VPhot seems to be frozen again with hundreds of files to process in the queue.
Yep all frozen..I guess I will have to resubmit?
The PinPoint license has expired. I'll get that fixed today.
No need to resubmit; the queue is just sitting there, getting longer. It will start processing as soon as I get this fixed.
VPhot is back up and processing its queue.
Special thanks to Bob Denny for providing the DC3 PinPoint license for use by the astronomers of the AAVSO.
Thank you! Are you saying that we can plate solve in Vphot using a built in Pinpoint?
Yes, VPhot has Pinpoint built in BUT as has been mentioned many times before, PLEASE make every effort to plate-solve locally on your own computer IF at all possible. It means the difference between queue processing taking about 5 sec vs 30+ sec per image. As you can imagine, if you upload hundreds of images, it slows down the queue significantly.
Most of our heavy users, plate solve before uploading (Thank You!). If you want the queue to slow down, ignore this message but please do not complain when the queue crawls along or even hangs when someone uploads poor images!
I've found that if Pinpoint can't solve an image within a few seconds it will never solve it. Perhaps the timeout can be reduced significantly?
Yes, there are ways we could reduce the timeout and bump images more quickly. Reducing timeouts has been done twice already. However, during the creation of VPhot and for the many subsequent years, we have decided not to follow this alternative further. VPhot actually tries to plate-solve with three catalogs that work with images of different characteristics (e.g., small field of view, bright stars, crowded, sparse, faint stars). We continue to see that this works sometimes, not always.
Over the years, we have listened to our users and tried to balance the quick plate solution failure with the understanding that sometimes alternative catalogs need to be used to solve more problematic images. It has always been an imperfect compromise.
We continue to request off-line plate solving but note that we have not made that a requirement. Most of the time VPhot plate-solving works quickly with the first catalog and everyone is happy. I have felt that heavy users are usually very experienced and capable of plate-solving off line, and thus feel that this request imposes little hardship on them. It really does speed up the queue! At the same time, we continue to provide this internal tool to members who may not be able to do that for a variety of reasons.
That is where we stand at the moment!
WOW, I didn't know or I missed it..
I must have missed that part in class or maybe it wasn't activated back then, at any rate I always plate solve BEFORE uploading anyway, with Pinpoint, The Sky X and AstroimageJ , or all three at the same time if I have hundreds (Like I always do) of science images.
I must admit that I don't plate solve my images before uploading. They do have the target coordinates in the fit header. I find that 6 images uploaded as a zip file seem to be plate solved within about 5 seconds ie very fast. Is this unusual?
VPhot is prepared to plate solve and as long as you have a proper plate scale set in your telescope profile it goes pretty quick: 20-30 seconds.
If you are uploading a thousand files then it is courteous to plate solve in advance; it is a shared resource after all.
If you do upload a bunch of files needing solution, first do one to see that it is solving. It's a shame if you upload a couple hundred files, see them all fail and then have to upload them again. Plus it takes longer for VPhot to fail an image solution as it tries all the catalogs it has, often taking 50 seonds.


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Q: git.properties file is not generated automatically after every commit with git-commit-id-plugin This is the configuration that I have for the git-commit-id-plugin
<build>
    <sourceDirectory>src</sourceDirectory>
    <finalName>${project.artifactId}-${project.version}-${git.commit.id.describe-short}</finalName>
 <plugins>
      <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
           <version>2.19.1</version>
           <configuration>
                    <testSourceDirectory>${basedir}\www\Tests</testSourceDirectory>
                    <suiteXmlFiles>
                        <suiteXmlFile>testng.xml</suiteXmlFile>
                    </suiteXmlFiles>
          </configuration>
     </plugin>
            <plugin>
                <groupId>pl.project13.maven</groupId>
                <artifactId>git-commit-id-plugin</artifactId>
                <version>2.2.3</version>
                 <executions>
                    <execution>
                      <goals>
                        <goal>revision</goal>
                      </goals>
                    </execution>
                </executions>
                <configuration>
                    <dotGitDirectory>${project.basedir}\.git</dotGitDirectory>
                    <generateGitPropertiesFile>true</generateGitPropertiesFile>
                    <generateGitPropertiesFilename>${project.build.outputDirectory}\git.properties</generateGitPropertiesFilename>
                </configuration>
            </plugin>
    </plugins>

In eclipse when I clean the project the file git.properties is correctly created at /target/classes/. However I'm expecting that after every git commit maven recompiles and creates the file again so that the git properties file will be updated with the new commit properties, but this is not happening it keeps the last ones that were generated when I cleaned the project.
Thanks in advance.

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CCIL president T. M. Chen on pollution, air quality, and health
Air pollution is among the most pressing challenges in creating a healthy society. It has been a bane on Indians' public health for decades as the State of Global Air Report 2020 underlined. To discuss this, Health Issues India spoke with T. M. Chen, president of Continental Carbon India Limited (CCIL) and Master of Chemical Engineering from National Tsing Hua University. He held a prior work experience as the president of Chi Mei Materials Technology Corp. (now renamed as Cheng Mei Materials Technology Corp.).
According to the State of Global Air Report 2020, air pollution is now the world's fourth-leading risk factor for early death. What, according to you, are the major factors that lead to air pollution in India?
The Delhi National Capital Region has been experiencing hazardous air quality for the last few months. However, the main sources contributing to air pollution are – vehicle exhaust, heavy industry including energy production, small-scale industries including brick kilns, resuspended dust on the roads due to vehicle movement and construction activities, open waste burning, combustion of various fuels for cooking, lighting, and heating, in-situ power generation via diesel generator sets and stubble burning during the winter season. Sources of each of these pollutants vary in terms of percent contributions from various sources. Additionally, seasonal influences from dust storms, forest fires, open field fires during harvest season, and sea salt near coastal areas add to the underlying problem of air pollution. In such a scenario, CCIL ensures to always showcase its commitment towards the environment.
What do you think of the rising AQI levels in Delhi NCR? Is there a way to control the rising AQI levels by reducing, eliminating, or preventing pollution at its source and by identifying key pollution controlling elements?
The rising AQI level has always been an issue of major concern to be resolved especially in winter season due to the climate and wind direction. The onus to reduce, eliminate and prevent pollution not only lies on the farmers or the industries in Delhi NCR but on each and every individual to understand their responsibility towards the environment.
To what extent do you think the government is responsible in controlling these harmful emissions?
Discussions on air pollution largely focus on the high ambient PM levels in north India in the winter season and the impacts on people's health. However, we need more discussions for the long-term adverse health effects of chronically high pollution levels throughout the year. To combat air pollution in the long run, more awareness needs to be created among policymakers and the general public to set up phased reviews on the progress to control the harmful emissions.
How important is it for manufacturing facilities to optimise the factory's operations by enhancing different parts of their operations to save energy, thus restricting the facility's overall emissions to combat air pollution?
It is very important for manufacturing facilities to enhance actions of the operation to save energy and CCIL has always taken this concept as its top priority. The company already implements systems like Process Heat Exchanger and Waste Heat Recovery Power Plant to efficiently save and consume energy as much as possible.
Industrial pollution in West Bengal. Image credit: Rudra Narayan Mitra / 123rf
How does CCIL showcase its commitment towards the environment? Also, what are the technological innovations being implemented by CCIL to curb carbon emissions in the region?
CCIL is signatory to the code of conduct for affirmative action defined by CII(Confederation of India Industries) and strictly follows CII's mission on sustainable growth pursuing growth, based on protocol we already implement following systems: Washing tower, Desulfurization tower, Negative pressure system to curb any carbon emissions in our region.
What can we expect from a company like CCIL, which manufactures carbon black? How is the company adhering to emission norms?
As a carbon black manufacturing company, CCIL has always focused on the environmental relationship with its community. It strictly adheres to every emission norms from the instruction of Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board (UPPCB), Confederation of India Industries (CII), ISO 14001: 2015 Certification (Environmental Management Systems), and OHSAS 18001: 2007 Certification (Occupational Health & Safety Managements Systems), etc.
With the world tackling pollution and finding it hard to find sustainable solutions, how successful and sustainable is the concept of circular economy in the current scenario?
As a member of the CSRC group, CCIL is committed to the core values of the group- a circular economy and a green life sustainable company. CCIL practices the concept laid by the CSRC group and repurposes the industrial by-product from petroleum cracking or steel making plants, such as bottom oil, creosote oil, or coal tar oil, and removes residual substances through specially designed reactors with high-temperature, adding value to the product through circular economics.
Burning of crops in southeast Punjab – a major driver of northern India's pollution crisis. (Image credit, Neil Palmer (CIAT) [CC BY-SA 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)])
How is CCIL contributing to the growth of the Indian economy? Does CCIL indulge in any type of skill development community programs?
Just as the mission of CSRC Group is for renewable energy and resources, Continental Carbon has always been committed to create an eco-friendly business model. The company has adopted industrial by-product from petroleum cracking or steel making industries as its raw materials to produce carbon black and along with converting its by-product, steam, as the most pure and clean energy to sustain the surrounding area. By utilising the steam which the company produces, CCIL also generates electricity and exports it to the power station for civil and industrial purposes.
Every year, CCIL opens its door to all colleges for industrial visits and accepts summer internships. The students are then allowed to monitor, observe, and work on some project of their choice under the guidance of senior management.
Do tell us more about CCIL's mission and long-term vision.
CCIL takes pride in its vision of an "Eco-friendly civilization" and mission to work towards "Renewable energy and resources". Considering the importance of carbon black manufacturing and its role in the country's development, it becomes important to understand that CCIL believes in not making any compromises on work safety and environmental protection, and always tries to find out the best solutions for environmental protection.
Since CCIL engages in a lot of CSR activities, what has the company planned for the way forward in 2021?
While the larger goal is to work towards environment protection and development of the local communities, in 2021, we will closely work with the local schools by enhancing the overall infrastructure and providing scholarships. Such initiatives called "the Cement Academy" have already been introduced in our sites in Taiwan and China and we plan to introduce the same in India to encourage the future talents.
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HOME / NEWS / THE DIA's 60TH ANNIVERSARY / THE 2020s
2020's - Looking to the Future
As the 2020s kicked off, DIA faced unprecedented hardships.
The COVID-19 pandemic engulfed the global community and necessitated an unprecedented pivot to telework conditions, and the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan after 20 years of warfare completed amidst the chaotic backdrop of an unexpected resurgence of the Taliban regime.
These events shaped the Agency's operational tempo at the start of the decade.
From an organizational standpoint, the Agency continued to pivot its focus to strategic competition under the leadership of DIA Director Lt. Gen. Scott Berrier.
DIA also continued to develop unclassified entries of its renowned "Military Power" series — with new editions on challenges in space and North Korea.
In the beginning of 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic quickly locked down the entire world. Originating in the Wuhan province of China in fall 2019, the coronavirus spread throughout the world in months.
By March 2020, the vast majority of DIA — and workforces across the United States — shifted to full-time telework status in an effort to stop the unmitigated spread of infections. During this time, the Agency launched the COVID-19 Integration and Coordination Group to track updates regarding the pandemic and keep the workforce protected.
Initially thought to be contained within months, COVID-19 kept the world in its grip for more than a year and a half. During this time, the Agency grappled with extended telework conditions, reconstitution and vaccine mandates.
The Afghanistan War shaped American foreign policy, military doctrine and intelligence tradecraft for two decades. In 2021, the United States pulled out the remaining ground forces in Afghanistan — essentially ending the 20-year war and continued U.S. presence in the region.
As U.S. forces prepared to withdraw from the country, a resurgent Taliban regime quickly marched across the country, ultimately driving the country's leadership from Afghanistan.
With the Taliban in full control of Afghanistan just days before the U.S. deadline to complete its withdrawal, the evacuation grew fraught.
These fears were realized when the Islamic State group detonated a suicide bomb at the Kabul airport on Aug. 26, 2021, and fired on the crowd in the aftermath, ultimately killing 13 U.S. troops and 169 Afghan civilians. The event marked a bleak end to the 20-year conflict.
In August 2021, Berrier released the 2021 DIA Strategy. Developed to align the strategic objectives of the Agency, the document identified China as the United States' pacing challenge, underscored the continued existential threat posed by Russia, and acknowledged the expansion of the international security environment to include land, sea, air, space and cyberspace.
The strategy also identified disease, climate change and the Fourth Industrial Revolution as global environmental issues that further complicate the threats faced by the United States.
To confront the challenges outlined in the 2021 DIA Strategy, the document identified four lines of effort that would work toward DIA's strategic objectives: intelligence advantage, culture of innovation, allies and partnerships, and an adaptive workforce.
In 2021, DIA celebrated its 60th anniversary. The Agency has seen an incredible range of events during its lifespan.
While no one can predict the future, it is clear that DIA will continue to prioritize strategic competition when addressing U.S. national security.
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The Boxtrolls
By Andy Herren | September 22, 2014 | 7:14pm
"They'll gnaw your knees!" "They'll pick their teeth with your bones!" No, the citizens of Cheesebridge are not talking about Ariana Grande fans, they are talking about boxtrolls, creatures who live in the underbelly of Cheesebridge and are vastly misunderstood. Boxtrolls are curious, kind little monsters, but Archibald Snatcher (Ben Kingsley), a man desperate for prestige, wants to use them for his own selfish gain. You see, Snatcher desires a "White Hat," the ultimate status symbol in Cheesebridge. Consistently denied of a hat, he decides to start a smear campaign against the boxtrolls so that he can kidnap and kill all of them, forcing the powers-that-be in Cheesebridge to finally award him his coveted hat.
Standing in Snatcher's way is Eggs (Isaac Hempstead Wright), a young boy adopted by the boxtrolls as a baby, and Winnie (Elle Fanning), the daughter of Cheesebridge's most elite aristocrat (Jared Harris). As is typical with many children's films, no adults will listen to our two heroes as they speak out in support of the boxtrolls, so they must take matters into their own hands.
The Boxtrolls is the third feature film from Laika Studios, whose previous two entries were the thrilling Coraline and the superb ParaNorman. While The Boxtrolls doesn't soar quite as high as those two films, it comes pretty darn close. The animation is breathtaking, the boxtrolls themselves are lovely little heroes, and the theme of being true to oneself comes across as very honest. One big difference in The Boxtrolls is how the film deals with its monsters. In Coraline and ParaNorman, most of the monsters are to be feared; in The Boxtrolls, the boxtrolls themselves are established as friendly creatures right off the bat, with the film's true monsters being humans. Named after the boxes they sport (Fish, Clocks, Wheels, etc.), the boxtrolls are a silly hybrid of Gizmo from Gremlins (kinda cute) and E.T. (bald and slightly wrinkly). They are also easy to root for, as Snatcher, along with his evil plan, makes for quite the delicious villain.
While The Boxtrolls may not be as dark as Laika's other efforts, it still pushes the envelope further than most movies aimed at kids, which is refreshing. For example, two of Snatcher's henchmen (Nick Frost and Richard Ayoade) suffer an existential crisis when faced with truly defining themselves as heroes or villains. The third henchman, voiced by Tracy Morgan, isn't as thoughtful; he prefers hitting boxtrolls with a bat to debating the meaning of life. There are also plenty of scares and action in The Boxtrolls, in addition to a heart that beats firmly at film's core.
The Boxtrolls takes care to engage the sympathies of the audience for its bevy of monsters-in-a-box. The first twenty minutes of the film are relatively dialogue-free, as the audience meets the boxtrolls and discovers their quirks and intricacies. This pays off, as the safety of these beloved little creatures becomes a central conflict. Winnie also serves as both a strong female lead and a source of relatable comic relief. She may be the only female in the film, but she is also the most memorable character. She deliciously revels in the mayhem around her, saying exactly what the audience is thinking at the moment.
As with all of Laika's efforts, the animation in The Boxtrolls is lovely. Painstaking attention is paid to every minute detail, and while the film may have some disgusting content, it is still gorgeous to look at. (Stay after the credits for a very fun moment involving the Laika animators commenting on just what a tough job they have.) Rounding out the film's production value is a zippy soundtrack by Dario Marinaelli.
The Boxtrolls is one of the best animated movies of the year. It is the type of movie that kids will love, as it involves thrilling action and relatable characters. More importantly, it is the type of movie that parents can take their kids to and leave the theater knowing that they probably enjoyed it even more than their little ones. Please never change, Laika. You're doing everything so, so right.
Directors: Graham Annable, Anthony Stacchi
Writers: Irena Brignull, Adam Pava (screenplay); Alan Snow (novel)
Starring: Ben Kingsley, Isaac Hempstead Wright, Elle Fanning, Tracy Morgan, Richard Ayoade
Release Date: Sept. 26, 2014
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The breast imaging unit at Hadassah Hebrew University Hospital is a modern multidisciplinary diagnostic breast facility with dedicated centres located at the two Hadassah Hospital campuses in Jerusalem. We specialise in both screening and diagnostic breast examinations following personally tailored patient-specific protocols based on the clinical presentation and risk status of each individual. In addition to our own screening population, we serve as a major referral centre for diagnostic work-up for a number of communitiy-based screening centres in the Jerusalem area. The breast imaging centres are equipped with state-of-the-art equipment to enable the best possible patient care. Being fully digital, we currently have three digital mammograms, two with tomosynthesis, and one with contrast enhanced digital mammography capability. We work with three dedicated breast ultrasound machines, including shear-wave elastography. The full spectrum of breat biopsies are performed by our highly trained staff, including US guided FNA and core needle biopsies of breast and axillary lesions, mammographically-guided vacuum assisted stereotactic biopsies on a dedicated prone table and MRI-guided biopsies of lesions seen only on MRI. Breast MRI is performed at both facilities on a 3 Tesla machine with a dedicated breast coil. Annually we perform over 5000 mammograms, 4500 US examinations, 500 US guided procedures, 100 stereotactic biopsies, 200 needle localisations for surgery, approximately 1000 breast MRI examinations and about 100 MR-guided biopsies. The centre is directed by Dr. Tamar Sella, a breast radiologist with over 10 years of experience in breast imaging, who began her career in the field following fellowship training at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York. Our dedicated staff works in close collaboration with breast surgeons, oncologists, plastic surgeons and pathologists; a weekly multidisciplinary conference is conducted to discuss challenging cases.
Number of available places During 2019/2020 one place will be available for a recently board-certified radiologist, who is a Full or Corresponding member of ESR.
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5. Knowledge of the English language (level C1) is a definite prerequisite.
7. ESR membership fees for 2019 must be settled.
Please note that each candidate can ONLY apply for one ESOR fellowship programme and one of the available topics at once.
Duration and funding The fellowship will start on November 1st, 2018 and will last for 12 months. The fellow has to ensure his/her availability for the exact period stated as any postponement is not possible. The fellow will receive a grant (€23.000,-) from the training centre, which will be paid out via ESOR on a monthly basis.
Performing a breast imaging fellowship at Hadassah will expose the trainee to all the above mentioned modalities and will teach them how to properly combine them for optimal patient care. Daily work will include supervised interpretation of mammograms, performing breast ultrasound, interpreting breast MRI and taking part in active treatment of our patients. The fellow will participate in breast biopsies under all the modalities mentioned above and will participate in multidisciplinary consultations and conferences.
We build a personalised programme for the trainee with emphasis on what will help him/her most to improve breast care at his/her home facility. A one-month period of observership in breast surgery and oncology during the programme is encouraged to help better understand breast care and the relationship between the breast radiologist and the other clinicians in this field.
Research oppotunities will be explored with the trainee as well, with the goal of at least one published paper by the end of the fellowship.
A detailed individual programme is determined at the beginning of the fellowship in consultation with the fellow.
Certification After successful completion of the one-year training the trainee receives a certificate from ESR/ESOR and Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center. In order to receive this, the fellow must present a written report about his/her work and activities during the programme.
Please note that only complete applications can be considered. To ensure equal opportunities candidates should apply only to institutions outside of their country of residence/work. Upon selection of the successful candidate, he/she will have to provide a notarized translated diploma to Hebrew.
The successful candidate will also be asked to provide additional documents to the training centre for administrative purposes. A limited medical license in Israel will be submitted by the institution before the fellow can start working. He/She is further asked to take care of his/her working permit and insurance. Please note that the fellow is responsible for his/her visa. The training centre will help the fellow with all organisational details.


Oh no. I hate to hear that! I'm so sorry that the relationship with her has been so difficult. I can't imagine how painful that must be, or how much strain that must put on your relationship with your husband. How is it with your other step-kids?
And you bring up a good point. Every blended family is unique and has it's own trials and issues and those aren't always fixable. And maybe they'll get better with time and maybe they won't. It's certainly not the outcome that anyone was hoping for. I hope that the relationship with her will improve – for many reasons, obviously, but also because it would be terrible for her to miss out on a relationship with her new sister. Speaking of that – Congratulations on your baby! That's a wonderful success after what I'm sure has been a long and painful struggle.
Thank you! Interestingly, she adores my daughter (she was incredibly resistant to us having a baby for a long time), but yes she's giving up a relationship there and also with her dad. It has been hard for us for years, and very stressful, but we've come to a place of just recognizing that this is her issue, and we have not caused this, and we will not expend any more energy on it. My relationship with the other two is good, thankfully. It's just kind of a friendship, no parental connection – which is fine. I think that's easier with younger kids, and it's great that your step daughter has that in you and obviously appreciates it.
That is sooooo interesting – and promising. And I'm so glad that the relationship with the other kids is good. I hope she comes around but it sounds like you're in a good place with the situation. Again, thank you for sharing your perspective. I amended my original post to help reflect what you said. Good luck with everything and congrats again on your baby girl!!
Maran! I would LOVE to connect with you; your story seems to parallel mine in so many ways! 🙂 Thank you for sharing so much!
Thank you for this. While I am also a mom to donor conceived children and thus why I started following your blog originally, I am also a full-time stepmom and am having so much trouble with it. We went from seeing him a couple of weekends a month and long summers, to having him with us ALL. THE. TIME. Bio Mom decided she needed to live on the coast and "do her own thing" for a while. She was supposed to take him on 3 day weekends, but she hasn't been doing it. While living with his father and me is best for my stepson, I hate it. And I hate that I hate it, but I can't seem to change it. I don't know how our situation will evolve over time, but thank you for posting this as I needed to know that someone else has struggled with their emotions as I have. Your sentence… I wanted MY little family. That so resonated with me. And I too, feel like a horrible human being because it is so hard for me to love this person who has already been essentially abandoned by his mother.
Thank you so much for this comment. It's always nice to know that others have the same "not so PC" feelings sometimes! We've got to cut ourselves some slack. It's HARD to have children. Much less step-children. It's hard to go through infertility treatment. It's hard to make the choices we've had to make to create our families. I think it's normal and ok for us to feel the things we feel. Like I've said before, we are big enough, and strong enough and complex enough to hold contradictory feelings – we can love our step-kids and not want to raise them without help from their bio parents (BOTH bio parents); we can know it's best for them to be with us but want a break from them; we can love them but also be resentful sometimes. I'm sorry that you're in the position that you're in, but I'm glad that your step-son has you. How long have you had him full time? It took me at least 2 years to feel mostly ok about having my step-daughter all the time. I still have days where I just want a break, but it's soooo much better than it was.
And I would love to hear about your donor conception journey! I only know one other couple with a donor conceived children so I'm always interested in talking to other DE moms and dads.
Anyway, thank you for your comment and I hope that things get better. It's hard, mama. It really really is. And you're not alone.
Thank you! After this post, my husband and I had a very frank discussion about some of my frustrations and feelings. I had been holding back from him in and effort not to hurt his feelings, but I felt so much better after having unburdened myself to him. I found that he is struggling with a lot of the same issues… going from the "fun" dad to the primary parent has been hard for him too. We are working our way through it.
As for our story… I would love to share it! We have twin boys as well, and you have said so many things in your posts, both before and after you had your two, that have resonated so much with me.
My first husband and I eventually split, and my current husband and I eventually got married. We got engaged knowing that I had infertility issues, and stopped using any protection during the year of our engagement so that we could go into medical treatment right after our wedding (but always hoping for that happy OOPS! – clearly that never materialized). We started off with 3 months of Clomid – nothing. Then 3 rounds of Clomid assisted IUI's – nothing. Then 4 rounds of OE IVF – nothing.
Our fresh round failed, and at that point, I became convinced the issue was my uterus and not the eggs. I fell into a pretty heavy despair. My RE did a endometrial scratch, we did our transfer, and then I went back to work and promptly let it all go because I knew, without a doubt, that it would not work. Imagine my surprise when I got pregnant on that frozen round with our twin boys. I knew the very next day that something was different, but I refused to get my hopes up. I took a digital pregnancy test 8 days after the transfer and it immediately came up positive. It was so fast I didn't even have time to pull my pants up. I literally set the test on the counter, stood up, and there it was – "PREGNANT". My beta was a couple of days after that, and the at 11dp5dt, my first beta was 997, and my 2nd beta was over 2000. We knew we were having twins from that first test.
Having had a bio child and now 2 donor children, I am in a position to stay that I don't love my bio-son any more than I do my Twinks. They all came from me, and were all desperately wanted and loved.
Thanks for letting me share my story with you, and please feel free to not publish it, as I know it is really long! I didn't meant to take over your post, but I love sharing my story with over DE moms, so thank you for letting me do that. And thank you for allowing me to watch yours unfold through your blog. I believe you have my e-mail, so feel free to reach out if you want to stay in touch. I am also on FB, and connect with other IVF and DE moms that way as well.
I am sitting at my desk at work with tears streaming down my face. Thank you for sharing your story. Thank you thank you. I don't even know where to start. I guess I'll start with what's at the top of my heart – something in me dissolved when you said you don't feel any different about your donor boys then your bio child. As a woman who has only birthed donor children I can never know if that's true for me (100%) but I feel in my heart that it would be. It's so so validating to hear you say that there's no difference. So validating.
Two questions – 1) Would it be ok for me to email you? I'd love to chat more. 2) May I publish this as a guest post? I can include your name or not, depending on your preference. I felt so alone and isolated when I was research donor eggs. I think it could be helpful and comforting to people to hear from someone else who has been down that path. If not, I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND.
Thank you again for this post and I'll talk to you soon!
We call our two "The Crazies!" They are insane, with no fear of anything and more energy than they know what to do with! They climb on everything and get into everything. We caught one trying to climb into his crib last night…he was halfway up the slats before he got stuck.
I would love to stay in touch. My email is Kelly@musselman.us. And I would be honored if you want to publish my story as a guest post, although it needs some editing. There are some glaring grammatical mistakes, lol.
I am so glad that I was able to provide you some comfort about how you feel about your boys. I really worried about whether it would be the same, so to discover the feelings were just as fierce and strong was comforting to me as well.
Hi Jenny, I'm so sorry to hear that your relationship with your stepson is so removed. I don't have nay idea how you build you strong relationship when you hardly see the kid. Have you talked to your husband about it?
Gah. Tears in my eyes. At an airport (for work sadly). I wish wish wish so much I could have had that relationship with LP's kids. But no. To see your and your daughter's success story is amazing. And bittersweet. Thanks for sharing.
I'm sorry. I wish wish wish you could have had that too. Hugs to you, my friend.
She's lucky to have you. It's a hard job and they definitely deserve better. I hope bio mom gets it together for the sake of her kid. Kudos mama, for fighting the good fight!!


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Robert Bruce: In the days before the Internet, if you wanted to create and distribute any kind of media on a large scale, you needed to either be wealthy, have connections, win the cultural lottery of getting picked, or possess a nearly impossible combination of any of those factors.
This is New Rainmaker, from rainmakerplatform.com, I'm Robert Bruce and today Brian Clark takes a look at the true and potential value of creating original media over time … and why you must own its distribution.
Brian Clark: Back in the 1930s, a detergent company based in Cincinnati had a problem. There was no effective way to reach the women the company depended on for revenue during the Depression-era decline of the United States economy.
The company decided to innovate by reaching these women in the home with stories, through a new technological medium … radio. Not just any stories, mind you, but compelling episodic tales of families facing strife, drama, joy and pain, complete with multiple plotlines and cliffhanger endings.
That company was Procter & Gamble, which went on to become one of the biggest brand advertisers on the planet. But when it came to this particular channel, P&G was both the media producer and the advertiser.
At the dawn of television in 1952, Procter & Gamble Productions quickly shifted its Guiding Light serial from radio to TV, followed by the debut of As the World Turns in 1956. The aptly-named "soap opera" became a staple of American culture and, by the 1970s, the most lucrative television market around.
Let's pause for a second and let that sink in. Because other than giving people what they want, instead of what they don't, this is the biggest difference between a media-first approach and marketing.
And it's one some people are screwing up badly.
Robert Bruce: To rent, or to own?
In a someone's personal life, this question usually boils down to the financial decision on a home, and there are a lot of smart and strategic reasons why you might choose either path.
But in business? When it comes to the creation and distribution of media? There is only one truly wise, long-term path.
Brian Clark: When people think of media and money, they think advertising. But we've already seen quite clearly that you don't have to sell your audience to others to make money.
But even with an advertising model, it's only part of the economic equation.
Here's the beauty of the media business. You create something, it makes money. Once you've stopped creating that something, it can still make more money.
Sometimes way more money. Let's take a closer look at television.
Did you know that some producers will sell a show to a big network at a loss? It's true, but why would they negotiate a payment that's less than it costs to produce the show, while the network profits from day one by selling ads against the content?
It's because if a show can attract enough of an audience to last four seasons or so, that show can be syndicated. That means the producer licenses the show to one TV station in each media market, or to a commonly owned group of stations … which can result in serious cash. And licensing means you're not selling it outright – you still own it.
At the ridiculous end of the spectrum, Seinfeld, as of 2013, had generated $3.1billion in licensing fees in the 15 years since the final episode. But even Charles in Charge succeeded in first-run syndication despite being canceled by CBS after only one season.
Okay, let's bring this back down to terms relevant to us.
In 2010, I got a 7-figure offer for copyblogger.com. That offer did not include StudioPress, or Synthesis, or Scribe, or any of the other products that we actually make money from.
Just the website, by itself. That's because the site, and its content, traffic, and audience has independent value as intellectual property. It's a digital media asset that another business could use for it's own purposes – and therefore that business would be willing to pay handsomely for it.
Obviously, I turned the offer down. The offer wasn't even close to reflecting the value the site brings me each and every year, much less for an exit price.
So the site has a marketing function that makes money. But it's also a media platform that has value in itself.
You're not just creating disposable marketing materials with a media-first approach. You're creating something that makes you money today, and continues to accumulate value in itself over time.
Marketing is something that costs money and then eventually stops working and is replaced by something else that costs money. Building a media asset is an investment that provides a short term return on investment, and also creates long-term value as intellectual property that can be sold, licensed, or put to work in many other ways.
Robert Bruce: "A chicken in every pot and a car in every garage." That's what Herbert Hoover promised the American people during the Presidential campaign of 1928.
Like the vast majority of political promises, it did not come to pass.
But almost 90 years later, an infinitely more valuable promise, one that no politician ever made and that — at one time — could not even be imagined, has come to pass.
A printing press in every home.
A media company in every pocket.
We call it the Internet, the personal computer, the smartphone, and their power to drive businesses large or small through the production and distribution of media has only begun.
Brian Clark: Intellectual property is powerful stuff. So let's run through our three media examples again to discover something remarkable about creating your own online platform.
Marvel had intellectual property to start with in the form of characters and stories. What they didn't have at the time was money. So, they licensed their characters and stories to powerful Hollywood studios who made fantastic films that increased the value of Marvel's intellectual property – all with zero risk to them!
This led to revenue and profits through merchandising, and more film licensing deals on better terms. It's this ten-year turnaround strategy that took Marvel from bankruptcy to a $4.2 billion dollar payday.
David Visentin has a personal media brand thanks to starring in Love it or List it. The show's producer Big Coat Productions makes money through first-run syndication of the show, which means several other cable channels in addition to HGTV have the right to broadcast it and run ads against it.
Even once the show ends, Big Coat will likely continue to make money by syndicating reruns. And David will continue to get business thanks to those reruns! But he doesn't, unfortunately, own any of the intellectual property rights to the media asset he stars in.
Now, let's look at WineLibrary.com, which powers wine sales for Gary Vaynerchuck's family business. This DIY, no-permission-from-anyone online media platform is more like the Proctor and Gamble soap opera example – they sell products from a smarter form of marketing, AND they own the intellectual property as well!
If the Vaynerchuck family decided they wanted to sell the business, it certainly makes sense to sell the entire operation – physical plus digital. And when you think about it, the website is actually worth more than the physical assets.
After all, it was the web presence and move to ecommerce that increased revenue from 3 million to 45 million. Take away the website, and revenue drops dramatically.
But what if you just sold off the retail store, inventory, and other physical assets and held on to the website? You could sell it separately, or like the television producers, license it to another wine retailer, a wholesaler, or even a wine magazine looking to expand into ecommerce – and collect revenue year-after-year.
And this doesn't even factor in that Gary left the wine business, and thanks to the personal media brand he took with him landed a 7-figure book deal, started his consulting firm Vayner Media, and recently launched a digital talent agency.
Given what web development cost back in 1997, WineLibrary was probably relatively expensive, but completely worth it given the huge increase in sales, year after year. And it cost nothing compared to producing Love it or List it, never mind a single superhero movie.
Today, the cost of building a powerful online media platform is relatively tiny. Especially when you think about the multiple levels of return.
Robert Bruce: If you're going to play the game, you better know the rules.
And one of the most important rules of smart digital media production is … own it.
Brian Clark: Some people are too smart for the logic of the new rainmaker. They're going to take the fast track shortcut to success with social media.
You may have noticed that Facebook changed the way their business pages work. Now it's difficult, if not impossible, to actually reach the audience that you yourself built on Facebook!
Facebook has a simple solution though … pay them. In an amazing bait-and-switch turn of events, Facebook, which creates no content, wants to charge you like a traditional media company would.
Hey, what were you expecting? It's their platform, not yours.
And you're getting off easy. At least you're not one of the many who had their business page, and audience, deleted for some infraction of Facebook's rules. Or, deleted for some unknown reason, since Facebook didn't bother to explain why.
Because you don't make the rules.
Social media platforms are great for driving traffic back to your own platform. But build exclusively on their land, and you're putting your fate in the hands of a silicon valley oligarch with a demonstrated indifference to you and your goals.
Looking at Facebook's stock price right now, Mark Zuckerberg is worth $33.8 billion dollars. Maybe it's time to focus on building your wealth instead of his?
Beyond the lack of control when you sharecrop, you're not building your own media asset. You're not getting the compounded return of creating intellectual property with independent economic value at the same time that you're effectively marketing your products or services.
You do that by building your own site, on your own domain, with a media-first approach. And it's never been more doable than it is now.
Robert Bruce: Thanks for listening to New Rainmaker … if you like what you're hearing, please let us know by heading over to iTunes and giving us a rating or comment there.


Pawel Wojtasik, Ernst Karel & Dana Levy in person. The post screening discussion will be moderated by Rachael Rakes, independent film, video, and installation curator and Film co-editor for The Brooklyn Rail.
what gets seen and unseen, what is sensed and unsensed, saved and discarded, and how do we punish transgressors? Here, the boundaries of the state define statelessness, and what we deem to be waste contours the excesses of a material culture.
Restored print of Robert Russett's 1967 short animation, courtesy of the Academy Film Archive.
This short video is set in Mahachai, a town less than an hour away from Bangkok known for its seafood processing industry. The town, geographically situated by the river, is the site of many factories and has the highest number of Burmese workers outside of Burma. It is estimated that as many as 300,000 Burmese reside in Mahachai. Most of the Burmese are working, both legally and illegally, in these factories. Just like any other day in Mahachai, Wawa Kai, a Burmese immigrant worker wakes up. She brushes her teeth and takes a cold shower. She goes to work at a factory where she grades squids and shrimps according to their sizes. But today she is not feeling well, and has to take the afternoon off.
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One late afternoon at the rice paddies after the harvest, four boys turns a little shack into a recreation centre, complete with white whiskey, grilled mouse, and country music.
A very short meditation on the environmental impacts of consumption and its attendant justifications.
A close-range look at pigs living on a farm in Las Vegas, Nevada.
This video sheds light on this blind spot in our public consciousness through a meditative examination of waste. A visual and sonic exploration inside a recycling plant, the film makes visible a part of our material existence – the after-life of our waste – that usually goes unseen.
ROBERT RUSSETT is an animator, educator, and writer whose animated films and installations have been exhibited internationally. He is a SLEMCO Endowed Professor of Art and Architecture at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. He lives in Lafayette, Louisiana. His books include Hyperanimation: Digital Images and Virtual Worlds and Experimental Animation.
JULIA MELTZER & DAVID THORNE produce videos, photographs, and installations. From 1999 to 2003, their projects centered on secrecy, history, and memory. Current works focus on the ways in which visions of the future are imagined, claimed, and realized or relinquished, specifically in relation to faith and global politics.
Recent projects have been exhibited at the Walraff-Richartz Museum, Argos Center for Art and Media (Brussels), the Wexner Center (Columbus, Ohio), the 2008 Whitney Biennial, the 2006 California Biennial, Akbank Sanat Gallery (Istanbul), Apex Art (New York), and as part of the Hayward Gallery's (London) travelling exhibition program. Video work has been screened at the International Film Festival Rotterdam, The New York Video Festival, the Margaret Mead Film Festival, and the Toronto International Film Festival, among many others.
RAMI FARAH studied dance in Damascus, trained at the Arab Institute of Film in Amman, and participated in many training courses and workshops in film, video and contemporary dance. He directed his first video Time-Space in 2004, a dialogue between a ceiling fan and a chair in a silent room. Then he made Point, presented in a number exhibitions and international festivals. His AIF graduation film was the documentary Silence, produced by Proaction Film, which was screened in various festivals, and received the Golden Hawk for best short documentary at the Rotterdam Arab Film Festival.
ANOCHA SUWICHAKORNPONG received an MFA from Columbia University in 2006. Her thesis film, Graceland became the first Thai short film to be included in the Official Selection at Cannes Film Festival (Cinéfondation). She also directed Lunch, as part of Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner trilogy, a feature co-directed by Asian female directors (China, Thailand, and Singapore), scheduled for release in 2011. Anocha's first feature Mundane History (Jao Nok Krajok) received the Hubert Bals Fund from International Film Festival Rotterdam and post-production support from Asian Cinema Fund (ACF). The film won the 6 awards from international film festivals including the Tiger Award at Rotterdam 2010, as well as first prize from Transilvania International Film Festival (Romania) and Grand Prix from Era New Horizons International Film Festival (Poland). She is also a co-founder of the Bangkok based production company Electric Eel Films.
WICHANON SOMUMJARN was born in Northeast Thailand in 1982. Somumjarn trained as an engineer before pursuing filmmaking. His short film, Four Boys, White Whiskey and Grilled Mouse won the Best Fiction award at the Tampere Film Festival in 2010. His first feature length film, In April the Following Year, There Was A Fire has screened at numerous international film festivals, including Rotterdam, Vancouver, Pesaro, and the BFI London Film Festival.
MARY MATTINGLY work in a way that collapses boundaries between performance, sculpture, architecture, and documentation. Through wearable environments and autonomous living systems, her practice addresses nomadic themes that are based on the need to migrate due to current and future environmental and political situations. Her work has been featured in ArtForum, the New York Times, the New Yorker, the Financial Times, Le Monde Magazine, ICON, The Brooklyn Paper, Aperture, BBC News, MSNBC, Fox 5, WNBC, and shown both nationally and internationally.
DANA LEVY was born in Tel Aviv but now lives and works in New York. She holds an MA in Electronic Imaging from Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art, Dundee and a BA from Camberwell College of Art, London. In 2013 she was awarded the Betrice Kolliner Award from the Israel Museum, in 2010 she won the Dumbo Arts Festival's Best Studio Award, and the Young Israeli Artist Award in 2008. She has had solo shows at The Center for Contemporary Art in Tel Aviv in 2012, Loop Art Fair in Barcelona 2012, Ron Mandos gallery in 2012, Nicelle Beauchene Gallery in NYC 2010, Habres and Partner Gallery in Vienna 2009, Tavi Dresdner Gallery in Tel Aviv 2008, Rosenfeld Gallery in Tel Aviv 2004, and Haifa Museum of Art in Israel 2004. Her films have been screened at various Film Festivals including: Tribeca Film Festival; Rotterdam Film Festival; Hamburg Short Film Festival (where she won the Jury award in 2006); Oberhausen festival; Impakt Festival, Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin/Madrid; Chicago Underground Film Festival and many others.
PAWEL WOJTASIK (b. 1952 Łódź, Poland) is a Brooklyn-based filmmaker and video artist. He creates poetic reflections on cultures and ecosystems in the form of short video works and large-scale installations. His investigations into the overlooked corners of the environment have led him to pig farms, sewage treatment plants, and wrecking yards. His current project documents workers in Varanasi, India.
TOBY LEE (b. 1980, Los Angeles) is a Brooklyn-based artist and anthropologist. She works across video, performance, installation, and drawing. She holds a PhD in Anthropology and Film and Visual Studies from Harvard University and currently serves as the Director of the Collaborative Studio program at UnionDocs: Center for Documentary Art in Brooklyn, NY.
ERNST KAREL (b. 1970, Palo Alto) works between experimental nonfiction sound and electroacoustic music. He composes and performs with location recordings and/or analog electronics, often for multichannel environments. Karel teaches a course in Sonic Ethnography in the Sensory Ethnography Lab at Harvard University.


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Animals · Environment · Nature · News · Science
Hurricane Maria ravaged the only tropical rainforest in the United States
Written by Greg Beach
Environment Conservation Nature
El Yunque National Forest, the only tropical rainforest managed by the United States Forest Service, suffered major damage as Hurricane Maria bore down on Puerto Rico as a Category 4 storm. While Washington faces criticism for its apparently lackluster response to the unfolding humanitarian disaster, scientists are beginning to turn their attention to the ecological devastation wrought by the powerful hurricane. Bill McDowell, an ecologist at the University of New Hampshire who led research missions in El Yunque for decades, described the national forest and center for scientific research as "devastated." Still, life will find a way and El Yunque, adapted for the hurricane-prone Caribbean, is expected to endure, offering scientists a glimpse into the ecological recovery process.
El Yunque National Forest covers nearly 30,000 acres in the northeast region of Puerto Rico and contains a wide range of habitat, from humid lowland rainforests to cool, cloud forests in the Luquillo Mountains. El Yunque is home to sixteen species of coqui frogs, the only species of native parrot in Puerto Rico, and a wide variety of epiphytes, which survive by pulling water from the air in the chilly upland dwarf forests. The National Forest is also known for its uniquely preserved petroglyphs by the indigenous Taíno people.
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While El Yunque and similar forests in the region have evolved to cope with a sometimes-volatile climate, the unique power of Hurricane Maria presents an unprecedented challenge for the ecosystem. "From a science perspective, this is a test of how resilient the forests and streams are," said Alan Covich, an aquatic ecologist at the University of Georgia who has studied El Yunque for decades. "I think the biggest question is the intensity of the disturbance and the cumulative effect of two [major hurricanes]. It's a situation that has taken a century to develop."
Still, researchers are optimistic about the forest's future. "We think things are pretty resilient and will come back within weeks and months, like they did after Hugo," said Covich. "Six to 12 months from now, the forest will be in fine shape." However, Covich noted that in the wake of such a disruptive event, different organisms may emerge as dominant species than before the storm. In addition to its role as an ecological and scientific hotspot, El Yunque has historically supported the people of Puerto Rico in critical ways. After hurricanes, the forest typically prevents debris and landslides from contaminating the headwaters of the Loquillo Mountains. While Puerto Ricans wait for relief from FEMA, El Yunque National Forest protects the much-needed sources of clean drinking water that sustain the population.
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One thought on "Hurricane Maria ravaged the only tropical rainforest in the United States"
Dan Hermon September 29, 2017 at 12:17 am
that is not the only tropical rainforest in the United States. You are forgetting the ones in Hawaii. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawaiian_tropical_rainforests
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Trees were uprooted by the powerful winds of Hurricane Maria while those that still stand are bare.
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A seemingly bare field where a forest once stood in El Yunque National Forest.
El Verde Field Station at El Yunque National Forest
El Verde Field Station at El Yunque National Forest suffered significant damage from Hurricane Maria.


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Pakistan's Devious Game Plan in Kashmir
On March 26, 1971, Pakistan army launched 'Operation Search Light', ostensibly to restore law and order in what was then East Pakistan
March 22, 2022 | Nilesh Kunwar
Some may say it's merely a coincidence, while others may contend that it's an attempt to compare apples with oranges, but since the Pakistan army has a history of repeating its stratagems, drawing parallels between its actions becomes inevitable.
Pakistan's Stratagem
Readers may recall that in 1947, Pakistan army launched a full-fledged military operation [codenamed 'Operation Gulmarg'] by disguising its rank and file as 'tribals'. In 1965, Rawalpindi masqueradedits army soldiers as 'razakars' [civilian volunteers] during its second unsuccessful attempt in 1965 ['Operation Gibraltar'] to seize Kashmir, and then as 'freedom fighters' during the 1999 Kargil intrusions ['Operation Koh-i-Paima'].
Even though it may sound odd, but then, the modus operandi of Pakistan army in 'Operation Search Light' during 1971 in erstwhile East Pakistan has an uncanny similarity with what ISI did in Kashmir during the late eighties and early nineties as part of 'Operation Tupac'. It may be argued that as these two situations were completely different as East Pakistan was then part and parcel of Pakistan, while Kashmir isn't, and so, it's a case of comparing apples with oranges.
While this viewpoint does have merit, the terminal objectives were the same- getting both these places under Pakistan control. So, to conclusively establish if there is any the similarity, let's examine both these operations dispassionately.
Operation Search Light
On March 26, 1971, Pakistan army launched 'Operation Search Light', ostensibly to restore law and order in what was then East Pakistan. However, under its garb, Pakistan army resorted to use of brute force for crushing dissent by eliminating not only those who were considered a direct security threat,butthe oneswhose political and ideological outlook went against the establishment. It also undertook ethnic cleansing of the minority Bengali Hindu community.
As news of Pakistan army's barbarity duringthis operation slowly started trickling out, Rawalpindi went into a damage control mode. On April 14, 1971, it organised a guided tour of East Pakistan for a select media team from West Pakistan. Eight senior journalists were selected and assistant editor of Karachi based 'The Morning News' Neville Anthony Mascarenhas was one amongst them. The army's intention was to use this media team's selective reportage to camouflage the ongoing atrocities and project a positive image of Pakistan army's action in East Pakistan.
However, this plan backfired when, shaken by the unmentionable brutality of Pakistan army against innocent citizens of East Pakistan, a conscious-stricken Mascarenhas decided to tell the world the truth by exposing ground realities. Knowing that he couldn't publish the gory facts while in Pakistan, he fled to the UK alongwith his wife, where under the caption "Genocide," he wrote a first-hand graphic account of brazen human rights violations, which was published in 'The Sunday Times' on June 13, 1971.
What's particularly of interest is his exposé on the Gen Yahya Khan Government's policy for East Pakistan, which had "three elements", and is quoted below:
(I) The Bengalis have proved themselves "unreliable" and must be ruled by West Pakistanis;
(2) The Bengalis will have to be re-educated along proper Islamic lines. The " Islamisation of the
masses " [this is the official jargon]-is intended to eliminate secessionist tendencies and provide a
strong religious bond with West Pakistan;[Emphasis added]
(3) When the Hindus have been eliminated by death and flight, their property will be used as a
golden carrot to win over the under-privileged Muslim middle¬class. This will provide the base for
erecting administrative and political structure…, in the future[Emphasis added].
Operation Tupac
In late eighties and early nineties, Pakistan unleashed 'Operation Tupac'in Kashmir due to which the Valley experienced an unprecedented upsurge in violence perpetrated by Kashmiri youth, trained and armed by Pakistan army's Inter-Services Intelligence [ISI]. Though Pakistan denies its involvement, but Rawalpindi's deep involvement in fomenting unrest in J&K isn't mere conjecture.
In an interview given to 'Der Spiegel' in 2010, while answering the question- "Why did you form militant underground groups to fight India in Kashmir," former Pakistani President and ex-army chief Gen Pervez nonchalantlyadmitted, "They [terrorist groups] were indeed formed. The government turned a blind eye because they wanted India to discuss Kashmir."
One has to accept that ISI had done its homework pretty well. The violent stage of 'Operation Tupac'in Kashmir was preceded by a phase of extensive religious indoctrination in which it used local proxiesto poisonthe minds of the masses by breeding fundamentalism through dissemination of misinterpreted Islamic tenets.
This campaign, which had worked wonders in motivating mujahideens fighting the Soviets in Afghanistan also achieved success in Kashmir. Thus, when the violent phase of 'Operation Tupac' commenced and the minority Kashmiri Pandit [KP] community was systematically targeted there wasn't much resentment amongst local Muslims. So much so, when armed groups didn't even spare members of their own faith, and eliminated those,who on account of their political or ideological beliefs were perceived to be a threat to the idea of Kashmir's accession to Pakistan, it didn't cause any ripples.
Resultantly, while on the one hand KPs were forced out of Kashmir, on the other hand secular and pragmatic Muslims weren't spared either. Wearing of Hijab was made compulsory and incidents of acid attacks on those who didn't comply were reported. Beauty parlours were forcibly shut down and screening of movies proscribed. A cigarette seller in Srinagar was set ablaze. Most importantly, the more than four-decade old demand of "azadi" [independence] was replaced by the clarion call of "Kashmir Banega Pakistan" [Kashmir will become part of Pakistan]!
So much so that numerous professionals, intellectuals as well as clerics championing secessionist agendawere murdered. Even the rank and file of Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front [JKLF], which was fighting for an 'independent' Kashmir were also targeted. This again isn't mere speculation or an irresponsible assessment.
In 2011, while speaking at a seminar, senior Hurriyat leader Prof Abdul Ghani Bhat himself admitted that "The present movement [in Kashmir] against India was started by us [by] killing our intellectuals," emphasising that "Wherever we found an intellectual, we ended up killing him!" [Emphasis added].
Operation Search Light an Operation Tupac-a Comparison
The best way to bring out similarities of these two operations, is to replace just a few words in the Gen Yahya Khan's 1971 "three elements" strategy in erstwhile East Pakistan, which has been done below:
(I) The Bengalis [Kashmiris who don't toe Pakistan's line] have proved themselves "unreliable" and must be ruled by West Pakistanis;
(2) The Bengalis [Kashmiris] will have to be re-educated along proper Islamic lines. The " Islamisation of the masses " [this is the official jargon]-is intended to eliminate secessionist tendencies and provide a strong religious bond with West Pakistan;
(3) When the Hindus [Kashmiri Pandits] have been eliminated by death and flight, their property will be used as a golden carrot to win over the under-privileged Muslim middle¬class. This will provide the base for erecting administrative and political structure…, in the future.
From the aforesaid, it is amply clear that 'Operation Tupac' is but a true replay of 'Operation Search Light' and this is what every Indian needs to keep in mind. While KPs were forced into exile, Muslims too were terrorised into submission by rampant targeted killings of their own community members.Religious indoctrination by pro-Pakistan clerics and overground workers of politico-religious parties like the Jamaat-e-Islami Kashmir [which in way back 1989 had adopted Hizbul Mujahideen [HM] as its "militant wing"heightened communal animosity amongst Kashmiri Muslims.
Acts of commission and omission being attributed to ordinary Kashmiri Muslims as far as enforced exodus of KPs is concerned was the combined result of communal frenzy achieved through effective religious indoctrination as well as the instinct of self-preservation. There are indications that Pakistan is adding fuel to the ongoing controversy generated by the movie 'The Kashmir Files' through its proxies, many of whom portray themselves as patriots and activists championing inclusiveness and secularism.
It shouldn't be forgotten that creating a communal divide in India only helps Pakistan, and so, rather than identifying ourselves as Hindus or Muslims and baying for each other's blood, the need of the hour is to jointly thwart this devious design by rising up unitedly as Indians!
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GRIN Articles > Gila River Police Department Incident Logs
Gila River Police Department Incident Logs
Certain reports may not be available or are currently under investigation which GRPD holds the right to restrict public release.
Incident Log
Calls for services this week: 680 Arrest made: 31
District One- (Blackwater)
Theft –Officers were dispatched by the victim, who wished to file a report of a missing phone and wallet. The victim stated that while at the Uhs Kehk Gas Station, the victim took out the wallet/phone case from the motorcycle hatch and left the store. Later, the victim noticed the wallet was missing and called financial institutions and cell phone carrier to suspend services. The victim attempted to use an app to locate the cell phone; but yielded in negative results due to the phone being shut off. Video surveillance is being reviewed to locate any suspect(s).
Status: Closed pending further information
District Two – (Sacaton Flats)
No Part 1 Crime Incidents
District Three- (Sacaton)
Burglary -Officers were dispatched to the residence in reference to a possible burglary. Contact was made with the victim; a broken living room window was located with glass (large amount) on the back patio. The victim went through the residence prior to officer arrival indicating no one was inside the residence and did not know who the suspect was. The victim listed a bag of clothing, various shoes and a drone to be missing from the home. A large rock was observed resting on a chair near the broken window; the victim stated the rock was not there prior to her departure from the residence. Photos were taken and entered into evidence. There is currently no suspect at this time.
Theft -Officers were dispatched to the HuHuKam Memorial Hospital in reference to a theft of a cell phone. Contact was made with the victim, who stated her cell phone was left in a seat next to a family member while the victim proceeded to the restroom. The victim stated a female sitting near the cell phone was gone and so was the cell phone. There was not contact with the female, as she was not located. Video surveillance will be reviewed in attempts to identify the female and observed the cell phone being taken.
Theft -Officers were dispatched in reference t o a theft. Investigation revealed the victim was at Akimel Smoke Shop for a couple of minutes, upon returning to his vehicle a newer model vehicle was noticed leaving the premises in a hurry. The victim got into his vehicle and noticed the passenger side door slightly open. His check of his possessions revealed his glock model 27 handgun missing. A person of interest will be contacted in attempts to retrieving the handgun. A follow up will be conducted; the handgun was entered into NCIC as stolen.
Status: Closed pending further suspect information
Theft -Officers were dispatched to the residence in reference to a theft. Contact was made with the victim, who noticed approximately $180.00 missing from her purse. Upon confronting the suspected family member about the missing money; the suspect stated they no longer had the money. The suspect was informed the police would be called and the suspect left the residence. While the victim checked her purse; she noticed a debit card was missing. The victim was instructed to cancel the card with her bank institution. Attempts were made to locate the suspect in the immediate area; but were met with negative results.
Status: Charges Forwarded
District Four-
Stotonic Area –
No Incidents Involving Part 1 Crime
Lone Butte Area
Theft (Shoplifting) –the suspect attempted to shoplifted a white jacket from Phoenix Premium Outlet Tommy Hilfiger Store; dispatch advised the suspect was still on scene waiting with store employees. The store employee stated the suspect tried on the merchandise and placed a jacket on over the jacket the suspect was "trying on" and attempted to leave the store when alarms sounded. The suspect was escorted to the back of the store where they waited for officers to arrive. The suspect was not allowed to pay for the merchandise and the store wished to aid in prosecution. The suspect later admitted to trying to leave the store without purchasing the merchandise. A citation was issued for notice to appear into Kyrene Justice Court. The suspect was advised he was no longer welcome at Tommy Hilfiger.
Status: Brenden Draper (non native) was issued a citation into Kyrene JP
Theft –Officers were dispatched to the Chevron Gas Station in reference to a theft. Store employee stated that a black male entered the store and proceeded to the beer cooler where he entered and took two bottles out of a six pack and placed them down the front of his pants. The suspect went to the register to pay for gas and walked out to the gas pumps where he drank the bottle of beer. The vehicle then left the premises; a registration check revealed the owners both pictures did not match the male who was observed taking the alcohol. A follow up will be conducted with the registered owners to assist in identifying the suspect.
Status: Pending follow up
Theft - the victim called officers reporting a set of tires being taken from a semi while inside the casino. Investigation revealed that the victim arrived at the casino and went inside; when the victim came out to his semi truck he noticed straps were cut and hanging and noticed two Bridgestone Semi tires with aluminum wheels were taken. There are no known suspects at this time.
Status: Under Investigation
District Five- (Casa Blanca)
Theft – 190609-02945 Gila River Farms employee reported that approximately twelve bales of hay were stolen from a remote area where they were being stored. There was no suspect or suspect information at this time.
District Six – (Komatke)
Theft – Officers were dispatched to the Komatke Market in reference to a theft. Investigation revealed the suspect stole a package of toilet paper by placing the merchandise in her bag and walking out of the store past the point of sale leaving in a black Honda. During the investigation the suspect was identified and a follow up was conducted at the last known address. The suspect was not located and charges will be forwarded to law office for review.
Status: Charges forwarded to law office
Theft –Officers were dispatched to the Vee Quiva Casino in reference to a theft. Investigation revealed the victim left her Coach purse in her vehicle while she entered the casino. Upon returning to her vehicle she noticed her bag was missing. The victim stated the driver's side window is broken and always left down; video surveillance showed an unknown male walk past the victim's vehicle before making a couple of circles around the vehicle and observed walking to a vehicle with a big bag in hand. The suspect was not identified and pending identification.
Theft - A trail camera was reported stolen near the South Mountain area; the reporting party stated there were several other cameras in the area showing several subjects in the area. But was not sure if one of the subjects took the camera; there are no suspects at the time the report was taken.
District Seven – (Maricopa)
Aggravated Assault – Officers were dispatched to the residence in reference to three suspects inside the home and one having a knife and coming at the victims when they arrived home. The victim then locked the three suspects inside the home by blocking the doors with items. Upon officer arrival, the suspects were taken into custody where they admitted to being in the residence and entering the residence while the homeowner was not home. Two suspects were booked for burglary and one of the two was also booked for aggravated assault.
Status: Two male suspects arrested and booked into jail
Theft –the victim called police to report a theft within the residence. Upon contact with the victim stated an unknown person took three one hundred dollar bills out of a jewelry box that was inside a bedroom. The victim did not know who the suspect; only indicating there was three other people that reside within the residence that may have taken the money. The three individuals were contacted and denied taking the money. The suspect is unknown at this time.
Aggravated Assault - The suspect was taken into custody after the reporting party called dispatched advising the suspect was being aggressive with the victim (juvenile) by following with a knife. The victim hid in the bathroom while the reporting party called police. The suspect then grabbed a screwdriver and proceeded to the bathroom in attempts to get to the victim. The reporting party also stated that the suspect threw the kittens to the floor and was trying to body slam the kittens. The suspect was booked into JDRS and CPS was notified of the incident.
Status: The suspect was booked into JDRS
Burglary - the victim called dispatch to request an officer for a burglary that occurred at the residence. Upon officer arrival, contact was made with the victim, who stated that the residence was unoccupied for a week due to the victim being away due to work. Upon returning home, the victim noticed that the front door was unlocked. The victim observed the back sliding glass door to be shattered and a flat screen television and DVD player were missing. No shoe impressions were located, a knife and game controller were located outside and impounded as evidence.
Burglary – the reporting party requested officers to the Santan Headstart in reference to a burglary and criminal damage. Contact was made with the reporting party, an employee at the center and was driving by noticed the bus lights were on. Upon arriving at the center, the bus was not damaged, a walk around the premises revealed a conex box storage shed door was open and window on the west side of the Early Headstart building was broken. Roof tile was broken and miscellaneous food was located within the building open and left in various places. A shoe impression was located on premises commonly found to be on "chuck" type shoes. Photos were taken and later uploaded into evidence. There are no leads at this time to identify the suspect.
Status: Closed pending suspect identification
Theft (fr vehicle) – Officers were dispatched
to the Wild Horse Pass Casino in reference to a theft. Investigation revealed the victim was at the casino and upon leaving the casino, the victim observed a window on his vehicle to be shattered. A child's LG tablet was the only item taken. Photos were taken of the damages and uploaded into evidence. Video surveillance will be reviewed to identify suspect(s). Status: Closed pending further suspect identification
Theft – Officers were dispatched to Phoenix Premium Outlet Tommy Hilfiger Store in reference to a theft. Upon officer arrival, store employees informed officers that an unknown female entered the store and stole three packages of underwear by placing them in her purse and walking past the point of sales leaving in an unknown direction. The suspect was not located and video surveillance will be reviewed in attempts to identifying the suspect.
Status: Closed pending further suspect identification
Theft – Contact was made with the reporting party/victim, who stated that while at the Wild Horse Pass Casino, a $500.00 ticket was dropped by the victim. The suspect observed the victim drop the ticket and proceeded to walk next to the victim and bend down pick the ticket up and observe the amount on the ticket. The suspect walks away from the area and cashes out the ticket; the suspect then left the casino. There is no suspect identification at this time. Status: Closed
Aggravated Assault –Officers were dispatched to the HuHuKam Memorial Hospital in reference to a stabbing victim. Investigation revealed the victim and another individual arrived at a residence in Casa Blanca to visit a friend. When the suspect came out of the residence and proceeded to use vulgar language, question why the victim was there. A physical altercation took place and the friend to the victim yelled at the victim stating they needed to get the victim to the hospital; the victim had been stabbed multiple times. The victim was treated and released from the hospital. The suspect was not located at the time of incident.
Status: Case forwarded to Criminal Investigations Bureau
Aggravated Assault –Officers were dispatched to the residence in reference to an assault call. Investigation revealed the suspect assaulted the victim by striking the victim in the head with a rock. The victim suffered a laceration to the back of the head; photos were taken and later uploaded into evidence. The suspect was later located and booked into DRS. Status: The male suspect was arrested and booked into jail
Aggravated Assault – Officers were called to the residence in reference to a stabbing. Investigation revealed the victim was stabbed three times in the back by an unknown subject. The victim was transported to a near-by hospital for further medical treatment. CPS was notified of the incident due to minors being present during the incident.
Theft - Officers were dispatched to contact the victim via telephonic interview. Contact was made with the victim, whom stated that one hundred dollars was left in an envelope on the vehicle's visor and it contained for twenty dollar bills and four five dollar bills. Upon retrieving the vehicle and leaving the premises, the victim noticed only one twenty dollar bill and the five dollar bills were in the envelope. The victim gave the description of both employees that took the vehicle and retrieved the vehicle. Both employees were contacted and stated they did not take the money. Video surveillance was reviewed and did not observe anything regarding the theft. The victim was notified of the finding. Status: Closed pending further information


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Tommy 'Tiny' Lister, best-known as Deebo in movie 'Friday,' dies at 62
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Tommy "Tiny" Lister, a former professional wrestler who was known for his bullying Deebo character in the Friday films, has died. He was 62.
Lister's manager, Cindy Cowan, said he was found unconscious in his home in Marina Del Rey, California, on Thursday afternoon. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Cowan said Lister was diagnosed with COVID-19 earlier this year. She said the actor overcame the virus, but he became sick about a week ago and recently had trouble breathing.
The cause of death has not been released, and the coroner's office is investigating.
"He was a gentle giant," Cowan said. "He had a smile as broad as you could imagine. He's going to be missed by so many. We're all devastated."
Lister started his career as a pro wrestler, standing 6-foot-5 with broad shoulders at about 275 pounds. His early roles included HBO football series 1st & Ten along with movie appearances in Beverly Hills Cop II, which starred Eddie Murphy, and No Holds Barred, the 1989 film where his character Zeus challenged Hulk Hogan in a wrestling match.
The actor, who was blind in his right eye since birth, wrestled Hogan in the World Wrestling Federation in an actual match after the No Holds Barred film release. He also had a short stint in the World Championship Wrestling under the name Z-Gangsta.
However, Lister's most notable role came in the 1995 film Friday and its sequel five years later. He portrayed the role of Deebo, a felon who was known as the neighbourhood bully who terrorized his neighbours with intimidation and fear. His character was known for his infamous line "Get knocked out like your father used to."
"RIP Tiny 'Deebo' Lister," Ice Cube said Thursday night on Instagram. "America's favorite bully was a born entertainer who would pop into character at the drop of a hat terrifying people on and off camera. Followed by a big smile and laugh. Thank you for being a good dude at heart. I miss you already."
Lister also appeared in The Fifth Element, The Dark Knight and Austin Powers in Goldmember.
"WWE is saddened to learn that Tom "Tiny" Lister, known as Zeus to the WWE Universe, passed away today," the WWE said in a tweet.
The Compton, California, native was a track and field star who became the 1982 NCAA Division II shotput champion while he attended Cal State University Los Angeles. He briefly played football with the New Orleans Breakers of the United States Football League.
"One of the nicest bullies we've come across. RIP Deebo," the San Francisco 49ers said on Twitter. Deebo Samuel, a 49ers wide receiver, got his nickname from Lister's character.
© 2020 The Canadian Press
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