present Solzhenitsyn as a pro-democracy, anti-racist, modern Christian. He excuses Solzhenitsyn from the charge of racism with this quote from Solzhenitsyn:
Much in man is determined not so much by his physical side or by blood but by the spirit… Russia covers large territories with different people mixed together. You cannot trace the blood… He who is Russian is so by spirit, is so by heart, by the direction of his loyalties and interests. So there is a spiritual unifying of people and not a blood-based one.
Who is being disingenuous here? Does Pearce seriously believe that this applies to anyone but Russians and their kindred races? Dostoyevsky, for instance was half Lithuanian. But does Pearce really believe that Solzhenitsyn would like to see Russia overrun with be-bopping Negroes or Moslem Afghans?
"Ah," you say, you armchair integrationist, "Solzhenitsyn wouldn't mind if a huge influx of Orthodox Christian Negroes entered Russia." No, he wouldn't, but this is the point: a huge influx of Orthodox Negroes is not going to enter Russia. That fantasy is just as ridiculous as the Wilhelmsen-Bozell fantasy of a huge conversion of American blacks.
There are two different ways of abandoning the West. The first way is the way of the liberals: "The West is evil and should be abandoned." The second way is the way of the conservative Christians: "The West has nothing to do with race." That is tantamount to saying that the Incarnation has nothing to do with Christianity. To deny the means by which God revealed Himself to man leaves man cut off from God. And to leave the defense and the preserving of European culture to anyone but the white man is to leave the white race and all the other races bereft of the spiritual substance of that culture.
"King am I, whatsoever be their cry;
And one last act of kinghood shalt thou see
Yet, ere I pass." And uttering this the King
Made at the man. Then Modred smote his liege
Hard on that helm which many a heathen sword
Had beaten thin; while Arthur at one blow,
Striking the last stroke with Excalibur,
Slew him, and, all but slain himself, he fell.
From Tennyson's Idylls of the King
Labels: Anthony Jacob, Idylls of the King, Incarnational Christianity, Solzhenitsyn, white man
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