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In February 1959 the average high temperature in Biloxi, MS was 63.1°F, and this was 0.5°F cooler than the average of 63.6°F. The hottest day in February 1959 was 18 February when the temperature reached 78.1°F. Overnight the average temperature in February is 48.0°F and in 1959 the average overnight temperature was 2.3°F warmer at 50.3°F.
In February the average monthly rainfall in Biloxi, MS is 2.98 inches with rain usually falling on 10 days. In February 1959 there was a total of 0.00 inches of rain, that fell on 16 days.


Bayer's $57 billion proposed takeover of Monsanto has been watched by competitors and environmental groups, which are fearful that the number of players in the business of selling seeds and pesticides will shrink further and give a single company a stranglehold on the food chain.
— Businesses that compete with Monsanto, including its cotton, canola, soybean and vegetable seed businesses, and its Liberty herbicide business, a key rival of Monsanto's well-known Roundup herbicide.
— Certain intellectual property and research capabilities for developing new products.
— Assets needed to ensure that BASF has the same incentives to innovate that Bayer would have as an independent competitor, including Bayer's early stage "digital agriculture" business.


If you hang around Arlington, chances are you've seen "trolley pubs" or "pedal pubs"—open-air vehicles powered by a group of cyclers—cruising from bar to bar. This fall, a nautical version of the concept is coming to the Potomac River—and this one is BYOB. Think bikes meet booze cruise.
Potomac Paddle Pub comes from 24-year-old Arlington natives Jack Maher and Jack Walten, who met in preschool. "We were like, 'Oh, your name's, Jack? Alright, we're going to be best friends,'" Maher says. "We've been best buds ever since." Maher now works for Deloitte, while Walten works at a marketing research firm called Mercury Analytics.
Turns out they weren't the only ones with the idea. A Google search led them to Oregon manufacturer Cascade Cycle Boats, which supplies similar paddle boats around the country—but none yet in DC.
The first local paddle pub will launch on September 24. The boat will pick up people at the Georgetown waterfront then take them down the Potomac River over to Columbia Island Marina, where groups will stop for restrooms and snacks before heading back. The whole trip lasts about an hour and a half.
The paddle pub will stop at Columbia Island Marina, seen here.
Best of all? Customers can bring their own beer and wine (no hard liquor) as well as food to enjoy on a mahogany bar as they pedal. Potomac Paddle Pub is securing a liquor license (required for BYOB businesses in DC), but won't sell its own alcohol. Even though it's being marketed as the paddle pub, the owners say kids and families are also welcome.
The boat has ten cycle stations, but up to 15 passengers can fit on board. (A minimum of six cyclers are needed to get the thing going.) People can take breaks from pedaling in a lounge area at the front. Meanwhile, a "master captain" steers the boat, and one-to-two deck hands host and help out. If everyone decides they'd rather drink than pedal, no problem: there's a motor. All the electrical systems are powered by solar panels.
Maher and Walten extended their environmentally friendly practices to trash. There will be receptacles on board so people don't throw their beer cans into the river. If they do, they'll be slapped with a fine by the company.
Groups (up to 15 people) can rent out the entire boat for a flat $500 rate on weekdays and $625 on weekends. Individual tickets will be available on weekdays only for $45 a seat—with a two-ticket minimum. As long as they have six people, they'll go out. If not, everyone gets a refund. You can book in advance on their website.
Potomac Paddle Pub's season will last until around Halloween. When it returns next spring, Maher and Walten plan to add new routes and hopefully partner with private docks around the Wharf and Nationals Park. The owners say they got a venture capital deal to expand into other markets next year as well, but they haven't nailed down exactly where yet.
"We're definitely trying to go big with it," Maher says.


Taylor locked eyes with a tall, beautiful blonde on a recent flight. "We waved and did a double take look," he says. Had there been time to make a real connection, "I would probably fall in love."
If you are Taylor's mystery woman, send your picture and the flight details to taylorsmisconnect@peoplemag.com We'll get your message to him.
I've been emailing all day (subject line: "Meant 2 B") and haven't heard back yet. I suggest you do the same.


I will go out on a limb a little here, and hope that most everyone knows the story in Luke about "the Road to Emmaus". It's all in the very last chapter of Luke's Gospel. Luke tells about a group of at least 5 women finding the tomb open and empty on Easter morning. They told the apostles, but the men did not believe them. That same day, two of Jesus' followers left Jerusalem and started out, feeling sad and discouraged, on the 7 mile walk to Emmaus. Jesus joined them on their walk, but they didn't recognize him. Jesus then interpreted the scriptures to them, explaining all that Moses and the many prophets had fore-told about him.
When they arrived at Emmaus, the men eagerly invited him to sit down to eat with them. But when Jesus took the bread and blessed it, they suddenly recognized him, and he disappeared. Usually we end the story with the verse "Did not our hearts burn within us while he talked and opened to us the scriptures?" But that is not the end of the story. Our Gospel today is what immediately follows.
Much of the time Jesus spent on earth, as the "historical Jesus" in the Gospels, he spent physically moving about. In a different way, he moved people around a lot too. He moved them from pain and disability to health. He moved people from doubt to belief. He moved people from confusion to clarity. He moved people from sin to grace and mercy. He moved those fishermen right into being fishers of people.
I would define a church as a group of people who want to be moved to love more, to be kinder and more compassionate, to being more generous, to better understanding the Risen Christ in their own lives. And when people choose to make their church a place of that type of movement, something else happens. People want to help other people, people outside of their church group, to move closer to Christ and make all those other good moves, too. And all the people begin to understand that this journey we are on moves along easier with a better understanding of Scripture. It just makes sense to follow Jesus' lead on this!
So when the two men return to Jerusalem from Emmaus, they share their experience with the Risen Lord with the apostles and other disciples, when suddenly Jesus appears in the room. They don't understand; they are terrified and Jesus has to show them his hands and feet and have them touch him, and he eats some fish in front of them to prove he is real. And once again, he explains the scriptures. He continues this time, and reminds them that he had told them it was their job now to teach repentance, for the forgiveness of sins must be preached in his name to all the nations.
But we have a language problem. "Repent" seems to imply that we have already done something wrong, regret it, and now want to behave differently. But Biblically, this is not all there is to it. In the gospels, the Greek word used for repentance is metanoia. Literally this means to do an about face, to turn around, to face in an entirely new direction.
So, metanoia means to move us beyond our present mindset, beyond our present way of thinking. To repent is to let the soul, which is the image and likeness of God within us, re-configure us so that we are so overwhelmed with compassion and love that indeed we do turn and change how we think, how we understand, how we order our priorities, and how we react. We must move past regret focused on our mistakes, and respond like Peter, in our first reading. He meets some of those men who coerced Pilate into killing an innocent Jesus merely to make the social, economic, and political structure of the day benefit them a little longer.
Amazingly, Peter was so filled with compassion and love that he would joyfully lead them to repent and have their sins wiped away. The Catholic Church leadership was traditionally rooted in Peter, who clearly understood deeply and acted out "All Are Welcome Here – even the murderers of Jesus." It is a tradition to be proud of, and continued; to welcome man or woman, clean or addict, poor or rich, whatever color or race or sexual orientation, political affiliation, education level, ignorance quotient and so on and so on. Only metanoia-style repentance can produce that level of welcome.
By now it is becoming clear that Jesus' followers have to change. They no longer can be just followers of Jesus. They must begin to preach the Good News of Forgiveness and New Life in Christ. For mature Christians, Scripture and the Eucharist are sources of the necessary strength and connection with Jesus. That is what Jesus left his disciples. But many people today have never studied Scripture or been taught the meaning of the Eucharist. And those people will be the next generation of the church only if we want them to join us on our journey down the metanoia road.
Think about how those disciples felt that night, together with the Risen Christ. What is it they will go and do as a result of this experience? They will build a new "Way" for believers to worship and act out in faith. How were their lives different than before? They become bold and articulate, eager for difficult challenges. The life journey of those two men going to Emmaus Easter Day was certainly very different than the one they had planned. Spiritual leadership is about taking people on a journey, and every single Christian must participate fully in spiritual leadership before their joy will be full. What will be your first step on this journey? Where will you begin?


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5 Ways to Lead for Change
November 9, 2016 - by Jessica Howard
When you think of leaders you admire, what are their qualities? Perhaps they fearlessly speak their minds, or inspire others by setting a powerful example.
The good news is that you can develop these skills on your own. And there's no need to wait for a promotion at work to get started. Getting involved social change is a fantastic way to practice leadership skills.
How? When it comes to gender equality, we have a few ideas for how you can lead for change:
1. Know your stuff: Ever been in a situation where you didn't voice your opinion because you were afraid you didn't know enough about the issues? When it comes to gender equality, there's plenty of evidence that we're just not there yet. Check out our fact sheets on violence against women, sexual assault and harassment, poverty, the gender wage gap and girls in Canada to learn more about where we stand today. When you have the facts on your side, you'll speak your mind with confidence.
2. Make your beliefs known and invite others to join you: It's hard to put a belief or change into action unless you're willing to commit to it. When you take the GEN1 pledge, for example, you're expressing your belief that together we can build the first generation to achieve gender equality in Canada. You can then take the pledge one step further, sharing it via social media and encouraging friends and family to join.
3. Set an example by giving back: The leaders we admire aren't just out for personal success – they are typically community-minded and want to use their power to help others. With that in mind,have you thought about what you can do on Giving Tuesday? Amid the consumer rush of Black Friday and Cyber Monday, it's a day to think about community and giving back through donations and volunteering. This year, consider signing up to be a GEN1 monthly donor or making a one-time gift to the Canadian Women's Foundation! We'll ensure these donations support grassroots organizations and change-makers in communities across Canada.
4. Be a more conscious consumer: We know. Shopping does not equal activism. But if you're out buying gifts at this time of year anyway, choosing products that support a meaningful cause is one way to make a difference. And recipients feel great about getting these gifts, too! When you buy products from the limited edition Shop for GEN1 line at WINNERS and HomeSense stores, 100% of the net proceeds go to the Canadian Women's Foundation. That money supports over 450 shelters and community programs across Canada that help break the cycle of violence.
5. Set a deadline for taking action: Rather than waiting for change to happen, leaders get involved in making it happen. Every year, the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-based Violence rallies people around the world to end violence against women and girls. The 16 Days start on November 25, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, and ends on December 10, Human Rights Day, symbolically linking women's right to live free of violence to human rights. We'll be raising awareness about violence against women in Canada, how to support survivors and what we can all do to help end violence – for good – on social media and through our blog. We invite you to follow us on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn, and help to spread the word!
We all have the ability to make positive change in our lives and communities, so let's work together to build a more equal Canada!
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Cassandra Dixon monitors "Dangerous Passage to School" – at Tuwani, Palestine
Cassandra Dixon of Mary House in WI Dells reports from the Palestinian village of Tuwani, Feb. 2010:
Hi Friends -- the past few weeks have been filled with troubles here in Tuwani. We so frequently see settlers out practicing with slingshots and rocks, and chasing shepherds, that it is almost becoming normal. A few days ago the army arrested a shepherd in a very violent way, pushing women from his family to the ground and headbutting another shepherd.
There was no word from him for days, lawyers attempting to find him received conflicting information about where he was being held from the army and the police, and the family and everyone here has been terribly worried. Today he was released and made it to the home of a cousin, but is not yet back in his village. We understand from the layer that the charge against him is for resisting arrest -- no reason has been given by the army for coming into his village, violently grabbing him, and taking him away blindfolded, and of course there was no warrent for his arrest.
The situation here with school children walking from Tuba to Tuwani also remains bad -- on several incidents the army has not arrived for the escort and the children have had to take a longer, but still dangerous path to or from school. They have been chased by settlers, and have been late both for school in the morning and arriving home at the end of their day.
The day after Khalil's arrest, children from Tuba had to go and meet the same soldiers who had pushed and shoved their parents and older siblings the day before, and walk in front of the jeep to school -- kind of unbelievable. A couple of news releases on these events follow -- thanks so much for your care for this corner of the world!! cassandra dixon - of WNPJ member group, Mary House - chrepairs@yahoo.com
On Tuesday afternoon, February 23, 2010, Israeli soldiers arrested a Palestinian shepherd, Khalil Ibrahim Abu Jundiyye, from the village of Tuba.
Abu Jundiyye, 19, was grazing his flock near Tuba when four Israeli soldiers, coming from the nearby Ma'on settlement, chased him and another shepherd back to Tuba. The soldiers aggressively pursued the two shepherds while Tuba families attempted to keep the soldiers away from the shepherds. One soldier head-butted a Palestinian young man as he pleaded for an explanation as to why his brother was being arrested. Another soldier loaded his rifle and pointed it in the air, threatening to shoot, forcing the families to quell their protest.
Once handcuffed, the soldiers quickly led Abu Jundiyye away from the area, threatening arrest for anyone who followed them. Two members of Christian Peacemaker Teams, standing at a distance, saw that the soldiers forced Abu Jundiyye to walk blindfolded on rugged terrain for nearly one kilometer.
An Israeli human rights organization later reported that Abu Jundiyye was taken to Beit Yatir checkpoint near the southern edge of the Green Line, adjacent to Mezadot Yehuda settlement.
Abu Jundiyye remained in custody overnight, but his whereabouts are unknown. According to the Israeli District Coordinating Office, Abu Jundiyye was presumably arrested for assaulting an Israeli soldier. The two Christian Peacemaker Teams members who were present during the incident did not witness Abu Jundiyye assault a soldier. Nor is that charge confirmed in any of their video footage of the incident.
On Monday morning, 22 February, 2010, four Israeli settlers chased Palestinian children who were walking home after school in At-Tuwani Village. For one hour they had awaited the Israeli military escort assigned to ensure their safe passage to their home villages of Tuba and Maghaer Al-Abeed.
After the Israeli military refused to respond to CPTers' repeated phone calls for an hour, Israeli settlers approached on a farm tractor. Two men, one masked, drove down to the children's regular waiting point on the dirt road that bisects the Ma'on settlement and the Havat Ma'on settlement outpost. Using the tractor, they tried to form a barricade by pushing boulders onto the road surface.
Normally, the road is in daily use by the children and their escort, because it connects their home villages with At-Tuwani and Palestinian cities to the north. However, three times in the previous three school days, the Israeli soldiers had failed to perform their assigned escort.
The two settlers returned to their outpost. The children decided to give up waiting for the military and to return home by a longer path around the settlements. As they walked, four settlers came out from Havat Ma'on and chased them. As the children ran toward home, Israeli military jeeps appeared ahead of them, but stopped while soldiers spoke with the four settlers.
Soldiers detained the children and refused to provide safe passage around the settlement. They claimed that someone in Havat Ma'on required emergency medical transport, and pointed to two Israeli ambulances that had appeared ahead on the path. The children detoured yet again, taking an almost circuitous path home through dangerously rugged terrain. This path takes an hour, compared with their normal military escort, which takes half an hour. They finally arrived in Tuba and Mughaer Al-Abeed three hours after school.
The school children of these villages require the military escort because of Israeli settlers' repeated attacks and harassment, year after year. Whenever the soldiers fail to meet them promptly before and after school, the children wait in areas under "de facto" settler control.
For a thorough report on the school escort in 2007 and 2008, including maps, photos and interviews with the children, please see "A Dangerous Journey" at www.cpt.org/files/Dangerous-Journey-Summary-2008.pdf.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/22236486@N06/
Earlier in February, Cassandra wrote: Greetings from Tuwani - and happy Valentines day & Ash Wednesday! It's been wonderful to be back here and see people again -- especially to see how much the children have grown. But a number of things are definitely worse for people here.
The settlers at the outpost of Havat Ma'on seem to be much bolder in their violence than a year ago, and to have more energy and resources. Almost daily now there are incidents of them harassing shepherds as they graze sheep, and they seem to be intent on taking more land into the outpost.
Read more from Cassandra in reports below.
They plowed some Palestinian fields this spring, and have been much more agressive in chasing shepherds off their own grazing land. Many times a week we see them out practicing with slings and stones while we wait for the schoolchildren -- when I first heard of their fondness for slingshots I almost didn't react, since they sound so toy-like. But in reality these slings can launch grapefruit sized stones a good distance, especially if the shooter is at the top of a hill and firing them down into scattering sheep and shepherds on a rocky incline below them. They are terrifying to watch, and I find myself thinking about the insanity of so-called deterrence of any kind. The willingness to inspire fear just to get what you want away from someone is such a sad aspect of humanity.
The school children continue to make their trip to school, but they also are encountering fear and harassment on a more and more regular basis. Two days ago as I waited with the for the army escort, which was at that time about a half hour late, a woman drove out from the outpost down the hill and through the gate where they were gathered, forcing them to scatter out of the way. She never slowed down, and some of these children are six and seven years old.
Thanks so much for your care and concern for the people here -- and best wishes for spring and lent to all of you!!
cassandra dixon
Her email ....chrepairs@yahoo.com
Background from 2009 reports:
Of utmost concern for CPT and Operation Dove is the safe travel of Palestinian school children who walk from the nearby villages of Tuba and Magaher-al-Abeed to At-Tuwani's elementary school. These school children face a treacherous daily walk past the illegal Israeli settlement of Ma'on and the illegal outpost of Havat Ma'on. For years, armed adult settlers have attacked, threatened and harassed the children along the path from Tuba to Tuwani. In 2004 the Knesset recommended that the Israeli military provide the children with an armed escort. However, since settlers constructed a gate across the road one year ago, the escort soldiers have refused to walk with the children far enough to ensure their safety. Internationals now request that concerned people make calls to the Communications office of the Southern District Commander of the Israeli Military. It is an Israeli phone number, ( country code 972) 2 996 7200. Please ask Commander BenMoha to instruct the soldiers who perform the escort of the Tuba and Magaher-al-Abeed school children to accompany the children all the way past the Ma'on chicken barns and past any settlers present. More on CPT here...
In your call - Please stress that this is particularly necessary because of the repeated presence of settlers in this area at the time of the children's walk home, and remind the commander that settlers used violence against the school children on fourteen occasions in the 07-08 school year and on two occasions during the current school year.
For a complete report on the school escort, including maps, photographs and interviews with the children, please see "A Dangerous Journey" at www.cpt.org/files/Dangerous-Journey-Summary-2008.pdf
In addition to phone calls, Operation Dove and CPT ask that people send the IDF Public Appeals office a simple message. This is very easy to use. http://dover.idf.il/IDF/English/Contact+US/
Please include Commander BenMoha's name in the subject line.
Sample message: (no more than 75 words)
Subject: Request to Commander BenMoha
Palestinian school children from Tuba and Magaher-al-abeed must walk past militant settlers from Ma'on and Havat Ma'on to attend school in At-Tuwani. The Knesset recommended in 2004 that the IDF escort these children. Currently soldiers refuse to escort the children far enough to ensure their safety. In order to do so they must accompany the children all the way past the Ma'on chicken barns and past any settlers present.
IDF Public Appeals Fax: 011-972-3-569-9400.
IDF Public Appeals Phone: 011-972-3-569-1000.
Link to photos...
At Tuwani Release
Contact: Christian Peacemaker Teams or Operation Dove, +972 (0) 54-253-1323
Nonviolent Action by Palestinians and Internationals Stops Settler Road Construction in Um al Kheir
Palestinians from the South Hebron Hills village of Um al Kheir today changed the route of a road being constructed by settlers from the illegal settlement of Karmel. The villagers, acting with internationals, nonviolently blocked the road-building equipment as it prepared the roadbed on land which belongs to Palestinians living in the village of Um al Kheir.
Palestinians and internationals gathered to confront settlers from Karmel, Israeli soldiers, and Israeli border police as work began at 7:00 AM. Israeli soldiers allowed the road work to continue despite a pending legal complaint filed by the village in Israeli court. One older Palestinian man who was sitting in front of earth-moving equipment was accidentally struck by stones which were dislodged by the work.
Survey markers placed the previous week in the village indicated that construction of the road would include the demolition of a Palestinian home and several agricultural structures. As marked now, the road will include the annexation of a large area of Palestinian land by the settlement, but will not include demolition of the home. A legal decision on construction of the road is expected within ten days.
Representatives from the United Nations Refugee Works Administration (UNRWA) were also present during the work because the villagers have refugee status. Residents of the Bedouin village of Um al Kheir bought the land the village currently occupies, including the land being used for construction of the settler road, fifty years ago. They were forced to move the village from its original location near Arrad in 1948, after the creation of the state of Israel.
Recent expansion of the Karmel settlement has included the construction of twelve double houses around the perimeter of the settlement. These are surrounded by a fence and a military road, which encroaches onto Palestinian land. The new road as proposed will extend the settlement farther into Um al Kheir, and will result in the annexation of a substantial area of land outside the existing settlement houses. Numerous other Palestinian villages in the South Hebron Hills have been impacted by the expansion of settlements and outposts in recent months.
The residents of Um al Kheir, along with villagers from nearby At-Tuwani and other villages in the area, remain committed to nonviolence as they struggle to oppose the illegal expansion of Israeli settlements and outposts. Villagers have filed legal complaints, and staged nonviolent grazing actions in the South Hebron Hills throughout the spring grazing season.
Um al Kheir, South Hebron Hills
Photos Attached: Road construction expands settlement; Soldiers declare closed military zone
Contact: Christian Peacemaker Teams and Operation Dove, 054-253-1323, Operation Dove
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Israeli soldiers arrest journalist, close village of Um al Kheir
[Note: According to the Geneva Conventions, the International Court of Justice in the Hague , and numerous United Nations resolutions, all Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories are
illegal. Most settlement outposts are considered illegal under Israeli law.]
On 23 April Israeli soldiers arrested a Palestinian journalist in the village of Um al Kheir and declared the village a closed military zone after settlers from the nearby settlement of Karmel resumed construction of a road on Palestinian land. The proposed road passes within a few meters of Palestinian homes, animal enclosures and gardens. Due to a pending legal action in Israeli court filed by Um al Kheir villagers, settlers had previously suspended construction but resumed the work Thursday afternoon.
When he observed internationals filming the road construction, the Karmel settlement security guard called the Israeli military. Soldiers arrived quickly, and when internationals asked for an explanation, they were told to wait for police. Police arrived shortly and stated that the bulldozer was being used for "military work." At 12:00pm, an officer arrived in a second military jeep and declared the area a closed military zone for 24 hours. Soldiers forced the journalists and internationals to leave, and arrested a journalist who did not leave immediately.
Villagers from Um al Kheir reported on Friday that work on the road had been suspended, but stated that they feared it would resume in a few days time. A legal complaint filed by the village states that the proposed road is an expansion of the settlement of Karmel and is therefore illegal. Um al Kheir residents have witnessed substantial expansion of Karmel settlement in recent months. The contested road is planned to surround the existing settlement, effectively expanding its borders.
The Palestinian villagers of Um al Kheir bought the land on which the village now lies fifty years ago, when the state of Israel was created. At that time they were forced to flee their homes in the area south of Arad .
The village of Um al Kheir has also experienced recent settler violence and harassment. On 10 April four male settlers attacked three women from the village as the women grazed sheep near the village. One of the women, who is eight months pregnant, required hospitalization for a serious injury to her arm. The women have filed a legal complaint against the four settlers.
The residents of Um al Kheir remain committed to nonviolent resistance to settler harassment and settlement expansion.
Cassandra's report on April 18th, 2009
Today has been and especially difficult day here in AtTuwani and for the surrounding villages. In recent weeks there has been an increase of incursions onto privately owned Palestinian land near AtTuwan by settlers with a flock of sheep and goats. On a number of instances the settlers have brought the flock onto Palestinian land, and harassed and threatened Palestinian shepherds. This morning Palestinians arrived at a field of wheat intending to harvest it, only to find it had been grazed down to the ground by the settlers and their animals. Later the same morning the Israeli military arrived in the area and soldiers told Palestinians the entire region had been declared a closed military zone. They, and we, were told if we did not immediately leave we would be arrested – this occurred on privately owned Palestinian land. Soldiers refused to give land owners a copy of the map showing the closed area, and would not say when the closure would end. They informed Palestinians that they now expect shepherds to specifically inform the military each time they set foot on the land.
Can you imagine this happening on your neighborhood? Or being ordered from your garden under threat of arrest at this time of year?
The restraint and composure of these people in the face of this remains absolutely amazing.
Warm wishes, cassandra
Link to photos of Tuwani....
At Tuwani Release: Israeli Settlers Destroy Crops near Village of At Tuwani, Soldiers Declare Area a Closed Military Zone
Contact: Christian Peacemaker Teams: 054 253 1323
On 18 April Palestinians in the South Hebron Hills reported that Israeli settlers had destroyed a large privately owned Palestinian wheat field by allowing a flock of goats and sheep to graze on it. Palestinian owners discovered the destruction when they arrived to harvest the crops on the morning of 18 April. The field, located in Meshaha Valley, is the property of a family living in the nearby village of At Tuwani.
Also that morning Israeli soldiers declared a large area of land east of At Tuwani to be a closed military zone and forced Palestinian shepherds and their flocks to leave their land. Land owners and internationals were told they would be subject to arrest if they remained. The soldiers also ordered Palestinian landowners to advise the military every time they intend to access their own land within the zone. Israeli soldiers refused to provide Palestinian land owners with copies of the map of the military zone boundaries and would not state how long the closure would last. Throughout the morning, a group of at least ten Israeli settlers conferred with the soldiers.
The Palestinian owners of the land said the area of destroyed crops was approximately 40 dunum (or approximately 10 acres). Palestinians from At Tuwani and nearby villages have repeatedly observed settlers from the illegal outpost of Havot Ma'on with a flock of sheep and goats grazing on Palestinian land east of the outpost in recent months. Israeli settlers with the flock have threatened Palestinian shepherds and disrupted the grazing of Palestinian flocks on several occasions this spring, prompting Palestinians to file legal complaints against them.
The crop destruction represents a severe economic loss, as the area is experiencing an extremely dry spring and the field was one of the few near At Tuwani which produced a spring wheat crop. Spring crops and the raising of sheep and goats are central to the economy and way of life in Tuwani and the surrounding small villages of the South Hebron Hills, and disruption by the Israeli military or settlers of agricultural work at this time of year constitutes a substantial threat to the villages.
Background information about the work of Christian Peacemaker Teams in AtTuwani available at cpt.org
Cassandra's report on Good Friday - April 10th, 2009
Masked Settlers attack three Palestinian women in the South Hebron Hills
Contact: Christian Peacemaker Teams, 054-253-1323
[Note: According to the Geneva Conventions, the International Court of Justice in the Hague, and numerous United Nations resolutions, all Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories are
On Friday 10 April at about 10.00 am five Israeli settlers attacked three Palestinian women from the Bedouin village of Umm Al Kher, south of Yatta, while the women were grazing their sheep and gathering herbs in the nearby Umm Zeituna valley. The women reported that the men were masked and armed with wooden sticks. They beat one of the women, aged 21, injuring her arm, and chased the women and flocks off the land while throwing rocks. The injured woman needed to be hospitalized to receive treatment.
Later in the morning in the same area, four settlers harassed shepherds from Tuba and Umm Al Kher, chasing them and their flocks off their land. The four settlers also harassed two members of Christian Peacemaker Teams, who were passing in Umm Zeituna on their way to Tuba. One of the settlers tried to seize a mobile phone from the internationals while another stole a video camera. The internationals reported that the four men then ran toward Ma'on settlement.
Palestinians and internationals made complaints to the Israeli police, providing video and photographic evidence. The police said they would start investigating on Sunday.
Settlers from nearby settlements regularly harass and attack Palestinians in the area of Umm Zeituna while the Palestinians carry on daily activities such as grazing, farming their land, or walking to the city of Yatta.
Cassandra's report on Palm Sunday - April 2009:
Hi Friends - Happy Palm Sunday from Tuwani!! Here's a link to some recent photos.
I Hope you're all well and enjoying spring. It's definitely spring here, but not too calm. This morning a friend and I were returning to Tuwani after having spent the night in the village of Tuba and watching the children's walk to school. We had stopped to call and check in with the rest of the cpt team when we glanced up and saw two masked settlers above us on the hillside about 50 feet away. Our calm walk turned into a mad dash down and away, and we're now happy to be back in Tuwani, but arrived home only to find that the Israeli army has significantly upped thier harrassment of the village in the last couple days. We were passed twice by a humvee as we entered the village. There have been frequent "flying" checkpoints in the village over the past few days -- soldiers who have driven into the village and stopped cars, detaining people while their ID's are checked.
On the happier side of things, shepherds from Tuwani and nearby villages met yesterday to graze their sheep in the valley below the illegal settlement of Avigaile, near Tuwani. Settlers, Police and Army arrived, and the military declared the are a closed military zone, but Palestinians remained there grazing their sheep for the remainder of the day, and settlers, police and army eventually left without violence.
This collection of incidents -- all within 24 hours and a couple square miles, really is representative of life here. It is simultaneiously appalling and inspiring, calm and contentiousl, hopeful and hurtful.
So a peaceful and calm Palm Sunday to you all, cassandra
AT-TUWANI RELEASE: Internationals pressure Israeli military to ensure safety of Palestinian schoolchildren
At-Tuwani, West Bank
Video available upon request
Internationals living in the village of At Tuwani have initiated a campaign to pressure the Israeli military to adequately protect schoolchildren walking between the elementary school in Tuwani and their homes in the villages of Tuba and Maghayir al Abeed. These school children daily walk past the illegal Israeli settlement of Ma'on and the illegal outpost of Havat Ma'on and for years have experienced attacks, threats and harassment from adult settlers along the path.
On the afternoon of 1 April 2009, five adult settlers were present near the chicken barns of the Ma'on settlement, an area where settlers frequently attack the children. Despite this, the army refused to escort the children to the end of the barns. Internationals met the children near the chicken barns and report that the children were crying in fear.
On 2 April, after several phone calls to the Southern District Commander of the Israeli Military, internationals report that soldiers slightly extended their escort of the children but failed to accompany them past a settler present in the area. "Yesterday the children were crying and running toward us" said one of the international volunteers. "Today we're grateful the escort came slightly further. But the soldiers really must walk with the children all the way past Havot Ma'on and any settlers present."
Both the schoolchildren and internationals have repeatedly asked the army to escort the children past the chicken barns as required by protocol. On 23 March, two settlers were present near the chicken barns as the children returned home from school. When the army saw the settlers, the soldiers did not walk further with the children. Instead, they directed the children to continue alone, and they left the scene before the children had passed the hill where the settlers were walking. As one child reported, "The soldiers saw the settlers and they said to us, 'Okay, run fast. Go.' ...I don't want these soldiers. I want good soldiers." Walking by themselves, the children took a detour around the hill to avoid the settlers and reach home safely.
The Israeli army began to escort the Palestinian children to and from school in September 2004, following a series of Israeli settler attacks upon the children and their international accompaniers. In November 2004, the Israeli Knesset Committee on the Rights of the Child endorsed this obligation. Since settlers constructed a gate across the road one year ago, the escort soldiers have refused to walk with the children far enough to ensure their safety.
During the present school year settlers have twice attacked the children on their way home, throwing stones, chasing them and yelling death threats. In the 2007-08 academic year, settlers attacked the children a total of fourteen times, as documented in the report "A Dangerous Journey: Settler violence against Palestinian schoolchildren under Israeli military escort"
[http://cpt.org/files/Palestine-School-Accompaniment-Report-2006-2008-Dangerous-\
Journey.pdf]
Thanks so much for your interest & support -- I'm well, and am so grateful to you for caring about these villages. -- the releases sent out by the team in the last couple days follow. Thanks so much, cassandra
[Editor's note: Cassandra is in Tuwani for the third time this Spring, as part of a CPT delegation, charged with walking children safely to their schools - a formidable task. WNPJ will be following this trip, with Cassandra's stories and photos. See the end of this listing for contact information for CPT and Cassandra, to see how you can support this work.]
AT-TUWANI RELEASE: Israeli army refuses to escort Palestinian school children past settlers
Israeli soldiers in charge of escorting schoolchildren from At Tuwani to their homes in the villages of Tuba and Maghayir al Abeed refused to escort the children past two adult settlers present in the area on 23 March 2009. As the soldiers and children arrived close to the chicken barns which mark the end of the area where settlers frequently attack, they saw settlers approaching the barns. The children asked the soldiers to complete the escort. Internationals watching from a nearby ridge also called the army twice to raise the problem, specifically demanding that the escort complete the accompaniment past the chicken barns as required by the protocol. The soldiers did not walk further with the children. Instead, they directed the children to continue alone, and they left the scene before the children had passed the hill where the settlers were walking. As one child reported, "The soldiers saw the settlers and they said to us, 'Okay, run fast. Go.' These soldiers are new. I don't want these soldiers. I want good soldiers." Walking by themselves, the children took a detour around the hill to avoid the settlers and reach home safely.The Israeli army began to escort the Palestinian children to and from school in September 2004, following a series of Israeli settler attacks upon the children and their international accompaniers. In November 2004, the Israeli Knesset Committee on the Rights of the Child endorsed this obligation.
Despite repeated settler attacks on the Palestinian elementary schoolchildren, and despite Palestinian, Israeli and international advocacy efforts, the Israeli military continues to fail to escort the children safely past the settlement.
AT-TUWANI: At-Tuwani hosts former U.K. Prime Minister Tony Blair to address Israeli occupation and violence in the southern West Bank
On 19 March 2009, Tony Blair, representative of the Quartet on the Middle East (See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quartet_on_the_Middle_East) visited the Palestinian village of At-Tuwani, located in the southern West Bank. His said his reason for visiting was "really to draw attention to the fact that without a new and different system applying in Area C [the area in the West Bank under Israeli military and civilian control], then it is very hard for Palestinians to enjoy the standard of living that they should enjoy and be able to develop their land as they should be able to develop in freedom."
Mr. Blair met with the mayor of At-Tuwani as well as members of Christian Peacemaker Teams and Operation Dove, who described the attacks and harassment Palestinians experience from Israeli settlers and soldiers when Palestinians attempt to access their land. The conversation also highlighted Israeli government inaction toward settler aggression, exemplified by the government's failure to follow through with the demolition orders on the illegal Israeli outpost of Havat Ma'on. When asked what he will do about this situation, Mr. Blair answered, "It's got to be stopped, hasn't it? This is what should happen. But it needs to be done in a systematic way so that the whole way this area is looked at and administered is changed to make it fair."
Under the Oslo Accords, the village of At-Tuwani is in Area C, leaving it under Israeli military and civilian control. Israeli authorities have refused to provide electricity and running water to the village, despite the fact that the Israeli settlement of Ma'on, less than a kilometer away, has access to these utilities. In addition, the Israeli government refuses to grant building permission to Palestinians in At-Tuwani and surrounding villages. Consequently, Palestinians frequently face the threat of demolition on their houses, mosques, schools, clinics, and wells. In contrast, Ma'on and Havat Ma'on and other settlements and outposts in the area continue to expand outside of regulations.
Over recent years, At-Tuwani has received increased media attention due to its residents' commitment to nonviolent resistance. Palestinians in At-Tuwani and the surrounding villages have successfully used nonviolence to reclaim their land and freedom of movement and to highlight the violence they experience under the Israeli occupation.
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Israeli soldiers in charge of escorting the children from At-Tuwani to their homes in the villages of Tuba and Maghayir al Abeed arrived at the meeting point thirty minutes late on 15 March 2009, leaving the children waiting in cold, rainy weather. When At-Tuwani team members with the children called for the escort, the army dispatcher said the escort would come thirty minutes late and offered no further explanation.
At-Tuwani team members accompanying local shepherds in the area witnessed two settlers in a white pickup coming onto Palestinian land and chasing away shepherds at about 12.50 p.m. Ten minutes later, an army jeep drove into the same area, and two soldiers joined the settlers in preventing shepherds from accessing their land. The soldiers left the area at about 1:25 p.m. and drove to the escort meeting point.
Further departing from protocol, the jeep drove off into Ma'on settlement while two soldiers escorted the children on foot. The jeep rejoined the escort ten minutes later when it was almost over.
After five years of implementation, the Israeli military escort still has problems performing its legal duty. The escort sometimes is late, forcing the children wait alone in cold weather or unsafe locations. In addition, the army vehicles and soldiers on foot consistently stop and turn before the end of the route, which leaves the children to walk alone on a path where settlers have attacked them. During the 2007-2008 academic year, settlers attacked the children fourteen times, as documented in the report "A Dangerous Journey: Settler violence against Palestinian schoolchildren under Israeli military escort" [http://www.cpt.org/files/Palestine-School-Accompaniment-Report-2006-2008-Dangerous-Journey.pdf].
News from February: AT-TUWANI: Soldiers kill Palestinian migrant worker, increase harassment of villagers in South Hebron Hills (2/12/09) Three incidents in recent days indicate that Israeli occupation authorities are stepping up their aggression in the South Hebron Hills, particularly in response to Palestinian migrant laborers.
On the morning of Monday, 2 February, Israeli soldiers shot dead a Palestinian man on the Israeli side of the border near the Palestinian village of Jinba and the Israeli settlement of Beit Yatir. Taysir Manasra, 27, from the Hebron-area village of Bani Na'im, was attempting to travel into Israel for work.
CPTers, along with other human rights workers, arrived on the scene at 1:30 pm to find a bullet-riddled car, a puddle of blood, and soldiers and police detaining about ten Palestinian men. A corpse had just been removed from the scene.
Other Palestinian migrants told the internationals that they had already been detained when Manasra drove his car through an army ambush. The soldiers ordered them to lie facedown before they shot at Manasra's car and killed him.
Under Israeli law it is illegal for Palestinians to cross the 1949 Green Line (the internationally recognized border between Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories) without a permit, which is extremely difficult to obtain. Along part of the West Bank's border near the Israeli town of Be'er Sheva, the barrier is not yet completed. At-Tuwani, five km north of the border, lies directly on the primary route traveled by Palestinian workers. (For a map of this area see http://tinyurl.com/bt629r.)
The same morning, Israeli soldiers set up a checkpoint on the Palestinian road from at-Tuwani to al-Birkeh. They stopped two Palestinian vehicles, removing and physically assaulting the drivers.
One of the men was delivering goods to at-Tuwani. Although he showed valid documents, both for his van and the road he was using, the soldiers removed and confiscated his license plates. The man was indignant and told CPTers, "The soldiers asked to see my papers, so I showed them. I have the correct papers, but they punched and shoved me. I am an older man, and I showed them my papers, but they still hit me."
The other man transports Palestinian schoolchildren daily between at-Tuwani and the village of Susiya (three km southwest). He also showed the soldiers valid papers. One of the soldiers grabbed and struck him repeatedly on the face and upper body, before letting him go.
The following day, 3 February, Israeli soldiers arrested a Palestinian at his home in Mfagara, one km southwest of at-Tuwani. They claimed that the van parked outside his home was not correctly registered. CPTers videotaped him as he showed the soldiers his documents, which they confiscated. The man, a well-known local peace activist, calmly agreed to go with the soldiers in order to settle the dispute. The soldiers handcuffed him, placed a black hood over his head, and drove him away in an army humvee.
For images of these incidents, go to http://tinyurl.com/cgkqll.
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As Liberia is now consumed by the talk of Ebola with schools closed, some government employees on compulsory leave and slowdown in economic activities with efforts to tackle the deadly disease, several institutions and individuals have been making contributions to the fight against the virus.
For some, the donations have been directed towards the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare and other institutions that are involved in fighting the virus, but the Gbowee Peace Foundation Africa (GPFA) established by Liberia's Nobel Laureate Leymah Gbowee is engaged in the fight against Ebola differently by using community leaders mainly youth and women to create massive awareness about the virus.
The Foundation Thursday provided a total of US$ 5,000 to 12 communities in Montserrado County, including New Kru Town, the PHP Community, Clara Town, the Capitol Bye Pass, the Liberia Student Union and other organizations and communities to be used to create massive awareness on the prevention of the virus.
Following hour of presentation to the selected community representatives by Mrs. Gloria J. Davis-Wayne, Prevention and Control Department at the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare to the community representatives, the Gbowee Foundation provided the funding to the communities to assist them in creating the necessary public awareness. Mrs. Wayne, who is a Public Health practitioner said the fear about the virus could be one major factor resulting to patients' death as she indicated that people who contract the virus live with so much fear that they will not survive and as such it adds to the already deadly nature of the virus.
"You need to apply all the preventive measures, but also when you are infected don't say you cannot survive and so you do not want to go to the hospital to report it, you can survive if you get to the medical center soon, there are many of our friends, nurses that have survived and are today with us", she said.
She said "all you need to do, go into your communities with these posters and explain to the people stop doubting Ebola, it is real, don't explain what you do not know about the virus, it will confuse people, go and explain the health and preventive tips from the Ministry of Health on these posters".
The MOH volunteer on Ebola awareness said people are focused on reading the long history of the virus instead of looking at the simple preventive measures.
Mrs. Williametta E. Saydee-Tarr, Executive Director of the Gbowee Peace Foundation Africa told the selected community leaders that their support is highly essential in ensuring that Ebola is eradicated from Liberia. She said not every Liberian will want to accept messages on radios and newspapers and as such to add up to the good work of the media institutions, community discussions are needed to convince people that the virus exists and can be prevented.
The GPFA Executive Director challenged the selected leaders to serve as messengers for their communities as according to her awareness, education about the virus from communities will help the spread.
"Go as peace ambassadors, call small meetings, group discussions, one on one talks and create awareness to your people, no physical touch, washing hands, these are the things you should be telling your people and we are counting on you for good results", she appealed.
Shortly afterwards, she told Nordic Africa News: "Right now, we do not have much, I have reviewed all of the proposals from the communities, and some are really good, but we only have this little amount which we are given to the first 12 communities when we get additional funding, we will do more, as we all try to fight Ebola".
She added that the foundation will work to ensure that these community representatives use the little funding to work and show prove of work through community meetings and discussions on the prevention of Ebola.


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Dundee striker Greg Stewart reckons being on the same wavelength as Kane Hemmings will have a fruitful outcome for the Dark Blues this season.
Stewart and Hemmings have scored four goals each since being reunited at Dens Park in the summer.
The pair had previously netted 40 times between them for Cowdenbeath during the 2013-14 campaign.
"If I can manage to give him the right service I know that he's going to score goals," Stewart told BBC Scotland.
"I know the kind of runs he makes; he likes the through-balls. Personally we're best mates off the pitch as well."
Hemmings arrived on Tayside following a spell with English side Barnsley.
Stewart, 25, hit his fourth goal of the season in a 1-0 win against Partick Thistle which lifted Dundee to fifth in the Premiership.
Last season he was a player of the year nominee after scoring 15 times for Paul Hartley's men in his debut campaign in the top flight.
"I've started off not too bad so hopefully I can just keep that going," said Stewart.
"It's just about improving as a player and as a team player. I played out wide [against Thistle] and tracking full-backs is not my game, but you just have to do it for the team.
"This season we've felt that we've been inconsistent but we've actually started most games well."
Stewart's 16 goals for Cowdenbeath in 2013-14 came as a part-ime footballer while he juggled a job in Grangemouth.
The Stirling-born forward still feels like he has to pinch himself when he reflects on how far he has gone in the game in a short space of time.
"Yes just because of the way I've come into football," he explained. "Because I've had a job and that, I've met a lot of people and they always support me every time I see them and tell me I'm doing great.
"But you get your doubters as well, that always think I can't do what I did last season again, but I just want to keep improving as a player and keep proving people wrong."
While refusing to get too far ahead of himself, Stewart harbours hope of eventually being able to follow team-mate Scott Bain's example and receive a call-up to the Scotland squad.
"It's something you always want to do as a footballer," added Stewart.
"As a kid you always want to grow up and play for your nationality. It would be a dream but you never know one day if I just keep doing what I'm doing and improving I'll maybe get that call.
"Scott Bain had the call and he picked up an injury and was unlucky. He's the same, if he keeps on working hard, and there are a few others there who might get that chance as well."


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Today, I asked few developers from a forum(S.O) about some conversion. On my post, I said my need to get the data by performing bit shifts instead of divisions. Though, most of the people there suggested that it is not something that can improve optimization, I strongly disagree.
So, to make an experiment.. how about trying to make two Stopwatch objects ..
on the method that will be executed, initialize an instance, then invoke the Start method. just below that have a loop that performs 10000 times and inside this loop, perform a multiply operation.
After it exits the loop, invoke the Stop method.
then, on the next line, initialize the second Stopwatch object, invoke the start method and have a loop that performs 10000 times and inside this loop, perform a division operation.
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After recent typhoons that hit Philippines, we're still experiencing slightly depressed weather and also moods. Just by looking at the news, we can see the damages these recent typhoons have left, especially in Agriculture businesses. It seems like typhoons get a little bit devastating over years, it was 2 years ago since we got hit by Ondoy (Intl' name Ketsuna), and now we had Pedring (Nesat), which is followed by two typhoons (Quiel and Ramon).
I'm writing this again on a sleepless night, and recalled a conversation with my two co-workers. we discussed about the recent rallying (planking) by jeepney drivers association, who did a mass, metro-wide strike in an effort to ask for higher fares fee and lower gasoline price. Sometimes, I'm getting sick of hearing the same stuffs where they don't care about the aftermaths of their doings.
1. The driver have to make a stop at a gasoline station to refill gas while the passengers are there, when it can be done before. For me, it was really an act of disrespect to passengers. Ever heard a saying that if you take time from someone without their conscent, you are stealing money from them.
3. Stopping anywhere and waiting like it is OK for passengers to waste their time! If Metro Manila only have the subways of Tokyo Metro, nobody will have to ride on these jeepneys.
As for the planking issue, they might feel bad about taxation things and complains about their taxes, but how about us who works on IT firm, including those who work on call-centers, BPO firm, etc. On every 15th and 30th of the month, there are no other thing that drives us mad other than looking at our payrolls, with high Gross pay and a low resulting net pay, then face the horror of the amount of tax deducted.... (T-T). Apparently, I believe that most of the contributions on income taxes came from IT/BPO/CallCenter industries, yet we don't even raise a strike and stop from doing our work. In fact, I wish we could just do, but by thinking of the work we do and the sincerity to deliver quality output, we just end up grinding our teeth and hoping that one day, our taxes will work for us.
I had difficulties making HttpRequests/Response handling in Silverlight since it most of the events are asynchronous by nature. It all rooted on a task that involves data to be exported on CSV format. This is really easy (first approach) as I only have to format it accordingly using commas, but unfortunately this was not the case. SaveFileDialog must be invoked on a UI thread, meaning constructing it on non-UI event handlers will throw an exception (must be User invoked), which makes sense since we're dealing with client side here and placing files on a client side without the user's conscent is like planting something wicked on their machine.
With this, I have decided to just have Silverlight post to a server then store those data on the context of Application's Cache. With this, I don't need to worry about getting the stream and deal with the security. So, I did a quick handler hack. At first, I made a synchronous one. After I got it working, I considered a concurrent user request performance and converted it to asynchronous. I noticed slight difference here. The file received from a synchronous handler indicates the complete size of the file, while asynchronous handler don't. It doesn't affect how the request is handled, meaning if your usual query for a resource took 5 seconds, asynchronous handler can't change that. The performance benefit takes place when multiple users performs the same query. Since it doesn't have to wait for the handle to process the request and instead start on a new thread, it offers better performance.
But, I have to write HttpRequest, then another HttpRequest after the asynchronous callback fires, where I can write POST datas, then submit it again and take the response back. It was really different on what I used to do in web, but somehow I starting to find a bit of liking to it.
I was too busy doing silverlight 4 related works that I'm unable to blog here. And since it was a client-side application, I don't have to worry much about the control states , unlike web development , but still I prefer doing web development since I'll have some time reading those MCTS learning kit while doing some quality deliverables of work.
Anyway, I'm able to familiarize myself that controls without actual click or selectedindexchanged events are only solid on their borders. Filtering datas from DomainDataSource is quite a pain, since nested filters doesn't work with DDS... unless one can bear with a ContainedIn method with non-accurate result and the asynchronous way of loading data, I missed Dataset based manipulation, although it seems that Microsoft believed that DomainDataSource is the right direction and Datasets are history.
Another thing that gave me sleepless nights are the the SaveFileDialog objects. These things protect client side things that sometimes they are a pain to deal with. For example, if I have an asynchronous data from DB or from a Service call, and I need to save the result of the query or service call somewhere in the client PC. Showing the SaveFileDialog in non-UI related events (like button click, selected index changed, etc) will throw an exception that "Dialog must be user initiated".
I understand that Silverlight was a client-side application and if SFD won't do it like this, client PC are at big risk to malicious things, but because of this restriction, it is hard or maybe impossible to keep the saving and loading of data in sync, even with sleeping threads, on assumption that it runs on different thread..
Finally! Maybe I should thank my previous manager. Now I have this much awaited chance to continue my Silverlight 1.0 experience to Silverlight 4.0 and maybe 5.0. When Silverlight was on pilot version, I was enthusiast enough to apply it to a task, 2008 (I'm still on Tokyo that time). It was completely a client-side thing, that I have to make AJAX request just to make a server-side request and back to XAML.
I noticed the great addition since version 1.0. There are many controls now, which I also expected. I remember my nostalgic 1.0 days making animations using simple ellipses, rectangles, some fills and few images. Now, there are controls. I'm starting to feel that, it was like an ASPX/Windows Form hybrid which have mutated over time , but for good.
But, I still have something that I'm expecting Silverlight team to draw. I'm sure every youtube fans already know that they can record a video using their computer's built in camera and have it uploaded in youtube servers. I've long expected Silverlight to have this, without having users make a custom control, at least for the part that accepts the data binaries and have it collected at serverside (like aspx posted file, or wcf way).
Or maybe, I'll just implement one, if I can grab some reference on how to use video devices and have the stream buffered and then send to server.
I'm still find it hard to squeeze all available optimization on my site. I successfully had facebook plugins in it after trying, and now I'm staring at the SQL Server database, which can be a potential bottleneck to my web app.
Simply replace the hard-coded string to column-names and you're making XML queries in no time. So, instead of mapping everything to some object/classes, I'll have this coupled by the presenter page to the view. Now, the only problem I have is to wait for weekends to continue doing my xslt site.
Everytime we search our web companion google, our form from google's page is posted to another page handler. It was really hard to know what informations are obtained on process since it is doing a POST (probably to get few information that the users cannot set, plus the logging for querystring based request).
I had to take few minutes to figure out how to deploy Virtual Applications, etc in IIS 7.5 . For me, deploying web applications and services in IIS 5 and 6 is easy, but maybe Microsoft did something new in IIS 7, that can improve the way we develop in .NET technologies.
One of my hosted site receives concurrent visitors, and eventually goes down in few seconds. I never thought that it would be that bad, when most of the websites/web applications I've done runs smoothly in web servers where I deployed it. Just how many application pools are running in that shared server? Probably, hundreds? I tried to check for the specs, but unfortunately Diagnostics classes are prevented due to security policies (clients might close their site hosting from them if they realize that the server is crappy).
The biggest challenge here is to optimize everything. Instead of an object mapper, I'll just have the database return specific records, and perform minimal manipulation. Use limited variables and trim everything by size. ( I think that server runs approx 1MB - 100MB RAM for my application pool).
The page loads faster now, though still cant survive the slashdot effect.
On my recent web development, I've decided to implement XML+XSLT to save some server processing to render HTML contents. Also, I'm considering this for future maintenance, if ever I would need to change the layout, I'll simply change the XSL templates.The next time xml pages are loaded using that XSL transform file, the browser will not download it anymore and simply apply the transform locally. This also has the benefit of making information reusable. Since the information is already available as an XML document, anyone can simply make a Webrequest to a page URL, convert the stream into an XmlDocument, and information is there. I also decided to monitor all file request on my website. This is to get all site activity as much as possible,and make it invisible to user without specifying additional variables (session, querystring, form, viewstate or cookie).
I've tested this on FF, Chrome and IE9. Got it working, but when I tried it on IE 8, it made me sad that IE8 strips UrlReferrer of XSLT file. (other files do have their UrlReferer btw).
IE9 is only available to Windows 7.
I didn't cared much about this until later when I got my Credit card charged with un-Authorized transactions. To share this, I enrolled to a Fitness Gym. At first, I was hesitant to use my credit card but with good salestalk, I was blinded by the freebies provided for those who will register, and also avail their promo. Then, after I got everything OK, I was approached by one of their staff. I was told that there are other members who want to join, but don't have a credit card. So, this staff explained to me that they just need some credit card to be registered with their registration, so they can avail their promo but no charges will be sent to my credit card, as it will be nullified on purpose (Was explained to me that, they will just charge 1 peso and cancel the transaction, so no charges will be sent.). I'm just tired and really want to call it a day, so I said, OK but be sure that I won't have any trouble with this, which the staff expressively said "yes, absolutely no problem!".
Had a hard time developing my site. One of doubting challenge would be SEO. We all know (ok, maybe not really), that a site is friendly to search engines when contents can be "somehow" readable to the search engine crawlers. The site I'm making now is not for a popular brand that people already know. So, every web crawler's effort is appreciated.
If we send the data thru XML, we are sending the raw information using our own format. Google, Yahoo or Bing won't know that a text I've enclosed with some name tags is for, other than it is a readable text, something that can be matched with related informations.
So, the present that XML data to a human user, we have to transform it HTML that the browsers can understand, using XSLT. During testing, I have noticed that the browser caches few files, which made me conclude that, it really does save bandwidth problems for high-traffic sites.
Added up with HTML5 (which gives me some real pain in the neck, thanks to stubborn as ever, IE), it is possible to make cool web UIs. I already up'ed the site, and will see in weeks how the contents result in major search engine results.
This doesn't limit my site to just have a passive view. I can still have all those input fields and accept all those user input datas, yet my site will be in XML form, web crawlers can easily see my site, no unnecessary SEO paranoia things, hehe.
All this facts leaves me to one last task, mapping each request in IIS to make those URLs pretty to search engines.
I tried some dynamic XSLT approach, Chrome is OK, IE is OK (even 6.0), but FF (3.5 and 4.0)gives an error... I think I need to make a good re-write rule to trick FF that the xsl file referenced is a static one.
For the FB integration, it was really simple in concept, quite intimidating at first. FB uses OAuth as a mean of authentication. This means developers doesn't have to store private informations (like user password), they just require an access token, something that grants them specific permission given by users of their appliction. This token can do lots of things on behalf of the user.
No one can stop facebook from growing now. I think everyone is already hooked with facebook, so developing something inline with FB's graph API is a good choice, IMO.
After few handshake process, a token must be stored and can be re-used. post to friends's wall, like something, etc.
- Can be done by simply adding input to invalidate SQL query and add their own potentially dangerous query.
- Can be prevented by filtering the user inputs and have the methods accept specific types of data (parameter based query commands).


Pissaladiere Pizza Recipe makes dough using yeast, sugar, flour and olive oil, covers with paste of butter, onions, garlic, thyme, anchovy fillets and black olives before covering with move fillets and olive to create this tasty pizza recipe.
Pizza Bianca or White Pizza uses no tomato sauce but instead uses a pesto or even sour cream. Often has just cheese drizzled with olive oil with light basil and garlic.


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History Through Our Eyes: Dec. 22, 1970, Santa's helpers
"They call themselves the Montreal Fire Fighters' Hobbyists, but that's only a front — they're actually Santa's helpers."
Maurice Lévesque, left, and Adrien Lachapelle, seen in December 1970, were members of the Montreal Fire Department, based at a station at Caty and Notre-Dame St. E. In their spare time, they and other firemen worked to repair toys, which were given to children in need.	George Cree / Montreal Gazette
"They call themselves the Montreal Fire Fighters' Hobbyists, but that's only a front — they're actually Santa's helpers," we reported on Dec. 22, 1970, blowing the cover of the two operatives in George Cree's photo, published along with the article.
Maurice Lévesque, left, and Adrien Lachapelle were members of the Montreal Fire Department, based at a station at Caty and Notre-Dame St. E. In their spare time, they and other firemen worked to repair toys, which were given to children in need. It was a year-round pursuit. While Christmas was a high-demand time, donations were also made to summer camps and kindergartens.
"Lévesque said that since the project was started a quarter century ago, 'more than 300,000 toys have been distributed to underprivileged children'," we wrote.
"We put together 20,000 toys on a budget of some $2,700 this year," he told us.
The repairs were generally done using parts from other broken toys. Lévesque told us that it takes about five broken toys to make one good one. "They all seem to break in the same place," he observed.
Sometimes, parts had to be purchased. A couple of local businessmen covered the group's expenses, we wrote.
"Lévesque says the old toys, including war toys, are favourites, but that there's an increasing demand for educational and space-age ones," we reported. However those tended to be more expensive.
Looking at the photo of the men at work on some classic toys, with a rotary phone on the wall behind them. it certainly feels like it was a different era. Still, in these days of concern about climate change and carbon footprints, their pursuit seems entirely modern.
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19:30 - If you were to begin by asking yourself 'what impact does religion have on society'? Or, indeed offer the alternative question 'what impact does society have on religion' you will almost certainly find yourself dealing with issues raised in the discipline of the sociology of religion – defined as the study of the practices, social structures, historical backgrounds, universal themes and roles of religion in society. This brief introductory course (4 sessions) explores some of these things and ponders societal trends that effect the place of religion in our nation and our world today.
The course will run for four weeks on Mondays 18 & 25 March and 1 & 8 April in the usual time slots of 10am-12 noon, 2pm-4pm and 7.30pm-9.30pm, (choose one to suit you) and will be taught in the St Luke's Room of the Old Cathedral School. The cost will be £15 per person (payable at first session).


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Cybersecurity is becoming an increasingly central concern for businesses. Source: Shutterstock
2017 has changed how businesses and customers think about cybersecurity
By Samantha Cheh | 21 November, 2017
The year 2017 has been a watershed year for cybersecurity, this being the year that we witnessed several widespread hacking and malware attacks which catapulted security to the forefront of today's technology discourse.
And those instances are only accelerating. This year, 84 percent of organizations said that they were hit with at least one Distributed Denial of Services (DDoS) attack in the last 12 months, while 86 percent said they contended with more than one attack, marking a four percent rise. Furthermore, data breaches in the first half of 2017 alone have exposed as many as six billion records.
SINGAPORE'S CYBERSECURITY BILL WILL INCLUDE CITIZEN SUGGESTIONS
With all this in mind, it's clearer than ever before companies need to take the threat of cybersecurity much more seriously than they have previously done. And some have responded.
According to Limelight's State of Cybersecurity 2017 – Southeast Asia report, most businesses are working to combat the rise of cyberattacks, whether it's DDoS attacks or other malware-related issues. The survey interviewed 1,400 respondents from Singapore, Malaysia and the Philippines, three countries that represent the spread of different Internet experiences in the Southeast Asia region. Respondents included both businesses and consumers.
Jaheer Abbas, director of Sales for Limelight SEA and ANZ. Source: Limelight
The report revealed that more than 94 percent of all businesses have already actively working to protect their websites and applications from attack.
"With a potential cyberattack lurking in the corner, brands can no longer rest on 'legacy trust' that they have built over the years," said Limelight Networks' director of sales for Southeast Asia and ANZ Jaheer Abbas.
"Today, it's about building trust each time a customer transacts with a brand online. Cybersecurity is never a one-size-fits-all approach. Brands need to think about a multi-layered approach to security and explore the use of a cloud-based solution."
'FAILURE OF THE IMAGINATION': MALWAREBYTES ON WANNACRY AND FUTURE OF CYBERSECURITY
Samantha Cheh | 16 June, 2017
Part of the impetus here is the fact that just under half of all businesses have experienced a crippling attack, and 51.50 percent say that they feel "vulnerable" to DDoS, cyberattacks and hacking. Any one of these attacks could have an adverse of effect on these businesses, as a non-functional website could result in poor customer experience and perception.
The report found that the majority of businesses feel like that websites and applications that are vulnerable to cyberattacks and malware would adversely impact their bottom lines, while 40.82 percent said that their reputation would experience a beating.
This holds true among the surveyed customers. The report found that more than 70 percent of customers will have a different perception of a company if their websites or applications are compromised by an attack: 62 percent of customers said that their opinion of a business "becomes somewhat negative after the cyberattack", while nearly 10 percent said that their opinion "becomes extremely negative" in the aftermath.
Southeast Asia is a hotbed for cyberattack activity. Source: Limelight Networks
This becomes a huge issue for companies as this change in opinion has a direct correlation to a business's' ability to capture consumers. Almost 40 percent of all consumers said that they would not continue with an online transaction if they knew a website had been previously hacked, while another 40 percent said they were uncertain.
In recent cybersecurity hacks in Malaysia, banks and telcos were badly affected which resulted in some customers having their personal information being stolen and shared. Some customers had their bank accounts hacked as a result of that attack. Limelight's report found that the majority of consumers (74.48 percent) said that loss of personal or financial information is "extremely" concerning.
WHY DIGITAL COMPANIES ARE RELYING ON CDNS TO SCALE AND PROTECT THEIR BUSINESSES
Samantha Cheh | 10 April, 2017
It stands to reason then why businesses are extremely keen to boost their cybersecurity credentials. Some companies have cited reasons such as lacking expertise and the high costs of security apparatuses for not deploying cybersecurity protection, but the vast majority of companies are already working on bringing in more tailored, multi-layered security systems into place.
Limelight recommended that companies implement a variety of tools, such as content delivery networks with built-in security features in order to protect against intrusions while businesses interact with their customers. Companies should also put into place a public security readiness report so that consumers feel safer with their brand.
JAHEER ABBAS
LIMELIGHT NETWORKS
STATE OF CYBERSECURITY
By Samantha Cheh
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The AMC executive team works to lead, integrate and leverage the operating companies' products and services to improve efficiencies and create opportunity. Click here to view the AMC Board of Directors.
Murray Williams, CEO/Chairman
Murray Williams serves as board chairman and CEO of Affiliates Management Company (AMC). In these roles, Murray provides strategic leadership and governance oversight for AMC's family of companies, board and executive team. He also serves as the President & CEO of the Iowa Credit Union League (ICUL), AMC's parent company. Murray has been with AMC/ICUL since 1996. He earned his Certified Association Executive (CAE) designation through the American Society of Association Executives and is a graduate of the Harvard Business School Executive Program. Murray also received his MBA and a BA with honors from Iowa State University. He serves on the SHAZAM board and has served on the CUNA Strategic Services board along with other industry leadership roles. Murray has been inducted into the International Executive Volunteer Corps for the World Council of Credit Unions and is a recipient of the Leadership and Support Award by the Network of Latino Credit Unions and Professionals. He is active in his local community, including serving on the Des Moines Social Club executive committee as its former chair.
Michael Powers, CFO
Michael Powers was named chief financial officer of AMC in June 2008. He has more than 30 years of experience in the financial services industry having held senior positions in several banking and insurance companies after beginning his career at the public accounting firm KPMG. He graduated with a bachelor of science in accountancy from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and earned a CPA certificate.
Michelle Barker, General Counsel
Michelle Barker is the general counsel of AMC, where she provides company-wide contract management, human resource legal support, intellectual property strategies, and manages other legal and regulatory risk mitigation activities. Prior to joining AMC, Michelle was Assistant Vice President and Senior Counsel of Lincoln Financial Group where she worked for the past four years. Previously, she was VP and General Counsel of American Enterprise Group/American Republic Insurance, a diversified mutual insurance company based in Des Moines, where she worked in various leadership positions within their legal team over eight years. Prior to her time at American Republic, Michelle spent eight years as an attorney/partner at a small private practice in Des Moines. She holds her Juris Doctorate with distinction and BA from the University of Iowa.
Carrie Kompelien, Vice President, Human Resources
Carrie Kompelien is the VP, Human Resources of AMC. She is responsible for overseeing all human resources functions including benefits, compensation, employee development, employee relations, recruitment, payroll, legal compliance and policy review. Carrie has been part of the human resources team since 2002. Prior to joining the company, she worked for Dice.Com in a HR capacity. She earned her Strategic Professional in Human Resources Certification (SPHR) in 2008 from the HR Certification Institute and attained the SHRM Senior Certified Professional designation in 2015. Carrie received her Bachelors of Science Degree in Psychology from Northwest Missouri State University.
Matt Oakley, Chief Marketing Officer
Matt Oakley is the Chief Marketing Officer of AMC. He is tasked with providing leadership and strategic guidance for all sales, product, marketing and communications functions at AMC. Prior to joining AMC, Matt was Chief Marketing Officer for B2E Data Marketing, where he lead strategic growth and branding initiatives. He has also served in past roles as CMO for TMG Financial Services, and lead marketing teams at Kreg Tool and Marsh. Matt holds a Master's Degree from Webster University and a Bachelor's Degree from Wayne State College.
Miriam De Dios Woodward, Senior Vice President & CEO, PolicyWorks, LLC
Miriam De Dios Woodward is a Senior Vice President of AMC and also serves as the CEO of PolicyWorks, LLC. In her role at PolicyWorks, she leads the team to provide unparalleled compliance and audit services to credit unions across the country. Prior to taking this role in 2018, Miriam was CEO of AMC company Coopera since 2012. Miriam earned her bachelor's degree with honors from Iowa State University and her Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Iowa. She is also a graduate of the Harvard Business School's Leading Change and Organizational Renewal executive education program. Miriam currently serves on the board of trustees of Grand View University, the board of directors of the Food Bank of Iowa, Iowa State University's Women in Business Advisory Board, the Iowa Clearinghouse for Work-Based Learning Advisory Board and the Next Level Venture Fund II Review Board. Miriam was named the 2015 Latino Business Person of the Year by the League of Latin American Citizens, a 2016 Woman to Watch by Credit Union Times and she is a 2019 recipient of the Business Record's Forty Under 40 Award.
Justin Hupfer, Senior Vice President & CEO, PolicyWorks Iowa
Justin Hupfer is a Senior Vice President of AMC and is responsible for providing strategic guidance and leadership regarding public policy and regulatory affairs for all AMC companies. He also serves as the CEO of PolicyWorks Iowa. In this role, he is responsible for the overall operations, business development and achievement of client objectives for PolicyWorks Iowa. He previously served as Vice President of Government Affairs for the Iowa Credit Union League (ICUL), overseeing its federal and state government affairs activities and political action fundraising. Under Justin's direction, ICUL's political action committee and grassroots program consistently ranked among the most effective in the state. Prior to that, he worked on the Republican caucus staff in the Iowa House, staffing the House Commerce and Economic Development Committees. Justin received his law degree with honors from Drake University Law School and graduated from Grinnell College. He currently sits on the board of the Iowa Taxpayers Association and serves on the City of Johnston Board of Adjustment. Justin also served eight years as an officer in the United States Army Reserves, Judge Advocate General's Corps, earning the rank of Captain.
Deb Madison-Levi, Director of Administration
Deb serves as Director of Administration for the Iowa Credit Union League and Affiliates Management Company. In this role, she supports ICUL's CEO and manages ICUL and AMC governance matters. Deb, a multipotentialite, has enjoyed more than 30 years supporting executives in government, law, non-profits, aviation, construction, banking, healthcare and hospitality. She has served on the boards of the Downtown Des Moines Neighborhood Association, Simpson College Alumni and the Child & Family Policy Center. Deb graduated magna cum laude with her communications degree from Simpson College. She is the proud owner of a vintage ice cream bike, always eager to share the credit union scoop.


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Yes, it dose exist. While when installed as default in UbuntuKylin, it's OK. Hope to fix it with a patch.
But in my branch, there is no this problem in V0.8.0.
> UbuntuKylin Members, which is subscribed to the bug report.
> Attached is a screenshot showing two calendar icons in the indicator.
Shall we use libunique to avoid multiple instance problem?
It is also necessary to have a check for running status as it does not make sense to start the application again if it is already running in background. The worse consequence will be that we will get lots of chinese-calender running in background when we try to run it from applications several times.
- Bump std-ver: 3.9.4 -> 3.9.5, no change required.