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Asturian Nationalist Council (in Asturian: Conceyu Nacionalista Astur or CNA), was a political party in Asturias, Spain. The CNA was Asturian nationalist and socialist party.

History
CNA was created by young nationalists determined to break with the Asturian political tradition, and to offer an Asturian nationalist and left-wing alternative to the state-building process during the Spanish transition. The founder were inspired by the national liberation movements of the Catalan Countries, Galiza, Canaries and Basque Country. Among the founders were Xosé Lluis Carmona, singer Carlos Rubiera, Dubardu Puente, Pepe Fernández Alonso, Xesús Cañedo Valle and David Rivas (1957). Its secretary general was Anxelu Zapico. A lot of its members had been involved in the pro-Asturian language movement Conceyu Bable.

During its existence it did not achieve any big electoral success. One of the most polemic incidents was the arrest of various members of the party that were accused of collaborating with ETA (pm), an accusation that the party rejected. The party was illegal from 1976 to 1979.

CNA disappeared in 1981, giving birth to a series of new asturianist parties, like the Ensame Nacionalista Astur or the Partíu Asturianista.

Ideology
The Council was a multi-tendency socialist party, although the majority of the members defended some sort of Workers' self-management. The party also defined itself as anti-colonial (considering Asturias a semi-colony of Spain), feminist, ecologist and pro-direct democracy. One of the most remarkable aspects of the party was its open defense of homosexual rights, one of the first political parties to do that in Spain.

Elections results

References

 Miguel Ángel González Muñíz; Los partidos políticos de Asturias. 1982 (pages 59–62)
 Patrick W. Zimmerman; Faer Asturies. La política llingüística y la construcción frustrada del nacionalismu asturianu (1974-1999)." Editorial Trabe, 2012.

Defunct nationalist parties in Spain
Defunct socialist parties in Spain
Political parties in Asturias
Asturian nationalist parties
Left-wing nationalist parties


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What land reforms does India need in 2020? How can we think about property rights, and a complicated legislative history and ground reality in India?
Shekhar Shah and Pranab Ranjan Choudhury give host Pavan Srinath a masterclass on land and reform on Episode 142 of The Pragati Podcast. They discuss what constitutes property ownership in India, what land reforms have meant between the 1950s and 1980s in India, and what they can mean in 2020. The discussion spans rural land conflicts, weak land record systems, the challenges faced by Adivasis and tribal groups being denied their legitimate rights, land acquisition, the growth of private industries, and more.
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Nepal fue una banda argentina de thrash metal formada en Buenos Aires, activa entre 1984 y 2001, período durante el cual editaron tres álbumes de estudio. En sus canciones, contenían temáticas de denuncia social, crítica a la religión, antirracismo, ecologismo, justicia social, anticapitalismo y lucha por los derechos humanos.

Historia

Comienzos

Nepal nace a mediados del año 1984, formada por Willie Urroz en voz, Alberto Vazquez en bajo, Javier Bagala en guitarra, Jorge "Tanque" Iglesias (posterior baterista de La Renga) en batería y Raúl Jesaim, este último un guitarrista zurdo.

En el año 1986, participan en el festival "Metal Under", realizado en Cotorra's Pub, donde abrieron el segundo día; la revista "Metal" les destinó diversos elogios.

Ese mismo año graban su segundo demo, el casete contenía tres canciones: «Aquellos bastardos», «El ojo del Infierno» y «Ciudadano de las tinieblas».

En 1987, Willie Urroz y Raúl Jesaim, se van de Nepal para formar Shoggoth, banda que no alcanzaría popularidad alguna y se terminaría disolviendo al pasarse Urroz a la banda Dr. Jekyll.

Ingresa entonces como vocalista Ismael Porcel, quien fuera el cantante original del grupo de heavy metal, Retrosatan.

Porcel no se quedaría demasiado tiempo, ya que poco después sería reemplazado por Claudio "Larry" Zavala, vocalista con el cual habían tenido relación anterior, pero que no entró a la formación de Nepal, debido a que su voz no era lo que buscaban.

En 1988, lanzan un split en casete con la banda Dr. Jekyll; el mismo contenía cuatro temas de cada banda por lado.

Los temas pertenecientes a Nepal eran: «Te destruiré», «Ciudadano de las tinieblas», «El ojo del Infierno» y «Aquellos bastardos».

Gracias a este split, Nepal comenzó a tener mayor publicidad, y al año siguiente grabaron el demo "Nepal II". En 1989 viajan al sur de la Argentina donde, junto a bandas como Escabios y Hammer, telonean a Hermética en Neuquén.

En abril de 1991, se plantea otro desafío al ingresar a los estudios Sonovisión de Buenos Aires, con la ayuda de quien la banda considera su quinto miembro, Alejandro "Tato" Devetak, para producir el tema nuevo «Represor» e incluirlo en el compilado de bandas underground Thrash Vol. 1, editado por el sello Radio Trípoli Discos que aparece en septiembre de 1991.

Los conciertos realizados en Cemento, respaldan al grupo y el contacto con la gente se acrecienta aún más. La banda también prepara la cuarta y última tirada del casete Nepal II, incluyendo una toma en vivo en el lado B - «Te destruiré»- con la esta alineación. Con esta edición, la producción independiente completa su ciclo de 1000 unidades, desde su lanzamiento (agosto de 1989).

Nepal cuenta con la incorporación estable de Darío Galván (batería), a partir de febrero de 1992, comenzando a componer nuevo material registrado en una cinta para difusión con cuatro temas enviada a todo el país: Capítulo '92, de la cual se hicieron trescientas copias.

Raza de traidores (1993)

Tras las producciones en formato casete la banda edita su autoproducido álbum debut "Raza de traidores" en noviembre de 1993, bajo el sello Metal Command Records.

Grabado y mezclado entre los meses de mayo y agosto en el estudio TMA La Escuelita de Buenos Aires, en 24 canales, el trabajo marca el primer paso firme de una ascendente carrera. Allí logran plasmar el sonido poderoso de sus primeras etapas a través de sus ocho temas.

La gira de presentación por Bs. As. y el interior (Córdoba, Mar del Plata, Entre Ríos, La Plata y Bahía Blanca) tiene su punto culminante al participar como acto apertura de los alemanes Kreator en el local Stadium, el 8 de abril de 1994, durante la gira de Renewal, que reporta excelentes críticas.

El sello uruguayo Heavy Weigh Records, lanza una cinta compilado de bandas sudamericanas incluyendo «Represor», corte de difusión del CD y primer videoclip compaginado con imágenes en vivo.
También se consigue realizar la primera presentación fuera de las fronteras de Argentina, en el Mountain Rock Festival, en la ciudad de Timbó, Santa Catarina (Brasil), los días 21 y 22 de abril de 1995, junto a la banda anfitriona Syndrome y varias agrupaciones de la escena brasileña.

Ideología (1995)

Nepal comienza una nueva etapa con la preproducción del demo "Avance '95", con tres temas, y la posterior grabación de Ideología, registrado en el estudio El Zoológico de Bs. As.

El álbum sale a la venta en octubre de 1995 nuevamente a través de Metal Command, con el auspicio de Monsters of Rock, en una edición limitada de solo mil unidades que venía presentada en una caja negra e incluía una bandera con el logotipo del grupo. De inmediato se firma contrato de distribución con el ascendente sello Nems Enterprises, encargado de la promoción y venta en Argentina y Brasil –vía exportación- de las reediciones de los dos primeros álbumes con nuevas gráficas en su presentación.

Se realiza el segundo video, esta vez con tomas de estudio en blanco y negro e imágenes fílmicas de la Segunda Guerra Mundial para el tema «Guerra sucia», presentado en exclusivo en Much Music Argentina.

Nuevos conciertos tienen lugar en la capital, mostrando en vivo el material de "Ideología" y cierran otro ciclo, tras el alejamiento del baterista y su pronto reemplazo por Facundo Vega.

Una mini-gira por las ciudades de Córdoba y Río Cuarto confirman el éxito del proyecto. Dos shows junto a los brasileños Angra los días 26 y 27 de septiembre de 1996 en Club X acrecientan las expectativas y se registran sus imágenes para la compaginación de un nuevo videoclip, «Paredes de hierro».

Nepal es invitado para grabar una canción para el CD recopilación Grítalo fuerte, disco tributo a Kiss, realizado por bandas nacionales, que edita el sello independiente Sleaze Records en octubre de 1996.

Allí se incluye una versión thrash del tema «Love Gun», abriendo el disco de manera impresionante.
Por otra parte el Fan Club Oficial de Iron Maiden / Argentina y la productora Nems Enterprises se encargan de la organización de un concierto homenaje en Cemento, del cual también el grupo toma participación interpretando personales versiones de «Wrathchild», «Running Free» y «Judas Be My Guide».

El evento se realiza el 2 de mayo de 1997 y es filmado en exclusiva para ser presentado a los mismos Iron Maiden. Después de doce años de esfuerzos, y como reconocimiento a su ardua labor, la banda integra con su stand y sus trabajos discográficos la muestra "Rock nacional – 30 años", agendando su biografía en el libro histórico que resume el espíritu del rock argentino.

Manifiesto (1997)

Hacia finales del año 1996, Nepal comienza a preparar los temas que van a formar parte de su tercer álbum titulado Manifiesto. El mismo es grabado y mezclado nuevamente en el estudio El Zoológico, de Bs. As, e incluye grabaciones adicionales en los estudios Somewhere in England de Londres y en Twilight Hall Studio de Krefeld, Alemania.

El trabajo cuenta con la participación especial de músicos de la jerarquía de André Matos y Kiko Loureiro (Angra), Hansi Kürsch (Blind Guardian), Georgina Biddle y Martin Walkyier (violín y voz respectivamente, de Skyclad), además del teclista invitado Carlos Teso Ruggiero. Del ámbito nacional se encuentra el vocalista Ricardo Iorio (Almafuerte) quien también colabora en el tema Homenaje a V8, «Lanzado al mundo hoy».

Nems Enterprises edita "Manifiesto", en enero de 1998 y el lanzamiento es simultáneo en Brasil a través del sello Rock Brigade Records, distribuyéndolo en varios países del viejo continente.
Como tema oculto que no se encuentra en los créditos, la banda rescató un viejo tema propio «Crisis total», que sorprende y deleita a los seguidores de los primeros años de la formación. De este material se desprende el sencillo «Ciegos de poder» y una versión de «Children of the Grave» de Black Sabbath.

"Manifiesto" está grabado con el sistema Holophonic's 3D Sound, creado y desarrollado por el ingeniero de sonido argentino Roberto Zuccarelli en 1980, que permite la grabación tridimensional del sonido. Con la tecnología holofónica se logra registrar la posición y distancia de los sonidos, instrumentos, voces y efectos en el entorno espacial de la grabación, siendo esta forma la más precisa y correcta que existe hoy en día para grabar un sonido en forma real y tridimensional.

Esta tecnología ha sido utilizada por artistas de la talla de Pink Floyd, Roger Waters, Vangelis, Steve Vai, Steve Howe y Paul Mc Cartney, entre otros. De esta manera, la banda se convierte en la primera del mundo del heavy metal en utilizarlo. Una campaña publicitaria en los principales medios gáficos (Revistas Epopeya y Madhouse) comenzó desde el lanzamiento del CD, y los comentarios recibidos llenaron de satisfacción al grupo por los resultados obtenidos. En noviembre de 1997, telonean a la banda finlandesa Stratovarius en su primera visita a la Argentina.

Los conciertos de presentación del nuevo trabajo comienzan en enero de 1998, actuando en la Capital, Gran Buenos Aires y agregando nuevos viajes a las ciudades del norte de Córdoba (San Francisco, Freyre y Sastre) y de la provincia de Santa Fe.

En abril, el grupo actúa en Cemento junto a los metaleros góticos portugueses Moonspell, presentándose frente a una audiencia completamente diferente que acepta la enérgica propuesta, hecho que queda registrado en las favorables críticas recibidas, incluso, de parte de medios no tan en conexión con el círculo metálico.

El 22 de agosto, un nuevo sueño se convierte en realidad cuando tienen el privilegio de participar como banda invitada en el primer show de Blind Guardian en Cemento, como parte de tres shows eléctricos y acústicos que la banda alemana presenta en Argentina presentando Nightfall in Middle Earth en su tramo Sudamericano.

Este mismo mes, se prepara un evento de gran envergadura a lo largo de dos noches consecutivas, el Metal Rock Festival II, que consigue reunir a las diez agrupaciones más importantes del circuito metálico argentino. Una vez más se logra cumplir con todas las expectativas, exigiéndose siempre al máximo en cada show, destacándose la performance de la banda que queda registrada en el tema «Besando la tierra», incluido en el CD en vivo "MRF II", editado por Nems. Con este concierto y el disco, los músicos ceden todas sus regalías de los temas interpretados, a beneficio de los enfermos de sida del Hospital Muñiz de Buenos Aires.

Este festival, se extendió a algunas ciudades del interior, siendo partícipe el grupo solo de la presentación en Alta Gracia, en la provincia de Córdoba en septiembre de 1998.

Al mismo tiempo la productora Rock & Pop Internacional, convoca a Nepal para formar parte del último show de Megadeth el 4 de octubre en el Estadio Parque Sarmiento, con su gira "Cryptic Writings Tour '97-'98", consiguiendo Nepal posicionarse como una de las bandas más reconocidas en cuanto a trayectoria y calidad musical según las preferencias de los comentarios recibidos en los medios especializados de estos últimos conciertos, críticas de CDs y las entrevistas obtenidas.
El año se cierra el 30 de octubre de 1998, una vez más en la discoteca Cemento, al realizar la presentación oficial de "Manifiesto", celebrando los catorce años de trabajo y resistencia, trabajando en forma ininterrumpida tras un objetivo serio y profesional: expresar vivencias, pensamientos e ideas musicales a través del sonido del heavy metal.

Reestructuración
Un año nuevo comienza, y en enero de 1999 hay una reestructuración en la alineación, alejándose el baterista que participó del CD para encarar otro proyecto de música progresiva. Tras una paciente selección se incorpora Marcelo Ponce, quien ya había trabajado en otras bandas del circuito local y que inyecta una nueva dosis de adrenalina y energía a las composiciones de "Manifiesto" y al viejo material. Su debut oficial se concreta en Cemento al actuar en marzo con Almafuerte, agrupación liderada por Ricardo Iorio y Claudio "Tano" Marciello que presenta su CD Almafuerte, en una gira entre 1998 y 1999.

Este evento se repite dos meses más tarde, esta vez en el mítico escenario del Estadio Obras Sanitarias ante más de 5.000 personas, el 1 de mayo de 1999.

Hacia finales de mayo, Nepal vuelve a presentarse frente a su público una vez más en Cemento y en Casa Socialista en la ciudad de La Plata en julio, ahora adelantando dos composiciones nuevas: «Genosiglio» y «Sobre el filo», material que la banda ya tenía listo, encontrándose en pleno proceso de preproducción de lo que sería su cuarto trabajo discográfico pero que nunca llegaría a publicarse.
No obstante «Sobre el filo» fue grabada por Larry Zavala con su propio proyecto solista, el cual encaró luego de que, en 2001, Nepal se separara de forma definitiva, haciendo lo propio el bajista Beto Vazquez con su Beto Vazquez Infinity.

Nepal tributo oficial 2011
Luego de una década de que la banda se separara, decidieron hacer una reunión en forma de tributo.
De la mano del vocalista Larry Zavala comenzaron una serie de conciertos con la cual visitan los puntos más importantes del país. Sin embargo, no toda la formación original se reunió para este tributo, aunque cuenta con destacados músicos de la escena nacional como son, Eddie Walker (Horcas, Razones Conscientes, Lethal), Martín Paz (grupo de Larry Zavala) y Walter Collazo (Traidor, grupo de Larry Zavala).

Formación oficial 2011
 Claudio "Larry" Zavala - Voces.
 Eddie Walker - Bajo.
 Martín Paz - Guitarra.
 Walter Collazo - Batería

Discografía

Álbumes de estudio
 Raza de traidores (1993)
  Ideología (1995)
  Manifiesto (1997)

Colaboraciones
 Metal Rock Festival II (1998)
 Navidad Metálica (1999)

Versiones
 "Love Gun", de Kiss.
 "Children of the Grave", de Black Sabbath.
 "Lanzado al mundo hoy", de V8.
 "Muy cansado estoy", de V8.
 "For Whom The Bell Tolls", de Metallica
 "Dead Embryonic Cells", de Sepultura
 "[Mr.Crowley]]", de Ozzy Osbourne
 "Sepulcro Civil", de Hermética
 "Policia", de Titãs

Referencias

Enlaces externos

Grupos de rock de Argentina
Grupos de música de protesta
Grupos de heavy metal de Argentina
Grupos de thrash metal de Argentina
Grupos de música de los años 1980
Grupos de música de los años 1990
Grupos de música formados en 1984

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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – Police say a man suspected in the killings to two Des Moines area officers surrendered to a state Department of Natural Resources officer.
Des Moines police Sgt. Paul Parizek says Scott Michael Greene flagged down the officer Wednesday morning in rural Dallas County, west of Des Moines, and presented his identification.
He was taken into custody and is now being treated at a Des Moines hospital.
Greene is suspected in the shooting deaths of Urbandale officer Justin Martin, with the force since 2015, and Sgt. Anthony "Tony" Beminio, who joined the department in Des Moines in 2005.
Martin was single. Beminio was married with children.
Parizek says Greene is suspected in the killings but hasn't yet been charged.
On MLK Day, Biden says Americans must commit to King's work


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Q: decrypting FileVault2 WDE seems stuck, how to unstick? This is happening on an MBP Mid2010 running Mac OS X 10.9.3
I have been using FileVault2 full-disk encryption for several years now; however, I needed to decrypt to repartition the disk for BootCamp. I initiated decryption through Security and Privacy section of System Preferences. It's been stuck in "Decrypting... estimating time remaining" ever since (for about three days now), like this:

It also persists through reboots (twice now). The good part is it boots, the bad part is it is still stuck. I have googled around to gain some commandline-fu, but the results are just confusing me. Here are some results:
$ diskutil coreStorage list
CoreStorage logical volume groups (1 found)
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+-- Logical Volume Group 4C4E3BF0-E73A-4BF7-8A8C-2C43981FBB23
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    Name:         Macintosh HD
    Status:       Online
    Size:         499248103424 B (499.2 GB)
    Free Space:   0 B (0 B)
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    +-< Physical Volume 5239F8A2-7636-4596-8BAC-8715A2D6946A
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    |   Index:    0
    |   Disk:     disk0s2
    |   Status:   Online
    |   Size:     499248103424 B (499.2 GB)
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        Conversion Status:       Converting
        Conversion Direction:    backward
        Has Encrypted Extents:   Yes
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also, if I try this:
$ sudo fdesetup disable
Password:
Error: FileVault is Off.

it says it IS off.
Could someone enlighten me to what exactly is going on, and how do I unstick this process to some kind of understandable status, from which I could safely proceed? (yes I have backups, but I would prefer not to go full reinstall if at all possible)

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Ahhh I was waiting for this one!
I love the mixup with conroy. And yeah, it is a pretty good movie.
i've got a strange feeling he's gonna like spongebob. i never saw the movie either. oh and i like how doodley ended up discrediting the movie too by accident. can't wait for the sonic x and spongebob review!


is that the same for all three models: Nvidia shield tv 2015, Nvidia shield tv 2017, Nvidia shield tv Pro?
So, is that the file for my Nvidia shield tv 2017 16GB model? Just want to make sure I don't brick my shield.
rahjer wrote: When I type "fastboot boot recovery.img" the Shield will reboot, display the " Your device is corrupt. It can't be trusted and may not work properly". Visit this link on another device: g.co/ABH" and then hang at the Nvidia logo and go no farther.
I am at a loss and need some suggestions.
Same issue with my 2017 Shield TV.
Anyone having problems playing Amazon Prime Video in HD and 4K. Even though we have Widevine L1 Prime Video will not play HD. Is there a fix?
Download the correct files from the links in the first post. Dont try to substitute for different versions of the files found elsewhere.
Use a computer monitor to do the flashing do not use a 4K tv. TWRP is not written for a 4K display.
Use the following directions for the 2017 version and follow along with Veronica's youtube video she posted for the 2015 version.
Install Minimal ADB and Fastboot Ensure the Shield Family drivers are extracted somewhere on your system and you know where they are. Extract TWRP Recovery image from the ZIP file rename it to something easy like twrp.img). Put this in your Minimal ADB and Fastboot folder. Copy supersu.zip into your Minimal ADB and Fastboot folder also. Do not extract it. Plug your Shield TV into the PC with a Male to Male USB 3.0 Cable, or if you have a pro you can use the micro usb port. Plug your Shield Controller into the USB port right next to the HDMI cable. The other port will NOT work. Note: If your bootloader is unlocked already, you don't need to do this. Confirm drivers for ADB are installed: On your PC, go to Device Manager. Find the yellow triangle ADB device ,If none exist, you probably already have drivers. Right click the device and select Update Driver if you do have an error. When offered, browse your computer for the driver and point it to the Shield Family Drivers folder you extracted. When finished with the driver install, the yellow triangle device should be gone. Enable Developer mode on Shield TV On the Shield TV, go to Settings- About- Build (click 7 times on BUILD to unlock developer mode) Enable USB Debugging on Shield TV Settings - Developer - Debugging set to On A popup should appear asking for this PC's authorization. Check the Don't ask again for this PC box and select Allow. If it doesn't show up now, it will later. Enable PC connection to Shield TV Go to Settings - Storage & reset i forgot to show this in video Under SHIELD storage access, turn on Using USB.
first we want to unlock the bootloader,Reboot into Bootloader on Shield TV Launch Minimal ADB and Fastboot from the Start Menu or icon.
1) Type adb devices and make sure your Shield TV appears You'll have to authorize the PC before it will show up under adb devices, you will have a popup asking for access. Once you see your Shield TV when you run adb devices you're ready to proceed.
2) Type adb reboot bootloader and hit enter. The Shield TV should reboot into the bootloader screen. On your PC, go to Device Manager. See if a yellow (!) exists that mentions FASTBOOT. If not, continue to unlock bootloader. Right click the device and select Update Driver. When offered, browse your computer for the driver and point it to the Shield Family Drivers folder you extracted in Preparation When finished with the driver install, the (!) yellow device should be gone.
6)Type fastboot devices and make sure your Shield TV is visible. If your Shield TV is listed.
7) type fastboot boot twrp.img If TWRP doesn't boot and the system reboots to Android TV, repeat Step 5 6 and 7 Immeditately after executing Fastboot, unplug the Male to Male USB cable. This will allow TWRP to boot.
Install SuperSU If you did NOT have to remove your cable in Step above: Select Advanced. Select ADB Sideload. Follow the instructions to Swipe to Start Sideload In the Minimal ADB and Fastboot window on your PC.
8) type in adb sideload supersu.zip or whatever you named supersu.zip SuperSU will install (watch the screen). If you DID have to remove the cable, Go to MOUNT Select ENABLE MTP Plug your Male to Male cable back in. Copy SuperSU.ZIP from your computer to the internal storage Go back to the main TWRP menu Select INSTALL SuperSU should appear on your internal storage, swipe to flash that file. Reboot to System Select Reboot System (Answer NO if asked anything about fixing or restoring ROOT) Run SuperSU application and apply any updates. Well Done your Rooted. it could reboot a few times and take a while to boot.
Hey I installed and tried to get your Oreo emulator to work on my windows 10 pc, but it will not start. I followed the readme file, ran the Hardware_Accelerated_Execution_Manager silent_install.bat and then the start emulator.bat. Any ideas??
I do not own shield controller. Is there anyway to recover shield 2017 once it shows your device is corrupt and can't be trusted.
strange, it work on every pc i tested.
That's it, I have an AMD processor. They are not compatible with haxm. Dang it.
@zulu99 Can you say why have my post concerning right click issue has been deleted?


ac in paris in july?
1st 2 weeks of April 2016 - Crete or Sicily?
South of Spain in mid-August with kids.
Traveling with a toddler: Vondelpark or Jordaan?
Looking for a great cooking class in or around Florence.
Paris V: fun stuff, clothes, food, getting around are getting around.
Buying bus tickets in advance?


This species is native to Brazil and we have seen it growing at Macae de Cima in Rio State as a terrestrial; amongst rough grasses at 1200m. In this habitat it needs its long flower spike (about 1.5-2m with us) to hold its large yellow flowers clear of surrounding grass and scrub.
The flowers bloom rather successively on this long spike over several months making this a lovely species to grow.
We grow the species cool and bright in Cool Americas and keep it well watered in the summer when in growth but a little dryer in the winter.


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Pulling Back the Curtain on Race and Wellbeing Treatment
May 11, 2022 Curtain, pulling, race, treatment, wellbeing
Visionaries is a confined sequence that seems at figures who are seeking to transform the way we stay.
Dr. Rachel Hardeman's journey to being familiar with community wellness treatment started in Cuba, where she analyzed medication and general public wellness at the Latin American Faculty of Medicine from 2002 to 2004. "That's truly where I learned not just what community overall health was, but how potent it could be," she reported. "I observed that there's a different design for caring for persons than what we know and what I'd been uncovered to in the United States."
In February 2021, Dr. Hardeman, who is now a reproductive wellness fairness researcher and affiliate professor at the College of Minnesota, established the Heart for Anti-Racism Study for Wellbeing Fairness, which seeks wellness treatment alternatives to the effects of policies and attitudes that work in opposition to men and women of coloration. Dr. Hardeman is the very first to acknowledge that balancing her tutorial function and the centre can be a obstacle. "I experience like I'm building a plane although also traveling the plane," she mentioned. "The do the job just can't stop even though I establish the infrastructure for the centre."
When the topics and facts-driven results of her exploration — survival prices of Black infants who are cared for by Black physicians versus white health professionals following difficult deliveries, for case in point — sometimes garner controversy, Dr. Hardeman believes they are necessary for understanding the Black encounter in the United States.
She has also partnered with the Roots Neighborhood Birth Center in Minneapolis, a person of the initial Black birthing facilities in the United States. Her do the job has proven the big difference that Roots and identical centers can make for both equally mothers and their infants, revealing extra constructive results than lots of medical center units.
Government involvement, Dr. Hardeman reported, is also vital. While she attempts to get congressional guidance, she is major up a function team with the Facilities for Condition Control and Prevention as nicely as the American Higher education of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, in which "we are tasked with establishing a device to help maternal mortality assessment committees discover racism as a contributing factor in maternal fatalities," she said.
Dr. Hardeman hopes to inspire other people to think bigger about insurance policies that hamstring women of all ages of shade, and in switch, to believe of options that defend moms and infants: "We have to be pondering about the complexities of how this all demonstrates up proper to be able to have the influence." (The pursuing job interview has been condensed and edited.)
When and how did you figure out where by you preferred to aim?
At Xavier University of Louisiana, a historically Black college in New Orleans. I was basically on the pre-med route. I talked a great deal about overall health disparities, but I did not have the language for what I was viewing, ideal in just my loved ones and my group and absolutely in New Orleans. Xavier is surrounded by some really lousy and underresourced neighborhoods and a good deal of marginalized folks, and so I realized — even in undergrad I understood — that I was really fascinated in inquiring: How do we adjust this actuality?
And your path to that was via academia?
I went into my Ph.D. software with the intention of having the coaching I wanted to go work for a coverage institute to use proof to notify policy. And someplace alongside the way, I started looking all-around at who I figured out from and who taught me as a doctoral pupil, who was stating the text that I required and required to listen to about racial inequities and health and fitness and who wasn't.
What did you find out from that evaluation?
I understood that as a doctoral university student or in the Faculty of General public Health and fitness that I'd by no means taken a course from anyone who was Black. So I believed to myself, "If not me, then who?" What could my place be in academia? What would that glimpse like? Can I occupy area in academia and nevertheless be legitimate to who I am?
And it appears that you have discovered really a handful of roles that achieve that. Do you really feel as if you have to do it all?
I really feel like you have to be functioning at several areas alongside the spectrum to truly get the get the job done done. It's all relevant, and I'm a massive thinker. I like to consider huge and daring and broadly about this perform and the approaches that it can be connected. So almost everything I do is really intentional. I deeply come to feel the urgency. It's a subject of existence and death.
Do you have any absolutely free time?
[Laughs] I really do not. Get the job done has been truly exciting and crucial simply because we have sounded the alarm on the effects of racism on maternal health and fitness results. Now we're seeking to sort of see how we acquire these info and determine what's happening and these maternal fatalities, so the two of the maternal deaths — mother and kid — are not in vain. Also, statistically, we want to be equipped to, either from a quantitative or a exploration perspective, identify what is going on, and also map out how we intervene.
Does your identification as a Black lady engage in into your emotion as if you need to do every little thing in this room?
You are common with the narrative of Black women of all ages getting on the caregiver part. My daughter and I both have shirts that say "Black girls help save the planet." I imagine that phenomenon is difficult to go away from, primarily when I feel about the Black job designs that came in advance of me who did remarkable things: my mother and both equally my grandmothers, who ended up just outstanding folks who cared for their families and their communities and did what they could to influence adjust in the areas that they had been in. I appear from a spouse and children in which it was very distinct to me from a younger age that to whom significantly is offered, much is expected. I have usually experienced this feeling of responsibility, in addition to just caring deeply about men and women — my people today — and caring deeply about liberation.
With all of that in thoughts, how do you care for you to avert burnout?
In the previous pair of yrs, I have develop into more intentional about self-care. I discovered an remarkable Black female therapist who assists me a good offer. I intentionally get time off to go away with my loved ones. A short while ago, my husband and I booked airfare and we went someplace heat for a few days to take it easy and get some vitamin D, some sunshine. I'm also making an attempt to shift my imagining. I can't clearly show up if I'm not getting care of myself.
I consider it was [the sociologist and New York Times contributing opinion writer] Tressie McMillan Cottom who claimed: "These establishments do not appreciate you or they will not really like you back again. They're nevertheless there to create know-how and generate funds, and you have to identify that you are someone who's encouraging to make that come about. But you really do not owe them anything." This is assistance I will need to take individually. We're all replaceable.
What would you convey to another Black girl who's possibly starting up out in her vocation and feels like she demands to do it all?
I generally want to encourage them to be very clear about why they are there and what they want to do. They also have to make absolutely sure that is what is driving them. I generally say my function in currently being below is to manifest racial justice so that Black women of all ages and women can reside their full greatness and glory that they can obtain and have the prospects for overall health equity. I consider you have to know that and be crystal clear about that to be in a position to be in the house of spaces that I am in and thrive.
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1. to check the gearbox and lubrication parts are adequate and good.
2. Check the power supply voltage: The rated voltage is 380 volts and the error is 10%.
3.check the wiring of the motor and electrical components is secure, the distribution box enclosure must be reliably grounded. The zero line of the power supply must be delivered to the terminal block N in the distribution box. All lines should be properly placed to prevent accidents caused by crushing during operation.
4. start the stirring motor, two half shaft rotation direction should be consistent with the direction indicated by the sign, such as the wrong direction, should change the power wiring.
5. start the rolling field motor to enhance the hopper, hopper lift to the discharge position, it should automatically stop, the bucket door automatically open. When the hopper is in motion, if the motor is de-energized, the brake motor will brake the hopper. If the hopper falls more than 50mm, the braking torque is too small, and the large nut of the brake motor should be adjusted to increase the braking torque.When the hopper descends, it jams in the horizontal ramp and descends to the bottom of the pit. The rope is slightly loose, and the lowering stroke switch acts, and the spooling mechanism stops automatically.
6. start the discharge mechanism, opening and closing the discharge door should be accurately in place. Start the pump to pump water and the water supply system should operate normally.
7. Determine the water supply according to the required mix ratio and adjust the time relay to the corresponding water supply time. Start the stirring motor operation.
8. Close the discharge door, add the required mixture to the hopper, and lift the hopper to run smoothly and freely at any position on the track. If there is a slip phenomenon, it should be put into the pit first, and then adjust the big nut on the brake motor.
After the hopper is raised normally and the brake is reliable, the material is fed into the mixing drum and the water pump is started to supply water to the mixing drum.
9. After 25-35 seconds of stirring, start the discharge gate to discharge.
10. In the above-mentioned test operations, if abnormal conditions are found, the machine should be shut down immediately for inspection, troubleshooting, and then test again until it becomes normal. After the new machine is in operation, the bolts on the lining plate and other places shall be handled, and all the nuts shall be checked and tightened. Lubrication part of the transmission lubrication.


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Coliseo del Boulevard is an indoor arena in Junín, Argentina.  It is primarily used for basketball and is the home arena of the Ciclista.  It holds 2,000 people.

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Basketball venues in Argentina


One account was controlled by Marine Lt. Col. Oliver North, the former National Security Agency deputy who was fired Nov. 25.
Swiss officials said that the other account was held in the names of North, retired Air Force Maj. Gen. Richard V. Secord and Secord's business partner, Iranian-born U.S. businessman Alfred Hakim. They are suspected of having used the accounts to transfer money to support the Nicaraguan rebels, or contras.
The accounts are frozen, but officials at Switzerland's justice department said that, under a 1973 U.S.-Switzerland agreement, they cannot begin the legal process for unsealing the secret bank records for U.S. criminal investigators until the U.S. request is translated into French.
However, one spokesman for the Swiss government in Geneva said a version of the U.S. request in German or Italian or any other official language of Switzerland would suffice.
The U.S. government apparently recognizes that it is responsible for furnishing a translation. In fact, its Dec. 12 letter to the Swiss government said: "A French translation of the request will be provided as soon as it is prepared."
But who is furnishing the translation and why is it taking so long?
"We're not touching any matters relating to this, " said State Department press officer Peter Martinez. "We're saying 'no comment' about everything."
At the Justice Department, spokesman John Russell said: "It is being translated, even as we speak, by the FBI."
Russell acknowledged that a French translation could have been done in a few hours. But, he said, "we have 30 days to get it done."
FBI spokeswoman Susan Schnitzer said she would check. A half-hour later, she said: "We can't get into discussions of exactly what it is we're doing."
Asked whether the FBI was working on a French translation itself or had turned the job over to an independent contractor, she replied: "We do have people here with language capabilities."


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About your Union
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The AMIEU takes this opportunity to introduce itself to you. The AMIEU has a lot to offer its members and we ask you to take a moment to read through our website to discover why the AMIEU is the only Union for anyone working in the meat industry: whether in an abattoir, poultry shed or in the retail sector. When you become a member of the AMIEU, you will join other members in helping to support each other in the workplace. By supporting each other around issues of common concern it becomes easier to respond to the bigger challenges as a collective group.
When we are united in common purpose we can have a much greater influence on our working conditions and our issues will be taken much more seriously.
I strongly encourage you to join the AMIEU today and assist us in protecting your rights at work today and into the future.
Matt Journeaux
QLD BRANCH SECRETARY
History of the AMIEU
Please read an excerpt from a souvenir booklet "100 Years of Struggle & Change" published in 1989 – the AMIEU Queensland Branch's Centenary Year – outlining some of the history of this great and proud Union. A Union, which at the launch of this new website in 2019, is now entering its 130th year!
"100 Years of struggle & change
Long hours and low wages for a six-day week compelled shop butchers to form the Brisbane Butchers Employees Union in late 1888 and early 1889. It quickly found support from butchers in country areas in south Queensland and changed its name to Brisbane District Butchers' Union. It disappeared in the big anti-union onslaught after the defeat of the early nineties.
After several attempts, it was finally revived in 1906. It based itself on the workers in the export industry which had grown and expanded in the preceding decade. A primitive form of unionism already existed in individual meatworks, where workers elected committees to negotiate with the employer for the wages and conditions for the season. By 1910, a state-wide union, covering all sections of the industry, had been built on solid foundations.
This centenary booklet outlines some of the highlights in the growth of the industry and the union. It tells of the struggle against the harsh and gut-wrenching work in primitive conditions and how the workers by solidarity and unity won better conditions. Our union has a proud history.
For over 100 years, AMIEU has protected the industry from falling standards and unfair conditions
From the hardships, the defeats and victories, meatworkers—men and women—have developed a unique form of comradeship and mateship. The democratic form of organisation, which of necessity emerged in the sheds before the union existed, has been jealously preserved.
The pioneers of our union were staunch and true unionists, often beaten, but never conquered. This centenary (1989) year, we honour them and express our deep gratitude for their efforts and sacrifice. Today we enjoy conditions which were won after long and bitter struggles.
This small contribution is dedicated to our pioneers and to record our union's proud past for future generations."
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Home Gay Talk Now India's Historic Vote to Decriminalize Homosexuality Could Actually Help Its Economy
India's Historic Vote to Decriminalize Homosexuality Could Actually Help Its Economy
by Samantha Manzella
India's landmark vote to overturn a colonial-era ban on gay sex isn't just a win for LGBTQ equality. Now, experts say the ruling could have major effects on the South Asian country's economy at large.
International businesses in India and abroad have long noted the links between inclusive policies and a stronger, more competitive local economy, reports Bloomberg. With the anti-gay law now overturned, Indian business owners across the nation are expecting to reap the rewards of the queer community's so-called "Pink Dollar."
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"It will have a massive economic impact," Keshav Suri, an Indian hotelier who joined the fight to challenge the outdated law, told Bloomberg. "Why are we hampering the tourism sector in this country?"
University of Massachusetts Amherst economics professor Lee Badgett, who's studied the issue for World Bank, agrees: "This strongly positive ruling could lead to more open appeals to LGBT consumers in India," he told the news site. "Companies won't have to worry that they'll be criticized for supporting illegal behavior."
According to Badgett's calculations, India has been losing approximately 1.4% of its national output due to the outdated law. Given India's $2.6 trillion economy, that means discriminating against LGBTQ people could have cost the nation some $26 billion per year.
Around the world, countries have witnessed firsthand the positive and negative economic impacts of legislation that affects the LGBTQ community. Earlier this year, Bermuda became the first country to repeal marriage equality after legalizing it, prompting queer tourists to start a #BoycottBermuda campaign on social media.
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Deniz Menekse (ur. 31 maja 1993 roku) – niemiecki zapaśnik walczący w stylu klasycznym. Zajął ósme miejsce na mistrzostwach świata w 2021. Trzynasty w mistrzostwach Europy w 2014. Siódmy na igrzyskach europejskich w 2015. Brązowy medalista mistrzostw świata wojskowych w 2014. Siódmy w Pucharze świata w 2015 roku.

Wicemistrz Niemiec w 2014 i 2015 roku.

Przypisy

Bibliografia
 Dane na stronie Sv-johannis07.de
 Dane na stronie Ringen.de

Niemieccy zapaśnicy
Urodzeni w 1993
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FC Shirak to leave for Krimsk
Gyumri's FC Shirak returned today from a break and started training at Gyumri Football Academy. The training will last for two weeks, reports the football club's press service.
On July 11, Gyumri's football club will leave for the Russian city of Krimsk where it will be in training until July 25.
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Economy|Climate
Will youth climate activists see their pleas answered in 2020?
Though national leaders are gripped by inertia, powerful actors are nudging the needle forward on climate action.
A long list of activist groups, from Earth Uprising to Extinction Rebellion, has put pressure on governments to act on climate [Ben Piven/Al Jazeera]
By Ben Piven
Published On 1 Jan 20201 Jan 2020
Young climate activists commanded the world's attention in 2019, but as the sun rises on a new decade, the jury is out on whether their pleas to global policymakers will translate into concrete action in 2020.
Time magazine's Person of the Year, Swedish teen climate and environmental activist Greta Thunberg, set the tone for the challenge ahead, tweeting on New Year's Eve, "This coming decade humanity will decide its future. Let's make it the best one we can. We have to do the impossible."
With her Fridays for Future climate marches, the focused Scandinavian teenager zeroed in on an idea taking root across the planet: youth cannot trust adults to embrace the facts about greenhouse gas emissions and take meaningful action to combat global warming.
Report after report from the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) shows that without significant reductions in the amount of fossil fuels burned by countries around the globe, average temperatures will continue to rise faster and faster. But many national policymakers continue to be gripped by inertia as they weigh the cost of emissions mitigation against the potential near-term hit to their countries' economic growth.
But not everyone is turning a deaf ear to climate warnings. Powerful actors – from subnational politicians and lawmakers, to sovereign wealth fund managers, to investors and the private sector – are nudging the needle forward on combatting global heating. And 2020 may yet produce an event that prompts national leaders to take stronger action.
Greta Thunberg's appearance at the COP25 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Spain capped a year of relentless advocacy, with observers from around the world fixated on every word from the ecological oracle [Ben Piven/Al Jazeera]
Bright spots in dark days
Activists are calling for a host of measures to pull the planet back from the brink of climate destruction, from cutting back the coal, oil and gas consumed for energy, industry, transportation and buildings, to coastal adaptation, natural resilience and carbon removal.
Yet, from New York City's UN Climate Action Summit in September to Madrid's COP25 gathering in December, delegates of national governments did not commit to an enhanced system for drawing down emissions.
An accord on carbon markets is still a sticking point, as big emitters want to trade credits from the past to get off the hook later. And vulnerable societies are furious that developed nations refuse to enact a loss-and-damage approach so that poor countries need not cover costs for catastrophic consequences of extreme weather.
Carlos Fuller, the lead negotiator for the Alliance of Small Island States, said that the UN climate conference was "a defining moment for us. It must trigger a decade of ambition".
"At this stage, we are being cornered," Fuller added. "We fear having to concede on too many issues."
But there are causes for hope as political parties, corporate executives and ordinary investors tune into dire predictions flagged by scientists.
In the United States, the Green New Deal highlighted inaction by the federal government under Republican President Donald Trump. Though that combination of renewable energy incentives and new jobs has not materialised, subnational actors in the US are ensuring that states and cities uphold the goals of the 2015 Paris climate pact as the White House pulls out.
Former United States Vice President Al Gore is among the members of the political opposition most vocal about maintaining US leadership in the fight against global warming [Ben Piven/Al Jazeera]
Calls for World War II-scale mobilisation have echoed beyond the US, but who will pay for the transition is unclear. And despite objections by climate watchdogs, natural gas continues to be developed as a bridge fuel before enough solar and wind power is generated.
The ambitious European Green Deal in Brussels staked out a new goal for the 28-member European Union bloc to become climate-neutral by 2050. And after victories this year at the ballot box, greener authorities from sunny Spain to thousands of city halls across the planet are implementing better policies.
The language for describing the climate emergency in the media has also evolved, responding to the gravity of the situation and the unsustainable rate of human consumption.
Pushing the needle
Amazon and other large companies continue to receive criticism from investors about their carbon footprints. Asset managers such as BlackRock have been targeted by the socially responsible investment community for failure to divest from fossil fuels.
Nevertheless, impact investment is exploding, with a strong emphasis on solving climate problems. And Norway's enormous sovereign wealth fund, among others, has taken bold stances against oil project financing and deforestation in Brazil.
In the private sector, hundreds of firms are pledging to meet science-based targets, while big purchasers demand that their suppliers use electricity from cleaner sources.
Paul Simpson, CEO of CDP, said that "630 institutional investors managing $37 trillion in assets called on governments to upgrade their national plans."
"Political leaders can and should take confidence from the groundswell of business action," he added. "But so far, their response has not been commensurate with what is needed."
Even so, many analysts say money is the bottom line as bulging populations take advantage of cheap and plentiful energy, while carbon pricing schemes have yet to win over hearts and minds.
Although many climate experts know what should be done, the best way to expedite change is up for debate [Ben Piven/Al Jazeera]
Three possibilities could force the hands of global decision-makers, however.
If a climate-driven "act of God" sets off a true financial crisis – with insurance firms unable to stay afloat after unprecedented wildfires and cyclones – political leaders could respond in kind.
A major technological breakthrough in renewable energy storage or geoengineering may bring down the cost of switching from fossil fuels to sustainable energy.
And strategic rivalries, such as competition between China and the US, could catalyse domestic moonshot projects.
In the run-up to COP26 in Glasgow this year, climate activists hope that world leaders will seek – and take – advice from their young guiding stars on how best to move forward.


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Kylie Minogue to headline BBC's Proms In The Park
Jamie Crossan Apr 28, 2012 6:07 pm BST
Pop singer will play orchestral gig at London's Hyde Park
Kylie Minogue is to play a special headline slot at BBC's Proms In The Park on September 8.
The 'Can't Get You Out Of My Head' singer will be backed by the BBC Concert Orchestra at the show in London's Hyde Park, with support from classical group Il Divo and tenor Alfie Boe.
Minogue's Proms concert is part of her 25-year anniversary celebrations and the show will see the Australian singer's songs be re-interpreted with orchestral arrangements.
You can watch Kylie Minogue's re-worked, orchestral version of 'On A Night Like This', taken from last year's Abbey Road Sessions, by scrolling down the page and clicking.
Speaking about her Proms show, Minogue said: "I'm delighted to be performing at one of the UK's most outstanding nights of the musical calendar. To sing in front of thousands of people whilst being accompanied by the legendary BBC Concert Orchestra in such a special year is truly a dream come true."
In December last year, Minogue's 2001 single 'Can't Get You Out Of My Head' was named as the most-played song of the last 10 years.
The track came top of PRS For Music's poll after receiving the most airplay and live covers over the past decade, beating competition from Britney Spears' 'Toxic' and Robbie Williams' 'Angels'.
Written by performer turned songwriter Cathy Dennis, 'Can't Get You Out Of My Head' was originally turned down by S Club 7 and Sophie Ellis-Bextor before being picked up as the lead single for Kylie's 2001 album 'Fever'.
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The Long Song is a three-part BBC television serial, which is an adaptation of Andrea Levy's The Long Song, a 2010 historical novel.

Produced by Heyday Television, its three episodes were adapted by Sarah Williams and directed by Mahalia Belo. It premiered on BBC One on 18 December 2018 and aired in the US on PBS on January 31, 2021 as part of the network's long-running series Masterpiece.

Synopsis
The story is set in early-nineteenth-century colonial Jamaica, focusing on the final years of slavery on the island, including the Christmas Rebellion of 1831, and the transition to freedom that took place after its abolition in 1833. It follows the life of July (Tamara Lawrance), an enslaved woman on a sugarcane plantation. The adaptation explores many of the novel's themes, including colonialism, slavery, racism, violence and love.

Cast
Tamara Lawrance plays July, the series' main character. Hayley Atwell plays Caroline Mortimer, the owner of the plantation, who eventually marries an idealistic overseer, Robert Goodwin (Jack Lowden). The cast also included Jordan Bolger, Sharon Duncan-Brewster, Gordon Brown, Ayesha Antoine, Leo Bill, Lenny Henry, and Madeleine Mantock in supporting roles.

Reviews
It received generally favourable reviews from critics. The Guardians Lucy Mangan awarded it four stars out of five, calling it "a beautiful, moving, horrifying adaption of [July's] unsimple tale, that honours the source and its subject." The Independent offered similar praise in a four-out-of-five-star review, which called it a "moving reminder of the cruelty of slavery." Stuart McGurk in GQ praised the acting, characterisation and story, but found the narration distracting and unnecessary. For a review in The Radio Times, Eleanor Bley Griffiths concluded that "With wonderful acting from Lawrance and Atwell, a brilliant story from Andrea Levy, and sensitive screenwriting from Sarah Williams, this drama may be airing right at the end of the year—but it truly deserves a spot on the list of best dramas of 2018."

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Lease Assignment meeting, 8.30am, Friday 23 December 2012
People present
Review of the Deed of Assignment
Signing of the Deed of Assignment
Daniel Harmsworth (DH), Chairperson, authorised to sign on behalf of the Artifactory (Assignee)
Peter Dreisiger (PD), Secretary, authorised to sign on behalf of the Artifactory (Assignee)
Jason Muirhead (JM), Treasurer
Andrew Wheatley (AW), Assignor
George Mantovani (GM), Prime Property Agency
Don Kolichis (DK), representing the owners
Dropping the need for guarantors: as a result of prior discussions between the Artifactory and the DK, the need for guarantors has been replaced by a $6,000 bond
Section 11: Costs and Expenses which reads "the Lessor's costs, charges and expenses incurred in connection with the negotiation, preparation, execution and stamping of this Deed shall be borne by the Assignee and must be paid on or before the Date of Assignment": upon GM and DK's confirmation that no charges were incurred, the Artifactory asked that this clause be omitted from the deed
Section 13.1: Special Conditions: this clause currently says that the assignee (the Artifactory) needs to pay all outstanding monies and the legal costs associated with the preparation of the deed; it was agreed that this should read the assignor (Andrew Wheatley)
AW raised the issue of the chattel as something that needs to be resolved before he will sign the deed
AW indicated that the chattel consisted of all of the office spaces and the air-conditioning plant, and that he had the tax invoices to substantiate the material and installation costs
The Artifactory indicated that this issue could have been raised prior to the signing meeting, but that it would be willing to negotiate on the value and payment options for the purchase of the chattel
The Artifactory committee members present also indicated that they would not be able to authorise any payment without the approval of the wider membership base
DK noted that the owners do not want to keep the additional structures, and that the last tenants who wish to use these structures will also be responsible for the removal costs
The Artifactory indicated that there has been some conflicting information about who has paid for what, and that this will need to be resolved during negotiations
The Artifactory also indicated that, whilst convenient, the chattel are not essential to what we do, and in determining their monetary value to us, we will be taking their utility, depreciation, current labour costs and costs of removal into account
DK and GM indicated that they are happy for the Artifactory to continue to occupy the space while negotiations take place
DK and GM also indicated that the Artifactory may hold onto the rental dues until the deed of assignment is signed
DK and GM indicated that a negotiation period lasting until late January would be acceptable
With the deed of assignment unsigned, DK and GM agreed to defer the assignment to allow AW and the Artifactory to negotiate about the chattel
The Artifactory and AW will meet on the evening of Wednesday the 28th of December to begin negotiations (time to be confirmed)
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Mary Lou McDonaldová (* 1. květen 1969) je irská politička ze strany Sinn Féin, která byla v únoru 2018 jmenována prezidentkou Sinn Féin. McDonaldová byla členkou irského parlamentu od roku 2011 za centrální Dublin. V letech 2009 až 2018 sloužila pod Gerry Adamsem jako viceprezidenta Sinn Féin, kterou v letech 2004 až 2009 zastupovala jako europoslankyně.

Původně byla členkou strany Fianna Fáil, kterou opustila v roce 1998.

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Home English The Oromo Demand: The Removal of Statues of Menelik II
The Oromo Demand: The Removal of Statues of Menelik II
By Leenjiso Horo, July 5, 2020
Today in the United States of America, the statues of confederate leaders that refused to free slaves were toppled, and the Confederate flag was band. This should be the fate of Menelik II and Haile Selassie statues in Oromiyaa. Here below are the removed statues of the confederate.
Statue of Jefferson David General Thomas Stonewall Jackson
State of General Robert E. Lee State of Silent Sam
The statues of confederate leaders of South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Texas, Virginia, Arkansas, North Carolina and Tennessee were removed because they are offensive and racist symbols of America's dark
legacy of slavery. Among the 114 toppled statues are the statues of Jefferson David, the president of the Confederate, General Thomas Stonewall Jackson, General Robert E. Lee, and silent Sam and others. After slavery was abolished in the United States, the confederate state still held slaves. In the Confederate, the enslaved persons were continuously treated as properties and could be bought, sold, or given away. The American civil war was fought to free the slaves. Finally, the Confederate state was defeated. Shortly after the defeat of the confederacy and the conclusion of the American war, Abyssinian king Menelik II began war of conquest of the Oromo people and other peoples in the south.
Consequently, Emperor Menelik II was the first known African for the extermination of millions of people in history, the Oromo people. His viciousness to annihilate such millions of human beings was unparalleled in history before Adolf Hitler. Now, he is second to Hitler in the world but still stands first in Africa. For this reason, his statue symbolizes his evil did, his barbarism, his destruction of human life, his vicious conquest and colonization of territories and peoples, his crimes of genocide against the Oromo people and peoples of the south, and their enslavement. It stands for fraud, fabrication, fiction, and Abyssinian supremacy in conquest memory. In addition, it stands for his commodification of human beings into commodities in his slave trade. The man who committed, mutilated breasts of Oromo women and hands of men and a known slave trader does not deserve a statue. For this reason, his statue must be torn down, dismantled, and removed from Oromiyaa.
Statue of Menelik II erected by Emperor Haile Selassie
Instead, it must be replaced by statues of the greatest Oromo heroes and heroines of the time: Tufa Muna, Leenjiso Diiga, and Bakar Waare and with statues of the Oromo Children who were his victims of slavery.
Here are the faces of Oromo children: boys and girls who were hunted and captured by Menelik II of Abyssinia during his raids in the wars of conquest and sold into slavery to pay for guns and modern ammunitions imported from Europeans.
Here are also the faces of captured children from other nations and nationalities in the south by Menelik II during his raid and sold into slavery.
The destruction and removal of the statue of Menelik II are necessary for the very simple reason that the crime Menelik II committed is too painful for the collective memory of the Oromo people and other peoples in the south. And yet, PM Abiy Ahmed and his party (PP), admired, adored, exalted, venerated, and glorified this evil man and erected a statue for him in Finfinnee, the heartland of Oromiyaa.
This action of Prime Minister and his party is an approval, a legitimization, and justification of Menelik's crimes against the Oromo people. We do not need the Menelik statue, the Hitler statue, in our land and city. Unfortunately, for the Abyssinians, it is hard to understand the tragic and violent history that their kings Menelik and Haile Selassie committed against the Oromo people and other peoples in the south. Hence, the Abyssinians have failed to apologize for the actions of their kings. Instead, they have been and are venerating their fascist leaders' genocidal actions against peoples as heroic deed.
Statues of Menelik II and Haile Selassie I erected by PM Abiy Ahmed
Even though, Menelik II ranked second to Adolf Hitler in genocidal mass extermination, he stands first for his vicious brutality and notoriety in history for the mutilating of breasts of Oromo women and the hands of men and boys at Aanole. At the same time, as an emperor, Menelik II- the warlord, also stands first to none in world history for "commodification" and selling of human beings as property.
Despite the emperor's war crimes, extermination, and genocide against the Oromo people, Abiy Ahmed, the PM of Ethiopian Empire and the aspirant to be another emperor, is the admirer of Menelik II as Emperor Haile Selassie before him. PM Abiy Ahmed put new clothing on Menelik, the warlord, a well-known slave trader. In the words of historian Harold Marcus, Menelik II was "Ethiopia's greatest slave entrepreneur" in history and reported to have had personally owned 70,000 slaves. Menelik II was the first Abyssinian warlord king engaged in the commodification of human beings. He sold these human beings in slave markets as
commodities to pay for his imported modern weaponry-guns and ammunition in waging his wars of the conquests of nations and nationalities, and territories in the South.
Knowing all these, PM Abiy Ahmed has organized and systematically campaigned to glorify the image of Menelik II, to whom the Oromo people were and still are the victims of his military campaigns and crimes of genocide. His armies in committing mass atrocities, murders, and extermination, reduced the Oromo population to a half. His crimes of mutilations of breasts of Oromo women, and the right hands of men and boys at Aanole, and the extermination at Chalanqo and Azule are the standing witness today.
The similarity between Abiy Ahmed and Haile Selassie is striking. As soon as he became King in 1930, Haile Selassie immediately erected a statue of Menelik II at the city center in Finfinnee. Following this, the eviction of Oromo from Central Oromiyaa and land robbery were implemented. With this, the waves of Abyssinians immigration into and across Oromiyaa for settlement on the occupied land was high rocketed. With these, the land alienation and dispossession of the Oromo people from their lands have become the standing policy of the successive Ethiopian empire rulers. With this, The Oromo people left landless and became tenants on the land belonged to them, in their own country.
Following in Haile Selassie's footsteps PM Abiy Ahmed, the aspirant to be the seventh emperor, as soon as he became PM, he erected a statue for Menelik II in the Imperial Grand Palace compound close to his own heart. Named it a "Unity Park." Having done this, he created the Prosperity Party (PP), a party that he believes may enable him to fulfill his wishes to be a king. This Party is today, undertaking a war campaign of extermination of the Oromo people in the style of Menelik II, killing women, infants, children, and elders and burning homes and villages, combined with the style of that of Haile Selassie. In the words of George Santayana, "Those who fail to learn from history are condemned to repeat it." Indeed, this statement is truer than ever before. PM Abiy Ahmed and his party's conducting wars and crimes against humanity and erected statues of Menelik II and Haile Selassie in Oromiyaa is a failure of learning from history. For this Abiy Ahmed is repeating the crimes of Menelik and Haile Selassie all over again, against the Oromo people.
Throughout the conquest of Oromiyaa to date, genocide has been committed against the Oromo people by the successive Abyssinian regimes. Such genocide had been committed throughout history in other parts of the world. Here, what is to be understood is this. Before taking any action to commit genocide, the perpetrators must have to establish the conditions for it. The dehumanization, devaluing, and demonization of the image of the victims are the conditions. Here, the perpetrators must have to dehumanize, devalue, and demonize the image of the targeted people. That is categorizing the targeted people as a subhuman creature to rationalize, to justify, and legitimize their acts of destruction of the targeted people. The purpose of these conditions is and has been to erase any human relationship between perpetrators and their victims. That means the perpetrators do not feel or have any human sympathy for those people suffering at their hands, in their extermination actions. In Oromiyaa, such had been happening to the Oromo people under the successive Abyssinian settler colonizer regimes during the feudal rules of the Ethiopian empire from Menelik II to Haile Selassie. And yet still today, continuing at full strength or intensity.
For instance, the successive Abyssinian colonialist rulers of Oromiyaa from late 1800s to 1974, attached a derogatory name "Galla" to the Oromo people. This word means "aramane" in the Amharic dictionary. In the English language, it means "infidel" or "heathen." Using this dehumanizing, devaluing, and demonizing pejorative name, Menelik II of Abyssinia exterminated 5 million Oromo out of the total population of 10 million and mutilated breasts of Oromo women and the rights hands of men at Aanole. His and his successors, the neo-Nafxanyas and army used to boast "Galla gaday" with excessive pride and self-satisfaction as it exterminates the Oromo population. The Abyssinians have been using the phrase "Galla gaday" as a slogan for over a century to date. "Galla gaday" means killer of "infidels." They had been using this derogatory name in killing any Oromo individual or group. Similarly, in 1915, Ottoman Turkey attached the name "infidels" to the Armenians. With this name, 1.5 million Armenians were exterminated, out of total population of 2 million.
Nazi Germany considered Jews a "subhuman" and compared them to "rats," "lice," and "maggots." Using this name as a pretext, Nazi Germany exterminated 6 million Jewish. In 1994, in Rwanda, Hutus referred to Tutsi as "cockroaches" and "snakes", and using these names as the pretext, exterminated over 800,000 to a million Tutsis in three months. The European settler colonizers of North America referred to the American Native Indians as "vermin," "nets," and "wolves in the human form." Using these dehumanizing names as a pretext, they reduced the population of Native Americans by 90% out of 125 million. Not only this, but the term "negro" with a racist connotation was also used against African Americans in dying them full humanness, making conditions for their lynching, murdering, socially isolating, and discriminating.
From 1991 to 2018, TPLF attached the name "terrorists," and "flies" to the Oromo people who want their freedom and liberation. Under this name, hundreds of thousands of Oromo nationals killed; hundreds of thousands disappeared; hundreds of thousand put in concentration camps, a tenth of thousands physically and mentally incapacitated. Today, the Prosperity Party (PP) is repeating what its predecessor, the TPLF, had been doing. Like its predecessor, from 2019 to date, the Prosperity Party (PP) has attached the name "Shane" representing it as a derogatory term to any Oromo whom it does not agree with within the political discourse.
As a consequence, PP has been falsely using "Shane" as a pretext in its viciously and violently killings, exterminating, committing crimes against Oromo humanity, making disappearances, maiming, and the jailing of the Oromo people in more extensive, in scale and intensity than that of its predecessor, the TPLF. The name Shane is not derogatory. It means the executive committee. The Oromo nationalist and the Oromo people should not fall victim to propaganda of the Oromo enemies, neo-Gobanas and to its mater the neo-Nafxanyas. Every Oromo should stand shoulder-to-shoulder with Shane to fight against the common enemies of Oromo struggle for independence. Political difference can be resolved through discussion. But killing each other only serves the enemy.
Needless to say, for a century and a half, the successive Ethiopian colonial regimes had tried, yet failed to impose Ethiopia as a single artificial national identity on nations, nationalities, and peoples and attempted to make Menelik II as a hero. Today, the same failed policy is picked up by PM Abiy Ahmed and his party in the name of "medemer" (synergy) and erected a new statue for Menelik II to try to impose on the Oromo people and other peoples. The fact is the Oromo people have already rejected it.
Now, let us face the truth. The truth is as to who erected statues of Menelik II and Haile Selassie. The truth is this. It is the neo-Nafxanyas/riflemen and neo-Gobanas/traitors in unity who erected these two statues. The Neo-Gobanas are the brainchild of the TPLF and the TPLF entrusted them to the guardianship of the neo-Nafxanyas. Now, the neo-Gobanas are under the direction and guidance of neo-Nafxanyas. With the direction of neo-Nafxanyas, the neo-Gobanas have become the
Master of deception and manipulation. They deceived and fooled the Oromo people at every level. They came to Oromo, wearing Abba Gadaas' and Ilmaan Gadaas' clothing. However, inside the clothing are neo-Gobanas sitting on neo-Nafxanyas' lap taking orders from them. Failing to recognize this, the Oromo people at all levels danced, clapped their hands singing "ijoollee Abbaa Gadaa", hugged them, and opened their hearts and minds to these evils. The fact is, inside the clothing hiding their intentions gives neo-Nafxanyas the chance to manipulate the Oromo people to advance their own agenda. They had hidden agendas. Their hidden agendas were the erecting of statues of Menelik II and Haile Selassie and the extermination of the Oromo people. The erections of the statues of Menelik II and Haile Selassie were already accomplished and now, their war of genocidal extermination of the Oromo people is underway.
Sadly enough, the Oromo people are looking on their outside at "Abbaa Gadaa's clothing," failing to see their inside clothing were wolfish neo-Nafxanyas. Neo-Nafxanyas and neo-Gobanas of today are not the same as their predecessors. Both are cleverer than their predecessor. For this, both are able to disguise themselves as "Ilmaan Abbaa Gada" meaning 'children of Abbaa Gadaas' to deceive and fool the Oromo people. This political tactic served them well and so deceived the Oromo people. The fact is, both neo-Nafxanyas and neo-Gobanas share the same commitment to the empire. The truth is neo-Nafxanyas are inside the neo-Gobanas and Vice versa.
Today as ever before, along with Abyssinians there are some Oromo nationals, the neo-Gobanas, the traitors to Oromiyaa and its people as their predecessors were. For years, they have turned their backs on the Oromo people and on the sacrifices of their ancestors in the War of liberation and Independence of Oromiyaa. They have been working hand-in-hand with the Neo-Nafxanyas/riflemen to destroy their own nation to defend the interests of settler colonizers and their aspiration to control Oromiyaa. They have the same shared commitment with Neo-Nafxanyas. Today, these neo-Gobanas are fighting in the name of federalism" and "democracy' to maintain the settler-colonial empire of Menelik. This is another reason for the removal of the statue. It is time to tear down and remove this statue along with the Ethiopian empire flag from Oromiyaa soil since both are symbols of occupation, colonization, repression, exploitation, intolerance, violence, atrocities, and hate that inspired their attempt to destroy the Oromo nation.
A way forward
We have seen the crimes of successive Abyssinian colonial regimes and the crime committed throughout the world. So now, the question remains as to what we must have to do.
Today, the United States of America set an example for the rest of the world by removing the statues of Confederate leaders those that committed crimes against humanity, against African Americans and Native American populations. Long before American people, the Oromo people had been demanding the removal of the statue of Menelik II for years for the genocidal crimes he committed against them, but to no avail. Now, it is time for the Oromo people to use the United States example to intensify their demand for the removal of statues of both Menelik II and Haile Selassie I from Oromiyaa soil. And for this, it is time for the immediate organization and mobilization of Oromo people against these statues being in Oromiyaa.
Furthermore, it is time again that the Oromo people actively oppose the policy of this regime; actively fight against it with all available means, and it is time to collectively stand together in defense of ourselves and our country. It means to unite for the struggle for total independence of Oromiyaa. Here is the standing truth; no political organizations fighting for the independence of their country, either through peaceful means or armed liberation struggle would ever expect their goal of liberation to be realized or come to fruition while at the same time working with settler-colonists. So, the Oromo political organizations and activists should understand this truth. And hence, it is time to abandon the futile debate about centralist vs federalist political models that maintains the colonial empire. The fact is neither the maintenance, democratization, nor federalization of an empire is possible. And so, it goes without saying that the Ethiopian empire cannot be maintained, democratized or federalized. Therefore, it is time for those who naively believe in it to come to their senses and renounce or relinquish the unattainable idea.
With unity anything is possible!
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Ebissa July 19, 2020 At 6:19 pm
Free my Father and mother land!
Liya Mulu November 22, 2020 At 4:26 pm
From the 1500, before or after Oromo expansion? Minilik was not against Oromo people. He was against anyone who did not agree with his rein. The first people he fought was gojjam. His people are Shewa, including Stewart Oromo
SamiraAhmed July 20, 2020 At 4:19 am
Minilik Status must remove from oromia he was genocides our people.Minilk is Hitler of Africa
Mekonnen Debela August 8, 2020 At 9:17 am
It truly troubling to see incoherent rambling being passed off as reporting. The comment section of this "article" are a testament to the level of ignorance and distinct lack of logic, or Grammer for that matter. Dr. Negaso Gidada, authored many works regarding the Oromo's and is a respected intellectual on this topic. But rather than referencing impactful histotical authors you default to works of fiction by the Eritrean Tesfaye Gebre-ab.
The Oromo migration/ expansion brutally wiped out 27 aboriginal tribes, through their barbaric ways; perhaps you should also discuss these great atrocities? Or without having to look too far in the past: wouls you care to discuss the current Oromo murderers that loot the poor and cut down pregnant mothers in front of their children? Your brutal violence has been viewed the world over, and you have shamed our country and my people.
Your tantrum about Menelik, shows the deep rooted and unsubstantiated hatred to a man that gave you, and the greater Ethiopian people, the privilege of maintaining our history, culture and way of being. Your revisionist history is a regressive sentiment that only seeks to hold back a progressing nation. Ethiopia will March forward, feel free to go back from which you came from. "Cutting if breasts", absolute nonsense.
Proud Ethiopian-Oromo
Kedir Yusuf July 30, 2020 At 9:20 am
Yes Removed Menelik Statues from Oromia because he was Genocides on our Peoples and the number one slavest' interpreter of the world
and cause of assassination of iconic Oromo Artist Hachaaluu Hundessa and more than 250 peoples killed by PM Abiy Ahmed security force Oromia Ethiopia.
Kaleab Tewahido October 3, 2020 At 5:46 am
First of all Comparing Adolf Hitler with Emperor Menelik
is exactly what a sped would do. And I really recommend you to read further cause your defnition of "Galla" is no where close to the real meaning, "Galla" means free men and that is what the Oromo are. Slave trading was present in Ethiopia since 1495 BC. And in case you didn't "Abyssinia" includes Oromia. Every single word you wrote in this article wasn't backed by any historical facts or evidence, as a blogger you should corroborate while writing an article that may cause conflict between people let alone a civil war. And for those of you in the comments that are demanding the removal of the statue, it upsets me that you'll die without seeing that happen, believe me not even your grand children will witness that. And most of you in the comments, based on your english and comments I don't you even understood the article well. Menelik didn't do anything that you said he did, next time read before you embarrass yourselves like this.I love the oromo people and every single Ethiopian there is but if you are racist and a retard at the same time like jawar and the others you'll end up like them.
Mekonnen Debela
Thank you for that extraordinary comment, it pleases me to know that there are still people like you, it gives hope
I'm a 17 year old boy from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
If anyone has a comment or even an insult I'd be glad to hear it, here's my email
SickPitstyle@gmail.com
chaltu keder October 3, 2020 At 10:05 am
hey Oromo extremists i have read it like a fairytale. you people talk like u have suffered more than the israel peoples. and when i see the comments ahhhh i really see that u dont even know a thing called "reading book" i know i was like like u guys before reading books and searching for evidences . believe me you will be angry cause u find nothing. ok let us talk about the battle of chelenko many oromo extremists say menilik killed 5 million oromo. you will realize it is nonsense when you see data even the
the nuclear bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki killed 80,000 people so if u want the truth read read and read.
Atom Supernova November 11, 2020 At 11:20 am
How can Menelik II be second to Hitler when King Leopold of Belgium was responsible for the deaths of 10-15 million Congolese Africans? That number far exceeds Hitler's death toll in Germany. Get your facts straight.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?index=2&list=PL5fz2bcAXuBla7iAIXZoSbaYk7lzkao7I&v=dTq6Hhkpw2s
Leopold II, the BBC noted, ruled over what was called the Belgian Congo in ways "so bloody it was eventually condemned by other European colonialists in 1908—but it has taken far longer to come under scrutiny at home."
The reason for some reticence is because all European countries and the United States are implicated in his atrocities. Leopold's man at the 1884 Berlin Conference much of his life masqueraded as a U.S. citizen. Explorer Henry Morton Stanley, working for Leopold, was the only conference participant who had actually done extensive research by traveling to the area of Africa his boss wanted to take sole ownership of.
Leopold first persuaded the United States to sign on with the help of the American entrepreneur, and former minister to Belgium, Gen. Henry Shelton Sanford. Then, he convinced all the major nations of Western Europe to recognize a huge swath of Central Africa—roughly the same territory as the modern-day Democratic Republic of the Congo—as his employer's personal property. It was called État Indépendant du Congo, the Congo Free State. It was the world's only private colony, and Leopold referred to himself as its "proprietor."
"Leopold II, despite never stepping foot in the country, privately owned the Congo for two decades and was criticized during his lifetime for the cruel policies that were implemented there that historians say resulted in the deaths of upwards of 10 million Congolese people."
If the State of Israel has and continues to receive reparations from Germany and is the largest recipient of American largess, why isn't the Democratic Republic of Congo receiving reparations for the brutal treatment, slave labor and deaths of over 10 million of its citizens? In addition, there is the 20-year rape and plunder of its natural and mineral resources by Leopold that the world benefited from.
Slave trading was present in Ethiopia since 1495 BC. And in case you didn't "Abyssinia" includes Oromia.
Ethiopia November 14, 2020 At 8:26 pm
This is such propaganda and revisionist history.


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