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Prison Religious Studies
http://www.whittierdailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,207~12026~2663150,00.html
Whittier Daily News
Chaplain warned of effect of cutting religious help
By Mason Stockstill
Wednesday, January 19, 2005 - In the weeks leading up to the killing of corrections Officer Manuel Gonzalez, religious services in part of the California Institution for Men were curtailed, which a prison chaplain says might have contributed to the officer's death.
Michael Nichols, who has ministered to prisoners for 35 years and is chairman of the state employees union's chaplain occupation committee, had warned prison officials that cutting back on religious programs could lead to violence, especially during the holiday season.
"Tensions run high, and I think they turned up the heat on the tension valve,' Nichols said. "Instead of having a proper release, it exploded, and the explosion was the killing of an officer.'
Gonzalez, 43, who lived in South Whittier, was stabbed to death Jan. 10 in the prison's central reception center. Authorities suspect inmate Jon Christopher Blaylock in the killing.
For Nichols, Gonzalez's death is the tragic result of a decision by CIM administrators to cut back worship services in the central reception center, where many high-security prisoners are held.
Nichols said he was told religious and other programs were reduced for part of December because of a large fight earlier in the month. But that decision meant inmates who were already under stress about being imprisoned during the holidays were pushed to the breaking point, he said.
"It wasn't just one day. We're talking the whole religious holy days were shut down,' Nichols said. "You want to create tension, take away people's religious rights.'
Capt. Kevin Peters, a spokesman for the prison, said it's not unusual for some programs to be put on hold at times. For example, if part of CIM goes on lockdown, religious services as well as visitations can be suspended.
"When there are disruptive issues within a prison there are controls that are put in place,' Peters said. "There may have been modifications to the program, but not elimination of the program.'
Nichols and other religious leaders say their prison work is treated as a low priority by administrators. Requests to allow new volunteers at CIM have been backlogged for 13 months, Nichols said.
But the ministry is essential, said Robert Frias, a pastor at Living Waters Church in Chino. Hundreds of inmates attend the services he holds at prisons throughout the state, and for many of them, programs like job training and drug counseling don't often help as much as religion does.
"They help up to a point, but as far as God and Him actually forgiving you and restoring you, a program can't restore you,' Frias said.
Nichols is working to craft a procedure that would allow him to minister to inmates while they are in their cells on lockdown, which he said is allowed in some parts of CIM.
"We've got an oppressive situation going on in there,' he said. "If you beat a dog enough times, he's gonna bite you. And that's what we've got going on.'
-- Mason Stockstill can be reached at (909) 483-4643.
http://www.fresnobee.com/state_wire/story/8564132p-9420982c.html
Religious studies credited with cutting prison violence
By DON THOMPSON, Associated Press Writer
(Updated Thursday, May 13, 2004, 12:15 AM)
SACRAMENTO (AP) - California officials are crediting religious studies with significantly cutting inmate violence at the first prison to ever go through the 40-day program.
So far, 440 medium-security inmates at Jamestown's Sierra Conservation Center have participated in the program based on the best-selling book, "The Purpose Driven Life," by the Rev. Rick Warren of Saddleback Church in Orange County.
That's about a third of the unit's 1,200 inmates, about 125 of them serving life sentences.
Before the program began last year, "we couldn't go more than two weeks without a lockdown or without one gang attacking another," said Hector Lozano, who coordinates the prison's substance abuse treatment programs. "People used to fight first and ask questions later. This got people talking together, as opposed to having one group charge another group. It was like cavalry warfare."
The first 200 inmates completed the program in April 2003. During the previous year, there were five riots, 103 violent incidents, four staff assaults, 1,226 inmate disciplinary reports, and five lockdowns.
In the year since, violent incidents dropped by a third, to 67, and disciplinary reports declined to 1,067. Four employees were assaulted, but there was just one riot and lockdown.
The religious program "has definitely played a role," said prison spokesman Lt. Kenny Calhoun, though he also credits the prison's veteran staff and their care in separating gang members.
The inmates formed a non-denominational church, Sierra Christian Center, and give sermons in English and Spanish. They set up a table in the exercise yard on what they've designated "holy ground," where Christians and non-Christians alike gather to worship.
"It took off like wildfire," Calhoun said. "These fellows are really dedicated," with some inmates going cell to cell to recruit participants.
Two of California's most notorious prisons - San Quentin and Pelican Bay - are now using or planning similar programs, and church and prison officials are fielding inquiries from around the nation. The church shipped 200 books to a prison fellowship for use in five Florida prisons, along with books to individual inmates in 20 states.
The book has 40 chapters; participants read one each day, reflecting on and discussing the relevance to their lives.
Four months ago, the prison spun off a Bible-based 12-step program, Celebrate Recovery, also sponsored by the church, to help inmates deal with alcohol and substance abuse, anger, emotional, physical and sexual abuse, and other problems.
One hundred inmates are participating, and prison officials are proposing to designate a 200-bed cellblock as a "therapeutic community" to expand the program on an experimental basis. New Mexico prison officials have reported success with a similar program there.
Warren visited the prison program in August, and his church donated the books, Bibles, study materials and videos.
"We called and said we don't have the money," Lozano said. "They said, 'Your money's no good here anyway,'" and donated what he estimates at $5,000 to $10,000 worth of materials.
On Wednesday, Saddleback Church honored the prison program as one of two churches in California that best represent spiritual health and balance the five life purposes outlined in Warren's book. The award carries a $5,000 prize for use in the ministry.
Sierra Conservation Center's main role is preparing minimum-security inmates for 20 firefighting camps. But it also houses the medium-security unit, which was routinely torn by race-based gang violence.
The religious studies "had a definite calming effect," said Lozano, who introduced the program after going through it at his own church.
The gangs even agreed among themselves to stand down after the one major melee since the program began, a March 15 incident sparked by a single gang member, Lozano said.
"The Bible tells us we're supposed to minister in prisons," Lozano said. "From a strictly prison-management perspective, it's a win-win situation. The inmate feels better, we feel better, and nobody gets hurt."
On the Net:
California Department of Corrections: www.cdc.state.ca.us
Read about the book: http://www.purposedrivenlife.com/index.asp
Read about Saddleback Church's Purpose Driven Church Conference 2004:
http://purposedriven.com/eventdetails.aspx?eventid83282
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John also has particular expertise in advising on consortium and joint venture arrangements among developers and on compulsory purchase matters.


Valued at $56 billion, sources say Didi aims to spin-off its car services business before its potential blockbuster IPO.
On Monday, China's biggest ride-hailing service Didi Chuxing Technology stated it will invest $1 billion in its auto services business as part of a re-branding exercise ahead of its anticipated initial public offering (IPO).
Didi also stated, its services business which includes car maintenance, auto leasing, and gas station services, has gross merchandise value (GMV) sales of $8.79 billion (60 billion yuan).
The developments comes ahead of Didi's widely anticipated blockbuster IPO which could happen as soon as early 2019, said sources familiar with the plans.
Valued at $56 billion in its last funding round in 2017, its IPO is expected to be one of the biggest in recent years.
According to sources, Didi's car services business is worth around $2 billion-$3 billion, and that it plans on spinning this off from its core business before a its potential IPO.
Although Didi started offering its auto services in 2015, it launched its platform that unified the services only in April 2018.
Didi expects Xiaoju's annualized turnover to exceed $13.17 billion (90 billion yuan) by the end of 2018; it currently operates in 257 cities with around 7,500 partners and distributors.
The ride-hailing firm has also invested heavily in expanding its core business outside its home market. With Uber retreating from China in 2016, Didi has expanded its network in Brazil, Southeast Asia, Australia and Mexico by either investing in local partners or launching their services.
In July 2018, Didi stated it had received a $500 million investment offer from Booking Holdings Inc, a U.S. travel firm as part of a strategic partnership.


Every traveler has one. It changes depending on our mood, what we've been reading, and who we've talked to, but it's always there. The List. Sometimes we write it down, sometimes it's only in our heads. We talk about it, "it's on my list" and "that's getting bumped up on my list", but on all the travel blogs I have read, I haven't seen anyone's list,at least not yet.
It's the list of places you want to travel to. Your list might have 2, 6, 10 or a 100 places to visit, but I'm just talking about the top 5. The places you really want to visit.
1. Visit central Island and Turkana as a whole one because it's one of the few county's i haven't been to and i believe it'll be quite an adventure for me and two because its beauty blows my mind away. Learning more about the places culture is an addition i want to make to the little i learned in school and also experience some of the things i already know. Hawaii is not my one true dream destination,central Island is.
2. Visit Hawaii. It's known for its beautiful islands lined with beaches of warm, white sand and verdant, lush flora. Hawaii is also known for its delicious food at traditional luau celebrations, the beautiful native people and vast array of activities, including surfing, snorkeling, scuba diving, fishing, hiking and camping though i am mostly interested in sky diving. Its islands are renowned for their rugged landscapes of cliffs, waterfalls and tropical foliage. How can i not want to experience all that?
3. Glamping in Laikipia. Truth is ever since i learned about Sieku i cannot stop thinking about the place and how awesome the experience will be. I have googled the place too many times i'll not be surprised if one day google gets like "Seriously Ray,visit the place already and find out that by yourself" lol. Needless to say, my favorite county is home to Sieku.
5. And now am thinking i should have made this list a top 10. Its not easy narrowing down to 5 places but since i did, at fifth place is do an East African tour.
Those are mine, now what are yours? Don't worry about having to include exotic destinations. It's about the places you want to visit, not where anyone else says you should go. Feel free to share your top 5 in the comments or, if you have one, in your own blog.
If you could go anywhere, where would it be and what would you do there?
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It seems that there has been an increasing demand for knowledge of the so-called government public procurement that has been to benefit a person in more ways than one. Usually, the main reason for dealing with government public procurement is their being able to put to advantage the environment and yet not, there is more to getting the environmental benefits of doing government public procurement. In addition to the environmental benefits that these government public procurements give the people, they are also of benefit to the health aspect as well as the political aspects of any land.
Meeting the goals of the society is made possible with ensuring that your government public procurement is being maintained in the best possible way. Here you will find a list of the many benefits that you can with getting government public procurements.
What are the good things that come out of getting the help from these government public procurements to the environment?
Maintaining the government public procurements is one of the best moves that every public official of a land must make sure to do for the sake of the environment.
By getting a government public procurement that is sustainable including the good of the environment, you must be sure to come up with objectives and goals that look after the benefit of your environment.
By properly sustaining your government public procurement, you will be able to have some means for you to put an end to the most common problems that the environment is suffering from. By maintaining a good government public procurement, you can expect to be rid of the following environmental issues.
In terms of reducing the greenhouse gas emissions that you have, you have to be sure to get on with only products and services for your government public procurement that will not affect negatively the life cycle of the environment. In terms of water consumption, a sustainable government public procurement is one that uses only the most water saving equipment. For the government public procurement that you have, do not forget to be considering using your resources wisely and then making sure that you get to save more of your energy use. You should steer clear from having to use any deadly substance within your government public procurement. When various chemicals will be used in your procurement, be sure that adequate supervision is applied to them.
You can also contribute to your community by ensuring that your government public procurement is able to dispose of its garbage wisely and then recycle them if need be. Moreover, sustaining the agricultural potential of your vicinity can be accomplished with the use of organic products with your government public procurement.


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(500297) 2012 QT17 es un asteroide que forma parte del cinturón interior de asteroides, descubierto el 8 de agosto de 2012 por el equipo del Pan-STARRS desde el Observatorio de Haleakala, Hawái, Estados Unidos.

Designación y nombre
Designado provisionalmente como 2012 QT17.

Características orbitales
2012 QT17 está situado a una distancia media del Sol de 1,832 ua, pudiendo alejarse hasta 1,989 ua y acercarse hasta 1,675 ua. Su excentricidad es 0,085 y la inclinación orbital 22,94 grados. Emplea 906,252 días en completar una órbita alrededor del Sol.

Características físicas
La magnitud absoluta de 2012 QT17 es 18,6.

Véase también
 Lista de asteroides del (500201) al (500300)
 Cuerpo menor del sistema solar

Referencias

Enlaces externos
 Circunstancias de Descubrimiento: Planetas Menores Numerados

Asteroides del cinturón interior de asteroides
Objetos astronómicos descubiertos por Pan-STARRS
Objetos astronómicos descubiertos desde el Observatorio de Haleakala
Objetos astronómicos descubiertos en 2012
Wikiproyecto:Asteroides/Artículos de asteroides

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Forecasters at NOAA's National Weather Service have warned that many rivers in the upper Midwest and northern Plains remain above flood stage, and the threat for more flooding will continue through the summer.
With rivers running high and soils completely saturated, just a small amount of rain could trigger more flooding, including areas that have already seen major to record flooding.
NOAA's Climate Prediction Center is forecasting above-normal rain in most of these vulnerable areas in the next two weeks, and above-normal rainfall in much of the region in the one- and three-month outlooks.
Adding to the flood threat will be the rising temperatures over the Rockies, which will release the water from the remaining snowpack.
Forecasters say this season could rival the Great Flood of 1993, when the upper Midwest endured persistent, record-breaking floods from April through August, impacting nine states and causing more than $25 billion in damages (adjusted for inflation).
As flood threats continue in these areas, NOAA's partners at the Federal Emergency Management Agency are continuing to support the response efforts in all of the impacted states. And they continue to urge all residents to take steps now to get ready for severe flooding and other hazards.
Many factors set the stage for this year's ongoing flood threat, including persistent rainfall last summer and fall, a large winter snowpack across much of the upper Midwest, an unusually cool and wet spring adding additional snowpack in the higher elevations of the Rockies and further saturated soil in lower elevations and in the northern Plains, and above-normal to record river levels for this time of year in the at-risk areas.


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Title 15. COMMERCE AND TRADE
Chapter 2A. SECURITIES AND TRUST INDENTURES
Subchapter III. TRUST INDENTURES
Section 77mmm. Reports by indenture trustee
15 U.S. Code § 77mmm. Reports by indenture trustee
(a) Report to security holders; time; contentsThe indenture trustee shall transmit to the indenture security holders as hereinafter provided, at stated intervals of not more than 12 months, a brief report with respect to any of the following events which may have occurred within the previous 12 months (but if no such event has occurred within such period no report need be transmitted):— [1]
any change to its eligibility and its qualifications under section 77jjj of this title;
the creation of or any material change to a relationship specified in paragraph [2] (1) through (10) of section 77jjj(b) of this title;
the character and amount of any advances made by it, as indenture trustee, which remain unpaid on the date of such report, and for the reimbursement of which it claims or may claim a lien or charge, prior to that of the indenture securities, on the trust estate or on property or funds held or collected by it as such trustee, if such advances so remaining unpaid aggregate more than one-half of 1 per centum of the principal amount of the indenture securities outstanding on such date;
any change to the amount, interest rate, and maturity date of all other indebtedness owing to it in its individual capacity, on the date of such report, by the obligor upon the indenture securities, with a brief description of any property held as collateral security therefor, except an indebtedness based upon a creditor relationship arising in any manner described in paragraphs (2), (3), (4), or (6) of subsection (b) of section 77kkk of this title;
any change to the property and funds physically in its possession as indenture trustee on the date of such report;
any release, or release and substitution, of property subject to the lien of the indenture (and the consideration therefor, if any) which it has not previously reported;
any additional issue of indenture securities which it has not previously reported; and
any action taken by it in the performance of its duties under the indenture which it has not previously reported and which in its opinion materially affects the indenture securities or the trust estate, except action in respect of a default, notice of which has been or is to be withheld by it in accordance with an indenture provision authorized by subsection (b) of section 77ooo of this title.
(b) Additional reports to security holdersThe indenture trustee shall transmit to the indenture security holders as hereinafter provided, within the times hereinafter specified, a brief report with respect to—
the release, or release and substitution, of property subject to the lien of the indenture (and the consideration therefor, if any) unless the fair value of such property, as set forth in the certificate or opinion required by paragraph (1) of subsection (d) of section 77nnn of this title, is less than 10 per centum of the principal amount of indenture securities outstanding at the time of such release, or such release and substitution, such report to be so transmitted within 90 days after such time; and
the character and amount of any advances made by it as such since the date of the last report transmitted pursuant to the provisions of subsection (a) (or if no such report has yet been so transmitted, since the date of execution of the indenture), for the reimbursement of which it claims or may claim a lien or charge, prior to that of the indenture securities, on the trust estate or on property or funds held or collected by it as such trustee, and which it has not previously reported pursuant to this paragraph, if such advances remaining unpaid at any time aggregate more than 10 per centum of the principal amount of indenture securities outstanding at such time, such report to be so transmitted within 90 days after such time.
(c) Additional parties to whom reports to be transmittedReports pursuant to this section shall be transmitted by mail—
to all registered holders of indenture securities, as the names and addresses of such holders appear upon the registration books of the obligor upon the indenture securities;
to such holders of indenture securities as have, within the two years preceding such transmission, filed their names and addresses with the indenture trustee for that purpose; and
except in the case of reports pursuant to subsection (b) of this section, to all holders of indenture securities whose names and addresses have been furnished to or received by the indenture trustee pursuant to section 77lll of this title.
(d) Filing of report with stock exchanges
A copy of each such report shall, at the time of such transmission to indenture security holders, be filed with each stock exchange upon which the indenture securities are listed, and also with the Commission.
(May 27, 1933, ch. 38, title III, § 313, as added Aug. 3, 1939, ch. 411, 53 Stat. 1165; amended Pub. L. 101–550, title IV, §§ 411, 412, Nov. 15, 1990, 104 Stat. 2729; Pub. L. 105–353, title III, § 301(e)(3), Nov. 3, 1998, 112 Stat. 3237.)
1998—Subsec. (a)(4). Pub. L. 105–353, § 301(e)(3)(A), inserted "any change to" before "the amount".
Subsec. (a)(6). Pub. L. 105–353, § 301(e)(3)(B), struck out "any change to" before "any release".
1990—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 101–550, § 411(1), (2), substituted "The indenture trustee shall" for "The indenture to be qualified shall contain provisions requiring the indenture trustee to" and inserted "any of the following events which may have occurred within the previous 12 months (but if no such event has occurred within such period no report need be transmitted):" after "a brief report with respect to".
Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 101–550, § 411(3), (4), inserted "any change to" before "its eligibility" and struck out ", or in lieu thereof, if to the best of its knowledge it has continued to be eligible and qualified under such section, a written statement to such effect" after "of this title".
Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 101–550, § 411(5), added par. (2) and redesignated former par. (2) as (3).
Subsec. (a)(3), (4). Pub. L. 101–550, § 411(5)(A), redesignated pars. (2) and (3) as (3) and (4), respectively. Former par. (4) redesignated (5).
Subsec. (a)(5). Pub. L. 101–550, § 411(5)(A), redesignated par. (4) as (5). Former par. (5) redesignated (6).
Pub. L. 101–550, § 411(3), inserted "any change to" after the paragraph designation.
Subsec. (a)(7), (8). Pub. L. 101–550, § 411(5)(A), redesignated pars. (6) and (7) as (7) and (8), respectively.
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 101–550, § 412(1), substituted "The indenture trustee shall" for "The indenture to be qualified shall also contain provisions requiring the indenture trustee to".
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 101–550, § 412(2), substituted "Reports" for "The indenture to be qualified shall also provide that reports".
Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 101–550, § 412(3), substituted "A copy" for "The indenture to be qualified shall also provide that a copy".
For transfer of functions of Securities and Exchange Commission, with certain exceptions, to Chairman of such Commission, see Reorg. Plan No. 10 of 1950, §§ 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3175, 64 Stat. 1265, set out under section 78d of this title.
[1]  So in original. The colon probably should not appear.
[2]  So in original. Probably should be "paragraphs".

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Body of missing Somali-American businessman Bashir Mohamed found
Somali-American businessman Mohamud Bashir Mohammed has been missing since Thursday last week.
The body of Somali-American businessman Bashir Mohamed Mohamud, who went missing last Thursday, has been found in Mwea, Kirinyaga County. In a statement sent by the family's lawyer Charles Madowo, the family said the body was found at Mwea Level Five Hospital.
"It is with heavy hearts that family of Bashir Mohamed Mohamud informs you that the body of Bashir was found earlier on today at Kerugoya Level 5 Hospital," said Mr Madowo.
He added: "As the family processes this tragic news and plan for his burial, they request that they be accorded privacy." The family vowed not to rest until those responsible for Mr Bashir's death are brought to book.
The 35-year-old structural engineer and proprietor of Infinity Developers, headquartered in Nairobi, after leaving Miale Lounge in Lavington, Nairobi, where he had gone for a meeting and Idd celebrations.
He was in the company of some yet-to-be-disclosed persons at 5pm before his car, a Range Rover with registration number KCQ 007P, was captured by CCTV cameras leaving the premises an hour later.
In the footage, Mr Bashir was seen tipping some guards. That was the last time he was seen. During that hour, Mr Bashir is said to have contacted his wife, but the call was interrupted and his phone confiscated in what is presumed to have been a scuffle. The family believes it was then switched off immediately.
However, data from a leading telco traced the phone to Ngong Road, which is also where the police last traced his car, according to Nairobi Regional Commander Augustine Thumbi.
The family reported the matter at Muthangari Police Station. On the same day, Mr Bashir's car was traced to Ngong Road then Kibiku by a Range Rover dealer. – nation.co.ke


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, spesso denominata "serie originale", è la prima serie della serie televisiva anime Pokémon. Trasmessa a partire dal 1º aprile 1997 in Giappone venne divisa negli Stati Uniti in cinque stagioni che vennero trasmesse in Italia dal 10 gennaio del 2000 su Italia 1. Conta complessivamente 262 episodi, di cui quattro censurati in Italia (tre della prima e uno della quinta). È ambientata nelle regioni di Kanto e Johto. Gli episodi dall'82 al 116 sono ambientati nell'arcipelago delle Isole Orange, dove Ash e compagni incontrano Tracey Sketchit, un disegnatore che prenderà il posto di Brock, accompagnando Ash e Misty per trentaquattro puntate.

Gli episodi sono stati nuovamente doppiati e ritrasmessi a partire dal 30 giugno 2014 dall'emittente televisiva K2, che ha modificato il titolo degli episodi per renderli più fedeli all'originale.

Pocket Monsters

Pocket Monsters Sekiei League
 è la prima stagione della prima serie Pocket Monsters. Gli 82 episodi presentano Ash Ketchum, ragazzino di 10 anni nato a Pallet Town, che decide di diventare un maestro di Pokémon. Riceve come Pokémon iniziale un Pikachu e viaggia nella regione di Kanto, al fine di conquistare le medaglie che gli permetteranno di accedere alla Lega Pokémon dell'Altopiano Blu. Durante la sua avventura incontrerà e catturerà molti Pokémon e farà amicizia con Misty e Brock che seguiranno il ragazzo nel suo viaggio. I Pokémon presenti in questa serie sono tutti appartenenti alla prima generazione, ad eccezione del Pokémon leggendario Ho-Oh, che Ash vede al termine del primo episodio, e del Togepi di Misty.

In Occidente alcuni episodi sono stati rimossi o vietati a causa della censura. Fino all'episodio 116 questo ha comportato una difformità nella numerazione degli episodi rispetto al Giappone, ignorata per le stagioni successive. Qui viene riportata la numerazione Occidentale che tiene conto degli episodi mai trasmessi fin dal primo episodio per ragioni pratiche.

Pocket Monsters Orange Islands

Pocket Monsters Gold and Silver

Questa stagione in giapponese proseguirebbe fino all'episodio 274, mentre in Occidente e quindi in Italia questi ultimi episodi compongo la prima parte della serie Pokémon Advanced.

Note
Annotazioni

Fonti

Bibliografia

 Pokémon Junior

Voci correlate
 Pokémon (serie animata)

Collegamenti esterni
  Pocket Monsters Sekiei League su PocketMonsters.net.
  Pocket Monsters Orange Islands su PocketMonsters.net.
  Pocket Monsters Gold and Silver su PocketMonsters.net.
  Indigo League su Pokemon.com.
 Adventures in the Orange Islands su Pokemon.com.
 Always Pokémon - The Johto Journeys su Pokemon.com.
 Johto League Champions su Pokemon.com.
 Master Quest su Pokemon.com.
 Pokémon Advanced su Pokemon.com.

Pocket Monsters


Panasonic are hungry for some international smartphone action with two very attractive devices this year – the Eluga and Eluga Power.
The Panasonic Eluga is based on the popular TI OMAP-4430 chipset utilizing a 1GHz dual-core Cortex-A9 processor and 1GB RAM. The screen is a 4.3" OLED unit of qHD (640x960) resolution, while on the back we find an 8 megapixel camera with LED flash.
The Eluga is running on Android 2.3.5 Gingerbread but the 4.0 ICS upgrade is planned for later this year.
What helps the Eluga stand out is its dust and water resistance. It's IP57 certified (dust and water) and should withstand meter-deep immersion for 30 minutes. We've got some live pictures to show and that should be more interesting than dry specs.
The freshly announced Eluga Power is the more interesting gadget. It features a huge 5-inch LCD touchscreen of HD resolution and is based on the powerful Qualcomm MSM8270 Snapdragon platform (1.5GHz dual-core Krait processor, Adreno 225 GPU and 1GB RAM).
The Eluga Power has an 8 megapixel camera as well, capable of capturing 1080p videos.
The phone is running on the latest Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich with some minor custom touches to the interface.
Just like the Eluga, the Eluga Power is IP57-certified for dust protection and water resistance.


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Life & CultureNews
TextSerena Smith
Just Stop Oilvia Twitter
Just Stop Oil are ready to start slashing famous artworks
A spokesperson from the climate justice group has said that they are prepared to 'escalate' their action in order to get their message across
Just Stop Oil protestors are no strangers to throwing soup at works of art or glueing themselves to the frames of famous paintings. But in every instance where their protests have targeted artworks so far, they've never intended to cause irreparable damage – instead, the aim has been to shock and intrigue the public and press.
"We never, ever would have considered doing it if we didn't know that it was behind glass and that we wouldn't do any damage," activist Phoebe Plummer said in an interview after throwing soup at Van Gogh's Sunflowers.
But now, they're threatening to "escalate" their action and slash famous paintings. 24-year-old Alex De Koning, a spokesman for Just Stop Oil, told Sky News that the protest group may follow in the footsteps of suffragettes who "violently slashed paintings in order to get their messages across".
E-girl influencers are trying to get Gen Z into the military
Earth has started spinning faster – what does it all mean?
Meta says freeing the nipple is a basic human right
So you want to start microdosing mushrooms?
In 1914, Mary Richardson hacked at Diego Velazquez's "The Rokeby Venus" with a meat cleaver, in protest against Emmeline Pankhurst's arrest. Later that year, Anne Hunt slashed the portrait of Thomas Carlyle in the National Portrait Gallery.
Speaking to Sky News, De Koning said: "If things need to escalate then we're going to take inspiration from past successful movements and we're going to do everything we can. If that's unfortunately what it needs to come to, then that's unfortunately what it needs to come to. We're fighting for our lives, why would we do any less?"
When De Koning was asked if they would intentionally damage paintings in future protests, he said: "It could potentially come to that in the future, yeah."
De Koning added that Just Stop Oil activists were "not going to be intimidated" by the prospect of prison time. "At least in prison you get three meals a day and shelter and water," he said. "In 20 years' time, who knows if that's still the case for millions of people."
When asked if he would feel guilty about condoning the destruction of art, De Koning said: "it's obviously terrible. Yes, of course, we don't want to be doing things like that."
"The question you need to be asking is why on earth would students, grandparents, engineers, doctors, nurses, do something like that? It's because our government is behaving criminally." He stressed that if new oil and gas projects aren't halted, then "millions more people are going to die and can't appreciate that artwork".
"We're not even going to have a habitable planet for this artwork and for us to live on," he added.
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Q: Graphics.DrawString vs TextRenderer.DrawText?Which can Deliver Better Quality TextRenderer is based on GDI and Graphics.DrawString  is based on GDI+.Which of these functions can deliver better quality text while drawing text on an image.

A: i'm going to cross-post my answer from over here, just so that the information gets around.

There are two ways of drawing text in .NET:

*

*GDI+: graphics.MeasureString and graphics.DrawString

*GDI: TextRenderer.MeasureText and TextRenderer.DrawText
In .NET 1.1 everything used GDI+ for text rendering. But there were some problems:

*

*There are some performance issues caused by the somewhat stateless nature of GDI+, where device contexts would be set and then the original restored after each call.

*The shaping engines for international text have been updated many times for Windows/Uniscribe and for Avalon (Windows Presentation Foundation), but have not been updated for GDI+, which causes international rendering support for new languages to not have the same level of quality.

So they knew they wanted to change the .NET framework to stop using GDI+'s text rendering system, and use GDI. At first they hoped they could simply change:
graphics.DrawString

to call the old DrawText API, instead of GDI+. But they couldn't make the text-wrapping and spacing match exactly as what GDI+ did.

In Windows Forms 2.0, we added support for drawing GDI text.  At first we had grandiose plans of poking and prodding at the DrawText API such that we could make it match up exactly how GDI+'s DrawString API works.  I actually think we got pretty close, but there are fundamental differences in word wrapping and character spacing that as mere consumers of the both APIs, Windows Forms could not solve.
So now we're presented with a problem: we want to switch everyone over to the new TextRenderer APIs so text will look better, localize better, draw more consistently with other dialogs in the operating system...  ...but we dont want to break folks counting on GDI+ measure string for calculations of where their text should line up.

So they were forced to keep graphics.DrawString to call GDI+ (compatiblity reasons; people who were calling graphics.DrawString would suddenly find that their text didn't wrap the way it used to). From MSDN:

The GDI based TextRenderer class was introduced in the .NET Framework 2.0 to improve performance, make text look better, and improve support for international fonts. In earlier versions of the .NET Framework, the GDI+ based Graphics class was used to perform all text rendering. GDI calculates character spacing and word wrapping differently from GDI+. In a Windows Forms application that uses the Graphics class to render text, this could cause the text for controls that use TextRenderer to appear different from the other text in the application. To resolve this incompatibility, you can set the UseCompatibleTextRendering property to true for a specific control. To set UseCompatibleTextRendering to true for all supported controls in the application, call the Application.SetCompatibleTextRenderingDefault method with a parameter of true.

A new static TextRenderer class was created to wrap GDI text rendering. It has two methods:
TextRenderer.MeasureText
TextRenderer.DrawText

Note: TextRenderer is a wrapper around GDI, while graphics.DrawString is still a wrapper around GDI+.

Then there was the issue of what to do with all the existing .NET controls, e.g.:

*

*Label

*Button

*TextBox
They wanted to switch them over to use TextRenderer (i.e. GDI), but they had to be careful. There might be people who depended on their controls drawing like they did in .NET 1.1. And so was born "compatible text rendering".
By default controls in application behave like they did in .NET 1.1 (they are "compatible").
You turn off compatibility mode by calling:
Application.SetCompatibleTextRenderingDefault(false);

This makes your application better, faster, with better international support. To sum up:
SetCompatibleTextRenderingDefault(true)  SetCompatibleTextRenderingDefault(false)
=======================================  ========================================
 default                                  opt-in
 bad                                      good
 the one we don't want to use             the one we want to use
 uses GDI+ for text rendering             uses GDI for text rendering
 graphics.MeasureString                   TextRenderer.MeasureText
 graphics.DrawString                      TextRenderer.DrawText
 Behaves same as 1.1                      Behaves *similar* to 1.1
                                          Looks better
                                          Localizes better
                                          Faster

It's also useful to note the mapping between GDI+ TextRenderingHint and the corresponding LOGFONT Quality used for GDI font drawing:
TextRenderingHint           mapped by TextRenderer to LOGFONT quality
========================    =========================================================
ClearTypeGridFit            CLEARTYPE_QUALITY (5) (Windows XP: CLEARTYPE_NATURAL (6))
AntiAliasGridFit            ANTIALIASED_QUALITY (4)
AntiAlias                   ANTIALIASED_QUALITY (4)
SingleBitPerPixelGridFit    PROOF_QUALITY (2)
SingleBitPerPixel           DRAFT_QUALITY (1)
else (e.g.SystemDefault)    DEFAULT_QUALITY (0)

Samples
Here's some comparisons of GDI+ (graphics.DrawString) verses GDI (TextRenderer.DrawText) text rendering:
GDI+: TextRenderingHintClearTypeGridFit, GDI: CLEARTYPE_QUALITY:

GDI+: TextRenderingHintAntiAlias, GDI: ANTIALIASED_QUALITY:

GDI+: TextRenderingHintAntiAliasGridFit, GDI: not supported, uses ANTIALIASED_QUALITY:

GDI+: TextRenderingHintSingleBitPerPixelGridFit, GDI: PROOF_QUALITY:

GDI+: TextRenderingHintSingleBitPerPixel, GDI: DRAFT_QUALITY:

i find it odd that DRAFT_QUALITY is identical to PROOF_QUALITY, which is identical to CLEARTYPE_QUALITY.
See also

*

*UseCompatibleTextRendering - Compatible with whaaaaaat?

*Sorting it all out: A quick look at Whidbey's TextRenderer

*MSDN: LOGFONT Structure

*AppCompat Guy: GDI vs. GDI+ Text Rendering Performance

*GDI+ Text, Resolution Independence, and Rendering Methods.
Or - Why does my text look different in GDI+ and in GDI?

A: Just my 2 cents: I always use Graphics.DrawString, except when I need to do custom painting for my (Windows Forms) controls. For example in a listbox that has OwnerDraw set, if I attach a DrawItem event handler that fully paints items, including item text. Or in a custom control I have to paint myself.
In an application that uses Visual Styles on an OS that supports it and has it enabled, text drawn with Graphics.DrawString looks "off" when compared to regular text drawn by other controls. This appears to be mainly because of differences in the way "ClearType" is (or is not) handled, although I am not sure and I do not have docs to back that statement up. (It sort of looks like the way text did on .Net 1.x or when switching FlatStyle from Standard to System and v.v.)
In such cases only (text painting on Winforms controls) I use TextRenderer.DrawText to make the text better blend in with the other controls.
If "blending in with the natives" is not one of your concerns (which it looks like, since you want to draw on an image) I'd go for Graphics.DrawString. Also, if you'd want printing, you must, since TextRenderer only works on screen (not the printer canvas).

A: My Personal Experience (I only know these two differences):
DrawString supports Alpha Channel, Anti Aliasing
TextRenderer supports Uniscribe

A: I'll just throw in some test code:
class Form1: Form
{
    private string str = "hello world hello world hello world";
    private int x = 32, yLabel = 0, yDraw = 64, yRenderer = 32;

    public Form1()
    {
        Font = new Font("Times", 16);

        Label label = new Label();
        label.BorderStyle = BorderStyle.FixedSingle;
        label.AutoSize = true;
        label.Text = str;
        label.Location = new Point(x, yLabel);
        Controls.Add(label);
    }

    protected override void OnPaint(PaintEventArgs e)
    {
        SizeF a;

        // TextRenderer
        a = TextRenderer.MeasureText(str, Font);
        TextRenderer.DrawText(e.Graphics, str, Font, new Point(x, yRenderer), Color.Pink);
        e.Graphics.DrawRectangle(new Pen(Color.Blue), x, yRenderer, a.Width, a.Height);

        // DrawString
        e.Graphics.DrawString(str, Font, new SolidBrush(Color.Red), x, yDraw);
        a = e.Graphics.MeasureString(str, Font);
        e.Graphics.DrawRectangle(new Pen(Color.Lime), x, yDraw, a.Width, a.Height);

        base.OnPaint(e);
    }
}

Bottom line: compared to a simple Label, TextRenderer is more accurate.

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Abolitionist – Ugly Feeling (Different Kitchen Records / No Time Records / Between The Days Records / 1859 Records, 2019)
July 20, 2019 Tony Maher Record Review
This follows on the heels of Abolitionist's recent A New Militance 10in EP which also dropped this year through Different Kitchen Records / 1859 Records. You can find my review of that one here. This new record seemingly may represent the last document, nay, last will and testament of Abolitionist, as the Oregon wrecking crew have decided they are going to fold. Which is sad news, but life moves on, and if it don't feel right anymore, it don't feel right.
So I suppose this record also represents the final evolution of Abolitionist's sound. It has a much darker feel than previous releases. Also I suppose much more of a traditional post hardcore kind of vibe, representing something of a departure from a more scrappy sounding gruff punk past. Although the sound has changed, you'd be wrong to think that there has been a drop in quality.
Photo cred: Jamy
With changes in direction, there is all too often a drop in the immediacy of the impact the music has. This isn't true in this particular case, which signifies to me that the band are not only fully committed to this change, but also that they are confident in it. The quality of the penmanship is outstanding, and the band have put together what I feel may be their brooding yet compelling, cantankerous masterpiece, packed full as ever with insightful rhetoric. This is all allegorically packed into a story, or concept that runs through the record, which I think says a great deal about bitterness, loss, ignorance and great awakenings.
There's a good deal to get your teeth into here. The core of the sound seems to meander between an evil, dishevelled version of Fugazi and Dag Nasty. There are also notes of comparison to some of Propagandhi's more recent albums as well as the more vintage sounds of Rites of Spring and Policy of Three for example. Add in a slab of Red Hare and you're golden.
I suppose I'll conclude by saying that I think this beautifully presented LP (on purple, in a heavyweight matte finish sleeve) will go on to serve as a fitting epitaph to the career of this hardworking band. It's thought provoking stuff, and even if the subject matter is dark, there's something about the craftsmanship that pulled me in as a listener and easily buoyed me along with the current. Tony of Nurgle rating: 9/10
"UGLY FEELING" LP (2019) by abolitionist
You can pick this up from:
Different Kitchen Records (UK)
1859 Records (US)
Between The Days Records (US)
No Time Records (US)
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Home » Blog » Auto Accidents » Is it Really Worth it to Loan out Your Car?
Is it Really Worth it to Loan out Your Car?
Posted January 26th, 2017 by Anthony Carbone, PC.
Your best friend has transportation issues. You decide to be nice and loan out your car. Nobody likes to hear that nice guys finish last. Unfortunately, you may find yourself in exactly that predicament. Is it really worth it to allow someone else to borrow your motor vehicle?
There are many reasons that automobile owners make the decision to loan out their cars. It might be a matter of convenience. Perhaps someone needs a ride, and you do not have the time to provide it. Maybe your own license was suspended, and you see no point in just letting your car sit in the driveway. After all, what could be the harm?
Can You Loan Out Your Car?
Let's first start with whether it is legal for you to loan someone your car. Your license was Maybe you are in arrears for child support. Perhaps you forgot to pay parking tickets. You may have a suspended license for an accumulation of traffic points or failure to have insurance. Or, possibly lost your license for driving under the influence.
The reason your license is suspended has nothing to do with whether your motor vehicle can be on the road. You can't drive it, but that doesn't mean someone else isn't able to get behind the wheel. Of course, there are some considerations. Your car must be registered with the Division of Motor Vehicles.
New Jersey requires that all motor vehicles also have at least a nominal insurance policy. If your license is suspended, you might find that's it difficult to get coverage.
Why Were You Asked to Loan Your Car?
You are confident that you have the necessary registration and insurance coverage. Even your inspection sticker is up to date. There's not even a problem with your own license. You don't see a problem with helping out a buddy. Or, is there?
Before you loan out your car, you may want to think things through to the fullest extent. Why doesn't your friend have his or her own vehicle? Was there a DWI conviction? Is their car just in the shop, or was it involved in a wreck?
You may not want to be nosy for fear of coming off as a bad friend. However, you need to take care of yourself first. Or, face the consequences.
The most obvious issue is ensuring that whoever is borrowing your car has a valid driver's license. It doesn't matter if the person is your mother, your brother or your best friend since fifth grade.
If you are loaning out your car, check to make sure you are letting someone use it who has a valid New Jersey license. There should be no exceptions to this rule. Absolutely, none.
If your automobile is in an accident and someone else is driving it, there is one obvious consequence. Property damages could result in a total loss. Or, you could be saddled with paying a deductible. That doesn't sound very fair, does it? Is that worth the risk of loaning out your car?
There's one other significant problem. What if the person driving your car causes the accident? Are you aware that you could be sued even if you weren't involved?
Concerned about the consequences of loaning out your vehicle? The Law Offices of Anthony Carbone can assist you. Contact us to discuss the particulars.


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The British 6th Destroyer Flotilla, or Sixth Destroyer Flotilla, was a military formation of the Royal Navy from 1911 to 1939 and again from 1947 to 1951

History
The flotilla was formed in 1911 at Portsmouth, with its first commander, Captain Mortimer Silver,  being appointed in 1912. During World War 1 it was based at Dover, forming the fighting nucleus of the Dover Patrol commanded by Rear-Admiral Reginald Bacon. From June 1915 it consisted of 11 Tribal-class destroyers, 13 other destroyers capable of 30 knots, and 4 Cricket-class destroyers along with , the flagship of Captain Charles Johnson. During the course of the war the flotilla was considerably expanded, to include several monitors which bombarded the Belgian coast coasts, including  and , and  and .

The flotilla was disbanded in 1939. It was reformed in October 1947 as part of the Home Fleet until 1951. In 1952 it was re-designated 6th Destroyer Squadron. Its final commander was Captain Victor Danckwerts.

Administration

Captains (D) afloat, 6th Destroyer Flotilla
Captain (D) afloat is a Royal Navy appointment of an operational commander of a destroyer flotilla or squadron.

References

Sources
  Vol. 1 • Vol. 2
 Harley, Simon; Lovell, Tony. (2018) "Sixth Destroyer Flotilla (Royal Navy) - The Dreadnought Project". www.dreadnoughtproject.org. Harley and Lovell.
 Whitby, Michael (2011). Commanding Canadians: The Second World War Diaries of A.F.C. Layard. Vancouver, Canada: UBC Press. .
 White, Michael (2015). Australian Submarines Vol 2: 2nd Edition: a History Vol 2 (in Arabic). Sydney, Australia: Australian Teachers of Media. .

External links

Destroyer flotillas of the Royal Navy
Military units and formations established in 1911
Military units and formations disestablished in 1939


It looks like an update will get released so that Apple iPhones will support MMS (Multimedia Messaging Service). It's about time, isn't it? Why the delay Apple and AT&T?
MMS is similar to SMS (Short Message Service), but it allows you to include images and sounds. In my mind, it's analogous to receiving text-only e-mails vs. HTML e-mails. Texting is about to reach a whole new level. Someday, people will look back and say, "remember when we could only send text-only messages?" I still remember the days of monochrome monitors and floppy disks (I won't talk about Commodore 64).
This is a great feature but it will place additional load on the already overburden AT&T network.


A pair of moped muggers who left a young woman in a coma while using her bank card to buy ice cream and vodka have been jailed for a total of 14 years.
James Hicks, 20, and Joshua Scales, 18, carried out the robbery on a stolen moped in June last year as their victim walked home from a tube station.
Hospital pharmacist Piruntha Palarasa was listening to music on headphones at around 9pm when she was 'hunted down' on a quiet residential street in Edgware, north London.
The 25-year-old bravely struggled to keep hold of her handbag and phone as the moped mounted the pavement and both thugs tried to grab her belongings.
Scales then punched her in the head causing her to fall onto the pavement and fracture her skull, Harrow Crown Court was told.
Prosecutor Louise Oakley told the court Miss Palarasa made a miraculous recovery after being kept in an induced coma for nearly three weeks.
Miss Palarasa said in a statement that she had to learn to walk and speak again after coming out of her induced coma and still suffers from nightmares and double vision for which she wears glasses. She previously had 20:20 vision.
Within 10 minutes of the attack, Hicks and Scales were using her cards.
Sentencing them, Judge Rosa Dean said: 'She was minding her own business listening to music on her phone and on a residential street and she – in her words – was hunted down by you both.
The moped muggers both pleaded guilty with Hicks also admitting six counts of fraud relating to the use of her bank cards after the attack and Scales admitting to three.
Hicks also admitted two other robberies on May 25 last year.
Scales additionally admitted one count of theft relating to money stolen from a safe at his children's home on May 11 and possession of cannabis when he was arrested three days after the June 4 robbery.
CCTV of the incident shows Scales and Hicks passing by the woman before coming back around and mounting the pavement to chase her.
Scales, of Newham, east London, was handed an extended sentence after the judge ruled he was 'dangerous'.
He was jailed for a total of six years and four months with an extended licence period of three years.
Hicks, of no fixed address, was jailed for seven-and-a-half years.


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Q: Dropdown submenu on hover in Bootstrap 4.1 I am working on a website in which I want to create a dropdown submenu on hover in Bootstrap 4.1
The HTML code which I have used in order to create a dropdown menu on hover are:

      main menu

        P
        Q
        R
        S

    <button type="submit" onclick="location.href='/M';" class="btn btn-default">R</button>

The above HTML code is the working code which displays P, Q, R, and S on hover.

Problem Statement:
I am wondering what changes I should make in the code above now so that on hover of S; dropdown items T, U, V, and W are shown.

A: You could just apply the inception concept and put back another dropdown-toggle element inside the menu.
To open the sub-menu on hover you have to wrap the content inside a container to apply the :hover css styling display:block on the .dropdown-menu child element that contains the submenu links.

/* makes main-menu open on hover */
.menu-item:hover > .dropdown-menu {
  display: block;
}

/* makes sub-menu S open on hover */
.submenu-item:hover > .dropdown-menu {
  display: block;
}
<link href="https://getbootstrap.com/docs/4.1/dist/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet" />

        main menu

        P
        Q
        R

            S

            T
            U
            V
            W

    <button type="submit" onclick="location.href='/M';" class="btn btn-default">R</button>

A: Well, I think you've already figured out that isn't possible with the default bootstrap 4.1 classes.
You can achieve the desired effect using some jQuery and CSS.
First, create a div with a custom class and a list with the items you need, TUVW in your case.
After in CSS, you can hide your list container and handle its position.
In jQuery you can track mouse hover event('mouseenter mouseleave') puting your logic to show/hide the list container.


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A potpourri of my thoughts, rants & genuine journalism, fueled by passion & cups of tea
The mighty heart in person – Mariane Pearl
Posted on February 4, 2013 by FarahnazZahidi
By Farahnaz Zahidi
Daniel Pearl was murdered this day, eleven years ago. Here, his wife talks about him, about Pakistan, about Malala, and about how she has managed to stay "the same person".
BARCELONA: "Hi. I'm Mariane Pearl," she says, introducing herself to a room full of journalists from the world over attending a Reuters training course in Barcelona.
At the course, I'm representing Pakistan – a country where her husband, Wall Street Journal journalist Daniel Pearl, was abducted and beheaded by terrorists. Where a pregnant Mariane spent the toughest months of her life.
My feelings are a strange mix of awe, excitement and misplaced guilt. I recall a write-up Mariane had written for the New York Times, in which she wrote of her impressions of Pakistan. "Danny and I were told that most people did not share the opinions of fundamentalists.
But this reassuring voice of the moderate majority was nowhere to be seen or heard." Eleven years later, has anything changed in Pakistan? This collective silence is the source of my guilt. Too often, we are silent, apathetic and unaware.
Mariane has not changed much. Signature curly hair, tied-up tightly, predictably. Her fitness is deceptive – she does not appear to be a woman in her forties. To teach us, she cycles daily to Poblenou, a far beach end of Barcelona, for more than an hour.
Initially, she is just Daniel Pearl's wife for me. The woman whom Angelina Jolie played in the docudrama "A Mighty Heart", based on Mariane's book of the same title. But over the coming days, she becomes more than that. A true story-teller. A passionate journalist. Humble. A little guarded. A woman at peace with herself.
How has that whole experience changed her? "Hopefully not so much. I may have grown and evolved but essentially I am the same person. If Danny were to come back, he would recognise me," she says.
Mariane never revisited Pakistan but is not averse to the idea. She has not expressed anger for Pakistan or Karachi on record. How has she been so magnanimous is a question that she answers even before I ask her. "The people who murdered Danny have not been able to influence my feelings. Why would I hate Pakistanis? I have no reason to. I have very close relationships with some Pakistanis. Through individual dialogue and friendship these people have proven their value as human beings. No one can change that."
"During this ordeal," she had wrote on April 19, 2002 for the New York Times, "I was surrounded by individual Pakistanis and Muslims, as courageous and beautiful as those terrorists were ugly and without souls."
Her refusal to give in to prejudice is remarkable. "In my life, I have experienced all kinds of things which could have high-jacked my interpretation of the world. But thankfully those things were not strong enough to do that. Otherwise I wouldn't be free. Neither would my son," she says.
Currently Mariane is writing a family memoir. The book promises to have a lot of Cuba, France, Mariane's mother and more. "I have a very funky family story," she says.
A mother's pride is written all over her face as she shows me a picture of her and Daniel's handsome ten-year-old son, Adam. Mariane is currently living in Barcelona. "I had to decide on a place where Adam would be happy and comfortable. Barcelona has beautiful weather, the ocean, mountains. Adam can learn Spanish here. This is the first time I made a choice to live somewhere for the quality of life and not for work."
"Adam is very much like his father – easy-going, fun-loving. A beautiful human being," she goes on to say. Adam is the son of two celebrities and has traveled a lot for a child his age. "He has met heads of states, but he has also met normal people and has been on reporting trips with me. He has seen the real world. He doesn't have a hangover. I have worked hard at keeping him grounded," she shares.
A part of Mariane is still very connected with Pakistan. "I have people there I care for. You need to really know Pakistan in order to understand Pakistan. You don't know a country through the news. You can know it through person-to-person dialogue. I don't rely on the media to know what I know about Pakistan, to feel what I feel about Pakistan," she says, expressing how it hurts her when people stereotype Pakistanis.
Mariane believes that the power of dialogue is the only way conflicts can be resolved. "It's especially true for a country like Pakistan. Communication! In both Pakistan and the USA, I have closely observed people on the top and the bottom rungs of society. The bottom can still communicate with each other but the top don't understand each other at all. That's scary!"
But she sees hope for humanity in the fact that people of the world continue to reach out to each other, and gives the example of friendships between the people of India and Pakistan, between the people of Israel and Palestine.
Pakistani women, she feels, like women elsewhere are a "very very powerful asset" for the country, especially in terms of how they can influence the men. "A country cannot go wrong by investing in women," she says.
The conversation moves onto talk about the young Malala, and Mariane is all charged up. "Malala was a hero before she was shot, not because the Taliban shot her. There are a lot of Malalas out there…incredible young women… fearless, strong, a powerful generation to rely upon. Find them and show Malala that she's not alone…that her cause is being seconded."
She feels that unnecessary pressure has been put on Malala's young shoulders by making her an icon. "She doesn't need that, she's just a 14- year-old kid. All Malala said was 'I'm a girl, I have the right to have an education, otherwise I will have a miserable future'." Perhaps Mariane can relate to what is happening to Malala. " The media can be like vultures. I've been through that. I know how that feels. I feel like protecting Malala from that. The very minimum we owe her is respect."
In the prologue of her book A Mighty Heart, Mariane said to Daniel, "I write this book to show that you were right: The task of changing a hate-filled world belongs to each one of us." She reaffirms that undertaking in 2013. "Once you believe this, you cannot go back and hate again, for that would be the biggest defeat. It would mean that you are being manipulated (into hating). And I refuse to be manipulated by anyone."
Published in The Express Tribune, February 1st, 2013.
http://tribune.com.pk/story/501308/the-mighty-heart-in-person–mariane-pearl/
Posted in Straight From The Heart, Women and tagged A Mighty Heart, Mariane Pearl, Reuters, Wall Street Journal. Bookmark the permalink.
Salam Namaste
The writer is a senior sub-editor at The Express Tribune and tweets @FarahnazZahidi
It is said that there's enough religion in the world to make men hate one another, but not enough to make them love. But what if religion were to become a common ground where shared religious and ethical values are celebrated? Perhaps, too far-fetched a dream for the world that we live in. Especially for Pakistan. For we do not unite in the name of God. We dissent, for God's sake. Quite literally so.
But this might be a good time to take a closer look at the possibilities of an inter-faith understanding, if nothing else. Tomorrow, we embark on the World Interfaith Harmony Week, celebrated in the first week of February each year. What does this even mean? And what does it mean for Pakistan in particular, a county ravaged by polarisations. We are divided in the name of faith — we are Muslims and Christians and Hindus; we are majorities and minorities; we are the green and the white; we are the crescent and the star. Tier two of being poles apart: division in the name of denominations within the framework of the same faith — need I even say Shia and Sunni? It stares us in the face, way too close for comfort.
Hence, there is a need for not just interfaith dialogue, which ensures empathy, tolerance and understanding between followers of different faiths, but also inter-religious (bainal masaalik) dialogue.
Yet, this seems an under-celebrated and under-emphasised concept today in the post 9/11 world, and in present-day Pakistan in particular. Often, in interfaith fora, experts sit proselytising others to their own, in desperate attempts to convert and convince the others to 'our' way of thinking. And if not that, at least establish the supremacy of our faith over the others. An attempt at hegemony.
One reason we see resistance against sincere interfaith dialogue is that it is seen as a conniving, insidious attempt at syncretism — something that will take away my religious identity from me and make society a melting pot where all ideologies are conflated into one, basically leaving us with none at the end. Something like what John Lennon was trying to say in his song 'Imagine'.
In reality, however, the interfaith dialogue process actually helps us understand and strengthen our own faith better, and also learn to respect other ideologies. If it involves all stakeholders, it helps get rid of stereotypes. It helps a nation get over the 'us vs them' phenomenon.
If these efforts were made with the genuine intention of understanding one another, the benefits for Pakistan, a religio-centred nation, would be immense. Consensus-building does not do away with agreeing to disagree. What if followers of different faiths and different religious denominations come together on things all religions believe in — peace, justice and sustainability. Practical implications can include things that give a huge push to Pakistan's developmental issues. To cite one example, we are 180 million strong, and the world's fifth most populous nation has no hope of population control unless this is discussed by faith-based representatives and a consensus is built. Indonesia has achieved it by bringing all Muslim denominations, as well as Catholics and major religious leaders on board.
Interfaith dialogue is linked closely to human rights. Which brings us to the third tier at which this discourse needs to be fostered — dialogue between the seculars and the religious. In a society which cannot realistically do away with either element, it would be a good idea to create spaces where commonalities can be celebrated for civic and national stability.
Published in The Express Tribune, January 31st, 2013.
http://tribune.com.pk/story/500566/salam-namaste/
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China Daily | Updated: 2017-11-30 07:09
LONDON - The wedding of Britain's Prince Harry and his fiancee Meghan Markle will take place in May in St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle, a venue with royal associations going back centuries.
The fifth-in-line to the British throne, 33, and the US actress, 36, previously best known for her starring role in the TV legal drama Suits announced their engagement on Monday, sparking a trans-Atlantic media frenzy.
The couple have chosen to marry in Windsor, west of London, because it is "a special place for them", Harry's spokesman told reporters. Queen Elizabeth, the prince's 91-year-old grandmother, will attend the ceremony.
"The wedding will be a moment of fun and joy and reflect the characters of the bride and groom," he said.
The couple's first official engagement together will take place on Friday in the central English city of Nottingham, where they will raise awareness of charities working to prevent HIV/AIDS and youth crime.
"Prince Harry has spent a significant amount of private and public time in (Nottingham) and His Royal Highness is looking forward to introducing Ms. Markle to a community that has become very special to him," said Kensington Palace, Harry's official residence.
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She intends to become a British citizen, though she will retain her US citizenship while she goes through the process.
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The Gothic St George's Chapel is located in the grounds of Windsor Castle, which has been the family home of British kings and queens for almost 1,000 years.
Within the chapel are the tombs of 10 sovereigns, including Henry VIII and his third wife Jane Seymour, and Charles I.
In more recent memory, it was the venue of the wedding of Harry's uncle Prince Edward to Sophie Rhys-Jones in 1999, and of a service of prayer and dedication to mark the wedding of Harry's father, Prince Charles, to Camilla Parker Bowles in 2005.
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Harry's stepmother Camilla, now known as the Duchess of Cornwall, was equally enthusiastic.
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Two articles on anti-Semitism worth reading
Posted by rabbijohnrosove in American Jewish Life, American Politics and Life, Ethics, Israel/Zionism, Jewish History, Jewish Identity, Jewish-Christian Relations
Trump's executive order on anti-Semitism and his impeachment have stirred questions about the current state of anti-Semitism in America. I recommend reading the two articles below.
1. "'Jew coup': The anti-Semitic conspiracy theories surrounding Trump's impeachment – Times of Israel, December 19
Jewish leaders worry over a backlash, as anti-Semites spread notion that a cabal of Jews is trying to oust the US President
"Certainly, I've been concerned about rising levels of anti-Semitism in the Trump White House, and by extension, in the Republican Party," said veteran civil rights activist Eric Ward, executive director of the Western States Center.
The right-wing television host Glenn Beck recently aired a program in which he depicted George Soros, a wealthy Jewish financier often at the heart of anti-Semitic conspiracy theories, as the "puppet master in Ukraine."
https://www.timesofisrael.com/jew-coup-the-anti-semitic-conspiracy-theories-surrounding-trumps-impeachment/
"Can U.S. Jews Be Protected by Trump, a President Who Spouts Contempt for Jews?" – By Rabbi Eric Yoffie – Haaretz, December 19
Should Jews rattled by shooting attacks be grateful for Trump's executive order on anti-Semitism, when days earlier he unleashed a barrage of insults against them? What if it means sacrificing free speech on Israel and Palestine?
https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/.premium-can-u-s-jews-be-protected-by-a-president-who-spouts-contempt-for-jews-1.8289171
My new book – "Why Israel [and its Future] Matters…"
Posted by rabbijohnrosove in American Jewish Life, Book Recommendations, Ethics, Israel and Palestine, Israel/Zionism, Jewish History, Jewish Identity, Social Justice, Women's Rights
I have just published my second book Why Israel [and its Future] Matters – Letters of a Liberal Rabbi to his Children and the Millennial Generation with an Afterword by Daniel and David Rosove (New Jersey: Ben Yehuda Press, 2019). The book has been positively reviewed by a number of American and Israeli thought leaders, including the following:
The chairman of the Executive Committee of the Jewish Agency for Israel, The Honorable Yitzhak Herzog, called my book "a must-read."
Yossi Klein Halevi of the Hartman Institute in Jerusalem said, "Morally unflinching, intellectually courageous, Rabbi John Rosove has provided us with a desperately needed map for how to navigate the growing tensions between progressives and the State of Israel."
Former US Ambassador to Israel and Egypt, Daniel Kurtzer, wrote that "it is a book that many of us wish we had written for our own children."
New Israel Fund Board Chair, Professor David N. Myers said "Rosove's missives are essential reading for all concerned with the Jewish condition today."
I invite you to purchase a copy for yourselves, your children and grandchildren, and friends who, as Rabbi Eric Yoffie, President Emeritus of the Union for Reform Judaism said that the book "Makes the case to Jewish millennials that they need Israel as a source of pride, connection, and Jewish renewal, and Israel needs them for the liberal values that they can bring to the Zionist enterprise."
Other pre-publication endorsements are written by Anat Hoffman (executive Director of the Israel Religious Action Center), Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch (Senior Rabbi, Stephen Wise Free Synagogue in New York City), Rabbi Josh Weinberg (VP for Israel and Reform Zionism and Director of the Association of Reform Zionists of America), Rabbi Jill Jacobs (Executive Director of T'ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights), and Brooke Davies (Former President of the J Street U National Board and currently a 2nd year law student at Harvard College).
At the end of each of the 11 letters, I wrote discussion questions that will engage you, your children and community in discussing not only the historic accomplishment of the Jewish people in the creation and development of the State of Israel, but in tackling some of the greatest challenges facing the Jewish people and the Jewish State.
The book is available on Amazon.com. If you purchase a book and find it worthwhile, please write a review on Amazon because positive reviews promote the book to others.
How Donald Trump is stoking anti-Semitism while claiming to fight it – Washington Post
Posted by rabbijohnrosove in American Jewish Life, Israel and Palestine, Israel/Zionism, Jewish History, Jewish Identity, Jewish-Christian Relations
At the root of Trump's new executive order is a twist on centuries-old anti-Semitic tropes – by Joshua Shanes
This is an important and thoughtful piece – do read at
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/12/17/how-donald-trump-is-stoking-anti-semitism-while-claiming-fight-it/
Countering an Anti-Semitic and Anti-Israel Journalist
Posted by rabbijohnrosove in American Jewish Life, Ethics, Human rights, Israel and Palestine, Israel/Zionism, Jewish History, Jewish Identity, Social Justice
Two months ago, GVWire Media in Fresno, California hosted a controversial speaker, Alison Weir, who spoke about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Her appearance at Clovis Community College enraged many in the Jewish community.
GVWire reported some of the Jewish community's reactions (August 30, 2019):
"The Anti-Defamation League, one of the Jewish groups criticizing the visit, called Weir an anti-Semite based on past comments she has made. Weir has been condemned by the ADL and others for having her writing appear on sites considered to be run by white supremacists.
In a statement, the Anti-Defamation League describes Weir as a propagandist who 'routinely employs classic anti-Semite tropes' and 'likens Israeli policies to those of Nazis.'
Seth Brysk, ADL regional director, said, 'People of conscience have a responsibility to use our rights to challenge and confront anti-Semitic and otherwise bigoted invective.'"
The head of GVWire called my colleague, Rabbi Rick Winer of Temple Beth Israel in Fresno, and requested someone who Rabbi Winer believed could address the Israeli-Palestinian conflict with far greater balance, fairness, and nuance. Rabbi Winer recommended me.
I spoke at the Clovis Community College in Fresno, hosted by GVWire, on December 9. My address is posted on the GVWire Media Facebook page. I invite you to watch and listen – https://www.facebook.com/GVWire/videos/1417260871759225/
A Gift for Hanukah – "Why Israel [and its Future] Matters"
Posted by rabbijohnrosove in American Jewish Life, Book Recommendations, Ethics, Human rights, Israel and Palestine, Israel/Zionism, Jewish History, Jewish Identity, Social Justice
My new book is now available at Amazon – https://www.amazon.com/Why-Israel-its-Future-Matters/dp/1934730831
"Morally unflinching, intellectually courageous, Rabbi John Rosove has provided us with a desperately needed map for how to navigate the growing tensions between progressives and the State of Israel. By calling out Israel when it has done wrong and calling out its critics when they exaggerate Israel's flaws, Rabbi Rosove echoes the ancient prophets, who criticized their people but always loved and defended them. This thoughtful and passionate book reminds us that commitment to Israel and to social justice are essential components of a healthy Jewish identity." —Yossi Klein Halevi, Senior Fellow, Shalom Hartman Institute, Jerusalem
"Rabbi John Rosove's letters to his sons are tender and loving, but also gripping and challenging, as he grapples with modern Israel, Jewish identity, relations between Israelis and Diaspora Jews, and perhaps most significantly whether 'you can maintain your ethical and moral values while at the same time being supporters of the Jewish state despite its flaws and imperfections.' Rosove pulls no punches, laying out both the imperfections and the ethical choices surrounding Israel and American Jews. But he also manifests a passionate love for Israel and what one scholar has called 'values-based aspirational Zionism.' This book will raise as many questions for Rosove's sons as it answers; it is a book that many of us wish we had written for our own children." —Ambassador Daniel Kurtzer, S. Daniel Abraham Professor in Middle Eastern Policy Studies, Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs – Former US Ambassador to Israel (2001-2005) and US Ambassador to Egypt (1997-2001)
"Rabbi Rosove's truths reach minds and open hearts. I urge each and every individual who feels in any way connected to the Jewish People, to ponder this powerful assemblage of candid insightful messages which address the core issues facing Israel as a nation, and as a notion. A must read!" —The Honorable Isaac Herzog, Chairman, Jewish Agency for Israel
"Rosove's optimism, and his boundless faith in Jewish peoplehood and Jewish values, makes this book an invaluable blueprint for Jews, both in Israel and around the world, to help the Jewish State live up to its founding values of acceptance, pluralism, and democracy and become a true light unto the nations." —Anat Hoffman, Executive Director, Israel Religious Action Center
"What a marvelous and refreshing book! A liberal social activist and committed Reform Jew, Rosove makes the case to Jewish millennials that they need Israel as a source of pride, connection, and Jewish renewal, and Israel needs them for the liberal values that they can bring to the Zionist enterprise. In its call for "aspirational Zionism," the book is honest and tough about Israel's flaws, but optimistic about the country's direction and filled with practical strategies for promoting change. This is a no-nonsense, straight-talking work, intellectually rigorous but deeply personal. And most important, it demonstrates in compelling prose to young Jews—and Jews of all ages—that Jewish life cannot be sustained without Israel at its core." —Rabbi Eric H. Yoffie, President Emeritus, Union for Reform Judaism
"In a beautifully written, passionate, emotional and heartfelt book, Rabbi Rosove describes his love for Israel. Always honest, authentic and sincere, John does not attempt to hide Israel's imperfections. His forty years in the rabbinate taught him that anything human is imperfect, and that true love requires engagement in the world of improvement and repair. Read and re-read Rabbi Rosove's book. Turn the pages over and over again. You will glean his spirit, and the spirit of our people that has created and sustained the State of Israel—one of the great miracles of the world." —Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch, Senior Rabbi, Stephen Wise Free Synagogue, New York City
"Rosove's missives are essential reading for all concerned with the Jewish condition today." —David N. Myers, Kahn Professor of Jewish History, UCLA; President of the Board, New Israel Fund
"This book is a must-read for countless Diaspora Jews looking for information and different ways to comprehend the significance of modern-day Israel. Rabbi Rosove offers not only for his sons, but for educators looking for new material, guiding questions, and matter of fact explanations. With everything he offers us in this short volume, Rabbi Rosove teaches us to never give up hope, which makes this a must-read for all." —Rabbi Josh Weinberg, VP for Israel and Reform Zionism, Union for Reform Judaism; Director, Association of Reform Zionists of America
"A moving love letter to Israel from a rabbinic leader who refuses to give into despair, but instead recommits to building a democratic Israel that lives up to the vision of its founders." —Rabbi Jill Jacobs, Executive Director, T'ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights
"A must-read for those inside the community and out who are not just looking for the right answers, but the right questions." —Brooke Davies, Former President of the J Street U National Board
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My new book – "Why Israel [and its Future] Matters – Letters of a Liberal Rabbi to his Children and the Millennial Generation with an Afterword by Daniel and David Rosove"
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Jalen Hurts runs for 3 scores, Eagles beat Saints 40-29
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) The Philadelphia Eagles stuck to their run-first approach and dominated the NFL's top-ranked rushing defense.
Jalen Hurts ran for three touchdowns, Darius Slay returned an interception for a score and the Eagles beat the New Orleans Saints 40-29 on Sunday.
"Jalen is a special player who forces defenses to play different," Eagles coach Nick Sirianni said. "You look at their stats but you also want to do what you do well."
Miles Sanders ran for 94 yards, Hurts had 69, Jordan Howard added 63 and the Eagles racked up 242 yards on the ground against a team that allowed 72.9 yards rushing per game. The Eagles have surpassed 175 yards rushing in four straight games, including 200-plus in three victories in that span.
"It's a big impact," Sanders said of having a dual-threat QB like Hurts. "It opens up big holes for all of us. Having Jalen makes it ten times easier but you have to give credit to the offensive line."
The Eagles (5-6) have won two in a row for the first time this season and Sirianni earned his first victory at home in five tries.
The Saints (5-5) dropped their third straight since losing quarterback Jameis Winston to a season-ending ACL injury during a 36-27 win over Super Bowl champion Tampa Bay.
"Obviosuly, we didn't do the things necessary to win in every phase," Saints coach Sean Payton said. "Turnovers were significant. We struggled to defend their run game. And our return game was just average. All of us have to do a better job."
Trevor Siemian threw three touchdown passes and two picks and ran for a score without several missing starters around him. Four-time Pro Bowl running back Alvin Kamara and tackles Terron Armstead and Ryan Ramczyk didn't play.
The Eagles led 20-7 with under a minute left in the second quarter when Slay stepped in front of Siemian's pass intended for Deonte Harris and returned it 51 yards for his third TD in four games. He had a 32-yard fumble recovery for a score against the Lions on Oct. 31 and returned a fumble 82 yards for a TD last week at Denver.
After the Saints scored 15 straight points in the fourth quarter to pull within 33-22, Hurts put the game away with a dazzling 24-yard TD run, juking defensive end Carl Granderson in the backfield before stepping up and sprinting down the left side.
"I just made a play," Hurts said. "I'm frustrated from the drives we didn't score."
Hurts was 13 of 24 for 147 yards with no turnovers.
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Hurts ran in from the 3 on the next possession, reaching the ball over the pylon with an underhanded extension to make it 14-0. Hurts has seven rushing TDs.
The Saints climbed back into it when Christian Ringo forced Sanders to fumble and recovered at the Eagles 6. After Siemian's 8-yard TD pass to Lil'Jordan Humphrey was negated by a holding penalty on Landon Young, he connected with Adam Trautman in the back of the end zone for an 18-yard TD pass on third-and-goal.
Siemian threw a 26-yard TD pass to Marquez Callaway early in the fourth quarter. The Saints failed to convert a 2-point conversion for the ninth straight time.
Siemian scrambled 17 yards for a TD to get the Saints within two scores at 33-19 with 10:52 remaining.
New Saints kicker Brett Maher rebounded from missing an extra point to hit a 28-yard field goal to cut it to 33-22.
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Philadelphia's Jake Elliott kicked field goals of 50, 37, 33 and 47 yards. He's made 90% of his field goals (18 for 20) this season.
Saints: Trautman limped off the field in the fourth quarter.
Eagles: Slay (head), Howard (knee) and LB Shaun Bradley (shoulder) left in the second half. LB Davion Taylor (knee) exited in the first quarter.
Saints: Host the Buffalo Bills on Thanksgiving night.
Eagles: Visit the New York Giants (3-6) next Sunday.
Follow Rob Maaddi on Twitter at https://twitter.com/robmaaddi and his work can be found at https://apnews.com/search/robmaaddi