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Lt. Gen. Larry Jordan
Retired U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Larry R. Jordan was born on February 7, 1946 in Kansas City, Missouri. Jordan graduated from Central High School in Kansas City, Missouri in 1964 and was accepted in the United States Military Academy at West Point. In 1968, he received his B.A. degree in engineering from West Point and was commissioned into the U.S. Army as an armor officer. Jordan went on to earn his M.A. degree in history from Indiana University at Bloomington in 1975. His military education includes the U.S. Army Armor School, the U.S. Marine Corps Amphibious Warfare School, the U.S. Army Command and Staff College, the National War College at National Defense University as well as the U.S. Army Ranger Course and the U.S. Army Airborne Course. Jordan also received a certificate for completing the Harvard University Program in National and International Security Management in 1992.
Throughout his thirty-five years of service with the U.S. Armed Forces, Jordan has been assigned to a variety of staff and command assignments at the company, battalion, brigade, and installation levels. In 1993, Jordan reported to Fort Benning, Georgia where he served as the commanding general of the U.S. Army Armor Center and School. Promoted to lieutenant general in 1996, Jordan was appointed as the Inspector General of the U.S. Army where he worked closely with the Secretary and Chief of Staff of the Army. In 1999, Jordan deployed as the deputy commanding general of the U.S. Army in Europe and the Seventh Army in Germany. He deployed in subsequent overseas missions to Germany, the Republic of Vietnam, Kuwait, Iraq, and Saudi Arabia. His last assignment from 2001 to 2003 was as the deputy commanding general of U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command headquarters at Fort Eustis, Virginia. In 2003, Jordan became senior vice president of Burdeshaw Associates.
Jordan's military honors include the Distinguished Service Medal, the Silver Star, the Legion of Merit, the Bronze Star, the Defense Meritorious Service Medal, the Army Meritorious Service Medal, the Army Commendation Medal, the Combat Infantryman's Badge as well as the Armor Association's Order of St. George and the Field Artillery Association's Order of St. Barbara.
U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Larry R. Jordan was interviewed by The HistoryMakers on February 14, 2013.
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Lieutenant general (retired) Lt. Gen. Larry Jordan (1946 - ) is the former Commanding General of U.S. Army Armor Center, Inspector General of the Army and deputy commander of U.S. Army Europe, in Germany.
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Tape: 1 Slating of Larry Jordan's interview
Tape: 1 Larry Jordan lists his favorites
Tape: 1 Larry Jordan describes his mother's family background, pt. 1
Tape: 1 Larry Jordan talks about his grandfather's education and career as a doctor in the early 1900s, and his own interest in genealogy
Tape: 1 Larry Jordan talks about his mother's life in Missouri, her education at Emporia Teachers College and her career as a teacher
Tape: 1 Larry Jordan talks about his father's family background
Tape: 1 Larry Jordan talks about his paternal grandparents, and his father's service in World War II
Tape: 2 Larry Jordan talks about his paternal family's migration to Oklahoma, and his father's experience in the Philippines during World War II
Tape: 2 Larry Jordan talks about his father's pride in his unit during World War II
Tape: 2 Larry Jordan talks about how his parents met and married
Tape: 2 Larry Jordan describes his likeness to his parents, talks about his sister, and his grandmother living with his family when he was a child
Tape: 2 Larry Jordan describes his earliest childhood memory
Tape: 2 Larry Jordan describes the neighborhood where he grew up in Kansas City, Missouri
Tape: 2 Larry Jordan talks about the layout of Kansas City, Missouri, school integration in the late 1950s, and moving to a different neighborhood
Tape: 2 Larry Jordan describes the sights, sounds and smells of growing up in Kansas City, Missouri, in the 1950s
Tape: 2 Larry Jordan talks about elementary school, his childhood interest in science, space and reading, and his favorite dog, Lady
Tape: 2 Larry Jordan talks about attending an integrated high school system in Kansas City, Missouri
Tape: 2 Larry Jordan talks about the changing demographics of his neighborhood in Kansas City after integration
Tape: 3 Larry Jordan talks about integration in Kansas City, and his newly integrated elementary and high schools
Tape: 3 Larry Jordan talks about his high school teacher, Mrs. Thumland
Tape: 3 Larry Jordan talks about his childhood jobs
Tape: 3 Larry Jordan talks about his family's involvement in the Baptist Church
Tape: 3 Larry Jordan talks about the Civil Rights Movement
Tape: 3 Larry Jordan talks about his observation as a child of differing racial dynamics in different cities
Tape: 3 Larry Jordan talks about his interests as a young boy growing up in Kansas City
Tape: 3 Larry Jordan talks about his academic performance and his interest in sports in school
Tape: 3 Larry Jordan talks about his interest in the ROTC program in high school
Tape: 3 Larry Jordan talks about attending the United States Military Academy at West Point
Tape: 3 Larry Jordan talks about his high school graduating class
Tape: 4 Larry Jordan describes his experience at the United States Military Academy at West Point
Tape: 4 Larry Jordan talks about his long term associations with classmates from the United States Military Academy at West Point
Tape: 4 Larry Jordan describes a typical day at the United States Military Academy at West Point
Tape: 4 Larry Jordan talks about the academic curriculum at West Point, and the teaching of African American history
Tape: 4 Larry Jordan talks about the training that he received at West Point
Tape: 4 Larry Jordan talks about mentorship and friendship at the United States Military Academy
Tape: 4 Larry Jordan talks about the academic and athletic rigors of the United States Military Academy and his performance there
Tape: 4 Larry Jordan reflects upon the Civil Rights Movement and being an African American student at the United States Military Academy
Tape: 5 Larry Jordan reflects upon the civil unrest and riots in the U.S. in the 1960s
Tape: 5 Larry Jordan talks about the Vietnam War
Tape: 5 Larry Jordan talks about the Vietnam War and graduating from the United States Military Academy at West Point
Tape: 5 Larry Jordan talks about his training and assignment to Fort Hood after graduating from the United States Military Academy at West Point
Tape: 5 Larry Jordan describes how he met and married his wife, pt. 1
Tape: 5 Larry Jordan describes his experience in Vietnam in 1969
Tape: 5 Larry Jordan talks about his assignment as a company commander at Fort Riley, training with the Marine Corps, and his assignment at Fort Benning
Tape: 5 Larry Jordan talks about an opportunity to teach history at West Point, and getting a master's degree from Indiana University
Tape: 6 Larry Jordan talks about the indigenous people of Vietnam and their views of American soldiers during the Vietnam War
Tape: 6 Larry Jordan talks about the diversity and close-knit nature of his unit in Vietnam
Tape: 6 Larry Jordan reflects upon the draft and racial problems within the U.S. armed forces in the 1960s and 1970s
Tape: 6 Larry Jordan describes his experience at Indiana University
Tape: 6 Larry Jordan talks about his master's thesis about the black experience at West Point
Tape: 6 Larry Jordan talks about the history of African Americans at West Point and in the U.S. Army
Tape: 6 Larry Jordan talks about graduating from Indiana University and teaching history for three years at West Point
Tape: 6 Larry Jordan talks about attending the Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
Tape: 6 Larry Jordan describes his family's experience in Germany from 1979 to 1982
Tape: 6 Larry Jordan talks about serving at the Pentagon in 1982, his promotion to lieutenant colonel, and his assignment at Fort Hood
Tape: 6 Larry Jordan talks about the commemorative monument to the 761st Tank Battalion, at Fort Knox, Kentucky
Tape: 7 Larry Jordan talks about his experience at the National War College
Tape: 7 Larry Jordan talks about his mentor, General Frank Franks, serving as his Chief of Staff in Germany, and serving in Desert Storm
Tape: 7 Larry Jordan talks about Operation Desert Storm, pt. 1
Tape: 7 Larry Jordan talks about being promoted to the rank of a 2-Star general and taking command of Fort Knox, Kentucky
Tape: 7 Larry Jordan talks about Colin Powell and Norman Schwarzkopf
Tape: 7 Larry Jordan talks about presenting the Army Task Force Report on Extremist Activity, pt. 1
Tape: 7 Larry Jordan talks about serving as the Inspector General of the U.S. Army
Tape: 8 Larry Jordan describes his experience as Inspector General of the U.S. Army
Tape: 8 Larry Jordan shares his views on the U.S. Army's approval of women for combat duty
Tape: 8 Larry Jordan talks about his promotion to lieutenant general, and his assignment as the deputy commander of the U.S. Army forces in Europe
Tape: 8 Larry Jordan talks about the changes to TRADOC after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001
Tape: 8 Larry Jordan talks about his retirement from the U.S. Army in 2003 and his activities after retirement
Tape: 8 Larry Jordan talks about his sons' careers
Tape: 8 Larry Jordan reflects upon his legacy
Tape: 8 Larry Jordan reflects upon his life and career
Tape: 8 Larry Jordan describes his hopes and concerns for the African American community
Tape: 8 Larry Jordan describes how he would like to be remembered
Tape: 8 Larry Jordan describes his photographs
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Larry Jordan talks about the changing demographics of his neighborhood in Kansas City after integration
Larry Jordan describes his experience in Vietnam in 1969
So, where did the white population go?$$They moved, they moved away. I can remember during those times as we were looking for our new home, and searching, there were a couple of things that happened. I think a lot of the veterans of World War II began to use their GI Bill to not only go to school, but for loans. I think in the case of my family, they had saved enough where it was time to move. And in our old neighborhood, which I described as being very stable and, you know, the whole neighborhood knew who you were, and took care of you. I mean, Hillary Clinton says "It takes a village [to raise a child]." It takes a block, you know. And you're doing something bad down the road, and somebody will wear you out right there and then send you home and call your folks and say I wore out your son. And then you'd get it again, for whatever you were doing (laughter). You don't find that now. In fact, you get sued. But by the time we left that neighborhood, it had begun to change, in that there were some of the old families dying out and moving. And it began to see a little blight. And so, blacks who could afford it, moved to better houses. I mean, these were old houses. People tried to keep them up, but they moved to better houses. And the whites just moved further out, moved to the suburbs, moved to the south of the city. And I can remember driving around as we were looking, and you'd see "For Sale" signs. And you'd get to a block where every house had a sign in the yard that said, "This house is not for sale, especially to colors." I mean, you'd see signs like that. And whole blocks would sign contracts that they wouldn't sell--because once the first person sells, and a black or a Mexican or a Puerto Rican family moves in, then you have flight. And everybody sells, and they were worried about their property values, and all the rest. So, those were some--and I should have mentioned that during sights and sounds, too. But that was, that's what happened. So, my neighborhood then, of course, in about six years became, went from two families out of thirty, to probably twenty families out of thirty who were African American.$Okay. Now in '69 [1969] when you were sent to Vietnam [Vietnam War], where were you sent?$$I was sent to north of Saigon, to the 1st Infantry Division. I went to the 2nd Battalion, 2nd Infantry. I went Bravo Company, B Company. And I said, the Italian commander put myself and two classmates together in that company. The captain who was over us, was a year ahead of us at West Point [United States Military Academy]. And so, that company really, the leadership, really clicked, because we all knew each other and respected each other. Now, if we had not known each other, I think the same thing would have happened, because we were of the same profession, we were all trained. But it was just very interesting to me to be in that situation where the other lieutenants were my classmates, and the company commander had been a year ahead of us at West Point. I served my time, went to--if you ever buy a Michelin tire for your car, I was at the Michelin rubber plantation. I spent a lot of time there.$$Now where is that? Is that in--$$Vietnam.$$Vietnam? I didn't realize that.$$Yeah. The Michelin family, French family, owned a huge tract of land, and Michelin was the largest rubber plantation in Vietnam. At one time it was divided into four sectors, and each sector had housing for the workers. It had schools for the kids. It was like a little city. By the time we got there, the war was roaring. Only about a third of the plantation was working rubber, still producing rubber. Nobody lived there, but they would come out and collect the rubber. And the Michelin family would come in and inspect about every three months, to look at it, what was left of it. But I spent my time there. From the Saigon River north, it was what we referred to as jungle. It was really thick forest with a lot of bamboo and a lot of bad guys--Vietnamese, North Vietnamese regulars and Viet Cong. And so, my job was to conduct operations, keep Americans alive, and dispatch bad guys. That's what I did. I saw a lot of the countryside and admired some of the people. I was amazed at the little kids, amazed at things I saw in that country. I learned a lot. I left there after a year, had a son. My oldest son was born while I was there. And I got a chance to see him when he was about two months old, when I had what was called R&R, rest and relaxation, for a week. I went to Hawaii, had a wonderful time, saw my wife [Nannette Pippen] for the first time in several months, and saw my young son.
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by Tony Healy | May 23, 2018 | Miscellaneous
The CCMA has been on the receiving end of some sharp criticism of late, which it has predictably elected to respond to defensively with a degree of self-righteous indignation.
Let me say up front, the very role of the CCMA in workplace dispute resolution places it in the invidious position of invariably being unpopular with one, or another party, in a dispute. This more especially applies to arbitration hearings, which always produce a loser.
So the CCMA is, at times, subject to unfair, one-eyed and subjective criticism.
I have appeared as a representative of parties at the CCMA since its inception almost twenty years ago, and have done so in just about every CCMA branch and satellite office around the country. That qualifies me to chip in on this debate.
There are, without a shadow of doubt, many highly qualified, competent and experienced CCMA Commissioners, who are committed to objectively dispensing justice in an even-handed manner. What's more, they do so displaying the requite respect to parties, notwithstanding the frequent tension which is evident in most disputes they conciliate or arbitrate.
That's not true of all Commissioners. Whilst, in my view, the skill and competence levels of Commissioners are generally high or acceptable, there is a sprinkling of belligerent and ill-mannered Commissioners who know who they are, as do frequent users.
Has the CCMA responded to the recent criticism well? Nope.
To begin with, it is highly unlikely that the CCMA leadership would have responded the way it did, had the criticism emanated from organized labour.
I also don't buy the apparent responses, which seek to deflect blame for ineffective labour dispute resolution on employers and labour; the blame mongering doesn't stop there either.
The CCMA Director also appears to be lamenting the "moving on" of the founding fathers of the current employment law regime, into business and politics. It reminds me of the dead Month Python parrot which was apparently "pining for the fjords".
Is it too much to expect of the CCMA that it maturely respond to criticism, without adopting a defensive stance, which simultaneously seeks to blame monger?
Surely a more measured, constructive and conciliatory response would have been more prudent? Indeed, perhaps the response which would probably have evolved had it emanated from a trade union and not an employer-linked representative?
I think that the CCMA leadership has, with its antagonistic response to recent criticism, shown the very subjective petulance, which it criticizes, CCMA users of on a daily basis. What happened to the 'conciliation' in CCMA?
Yes, the CCMA may well be held up as an enviable model of workplace dispute from time to time in other jurisdictions. However, before the CCMA leadership seeks to harness the plaudits for this, recognition should first and foremost be given to the core of competent CCMA Commissioners, not the defensive top floor bureaucrats.
The CCMA leadership has shot itself in the foot on this one. The proverbial "own goal".
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I posted a blog the day after the Toronto Argonauts victory in the 100th Grey Cup on how their win was due to having a defined game plan. In the blog I outlined how if home buyers want to be successful in purchasing a home they too also should not venture out without a solid game plan. In always providing fair and balanced reporting, it got me to thinking on how sellers also should establish a game plan when selling a house or condo in Toronto.
Whether you are selling your home in any Toronto neighbourhood a winning plan is not just settling on a listing price and planting a for sale sign on the front lawn. If this is your realtor idea of a winning plan, then be prepare yourself for some heavy losses as buyers and the housing market will not be kind to you.
1. You have to do your research in familiarizing yourself with the present housing market. Reviewing historical selling patterns within your neighbourhood as well as what's happening in the Toronto market too. I would review the last 12 months which should give you an accurate analysis of what the selling process is like. Look at what has sold and what has not. What you want to determine what were their strengths and weaknesses.
2. What strategy do you want to implement to attract the types of buyers you're looking for? I will share one piece of advice for sellers. Be careful with what you post on line as savvy realtors (like me) will be scanning social media looking for a negotiating advantage…example say you post on Face book that you have already purchased another house and need to sell.
3. Put together a detailed marketing schedule of what actions will be occurring over the next 4 weeks and who is responsible for initiating it. You should be marketing on various levels and one key one is using social media. Today's buyers are always connected and look to Twitter, You Tube and blogs to get information.
4. Once you get an offer learn as much as you can about the buyer and their agent. Google searches and social media scans can bring some surprising results regarding a buyer's intentions. I did a previous blog and how some agents talk too much which undermines their negotiating position.
5. Once both the seller and the buyer agree on an issue lock it up and move on to the next one. If you start reopening it sends out the message that you are unsure what you want.
You want to have a clear picture of the Toronto real estate market. With some careful pre-planning hopefully you will stay clear of potential landmines.


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An Israeli soldier seen during an army raid on the Palestinian village of Burqa in the West Bank next to a spray-painted symbol of The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). (Oren Ziv)
Israel's new secret document still fails to tie Palestinian NGOs to 'terrorism'
+972 and Local Call have obtained a new report sent to foreign diplomats in a fresh attempt to justify outlawing six Palestinian civil society groups. The document, which is full of unsubstantiated claims, has left Europe's leaders unconvinced.
By Oren Ziv and Yuval Abraham January 13, 2022 | Edit
This article was published in partnership with Local Call.
For the better part of the last year, the Israeli government has been on a mission to convince European countries that six of the most prominent Palestinian civil society organizations are actually a front for terrorism. Yet despite its efforts, which included a confidential 74-page Shin Bet dossier sent to diplomats last May, Israel has failed to persuade European leaders of its allegations.
After failing to persuade diplomats, Israel last month began circulating a new document authored by the Foreign Ministry — acquired by +972 and Local Call, and revealed here for the first time — with additional information, in a fresh attempt to link the organizations to terrorism. Once again, however, it appears Israel has been unable to substantiate its claims, and European leaders remain unconvinced. Meanwhile, Israel has rejected the six organizations' request to receive details about the allegations, although it extended the period for submitting an appeal on the decision from Jan. 10 to Jan. 18.
The new document — which is designated "secret" despite not featuring any state logo marking it as official, and which was sent in either English or Hebrew to different countries — does not present any real evidence against the groups, but rather makes general claims about their alleged support for the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), which is proscribed as a terrorist organization by Israel, the United States, and the EU. It also focuses on alleged personal ties between senior members of the six groups and the PFLP.
The document comes on the heels of a 74-page Shin Bet dossier that Israel sent to various European countries in May 2021. The goal of that document was to prove that the six organizations — Al-Haq, Addameer, Bisan Center, Defense For Children International-Palestine, the Union of Agricultural Work Committees, and the Union of Palestinian Women's Committees — are part of the PFLP, support its activities, and serve as a means of funneling money to it. Half a year after its circulation, Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz declared the organizations "terrorist groups."
The directors of five Palestinian rights groups declared 'terrorist organizations' by Israel (L to R): Shawan Jabarin of Al-Haq, Ubai Al-Aboudi of Bisan Center, Fuad Abu Saif of UAWC, Sahar Francis of Addameer, and Khaled Quzmar of DCI-Palestine, in Ramalah, West Bank, October 28, 2021. (Oren Ziv)
A joint investigation by +972, Local Call, and The Intercept immediately after Gantz's declaration found that the Shin Bet's allegations against the organizations were unsubstantiated, and based primarily on second-hand testimony by two Palestinian accountants who never worked for the organizations in question. The investigation further revealed that the "criminal" activities these NGOs were involved in allegedly included traditional Palestinian dance lessons and helping the sick.
The investigation also found that European countries in receipt of the Shin Bet report did not believe it constituted "concrete evidence" against the six organizations; following Gantz's October declaration, Israel set off on a campaign to convince European countries and the United States that it had additional proof of ties between the organizations and the PFLP. The unsigned document, unlike the Shin Bet dossier, "profiles" the six NGOs and lists senior staff in each who allegedly have or have had personal ties to the PFLP. The document does not include allegations that these senior officials were ever involved in the PFLP's military or violent activities.
The new dossier describes Addameer as "a very important organization for the PFLP," which was founded in order to "send a clear message to PFLP operatives and the Palestinian public at large that the organization [PFLP] does not not abandon those who carry out terrorist activities against Israel, but rather compensates them and their family members and ensures their well-being." The document further claims that Addameer "promotes public support for PFLP prisoners and leaders."
The document names Addameer Executive Director Sahar Francis as a "PFLP operative," and claims that "most of the organization's employees are well-known and prominent PFLP operatives/supporters." The document further claims that Addameer takes part in PFLP projects, without including any details, and that its "employees are engaged in organizational activities on behalf of the PFLP that are not directly related to the organization [Addameer], for example, passing on messages and instructions among PFLP prisoners." The document also claims that Addameer's offices are used for PFLP activities, although it does not elaborate on how or when.
The document further claims that Al-Haq, the oldest and most well-respected Palestinian human rights NGO, is a PFLP organization, whose employees are all "PFLP operatives." Al-Haq, says the document, "focuses on legal warfare against Israel and acts in coordination [with] and under the direction of the PFLP leadership. The latter sees the activities [of Al-Haq] as strategically important in the struggle against Israel, and this is seen as supporting the PFLP's armed struggle."
Sahar Francis, Director of Addameer, seen at the organization's offices in Ramallah, the West Bank on February 19, 2019. (Photo: Mohannad Darabee for +972 Magazine)
The Israeli Foreign Ministry claims that Al-Haq has "refrained from publicly presenting its belonging to the PFLP, and denies it. It is a conscious decision designed to retain donors and dispel any doubts that may arise by the international community about the organization's credibility."
Al-Haq Executive Director Shawan Jabarin is described in the document as "a senior member of the PFLP… as part of his work, Jabarin meets with PFLP operatives in various districts." The document states that Jabarin has been part of the PFLP since the 1980s, has taken part in organizational activities, was part of the PFLP's student cell during his studies at Birzeit University, and began working at Al-Haq while "he belonged to the PFLP."
The document further argues that both Kitan Safin, who heads the Union of Palestinian Women's Committees (UPWC), and Abla Sa'adat, an employee of the organization and wife of Ahmad Sa'adat — the secretary-general of the PFLP who is serving a prison sentence for masterminding the assassination of far-right Israeli minister Rehavam Ze'evi in 2001 — are both senior members of the PFLP.
According to the dossier, the UPWC "runs various projects in the West Bank, including those that serve the PFLP, for example, cultural centers and kindergartens." The document also states that the organization focuses, among other things, on "supporting special populations, families of martyrs and security prisoners." The document further alleges that the members of the UPWC has carried out activities on behalf of the PFLP, such as the transfer of funds, organizational training, and statements, and that the organization's infrastructure was used for PFLP meetings. None of the claims were accompanied by details, dates, or any other evidence.
The document also claims that the Union of Agricultural Work Committees (UAWC) serves as a "key organization" of the PFLP, which is subject to its senior members and helps fund the PFLP. The document lists two senior members of the organization, Abed al-Razaq and Samer Arbid, who are currently on trial for plotting and carrying out the murder of 17-year-old Rina Shnerb at a spring in the occupied West Bank in 2019.
The document further states that UAWC receives millions of dollars in donations from European countries, and is involved in "forgery and fraud," yet, as with its previous allegations, does not provide any evidence. The document also claims that UAWC's offices are used for PFLP meetings.
'You are taking away their last watchdog'
As with the Shin Bet dossier that preceded it, the new document has been unsuccessful in convincing European countries that the organizations were involved in terrorist activities.
"Not a single piece of incriminating evidence has been presented, not a single country has accepted or been convinced by the allegations," a Western diplomat based in Ramallah who asked to remain anonymous told +972 and Local Call last month. "According to the existing information, [donor states] in Europe were not convinced that the documents provided by Israel justifies designating them terrorist organizations."
Right-wing Israelis protest against left-wing NGOs, outside the Tel Aviv Magistrate's Court on July 7, 2020. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
The same diplomat estimates that these countries will soon need to make a decision over whether to continue their financial support for the six organizations. "Most of the countries did not stop the funding, because we did not see evidence," the diplomat said. "These countries cannot wait much longer. In the coming months a decision will be made, most likely to continue support."
According to the diplomat, Israel's decision to declare the organizations illegal "won't hold up in a European court," since Israeli law is "based on a much broader definition of what constitutes 'terrorism,' which does not match up with the way the European Union defines it." In Israel, anyone who supports a group that has been designated a "terrorist organization" is automatically designated a "terrorist supporter." In Europe, the diplomat explained, that is simply not the case. "Even if you expressed support [for a group deemed a "terrorist organization"], you will not be put on trial for doing so," he said.
"We cannot punish the organizations because Israel designated them 'terrorists' on a different legal basis from ours," the diplomat continued. "These organizations criticize the two dictatorships that have been created for the Palestinian people: a dictatorship by Israel and the dictatorship by the Palestinian Authority. You are taking away their last watchdog," he added.
The diplomat's remarks are in line with the official statements published by a number of European countries, as well as comments made by other diplomats. Denmark and Ireland have already announced they do not accept Israel's allegations and will continue to fund the organizations, while representatives from 10 other countries told +972 and Local Call that they were unconvinced by the additional materials provided by Israel since October 2021.
Last week, however, the Dutch government announced it would stop funding UAWC, after it apparently found "personal connections" between its employees and the PFLP, and because the organization was not transparent about those ties. The decision, which came after an 18-month suspension of funding to the UAWC, uses similar language to that of the new document, which focuses on personal ties between the senior members of the six NGOs and the PFLP.
Yet the Dutch government's announcement also rejected some of Israel's central claims regarding alleged organizational connections between UAWC and the PFLP. Following an external investigation by the Netherlands-based Proximities risk consultancy group, which started in early 2021 and covered the period between 2007 and 2020, during which the UAWC received funding from the Netherlands, the government said it did not find evidence of "financial flows between the UAWC and the PFLP… Nor has any proof been found of organisational unity between the UAWC and the PFLP or of the PFLP's providing direction to the UAWC." The investigation also said no evidence was found of staff or board members having used their positions in the organization to organize armed attacks.
The Dutch announcement is therefore in line with the declarations of various European countries vis-à-vis the six organizations. During a session in the Danish parliament on Dec. 21, Foreign Minister Jeppe Kofod said that his government had not received documentation regarding Israel's decision to declare Al-Haq a terrorist organization, and thus Denmark intends to continue funding the organization as planned, at least until 2023. Kofod added that should Israel provide evidence, it will "reassess the situation."
The Irish government announced in November 2021 that Israel had not provided adequate evidence against the organizations. Foreign Minister Simon Coveney declared that "[w]e will continue to talk with both of those NGOs [Al-Haq and Addameer] about how we can continue to support their work." In December 2021, Irish Ambassador to the UN Gerladine Byrne Nason said that "in the absence of evidence that would substantiate these allegations, Ireland will continue to support the organisations concerned."
While other countries have rejected Israel's allegations, they have not officially announced that they will continue to support the six organizations. Belgian Foreign Minister Sophie Wilmès announced in the beginning of December that "the alleged misuse of funds by some Palestinian partners have not been substantiated, nor their association with the PFLP. So far, the new allegations have not been substantiated either." Wilmès further stated that "in a next phase, during which it is important to coordinate with our European partners, it will be necessary to determine our course of action at the operational level in support of civil society."
Belgian Foreign Minister Sophie Wilmès in the Chamber of Representatives, January 23, 2020. (Thomasdaems89/CC BY-SA 4.0)
Norwegian Foreign Minister Anniken Huitfeldt stated on October 29 that she was concerned that Israel's decision will "shrink the already limited space for civil society engagement in Palestine, in particular the space for human rights work," and that "Norway gives high priority to efforts to promote human rights and support for civil society in Palestine." Mona Juul, Norway's ambassador to the UN, announced on November 30 that "If we are not presented — in reasonable time — sufficient information to corroborate these accusations, we will request Israel to rescind the decision."
The governments of France, Germany, Italy, Sweden, and various EU bodies have also expressed "concern" over the declaration, noting that previous allegations of misuse of donor funds have been investigated but not proven.
'The donors are afraid'
The six organizations' attempt to acquire additional information from the Israeli authorities has not borne fruit. On Dec. 16, 2021, just under four weeks before the initial deadline set by the Israeli authorities for a hearing on the decision, the legal team representing the organizations demanded they receive the materials Israel used as a basis for its declaration. "Without detailing the allegations of concrete acts (act, deed, date, place), and without disclosing the evidence that allegedly establishes them, the organizations are not given a real and effective opportunity to respond and deal with the allegation against them," the appeal said. "A hearing in which the evidence is not disclosed is a flawed proceeding that lacks the most basic characteristic of a fair trial."
The Military Prosecution replied in early January that it refused to pass on the confidential intelligence upon which the declaration was based, and was only prepared to pass on non-confidential intelligence, since, it claimed, "the core of the declarations is based on classified, cross-referenced, and reliable intelligence." The Military Prosecution has extended the timeframe to appeal until Jan. 18.
Al-Haq's Shawan Jabarin told +972 that over the last few months he has met with representatives from France, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Spain, Belgium, and Ireland. "I was told in all the meetings that they believe that the allegations against us are unsubstantiated," he said, adding that the representatives said they would publish declarations after the holiday season.
Addameer's Sahar Francis also said that over the past two months, her organization has held numerous meetings with representatives of European countries, in which it emerged that Israel has not presented additional evidence since the Shin Bet dossier in May. "They say it is not enough and unconvincing. But they are still waiting to see if Israel will send more evidence. We think these countries should make a courageous public statement that says: 'Two months have passed, time is running out. We are not convinced, and we will continue to support the organizations.'"
Fuad Abu Saif, who heads UAWC, said his organization asked the EU to set a deadline for publicly declaring whether they were convinced by the allegations, and whether they would continue to support the organizations. He said that some of the representatives he met with had told him they would issue such a statement in January. "There is fear. The donors are afraid, and the international organizations are afraid," Abu Said told +972. "On the one hand, they believe that the statement against the six organizations is not based on anything. Yet on the other hand, they are waiting for a collective decision to continue supporting the organizations, so as not to stand alone before Israel. For example, this could take the form of a joint decision by all EU countries."
Earlier this week, a number of Israeli human rights organizations, including B'Tselem, Breaking the Silence, Physicians for Human Rights-Israel, HaMoked, asked European donor countries to continue supporting Palestinian organizations and even increase their donations.
A version of this article was also published in Hebrew on Local Call. Read it here.
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Oren Ziv is a photojournalist and a founding member of the Activestills photography collective.
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In the heat of debate over whether New York fashion week - which ended a few days ago - is in low hours and London resurfaces as the cradle of the most avant-garde design, the real question has nothing to do with the brands that present their collections in the two cities. Or, at least, not directly. Fashion weeks are, basically, an organized system aimed at moving the capital (cultural and economic) of the cities where they are celebrated; for medium-sized firms and designers to shine they need support and well-oiled machinery to serve as a platform.
In that sense, the British Fashion Council wins the game to the Council of American Designers (CFDA). It is not that in New York there is a lack of ideas - names like Eckhaus Latta, Vaquera or Síes Marjan prove otherwise - the problem is that these ideas are not properly communicated to buyers and the media.
Obviously, London Fashion Week, which ends this Tuesday, has its media claims. "In the end, I feel more comfortable presenting the collection at home," says Victoria Beckham after her parade, held last Sunday at Banqueting House, an imposing mansion with ceilings painted by Rubens. The businesswoman, who in ten years has positioned her namesake brand as one of the most praised in the sector, resulted in what is her hallmark, functionality. "I only conceive to make clothes that make the person feel comfortable," Beckham says.
Therefore, his idea of rebellion, the concept around which his proposal revolves next fall, does not translate into grandiloquent creative strategies, but in subtle games of proportions. "I call it 'kind subversion." In fact, it is the first time that Beckham works with short and mid-leg lengths, with tall sizes and patterns more closely attached to the body. It comes out airy: the one that until then has been a designer celebrated for practicing oversize and fluid cuts, has achieved something as difficult as not losing her identity (that archetype of sophistication due to Phoebe Philo's Celine) by experimenting with a new silhouette.
J. W. Anderson is also a teacher in making it seem easy (to carry) the difficult (to design). Loewe's creative director has also been presenting his best fashion collection under his namesake signature for several seasons. Its execution of the volumes and movement of the garments is unbeatable. "The idea of space has obsessed me, how garments can interact with the empty environment," the Irishman said after the show. This obsession has led him to play with bulky necks, trapeze coats and multilayer raincoats in a collection that does not lose sight of the business: the visual power of the bags and shoes makes them candidates to viralize on Instagram.
But if there is something for which London stands out above New York and it is unmarked from the Milanese industry and the Parisian tradition is to position emerging names at the same level as the consolidated ones. The expectation to see the new Anderson or Beckham was the same as to attend the parade of Richard Quinn, and that only carries four collections behind him. But that's what the British Fashion Council is for. Almost two years ago the very queen of England attended one of her parades, and half the world paid attention to a creator whose identity is so difficult to build that it is impossible to forget.
Between fetishism and classic evening wear, Quinn combines latex with pearls and converts a resource as easy as floral pattern into an avant-garde symbol based on covering his models with him (hands, feet and, sometimes, up to face included). It does, in addition, recycling tissues, a "small detail" that is diluted to the visual power of its proposal, which shows that in the creative quarry sustainability is not an attribute of a press release but an internalized and essential dynamic.
If Quinn, now a star, was the spoiled child of previous editions, this season everyone was talking about Matty Bovan. Graduated from Saint Martin's in 2015, today Katie Grand (perhaps the most influential stylist in the world) helps her with a parade attended by the first division of buyers and publishers, Anna Wintour included. And that his proposals, also based on recycled fabrics, are a cross between the excess of Vivienne Westwood and the deconstruction of Martin Margiela. Bovan conceives the dress more as a performative art than as a commercial object. But this is London: here the vanguard has been linked to local fashion for years (whether or not this union is a stereotype) and if something they know how to do in this city is to deepen its essence.
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Q: Getting weird results while subtraction manipulation in python
Possible Duplicate:
Python "is" operator behaves unexpectedly with integers
Why (0-6) is -6 = False?

>>> (0 - 10) is -10
False
>>> (0 - 5) is -5
True

Can anybody explain me , how I am getting False in one case and True in another case for same manipulation...
Some more weirdness...
>>> (0 - 10) is (0 - 10)
False

A: Don't use is for equality testing - it's the identity operator, and two equal objects are not necessarily identical (i. e. residing under the same address in your computer's memory). Some small integers may be cached and reused but not all of them which is why you're seeing different results here.
Additionally, this behavior is implementation-dependent, so you can't rely on this always being the case.

A: From the doc:
The current implementation keeps an array of integer objects for all integers between -5 and 256, when you create an int in that range you actually just get back a reference to the existing object. So it should be possible to change the value of 1. I suspect the behaviour of Python in this case is undefined. :-)
And from my experience: In my Python2.7, (0 + x) is x returns True for x between -5 and +256, False elsewhere.

A: You are creating instances of int and expecting them to all be the same object. This doesn't normally work at all for most other objects, so perhaps it should be surprising that you get True at all.
The reason for this is that Python creates a bunch of frequently used integer objects at startup, that can be reused whenever they are called for. This works out ok because int are immutable, but is simply an optimisation.

A: The is operator will determine whether two objects have the same identity (in low-level terms, whether their representations are at the same address in memory).
a = object()
a is a
True

In Python, numbers are objects just like anything else, so whether is works will depend on how you created them.
a = 0
a is a
True

The reason that your code works in one case and not in the other is that Python interns small integers; that is, rather than creating a new number object for -5 it will keep a cache of small integers and give you the appropriate number object.  On the other hand in your case -10 is not interned so Python has to create a new number object each time.
Other objects that are interned include short strings (including single-character strings), and True and `False.
You should not be relying on interning; instead of is you should use the == operator.

A: There's probably some implementation optimization that may reuse the same number object.
I'd say that's why you're getting True sometimes.
$ python3
Python 3.2.3 (default, May  3 2012, 15:51:42)
[GCC 4.6.3] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> id(3)
9357472
>>> id(3)
9357472

What I think you're looking for an equlity check with ==:
>>> 3 is 3    # Result may depend on implementation details
True
>>> 3 == 3    # Always True
True

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Erin Robinson Swink is a Canadian indie game designer and developer. In 2011, Fast Company named her one of the most influential women in technology. In 2015, University of California, Santa Cruz appointed her creative director of the Baskin School of Engineering's master's programme in games and playable media.

Personal life and education
Erin Robinson is originally from Toronto. The first game she ever purchased was The Lost Mind of Dr. Brain (1994). She earned money for the game by doing household chores as a child, remarking later that "maybe associating video games with chores was the reason I became a developer." She also played Myst and King's Quest VII. Robinson has a bachelor's degree in psychology from Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario. Her college thesis was on spatial memory and the translation of experience into memory. She worked as a research assistant at a psychology lab. Unhappy with her work, she eventually quit to become a game developer. She has been inspired by the work of Marjane Satrapi, particularly her graphic novel Persepolis. She lives in Chicago, Illinois.
She is firm supporter of the fight against climate change, and has called for video game companies to divest their investments in fossil fuel companies.

Work
Robinson works from home as an independent video game developer under her own indie game label "Ivy Games." She started in 2005. The first game she ever designed, Spooks, was about a dead girl who tries to save a goldfish. The game was designed on MS Paint. When she first started designing video games, she kept it a secret from her friends because she thought it was "super geeky." She develops the concept, mechanics, and artwork, but she hires computer programmers to code the game logic. Many of her games have a retro design feel. Her early games were released as freeware. These freeware games included Spooks, Little Girl in Underland, and Nanobots. She has released two independently funded games: Puzzle Bots, a point and click puzzle adventure game, and Gravity Ghost, a game about a ghost girl on a mission to save the galaxy. In the game Gravity Ghost she experimented with alternative forms of game story-telling, which allows the player to learn how to navigate the fictional world as the same rate as the character. She has stressed the importance of the introspective journey to this particular game. She has done artwork for Blackwell Unbound.

Robinson has taught indie gaming classes at Columbia College Chicago. She was named one of the most influential women in technology, in 2011, by Fast Company. She has spoken at Game Developers Conference about video games being used in neuroscience as rehabilitative therapy. She talked about her findings that video games are increasingly being used in medical and rehabilitative therapy and that playing First-Person Shooters improves visual and auditory perception. In 2015, she was named the creative director of the master's degree program in games and playable media at the Silicon Valley Center of the University of California, Santa Cruz.

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Jacques Nicolet (ur. 5 kwietnia 1956 w Gigondas) – francuski kierowca wyścigowy. Właściciel zespołu OAK Racing.

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Het Peterselie-eiland (Berbers: Tuṛa, Spaans: Isla Perejil, Arabisch: Leila, Nacht of Djazirat Tura Peterselie eiland) is een onbewoond eiland in de Straat van Gibraltar tussen de Middellandse Zee en de Atlantische Oceaan. Het is 500 meter lang en op zijn breedst 300 meter, en ligt ongeveer 200 meter verwijderd van de Marokkaanse kust en acht kilometer van de Spaanse exclave Ceuta. Het hoogste punt ligt 74 meter boven de zeespiegel.

Het is een van de Plazas de soberanía, de Spaanse exclaves aan de Marokkaanse kust. Zowel Spanje als Marokko maken aanspraak op Peterselie-eiland. De Spaanse aanspraken zijn gebaseerd op het feit dat het eiland niet genoemd wordt in het onafhankelijkheidsverdrag van Marokko, de Marokkaanse zijn geopolitiek en historisch gemotiveerd.

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In 1415 veroverde Portugal het eiland tezamen met de stad Ceuta. Na het uiteenvallen van de Iberische Unie in 1640 werd het eiland evenals de stad Ceuta Spaans. In 1668 erkende Portugal bij de Vrede van Lissabon de Spaanse soevereiniteit. In 1806 werd het eiland door Groot-Brittannië bezet en bij Gibraltar gevoegd. In 1813 verlieten de Britten het eiland. Peterselie-eiland en Ceuta werden in 1912 niet bij het Spaanse protectoraat in Noord-Marokko gevoegd en bleven bij Spanje toen Spaans-Marokko in 1956 overgedragen werd aan het onafhankelijk geworden Marokko.

Op 11 juli 2002 bezette een eenheid van Marokkaanse marine het eiland – volgens een Marokkaanse verklaring om van daaruit de illegale immigratie in de gaten te houden. Dit lieten de Spanjaarden niet op zich zitten, en op 17 juli werden de Spaanse landmacht, marine en luchtmacht ingezet om de Marokkanen, die geen tegenstand boden, te verwijderen en via Ceuta naar Marokko terug te brengen. Tevens vervingen ze de Marokkaanse vlag door de Spaanse.

Spanje reageerde met zulke overmacht omdat het de actie van Marokko als een test interpreteerde. Het wil namelijk voorkomen dat Marokko probeert zijn aanspraken op de beide Spaanse exclaves Ceuta en Melilla aan de Marokkaanse kust, die zich in een vergelijkbare situatie als het Peterselie-eilandje bevinden, waar te maken.

De Europese Unie stond achter Spanje. Door bemiddeling van de Verenigde Staten kwamen de twee landen overeen om de status quo van voor 11 juli te herstellen. Sindsdien worden er weer slechts geiten geweid.

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If you want a good understanding of how the issues that cause poverty are intertwined, you should read this book about the eviction crisis in Milwaukee. Desmond has written a brilliant portrait of Americans living in poverty. He gave me a better sense of what it is like to be poor in this country than anything else I have read.
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Urban Decay | Eyeshadow primer potion - I have previously before mentioned how much I love the primer potion from Urban Decay. At the moment, I only have the samples from when I bought my Naked palette but I'm looking into buying the full size. I apply this before putting on any eyeshadow and it really feels like it is holding the shadow in place. For me there is a noticeable difference to my eye makeup when I'm not wearing it.
What are you favourite long-lasting makeup products?
Benjamin Franklin once said, 'If everyone is thinking alike, then no one is thinking at all'. For me, he has perfectly summed up the importance of being an individual. If we all were the same, the world would just be one massive clone - dressing the same way, thinking the same way and living the same way! For so long, I was fixated on trying to act and be like everyone else; I thought that more people would like me this way and maybe be more accepting of me! I couldn't have been more wrong.
By trying to be someone else, I was losing who I really was! A few months back, I was asked what I thought my true personality was and if I could describe it. This turned out to be a struggle for me. Back then, I tried to adapt my personality to who I was with - this was tiring. I was so worried about what people thought of me; terrified that some of my peers would think I was weird. Well, what I've realised is that being weird is a good thing.
I applaud people I see in the streets who are wearing something different. They have had the courage to dress how they want to, be how they want to. Even if passers-by give them strange looks, they wouldn't care because their true personality is being shown and they are proud of it! This, is how we all should live! Not being afraid of being who you really are despite societies preconceptions. If you feel comfortable and happy wearing a certain outfit, whether it is a trend or not, just wear it for yourself - don't just do things because people have told you to do so.
Tattoo's. Tattoo's are something that can be judged in today's society. I've heard stories about people who have been discriminated against because they just have tattoo's. I understand that for some jobs, such as teaching, they have to be covered but you should never judge a person based on what they put on their bodies. It's their decision as it is their body. Personally, I wouldn't get one, however that doesn't mean I would be prejudice against someone who has. It, most likely, is their way of expressing their individuality or having something that means a lot to them close by.
Interests is another thing that can show a lot about someones personality. Boys don't always have to be interested in football and girls don't always have to be good at dance. Just 'Do what you wanna do' (Maroon 5 reference) and don't worry about what other people will say. As many of you know, I play badminton. I have heard some people take the mickey out of people that play this sport. Honestly, I have no idea why. I play because I love to do so and I won't be influenced by any one else's views.
Sephora eyeshadow in Girl Talk - I featured this in my June favourites because it is such a gorgeous shade. I'd describe it as almost rose gold and it would be so nice blended across the lid for an everyday look. The pigmentation is great on this and the shimmers really come into their own when the shadow hits the light. Definitely a go-to product for the autumn.
Mac lipstick in Brave Red - I bought this fairly recently in the summer as I hadn't really owned a lipstick like it before. When I wear it comes off as a pinky/red shade which is so nice for a pop of colour on the lips. The formulation of this lipstick is a creamsheen making it very moisturising. What I most love about this product is the staying power! I wouldn't have expected it to stay on as long because of the creamy formulation but it's truly amazing.
The Body Shop Smoky Brown palette - This is my favourite eyeshadow quad because every shade is so wearable. The palette comes with two brushes and instructions on how to apply the shadows. These colours remind me of autumn as they have shimmery gold undertones. Three of the shades are very shimmery and the other is less so; you could apply the darkest one as an eyeliner. It also has a massive mirror so it is a great product to put into your makeup bag.
24hr Colour Tattoo in Turquoise Forever - Bright colours on your eyes, such as blue, have been quite trendy recently. As some of you might know, I am not the best at doing complex eye looks but this product allows me to have a more outgoing colour on my lid, without having to struggle applying it! This I use as a base as it is a creme eyeshadow and I put another similar shadow on top of it. If you are looking for a great eyeshadow base, the Colour Tattoo range by Maybelline are amazing!
Mac eye pencil in So There Jade - Following on from the Colour Tattoo, this is another great product for putting a bit of colour into your eye makeup. The liner is really creamy so it blends well on your eye. As well as applying this on your actual lid, I think this product works well along your waterline! This, for me, is an easier than drawing a line along my lid.
Colour Sensational lipstick in Midnight Plum - I feel like I can't do an autumn beauty post without adding a purple/berry lipstick into it! This is my favourite shade to wear during this time of the year and the formulation of this product help it last all day long! In this lipstick, there are blue shimmery undertones which makes it look really nice on your lips. Also, not that this matters, but I love the smell of the Colour Sensational lipsticks - not sure everyone would agree but personally I think they smell lovely!
What are your go-to beauty products in the autumn?
I wrote a post similar to this a few weeks ago and people seemed to enjoy it so I'm back but this time, I'm talking concealers. This is a product that I wear every day to cover imperfections and hide away my dark circles. Admittedly, I haven't tried out a high-end concealer therefore this post will be drugstore based. I have two that are my all time favourites and these are: the Collection Lasting Perfection and the Rimmel Wake Me Up. If you have read my 'Battle of the foundations' post you will recognise that I'm talking about another product in the 'Wake Me Up' range.
Ever since I can remember, the Collection concealer has been a major hype. Everyone seems to rave about it! I can see why though as the coverage is amazing and it stays in place all day. With this concealer, I find that it is better at covering imperfections than dark circles. Whereas, the Rimmel one works well as an under-eye concealer. From my swatches above, you can tell that the one on the right has a more orangey tint to it! This is similar to the Wake Me Up foundation in the sense that it brightens your face with this tint.
I find that it is easier to work with the collection concealer as it blends out more easily. However, the packaging of this product isn't as good because the words rub off and sometimes the concealer sticks to the seal. This isn't a major problem; the product itself is what should really matter. The Wake Me Up concealer, I find, is better to use in the summer months because I like my face to look more radiant then.
Overall, I would say that I prefer the Lasting Perfection concealer as it really covers all of my imperfections and stays in place all day. They are both similarly priced at about £4-5. My dark circles don't tend to get that bad so that's why I don't tend to reach for the Wake Me Up as much. In contrast, if you want to get both - go for it! You could have the Rimmel as an under-eye concealer and the Collection one to use elsewhere. They would be a perfect duo!
What concealer do you use on a day-to-day basis?
Today, I have decided to write about a slightly controversial topic which comes up in conversations a lot. I cannot count the many times I have heard people say, 'My teacher never teaches us anything' or 'She/he is such a bad teacher'. If I am honest, I am amongst these people and I know that it is wrong to label teachers good or bad. Many people in my family are, or have been, teachers and I know how hard they work. It honestly isn't just a case of working the usual school hours as so much more goes into it - planning and marking included. In addition to this, what equates to being a bad teacher? Is there such a thing? I understand that some lessons feel like nothing is being taught to you or the teachers seem uninterested. However, the vast majority of teachers put lots of effort into their lessons and know what they should be teaching.
My main point is: where does self motivation step in? Can you really say that bad grades are solely down to teaching methods? If you care enough about your marks, you should be studying at home to make up for lessons that you feel haven't been fulfilling. It is very easy just to blame bad grades on teachers and, of course, if they have given you no guidance whatsoever it is hard to do well. You have to be motivated, however, to do your best. This is how you will get good marks. Many subjects don't come naturally to people, I understand. I hate art because I'm really not good at it. Last year, I had to do some art and at the start of the year I wasn't doing well in the lessons and I was getting bad grades. My teacher was lovely and a good teacher overall but she didn't give anyone individual feedback or advice. I then went home and worked hard at it and by the end of the year I was doing a lot better. This rise in my grades was mostly down to my change of my attitude because I started believing that I could do it. Basically, what I'm trying to say is that you have to put in the effort elsewhere if you feel that you aren't benefiting your upmost potential in lessons. Personal motivation is key if you want to do well.
All of this is from my own experiences. Sorry if this post is a bit different from normal, tell me if you like it or if you prefer my usual types of posts!


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Ajax's Victorious U19 Side Return Home
6 May 22, 2013 - 12:02 pm
By Soccer-Laduma
Ajax Cape Town's triumphant U19 side will be arriving back in South Africa today, following their success at the Aegon Copa Amsterdam championship.
The youngsters' home-bound flight is scheduled to arrive at the Cape Town International Airport on Wednesday, at 21:45, bringing the title of 2013 Copa Amsterdam champions to Ikamva.
Ajax's U19 team overcame stiff competition to clinch the prestigious annual tournament hosted in Amsterdam, where some of the world's most talented youngsters were showcased.
The likes of AFC Ajax, Borussia Mönchengladbach, Chelsea Ghana, Men United, Cruzeiro EC, Fluminense, Tottenham Hotspur participated in this year's edition of the tournament.
Following their 1-0 semi-final win over Fluminense, Ajax defeated Mönchengladbach 5-4 on penalties in the final, after the game ended all square at 2-2.
Having clinched the Metropolitan U19 Premier Cup earlier in the year, it is the U19's second major trophy of 2013.
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My word for 2014 is "wildness."
It arrived during a day in mid-December spent listening to poet David Whyte as he talked about stillness as its own wildness. He said something like: When in stillness we join a flow that is happening around us and become wilder within that conversation.
And in that moment, something shifted deep within me.
The idea that the stillness I practice, that I teach, that I try to find for seconds at a time each day could bring me into conversation with the wildness not only around me but within me was a new way of looking at stillness for me. And one I'm looking forward to exploring for the next year.
I'll be pairing this idea of becoming wilder in the stillness with Thoreau's idea of wildness in the quote above.
I've been longing to get outside more, to take the senses walks I used to take, to stand at the water's edge alone and just breathe, to stand outside each day in my backyard and say hello to the hummingbirds and the chickadees and the juncos. To stop working and join the conversation in the woods and water so near to where I live.
So I'll be uncovering my wildness in 2014. I hope to document more in photos and words to take you along with me. And I'll be participating in Ali's One Little Word class to help keep my word front and center this year. Love how she's talking about "make your word visible," which is something I did in 2012 but not this past year. I look forward to keeping my word closer to me this year.
I'm also carrying two more words with me: worthy and magic. I'll share more about these two this month. They aren't words of the year for me so much as words I'm holding close as practices to keep coming back to.
Owning my own "worthiness" is a practice I've been working with for a few months now. Standing tall in being worthy of the gifts that have come my way and recognizing how hard I've worked and how I can step around the assumptions of others. Worthy is one I'm wearing around my neck and putting in my pocket (which is why you see it popping up in the shop samples). And I love how many of you are claiming that word too. And magic keeps appearing on my path, and I'm listing and opening my heart up to it over here. Looking forward to experiencing that unfolding.
What word (or words) are you carrying with you? I'd love to know.


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+ Steel shank provides torsion control and our StepSaver orthotic helps to reduce athletic foot fatigue.
+ 2-Density Polyurethane sole ensures soft-flex traction with a cleated spike-less design. Water resistant.


We would like to share some other refurbished laptops from Dell and we're certain that you're going to find these examples useful for the time being. Indeed, you're going to find really convenient examples here and it would really be a pity if you didn't apply for one of these.
We start with the Dell Latitude D620 laptop that can be purchased around the price of $250. This laptop has at the basis the Intel Core Duo processor with a processor speed of 1.8GHz, there's also the 2GB of RAM and the 80GB HDD. Does it sound pretty interesting to you?
Well, it should be and let's also mention that the screen size of 14.1" will definitely seem useful when it comes not only to blogging and your daily activities, but also for the work that you have to do and relaxing every now and then in front of your favorite movie. The Windows XP Professional will seem useful in your daily activities and there's also the DVD+/-RW that is going to be useful when it comes to burning CDs and stuff like that.
The next suggestion that we have for you consists of the Dell Inspiron Mini that can be purchased around the price of $329. This netbook has at the basis the Intel Atom processor with a speed of 1.7GHz. Also, there's the 1GB of RAM memory that we need to mention about, the 250GB of HDD which can be more than enough when it comes to storing all your information and applications there. The 10.1" display seems great when it comes even to multitasking and there's also that variant in which you can watch a movie and you're on the run. The Windows 7 operating system seems more than enough when it comes to the simple tasks and all the things that you can do on this laptop and you can be certain that it's going to work fast and effective in the same time.
Next in the list of suggestions of refurbished Dell laptops is the Dell latitude D610 that can be purchased around the price of $81.
This one has at the basis the Intel Pentium Mobile processor with a speed of 1.8 GHz, also there's the 40GB of HDD, the Windows XP Professional that won't involve any difficulties when it comes to its usage. There's the 14.1" display that will definitely be useful when you want to multitask, blog or simply watch a movie or a video. The last feature that we want to mention about relates to the CD-RW/DVD combo primary drive which is also really effective and not all laptops can be found with such a feature at their basis.


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Billboard Latin Music Awards: Get to Know Artist of the Year Finalists
Feb 12, 2019 | Bad Bunny, CMN, Daddy Yankee, Music
Vía BILLBOARD
The Billboard Latin Music Awards 2019 finalists have been revealed and fans are eager to know who the winners will be, especially in the artist of the year category, where Bad Bunny, Daddy Yankee, Ozuna and J Balvin are up for the coveted award.
This year, the Billboard Latin Music Awards will return to Las Vegas to celebrate its 29th edition, which will be broadcast live on Apr. 25. The only awards show to honor the most popular albums, songs and performers in Latin music, the awards are determined by the actual sales, streaming, radio airplay and social data that informs Billboard's weekly charts during a one-year period from the rankings dated February 3, 2018, through this year's January 26 charts.
Now, let's see more about the Artist of the Year finalists:
At the end of 2018, Bad Bunny released his first album X100PRE. On the Hot 100 list, he reached No. 1 next to Cardi B and J Balvin with the song "I Like It" on the chart dated Jul. 7, 2018. Bad Bunny also surprised everyone when he released "Mia" with Drake, who sang totally in Spanish. The Puerto Rican singer is also a 12-time finalist at the Billboard Latin Music Awards.
Definitely showed that he knows how to innovate his sound. His song "Dura" dominated 2018 and peaked No. 2 on Hot Latin Songs (chart dated Mar. 10, 2018). Also, we can't forget the powerful collaboration with Janet Jackson, "Made For Now.
This year, Ozuna dominates the Billboard Latin Music Awards as a 23-time finalist. The Puerto Rican urban singer released his second studio album, Aura, in 2018 and replaced his debut album Odisea from the No. 1 on Top Latin Album on the chart dated Sept. 8, 2018. We never expected Ozuna collaborating with DJ Snake, Selena Gomez and Cardi B, but "Taki, Taki" became a hit, peaking at No. 1 on Hot Latin Songs on the Oct. 13, 2018 dated-chart.
The Colombian singer also tops the finalist list for Billboard Latin Music Awards with 13 nods. With Bad Bunny and Cardi B, Balvin scored his first No. 1 on the Hot 100 with "I Like It." J Balvin surprised us by collaborating with David Guetta and Bebe Rexha for the single "Say My Name."
The Billboard Latin Music Awards are the culmination of Billboard's Latin Music Week, which will take place on April 22-25 at The Venetian in Las Vegas, Nevada. Now in its 29th year, Latin Music Week & Conference is the biggest and longest-running event dedicated to Latin Music in the world. The most respected conference in Latin music, will bring the top artists, executives and power players in the industry together for a week of concerts, showcases, interviews, keynotes and industry panels. For information visit BillboardLatinMusicWeek.com.


Bankruptcy is no laughing matter, but its threat can be described as funny (peculiar).
It is often used as part of a debt collection game. The creditor can think it only needs to mention the word and the debtor will pay up.
The rules of the game will be changing from 1st October 2015. From that date, you cannot issue bankruptcy proceedings for a debt of less than £5,000.
The first thing to think of, then, is any <£5,000 debtors you were thinking of pursuing that way, you need to be able to get to court before October.
After October, the creditor needs to re-assess the way it allows debt to build up. With one of the most effective credit control tools now removed, it would be wise to restrict credit to non-corporates. If you take your eye off things and the debt escalates, then you may wish to let it escalate to >£5k before pressing the stop button. It will be easier to collect a debt of £5,100 than one of £4,900.


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Urban Dern Bizarre Cool Ouch Wow Art Made From Human Bones
Art Made From Human Bones
Andrijadurlanac on July 01, 2018 No Comments Bizarre Cool Ouch Wow
Francois Robert was at an auction in the mid 1990s and took home three lockers. Two of the lockers were empty, but the third one contained a real human skeleton which must have served as a teaching aid in a science class. Robert realized that his skeleton was limited: it was wired together for display. He traded his skeleton for a disarticulated human skeleton online - a box containing 206 separate bones.
Since then, Robert has spent hundreds of hours working with those bones, arranging them painstakingly into striking, iconic shapes, each five or six feet wide, and photographing them. He calls the resulting images "Stop the Violence." Each shot takes a full day to set up.
The results are beautiful and haunting. Robert confesses that more than anything else he is motivated by the fear of death. "The bones are something left behind, a form of memory," he says. "I try to treat that person on my studio floor with respect."


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Ali Abunimah's Book "The Battle for Justice in Palestine" as the Two-State Solution and the Peace Process Collapse [#235]
April 9, 2014 by Alfred
This writer attended today, on 04/09/2014, the presentation of a book titled "The Battle for Justice in Palestine", by Ali Abunimah, author and co-founder or Electronic Intifada.
The event took place at the Jerusalem Fund center in Foggy Bottom, Washington DC. The Fund was founded by Palestinians scholars living in the U.S. It provides regular educational and cultural events centered on Palestine and was founded in 1977. It is a veritable historic institution and is one of the oldest Palestine-focused organizations in the country.
It was at the Jerusalem Fund center where this writer had the unique opportunity to raise questions and personally chat with such illustrious scholars as Dr. Abu Sitta,( Palestinian historian), Hanan Ashrawi (Palestinian legislator, activist, scholar), Dennis Halliday (Irish former UN Humanitarian Coordinator), and Saeb Erekat (Palestinian Chief of the PLO Steering and Monitoring Committee).
Today's presentation essence is summarized in the infra synopsis. The event will also become viewable in its entirety and that includes the question and answer portion which followed the presentation, when the Jerusalem Fund posts it on their website.
Essentially Mr. Abunimah stated that the "two-state solution" has collapsed and so has the so-called "peace process" which had largely become a charade for quite some time.
Obviously this collapse does not mean that the quest for a final and sustainable solution for the intolerable situation of the Palestinians can be delayed. On the contrary, now there exist new opportunities for a final solution and these will have to be within the context of a "one-state" solution, namely one of the kind inspired by the dissolution of the Apartheid character of the white supremacist South African regime.
This historical crossroads is being arrived at a time when a new narrative is emerging, a narrative which includes peaceful and assertive occurrences such as the development of the world-wide BDS (Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions) movement which is now recognized by such prestigious non-profit organizations as the ASA (American Scholars Association).
In the not distant past, the suggestion of the evolution of a "one-state" solution was characterized as utopian. This has ceased to be the case, and it is noteworthy that while Israeli PM Netanyahu refers to movement on the one hand as a fringe movement, he chose recently to devote an entire one-third of his time blasting it while speaking to the AIPAC lobby in Washington, DC.
Today Israel occupies, in brazen violation of international law and of the Geneva Convention, an area which is populated by 50% of non-Jews, and this is an area of constantly moving borders as Israel in further violation of international law, engages in Palestinian house demolitions for continuous annexations and settlement housing building.
The apparent end-game envisioned by the extremists Zionist ideologues from the start was to make life for Palestinians which refused to leave their rightful lands in 1948 so miserable thereafter that they would give up and leave. That end-game is has collapsed as well.
The dialectical contradictions of what illustrious historian Ilan Pappe described in his book "The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine" have come to the surface and with that comes a massive movement in the direction of resolution which will make it an imperative that Jews in Israel now start to reimagine their place in Palestine.
The "one-state" solution has the potential to become a win-win solution for all involved as it will give Palestinians and Jews an incentive to bring to an end the brutal violence, mostly meted out by the settlers on the rightful owners of their land, and to then engage constructively for a future of rebuilding and reconciliation.
Only as a secular, democratic society can this joint development become firmly and sustainably grounded.
By a coincidence, today the Israeli government has (falsely) blamed the Palestinians for the collapse of the talks, for having signed 15 multilateral agreements at the UN for the protection of children, women, and the elderly in a war environment, while our Secretary of State, John Kerry, to his credit, blamed the Israelis for the collapse of the talks.
Hopefully for the sake of the Palestinians, Israelis, and the US, this is also the beginning of the non-sensical characterization of Israel as being endowed with some kind of so-called "exceptionalist" character status which supposedly is meant to render it immune to global reproach via the United Nations.
The above synopsis was inspired by the presentation of Mr. Ali Abunimah, but the actual wording and to some extend interpretation of it is attributable to this writer.
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Hopefully, there will be enough of a shift in consciousness and sentiment to open a path to a peaceful transition to a one state solution as you suggest.


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	return v.isSet
}

func (v *NullablePrivateCrossConnect) Unset() {
	v.value = nil
	v.isSet = false
}

func NewNullablePrivateCrossConnect(val *PrivateCrossConnect) *NullablePrivateCrossConnect {
	return &NullablePrivateCrossConnect{value: val, isSet: true}
}

func (v NullablePrivateCrossConnect) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
	return json.Marshal(v.value)
}

func (v *NullablePrivateCrossConnect) UnmarshalJSON(src []byte) error {
	v.isSet = true
	return json.Unmarshal(src, &v.value)
}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub