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After viral video, Assam rapper asks: 'If artistes don't question govt, who will?'
After viral video, Assam rapper asks: 'If artistes don't question govt, who will?'
With the Citizenship Bill likely to be passed soon, 24-year-old rapper from Assam Rahul Rajkhowa is worried about the future of his state. Last week, he wrote a song about it.
Written by Tora Agarwala | Guwahati | Updated: February 11, 2019 12:02:42 pm
Rahul Rajkhowa — who specialises in the HipHop and RnB genres — has been creating "socially-relevant" music since 2017
In a video now viral on the internet, Assam boy Rahul Rajkhowa, in his own words, "gets straight to the point": the Citizenship Amendment Bill, an issue recently dominating all kind discourses in Assam, and the Northeast. "Go on pass the Bill, Watch thousands kill in your name, Cause to you this is just a game," raps the 24-year-old singer-songwriter based in Bengaluru.
Uploaded on Youtube on January 30, Rajkhowa wrote the lyrics to "Rap against Citizenship Amendment Bill" earlier that same afternoon. "The current situation was getting to me. I couldn't sit in peace," he says. So the young musician went straight to his bedroom in his home in Guwahati, took out his cellphone and began recording. "I probably could have spent more money by making a proper video. But that's not the point — I wanted to tell others out there that anyone can do this, if they wanted to be heard, if they wanted to make a difference."
For his part Rajkhowa — who specialises in the HipHop and RnB genres — has been creating "socially-relevant" music since 2017, ever since he was a student at the Jawaharlal Nehru University in Delhi. Back then he sang about the administration's decision to cut over 80 percent seats in the MPhil and PhD admissions.
In his song about the Bill, Rajkhowa calls out the "bhakts" for their ignorance: "Ya'll are like dumb sheep there's way too many; You wanted more like you so you sacrifice my NE." "I have travelled through out Northeast for my gigs. I have been to the most pristine locations for my videos. And everything is getting ruined because there are simply so many settlements courtesy the influx of population," says Rajkhowa, adding "One can't help but worry about the future of Assam."
In the week, the video has been shared over a thousand times on various social media platforms. However, it has received its fair share of backlash too. "I get hate mail on Twitter. People write to me saying the most absurd things — 'Northeast does not understand Indian politics, Northeast requires more Hindus because no one there can speak Hindi,' among others," says Rajkhowa, "Someone even said I do not understand the 'benefits' of the Bill. Even on humanitarian grounds — what benefits are these when the Bill is leaving out one religious community?"
The Citizenship Amendment Bill, passed by the Lok Sabha on January 9, seeks to provide citizenship to six religious minority communities (excluding Muslims) from three countries: Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan. While the Bill is pending in the Rajya Sabha, there have been widespread protests throughout Northeast — a region that has been dealing with the influx of migrants at the risk of decimating their own indigenous population — against it.
In the past month, other musicians from the region — popular Assamese singer Zubeen Garg and Manipur musician Akhu Chingambam — have also come out with songs against the Bill. "I saw Zubeen Garg's song and that inspired me. His was in Assamese and appreciated by the people here. I thought of doing mine in English so that it reaches audiences outside Assam too. We need to fight this together," he says.
While many people outside Assam have reached out to Rajkhowa praising him, his critics are mostly BJP supporters, he says. "Some have told me on Twitter: This kid does not understand Indian politics." Rajkhowa says he is not anti or pro any political party. "As artistes, if we do not question the government, who will? History has shown that music has the power to stop wars and start revolutions. I am trying to do my bit," he says.
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Congratulations to the Barrow Runners Mixed Team who were Runners Up in Division 3 of the Leicestershire Road Running League. The fastest 4 men and 4 women for Barrow in each race score points for the team and we scored maximum points in 5 out of the 9 races! The league gave us 8 trophies to award to members for their participation at the league races and their performance towards our points total, so well done to: Karen Bell, Paul Bentley, Mike Coltherd, Vicky Elston, Richard Keep, Liam King, Lucie Nagar & Caroline Richardson.
Excellent running by Ben Plummer in the Edwinstowe Trail 10k saw him come 1st overall in 35:08. There was a strong Barrow contingent at Evesham Parkrun lead by Kristie Matthiae who was 1st Female. Monique Raaijmakers and Dave Phillipson were also 1st in their age categories, and Andrew Price was 3rd in his category - well done all!
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Do you love playing online games on your smartphone? If yes then here we have the best-augmented reality games for your android or iPhone. The trend of online and mobile phone gaming has been changed a lot and AR games are the future of gaming.
Augmented reality and virtual reality are the new technologies that have totally changed our viewing and interacting experience.
Augmented reality games are still a new concept that came into reality after the Pokemon Go game which was the first best AR game. Most of the augmented reality games are still proof of concept and time killer style games.
Google is also taking interest in the AR gaming industry because of its new projects, interests, and ARCore. We will definitely see a boom in the AR games industry in the near future.
Pokemon Go was a game-changer in the AR game development in the year 2018, people were mad to play that game. So let's see the best-augmented reality games for android you can download and play on your smartphone.
Best Augmented Reality Games for Android and iOS
1 - Egg Inc
It is basically a farming game. You build a farm here, collect resources, and upgrade them. We can say that it is similar to clash of clans. There are few AR elements within the game and it uses Google's ARCore. To play this game your device should support ARCore for the AR stuff.
Available for - Android(free)
2 - Ghostbusters World
Ghostbusters is one other AR game like Pokemon Go. Players have to catch the ghosts from the real world. You collect the ghosts, battle them, and upgrade/level them up. It has a variety of characters(ghosts) from the movies and a bunch of social elements. You must try this app once.
3 - Harry Potter - Wizards Unite
It is the latest Augmented reality game available in the market somewhere similar to pokemon go. Players walk in the real world and collect things and do battle with the foes. Players deal with calamity who have wizards everywhere. You will find the characters from the series inside the game and can choose one of them which is your favorite.
4 - Pokemon Go
The 1st augmented reality game changed the AR industry totally. It was the legendary project by Niantic. Pokemon go is an adventure type mobile game in which you have to catch pokemon and battle with others.
Available for - Android and iOS(free)
5 - Sharks in the Park
A game developed by Geo AR is an amazing AR game for children and adults. In a few seconds, you can turn your garden or city into a world of extraordinary animals and landscapes. You can create your own fairy tale or have an opportunity to open the door to the beautiful places.
6 - Dark - Subject One
It is a short adventure game with a dark plot which is happening at your home. Tear the riff off to step into a parallel world where you will be the subject in the game. You will get a mission to find someone, explore and find clues to uncover the mystery.
Augmented Reality Shooting Games
Most people love to play shooting games. Shooters are considered to be the most popular game in the world. Millions of people are fans of Counterstrike, Call of duty, and the trending one Pubg. The AR changed the way of playing shooting games, you can now fight and face enemies in the real world.
7 - Zombie Go
Zombie games are also popular with youngsters and children. Zombie go is an example of an outstanding Augmented reality shooter game. It brings zombies into the real world. As a player, you walk from your home, school, or park and you will see that a lot of zombies will pop up every second. Let's start the action, fight with them, and kill them with weapons.
8 - Zombies Run
It is another zombie AR shooting game, which will turn your morning jog into an adventure. You have to protect yourself from the zombies and survive in the city. Listen to music and different narrations in your headphones. The main aim of the game is to complete the missions through walking and running. You have to collect items and run from zombies chasing you. It is a perfect AR game for motivation to morning walk and exercise.
Sports AR Games
If you are a sports enthusiast then definitely you will like these sports AR Games. After installing these games you will be able to play basketball, racing, cricket, etc in AR. Let's see them.
9 - AR Sports Basketball
It is an iOS AR game available on the app store(paid version). This app allows you to play basketball in augmented reality. You can play basketball at any location or time. It is a basic level AR game that comes with different modes - normal, desk, and multiplayer mode.
Available for - iOS(paid - $2)
10 - Nose Ball
It is another best AR app for iPhones, which is newly launched on the app store. This app works basically on face detection and motion technology. You can choose the noses of different animals and make fun with your face. I'm sure that you will definitely like this app. Only you have to keep the ball up with your nose and prevent it from being pierced by the shakes and collect the points by hitting the irregularly-shaped objects. You must download and try this app. It is all new in the market.
Available for - iOS(free)
11 - Geocaching
It is one of the world's largest treasure-hunting games. The game is played almost in every country with a huge fan base. You have to explore the hidden places of the planet with this game. Download this game today and search for the treasures.
So these were some best and tested Augmented reality gaming apps for android and iOS you can download. Most of them are free except for some iOS.
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The Donkey Kong Country series has always been a franchise that has been loved by the Nintendo faithful. The series has never been known for its breathtaking stories, though having the story this time not revolve around the theft of Donkey Kong's banana horde is a bit of fresh air. Tropical Freeze introduces a new group of villains to the Donkey Kong lineup: the Snomads, a group of Viking-themed animals.
The son of General Teo McDohl, the Scarlet Moon Empire's greatest war hero, had always lived under the shadow of his father's reputation. That all changed the day Teo was sent into battle in the north, leaving his son at home to start his own military career in his father's absence. With the assistance and guidance of several family friends, the son dutifully went on several missions issued to him by his Imperial superiors. During these expeditions, however, it became apparent that the Empire had grown corrupt and oppressive towards the common subjects, and the son secretly questioned his allegiance. His misgivings would eventually lead to outright rebellion when he and his like-minded allies joined forces with an underground resistance group. Thus began their desperate war of independence to overthrow the powerful, tyrannical monarchy.


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Another 9th-inning rally sends Mariners past KC
By Anthony Dion June 21, 2014 No Comments3 Mins Read
For the second consecutive game, the Mariners came up with a timely ninth-inning hit for a go-ahead run to beat the Royals. Saturday it was Dustin Ackley's turn, his single driving in the difference-maker in a 2-1 win in sweltering Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City.
Batting in place of designated hitter Jesus Montero, for whom he pinch-ran in the seventh, Ackley lined a 2-2 pitch into right field to score Kyle Seager with two outs. Fernando Rodney pitched a quick ninth inning, thanks to a 4-6-3 double play, to pick up his 20th save.
Seattle (39-36) had a tough day at the plate against former teammate Jason Vargas, who has settled in nicely on a good Kansas City (39-35) staff. Over the last month, Vargas had a 3-0 record and 2.31 ERA in 35 innings.
He was good again Saturday, pitching into the ninth in a tie game. But with two outs, the Mariners put runners on first and third thanks to a Seager double and an infield hit by Stefen Romero. That brought Ackley to the plate as Vargas's pitch count climbed over 110.
After fouling off a couple of pitches, Ackley delivered and Seattle sent the Royals to their third loss in a row after they had won their previous 10. Instead of a complete game, Vargas (7-3, 3.16 ERA) settled for 8.2 innings and a loss. He gave up two runs on 10 hits while striking out two.
The Mariners kept it close with a sterling start from Chris Young (6-4, 3.23 ERA) , who matched zeros with Vargas. His lone mistake, a fastball that caught too much of the plate to Alex Gordon, was deposited into the right-field seats to tie the game at.
The fifth-inning hit ended Young's perfect afternoon. He retired the first 12 hitters before Gordon led off the fifth with his ninth home run of the season.
That was all Young surrendered over seven stingy innings. The 6-foot-10 right-hander yielded three hits and a walk to go with two strikeouts. Reliever Yoervis Medina (4-1) pitched a flawless eighth inning to poach the win.
The Mariners took a 1-0 lead in the third inning with a Cole Gillespie RBI single. They notched hits in multiple innings against Vargas, but failed to mount a serious threat against the left-hander until the ninth.
Brad Miller batted 2-for-3 and is hitting .293 in 58 at-bats in June. Seager and Romero had two hits apiece and Montero had a hit in a spot start. The M's are 4-2 against Kansas City this season, with the finale of the season series Sunday.
Mariners' OF Michael Saunders batted 3-for-4 with two RBI and a walk in his first rehab outing with Triple-A Tacoma . . . 1B Justin Smoak, also rehabbing in Tacoma, batted 0-for-3 and is now 1-for-12 with a walk in three starts with the Rainiers . . . Robinson Cano saw his 21-game road hitting streak end with an 0-for-4 performance Saturday.
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I like peaches. Is that relevant here? Maybe, maybe not. And what does that have to do with the Phatlab Phantom Pure Class-A Full-Balanced Tube Headphone Amplifier? Let's jump into the review and I'll tell you about it.
Every now and then something turns up on my doorstep that presents a real challenge. The Phatlab Phantom is one of those things. I didn't really know what to expect from it in a sonic sense but boy oh boy, physically it was quite a first impression. It's safe to say that I have never reviewed anything like this before.
Previously I reviewed and subsequently fell in love with Phatlab's Sassy II. It is still one of my favourite audio devices to this day. The Sassy II is a portable amplifier and can be held easily in one hand. Not so with the Phantom. You can see the full Phatlab Sassy II review for more info on that.
My initial reaction when I opened the box was one of surprise. This thing is HUGE. Pictures can't do it justice and don't really portray the full scale of the device. I like to think of its dimensions as roughly the size of a briefcase. Putting it in more scientific terms, the dimensions are as follows: 275 mm x 405 mm x 170 mm.
Not only is the Phantom large, it's also heavy. You'll need a good, solid desk or table to put this amp on. The net weight is a whopping 12kg (26.4555 pounds)! So why is it so heavy? Well, that's because the chassis is constructed from 10 mm solid aluminium and the faceplate is 20 mm thick.
The reasons for such a heavy-duty chassis are for rigidity and precision. Phatlab wanted to mimic the single aluminium brick that they used to craft their portable Phantasy model but were unable to duplicate it due to its excessive size. So instead, they have used the solid plates and connected them seamlessly to achieve a similar result.
Another reason for the weight are the three custom-made transformers (one power and two output), which are over-rated compared with their mere 2 to 4-watt output power.
To say the Phantom has striking appearance would be an understatement. It begins with its sheer girth, making it immediately stand out. The solid black chassis has an industrial aesthetic and gives an impression of one serious piece of kit.
The silver faceplate is designed to be simple and intuitive and has the same industrial yet elegant feel of the chassis. It's dominated by the large volume knob in the centre which is black in contrast to the silver colour of the faceplate. I'll cover the switches and functions of the faceplate in the next section.
On the top of the Phantom are, of course, the four 3Q4 (DL95) directly heated tubes (DHT). When the unit is powered on the 3Q4 tubes glow a brilliant, rich peach colour and are just gorgeous to look at. These are surrounded by clear acrylic tubes which can be easily removed if desired.
The volume knob feels great in the hand and has a nice smooth action allowing for precise adjustments.
Here is where I found my only real gripe with the Phantom. The laser etched text is white which makes it extremely difficult to read on the silver surface of the front panel.
Unlike some amplifiers that do a balanced to single-ended conversion at the input and a single-ended to balanced conversion at the output, the Phantom was designed from the ground up to be truly balanced. Phatlab applied a four-amplifier scheme for a truly balanced stereo solution.
Even at very low volume, there is no channel imbalance thanks to the four 10-bit R-2R resistor ladders implemented before each amplifier module for unit control. So effectively what you have is a true analogue signal path with a digital interface.
A unique and interesting feature that has implemented is the independently suspended tube module. The four specially designed pillars supporting the tube assembly have a spring suspension in order to dampen any vibration to the directly heated tubes.
Phatlab is a true believer in the Directly Heated Tube because of their intimacy and lifelike soundstage compared to non-filament type valves. Another benefit of DHT is that they immediately warm up to working condition, although the company does suggest that optimum sound quality comes after a short warm-up period.
The 3Q4 vacuum tube is a low voltage device, which is another reason they were specifically selected. It makes no sense to waste lots of energy in a high voltage supply while only using one-tenth of its voltage swing.
If you're a tube roller, the Phantom has you covered. Other seven pin tubes such as the DL95 and CV818 are also compatible.
The Phantom is ideal for powering hard to drive headphones. It has been tweaked to increase the output wattage, in particular for some of the popular planar headphones on the market. Due to the nature of this powerful amplifier, it doesn't pair particularly well with some low-impedance gear. But if you've got some phones that require some real grunt then the Phantom has it in spades.
I used the Shinrico D3S as my source, connected to the Topping DX7 via optical cable, which was then connected to the Phatlab Phantom via balanced XLR.
The AR-H1 planar magnetic is rather unusual in regards to driving power. At just 33 ohms you might think it can be driven by almost anything but that isn't the case.
When it comes to DAPs, most of the ones I tried with it didn't quite have the gusto to make the AR-H1 perform it's best. The AR-M20 does a fine job, however, and matches with it really well. When I connected it to the Phatlab Phantom, I expected a good deal of background noise and hum but actually, it's almost imperceptible. When there's music playing I didn't notice any noise at all.
With this combination, the AR-H1 sheds some of its leanness and gains more body in the vocals and midrange. Bass also earns some extra body and an increase in decay, which fills out the sound more. In GoGo Penguins "So It Begins" I was quite surprised at the fullness of the bass and overall presentation. The AR-H1 sheds some of its clinical precision and delivers a more analogue experience when plugged into the Phantom, adding some smoothness to note edges without compromising their definition.
The treble has noticeably more harmonics and sounds more 'live' for lack of a better term. There's more sparkle and shimmer present without making the H1's treble become edgy. The extension is great and there's definitely more liveliness in the treble when paired with the Phantom.
This is a magical combination for listening to classical, jazz and rock music, though it's certainly not confined to these genres alone. The soundstage sees an improvement in width and layering plus resolution are superb.
In Low-Z the DT990's 250-ohm impedance is enough to stifle any of the background hum. When switched to Hi-Z however, a bit of background noise starts to creep in.
In "Talk to Me" by Run the Jewels the DT990 bass is deliciously textured and weighted, again with that extra organic touch delivered by the Phantom.
Thankfully the already bright top end of the DT990 doesn't become brittle but like the AR-H1 delivers extra airiness and extension. That's quite a feat but hey – tubes do special things with their rich 2nd harmonics and that's arguably their biggest appeal.
The somewhat thin midrange of the DT990 Pro gets a bit more volume and by that, I don't mean loudness but mass. Phantom's influence fills in some of the space in vocals and instruments with more body while maintaining speed and precision.
Of the various headphones I tested, the Cascade was the least compatible with the Phantom. It's not surprising really, as the Cascade is designed as a portable headphone and therefore is sensitive and easy to drive. As soon as it's plugged in the Cascade hums like crazy and is pretty much unusable with this pairing.
That's not necessarily a negative for either component; the Phantom can be a little picky about matching and the Cascade with its 38-ohm impedance simply doesn't need extra amplification (although it does scale well with a quality DAC).
This is another headphone that doesn't pair well. While there's not as much electrical noise as with the Cascade, the 99 Classics have enough hum to be distracting. Not only that but all of the extra driving power from the Phantom seems to overwhelm this headphone and the bass becomes a bloated, sloppy mess.
Again, I'm not criticizing the headphone or the amplifier here. It just highlights the fact that you need the right elements to create synergy.
I tested several in-ear monitors and the results were mixed. The DUNU DK-3001 handled the power well, as far as background noise goes (surprising at just 13-ohms!) but did lose some of its control in the bass. However, it was still very much listenable.
The Trinity Master, with my favoured green nozzle filters, actually worked quite well. With its push-pull dynamic driver configuration, the Master's bass is always very well controlled and it was able to maintain that control in this situation. If anything the dynamic driver seemed to revel in the extra power being driven through it.
I also tested the HE 150Pro earbuds and these sounded amazing with the Phantom, likely due to their 150-ohm impedance which seems to be a sweet spot for this amp. The overall sound, in general, is full and meaty with this matchup and the synergy is surprisingly good.
The Phantom is obviously overkill for IEMs in general but I thought it would be interesting to see what happened when I tested some with it. What I learned is that with high impedance gear it's a viable coupling but otherwise, there are better options out there.
Well, the Phantom is certainly an exceptional piece of gear. It's extremely powerful, meticulously crafted and reproduces music with transparency and clarity plus that hard to quantify tube magic. As a bonus, you get that captivating peach-coloured glow of the 3Q4 tubes. So that's the peaches but you might be wondering where's the cream? In case you haven't guessed already; the cream is in the sound.
One thing I've learned about Phatlab is that they don't follow popular industry trends. Instead, they choose a product and build it to be the very best that it can be. Rather than regularly releasing products just for the sake of having something new, they wait until they develop or invent something that can surpass the performance of their existing lineup.
If you're looking for something extraordinary to pair with your headphone collection then the Phatlab Phantom should be given serious consideration. Granted it doesn't come cheap but this hand-crafted beauty is truly something special. If you're attending CanJam in Singapore this year (2018) the Phantom will be there for audition, so be sure to stop by the Jaben booth and check it out.


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DC Is Relaunching Vertigo, Doubling Down On Millennials
Dan Arndt
It's been 25 years since DC Comics launched perhaps the most successful imprint in comics history: Vertigo. Since its foundation in 1993, some of the biggest graphic novels ever have come out under the Big V. Its initial run of titles made a splash on the shelves of comic stores and would cement their authors as comics royalty: Neil Gaiman, Garth Ennis, Brian K. Vaughn, Brian Azzarello. Old properties (The Sandman) and old legends (Alan Moore) found new life at Vertigo. These new comics were no longer the whiff! bam! pow! of the past, but they also largely avoided the hyper-violence and darkness of the 90s. They handled adult themes like alienation, religion, feminism, and, yes, violence. But they handled these themes with more nuance and variety than ever before. For the first time in the medium's history, comics were becoming literature.
But all of the original titles have ended, with Hellblazer being the last of the old guard, closing in 2013. After a few years on the down low, DC is planning a massive relaunch of the classic brand for a new generation. With it comes a clear emphasis on the political power of comics. They aim not for the Gen-Xers who made Preacher, iZombie, and Fables bestsellers, but for millennials. Titles will deal with the topics its readers care about: immigration, white supremacy, sex work.
Just like in 1993, the creators taking part in the relaunch are a vibrant mix of rising stars and new faces in the comics world. Eric M. Esquivel (Roberto Roberto) will bring us a tale of demons run amok in a border town while Ben Blacker (The Thrilling Adventure Hour) will spin a tale of brainwashed witches reclaiming their power. Bryan Hill (Postal, Batman) will put a biracial cop in harm's way as he investigates a white supremacist group. Frequent Nine Inch Nails collaborator, Rob Sheridan, is sending a smuggler on an impossible quest, and Mark Russel (God Is Disappointed In You) pits Jesus against "Superman".
The group of writers and artists are a nice mix of diverse voices, with two women serving as writers their own titles, both of which will no doubt invite controversy. The first, Goddess Mode, takes place in a cyberpunk VR hellscape where tech support involves a huge neon sword. Its author will be video game developer Zoe Quinn, perhaps most famous for being the internet's biggest scapegoat and the original source of the "Gamergate" controversy. The second comic, Safe Sex, will be a dystopian book focusing on sex workers who dare to love in a world where all sex is under government control. Its author is sex-work advocate and LGBTQ+ journalist Tina Horn, who will no doubt bring an expert opinion to a topic that comics really, REALLY has never handled very well.
The new books start in September of this year, with Border Town, and the rest will follow month by month right through into the new year. They will join the pre-existing raft of Vertigo titles, as well as Neil Gaiman's brand new Sandman Universe line.
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Tour Operator Arrested After Illegal Lion Kill in Zimbabwe
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Illegal hunting is a major problem in Africa, and the circumstances surrounding the recent slaying of a lion tagged with a GPS collar by researchers from Oxford University has the rest of the world taking notice.
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Don Melvin and Khushbu Shah of CNN.com reported that a 13-year-old lion named Cecil was part of a research project and lived in a national park in Zimbabwe, protected from surrounding areas where hunting is legal.
Zimbabwe Conservation Task Force head Johnny Rodrigues told CNN that Cecil was allegedly lured out of the protected area in the park by a hunter or hunters who paid about $55,000 to kill the massive lion.
Once Cecil was off the protected land, he was shot with a crossbow and tracked for more than 40 hours before finally being dispatched with a firearm. The lion's head was cut off and taken as a trophy, and the skin was also removed. Authorities later found the severed head and skin and collected them as evidence.
The incident reportedly took place on July 6.
The report claims that a Spanish man was the main suspect in the case, but as many as three other hunters could have been involved. The tour operator for the safari has been arrested and suspended indefinitely by the Zimbabwe Professional Hunters and Guides Association (ZPHGA).
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Men's Psychology
Arms and Altruism, The Practice of Selfless Concern for the Well Being of Others
By Enrique Ruiz, President, PositivePsyche.Biz Corp
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Many moons ago, our American founding fathers spurred a dialogue of constructive conflict that yielded a model constitution and a free republic. These innovators risked their lives in perilous times to give birth to a new nation. Some became very wealthy (e.g.- Washington, Franklin) while others died with no riches (e.g.- Jefferson, Madison). Country for these diverse men was above all, a first priority versus a selfish pursuit. In 200+ years, the ideas and foundation they implanted, allowed a fledgling country to grow from modest beginnings to an enviable land with magnificent cities, vast connecting highways and citizenry of 300+ million inhabitants.
America welcomed immigrants, innovation, talent and faith into a melting pot brew of many cultures to create the great society. Over the years, people have struggled, compromised or broken ground on a variety of topics that has made America what it is today. Fear of the British, French, Spaniards, new frontiers, emancipation, Vietnam, Korea and World Wars kept a palpable yen and respect for guns alive in most Americans for a good portion of our growth. America was borne, after all, with the use of gunpowder, steel and bayonets and replaced over time with a military and defense complex that is the largest in the world.
Abraham Lincoln's "this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom -- and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth" continues to resonate in our minds and souls. Faith, government and people come together to play an integral part in the building of a great nation. And even with these key ingredients, our founding fathers embedded the lessons of history to create checks and balances within our society so that no man (or woman), no branch of government, could have ultimate power. Why would our nation's forefathers not create a monarchy or a dictatorship when it was within their power to do so?
Technology, science and societal infrastructure have given us a chance to walk on the moon, explore the universe, travel the world and live with modern conveniences that we can easily take for granted. With all of this innovation, and opportunity, why is America's happiness index at 105th, lower than many 3rd world countries (Costa Rica, Vietnam and Columbia took the lead in 2012)? Why are we obsessed with guns, and fear (88 guns per 100 people in the US, the largest of any nation)? Are our fears of loss encumbering our thought process?
One might consider the 2012 Newtown, CT shooting of kindergarten students a uniting moment where empathy, concern and rallying action come together. Instead, it has become a polarizing event with automatic machine gun enthusiasts on one side and fed up agents of change on the other. One side looks back in time touting the birthright of America with guns under the Second Amendment and the other looks for a more harmonious society in the future; a future not only where we will continue to coexist but where our children will thrive and prosper.
We do not inherit the land from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.
Native American Proverb
Our "fast food, get it now, entertain me at will" expectations create a climate of convenience where self-interests drown out a utilitarian conscious that seeks out the greater good. This self-interest sense of entitlement, coupled with fear, is an elixir that suppresses empathy and forward-looking diversity of thought.
My daughter died a few years ago; the grief is heart wrenching. The Newton, CT tragedy should be a rallying cry for human arms, instead it has become a rally for building up arms. "Arm our schools, fight government, save my right to have a machine gun and have fun!" Selfishness abounds, in a cloak of fear and insecurity, for the self-preservation of "my" interests. Why is empathy such an elusive trait? Can we not feel some pain as if it was our own and offer more than sympathetic rhetoric followed by a "Yeah, but…" answer that in essence protects gun rights over societal rights, private rights over government background checks, fun over safety?
The teachers at Newtown, CT exhibited heroic selfless concern for the well being of their students. They cannot tell their own story now but their resting embrace in the slaughter, protecting the children entrusted in their care, is a rallying cry that we all need to do more. Gun violence in America is a complex issue that involves many solutions. It starts however, by putting our own self-interests and outdated fears of government oppression aside to continue building a greater society.
Progress involves a modicum of altruistic values. Is it dead?
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch reporter, Tim O'Neil, wrote the following piece after the narrow defeat of the latest statewide effort to increase Missouri's lowest-in-the-nation cigarette tax. The current 17 cents per pack tax goes back to a deal struck between former House Speaker Bob Griffin and former Tobacco Institute lobbyist John Britton, as described in an earlier blog.
"The 2012 Prop B campaign was like 2006 all over again. The TV ads were too little, too late, and there was a gross under-utilization of the volunteers. There were yard signs available, but did you see any on anyone's lawn? I didn't see one of them (same as in '06). Did information go home to parents via the students? I don't know. I heard Ron Leone on Charlie Brennan's show on KMOX and I'm sure he hit a home run with that audience. The only one from our side who disputed him was someone from K.C. Today, Ron Leone was back on Brennan's show and Charlie told him in no uncertain terms that he was sorry Prop B went down, because he really wanted it to pass. Leone blamed our side and said that he offered to negotiate a "reasonable tax," but no one would even take his call. He made it sound like our side was just too greedy.
Missouri voters produced another razor-thin division on raising tobacco taxes, but strongly endorsed a Republican referendum on Obamacare and refused to change judicial appointments.
With complete but unofficial statewide results, the tobacco-tax issue, called Proposition B, was defeated narrowly. It was the third attempt in 11 years to increase state taxes on cigarettes and other tobacco products.
Missouri's cigarette tax of 17 cents per pack is the nation's lowest. The proposition would boost the rate to 90 cents per pack, still below the national average of $1.49.
"I'm a smoker and I think we're already paying more than our share," said Karen Watson, 58, of Lake Saint Louis.
Ron Leone of the Missouri Petroleum Marketers and Convenience Store Association, the opposition group, credited a narrow victory "to our ability to communicate with voters through our convenience-store education program." The American Cancer Society had promoted the tax increase.
Similar efforts to raise it failed by narrow margins — 49 percent in favor in 2002 and 48 percent in 2006.
Campaigns for and against Proposition B replayed the previous efforts. The Cancer Society says raising the tax will encourage smokers to quit and generate money for education and health programs.
Opposition came from the Missouri Petroleum Marketers and Convenience Store Association.
Its vigorous advertising campaign avoided mentioning cigarettes, stressing instead that the tax would create a slush fund for Jefferson City politicians.
The vote showed Missouri's traditional urban-country split. St. Louis and St. Louis County strongly supported it, as did Kansas City and Boone County, home to the University of Missouri-Columbia. Rural counties thrashed it.
Proposition B's outrageous and unfair 760 percent tax increase, the largest tax increase in Missouri's history, is not about education or health care. It's about greedy special interest groups, responsible tax policies, the proper size and scope of government and politicians wasting even more of your tax dollars.
Misleading statistics. Tobacco and health care statistics are irrelevant to the Prop B debate since not one single dime of Prop B is required to be spent on actually treating tobacco-related diseases. Not one single dime. Shouldn't a "sin tax" be used to cure the "sin"?
Education money will be diverted — again. The state's budget is a shell game, and there is no "lock box" guarantee that Prop B will actually increase education funding. Remember the broken education funding promises that came with the Lottery and casinos? Don't be fooled again.
Everyone will pay the $67 million-plus tab. Prop B increases government spending by hundreds of millions of dollars per year, could be used to expand welfare and fund "Obamacare," and a leading economist predicts a decrease in tobacco sales alone will decrease state and local sales and other tax revenues by at least $67 million per year. The middle class will pay this tab forever — just like always.
Slush fund for greedy political insiders. Prop B sets up a panel of nine unelected and unaccountable bureaucrats who control hundreds of millions of tax dollars. Prop B even allows these insiders to pay their friends and pocket this tax money.
Low taxes are a good thing. Low taxes on gasoline, alcohol and tobacco encourage cross-border sales from our higher-taxed border states, including Illinois, which drives economic development, creates jobs and generates much-needed local and state tax revenue. Increasing any tax when unemployment is high, housing prices are low and no one can afford to retire is a terrible idea.
Billions wasted. Since 2000, Missouri has spent $3.4 billion in tobacco settlement payments and taxes. Why trust politicians with even more tax dollars?
Opposed by Right to Life, Farm Bureau and others. Prop B is opposed by Missouri Right to Life, Missouri Farm Bureau, Missouri Family Network, Gov. Jay Nixon, Republican gubernatorial candidate Dave Spence and many others.
High tax rates. Using the tax rates in Columbia as an example, a consumer pays a 46 percent tax rate on a $3 pack of cigarettes ($1.39), 37 percent on a $4 pack ($1.47) and 31 percent on a $5 pack ($1.54). Taxes include 17 cents state tobacco tax, $1.01 federal tobacco tax and local and state sales taxes.
Only an out-of-touch politician or special interest group would dare argue that these tax rates are too low and should be massively increased.
Attempting to fund education by the majority taxing a minority population such as smokers is bad public policy that lacks serious leadership, reeks of political desperation and in truth, given the ever-decreasing funding source, does not generate nearly enough revenue to adequately fund education.
It would be like taxing railroad companies to pay for prisons or taxing hospitals to pay for roads and bridges. It just doesn't make any sense.
Are you next? If you let the tax-and-spend fanatics put an outrageous 760 percent tax increase on smokers, then don't be surprised when they tax something you do care about — guns, big sodas, gasoline, fast food or alcohol. At least now you can't say you weren't warned.
This is your kitchen table moment. You know when you're home watching the news or reading the newspaper and you think, "Government is bigger and more out-of-control than ever" and "Politicians are only concerned about getting elected and not about solving problems"?
Well, this is your chance to do something about it.
All Missourians, smokers and nonsmokers alike, can agree that while education deserves to be adequately funded and tobacco deserves to be fairly taxed, Prop B's outrageous and unfair 760 percent tax increase is simply too big and too dangerous.
Enough is enough. Please vote no on Prop B.
Ronald J. Leone is the executive director of the Missouri Petroleum Marketers and Convenience Store Association located in Jefferson City.
When it comes to making sure our state has the resources needed to prepare people for good jobs and preserve a strong middle class, Missouri is relying on a system that's built to fail.
That has to change if we're going to see real economic recovery and sustained growth in our communities. A good place to start is for Missouri voters to approve Proposition B on the Nov. 6 ballot. Prop B calls for increasing the tax on a pack of cigarettes to 90 cents from the current 17, and increased taxes on other tobacco products. Today, Missouri has the lowest tobacco tax in the country; under Prop B it still would be well below the national average of $1.46.
Prop B will generate $283 million annually in new revenue for Missouri schools and to fund smoking prevention and quit-assistance programs. Safeguards in Prop B, including an annual audit, ensure that the money goes exactly where it is supposed to go.
Generating new revenue sources is critical for Missouri. Today's global economy requires a highly skilled and educated workforce, but over the past decade, state support for education has diminished. The "foundation formula" that allocates state education support to K-12 schools is $336 million below what the law requires, resulting in 8 of 10 school districts cutting classroom teachers. That's not good for learning.
And in higher education, the decline in state support has caused the average tuition at Missouri's public four-year institutions to nearly double over the past decade, to $7,033 a year from $3,597. Missouri now ranks 44th in the nation for the amount of state funding provided to higher education.
The worst recession in our lifetime devastated state revenues; on top of that, Missouri's tax system is outdated. Without sufficient revenue, we have had multiyear cuts to essential services such as education. Missouri's state general revenue spending, as a percent of the economy, is lower than it was in 1981. There are over a million more people living in Missouri today than 31 years ago; clearly we are failing to keep up with the need.
And at the current pace it will take way too long to catch up. State revenue when adjusted for inflation isn't on course to reach its pre-recession level of purchasing power until 2029. In other words, a child born today will be finishing high school before Missouri is able to support education at the level state law requires.
Fortunately, by passing Prop B, Missouri will take a big step toward supporting education at the level we need. Half of the new cigarette tax revenue will go to K-12 schools to help prevent cutting classroom teachers and increasing class size; 30 percent will go to Missouri's colleges and universities to help stem the rising cost of tuition and reduce student loan debt.
Missouri's economic future is worth the investment.
Amy Blouin is executive director of the Missouri Budget Project, a nonprofit, objective, public policy analysis organization that provides independent research on complex state policy issues and how they impact all Missourians.
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This is not about investing anything. An investment is a voluntary act with an expectation of a return. Good money after bad has been thrown at education with no results. If it were such a good deal everyone should pay the tax. Another feeble attempt to add more taxes to an already overtaxed group.
My school taxes on my property have more than tripled since I moved here, yet no evidence of improvement in student grades. Thus the claim Prop B would help education is meaningless. Prop B funds would have been wasted just like all my other school tax hikes have been wasted.
Also, when's the last time we got to vote on gasoline or alcohol excise tax hikes? especially ones where some brands of gasoline or alcoholic beverage brands are taxed more than others.
You need to check on Amy Blouin's organizations funding. I do not think she is objective as organizations that she receives funding FROM get funding from the government to promote bans and tax increases. Two of them at least.
Thus, we know, even from Mogasp's own admission, that antismoking groups had hoped to get massive amounts of money from Prop B.
mogasp reply: That was not MY comment, Dave. I was merely reproducing the comment of a tobacco control supporter favoring Prop B who felt its proponents had conducted an ineffective campaign, hence the italicized text. I'm not aware that the American Cancer Society or anyone else actively supporting Prop B (and MoGASP was NOT in the least bit involved) hoped to gain from it financially.
Some antismoking groups were gonna get paid to set up a quitline. Plus, we already have lots of quitlines in Missouri , anyway.
Prop B was a money grab for the anti-smoking charities. The language of the bill set up a massive trust fund that would be managed by exactly the people who get the money. You may believe that the money would have been well spent, but I think history shows otherwise. St Louis County recieved 7.6 million and only offered smoking cessation to large employers with an approved non-smoking employment language ( a couple of hospital systems I think were the only ones that qualified). For the record, MOGASP is not one of these shady "charities".
Its not the campaign that lacked – it was the bill and timing. When I said something to my wife when I first heard about the bill her comment was "voters don't believe that they money will used the way that they say it will". Not to mention that taxes, deficits and government spending has hit a critical mass in a rapidly turning red state. I'm not even sure it was the size of the increase, but the history of money being moved around.
mogasp: Thanks for complying with the requested 1,000 character limit. Your comment totals 981 characters, including spaces.
Even if MOGASP would not financially benefit directly, funding of other anti-smoking groups , would free up funds MOGASP would have used to further bans, for other purposes. Thus, indirectly, MOGASP would have benefitted from the passage of Prop B.
mogasp comment: Dave, This is definitely a stretch in terms of reality.
MoGASP typically works on a shoe string. The only (rare) exception was our recent effort regarding the St. Charles County smoke-free air ballot initiative, which required an expenditure on legal fees, following which we put out an appeal to supporters because we didn't have sufficient funds to meet them.
mogasp reply: This is all just speculation on your part. Typically, MoGASP relies on the generosity of members and supporters, as in this case.
No, Im not speculative,, any funds which benefit one anti group, benefit all the anti groups., because your goals are all the same. —Which is to make smokers as miserable as possible. Mogasp includes " supporters" above, as a source of funding. Would any of your so-called supporters have gotten funds from Prop B??
mogasp: The answer is simply NO.
mogasp: MoGASP's research, both our own and conducted for us independently, is not speculative. Making such a claim does nothing to make you credible.


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text: Purpose: To define the incidence, characteristics, and management of eyelid basal cell carcinoma (BCC) in Central Spain. Methods: This retrospective study investigates the characteristics and the outcome of eyelid BCC from 2000 to 2016 in a central region of Spain. Data were collected on demographics, skin phenotype, location of the eyelid lesion, clinical and histological diagnosis, surgery, commitment of surgical margins, and recurrence rate. Results: Primary eyelid BCC occurred in a mean of 20.6 lesions a year or 9.4/100,000 inhabitants/year. The mean age of BCC carriers was 69.4 ± 16.2 years, with no gender difference (P = 0.479), predominantly affecting Fitzpatrick II–III skin (81.3%) (P < 0.001). The most common location was the inner canthus (154/45.7%) (P < 0.001) and type nodular (215 cases/63.8%) (P < 0.001). The surgical margins were affected in 69 (20.5%) individuals, and the recurrence rate was 5.6 (95% confidence interval, 3.2–8.3) significantly higher in affected margins (P < 0.001). The most common location for recurrence was the inner canthus (P = 0.003), and the most common histological type for recurrence was sclerosing (16.7%), then multinodular (12.5%), and infiltrating (10.4%) with no significant difference (P = 0.27). Conclusions: The frequency of occurrence of eyelid BCC is much less than the estimated crude incidence for skin tumors involving all areas of the body in the Spanish population. Eyelid BCC is more common in the seventh decade of life, with no predilection for gender. Nodular histological type is the most common. The recurrence rate is 5.6%, depending on site and affected margins, even though clear free margins also can present with recurrence.


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Ravens and Cowboys Staffs Will Serve as 2015 Pro Bowl Coaches
Adam Wells@adamwells1985Twitter LogoFeatured ColumnistJanuary 13, 2015
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The 2015 Pro Bowl, which takes place on Jan. 21 in Arizona with Cris Carter and Michael Irvin picking the teams, has officially announced the two coaching staffs that will be on the sidelines.
According to the NFL Communications Department, John Harbaugh and his staff from Baltimore will be coaching against Jason Garrett and his fellow Dallas coaches:
The coaching staffs of the Baltimore Ravens and Dallas Cowboys were selected to lead the 2015 Pro Bowl teams in Arizona, the NFL announced today.
John Harbaugh and the coaches from the Baltimore Ravens and Jason Garrett and the coaches from the Dallas Cowboys will be assigned to teams through the Pro Bowl Draft. The 2015 Pro Bowl Draft will be nationally televised on Wednesday, January 21 on NFL Network (8:00 PM ET).
The NFL had to find a new coaching staff for one of the teams, as John Fox's staff in Denver was originally slated to handle the duties. Harbaugh told ESPN.com that he took the gig after asking his staff if they would be up for it. He also said that he's got plans for the game already in place:
I polled our coaches to see how they felt about it, and they all were excited about coaching a Pro Bowl. We'll look forward to doing that.
We're going to implore [our team] to play a little harder than the other guy. I'm going to have a good halftime speech ready. We'll motivate them. You know there is a difference between the winning share and the losing share, right? That's a big motivator for anybody.
The Ravens and Cowboys were both eliminated from the playoffs last weekend.
This will be the second Pro Bowl coaching gig for Harbaugh, who previously led the AFC in 2009. Garrett is making his debut in this game on the heels of his most successful season as Dallas' head coach.
Even though the Pro Bowl has taken some criticism for the lack of defense, it's still an exciting showcase of athleticism. It's basically a fun pick-up game of football that you would play with your friends, but has the added wrinkle of a fantasy draft with Carter and Irvin picking the teams.
The new format has already proven to be an exciting twist on the annual All-Star game. With so many star players set to participate again this season, these coaching staffs will be at no shortage of options.
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Date of birth/death 19 September 1867 6 September 1939
Location of birth/death London Limpsfield, Surrey
English: Brünnhilde the valkyrie.
Illustration to Richard Wagner's Die Walküre.
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Q: How to start video during audio call in sinch Using Sinch SDK
1) i have made a video call. i have a button in my GUI. i want to turn off video by clicking the button to make the call like a audio call.
i am starting video call as
Call call = getSinchServiceInterface().callUserVideo("user1");
String callId = call.getCallId();
Intent callScreen = new Intent(this, RunningVideoCallActivity.class);
callScreen.putExtra(SinchService.CALL_ID, callId);
startActivity(callScreen);

2) i have made an audio call. i have a button in my GUI. i want to start video by clicking the button to make the call like a video call.
i am starting audio call as
Call call = getSinchServiceInterface().callUser("user1");
String callId = call.getCallId();
Intent callScreen = new Intent(this, RunningAudioCallActivity.class);
callScreen.putExtra(SinchService.CALL_ID, callId);
startActivity(callScreen);

3) How to mute a call in Sinch.
4) how to hold a call in Sinch. Please help.

A: You cant start video in the audio call, what you could do is to always start an audio call and pause the video in the beginning to make it look like an audio call. WE dont have hold functionality.
To mute use mute and unmute on the audio controller

A: Hope this comes useful for Future readers.
You really can't switch between callUserVideo and callUser while on an ongoing call.
But there is an alternate way to achieve the functionality. This is what Sinch Support team says,

you can pause video and do voice only, so all calls are video and you can pause / resume the video track

So what this means is, you have to start the call always with callUserVideo, in case you want to toggle between audio and video.
So for toggling between Audio and Video, you need to do some thing like this. In the page where you are handling the incoming call client.
// function to be called when you want to toggle to video call
private void resumeVideo() {
    if (mVideoCall != null) {
        mVideoCall.resumeVideo();
    }
}

// enable speaker
// add remote and local video views
private void resumeVideoCallback() {
    mAudioCallToggle.setText("Switch to AudioCall");
    if (getSinchServiceInterface() != null && getSinchServiceInterface().getAudioController() != null) {
        getSinchServiceInterface().getAudioController().enableSpeaker();
    }
    addLocalView();
    addRemoteView();
}

// function to be called when you want to toggle to audio call
private void pauseVideo() {
    if (mVideoCall != null) {
        mVideoCall.pauseVideo();
    }
}

// disable speaker
// remove remote and local video views
private void pauseVideoCallback() {
    mAudioCallToggle.setText("Switch to VideoCall");
    if (getSinchServiceInterface() != null && getSinchServiceInterface().getAudioController() != null) {
        getSinchServiceInterface().getAudioController().disableSpeaker();
    }
    removeVideoViews();
}

And on your video call listener, implement like this
    .............
    .............
    other implementations
    .............
    .............
    @Override
    public void onVideoTrackAdded(Call call) {
        Log.d(TAG, "Video track added");
        addRemoteView();
    }

    @Override
    public void onVideoTrackPaused(Call call) {
        pauseVideoCallback();
    }

    @Override
    public void onVideoTrackResumed(Call call) {
        resumeVideoCallback();
    }

And finally to toggle between Audio/Video, do something like this
new OnClickListener() {
    @Override
    public void onClick(View v) {
        if (mAudioCallToggle.getTag().equals("Audio")) {
            mAudioCallToggle.setTag("Video");
            pauseVideo();
        } else {
            mAudioCallToggle.setTag("Audio");
            resumeVideo();
        }
    }
}

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4 Convicted in Kevin Quick Murder Sentenced to Life in Prison
On Monday four gang members convicted in the murder of Waynesboro police reserve captain Kevin Quick learned their fates.
Sunday, September 18th 2016, 11:31 PM EDT
Tuesday, September 20th 2016, 10:37 AM EDT
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - On Monday four gang members convicted in the murder of Waynesboro police reserve captain Kevin Quick learned their fates. Daniel Mathis, Kweli Uhuru, Shantai Shelton, and Mersadies Shelton were sentenced in federal court in Charlottesville.
Back in February the four were convicted in the 2014 murder of Kevin Quick, and for aiding in a gang conspiracy that included a crime spree across central Virginia.
In court the four convicts received the following:
Daniel Mathis was sentenced to life in prison, plus 132 years along with fines and restitution.
Shantai Shelton was sentenced to life in prison plus 82 years along with fines and restitution.
Kweli Uhuru, AKA Travis Bell, was sentenced to life in prison plus 10 years.
Mersadies Shelton was sentenced to life in prison plus 82 years.
The court heard victim impact statements on Monday, and the mother of Kevin Quick's baby said they are "heartbroken and shattered from the evil acts of these evil people."
United States Attorney John Fishwick says he met with Kevin Quick's family Monday, and vowed to prosecute all gang violence. The FBI special agent in charge says the Kevin Quick case shows that gang violence is not just an urban problem.
"Waynesboro reserve police officer Kevin Quick was one of the good guys," said Adam S. Lee, FBI Special Agent in Charge.
Kevin Quick was a beloved son and father, violently and senselessly killed after disappearing on his way to visit his sick child.
"His death and the investigation that followed revealed a significant gang and criminal enterprise problem right here in Central Virginia," said Lee.
Investigators quickly found a series of burglaries and robberies were all tied to the 99 Goonz Syndikate. Daniel Mathis, Kweli Uhuru, Shantai Shelton and Mersadies Shelton are members.
The group car-jacked Quick and drove his 4Runner to different ATM's until one of them shot him in the back of the head. Quick's car was dumped in Louisa County. His body was later found in Goochland County.
"Knowing that these individuals will spend the rest of their lives in prison cannot heal the wounds of losing a loved one, but I do hope that it brings some level of closure to Kevin's family," said Fishwick.
"Criminal enterprises are not just an urban problem, and this case reveals that clearly," said Lee.
Speaking after the sentencing on Monday outside federal court, U.S. Attorney John Fishwick says that while the 99 Goons Syndikate no longer threatens central Virginia, gangs are a very real problem for the area.
"These are local kids who grew up here and were recruited into gang lifestyle from our communities, our schools, and our neighborhoods," said Fishwick.
He hopes that the harsh sentences serve as a deterrent for others.
The gang's alleged ring leaders - Anthony Stokes and Halisi Uhuru - will be sentenced at a later date. They were convicted of federal racketeering charges, and not in direct connection to Quick's murder.
A new trial took place in Roanoke after a federal judge declared a mistrial in U.S. District Court in Charlottesville back in May of 2015. This was because investigators discovered Kweli Uhuru had obtained and shared a list of potential jurors and their information.
Remarks of United States Attorney John P. Fishwick Jr. September 19, 2016 Sentencing of Daniel Mathis, Shanti Shelton, Mersadies Shelton
and Kweli Uhuru of the 99 Goonz Syndikate
Good afternoon and thank you all for being here today. My name is John Fishwick and I'm the U. S. Attorney for the Western District of Virginia. I'm proud to be joined here today by so many of our law enforcement partners who worked on this very difficult investigation and prosecution, including representatives from the Virginia State Police, FBI, the Office of the Commonwealth's Attorney for Louisa County, the Charlottesville Police Department, the Albemarle County Police Department, the Waynesboro Police Department, and the Louisa County Sheriff's Office.
Earlier today I met with the family of Kevin Quick, the man who was so brutally murdered by the four defendants who were sentenced earlier in federal court. Four defendants who were members of a violent street gang, the "99 Goon Syndikate," a sect of the Bloods Street gang.
Kevin's family has been through so much throughout this process and I thank them for their strength, their patience and their faith in our office for
handling this very difficult case. I want talk about this case and today's sentencings and then speak broadly about prosecuting gang cases and how effective this case was as an example of cooperative law enforcement efforts.
US v. the 99 Goonz Syndikate.
In 2013, Kevin Quick got a text message from Yadi Weaver, who was the mother of Kevin's daughter. It was late and their newborn child was suffering
from whooping cough. Yadi was worried about the baby and asked if Kevin would come over and help. Like any good father, Kevin didn't hesitate and left his
mother's home in Waynesboro, where he was living at the time, and drove to Yadi's apartment here in Charlottesville.
But Kevin never got the chance to see either Yadi or his daughter that evening because waiting in that parking lot were Daniel Mathis, Shanti Shelton,
Mersadies Shelton and Kweli Uhuru. These four individuals, who for the previous year had participated in a pattern of violent armed robberies in and around
Charlottesville, Albemarle County, Louisa County and Fluvanna County, carjacked Kevin, kidnapped him, and eventually drove him to an isolated wooded area on the border between Goochland and Louisa counties where they shot him once in the back of the head.
Kevin Quick was a father, a son, a brother, a husband and a Captain in the Waynesboro Reserve Police Department. The four individuals who were charged and ultimately found guilty by a jury of their peers for a variety of federal charges related to Kevin's kidnapping and murder, including federal racketeering charges, were sentenced today to spend the rest of their lives in federal prison.
Now we all know these sentences won't bring Kevin Quick back to his family, his friends or co-workers. Knowing that these individuals will spend the
rest of their lives in prison cannot heal the wounds of losing a loved one, but I do hope it brings some level of closure to Kevin's family to know that this very strong coalition of law enforcement standing behind me justly and righteously found the individuals responsible for the senseless death of their son, their brother, their husband.
Gang Problem/Prosecutions
One of the issues this case highlighted for me is the continued presence of gangs in Central Virginia. If you look at the defendants in this case, most of them
are from Charlottesville, Albemarle or Louisa counties. These are local kids who grew up here and were recruited into this gang lifestyle out of our very own
communities, our schools and our neighborhoods. To see just how violent this group was, with multiple, violent armed robberies, multiple shootings and the
murder of an off-duty reserve police officer, is a stark reality to face.
But it's also an eye-opening call-to-action, one that this community has answered with gusto. One way the communities in Charlottesville, Albemarle and
Louisa counties has responded has been the work of GRACE, an anti-gang group that focuses on gang prevention and education. GRACE has already done great work in the region and continues to be a positive force in the fight against gang recruitment. Cooperative Law Enforcement While prevention and education is a part of what we do, the biggest reason these four defendants are going to prison for the rest of their lives is because of the great work of the federal, state and local law enforcement officers standing behind me.
These individuals, and the others who operated as part of this conspiracy, participated in an escalating string of violent, armed robberies over a two-year
period that spanned multiple jurisdictions and effected the lives of multiple victims.
If not for a cooperative effort by law enforcement, this group, or some of its members, might still be free today. However, because the agencies represented by those standing behind me today came together and attacked this threat, not with ego or the desire to get the credit in the media, but rather with a focus on doing what is best for the community and for justice, this conspiracy was put to an end.
From the very beginning the Virginia State Police has been the lead investigative agency in this matter, working closely with the FBI to move this case
forward. This type of cooperation was imperative to building a strong RICO case against this violent street gang, one that allowed our office to use the federal RICO statue to charge the entire gang membership for the total scope of their actions.
This type of investigation could not be done by a single agency. It is my pleasure to welcome Adam Lee, the Special Agent in Charge of the
FBI's Richmond Division, who will speak about the FBI's role in this investigation.
Today's sentencing of Daniel Mathis, Mersadies Shelton, Shanti Shelton and Kweli Uhuru is the beginning of the end in what has been a very long and arduous case. In the weeks to come, other members of this conspiracy will be in Federal court and will receive their sentences for their various roles in this tale.
Today, Judge Conrad sentenced these four defendants to spend the rest of their lives in federal prison. I hope Kevin Quick's family can find some closure in knowing that this office and all the men and women who worked on this case, from the lead investigator all the way down, worked very hard to seek justice for their son, their brother, their husband, their friend.
I also hope that the sentences imposed today provide some closure to the other victims of this violent street gang, this includes the numerous, merchants
who were held at gunpoint, the citizens who had their homes invaded at gun point and an elderly victim who was poisoned.
Today, justice was realized. I once again want to thank all of you for coming this afternoon. We will now take a few questions and do our best to answer them.


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Step 1 – To begin with, open Cortana by tapping Win and S keys. When it arrives on the screen, write in Control panel in the text space. Soon, the Best match will exhibit Control Panel with its icon on the top, hit on it.
Step 2 – Make the control panel either into small or large icon view, locates System and hit on it.
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Step 1 – The first thing is to write out the code regedit on the Cortana text box. The code regedit Run command will arrive on the topmost part, hit on it.
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Step 5 – A tiny Edit box appears on the screen, clear off the number 1, type 0 (zero) in Value data text box and tap Ok button.
Step 1 – First of all, access an elevated Command Prompt with the technique you are convenient with. However, right-click Start and from the pop up that comes out, hit Command Prompt (Admin).
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The experiences of professionals within their workspaces have been permanently altered by the global health crisis. In this light, it's only necessary the world of work should likewise undergo drastic changes for the benefit of businesses and their employees. Offices of the future are expected to look far different from their pre-pandemic counterparts.
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