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Solidarity Actions in the West Bank, Gaza and the UK
IMC UK Features | 29.10.2008 20:40 | Campaign against Carmel-Agrexco | Anti-militarism | Palestine | South Coast
On 29th October 2008, the 60th anniversary of massacres in the Palestinian villages of Safsaf, al-Dawayima and Kafr Qasim, British activists were aboard the Dignity which sailed into Gaza. The boat which set sail from Cyprus the day before, was the second succesful attempt by the Free Gaza Movement to break the siege of Gaza, which has been imposed since last year. Carrying a contingent of doctors and medicines ,including cough mixtures which are no longer available in Gaza, the activists are set to meet up with fellow activists who have been in Gaza since the first sailing in August 2008.
In the West Bank, a delegation from the Brighton Tubas Region Friendship and Solidarity Group had arrived in the Tubas Region of the Occupied West Bank a week earlier. Reports sent home from the delegation record incidents such as attacks by Settlers, continued land theft, and enforced water shortages. The group which aims to highlight Israeli war crimes against Palestinians in the region, raise awareness about life under occupation and create practical solidarity links between grassroots organisations in Brighton and Tubas region, is currently assisting with the olive harvest at the village of Al Masra.
links:Free Gaza Movement |News from the Brighton-Tubas Friendship and Solidarity Group in the West Bank| Jordan Valley Solidarity| Palestine Solidarity Campaign | International Solidarity Movement in Palestine | Boycott Israeli Goods Campaign | Stop the Wall in Palestine
By travelling to Occupied Palestine, activists have been able to foster links with beleagured communities, to show practical solidarity and to report on the increasingly appalling conditions which go virtually unnoticed in the corporate media. The visits have also played a vital part in the growth of UK based campaigns to show solidarity with Palestinians. Activites amongst such groups in the last month are the Smash Edo Campaign with its Shut ITT demonstration in Brighton, the ongoing blockades of Carmel Agrexco.
IMC UK Features
Break the Siege
Your link to the International Solidarity Movement (above) should read http://www.palsolidarity.org
Through the first boats to break the siege, ISM Rafah has been restarted, with people living in the refugee camp there in Gaza and doing ISM direct action & solidarity work.
The Free Gaza Movement was originally called Break the Siege, but there were more US citizens than Brits involved, so the name got changed to something that works better over there than here - I still stick with Break the Siege!
There's another boat due to go to Gaza from Cyprus hopefully within 2 weeks, so if you've been doing Palestinian solidarity work and want to go with them, contact them and see if there's space - especially if you'd like to stay behind for a while to do ISM stuff there, or go out with fishing boats. Or, if you can do fundraisers or fundraising, they're still much in debt from the journeys so far.
ISMer
This new article from Media Lens is relevant, and very good as usual:
http://www.medialens.org/alerts/index.php
The article will be archived here in due course:
http://www.medialens.org/alerts/11/081103_children_in_the.php
Thanks for the question confused.
Palestinian workers, holding work tools, chant slogans as they demonstrate again
It gives me an excuse to repost this: http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article9090.shtml
If you don't know about the siege of Gaza, I'm guessing that you might be a zionist in denial. I think the article explains some of the effects of the siege well. It is however a year old, and the results are now far worse. If you want more info I'll be happy to post it up for you :-). The siege can be seen to be a good example of how the West only supports democracy when people vote for quislings approved by the West.............
Campaign: End the siege on Gaza
Statement, End the Siege, 10 November 2007
On 25 October, a Palestinian patient died at Erez crossing while awaiting being allowed to cross to an Israeli hospital. A week ago, a woman died in Gaza hospital with her newly born baby, while awaiting a permit to be transferred to Israel for medical treatment.
These are not the first victims, and will certainly not be the last should the current situation continue to prevail.
Last week, the operation rooms in Gaza's main hospital were shut down due to the lack of medical gases, which were not allowed in by Israel. Today Israel does not allow except 12 basic items to enter Gaza, out of over 9,000 commodities. From soap to coffee, from water to soft drinks, from fuel to gas, from computers to spare parts, from cement to raw materials for industry, all and hundreds of other items are not allowed into Gaza today.
The Israeli cabinet declared Gaza a hostile entity, and has declared its intentions to further intensify the collective punishment by cutting the electricity power and entry of fuel products. Banks in Israel are also threatening to cut off all financial cooperation with Palestinian banks in Gaza.
Given all this, we have adopted the initiative of the Gaza Community Mental Health Programme to launch the Palestinian-International Campaign for Breaking the Siege on Gaza, which has been intensified lately by the strict siege imposed on the Gaza Strip since June 2007.
The aim of this humanitarian, non-partisan campaign is to put pressure on the Israeli government to lift the siege imposed on the population of Gaza. By raising the awareness of the international community on the deteriorating living conditions resulting from the siege, we aim at mobilizing the efforts of the various international community organizations and governments to stop the boycott of Gaza. We call for the implementation of the recent European Parliament resolution calling on the Israeli government to end the siege.
It is important to declare that "End the Siege" is a non-partisan campaign, initiated and managed by representatives of the civil society, business community, intellectuals, academics, women activists, and advocates for human rights and peace from the West Bank and Gaza. We are all guided by our commitment to peace and our respect to human dignity.
We believe that it is a moral and ethical duty to rescue the lives of human souls living under bitter circumstances that sabotage their right to exist. People in Gaza are deprived of the simplest requirements for a decent life. We are determined to move hand in hand and shoulder to shoulder with all people who believe in freedom, human dignity and peace.
We need the support of all people who believe in justice all over the world, to contribute to the success of this campaign. We also call upon all Palestinians, whether in Gaza, West Bank, inside the green line, or anywhere else in the Diaspora to support our efforts and join our activities. It is a genuine call to rescue people, not governments or political parties. It is time to put aside any partisan conflicts and unite people in the pursuit of freedom, justice, and peace. We particularly call upon Jews whose history of trauma, discrimination and suffering should guide them to stand up today against the suffering of others.
Planned activities of the campaign
The campaign is planned to take place from November 2007 until the siege is broken. We will hold a press conference to announce the launching of the campaign.
Media and information technology methods will be our main tools to lobby supporters and contributors from around the world.
The first major event of the campaign will be organizing an international symposium entitled "Breaking the Siege on Gaza: Together for a United Front for Peace" in Gaza.
The campaign will also include inviting friends from around the world for ongoing individual or group visits to Gaza. The visitors will have first-hand information on Palestinian life in order to disseminate such information in their own country. Visitors will be hosted in Palestinian homes in order to be closely get acquainted with the Palestinian hardship realities and their living conditions. Media coverage of the activities in Gaza will be documented.
We will rely on our Israeli friends to host and help our friends from abroad who, if not allowed to enter Gaza, are expected to stage nonviolent protests.
We will arrange for a peaceful march to Erez checkpoint from both the Israeli and Palestinian sides of the checkpoint. It will include peace activists from all over the world.
Throughout the campaign, solidarity meetings, cultural activities, and discussion will take place not only in Gaza, but in Tel Aviv, Ramallah, and different cities around the world.
The campaign will include a major event in May, which is the arrival of 120 human rights activists including Noble Prize winners to Gaza on a boat coming from Cyprus. This event will be titled "Free Gaza Movement Day" and is planned by the "Free Gaza" solidarity group based in the US.
The campaign will have special posters as well as a website where all relevant materials will be published. The site will give opportunity for people to exchange information, ask questions, and give their comments.
Throughout the campaign, close contact with the media will be maintained with regular feeding of information and news updates.
The Impacts of the Siege on Gaza
The Gaza Strip has two main crossings that connect it to the whole world, Rafah in the south (To Egypt) and Erez in the north (to Israel). There are three other crossings that are used to exchange goods and bring in food to the Gaza Strip; today all are closed partially or completely.
Since the winning of Hamas in the Palestinian Legislative Council elections in 2006, the Israeli government, with the support of the US administration, has imposed a siege on all the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT), declared its boycott on the new Palestinian government, and refused to transfer customs revenues to the Palestinian government. After taking these measures, several donor countries, including major donors in Europe, have severely cut off their development assistance offered to the Palestinian people. The result of that form of collective punishment has been a gradual deterioration of life in the OPT.
Following Hamas' military take-over of the Gaza strip in June 2007, the siege imposed by Israel was tightened to an unprecedented level. Citing the continuing home-made rockets from inside Gaza, the Israeli government has recently declared Gaza as a hostile entity and threatened to cut electrical power, fuel supply to Gaza and to substantially decrease the number of people allowed in and out, as well as the amounts of goods and food supplies, and money needed for the daily life of people of Gaza.
The Israeli policy of unlawful collective punishment has always had its serious impact on the lives of the Palestinian civilians. Collective punishment is expressly forbidden under international humanitarian law. According to this principle, persons cannot be punished for offenses that they have not personally committed. In its authoritative commentary on Article 33 of the Fourth Geneva Convention, the International Committee of the Red Cross has clarified that the prohibition on collective punishment does not just refer to criminal penalties, "but penalties of any kind inflicted on persons or entire groups of persons, in defiance of the most elementary principles of humanity, for acts that these persons have not committed."
The siege that was imposed on the Gaza Strip has created excessive loss and damage in the different aspects of Palestinian life. The Gaza Strip has turned into a huge prison with no access to the outside world.
The health sector has been dramatically affected by the siege. According to the latest humanitarian situation report of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) released on 9 October 2007, fewer than five patients crossed into Israel/West Bank each day for medical treatment compared to an average of 40 patients per day in July. The World Health Organization has indicated that an average of 1,000 patients used to leave Gaza for treatment each month prior to the mid-June closures.
As a result of the continuous closures, the United Nations World Food Programme has reported significant increases in the costs of some food items. The price of one kilogram of fresh meat has increased form NIS 32 to NIS 40 (20 percent) while the price of chicken rose from NIS 8 to NIS 12 (33 percent). According to OCHA's report of 9 October, during the month of September, a total of 1,508 truckloads of goods crossed into Gaza. This compares to 2,468 truckloads in the month of August and 3,190 in July. There are no food stocks anymore and that contributes to the rising of prices.
The educational system in Gaza has also been affected by the siege. With the start of the new school year, there has been a serious lack of books and a shortage of the raw materials needed for printing. According to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), one-third of students started the school year without the needed text books. The closures also deprived thousands of students from reaching their universities outside the Gaza Strip. Thousands of students are not allowed to join their universities in the West Bank or abroad due to the siege.
On the industrial level, preventing the import of raw materials essential for Gaza businesses and industry, and the export of final goods, has resulted in the shut down of many manufacturing businesses. According to Paltrade's assessment of 12 September 2007, over 75,000 private sector employees (around 60 percent of the total private sector workforce) have been laid off in the past three months, bearing in mind that private sector employees represent around 36 percent of the total work force in Gaza. According to the Palestinian Private Sector Coordination Council, the current restrictions have led to the suspension of 90 percent of Gaza's industrial operations.
The agricultural sector is also at risk. According to OCHA's report, the export season for Gaza's cash crops (strawberries, carnation flowers and cherry tomatoes) is expected to begin in mid-November. This year, 2,500 dunums of strawberries have been planted with an expected production of approximately 6,250 tons of strawberries including 2,500 destined for European markets. Additionally, 490 tons of cherry tomatoes are also expected to be produced. If exports are not allowed by this time, farmers will be exposed to tremendous losses in terms of production cost and potential sales.
According to the World Bank, 67 percent of the Gaza population live under poverty line which is estimated by World bank to be $2 per day. Since human beings are the products of the environment in which they live, the Palestinian environment today is a combination of deprivation, poverty, anger, feelings of powerlessness and despair. Such feelings will inevitably lead to simmering anger which will eventually brew into more violence and defiance.
Palestinians have gone through repeated traumas of death and destruction of home and life over the past few decades. The current siege provokes the previous traumas making people re-experience the negative feelings that they have previously encountered and passed through.
It is only to be expected that in such an environment extremist ideologies will flourish. This will impact on the Palestinian society internally as well as the political environment in the whole region, destroying the possibilities of peace and security.
Putting all this in a nutshell, with this immoral siege, Gaza is meant to become the place of death where everything is destroyed. It is our duty to rescue life.
Homepage: http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article9090.shtml
Clarification and further info for confused.
As to why Internationals have been allowed in, do you think it might be because the Israeli state is racist and treats Palestinians as lesser human beings? Does that sound like Apartheid to you?
Anyway, heres why some students aren't studying at the moment:
Students trapped in Gaza
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The following document seeks to answer questions and common misperceptions about the situation of Palestinian students who are residents of the Gaza Strip and have been prevented from leaving in order to reach universities abroad by the policy of closure. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FAQ #1: Why can't students leave the Gaza Strip?
Following the Hamas takeover of the Gaza Strip in June 2007, Israel sealed Gaza's borders, preventing passage for 1.5 million people and allowing for only severely limited exceptions. A September 2007 Israeli Security Cabinet decision officially authorized, among other things, "restrictions on the movement of people into and out of Gaza", institutionalizing what human rights groups consider to be collective punishment. See the text of decision on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs website.
Despite the restrictions, in August-September 2007 and again in December 2007-January 2008, Israel arranged shuttle bus services which allowed some students in Gaza to leave for study abroad via the Erez Crossing (between Israel and Gaza) directly to the Nitzana and Kerem Shalom border crossings between Israel and Egypt. In total, however, only around 480 students successfully exited the Gaza Strip via the shuttles during the 2007- 2008 academic year – fewer than half of those who wanted to leave. Most reached their destinations late, missing the first semester of their studies. Beginning in January 2008, Israel said it would no longer allow students to leave Gaza, declaring that "only urgent humanitarian cases" would be permitted to exit. Hundreds of students were trapped. For background, see Gisha's report Held Back: Students Trapped in Gaza (pages 6-9)
FAQ #2: What is Israel's current policy regarding students from Gaza seeking to leave?
Following the public outcry over the cancellation of Fulbright grants to seven students destined for the United States, and pressure from U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and important European officials, Israel partially relented and agreed in principle to permit a few dozen students to leave Gaza in possession of "recognized scholarships" as a gesture to "friendly countries". The general policy trapping students in Gaza has not changed.
According to Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni (letter dated July 7, 2008):
"The policy of not permitting exit abroad for students from Gaza is part of the Security Cabinet decision from 19.09.07 which defined Gaza as a hostile entity and placed restrictions on the borders for passage of goods and movement of people from the Strip and to it except for humanitarian cases.
As of today, there is no change in this policy. At the same time, after consideration of particular cases, a few exceptions were approved, following, among other things, requests made by international actors".
Additional letters from the military make it clear that students without "recognized" scholarships to "friendly" countries, primarily Western countries, will not be permitted to leave. The military has declined to define what a "recognized" scholarship is (July 15, 2008 letter to Gisha, English translation available). Requests from students who do not have scholarships or are seeking to study in non-Western countries have been rejected or ignored by the military.
FAQ #3: How many students are trapped?
Each year, well over 1,000 Palestinian students from Gaza enroll in universities abroad and seek to leave Gaza in order to study. For example, at various points in time during the last academic year, when limited exit was available, 1,100 students and dependents had "registered" to leave Gaza, including by submitting supporting documentation – letters of acceptance and student visas.
At this time, there are hundreds of students who have been accepted to universities abroad and wish to leave the Gaza Strip in order to reach their studies. However, so long as the ban on students leaving Gaza remains in place, we will not know precisely how many students need to leave – because there is no way to "apply" to leave Gaza.
Last year, the Palestinian Civil Affairs Committee in Gaza, which is subject to the authority of the Ramallah-based Palestinian Authority, registered thousands of residents seeking to leave Gaza on the "shuttle" services, including well over a thousand students and their dependents. However, beginning in January, Israel refused to receive those requests, as part of the ban on students leaving Gaza. As a consequence and because there was no way to get them out of Gaza, the Civil Affairs Committee stopped registering students (see page nine of Gisha's report Held Back: Students Trapped in Gaza for more information). If Israel were to change the policy and permit students to leave Gaza, the Civil Affairs Committee could resume its registration, which includes a process of collecting supporting documentation.
The longer the policy stays in effect, the more severe the "chilling effect" will be on students who are discouraged from applying to universities abroad or paying registration fees and applying for visas. Many students have already forfeited their places at universities and the scholarships they were awarded to pay for their studies.
In addition, many students studying abroad who returned to Gaza for vacation during the summer of 2007 have been forced to interrupt their studies, because they have been unable to leave Gaza. The longer the interruption in their studies – the more difficult it will be to resume them.
FAQ #4: Hasn't Israel said it will let students leave Gaza?
Since the "exception" has been carved out (see FAQ #2), mostly in July and August 2008, Israel has permitted a few dozen students bound for EU countries with prestigious scholarships to leave; it has also permitted about a dozen students to leave for studies in the United States and a few students with European scholarships have been able to travel to Jordan, for a total of approximately 70 students. These students left via the Erez Crossing between Israel and Gaza, traveled through Israel into the West Bank, and from the West Bank crossed into Jordan for further travel. Israel has required that these students be escorted from Erez Crossing to the Allenby Bridge (between Jordan and the West Bank) by consular officials from the country "receiving" them. This is a burdensome and limited mechanism.
Hundreds of students remain trapped, including:
• Students seeking to reach European countries and the United States who are still waiting to be escorted out of Gaza;
• Students without scholarships;
• Students wanting to travel to countries which Israel does not define as "friendly" (this includes countries all over the world, including the countries where most students seek to study – in Asia and the Middle East);
• Students denied permission to leave Gaza by Israel for unspecified "security reasons" based on secret information that the students cannot review or challenge.
These students are at risk of losing their places and their financial support at universities around the world, as academic deadlines pass and classes start without them.
FAQ #5: Why can't they study in Gaza?
Opportunities for acquiring higher education throughout the Palestinian territory are limited. There are no doctorate-level programs at Palestinian universities, and the options for Master's-level programs are few.
The state of higher education within the Gaza Strip is particularly limited. Many medical and para-medical courses are not offered in Gaza, including occupational therapy, speech therapy, dentistry and physiotherapy. The limitations of the higher educational system in Gaza are due, among other things, to the restrictions on entrance to Gaza for nonresidents – a policy that Israel has enforced throughout the 41 years during which it has controlled Gaza's borders. Through these restrictions, Israel has impeded entry to the Strip for lecturers and academics from abroad and even from the West Bank. This includes both those who sought entrance to Gaza to participate in particular academic activities as well as those who wished to join academic faculties there for long-term positions.
Concurrently, Israel has limited the opportunities of lecturers and academics living in Gaza to travel abroad to pursue scholarly and research activities. These harsh restrictions were transformed into a total travel ban as of June 2007. Thus ties between the academy in the Gaza Strip and the academic community in the West Bank, Arab states, Western countries and the rest of the world have been severed.
The movement restrictions that Israel imposes on student residents of Gaza are even more intense. Since 2000, Israel has totally prohibited Palestinian residents of Gaza from studying in the West Bank and has banned Gaza residents accepted to Israeli academic institutions from entering Israel for their studies. Travel abroad is therefore the last remaining option for students wishing to pursue academic studies in the many fields not offered in the Gaza Strip.
FAQ #6: Aren't students being prevented from leaving because of concrete security threats?
No, students are being prevented from leaving Gaza pursuant to a decision taken by Israel's government on September 19, 2007 to restrict the freedom of movement of people into and out of Gaza as a response to the firing of rockets by militants in Gaza on civilian targets inside Israel. The policy places restrictions on passage of goods and movement of people into and out of Gaza with a narrow exception carved out for humanitarian cases. These restrictions are not in place to address a concrete security threat arising from the passage of people or goods; the stated intention has been to apply pressure on the Hamas government in the Gaza Strip by imposing restrictive measures on the civilian population in Gaza. Israel has also conditioned the opening of Rafah Crossing on the release of captured soldier Gilad Shalit. Punishing civilians for acts they did not commit violates the international legal prohibition against collective punishment. The July 7, 2008 letter from Israeli Foreign Minister Livni (see FAQ #2) makes it clear that Israel has decided to prevent students from leaving Gaza not because of claims of security risks, but rather as part of a policy of collective punishment that is trapping 1.5 million people in a narrow coastal strip whose borders are largely controlled by Israel.
International law forbids punishing students and other civilians for political circumstances out of their control. Students in Gaza are entitled to human rights under all forms of law which apply – including international humanitarian and human rights law, and Israeli law.
FAQ #7: Why is Israel responsible for letting students out of Gaza?
Israel is able to implement its closure policy due to its ongoing control of the borders between Gaza and the outside world, control that continues despite implementation of the "disengagement" plan in September 2005, in which Israel removed permanent military installations and civilian settlements from Gaza. Israel maintains full control of the Gaza Strip's territorial waters and air space, as well as all overland border crossings between the Strip and Israel. In addition, Israel maintains substantial control of the overland border crossing between Gaza and Egypt, because it holds veto power over the opening of the Rafah to regular traffic. Israeli control over movement, together with control over other significant aspects of life in Gaza, creates obligations for Israel under the law of occupation and under other international law provisions.
For more information, refer to Gisha's report Disengaged Occupiers: The Legal Status of Gaza, especially pages 29-32.
FAQ #8: Why can't the students leave via the Rafah Crossing between the Gaza Strip and Egypt?
Rafah Crossing has been closed for regular traffic since June 2007, and Israel's opposition to its re-opening is a central factor in keeping it closed. The operation of Rafah Crossing is governed by the November 2005 Agreement on Movement and Access (AMA) reached between Israel and the Palestinian Authority and brokered by the United States. Under the terms of the AMA, the Palestinian Authority is to operate Rafah Crossing on the Palestinian side, Israel is to monitor the terms of the agreement through closed circuit cameras and by reviewing passenger lists, and the European Union is to physically supervise the opening of the crossing through monitors posted at Rafah. Egypt then opens the crossing on its side. Without the participation of all these parties, Rafah cannot be opened under the terms of the agreement – and no new agreement for opening Rafah has been forthcoming. In the past several months, Hamas and Egypt have coordinated limited openings of Rafah, mostly for humanitarian cases and pilgrims, but there has been no regular traffic through the crossing.
FAQ #9: Why is pressure being applied on Israel and not on Egypt?
Israel, as the occupying power in Gaza, bears primary responsibility for facilitating freedom of movement for goods and people to and from Gaza, subject only to security restrictions which correlate to actual threats (and not as a pressure tactic). The Security Cabinet decision calling Gaza "a hostile entity" does not give the government legal authority to enforce a closure policy which has destroyed Gaza's economy and undermined the well-being of its civilian population.
Pressure is indeed being applied to Egypt from various sources – from authorities in Gaza, from neighboring countries, and internally. Recently 23 mainly Egyptian human rights organizations called on the Egyptian government to allow passage for students from Gaza via Rafah Crossing. Other regional human rights organizations are joining this call. Egypt has permitted a few sporadic "ad hoc" openings of Rafah to "relieve pressure", primarily for humanitarian cases. On August 30-31, Egypt permitted approximately 100 students to leave Gaza via Rafah, during one of these rare border openings. On September 20-21 another 60 students and their family members were able to cross. However, Egypt refuses to open the crossing for regular traffic. It is unlikely that Egypt will agree to open the crossing for regular traffic without approval by Israel, whose participation is required under the terms of the agreement governing the opening of the crossing.
FAQ # 10: Are only students being prevented from leaving?
No. The closure of Gaza is trapping 1.5 million civilians. It is preventing them from accessing medical care, jobs, and economic opportunities, uniting with family members, and traveling for the ordinary reasons that human beings need to travel, especially residents of a crowded strip of land that is dependent on contact with the outside world and with the West Bank. The West Bank and Gaza constitute a single and interdependent territorial unit. Students are just some of those whose human rights are being systematically violated by the closure – in ways that are harmful not only for them but also for the future of Palestinian society in Gaza
*Join Gisha's campaign by logging on to www.trappedingaza.org in order to call on Israel's leaders to respect the right of students in Gaza to travel and access education.
*Spread information by forwarding this message to others.
*Public pressure helps: Statements, letters, and op-eds by academics, students, journalists, and world leaders calling for immediate passage for all of Gaza's students
Homepage: http://www.gisha.org/UserFiles/File/publications_english/Publications%20and%20Reports_English/Frequently_Asked_Questions_November_2008.pdf
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Grimm's Snow White is a 2012 American fantasy film produced by The Asylum and directed by Rachel Lee Goldenberg. Loosely based on the Brothers Grimm fairy tale Snow White, the film stars Jane March, Eliza Bennett and Jamie Thomas King.

Plot
Long ago, a meteor crashed into Earth where it burned eternally and became known as the Viridian Flame and the ultimate source of power. The flame begat two races; dragons, the defenders of the flame and elves, the guardians of the flame. The elves each carried a stone which holds the power of the flame and gives them power, but most of the elves integrated into the human kingdoms to live normal lives. The humans however, began enslaving the elves for their power which caused unrest in the kingdoms leaving many to look toward the prophecy of "the mighty luminary" who will unite the land and bring peace for 1000 years.

Many years later, the story of the Viridian Flame has become a myth in the neighboring kingdoms of military powerhouse Whitevale and Northfalia, which according to legend has the Viridian Flame somewhere on its land. Princess Snow White of Whitevale has just returned to her kingdom upon the death of her father, having spent the last several years at a convent. Her father just signed a peace treaty between the kingdoms and Prince Alexander of Northfalia is coming to pay his respects to the King, where he meets Snow White. Snow White's stepmother, Queen Gwendolyn, has several elven stones she uses to draw power from and consult her magic mirror, who tells her that Snow White's beauty has usurped her own. Furious, Gwendolyn has her Huntsman Beasley (who she is having an affair with and who helped her arrange the king's death) take Snow White into the woods with a queen's guard and bring back her heart. In the woods, they are attacked by a dragon before Beasley can kill Snow White, and he brings back the guard's heart instead after he is killed by the dragon. Gwendolyn feeds the heart to her dogs and informs Prince Alexander of her death after he asks for Snow White's hand in marriage.

In the woods, Snow White is wounded and saved by an elf, Runt, who brings her back to his dwelling in the woods where their leader elf, Orlando, adamantly opposes her being there. At the castle, Gwendolyn starts plotting to marry Alexander so she can find the Viridian Flame but her mirror informs her that Snow White still lives. Gwendolyn feeds Huntsman Beasley to her dogs for his betrayal. She sends men into the forest to find and interrogate some elves for Snow White's location. When that proves unsuccessful, she sends her pack of massive dogs into the woods to hunt Snow White down.

Prince Alexander also searches the forest and saves Snow White from the dogs and defeats a dragon while she escapes. Alexander searches for Snow White afterwards at Orlando's home nearby but Orlando has her hidden and he turns the Prince away. Orlando worries of what Gwendolyn is plotting and asks the Dark Elves, guardians of the Viridian Flame, to help them wage war against Whitevale but they refuse. Snow White and Runt attempt to the infiltrate the castle so she can speak with Alexander but she in unsuccessful and Runt is captured by the Queen's men. Gwendolyn then uses elf magic to transform herself into a crone and make a poison ring. She visits the market, where she encounters Snow White and gives her the ring which causes her to fall into a death like sleep.

At the castle, Alexander finds a stable boy who is wearing Snow White's ring and he takes it. The elves think Snow White has been killed and preparing a funeral pyre when Alexander arrives and replaces the ring Gwendolyn gave her with her own ring which breaks the spell. Alexander's Advisor Hugh betrays him and tells Gwendolyn of her plan's failure and she attacks with her army. With the elves, Alexander and Snow White fight back and are eventually assisted by the Dark Elves. Gwendolyns army overpowers the elves, and she attempts a quick forced marriage between herself and Alexander. Snow White manages to break free and decapitate Gwendolyn before the ceremony can be finished. The kingdoms are united when Snow White and Alexander marry and peace is restored.

Cast
Eliza Bennett as Snow White
Jane March as Queen Gwendolyn
Jamie Thomas King as Prince Alexander
Eberhard Wagner as the King
Otto Jankovich as Hugh the Advisor
Ben Maddox as Huntsman Beasley
Sebastian Wimmer as Runt
Alan Burgon as Orlando
Frauke Steiner as Mara
Sabine Kranzelbinder as Isabella
Eric Lomas as Cyrus
Klara Steinhauser as Allura
Bernhard Georg Rusch as Wally Stable Boy
Lukas Johne as Dungeon Master
Mac Salamon as Captain
Thomas Nash as Hunter Aberle
Alexander T. T. Mueller as Priest
Magdalena Hall as Servant
Mathias Hacker as Human Prisoner (Harry)
Stefan Fent as Queen's Guard Solis
Benjamin Kornfeld as Queen's Guard Berkley
Marcus Schramm as Queen's Guard Savage
Stefan Kurt Reiter as Queen's Guard Rolins
David Heissig as Wood Elf
Sonja Chan as Dark Elf #1
Lucius Wolter as Dark Elf #2
David Szalai as Dark Elf #3
Sarah Xiao Mingruber as Dark Elf #4
Enis Bunjaku as Elf

Production
The film was shot on location in and around Vienna, Austria.

Release
Grim's Snow White was released on video-on-demand, DVD, and Blu-ray February 14, 2012, several months ahead of Universal's Snow White and the Huntsman.

Reception
Grantland said in an editorial on The Asylum that "Grimm's Snow White, it turns out, does well enough. The story is adequate, the set design is strong, and star Jane March gives a commendably icy performance. Those virtues coexist alongside Prince Alexander fighting giant, terribly rendered CGI dogs, but they're virtues nonetheless."

See also
 List of films about witchcraft

References

External links

The Asylum films
2012 direct-to-video films
2012 fantasy films
2012 independent films
2012 films
American dark fantasy films
American independent films
Films about royalty
Films based on Snow White
Films directed by Rachel Lee Goldenberg
Films set in the Middle Ages
Films shot in Los Angeles
2010s English-language films
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State v. Wilmore
Court of Appeals of Kansas
State of Kansas, Appellee,
Brent Michael Wilmore, Appellant.
SYLLABUS BY THE COURT
1. Interpretation of a statute is a question of law over which appellate courts have unlimited review.
2. The plain language of K.S.A. 2018 Supp. 21-6810(d)(10) excludes from criminal history calculations prior convictions that enhance the severity level of the present crime of conviction, elevate the classification of the present crime of conviction from a misdemeanor to a felony, or are elements of the present crime of conviction.
Appeal from Shawnee District Court; Nancy E. Parrish, judge.
Korey A. Kaul, of Kansas Appellate Defender Office, for appellant.
Jodi Litfin, assistant solicitor general, and Derek Schmidt, attorney general, for appellee.
Before Malone, P.J., Standridge and Warner, JJ.
Malone, J.
Brent Michael Wilmore appeals his sentence for his convictions of two counts of indecent liberties with a child. Wilmore claims the district court imposed an illegal sentence when it calculated his criminal history score in violation of K.S.A. 2018 Supp. 21-6810(d)(10). More specifically, he argues that because two of his prior domestic battery convictions were used in an earlier case to elevate the classification of a third domestic battery conviction from a misdemeanor to a felony, the same two domestic battery convictions cannot be used in calculating his criminal history score in this case. Our court has consistently rejected the argument Wilmore is making here in previous unpublished decisions, and we reject it again for the reasons stated in this opinion.
On December 8, 2017, pursuant to a plea agreement, Wilmore pled no contest to and the district court convicted him of two counts of indecent liberties with a child, a severity level 5 person felony. According to the presentence investigation (PSI) report, Wilmore's criminal history included a person felony conviction of aggravated assault in 2015; a person felony conviction of domestic battery in 2016; and three person misdemeanor convictions-including a first conviction of domestic battery in August 2013, a second conviction of domestic battery in November 2013, and a conviction of violating a protective order in 2011. The PSI report calculated Wilmore's criminal history score as A, based on his two prior person felony convictions and the aggregation of his three person misdemeanor convictions into a third person felony.
At the January 26, 2018 sentencing hearing, Wilmore did not object to his criminal history score. With a criminal history score of A, the sentencing range for a severity level 5 felony, such as indecent liberties with a child, was 122-130-136 months' imprisonment. The district court sentenced Wilmore to a controlling term of 122 months' imprisonment with lifetime postrelease supervision. Wilmore timely appealed his sentence.
On appeal, Wilmore claims the district court "erred in calculating [his] criminal history score by double-counting his misdemeanor domestic battery convictions." More specifically, Wilmore argues that the district court imposed an illegal sentence when it calculated his criminal history ...

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Send Flowers for Carolyn
Carolyn Mae Burt
April 3, 1959 ~ December 2, 2020 (age 61)
Carolyn Mae Burt, 61, Emmett, Idaho, passed away on December 2, 2020. She died suddenly of natural causes related to multiple sclerosis and lungs weakened by a previous pulmonary event. Carolyn was one of two twin daughters born to Arthur Wayne and Shirley Jean Burt in Council, Idaho, on April 3, 1959.
Carolyn graduated from Emmett High School in 1977, where she excelled in playing the cello. She had an innate ability to play by ear and spent many enjoyable hours with a bow in her hand. In 1991, Carolyn graduated from Idaho State University with a degree in University Studies, with an emphasis in gerontology. After graduation, she received licensure as a social worker and dedicated her professional life to serving others. She worked in long term care for a period of time and later worked for the State of Idaho in several different capacities, including policy writing. She retired in early 2020.
Carolyn was a life-long Girl Scout, was a troop leader, a trainer of trainers and director of several different Girl Scout camps. She was a tireless advocate for girls and also served her community as a volunteer. She also had a keen interest in gardening, rocks and gems, and in later years, developed a fascination with astrology and in viewing the night sky. Her musical ability included proficiency on both the cello and guitar, and she had a lovely singing voice. Carolyn spent her entire adult life in Idaho, where she enjoyed relaxing at her parents' cabin in Cascade, attending the Trailing of the Sheep event in Sun Valley, creating a welcoming home with her partner, Harry, and spending time with her niece and nephews. Carolyn gave selflessly of her time to help support her mother's daily living needs. She was also devoted to her twin, Connie, and they shared many adventures together, traveling, singing, giggling, and making memories.
Carolyn is preceded in death by her sister, Shelley and her father, Wayne. She is survived by her life partner, Harry Patterson; mother, Shirley Burt; siblings, Kathy (George) Holomshek, Mike (Angie) Burt, Connie Barnes and Vicki (Gilbert) Bustos; nephews, Joe Burt, Tony (Katie) Burt, George Holomshek, Jr. and Andrew Holomshek; niece, Ashley Holomshek; grand-niece Callie Burt; and several step-children and step-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, December 8 at 2:00 PM, at the Potter Funeral Chapel in Emmett, Idaho. An opportunity for viewing will be available at 1:00 PM.
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COLUMBUS, OHIO (December 7, 2012) Onda, LaBuhn, Rankin & Boggs is proud and honored to announce its participation in and contribution to the "Ho Ho Hope for the Holidays" campaign, which is hosted by The Open Shelter of Columbus. The campaign, which provides holiday cheer and help to the homeless and marginally housed of Central Ohio, is in its eighth year.
Participation with this and similar campaigns have become endearing events for the OLRB family. "It is easy to go about our daily lives and overlook the struggles that the less fortunate endure," says OLRB shareholder, Matt LaBuhn, "but I think our firm's participation with the Open Shelter has really opened our collective eyes and made us understand how much the gift of time and energy can mean, especially during the holiday season. I am especially proud that our firm has taken this cause to heart."
In addition to the holiday meal and good cheer provided to the hundreds of men, women and children that attend its holiday celebration, The Open Shelter, through the contributions and participation of its many supporters, is able to provide holiday gifts to those that may otherwise be left without. OLRB encourages you to consider joining us in reaching out during this holiday season to The Open Shelter or other worthy organizations that make a special difference in the lives of those in the most need.
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Q: How many different logical operations can there be? ⇒, ∨, ∧, and ⇔ are logical operations we have studied briefly. How many different logical operations can there be?
I'm not entirely clear on what this problem wants from me. It starts by showing the 4 logical operations above, the asks how many logical operations there can be... which makes no sense to me. Any tips you may have as to how to start this problem or what it is asking for in layman's terms, are greatly appreciated!

A: I assume we are only talking about binary logical operators. Let $\star$ be some logical operator. The truth table for $p \star q$ will have four rows. In how many ways can you then fill out this truth table?

A: For $n$ variables, there are $2^{2^n}$ possible functions.
Indeed, the domain of the function counts $2^n$ combinations of the input variables, and for every combination you can freely assign $0$ or $1$.
For two variables, there are four input combinations, $$00|01|10|11,$$ that can respectively correspond to the outputs $$0|0|0|0,0|0|0|1,0|0|1|0,0|0|1|1,0|1|0|0,0|1|0|1,0|1|1|0,0|1|1|1,\\
1|0|0|0,1|0|0|1,1|0|1|0,1|0|1|1,1|1|0|0,1|1|0|1,1|1|1|0,1|1|1|1.$$
Among these you will recognize familiar operators, like
$$\land: 00|01|10|11\to 0|0|0|1\\
\oplus: 00|01|10|11\to1|0|0|1$$
and degenerate functions, such as constant or function of a single variable
$$0:00|01|10|11\to 0|0|0|0\\
\text{left operand}:00|01|10|11\to 0|0|1|1.$$

A: I'm assuming unary and binary operations and standard boolean (2-valued) logic.
Let's start with unary operations: Those are operations that take one truth value, and return another one. There are two truth values, and for each truth value you can independently choose a result, so there are $2^2=4$ different functions.
However that includes the two constant functions $x\mapsto F$ and $x\mapsto T$; while those are of course valid functions, I would consider a logical operation only a function that actually depends on its input. By subtracting the two constant functions from the total of four functions, there remain two unary logical operations:

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*The identity, that just returns its argument.

*The negation $\lnot$, that exchanges $T$ and $F$.

For binary operations, we note that two logical variables can have $2^2=4$ different values, for a total of $2^4=16$ logical values. However that again includes the two constant functions, and in addition functions that ignore one of their arguments. There are four of the latter, namely two that return one of their arguments, and two that return the negation of one of their arguments.
So when removing those functions which don't actually depend on both arguments, we get $16-6=10$ binary logical operations. Those can be further classified by the number of input combinations which give a true result:

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*$3$ input combinations giving $T$: $\land$, $\implies$, $\impliedby$, $\bar\lor$ (the latter meaning NOR, that is $a\bar\lor b \iff \lnot (a\lor b)$.

*$2$ input combinations giving $T$: $\iff$, $\oplus$ (the latter being the XOR operation)

*$1$ input combination giving $T$: $\lor$, the negations of $\implies$ and $\impliedby$ (I don't know any symbols for those), $\bar\land$ (NAND).

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The short film highlights the devastating effects of making poor decisions in the lives of teenagers; and to combat the incidence of underage drinking.
Capitalising on the current popularity of video, SAB launched a short film to coincide with the festive season, highlighting the devastating effects of making poor decisions in the lives of teenagers; and to combat the incidence of underage drinking.
The short film is an element of SAB's 18+ Be The Mentor programme, which is based on the premise that teens and young adults are more likely to learn from and relate to someone closer to them in age as opposed to a parent. As such, a younger mentor is more likely to bring about change.
The campaign, says the company, has been a positive and successful one for SAB. Stats show 1,587,144 views of the teasers and trailer on Facebook and Instagram, with 1,608 8637 engagements; 1 997 702 views of the teasers and trailer on Twitter with 56,632 engagements; 34,372 views of the short film on YouTube, along with 220,652 views of the trailer and 301,200 of the teaser.
In addition to discouraging young people from making poor decisions about underage drinking, the film also aimed to get more people to commit to becoming mentors. While the film features fictional characters, it highlights very real social ills associated with underage or abusive alcohol consumption, including the fatal effects of driving under the influence of alcohol, theft and arrest, which affect many South Africans.
In keeping with the requirements of today's consumers for brands that provide them with real engagement, the film encourages audiences to #BePartOfTheChange and "help to rewrite the future of South Africa's youth", says Zoleka Lisa, corporate affairs director at SAB and AB InBev Africa.
Lisa says the film forms part of SAB's intervention strategy, which takes a hard line against underage drinking – one of several initiatives that have been designed using a multistakeholder approach, working with industry leaders and experts on alcohol abuse and its effects. "SAB is committed to fostering a global culture of smart drinking to reduce the harmful use of alcohol," says Lisa.


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Biathlon Canada Names Head Coach for Season: Justin Wadsworth
by Gerry FursethBiathlon, Biathlon Canada, Racing October 7, 2019
Canadian National Team Head Coach Justin Wadsworth (r) giving splits to Devon Kershaw at 2012 World Cup Finals in Falun, Sweden.
Last week, Biathlon Canada announced Justin Wadsworth as the Head Coach for the 2019-2020 season. In April, 2019, Wadsworth took on a temporary role as the team's summer coach. That fill-in-the-gap stint will extend through this season's racing. Wadsworth joins Canadian biathlon at a challenging time, with limited funding and after the retirement of many top athletes.
"My job is really just for the national team — we have 12 athletes and I would say that is my mandate to get those athletes working at their personal best and a world leading direction." — Justin Wadsworth
Biathlon combines shooting accurately, skiing fast, and finding mental strength. Wadsworth has his focus on the ski speed. Pavel Lantsov, who joined the program part way through the 2018-2019 training season, will continue as shooting coach. Roddy Ward leads the development effort.
Wadsworth will make two trips to Europe during the season. As his wife's career involves extensive travel, he has to manage his time away from the kids. Wadsworth took a five week summer break from coaching to get some quality family time. He has agreed to travel for the first IBU World Cup first period from November 17th to December 8th and then again for World Championships that will include a February pre-camp.
So how does a life-long cross country skier become not just a biathlon coach, but a national team head biathlon coach?
"That is a fine question because about six months ago I had no plan to coach anything let alone biathlon," Wadsworth told FasterSkier on the phone last week from a Park City training camp. After originally agreeing to three months, he started work with the athletes on training and ski technique.
"Those three months kind of flew by and I had a lot of fun with the team."
The 2019-2020 team is younger than in the recent past, with Emma Lunder, Scott Gow, and Christian Gow showing the most success in the last season.
"My main philosophy with training," Wadsworth said of his focus with the young biathlon team, "is really just consistency. We don't need to do the real radical things to get the extra one percent at the end of the day going into the season. We need consistent training with good technique and staying injury free and being healthy and that is going to bring this team the biggest rewards for this next coming year or two."
Wadsworth ran the Canadian cross country team during the best funded period of its history, thanks to Vancouver 2010 and solid racing results. During his own racing career, he had a front row seat to watch the Canadian cross country team rebuild after Nagano 1998. While the latter has more obvious relevance in the current state of Canadian biathlon, he showed an ability to use money well [link to Canadian ski truck] when it was available. As he immerses himself in Biathlon Canada's rebuild, he's facing a stark reality when it comes to funding.
"I have never seen a team with a budget as small as this. Our athletes right now at this camp in Park City are paying for everything. No funding."
Canadian head coach Justin Wadsworth leads his team during a training session at the 2016 Ski Tour Canada in Canmore, Alberta, including athletes Jess Cockney (l), Len Valjas, and Alex Harvey. (Photo: Fischer/NordicFocus)
Who is Justin Wadsworth?
Wadsworth spent five years as the Canadian National Cross Country head coach and is often thought of as one of the most outspoken Canadian officials on the topic of doping in sport.
He presided over some of Canadian skiing's 'golden era', including the arrival of Alex Harvey on the world stage, Devon Kershaw's second overall in the 2012 World Cup, and Canada's first World Championship gold. None were Wadsworth's personal highlight, however.
"I would say the whole team during that 2012 season, where every member, male or female, of our national team, had a top three result on World Cup. That to me was the highlight. It was amazing. We had Perianne [Jones], we had Dasha [Gaiazova], we had Chandra [Crawford], we had all the guys. Everyone had been on the podium. A few podiums, like the girls, were double-podium with Peri and Chandra, or Chandra and Dasha in the sprint. The team energy was amazing. We went through the whole season and everyone was so focused and having so much fun. Really just a really strong team. Everyone thinks back to the guys, but before Christmas that year, Chandra, I think, was fourth on the overall sprint World Cup going into the Tour de Ski, and we had other great results. Lenny [Valjas] later that year had a podium in distance. Everything was just firing on all cylinders. That to me is what I remember. To me as a coach that felt the best and was kind of the highlight. Not just for the results, but the whole team really worked together hard, and everyone was accountable to everybody else. When that all clicked, and everybody got on the podium that year, it was really special."
There is more to Wadsworth than coaching, as older ski fans may remember. He was a pivotal member of the U.S. Ski Team (USST). He competed at the most recent U.S. World Cup, producing the top American result with 8th in the 30-kilometer at Salt Lake City in 2001.
In 2002, he was sick at the start of his home Olympics before recovering to be part of the 5th place men's relay (the best U.S. result ever, matched by the women in PyeyongChang 2018). He quarantined himself from his then-girlfriend to help her remain healthy and have the best chance at her own Olympic dreams.
On a call with FasterSkier shortly before the announcement of his new title, Wadsworth doubled down on the difficulty and importance of being a team player.
"Those are words that come out of my mouth with our current team here. If anyone gets sick, you have to pony up early on. Don't be afraid about it. It's one of the hardest things to say, 'I might be getting sick', early enough to prevent the whole team from getting sick."
Wadsworth passed that test in 2002. He did, however, start his target event, the 30 k mass start freestyle.
"I should have not started, but I felt it was my best chance at a great result, and I started even though I was sick," Wadsworth confirmed in an email about that DNF. "I wish someone had helped me to not start…."
When Wadsworth talks to athletes about trusting the process, they know that he has both lived it as an athlete and lead it as a coach. Wadsworth didn't reach the top instantly himself, missing Albertville 1992 before qualifying for Lillehammer 1994, five years after his first World Cup start.
"Oh, I raced [a U.S. World Cup] one other time in 89 right here, down the road from where I am right now [Park City]. It was a Salt Lake World Cup, but it was held at a place called Mountain Dell. I think it was Bjørn Daehlie's first ever World Cup, or first ever World Cup win."
(FIS records are a bit sketchy that far back, but it was Daehlie's first win.)
You might think Wadsworth's strong opinions on cheating in sport come from being at Beckie Scott's side through years of her very public challenges, but he does have first hand experience with dopers. When asked about his 2001 World Cup race, he said "I think [Johan] Mühlegg might have been ahead of me, but I always take him out [of the results]."
In that 2001 30 k, Mühlegg won as a Spanish athlete, having left the German team over a dispute about his personal doctor. Mühlegg would be banned after failing a doping test at the 2002 Olympics. The second place finisher, Christian Hoffman of Austria, was implicated in a different Olympic blood doping scandal in 2002, but wouldn't be banned until 2009 after he was caught at Torino 2006.
If you take out the known cheaters, the upgrade to 6th place would give Wadsworth one of the best U.S. World Cup men's results in history. By extension, Hoffmann wouldn't have out-sprinted the U.S. closer Carl Swenson for fourth place at the 2002 SLC relay.
Wadsworth's wide ranging experience as an athlete and coach leaves him with diverse tools to help Canada's national biathlon team rise up.
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President Russell M. Nelson of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and his wife, Sister Wendy Nelson, wave to students after a devotional at Brigham Young University in Provo on Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2019. Credit: Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News
President Russell M. Nelson of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints speaks during a devotional at Brigham Young University in Provo on Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2019. Credit: Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News
President Russell M. Nelson of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and his wife, Sister Wendy Nelson, smile at students prior to a devotional at Brigham Young University in Provo on Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2019. Credit: Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News
Joe and Hannah Moxon listen to President Russell M. Nelson of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints during a devotional at Brigham Young University in Provo on Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2019. Credit: Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News
Garrett and Madison Brown, brother and sister, listen to President Russell M. Nelson of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints during a devotional at Brigham Young University in Provo on Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2019. Credit: Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News
President Russell M. Nelson of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and his wife, Sister Wendy Nelson, walk into the Marriott Center prior to a devotional at Brigham Young University in Provo on Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2019. Credit: Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News
President Russell M. Nelson of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and his wife, Sister Wendy Nelson, stand before speaking at a devotional at Brigham Young University in Provo on Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2019. Credit: Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News
President Russell M. Nelson sits on the stand prior to speaking at a BYU campus devotional in the Marriott Center on Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2019. Credit: Jaren Wilkey, BYU photo
Students take their seats in the Marriott Center on BYU campus in preparation for a devotional by President Russell M. Nelson on Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2019. Credit: Jaren Wilkey, BYU photo
Students line up to enter the Marriott Center on BYU campus in preparation for a devotional by President Russell M. Nelson on Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2019. Credit: Jaren Wilkey, BYU photo
President Russell M. Nelson and his wife, Sister Wendy Nelson, enters the Marriott Center prior to speaking at a BYU campus devotional on Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2019. Credit: Jaren Wilkey, BYU photo
By Sarah Jane Weaver
10:19 am MST
Addressing "The Love and Laws of God" during a BYU devotional Tuesday, President Russell M. Nelson shared "five truths" with young adult members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and pled with them to pray about the truthfulness of each one.
"Ask your Heavenly Father if we truly are the Lord's apostles and prophets," he said. "Ask if we have received revelation on this and other matters. Ask if these five truths are — in fact — true."
Speaking in the BYU Marriott Center, President Nelson also referenced the Church's policy adjustments regarding those who identify themselves as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender and their children. The 2015 and 2019 LGBT policy changes "were both motivated by love — the love of our Heavenly Father for His children and the love of the Brethren for those whom we serve."
President Nelson — offering his first BYU devotional address as president of the Church — declared: 1) You are sons and daughters of God; 2) Truth is truth; 3) God loves every one of us with perfect love; 4) The Lord Jesus Christ, Whose Church this is, appoints prophets and apostles to communicate His love and teach His laws; and 5) You may know for yourself what is true and what is not.
Truth 1: You are sons and daughters of God.
"You already know this," President Nelson said, clarifying "a distinguishing characteristic" about the identity of young adults.
"You are the children whom God chose to be part of His battalion during this great climax in the longstanding battle between good and evil — between truth and error. I would not be surprised if, when the veil is lifted in the next life, we learn that you actually pled with our Heavenly Father to be reserved for now."
Truth 2: Truth is truth.
"Some things are simply true," President Nelson taught. "The arbiter of truth is God — not your favorite social media news feed, not Google, and certainly not those who are disaffected from the Church."
Many claim that truth is relative and that there is no such thing as divine law or a divine plan, added President Nelson. "Such a claim is simply not true. There is a difference between right and wrong. Truth is based upon the laws God has established for the dependability, protection and nurturing of His children. Eternal laws operate in and affect each of our lives, whether we believe them or not."
Truth 3: God loves every one of us with perfect love.
There is a strong connection between God's love and His laws, President Nelson continued, sharing two experiences to illustrate.
First, President Nelson said he came to see the significance of that connection as a parent. As President Nelson's 10 children were growing up, "their mother and I established family rules to keep them safe and facilitate their growth."
God's love for His children is infinite, said President Nelson. "Just as the rules that my wife and I developed for our children were motivated by love, God's laws reflect His perfect love for each of us."
Russell M. Nelson explains a surgical procedure to a nurse. Photo: LDS Church Credit: Intellectual Reserve, Inc., Intellectual Reserve, Inc.
Second, President Nelson said he came to see the power of divine law during his career as a medical doctor and scientific researcher.
After graduating from medical school, President Nelson teamed up with other researchers to make an artificial heart and lung machine. One day, two truths articulated in the Doctrine and Covenants spoke to President Nelson's mind. "These truths were, first, that all blessings are predicated upon obedience to law (Doctrine and Covenants 130:21); and second, that to every kingdom there is a law given (Doctrine and Covenants 88:38).
"I reasoned that if every kingdom had a law, there must be laws that govern the beating heart," he said. "I was determined to discover those laws and obey them."
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The team of doctors learned that if they added potassium chloride to blood flowing into the coronary arteries, thereby altering the normal sodium/potassium ratio, the heart would stop beating instantly. Then, when they nourished the heart with blood that had a normal sodium/potassium ratio, the heart would spring back to its normal beating pattern. Literally they could turn the heart off long enough to repair it, and then turn it back on again.
"Decades later when I explained this to a group of medical students, one prominent professor asked, 'But what if it doesn't work?' My answer? 'It always works, because it is based on divine law.'"
Divine law is incontrovertible, said President Nelson. "Divine laws are God's gifts to His children. …Let me say it as succinctly as I can: As you abide by God's laws, you are progressing toward exaltation."
Truth 4: The Lord Jesus Christ, Whose Church this is, appoints prophets and apostles to communicate His love and teach His laws.
Sometimes Church leaders are criticized "for holding firm to the laws of God, defending the Savior's doctrine, and resisting the social pressures of our day," said President Nelson. "But our commission as ordained apostles is 'to go into all the world to preach (His) gospel unto every creature' (Doctrine and Covenants 18:28). That means we are commanded to teach truth."
In doing so, sometimes Church leaders are accused of being uncaring. "But wouldn't it be far more uncaring for us not to tell the truth — not to teach what God has revealed?"
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The commission of the apostles to teach truth does not give them the authority to modify divine law, President Nelson said.
For example, he said, consider the definition of marriage.
While many countries, including the United States, have legalized same-sex marriage, God has not changed His definition that marriage is between a man and a woman.
President Russell M. Nelson speaks during a BYU campus devotional in the Marriott Center in Provo, Utah, on Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2019. Credit: Jaren Wilkey/BYU photo
God has also not changed the law of chastity, he said.
And while the First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve Apostles cannot change the laws of God, "we can adjust policy when the Lord directs us to do so. … Because the Restoration is ongoing, policy changes will likely and surely continue."
President Nelson illustrated this point by addressing policy adjustments regarding those who identify themselves as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender (LGBT) and their children.
"Consider the policy announced in November 2015 related to the advisability of baptism for the children of LGBT parents," he said. "Our concern then, and one we discussed at length and prayed about fervently over a long period of time, was to find a way to reduce friction between gay or lesbian parents and their children."
Because parents are the primary exemplars for their children, leaders did not want to put young children in the position of having to choose between beliefs and behavior they learned at home and what they were taught at Church.
"We wanted to facilitate harmony in the home and avoid pitting children and parents against each other," he said.
Thus in 2015, the policy was made to assist children and their parents in this circumstance, namely that children being raised by LGBT parents would not automatically be eligible for baptism at age 8. Exceptions to this policy would require First Presidency approval.
"The First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve have continued to seek the Lord's guidance and to plead with Him in behalf of His children who were affected by the 2015 policy," he said. "We knew that this policy created concern and confusion for some and heartache for others. That grieved us.
"Whenever the sons and daughters of God weep — for whatever reason — we weep. So, our supplications to the Lord continued."
Read more: Church to allow baby blessings, baptisms of children of LGBT parents, no longer defines same-gender marriage by a member as 'apostasy'
Church leaders also took note of LGBT parents who sought permission from the First Presidency for their children to be baptized, he said. In nearly every case where the LGBT parents agreed to teach their children about — and be supportive of — the covenant of baptism, the requested exception was granted, explained President Nelson.
"As a result of our continued supplication, we recently felt directed to adjust the policy such that the baptism of children of LGBT parents may be authorized by bishops without First Presidency approval, if the custodial parents request the baptism and understand that a child will be taught about sacred covenants to be made at baptism.
"We also determined that LGBT parents may request that a baby be named and blessed by one who worthily holds the Melchizedek Priesthood. …
"Finally, we also clarified that homosexual immorality would be treated in the eyes of the Church in the same manner as heterosexual immorality."
Though it may not have looked this way to some, said President Nelson, the 2015 and 2019 policy adjustments on this matter were both motivated by love. "Because we feel the depth of God's love for His children, we care deeply about every child of God, regardless of age, personal circumstances, gender, sexual orientation, or other unique challenges."
Truth 5: You may know for yourself what is true and what is not.
President Nelson concluded his address with a challenge. "My dear brothers and sisters, I plead with you to seek earnestly a confirmation from the Spirit that what I have told you is true and is from the Lord. …
"In my capacity as president of the Church, I invoke a blessing upon you, beloved young adults, to be able to discern between right and wrong, between the laws of God and the conflicting voices of the world. I bless you with power to detect the adversary's deceptions. I bless you with greater capacity to receive revelation. And I bless you to be able to feel the infinite reach of God's perfect love for you," he said.
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Congressman Kim wants BOP to lock down Fort Dix Prison as Covid cases spike in facility
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As a result, Ocean and Burlington County 3rd District Congressman Andy Kim (D) wants the Federal Bureau of Prisons, and its Director Michael Carvajal, to lock it down.
"The outbreak of COVID-19 at Ft. Dix FCI is a clear and present danger to the federal employee staff, the inmates, and to our communities in New Jersey surrounding the Joint Base. I continue to hear from Bureau of Prisons (BOP) leadership that the situation in under control or improving, but it is clearly not. Ft. Dix FCI has had the highest number of total active cases of any federal prison in the country. Just this morning, active cases rose to 797 total cases among inmates, and 26 among staff, more than double the next highest affected facility in the country," Kim said in a statement on Monday. "I urgently call upon BOP leadership to take immediate action to stop the spread of COVID-19 at Ft. Dix FCI. There are concrete steps BOP Director Michael Carvajal can take immediately. He should order the lock down of Ft. Dix FCI, devote full attention to reducing inmate-to-inmate spread, continue the moratorium of inmate transfers in and out of the facility that is due to expire this week, increase testing availability for staff and inmates, and provide all resources available to staff in order to address the outbreak there. Not doing so would further endanger the health and safety of thousands of people and would lead to the full loss of confidence in Director Carvajal's leadership."
The rise in Covid cases at the prison isn't sudden, in fact it's been trending in this direction since the fall.
The Courier Post reports that there were more than 300 actives cases reported in October, then down to 16 on December 10 and began spiking by December 30, 2020.
They cite BOP data adding that 533 inmates and 45 staff members who had the virus, recovered.
Meanwhile, Congressman Kim says this isn't the first, second or even third time he's requested the BOP and Director Carvajal to make a move at Fort Dix to improve the Covid and health situations during the course of the Covid-19 pandemic.
In his Monday statement, Kim laid out what his actions have been during the pandemic.
April 23, 2020: He co-sponsored "the bipartisan PANDEMIC Act, which limits the transfer of prisoners between facilities during the COVID-19 public health emergency."
October 9, 2020: He sent a "letter to BOP Director Carvajal expressing the need to halt transfers immediately and address the crisis at Ft. Dix FCI."
November 9, 2020: He signed "onto letter to Director Carvajal with members of the New Jersey Congressional Delegation, led by Senator Menendez asking for action to be taken to address outbreaks at Ft. Dix FCI."
November 18 – November 20: Kim "made personal phone calls to Warden David Ortiz at Ft. Dix FCI, as well as Regional Director Nicole English of the Bureau of Prisons who oversees the facility to press for changes and offer assistance."
December 2, 2020: He submitted "Questions for the Record to the House Judiciary Committee's hearing in the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security, titled "Oversight of the Federal Bureau of Prisons and the U.S. Marshals Service", calling on the BOP to provide direct answers for why conditions have deteriorated at Ft. Dix FCI, and on discrepancies in the number of total positive cases at the facility."
December 4, 2020: He "released a joint statement with BOP Reform Caucus Chair Fred Keller calling for an end to the transfer of inmates between BOP facilities which puts our communities at risk for increased spread, and for BOP leadership to outline a detailed and coordinated strategy to counter the increased outbreaks of COVID-19 in BOP facilities across the country."
December 8, 2020: Kim joined "New Jersey Congressional Delegation in a letter sent by Senator Menendez to Director Carvajal again asking to halt transfers which have led to COVID-19 spread."
January 6, 2021: He spoke "with AFGE Local 2001 leaders representing staff at Ft. Dix FCI to receive an update on conditions."
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Comic Cons restore my faith in humanity. A bold statement? Perhaps. It's true though. When I see hundreds of creative cosplayers in their fantastic costumes, most of which they made themselves, it makes me happy. I love the cosplayers who buy their costumes too. Not everyone is crafty, not everyone has time to make something but everyone can cosplay. This is who people really are when they are set free from the worries and demands of everyday life. People are creative and gracious, they are happy to talk about their cosplay and the subject of their cosplay. When you see two fans of the same game, say a Link and a Midna meet at a con it's just magical. I saw Ronin glad to see Star-Lord just because they so obviously share the same interest. When you see a group of cosplayers you are seeing people set free from the mundane to express one facet of who they really are.
Another thing I love about comic cons are the celebrity guests. I have yet to meet a celebrity guest who isn't just as gracious, kind and charming. They share so much with their fans and they are happy to do so. I know Stan Lee was disappointed at the Portland Comic Con that he couldn't say more than a few words to each of the fans who wanted to see him. He always wanted to share, to sit and chat but, alas, so many people wanted to see him that the con volunteers had to keep the line moving. It was the same way with William Shatner. These are people who just love people, or perhaps more accurately an audience but they are storytellers, that's what they are.
I chose it because, after hearing his discussion panel this picture made me think of who he really is while still tying in to one of the shows I loved as a kid. Well I think I'm not going too far to say that I made his day by choosing that photograph. He immediately got excited and started talking about how this is his favorite picture. Turns out he had this picture taken in England for his mother but he liked it so well he had copies made to bring to conventions. He loves the shirt and wears it all the time, and the shoes are his favorite. In fact he wore them to the con and showed me. I think he was really touched when I told him why I chose that photo. He also liked my Mothra hat. We chatted for 5 or 10 minutes and his excitement about this photo had other people in line leaning in to listen and just smiling too. It's something special when you can bring so much joy into someone's life by something so small. He also said that this was only the second one of those particular photos he'd sold, which to be fair is probably because people want pictures of him in the roles they know him in. So, if you ask me, totally worth the very modest sum I shelled out to get a second autograph. Oh! And he let his aide take a photo with him and I was wearing my Mothra costume, natch.
I love coming away from cons with stories like the one above. It really adds to the specialness of each con. Look for these moments when you go to a con and don't be afraid to note them down as soon as you are out of line.
We ran into the fantastic cosplayers who were Yzma and Kronk yesterday. Yzma had transformed into one of the best, if not the best Loki of the con.
Oh here was the cutest Star-Lord of the con. There were several good Star-Lords, really good ones but this guy was creative and low budget. Proof that you don't have to spend a fortune to cosplay, just get creative!
Star-Lord with Rocket Raccoon and Groot–Sort of.
Having fun and making people smile is a fantastic way to spend a Sunday. So Rose City Comic Con was a rousing success both days and we had a lot of fun. Thank you to everyone involved, especially all of the cosplayers. And be sure to check out Kaijucast for photos of my Mothra cosplay with Kyle.
Also one last shameless plug, check out S. Shadow's Natural Photography where pics from the Rose City Comic Con will be up Monday and Tuesday. His photographer got a couple of good ones of my Mothra cosplay.
Here's one that one of us took where I'm not backlit!
I've been an author all of my life, I just didn't realize it until the Great Recession and I got laid off. With no job on the horizon and a need to keep myself engaged in something productive I began to seriously write. Oh, I've always written. I've written in secret. I've written fan fiction. I've written when I was too embarrassed to let anyone else, save my long-suffering sister see it. All that and it never occurred to me I was a writer until circumstances forced me to try my hand at self publishing. Sometimes it is funny how the universe has to show you what is right under your nose.
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Q: Bash Text Parsing I am getting confused with parameter substitution. Basically the file to be parsed is in the following structure:
foo.txt:
    system.switch_cpus.commit.op_class_0::total     10000000                       # Class of committed instruction
    system.switch_cpus.commit.bw_lim_events      10000000                       # number cycles where commit BW limit reached
    system.switch_cpus.rob.rob_reads             80558432                       # The number of ROB reads
    system.switch_cpus.rob.rob_writes            43430539                       # The number of ROB writes
    system.switch_cpus.timesIdled                   37218                       # Number of times that the entire CPU went into an idle state and unscheduled itself
    system.switch_cpus.idleCycles                 2755508                       # Total number of cycles that the CPU has spent unscheduled due to idling
    system.switch_cpus.committedInsts            10000000                       # Number of Instructions Simulated
    system.switch_cpus.committedOps              10000000                       # Number of Ops (including micro ops) Simulated
    system.switch_cpus.cpi                       8.369191                       # CPI: Cycles Per Instruction
    system.switch_cpus.cpi_total                 8.369191                       # CPI: Total CPI of All Threads
    system.switch_cpus.ipc                       0.119486                       # IPC: Instructions Per Cycle
    system.switch_cpus.ipc_total                 0.119486                       # IPC: Total IPC of All Threads
    system.switch_cpus.int_regfile_reads         21773538                       # number of integer regfile reads
    system.switch_cpus.int_regfile_writes         9447282                       # number of integer regfile writes

I want to find the following variables and print out the corresponding value:
    list=(IPC CPI)
IPC="system.switch_cpus.ipc"
CPI="system.switch_cpus.cpi"

for i in $list:
do
awk -v a="$i" '{$1 == $a} {print}' $1
done

Then I run the script with the following command:
./parser.sh foo.txt

This is printing out the whole file.
Output:
system.switch_cpus.commit.op_class_0::total     10000000                       # Class of committed instruction
system.switch_cpus.commit.bw_lim_events      10000000                       # number cycles where commit BW limit reached
system.switch_cpus.rob.rob_reads             80558432                       # The number of ROB reads
system.switch_cpus.rob.rob_writes            43430539                       # The number of ROB writes
system.switch_cpus.timesIdled                   37218                       # Number of times that the entire CPU went into an idle state and unscheduled itself
system.switch_cpus.idleCycles                 2755508                       # Total number of cycles that the CPU has spent unscheduled due to idling
system.switch_cpus.committedInsts            10000000                       # Number of Instructions Simulated
system.switch_cpus.committedOps              10000000                       # Number of Ops (including micro ops) Simulated
system.switch_cpus.cpi                       8.369191                       # CPI: Cycles Per Instruction
system.switch_cpus.cpi_total                 8.369191                       # CPI: Total CPI of All Threads
system.switch_cpus.ipc                       0.119486                       # IPC: Instructions Per Cycle
system.switch_cpus.ipc_total                 0.119486                       # IPC: Total IPC of All Threads
system.switch_cpus.int_regfile_reads         21773538                       # number of integer regfile reads
system.switch_cpus.int_regfile_writes         9447282                       # number of integer regfile writes

How can create a list of variables in shell who have their own values and parse each of them from a file using awk or sed?

A: you can do all in one awk script, if your list is not in a file you can use a here document and file substitution as below.
$ awk 'NR==FNR{a[$1]; next} $1 in a' <(cat << EOF
system.switch_cpus.ipc
system.switch_cpus.cpi
EOF
) file

will give you
system.switch_cpus.cpi                       8.369191                       # CPI: Cycles Per Instruction
system.switch_cpus.ipc                       0.119486                       # IPC: Instructions Per Cycle

If you want to search one at a time with a variable
$ var='system.switch_cpus.ipc'; awk -v var="$var" '$1==var' file

system.switch_cpus.ipc                       0.119486                       # IPC: Instructions Per Cycle

However, in that case, using grep might be better off
$ var='system.switch_cpus.ipc'; grep -wF "$var" file

system.switch_cpus.ipc                       0.119486                       # IPC: Instructions Per Cycle

UPDATE
If your variable names are in a list, you can decode the values with this
$ vars=(var1 var2)        # define the list with variables, values even may not be assigned yet
$ var1=value1; var2=value2                   # assign values
$ for v in ${vars[@]}; do echo ${!v}; done   # extract values with indirect reference
value1
value2

A: This code will print the entire record
awk -v a="$i" '{ if($1 == a){print $0} }' $1
One of the problems with your code is that variable a must not be preceded by $ in awk.