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soulchaser
So, by now I'm sure you've all seen the picture of the body of Alan, the little 3 year old Syrian refugee washed up on the Turkish shore after the boat his family was on trying to get out of Turkey to Greece capsized and he, his 5 year old brother and mother drowned. His father survived.
Well, NDP MP Fin Donnelly rushed to the media claiming he HAND DELIVERED Abdullah's (Alan's father) refugee APPLICATION, made by Abdullah's sister in BC to Immigration Minister Chris Alexander months ago and it was rejected.
https://www.straight.com/news/522781/family-syrian-boy-found-dead-turkish-beach-was-trying-get-canada-help-family-vancouver
"Fin Donnelly, NDP MP New Westminster—Coquitlam, reportedly "hand delivered" the family's application to Citizenship and Immigration Minister Chris Alexander. Donnelly told the Citizen that Alexander said he would look into it."
Turns out THERE WAS NO APPLICATION MADE for Abdullah. His sister confirmned it. So, did he intentionally lie to score points on a dead 3 year old?
R&R Rancher
The MSM will jump all over this!
This is the sort of thing doesn't surprise me after years of provincial NDP rule. I hope the CPC hammer home the message that the party that wants to lead this country are willing to lie about the death of a 3 year old refuge to get votes. Imagine what else they might do.
FALover
Not up to speed on the whole story but, I heard a snippet on the radio today and they had already said that Chris Alexander will have to do a lot of explaining about this poor immigrants plight. I wonder if I will hear anything about how this was a fabrication by a dip for his 'professional' gain?
Mulcair and Trudeau lied for political gain???? Noooooooooo, wouldn't happen.
Government officials say that the Syrian family whose young children drowned off the coast of Turkey didn't formally apply for asylum and that an application was made instead for another relative.
The tragedy that struck the family of Abdullah Kurdi, who lost his wife, Rehanna, and their two sons, three-year-old Alan and Ghalib, 5, had made front-page headlines around the world.
Mr. Kurdi's sister, Tima, lives in British Columbia and had said she petitioned Immigration Minister Chris Alexander to accept her relatives.
Citizenship and Immigration Canada said in a statement Thursday afternoon that the department had handled an application for another Kurdi brother, Mohammad, not for Abdullah and his family.
"An application for Mr. Mohammad Kurdi and his family was received by the department but was returned as it was incomplete as it did not meet regulatory requirements for proof of refugee status recognition," the statement said.
"There was no record of an application received for Mr Abdullah Kurdi and his family."
The department also denied that if had offered citizenship to Abdullah Kurdi. Reporters in Turkey had quoted him saying he refused an offer of citizenship.
During a tear-filled press conference, Tima said the family's efforts to get to Canada was hobbled by lack of money and paperwork requirements.
"To be honest I don't want to just blame the Canadian government...I'm blaming the whole world," she said.
She said Mohammad couldn't provide a Turkish document which was the equivalent of a work permit.
After his application was rejected, Mohammad made his way to Germany but his family is still stranded in Turkey, Tima said.
"He regrets being in Germany and leaving his family behind."
She said she hadn't filled an application for Abdullah's family because she couldn't afford it yet.
She wanted to sponsor her relatives privately, with guarantors among her family, friends and neighbours. "Financially, I said I can only sponsor one family at a time. I didn't ask the Canadian government for financial anything," she said.
Instead, she wrote a letter to which her local MP delivered to Mr. Alexander.
She said the letter asked "Please, is there any way you can help my family come here."
There was no response.
After she told Abdullah she could not afford to sponsor him, the family then decided to try to cross to Europe.
She sent money to pay smugglers, broken into smaller amounts so it could be wired more easily -- "one thousand here, one thousand there."
Abdullah was supposed to go by himself. But he said his wife couldn't work and won't have been able to support the children by herself in Turkey, even though Tima was sending money for the rent.
So the whole family decided to go together, even though the wife, Rehanna, said she was scared of the water.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/family-of-drowned-child-did-not-apply-for-asylum-in-canada-ottawa/article26213820/?click=sf_globe
And Justin wanted to send warm jackets to help these people. Even a life jacket would have proved more useful.
bettercallsaul
Liars. Every one of them.
Edenchef
Progressives/Socialists..........Never miss an opportunity for a good ole grave dance. Especially on the campaign trail.
On yahoo the grave dancing, blaming Canada has completely backfired on Justin and Tom.
Read the comments: https://ca.news.yahoo.com/canadian-government-under-fire-case-drowned-syrian-toddler-130002648.html Either the lefties agree or their just not posting, it's 99% "how dare anyone blame Canada and it's not really our problem, bring everyone in WILL make it our problem".
Donny Fenn
this is the Cecil the Lion of this month, if anyone is to blame it's Turkey and the anti-Kurd sentiment there
the family wasn't escaping Syria, they had already done that, they were escaping Turkey to get to Europe (somewhere else in Europe I guess)
the spin on this terrible event has been crazy
I could of swore that Harper put the boy on a boat, and then sank the boat out at sea. That's the impression cbc news gave me.
So, the story is they fled syria, and ended up in Turkey, and in their effort to get to Europe(Greece iirc)... not Canada, they took a ride in a boat that sadly sank?
Could they have remained in Turkey while an application is submitted? Why, why not?
No one's sure how it's Canada's fault. It certainly wasn't a torpedo from one of our subs...
TODAY'S QUESTION
How can Canada best address the migrant crisis?
Accepting more refugees 1238 (24 %)
Fighting Islamic State 2840 (54 %)
Sending aid 1182 (22 %)
Total number of votes: 5260
http://www.ctvnews.ca/
1) Definitely not the results CTV were looking for.
2) For a story that has been receiving constant news coverage for the last 24 hours, with the media in full out anti-Conservative, lets make this a campaign issue mode, the survey only got 5260 votes?
Nenshi chimes in:
Mayor Naheed Nenshi blasted the federal Conservative government Thursday for its handling of the Syrian refugee crisis, which has been symbolized in the media around the world by the image of a drowned three-year-old boy.
"We're a country of generosity and we're a country of opportunity," Nenshi said, according to CBC News. "The fact that we have not even taken the Syrian refugees that we have committed to take, let alone taking many more people who are fleeing the most desperate situation only looking for opportunity in the world, to me is a disgrace."
Nenshi joined a growing chorus of critics who have accused the Conservative government of failing to adequately respond to this growing crisis.
The Conservatives declined to respond to the Calgary mayor's barbs directly, suggesting Nenshi may have based his comments on "misinformation" circulating about the Tory record.
Instead, the party referred to comments by Conservative leader Stephen Harper, who called the plight of the Kurdi family "heartbreaking." At an election campaign stop in Coquitlam, B.C., Harper said he has visited refugee camps in Jordan and Iraq, where he witnessed the fallout of a humanitarian crisis he said is only getting worse.
http://calgaryherald.com/news/local-news/nenshi-calls-ottawas-response-to-syrian-refugee-crisis-disgraceful
If they're choosy, should they die as a result? I'm a bleeding heart, I admit, but if someone wants better, should we not help?
Holy crap. Qatar UAE Saudis are accepting NO refugees. They have more money than the rest of world. That's the point. They aren't being "choosey". Do you believe these people are saying " I want Canada or Germany or nothing " or " get me out before I get killed and my daughter ends up a sex slave"
The fact you think that family in a boat the Mediterranean was discussing where best to settle on the earth blows my mind.
My favorite social media argument so far... Canada seems kinda pissed.
Well, Nenshi, we've committed to taking 11,000 Syrian refugees BY THE END OF 2017. We've taken in something like 2,300.
Last I checked, we're in 2015
Not a word, nothing, on CTV National news.
I assume you mean about the poll.
Because that nauseating, clearly Liberal gas bag Lisa LaFlamme spent the first 10 to 15 minutes of the broadcast spewing anti-Conservative venom over the story.
Yes, the poll. Sorry for not clarifying.
CBC STILL trying to insinuate it was the dead boys family trying to come to Canada despite the Aunt clearly saying sh tried to sponsor the dead boy's UNCLE and HIS family.
From a story posted this morning:
"Family sought refuge in Canada
What Canada didn't do, apparently, is much of anything to assist the Kurdi family to get to Canada, where Alan Kurdi's aunt,*Tima Kurdi, was trying to sponsor them.
She told reporters that her brother's family wanted to come to this country. She'd even written a letter to Immigration Minister*Chris Alexander, asking for help. The letter was delivered to Alexander, in person, by New Democrat Fin Donnelly, her MP."
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/harper-alan-kurdi-photo-syria-refugees-1.3215028
speedloader
check out the comments in the Calgary sun today saying the same, its a Liberal gift to have one foot in your mouth it seems
http://www.calgarysun.com/2015/09/03/calgary-mayor-nenshi-calls-federal-governments-syrian-refugee-crisis-response-disgrace
awndray
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOR38552MJA
Even the Toronto Star has acknowledged her letter to Alexander was regarding her brother mohammad and his family, NOT her brother Abdullah the dead boys fatheand his family.
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/2015/09/03/canada-rejected-request-to-take-in-family-of-drowned-syrian-boy.html
"When Tima Kurdi tried to sponsor her brother Mohammed Kurdi and his family to come to Canada as refugees, she found herself mired in a Catch-22 of red tape and bureaucratize.
In a pleading letter obtained by the Star dated March 17, Kurdi begged Minister of Citizenship and Immigration Chris Alexander to allow them (and not her other brother Abdullah, the father of the two drowned Syrian boys) to come to Canada as refugees."
the letter is at the link.
Long read, but interesting. No idea the credibility of the source:
Aylan Kurdi's family had FREE housing in Turkey, while father's story is full of holes
Posted on September 4, 2015 by Admin	79 Comments
4 millions Muslims pretend to escape 30,000 ISIS fighters who are not even near their towns, cities and even countries. This kind of mass-migration fraud is a medieval war strategy and it's called Hijrah. It's part of jihad.
Ok, so let's follow the absurd and deeply misused asylum and refugee policy and pretend that they are victims of war and need to escape. Very easy to resolve. Pressure the 49 Islamic countries around the world to take them all in. Block them from all and total entry into the West. If the Islamic countries don't take them in – put trade sanctions on them. Watch and see how quickly this mass-migration flood will come to an end when the Muslims realize that they can't get their Hijrah to work!
Abdullah Kurdi's story is made-up. But his lies are now being used and rewarded by the media in full blown propaganda, while pressuring policies to force Europe to take in more economic migrants who have never experienced a war zone. The dead toddler pornography is a dream-come true PR campaign serving ISIS and their overwhelming Muslim supporters.
Abdullah was never on that boat to watch his wife and children drown. That's why he was the only survivor. The first time he learned of their death was from the hospital after the photos of his young son was circulating in the media. Listen to all the contradictions and holes in his story.
This was an attempt to send his wife and children into Europe before his own arrival to apply for refugee status as a lone woman with children, while they never even lived in a war zone.
Unfold the #migrationfraud :
After leaving from what they say was a war zone (Syria is huge and the entire country is not a war zone) the Kurdi family was given FREE housing in Turkey and had been there for THREE years. Abdullah Kurdi was not in any war zone. He was safe, he had food, he had over $4,400 in cash, which is over 13,000 Turkish Lira – so why did he leave?
Frankly the whole story simply doesn't add up.
This is what he told the press initially, as reported in the Guardian yesterday:
"I took over and started steering. The waves were so high and the boat flipped. I took my wife and my kids in my arms and I realised they were all dead," he told AP.
Let's look at all the details of his story.
The report according to Abdullah's own words is that he lived in Turkey for three years and prior to that he had lived in Damascus. His sister makes the story even more confusing saying that Abdullah was a barber originally from Damascus, who fled from Kobani to Turkey but "dreamed of a future in Canada" for his family. Was he living in Damascus or Kobani? Kobani is over 500 kms from Damascus.
After "fleeing" from "war zone" Kobani he now wants to return to Kobani to attend — a funeral. Huh…? So he's safe to fly back by plane to Kobani and attend a funeral. And guess what? ISIS was not even in Kobani when Kurdi claims his family "fled" from ISIS.
ISIS was not in Damascus either three years ago when Kurdi claims he lived there. ISIS entered only a small rural part of northern Damascus last year and targeted a remote refugee camp with "Palestinians" earlier in 2015 and were pushed out. ISIS is present in a quarter of the country in Northern Syria, not in the South.
While Western media reports that he was trying to reach Canada, Swedish media are being given reports by Kurdi that he was trying to reach Sweden and that he had been receiving FREE housing in Turkey for three years. Abdullah claims he was trying to reach Canada but was denied asylum – while Canadian authorities say they have never received any application from him at all. Which story does Abdullah want to stick to?
What we're reading here is a story about relatives serving as people smugglers to other relatives living in Turkey. This is what happened with Kurdi. His own family in Canada are his people smugglers trying to come up with ways for him to illegally fraud the immigration system, and make up stories about threats that he never experienced.
The father, Abdullah Kurdi, is giving different stories depending on who he is talking to. His sister Fatima gave an account of a phone conversation with her brother Abdullah that is reported in the DailyMail. That story is different to the one Abdullah Kurdi gave to the press.
Listen to the bits here from DailyMail:
Reliving the moments after the dinghy capsized and the Mediterranean waves crashed around them, Abdullah Kurdi described how he'd pleaded with his sons to keep breathing, telling them he didn't want them to die.
It was only when he looked down at their faces and saw blood in Aylan's eyes that he realised the boys had died in his arms and he was forced to let them go.
Looking around in the water, he spotted the body of his wife Rehan 'floating like a balloon'. She had also drowned.
…and the version his sister Fatima gives, the DailyMail, is here:
Yesterday his sister Tima – who is also known as Fatima – revealed how the grief-stricken father had relived the final moments of his boys' lives in a phone conversation she'd had with him.
'When a bigger wave came and flipped the boat upside down, Abdullah right away caught both his kids and tried so hard with all the power he had to keep them up from the water, screaming, 'Breathe, breathe, I don't want you to die!',' she said.
'In his left arm was Galip and he saw he was dead and he told me, 'I had to let him go',' she added.
Then he looked at Aylan and could see blood from his eyes, so he closed them and said, 'rest in peace my son,' she went on to say.
She said that while he was still in the water, Abdullah saw his wife's dead body floating in the water 'like a balloon', causing him to struggle to recognise her.
Sobbing uncontrollably Abdullah yesterday recalled his terror when the flimsy and overcrowded dinghy overturned, causing the night to be pierced by the screams of his fellow Syrian refugees as he clung on to his wife.
'I was holding her, but my children slipped through my hands,' he said.
'We tried to cling to the boat, but it was deflating. It was dark and everyone was screaming. I could not hear the voices of my children and my wife.'
The wife was 'a balloon' in less than three hours ? The rate of decay to a dead body in water is not instant. Obviously Abdullah had no idea how dead people in water decay and he knew at some point they would bloat, so he described his wife in a condition of decay that takes days to mature. Here from The Forensic Library is a description:
Bloated (2-6 days)
This stage of decomposition includes the first visible signs of decay, namely the inflation of the abdomen due to a build-up of various gases produced by bacteria inside the cadaver. This bloating is particularly visible around the tongue and eyes as the build-up of gases cause them to protrude. The skin may exhibit a certain colour change, taking on a marbled appearance due to the transformation of haemoglobin in the blood into other pigments.
Although Abdullah claims to have seen the dead bodies of his two children and his wife after their boat was hit by two large waves, his story then changes and he claims that he made it safely to the beach. He now assumed that the wife, who had laid bloated and drowned, and the two small boys who he had seen drowned right in front of him and he knew were dead, had managed somehow to make it alive to the beach. He could not find them on the beach so he assumed they had "become scared and ran away". He now sees these dead people nowhere. But he only finds the "truth" about their death after going to the hospital where their bodies were kept.
Can someone explain to us how dead bodies run away? In other words, he only knew they were dead after the pictures of his son started showing up in the media reports. Here's his own account reported in the DailyMail:
Over the following three hellish hours in the water, [in the short time his wife turned onto a 'balloon' – a sign of decomposing that only occurs 2-6 days later] Mr Kurdi battled for survival, while frantically searching for his sons and his wife, who had also been pulled from his reach. He found one child but it was too late – the boy had drowned.
'My first son died from the high waves,' he said. 'I was obliged to leave him to save the other one. I tried to swim to the beach by following the lights.
'I looked for my wife and child on the beach but couldn't find them. I thought they had got scared and had run away and I went back to Bodrum.
'When they did not come to our meeting point I went to the hospital and learned the bitter truth.' (How can he learn the bitter truth when he claimed earlier that he saw them die and tried to save one of the sons, who had already drowned? He then attempted to save the second one who was dead with bloodied eyes, while finding his wife floating and bloated in the water. How can dead people like this run away?)
The barber had paid people smugglers £2,900 over the course of three attempts to reach Greece from a refugee camp in Turkey.
But he has told friends he wished he had also drowned to be spared a lifetime of self-recrimination over the family's desperate gamble for a better life.
Pictures of Aylan and Galip have been shared by social networkers around the world, prompting calls for politicians to do more for fleeing Syrians.
So you can hear that we have completely different stories coming from Abdullah that don't even match.
He doesn't even know what exactly happened. This man was never on that boat and never watched his wife and children drown. That is why he was the only survivor without any injuries and without any need for medical help, although he claims to have undergone a violent and desperate situation for over three hours where everyone else drowned. He is lying and making the story up. We've worked long enough with these humanitarian issues to recognize a tall tale. Basically, the fragmented and fabricated story indicates to us that the wife and children were sent to arrive before him as a lone mother and children (easier to get accepted). Of course, this advice would come from his own family already living in Canada and parts of Europe who know more about the dhimmitude of Europe, now serving as long-distance human smugglers. The wife has clearly been told to go first, get her refugee case handled, and then help to get him entry at a later date where he can join them with a forged passport.
It's all fraud. All of this explains his dry crocodile tears. No wonder his sister Fatima was crying more than her brother who lost his entire family. She suffers from deep guilt that their strategies caused the death of a woman who could not swim and was afraid, and the death of two small children. They're intentionally frauding the system. And now they also push propaganda to open the floodgates to the rest of these fraudsters.
It is however, noteworthy to hear this comment coming from Abdullah Kurdi that he does not mind sacrificing his wife and children for his agenda, according to his sister Fatima in Canada:
'Of course it makes me sad that it's taken this [tragedy] to make people realise what is going on,' she said, adding: 'Abdullah said, its ok if it has to be my kids and my wife who wake up the world, its ok. If it's been written to happen that way, it was supposed to happen.'
And the Turkish people smuggler President Tayyip Erdogan responded to the deaths in his country's waters by saying: "European countries, which have turned the Mediterranean, the cradle of the world's oldest civilizations, into a cemetery for refugees, shares the sin for every refugee who loses their life."
https://themuslimissue.wordpress.com/2015/09/04/family-of-drowned-toddler-aylan-kurdi-had-been-given-free-housing-in-turkey-while-fathers-story-is-full-of-holes/


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"The Implosion," by Jon Lee Anderson in The New Yorker
Posted by Joshua on Monday, February 20th, 2012
Jon Lee Anderson, Letter from Syria, "The Implosion," The New Yorker, February 27, 2012, p. 58
Before the observers left, hundreds of townspeople gathered in the main square to shout slogans and call for freedom.
Anas told me he knew that Zabadani's moment of "freedom" wouldn't last; the Army could come back in whenever it wanted to. "It will be a black end," he said flatly. "But we will have to face it." He added, "I'm sorry to say this, but the Alawites are involved in the repression, and there will be a sectarian civil war."….
But at other times it was evident that the regime could not entirely control what we saw. Clock Tower Square, in central Homs, is where the first demonstrations were bloodily suppressed; reportedly, scores of protesters died there in April, when the Army attacked during a sit-in. When we visited, the large plaza was almost deserted. The bus let us off three blocks away, in front of an old café, but before I had walked a block the minders nervously called everyone back. A tall, burly man with a salt-and-pepper beard was bellowing, in English, "Why are you here? This is not where you need to be." He waved toward the neighborhoods that were held by the rebels. "Go to Baba Amr, go to Khalidiya, that's where you should go!" The minders tried to herd us back onto the bus, but the bearded man, who I later discovered was a prominent lawyer, had everyone's attention. He shouted that terrible things were happening in his city. When asked who was responsible, he suggested that the regime was using thugs to intimidate people. "Army or security or military, I don't know!" he yelled. "They are wearing sports shoes! You know a military wearing sports shoes?" He added, "I trust the men in uniforms with helmets and boots. I don't trust these men with sports shoes." Men in long black leather jackets appeared at the edges of the crowd: Mukhabarat or Shabiha. They stood close together and whispered, and some moved in toward the bearded man. A few old men emerged from the café and tried to coax him inside, but he shook them off. A reporter asked, "How is life here?"
"Life?" the man shouted, waving his arms. "There is no life! There isn't life here in Syria." Men crowded around, yelling angrily in order to drown him out. One of them called to us, "You can go anywhere you like in Homs! Everything is fine." Another man challenged him: "You want NATO to come to Syria? Is that what you want?" There was shouting and pushing; the secret police swarmed. The bearded man called to the reporters, "Take my name! Tomorrow my name will be on the board," referring to a list of Homs's daily dead. Then the crowd descended into chaos, and he was pulled away….
Out on the street, a number of men had gathered, and one of them, a wiry, forthright man in his forties, said his name was Maher. Like the shopkeeper, he was a Christian. He had worked abroad for years on oil rigs owned by an American company, but he decided a few months ago to return home to protect his family; the rebels, he explained, were occupying houses, to use as bases from which to attack the government. A few days before, though, the Army had taken control of a few streets, and some shops had reopened; people could go to work, and their children could attend school. Gunfire broke out from the direction of Khalidiya, and Maher's eyes roved up and down the street. "I am not a supporter of the President or a member of the Baath, my friend," he pronounced. "But I have seen the truth." Echoing the government's line, he said that the rebels were drug dealers, criminals, members of Al Qaeda. He spoke of their torture and execution
houses, where they slit victims' throats like sheep. Once, he said, an old man and woman were asked for their I.D.s at a rebel roadblock, and the two were shot dead merely because they were Alawite.
"The government should be tough," he said. "I don't mind staying in my house for three days to let the government clear all the houses, because they are hiding in innocent people's houses."….
Over the rooftops, I saw columns of black smoke rising from where the fighting was taking place. A government minder who had accompanied me was shocked. He asked worriedly, "Is Syria going to be like Iraq?" Until that moment, he hadn't really understood the extent of the country's problems; he confessed that he had never seen an anti- government demonstration. He asked, "Are we in denial?"
The same day, the diplomat in Damascus told me that it was too late to stop Syria from sliding into civil war. "We're watching a country go off the edge," he said. "This is going to be ugly." He had hoped that there could be a negotiated settlement, similar to the recent one in Yemen—a "soft landing, whereby the Assads can get in a plane with all of their toys and fly to Dubai or wherever." But Russia was stubbornly opposed; no one knew how to negotiate with the rebels amid the violence; and, until the opposition convinced the Alawites that they were not the targets of the uprising, a détente with the Army seemed unlikely.
"Most of the officer class is Alawite, and there are very few senior officers defecting," the diplomat said. But the government could not hold on forever. With unrest all over the country, the Army was spread thin, and on the front lines food and fuel were running short. The troops were tired and increasingly demoralized. Even though the regime had cut off electricity, food, and medical care to rebel areas, the opposition was gaining confidence. Another diplomat in Damascus said, "Fear has gone from the people and it has not been reintroduced. People have come out on the streets, and they've stayed out." He added, "I never had any doubt about the regime's capacity for violence, but I didn't realize how stupid its leaders were. We warned them that, once they started shooting people, sooner or later people would start shooting back. Even if they were to try a reform process, it wouldn't fix things now. They're now obliged to carry it off with repression."
The newspaper editor in Damascus suggested, conversely, that the country was stuck with Assad. "The collapse of the regime will lead to atrocities, communities targeting communities, as in Rwanda," he said. "You can blame whom you like, but this is a fact. The state has to continue functioning, because, if it doesn't, then, as in Homs now, there will be sectarian violence. That's why the decision was taken to go strictly, heavily, into the suburbs, with all the loss of life that we're seeing. So this idea of Assad stepping down won't happen, because he is the Army. The only way to save the country is to support the regime to change itself. All the other scenarios lead to civil war, sectarian violence, and a failed state." Assad's best hope, he suggested, was a combination of unrelenting violence toward the active rebels and greater reforms to persuade the moderates…..
In Damascus, I met Aimad al-Khatib, a Sunni businessman in his fifties who embodied the chaotic interplay of Syria's factions. He had recently been abducted, in Homs, by three men who forced their way into his car at gunpoint. After making him hand over his money, his I.D. card, and his cell phone, they took the car and drove off. Khatib went to the local rebel authorities, and, in an hour, they caught the culprits. "They handed me the keys to my car, the money, everything except the cell phone, but gave me money to reimburse me for it," Khatib said. "They showed me the men they had caught, and, after I identified them, they began beating them in front of me. The people that robbed me are the same ones killing people with I.D. cards that show them to be Alawites." Khatib is a leader of the Syrian National Solidarity Party, one of four new parties granted legal status in December.
He told me that he had been part of an attempt to broker a dialogue between the government and the opposition, but had given up when it became obvious that the regime was intent on using force. He expressed a kind of cynical resignation. The Russians were supporting Bashar, in order to preserve their international prestige; Saudi Arabia was against him, in order to weaken Iran; Turkey wanted to bring the Muslim Brotherhood to power. Khatib hoped for "a real national-unity government, in which not even the Alawites will be excluded." But, with violence spreading across the country, it seemed too late for that. "What will happen? " I asked.
"There will be a civil war."
"When will it begin?"
"It's already begun." Few people in Syria were so outspoken, and I asked Khatib if he was concerned about his safety. He smiled wanly and said, "If God wants to take my soul, let him have it." 
Read more http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2012/02/27/120227fa_fact_anderson#ixzz1mwYpQlDF
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Anton said:
Dear Mr. Joshua Landis
Can you please explain to me/us why you are labeling/labeled President Assed as dictator from your point of view?
PS: I just re-post, as I am really interested to hear your argument
Thank you, Jon Lee Anderson, for this impartial article. One should mention that the New Yorker has always been a serious paper, as was seen during the post September 11 Afghanistan and Iraq wars. I hope the US will manage to stop the bloodshed and will let the EU and its new propaganda tools (BBC, The Guardian, Le Monde) to face what they really are: who…es sold to whoever pay more. There ARE progressive currents in KSA too, and it is no time to let them down, now that the Salafists have made their way in both Egyptian chambers.
Dear John MUMU
Thanks for your positive response to my earlier request in the latest post (please see below). will be in touch soon.
162. ANTON SAID:
Dear Syrian Patriots
Its time to help Syrian people not only hearing and looking them suffering
I am going to set up a new foundation to help Syrians in difficulties, it will be non political non partisan, social organization aims to help Syrian those needs help …
The aim is to raise funds during the next 3-6 months seeking the US and Europeans government support for fund and facilitate activities.
The foundation will be called "Syrian Christians charity foundation"
I am looking for people from this forum to help set it up and be active members.. any interest ?
areal said:
I read considerable comments about the art of quoting external sources on this blog.
I just noticed some interesting developments :
– In todays's extensive quote of "The implosion " article , the same paragraph "Out on the street …. innocent people's houses" was copied twice !!!
– The interview of Faysal Al Qudsi in the BBC
commented here
https://www.joshualandis.com/blog/?p=13530&cp=all#comment-296829
is badly quoted , being mixed with analysis and comments.
You can listen to the "interview" imbedded in the BBC's page where there is no mention of Iran.
It is my view that the use of Internet should permit to disseminate the full original documents not only edited excerpts because the additional cost is marginal.
Regarding the issue of license , no Syrian article is under copyright and many foreign sources are under Creative Commons :
The articles may be freely reproduced provided the source is cited, their integrity is respected and they are not used for commercial purposes.
SC Moderation said:
Areal raises a good issue with regard to copyright, noting the case of Creative Commons license. Areal also raised the issue of copyright protection for Syrian-origin material.
Syria legislated on copyright and related matters of licensing in 2001, with Law 12. Law 12 has been amended to signal Syria's adherence to international conventions. In Syrian law, copyright is assumed to adhere to the author, rests with the author, and Syrian law also notes its own fair-comment guidelines. See Articles 4. 5, 7 and 9. Here is an overview of Syrian copyright law and practice by UNESCO.
The issue of fair-use is both reference and courtesy — to both author and reader. Excerpts are encouraged. Short summary articles such as 6 or 8 paragraph Voltaire briefs are no problem. Thank you for for voicing your concerns.
Ghufran — please do not be concerned with the filter. It simply puts into moderation posts containing certain words. I will check the moderation queue.
February 21st, 2012, 12:32 am
teomax said:
The trick to get a rid of Assad is easy, if only Turkey wanted really to overthrow him and not only play a "game of big boy" on the block. They could easily overthrow his regime just by sending 20-30 percent of their army (6th strongest in the world against 33th strongest, not counting on defections) close to the Syrian borders and threating a bit Assad with invasion. Since regime operates only 30 percent of army as they are afraid of further defections, such situation would force them to put their army in 100 percent "modus operandi" and enormously drain the remaining resources.
I am sure that 70 percent of army forces, staying in barracks, are seen as not trustworthy by regime, otherwise they would already use them. To overthrow the regime, its therefore neccessary to put whole army in 100 percent "modus operandi". Current estimates of 15-20 percent defections during previous operations could be much higher with "not so trusthworthy" rest of army.
But a chance for a normal society once this revolution is finished, is however much harder task. The sooner the regime fall, the better possibility of "normal" society in Syria. I am afraid we have already passed that point now…
Leo Syriacus said:
It seems that neither the regime nor the opposition groups are able of ending this quagmire, the regime is fighting for its life and fears that its symbols will be all executed and its supporters persecuted, the opposition has not yet gathered enough support to defeat the regime and has not come up with a proposed agenda for a post-Baath Syria that will preserve the state and its institutions, protect all Syrians from massacres and civil
war, rebuild the economy, and introduce democratic processes.
This long and protracted struggle continues and the average Syrian suffers
February 20th, 2012, 11:13 pm

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Le qualificazioni del singolare  dell'Open Sud de France 2013 sono state un torneo di tennis preliminare per accedere alla fase finale della manifestazione. I vincitori dell'ultimo turno sono entrati di diritto nel tabellone principale. In caso di ritiro di uno o più giocatori aventi diritto a questi sono subentrati i lucky loser, ossia i giocatori che hanno perso nell'ultimo turno ma che avevano una classifica più alta rispetto agli altri partecipanti che avevano comunque perso nel turno finale.

Teste di serie

  Kenny de Schepper (ultimo turno, Lucky Loser)
  Josselin Ouanna (ultimo turno)
  Dmitrij Tursunov (ultimo turno)
  Florent Serra (qualificato)

  Marc Gicquel (ultimo turno)
  Jonathan Dasnières de Veigy (primo turno)
  Igor' Kunicyn (primo turno)
  Arnau Brugués-Davi (qualificato)

Qualificati

  Adrián Menéndez Maceiras
  Arnau Brugués-Davi

  Guillermo Olaso
  Florent Serra

Lucky Loser

  Kenny de Schepper

Tabellone

Sezione 1

Sezione 2

Sezione 3

Sezione 4

Collegamenti esterni

Open Sud de France 2013
ATP World Tour 2013

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"It is no prisoner. It is here with a purpose."
Qodron, Gate Lord is a Vex Gate Lord and the boss of the Prison of Elders challenge The Forever Eater. Unlike the other prisoners, Qodron and its minions came to the prison deliberately, foreseeing a glorious future for itself that could only be achieved by killing a "Light" (possibly the Guardian) that was destined to appear in the prison.
Qodron itself is fairly similar to Zydron, Gate Lord in that it has a weak spot in its chest and mainly uses its Torch Hammer to attack. However, it also uses the detainment ability used by the Templar, and will detain all three guardians every 45-50 seconds. These detainment bubbles can be destroyed but take a bit of firepower and will drain the health of any Guardians inside, although there is a Goblin roaming around the arena called Qodron's Eye, which, upon killing it, grants that person the Jailbreaker buff, allowing them to destroy detainment bubbles more quickly. This buff lasts for 30 seconds and will only be granted to the player who killed the Eye.
Qodron is the second Gate Lord to appear, the first being Zydron, Gate Lord.
Qodron emits a dark gas from its body, similar to the Eschaton Mind, Imminent Mind, and Primeval Mind of the Sol Progeny.
Qodron and Zydron are the only black Vex so far.
Despite Qodron's Grimoire card picture having him in the stance of a regular Minotaur melee attack however, Qodron never attacks like this as his melee is a temporal shockwave.


Q: Why is Vegas Movie Studio saying "Out of Memory" error, when I have plenty of RAM?
Answer: Older versions of Sony Vegas Movie Studio HD Platinum were susceptible to a Low Memory Error in particular situations. Specifically, Vegas can have a problem accessing enough RAM (memory) if you have Sony Vegas Movie Studio HD Platinum (32 bit) installed on a Windows 64 bit Operating System.
Sony Vegas Movie Studio HD Platinum 11 and all older versions of Movie Studio were only 32bit programs, which means they can only utilize a maximum of less than 4GBs of RAM.
When you install a 32 bit program like Vegas Movie Studio HD Platinum 11 on a 64 bit computer, it runs in 32 bit compatibility mode. So even if you have more than 4GBs of RAM installed on your 64 bit computer (like 8, 16 or 32GBs), Vegas can only access and use less than 4GBs.
On top of this normal problem that ALL 32 bit programs suffer from, 64 bit users may also experience a glitch in Vegas Movie Studio HD Platinum 11 which limits access to the RAM even further - to just a mere 2GBs !
In a 720p or 1080p project, this results in Vegas just freezing up. Fortunately this problem for 64 bit users was fixed during one of the free Build Updates for Vegas Movie Studio HD Platinum 11 - Build 283.
If you are a V11 user, please make sure that you have upgraded to the latest free build version for the program.
There is no program update available for V10 users.
Movie Studio Platinum 12 users have nothing to worry about, because V12 now comes as a 64 bit and 32 bit program.
Version 11 and older versions of Vegas Movie Studio can only access a maximum of 4GBs of Memory (RAM). Even though this is the case, please make sure that you DO actually have 4GBs of RAM installed. I have seen time and time again some people on Laptops only having 2GBs of RAM installed. This is just way too low for any Video Editing program to work with properly. Once you throw a couple of HD Video files into Vegas, it's going to completely freak out.
RAM is cheap, so make sure you have a minimum 4GBs installled or more, if you are on a 64 bit computer.
This is strange because I never had an error before, and now my Vegas is displaying this error message even after I close everything else in my computer. Maybe a reboot will solve it but it's annoying. Never happened before and all of the sudden it happens.
I often re-boot a couple of times a day when working on large and complex projects.
If you are still experiencing problems, it may be particular to the current project you are working on.
I also recommend resetting the program and deleting the temp files cache. This often fixes strange problems that happen out of the blue.
I beg to differ, but the issue with the low memory has NOT been fixed with version 12. I just attempted to render a movie and received the low memory error. I spent the money to upgrade from 11 to 12 specifically to overcome this problem, but it looks like it was money not well spent.
Sounds like you have something else going on. Video Editing programs mixed with different types of computers can cause a multitude of un-expected problems. If you stay calm and patient you will find the [I]actual[/I] cause and a solution.
Please note that I do NOT work for Sony Creative Software - if you have a grievance, fill out a support form with them. If you would like some real help, then I need to know as much about your project and what you were actually doing at the time.
What is the nature of your project ?
Which exact Render As template did you try to use that failed ?
What type of computer are you using ? 32 bit or 64 bit ? Operating System ?
Did you add Video Fx to your project ? Which ones did you use ?
Did you change anything in the Movie Studio Preferences, like the Dynamic RAM Preview setting ?


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Slipknot show in Phoenix, Arizona paused as fire crew battle 20ft mosh pit blaze
No injuries were reported after the Knotfest incident.
HERBERT P. OCZERET/AFP via Getty Images
Slipknot's show in Arizona on Tuesday night had to be halted after fans lit a fire in the middle of the mosh pit area. AZ Central, via Billboard, reports that the Knotfest Roadshow gig at Ak-Chin Pavilion in Phoenix was paused for 30 minutes while officials battled to put out a blaze made up of flaming lawn chairs. Check out footage from the show below.
Arizona is fucking wild @slipknot pic.twitter.com/HF9DBURbH1
— AZ (@chooseazbrews) November 3, 2021
Read Next: The 15 projects you should stream right now
Here's a wild photo of the fire from a distance pic.twitter.com/J9tTkXL3Fx
— Sam Weidenbaum (@SamWeidenbaum) November 3, 2021
It is estimated that the blaze climbed 20 feet into the air and could clearly be seen from the back of the crowd. Fans at the gig said that the fire began toward the end of the metal band's main set, specifically the song "All Out Life," meaning "Duality" and "Spit It Out" were cut from thr setlist.
A Phoenix Fire Department spokesperson said an engine company "responded to the pavilion and found a large contents fire... possibly started by bystanders at the event." The spokesperson added that "the fire was thoroughly extinguished without any extension to the major structure and no injuries were reported at the incident. The exact cause of the fire is currently under investigation and no persons were displaced at this incident."
Rock, Slipknot


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      class InstanceReadyTimeout < VagrantGANETIError
        error_key(:instance_ready_timeout)
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Ilan Funke-Bilu to run for judge
Attorney Ilan Funke-Bilu announced Friday he will run for an open San Luis Obispo County Superior Court Judge seat in 2018. Incumbent judge Barry LaBarbera is not seeking reelection. [Cal Coast Times]
Generally, judges are governor appointed following their predecessors retirement or death. As a result, most judges are politically connected or former employees of the district attorney's office.
"I think someone with my diverse background and experience would make it a better bench," Funke-Bilu said. "My diverse experience is unprecedented in the county."
Funke-Bilu, 67, has had an esteemed 40-year career as a criminal defense and environmental litigation attorney.
In 2003, a San Luis Obispo jury awarded $10 million in punitive damages and $2.6 million in compensatory damages to clients of Funke-Bilu who sued the Unocal Corp., for a blob of crude oil, diesel, gasoline and gas oil that leaked under under their property off Tank Farm Road in San Luis Obispo. Funke-Bilu also successfully litigated cases of environmental contamination in Avilia Beach and Santa Maria.
Funke-Bilu, however, is best known for his work as a criminal defense attorney.
In 1986, he won an acquittal in the murder case of Tony Phillips, a client who said he accidentally shot a man in the stomach during an argument. At the time, the district attorney's office offered Phillips a charge of manslaughter, but Phillips wanted his day in court, Funke-Bilu said.
Following Phillips' acquittal, all 12 juriers, Phillips and Funke-Bilu went to a local bar to celebrate, Funke-Bilu said.
Six years later in 1992, a jury acquitted Cal Poly volleyball star Kimberly Kaaiai of attempted murder in the shooting of her teammate and former lover. Kaaiai shot her teammate in the back during an altercation.
In an attempt to protect her former lover from the embarrassment of a trial, Kaaiai asked Funke-Bilu to secure a plea deal with prosecutors, Funke-Bilu said. Prosecutors and Funke-Bilu then agreed to a charge of assault with a deadly weapon with a one-year sentence in jail, a plea agreement rejected by the judge. A jury then acquitted Kaaiai.
There are currently seven seats on the local bench up for election in 2018. Four of the seats are governor appointed temporary judgeships that will become permanent if the appointees win the seats in the 2018 election.
Run for something, today's the day
Santa Barbara Zoo preps for evacuations
kwake
This guy should be ashamed of himself.
There is the pension and benefits at the end of the judge's rainbow. Somebody has to do the job so throwing your name into the hat may not be a bad idea. His history will be the judge and if good, he may be the judge.
JB Bronson
But Ilan, we already know you think everyone is innocent and that we will be convinced once all the evidence comes out.
But Ilan, we alteady know you think everyone is innocent and that we will be convinced once all the evidence comes out.


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Tue, 07 Jul, 2020 - 00:00
Kathriona Devereux: Scientists are trying to unknot the tangled threads of Covid
Kathriona Devereux shares a few recent discoveries by scientists, medics and public health specialists, about Covid-19
Studies are starting to show that Covid-19 was in Europe much earlier than originally thought.	Picture: Stock shot of Covid swab
Kathriona Devereux
"There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen." So said Lenin. He was dead right.
Since the first reported official cases of Covid-19 the coronavirus has upended us all and launched scientists, medics and public health specialists on a warp speed science race to try and unravel the complexities of the coronavirus and ultimately find a cure, or at the very least an effective treatment.
There are many unanswered questions. Why do some infected people remain un-symptomatic? Why do some people have relatively mild symptoms and others lethal ones? What drugs best help treat sick patients? Will a vaccine work?
Scientists are trying to unknot the tangled threads of the Covid-19 conundrum and a few recent discoveries will help.
Covid-19 had spread worldwide much earlier than initially thought
Retrospective studies are starting to reveal that Covid-19 was in Europe much earlier than originally thought.
A French doctor revisited the case of a patient he treated in December. He re-tested the patient's swabs and they came back positive for Covid-19. The patient, who has since recovered, hadn't travelled to an affected region so it indicates that Covid-19 was circulating in the French community since December 2019.
Lots of us and our families had a terrible dose of the flu in December and January and I know a few people who are convinced that they had Covid-19 at Christmas. More research will reveal if that's true or not and the government have launched the SCOPI antibody test to understand Ireland's population exposure to Covid-19. It involves a phone questionnaire and blood test so if you are one of the randomised people invited to participate – take part!
Wastewater reveals Covid-19 clues
We don't think of wastewater as being a valuable source of information, more an unpleasant effluent to be disposed of quickly but wastewater can divulge lots of information about a population. An Italian analysis of wastewater samples from Milan and Turin showed that the Covid-19 virus was in Italy before the first case was reported in China.
Many countries, Ireland included, are starting to sample wastewater to track the disease. It will be another source of population health information for public health officials to determine if the virus is starting to circulate more in the community.
Dexamethasone works
Watching the powerful RTÉ Investigates documentaries 'Inside Ireland's Covid Battle' I was struck by the sheer scale of medical effort being deployed to keep people alive - machines to do the work of lungs, hearts and kidneys – devices to buy patients time until their immune systems can mount a proper defence and recover. Doctors, and their patients, are desperate for drugs that work.
Dexamethasone looks so promising at cutting death rates that the University of Oxford authors broke with conventional protocol and published their preliminary findings via press release rather than the protracted peer-reviewed published scientific paper route.
Dexamethasone is a cheap, safe corticosteroid that replicates what people naturally produce in their adrenal glands to regulate metabolism, cognition and the immune system.
Neonatologists regularly use it to improve the lung function of premature babies and support them in intensive care.
The University of Oxford trial showed that dexamethasone reduced deaths by a fifth for patients who needed supplemental oxygen and reduced deaths by a third for patients on mechanical ventilators.
Reported in Wired the researchers said the results were so "eye-popping" that they didn't believe them at first and spent time checking and rechecking the data to make sure it was right.
This same trial also showed that the use of the antimalarial drug, hydroxychloroquine was ineffective and cancelled the study before its completion. You might remember that hydroxycholoroquine was the drug President Trump was taking as a preventative despite warnings from US doctors. Well science is definitively saying that it doesn't work as a treatment for Covid-19.
Remdesivir also works but is pricey
The other drug that is really showing promise is Remdesivir. Originally created to fight Ebola it looks like this drug is also effective at treating Covid-19.
Unfortunately the price will be prohibitive to many and the US has bought up 90% of the global supply from pharmaceutical company Gilead Science for the next three months.
So although it might be useful for many Covid-19 patients they are unlikely to get their hands on it in the near future.
Vaccine progresss
If you're a nerd like me you might be interested in The New York Times Covid Vaccine Tracker. It is a nifty website that has information on all the different types of vaccines being developed worldwide. You may not want to delve into the intricacies of randomised control trials but you might like to know that 17 coronavirus vaccines have been tested on humans.
One vaccine has been approved for limited use and three vaccines are doing large scale efficacy tests. If those vaccine candidates don't work there are approximately 150 other vaccines at various stages of development.
The US have officially called the research efforts to find a vaccine 'Operation Warp Speed' but despite huge efforts and money being thrown at the problem many experts caution that a vaccine could still be five years away and we need to continue to suppress the virus in our communities.
Prevention is better than cure so socially distance, cough and sneeze into your sleeve, wash your hands and wear a mask! As one nurse said on RTÉ's 'Inside Ireland's Covid Battle – "we can't go through this again".


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Library Transformation at Boarding School for High Achieving Students
Students at Higa School smiling in the boys' dormitory
In the fall of 2017, Higa Model Boarding High School opened its doors to the highest achieving students from across the Kembata-Tembaro Zone. Higa Model was constructed to provide a rigorous 4 year academic experience for the best performing students to excel and pursue their dream of attending university.
WEEMA is honored to participate in this community effort by constructing the school's new library. Over the coming months, WEEMA will transform the room in the photo below into a top-notch facility for students, complete with computers, books and furniture. The school was founded and supported by "Gogotacare", a local Kembata-Tembaro organization, and the campus was donated by the Zonal (State) government. This school and its students are the pride of the community and WEEMA is thrilled to be a part of its success.
Tagged: education, library, high achievers, books, computers, technology
EDUCATION, ALLIANCE
Lesley University writes children's books for WEEMA!
Students in the Lesley University School of Education teamed up to write books for children in Ethiopia.
Four teams each wrote and illustrated an original story, focusing on aspects of daily life familiar to children in Ethiopia. The books centered around themes ranging from coffee and birds to Vervet monkeys and enset (a plant native to Ethiopia and referred to as false banana).
Books will be printed in local languages and distributed to kindergartens and primary schools in 2018!
Tagged: education, alliance, book, Lesley University
WEEMA brings tablets to two new kindergartens
On Monday, WEEMA began to implement our digital literacy project in two community-based kindergartens!
The schools selected for the digital literacy program, Hodo and Gaecha kindergartens in the Tembaro district, were built by the community to meet the needs of their children. Both were provided with tablets to serve a group of 240 kindergarten students who attend in two shifts.
The tablets function as an interactive workbook by supplementing lessons taught by the teacher. They are loaded with math, science, reading and art curriculum developed for each day of the school year.
Two students share each tablet and work together to complete the lesson or assignment. The photos reveal how this teaching method encourages peer-to-peer learning.
WEEMA is excited to bring innovative approaches to education, and can't wait to see these kindergartners progress in their reading!
Tagged: education, tablets, technology, classroom, kindergarten
Celebrate a Girl!
October 11th is International Day of the Girl. In honor of this day, WEEMA International is announcing a new pilot project to help girls stay in school.
Tagged: International Day of the Girl, MHHM, education
WEEMA delivers 750 books to schools & libraries
WEEMA partnered with our friends at Ready Set Go Books to deliver ten different easer reader stories to Ethiopian schools and libraries.
Tagged: books, Amharic, Tembarsa, English, libriaries, education


The undersigned organizations represent a broad coalition that is extremely concerned about the elimination of vital research funding for American agriculture under the most recent Continuing Resolution.
Under House Joint Resolution 48, funding was eliminated for the remainder of the year for all special research grants under the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA), and all "Congressionally directed" research projects in the ARS budget. The total amount of this account for FY 2011 was $89 million from the NIFA budget and $42 million from the ARS budget, which is a small sum in comparison to the overall federal budget, but a critical amount considering the essential research being conducted in almost every state. Moreover, these research efforts support jobs and future technological advancements that will help our country maintain its ability to address future global food security issues.
Specifically, NIFA and ARS funding supports vital research essential to combat pests and diseases, address food safety and security issues, environmental compliance, and to enhance the nutritional value of certain crops. Additionally, the beneficial impact of the vital funding that effective agricultural research can deliver has been identified as a 30 to 1 return on investment for the American taxpayer. What makes this situation even worse is that NIFA and ARS are allowed no alternatives to achieve savings. Rather, they are directed to target and eliminate "Congressionally-directed" research projects without regard for the importance of, or the need for, the research being conducted.
We respectfully ask that a funding level equal to that in FY2010 be provided for these essential activities.


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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - A former North Carolina state legislator says he's ready to run for lieutenant governor next year. Ex-Rep. Scott Stone of Charlotte formally announced on Wednesday his bid for the 2020 Republican nomination. Candidate filing begins in December. Former U.S. Rep. Renee Ellmers and ex-Mount Airy Mayor Deborah Cochran are other GOP candidates. At least four Democrats also are seeking to succeed Republican Lt. Gov. Dan Forest, who is gearing up a run for governor. Stone is an engineering firm president who ran unsuccessfully for Charlotte mayor. He served in the House from mid-2016 through the end of 2018, when he lost his re-election bid. Stone says he wants to promote government accountability and will use his business and legislative backgrounds to do it if he wins the job.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Duke Energy Corp. CEO Lynn Good's reported compensation is down to $14 million after a big raise in 2017 put her at more than $21 million. The Charlotte-based electricity and gas utility disclosed Good's compensation Thursday in its proxy statement released ahead of the annual shareholders meeting in May. The proxy shows Good's pay was only about 1 percent higher last year than it was in 2016 after her big 2017 increase. Duke directors who compare executive pay with similar companies wrote that Good's compensation wasn't increased in 2018 because it's now competitive. They say Good was paid significantly less than her peers when she became CEO in 2013. The report says Good's 2018 compensation was 119 times greater than the median Duke Energy employee, who earned $117,000 last year.
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Agenda 2030: "That's our challenge"
A very interesting educational visit was carried out by the teachers and students of our school in one of the best assessed university departments of our country, the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Ioannina.
There we had the opportunity to meet members of the scientific staff, to get informed of the robotics programs they are working on and to see the robots they use in the workplace where they produce their project. The main focus was on a scientific approach that demonstrated the application of Artificial Intelligence towards us. So, we successfully served Goal 4: Quality Education and Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals, since we got to know innovative technological methods and applications.
On the 5th of March, 2018 we went to the 'Campus Berlin Buch' as part of our biology class and conducted experiments on photosynthesis.
Our class was divided into two groups who conducted different experiments. Every student received and examined differing cross-sections of leaves. We found out about the adaptations of leaves to differing abiotic factors.
In other experiments we examined how to increase the rate of photosynthesis. For this we manipulated the light, temperature and concentration of carbon dioxide and measured the production of oxygen.
In the last experiment we extracted and separated the pigments of leaves with the help of thin-layer chromatography. It became clear that green leaves have got many pigments, not only green, but also yellow and even orange pigments. As a question for furthers studies we asked what function the different pigments have in the process of photosynthesis.
The experiments in a real laboratory were a lot of fun. Especially using professional pipettes was interesting because you can measure the tiniest amounts of liquids with it. In June we will visit the laboratory again, but then the topic will be 'Blood and Drugs'.
The topics to be discussed in the ecoaudit, by the students from Italy, Greece, Germany and Spain are: consumption and social responsibility, electricity, mobility, noise, water and recycling.
First, the whole group of students taking part in Erasmus+ gathered during the break time and designed a series of question about the different themes above mentioned.
The next step took place in class; in work groups, we selected the questions, translated them into English and uploaded them to the eTwinning forum.
Each center uploaded their questions and we arranged a poll to select five questions about each topic.
Once the issues were selected, we designed some surveys to be passed on to the students in groups of 4th ESO so that we could study the results statistics.
Next, we will carry a study of the data, a comparison with the other centers answers and we will reach our conclusions.
The Erasmus+ "Agenda 2030: That's Our Challenge!" team organized a competition in our school unit for the creation of a logo, in order to disseminate the knowledge on the 17 Global Goals of Sustainable Development. The pupils activated their knowledge and imagination and created imaginative works. Then, their projects were evaluated by a committee consisting of representatives of the 15-member student council, as well as the student of the School of Fine Arts of the University of Ioannina, who does her practical training at our school. Among many works, the three students who created the best logos got a prize, during a prize awarding action.
The whole procedure served Goal 4: Quality Education and Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals, since it involved a number of students that practically proved their interest for our project.
Albert Einstein once said that humans "would not survive the honeybees' disappearance for more than five years". And we all know, in the past decade, bees have been disappearing at an alarming rate. Therefore, we wanted to take a practical approach and get involved in beekeeping. Since last summer two of our colleagues are guiding a group of students to keep bees and produce honey. Thanks to the Erasmus project, EU fonds could be used to purchase material for four bee colonies.
In the beekeeping course they learn about the life-cycle of bees, their behaviors and why we should protect them. What is really important for us, is that the students understand why bees are such an essential part of our environment (A third of our fruits and vegetables are pollinated by bees. Almonds are exclusively pollinated by bees). In order to facilitate a closer nature experience and enable the students to comprehend the ecological system, we work with the Pestalozzi teaching principle of "Learning with your head, heart and hand". More and more teachers and students got interested in the beekeeping and so we soon want to cooperate with the arts classes.
As part of our Erasmus + project "Agenda 2030: that's our challenge!", grade 9h students have participated in Recycling Workshops thanks to Ecoembes.
Ecoembes is the organization that cares for the environment through recycling and the eco-design of packaging in Spain. They make it possible for plastic packaging, cans and cartons (yellow container) and for paper and cardboard packaging (blue container) to have a second life.
Our partner organization, called "Proyecto Padrinos de Atiquizaya e. V." , helps children in El Salvador. They collect money to pay scholarships for pupils who otherwise would not be able to visit school, since they have to work on coffee, banana or bean plantations. To support the project, the Carlo-Schmid-Oberschule organized a donation campaign. We, the pupils of the Spanish classes of the 7th and 8th grade, are collecting donations to improve the living conditions and educational opportunities of the Salvadoran pupils. Therefore, we plant sunflowers, decorate the flowerpots and sell the flowers for 3,00€ each. You would make us and the Salvadoran pupils very happy if you help us with your donation.
Nosotros, los alumnos de la Carlo-Schmid-Oberschule, estamos colaborando en el proyecto "Proyecto Padrinos de Atiquizaya e. V." para ayudar a los alumnos de El Salvador. Queremos conseguir dinero para que muchos niños puedan ir a la escuela y consigan un buen trabajo en el futuro. En El Salvador hay guerra y pobreza. Muchos niños no pueden ir a la escuela, ya que sus familias no tienen tanto dinero como para pagar los gastos escolares. Los alumnos del 7. y 8. grado están participando en este proyecto. Los del 7. grado se encargan de decorar las macetas de papel pintándolas y los del 8. grado se encargan plantar los girasoles e informarse más sobre girasoles y del país El Salvador en general. Lo que haremos será poner girasoles en las macetas decoradas y así venderlas por un precio aceptable (3,00 €). El dinero que ganemos lo donaremos al "Proyecto Padrinos de Atiquizaya e. V.".
Wir, die SchülerInnen der 8. Klassen der Carlo-Schmid-Oberschule in Berlin Spandau, möchten mit unserem Partnerprojekt "Proyecto Padrinos de Atiquizaya e. V." den Kindern in El Salvador mit den Spenden helfen. Wir verkaufen Sonnenblumen für eine Spende von jeweils 3,00€ und geben den gewonnenen Betrag an unsere Partnerschule weiter, um einigen Kindern eine ordentliche Schulausbildung zu ermöglichen.
Unserer Schule ist es leider noch nicht gelungen unsere Partnerschule zu besuchen, da in El Salvador Krieg und Armut herrschen, dennoch wurden wir bereits schon mehrmals von SchülerInnen unserer Partnerschule besucht. Da viele Eltern in El Salvador das nötige Schulgeld nicht aufbringen können, müssen manche Kinder ihren Eltern auf deren Feldern behilflich sein. Wir sind dafür, dass auch dort die Kinder das Recht auf eine Schulausbildung haben und möchten die Spenden verwenden, um Schulmaterialien zu kaufen oder Schulgelder zu bezahlen.
Über Ihre Spende und Mithilfe würden wir uns sehr freuen. Vielen Dank!
The Erasmus+ "Agenda 2030: That's our Challenge!" team invited the students of our school to participate in the Student Action Week "Planet 2030" of Action Aid. In order to disseminate knowledge and awareness about the 17 Global Goals, students worked to create fanzines based on the digital material of the organization. Thus, they seeked to communicate their ideas to the world and express themselves through their personal publication.
The fanzines that have been created will be presented at an Action Aid event in April, which will be included in the plan "Athens: World Book Capital 2018". This action is considered as our Best Crowd Engagement Action, since it involves a great number of participating people, who get informed about the Agenda 2030 and our initiatives to serve it not only in our city limits but on our country level as well.
The content of this blog does not reflect the official opinion of the European Union. Responsibility for the information and views expressed in the blog lies entirely with the authors.


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Background The Oranda was made by selecting and stabilizing a mutation of the Ryukin which developed a lump on its head. It was brought to Nagasaki Prefecture from China via Ryukyu in sometime between 1789 and 1800. It was named 'Oranda Shishigashira' meaning 'Dutch Lion Head' because all rare imports were called 'Dutch goods' due to an isolation policy of the time. Its lump on its head is reminiscent of a lion's head.
The Oranda has a dorsal fin, a lump on its head and a long, quadruple tail. Basically, their body color is red-and-white. This type of goldfish is characterized by its dynamic elegance, and has become one of the most popular goldfish. There are two different kinds: one with a relatively long body which has been popular for many years in Japan, and the other with a shorter body that was imported from China in recent years.
Acquisition difficulties Easy. You can purchase them at home centers or at ordinary goldfish shops. This type is not very rare.
Rearing difficulties Normal. As long as basics rearing rules are followed, there are no particular challenges in rearing this type of goldfish. However, those with an extremely round body from China are more likely to overturn as it grows.
The goldfish in the picture won first prize in the Oranda parent section at the 2006 Goldfish Evaluation Convention in Shizuoka Prefecture. This goldfish also received an award from the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries at the same time. People usually enjoy viewing this goldfish from the side.
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"If you can't take the heat, then get out of the kitchen", but this doesn't stops us from loving different kind of mouth watering food.
Just like me, design nerds are often food junkies. They love to experiment with what they eat and passionate towards consuming properly dressed delicious food.
Looks like Lee Samantha, a food artist from Malaysia and a proud mother, took this too seriously. She created some mind blowing food art that looks surprisingly brilliant and superbly delicious. Her kids can find red curly hair princess from Brave on their plate or Wall•E.
She has certainly hit a nerve of food lovers on Facebook and Instagram waiting to anxiously see her latest production.
If you like these delicious art food, then SHARE it with your friends & family and make them hungry.
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This follows incidents which occurred in the Woodside area of the town between the 31st March and 1st April.
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You cannot add a camera function that is only usable by people with the highest end computers. This would provide a disadvantage to anyone with min-medium spec computers when competing online. Imagine if one person could see more of the battlefield than another simple because he had a better computer? Simply not fair or balanced for competition.
I don't see why they couldn't enable it for singleplayer though.
As for more than 300 pop, i don't think you know what you are asking. it's entirely posible to fight on 3 fronts with 150 cap, much less 300. I've played almost 200 games including large team games and lots of 1v1s, i've only ever hit the 300 cap once (playing quetzels ploom, where nobody has a land access to anyone else, took 2 hours till flying units and master units finally ended it).
I don't think there's any reason for them to increase the limit, as it would only cause problems for people with poor computers.
When will this "game-crashes-without-any-reason-issue" be fixed?
Will the multiplayer games become more stable?
It seems to me, when I open a multiplayer game and i have f.e. 2 friends who want to join me, one of them gets in, but the second needs @ least a 3rd login try until he makes it into the game!
could it be that gamespy or perhaps some multiplayerparts of Rol are very slow?
GreyPawn, any chance of some Mother Nature units that have a chance of attacking in the future?
I wouldn't rule out the possibility of the forces of nature taking their vengeance on the inhabitants of Aio.
Will there be at least one new faction in the RoL Expansion?
At current, nothing has been publically announced, so I can't really comment.
Is it possible to use more than one tileset on a single map? For example, I would like to have jungle terrains in the south, and arctic/snowy terrains in the north.
I appreciate the help with the question answering. Thank you! As for your question, unfortunately no. Only one tileset can be used at a time for map creation, as far as I'm aware, unless someone has modded it otherwise.
It could be that either yourself or your friends aren't configured properly for online play. With the latest connectivity patch, this shouldn't be as much of a problem as it was in the past, but there still might be a snag or two with config issues. You might try to diagnose which out of you and your friends is misconfigured by actively participating in 2v2's and 3v3's apart from one another, and then have the person experiencing the problems use the connectivity issues button at the bottom of the multiplayer interface to troubleshoot what may be the problem. Hope this helps!
Sorry if this has already been answered, but is there an ETA on when the patch that supports the Ageia card is going to be released? I got the card for specifically for this game, so I'm hoping it will be soon!
Nothing has been announced at current, so I can't really offer an ETA at this time.
Happy 4th of July to those you stateside!
I don`t know if i am asking for something you are not allowed to tell me, but how many men (or men and women) are working on patches and improvements for ROL (all together, perhaps with the guys who work on a possible addon).
And how much time does it take that certain sized team to create a patch like the last one?
Can you guys from BHG launch a vote (perhaps onlince through every account or cd-key), listing possible improvements to ask the community what it wants? In germany there was a tv show of guys, they wanted to make a movie for cinema, gave about 8 topics what the movie should be about => people voted their favorite, and it was the most successfull movie ever played in german cinemas!
perhaps such a system could help you guys which of your suggestions should get in the game or not.
Could BHG make a exporter for a free model program?
this is something were all asking. Is BHG gonna do anything about gamespy. theres a ton of server splits disconnections and tons of things. its really killing the game. if they will do anything about it what?
Greypawn, thanks for the reply.
though maybe you mean that there will be another announcement about the upcoming patch that enables this support?
It's still on the table, right?
Q1: Could you please give us a detail of all the stuff BHG is doing between now and Tuesday?
Q2: How long did it take to really make the Game Engine?
Q3: Is it just me or are a lot of the data files just copied from RoN and modded?
listing possible improvements to ask the community what it wants?
As any game designer will tell you the community does not know what it wants.
How much profit did BHG make in the last 3 years ?
sales figures are proprietary business information, so obviously they wont release that info just to everyone.
Greypawn, how do you get the game to move during cinematics like in teh campaign?
RoL is going to have a rating site like RoN?
This one actually has a pretty good idea. Usually when you take the sum total of the community feedback on an issue and divide by a common denominator, a fairly decent image of what the community's needs and desires comes into view.
The Spiritchief Yontash is our only Rise of Legends prodigious prognosticator, so as far as prophets of the past three years go - one.
Patch releases are notoriously difficult to nail down to a specific timeframe, and can be more difficult to predict than the weather. We've got one in the cooker right now in testing that we're aiming to release sometime in the coming week or two... probably sooner than later.
Will have an answer for you on this via e-mail soon.
It already does, though it is accessed through in-game means right now. This may change in the future.
Yep. He plays in Late Afternoons and Evenings and usually aims for at least 1 hour of online play a day.
i still got recording of a game i got to play with brian r back on RONs day 1.. it was like my second game i didnt last long..
I thought how cool a developer playing with the general public..
You Will all Beg for Mercy! In Vain!!
As a Human I will not Worship any being out there! I can not Lower myself !!
Besides the tourney and the upcoming patch, what has BHG been up to? I mean, the riseoflegends.com site is barely updated. I'm just really worried because of the lack of stuff going on . When RoL came out, I was expecting a flood of stuff on Riseoflegends.com- detailed unit guides (more than what is up there right now), more background info....but all that we've gotten is a very slow trickle of tidbits, and I'm getting a bit impatient.
I know I don't have a right to say: "Hey, give us more stuff", but I'm sure you can admit it's been an awfully long time since we've gotten anything in the way of Giacomo's Journals or the Rise of the Dark Alin stories. Not to mention that map of Aio that has yet to be released :S.
Sorry if I come off as being rude or disrespectful, I don't mean to. I'm just really worried that RoL's going to die )=.
Hey GreyPawn, I have a question about the system reqs. for RoL... See I'm playing the demo right now (hopefully will get the game soon..) and even though the official reqs. for the game say that u need 64 bit graphics card, I can still play the game itself with a 32 bit card, can u explain that?
gotta say the game is amazing!
Desert Walker is right in a certain way!
but what i would appreciate more are for example new multiplayermaps! as i have not been into games which are made from players themself (i don`t know why there are none, there was enough time for a lot of guys to make their own maps for multiplayer).
=> there are to less maps for multiplayer, its getting a little bit boring!


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