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Russia's Homophobic Laws Will Not Silence Side by Side LGBT Film Festival
www.bok-o-bok.ru
Russia's Homophobic and Discriminatory Laws Will Not Silence Saint Petersburg's Side by Side LGBT Film Festival, Which Starts October 25th and Runs through November 3, 2012
In the face of increasing discrimination and violence towards the LGBT community in Russia, organizers of the Side by Side LGBT Film Festival remain defiant. Throughout the festival's ten days, maximum visibility and openness will be sought in order to bring home to the public and the authorities the message of respect for the human rights of LGBT people in Russia.
The major theme this year is local and global processes of the LGBT movement: we will explore discourses and practices relating to LGBT politics, activism, and sexual and gender identity rights at the local and global levels. In total, 37 films will be screen, and among the countries providing the focus are Russia, Uganda, China, Cuba, Chile and South Africa, places where LGBT movements are still in their infancy and face great opposition.
The Chilean film Young & Wild, directed by Marialy Rivas, opens the festival. After the screening, Rivas will take part in a Q&A with the audience. She states: "I firmly believe Side by Side stands as a necessary voice for the diversity and visibility of the LGBT community. We need to see our stories on the screen to understand who we are and be able to deal with an aspect as profound and delicate as our own sexuality."
A major topic of discussion this year is state-sponsored homophobia, drawing on the experiences of Uganda and Russia. Following the screening of the hard-hitting documentary and multiple award winner Call Me Kuchu, which documents the courageous efforts of David Kato and his team to overcome seemingly insurmountable obstacles in the fight for LGBT rights in Uganda, Stosh Jovan, a human rights activist from Uganda, will participate in the discussion, along with Igor Kochetkov (LGBT Network) from Russia. Also joining in the debate are Andrey Tolmachev a representative of the office of the Ombudsman for Human Rights in St. Petersburg, and Robert Bierdron, Member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.
For the first time in its history, the festival will present a program of Russian films, "The Beginning," compromised of new work from directors from around the country. The discussion to follow will address the issue of the visibility (or its lack) of LGBT in art and cinema. Seva Galkin, director of the short film Three Times About It, comments: "We need calm conversation. We are, after all, the same as they are. We have the same aspirations, by and large. We fall in love, think about our career, as well as dream of the sea. We are one of them." And Svetlana Sigalaeva, director of the documentary Not With Us, says, "I learned the lesson the hard way that your country, or your house, can be a prison, if you're a girl in love with a girl."
Other guests include Eytan Fox (Israel), Yang Yang (China), organizer of the Beijing Queer Festival, and Michiel van Erp (Netherlands).
In cooperation with the Swedish documentary film festival Tempo, Side by Side will be screening the work of filmmakers Sara Broos (For You Naked) and Mette Aakerholm Gardell (Not a Man in Sight). Both directors will take part in Q&As following the screening.
As part of the festival, Side by Side will be launching an interactive campaign, Stop Homophobia in Russia! Details to follow.
The complete festival schedule can be viewed here.
Filed under feminism, gay rights, film and video, Russian society
Tagged as David Kato, Eytan Fox, homophobia, Marialy Rivas, Mette Aakerholm Gardell, Michiel van Erp, Petersburg homophobic law, Russian LGBT activists, Saint Petersburg, Sara Broos, Seva Galkin, Side by Side LGBT Film Festival, Svetlana Sigalaeva, Uganda, Yang Yang
by hecksinductionhour | November 21, 2011 · 10:21 pm
Russia: A Bill to Silence Millions (petition) / LGBT Activists Crash NGO Forum in Petersburg
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Russia: a bill to silence millions
Russian LGBT activists are detained for the simple act of publicly demanding their rights.
GOAL: 75,000
57,608 people support this campaign. Help us get to 75,000.
Political leaders in St. Petersburg are about to vote on law that will make it illegal for any person to write a book, publish an article or speak in public about being gay, lesbian or transgender. The ruling party led by President Medvedev and Prime Minister Putin could make millions of people invisible with the stroke of a pen. Human rights defenders around the country are doing everything they can to stop it. They are risking their freedom to organize flashmobs and protests, but they are afraid that it won't be enough. Right now, the world needs to speak up and tell Russian authorities to drop the bill. Join this call to leaders around the world to reach out to their counterparts in the Russian government – and ask them to reject this discriminatory and anti-democratic law.
TO WORLD LEADERS:
The party led by Russian President Medvedev and Prime Minister Putin is pushing discriminatory legislation against lesbian, bi, gay and trans people that could eliminate their freedom to speak publicly and assemble. Russia is a signatory to numerous international human rights treaties – including the European Convention on Human Rights. We call on you to urgently speak out and hold Russia accountable to its treaty obligations – and stand with LGBT Russians whose ability to speak for themselves is under attack.
Sign the petition here.
You can see Sergey Chernov's photo reportage of Sunday's flash mob against the proposed law on Palace Square here.
On November 16, the International Day for Tolerance, Petersburg LGBT activists and their supporters picketed the Saint Petersburg Legislative Assembly.
Echo Moscow in St. Petersburg · November 20, 2011
Gay activists seized the podium of an international forum to be heard
On November 19, as part of Finland's presidency of the Nordic Council of Ministers, a forum for NGOs from Northern Europe and Russia opened in Saint Petersburg.
Among the announced priority topics of the forum were equality, tolerance and gender equality.
Representatives of the State Duma, the Government of Saint Petersburg, and the Saint Petersburg Legislative Assembly of Saint Petersburg (Vatanyar Yagya) spoke at length about how Saint Petersburg is a progressive city, and the protection of human rights is an extremely important task for the governments of Russia and Petersburg.
While one of the scheduled speakers lingered on his way to the podium, LGBT activists from the Russian LGBT Network, Coming Out, and the Side by Side Film Festival took the floor.
Igor Kochetkov's speech was brief: during the minute and a half that he was able to to hold onto the microphone, Kochetkov managed to report on the homophobic bill [now under consideration in the Petersburg Legislative Assembly], gross human rights violations in Saint Petersburg and Russia, and the lack of reaction on the part of officials to complaints by citizens and organizations. He urged the forum to draft a resolution on this issue, and the forum's international participants to inform their governments about the despotism of the Russian authorities.
During Igor Kochetkov's speech, the activists, who had made their way into the hall in advance under the guise of forum participants and had nearly been put to sleep by the lovely speeches of the Russian bureaucrats, unfurled banners ("Tolerance is for society, not only for international forums!" Russia! Respect Gay and Lesbian Human Rights," "Let's Stop the Homophobic Law Together!" "Deputies! Respect the Russian Federation Constitution") and handed out leaflets.
Officials and representatives of Russian and foreign NGOs listened to the speech in total silence; some applauded. At the exit of the conference room, as they hurried to leave the premises, the activists were met by a security guard who escorted them to the front door of the hotel.
An activist with a video camera who remained in the hall managed to record the following speech, by the Russian Presidential Plenipotentiary in the Northwest Federal District, which was full of sparkling humor. He said that the applause after the appearance by the activists was actually applause for Russia's democracy, and that garden homes were the pillar of the strong Russian family.
Filed under activism, feminism, gay rights, film and video, open letters, manifestos, appeals, political repression, protests, Russian society
Tagged as Cpming Out (Vykhod), homophobic bill, Igor Kochetkov, International Day for Tolerance, Nordic Council of Ministers, repression of LGBT activists in Russia, Russian LGBT Network, Saint Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Sergey Chernov, Side by Side LGBT Film Festival
The United Russia Guide to Winning Hearts and Minds. Strategy 2: Fan the Flames of Homophobia
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Russia: New Laws against Transgenders, Bisexuals and Gays
Polina Savchenko
On November 11, 2011, the legal committee of the St. Petersburg Legislative Assembly introduced a draft law prohibiting the so-called propaganda of "sodomy, lesbianism, bisexualism and transgenderism, and pedophilia to minors" and [making such "propaganda"] an administrative offence. The bill was introduced by United Russia. This law seeks to demonize LGBT communities.
By combining homosexuality, bisexuality, and transsexuality into one law with sexual crimes against minors (pedophilia), the members of the Legislative Assembly are indulging in a gross manipulation of public opinion. Their goal is to pass an anti-democratic law, directed at severely limiting human rights in St. Petersburg.
In the name of "public interest", the members of the Legislative Assembly decided to ignore federal law, the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the European Convention for Human Rights, Council of Europe Recommendations and other decrees by international organizations of which Russia is a member. However, no public discussions were held.
It is also obvious that adoption of this law violates the interests and rights of minors. Russia leads the world in the number of teenage suicides, and ignoring the issues of sexual orientation and gender identity can lead to tragic consequences.
This bill is absurd, both in terms of legal logic, and in terms of plain common sense. So what is the real goal? It is clear that adoption of this law would impose significant limitations on the activities of LGBT organizations. Organizers of public events cannot restrict access of minors to any open area; people under 18 can be there just by chance. Consequently, it makes any public campaigns aimed at reducing [homophobia] and hate crime prevention impossible.
Adoption of this law will have detrimental effects on the entire Russian LGBT movement. The only interregional LGBT organization, the Russian LGBT Network, the largest grassroots LGBT organization, Coming Out , the LGBT film festival Side by Side, and other LGBT groups are headquartered in St. Petersburg. The LGBT movement in Russia has become so noticeable that the homophobic government can no longer ignore its existence. The state is attempting to destroy LGBT organizations using the legal framework and to discredit them in the minds of the people.
Recently, a similar law was passed in Arkhangelsk. Today, St. Petersburg is the target, and there is a real danger that tomorrow it will be adopted on the federal level.
We call for the consolidation and mobilization of the international community in order to support Russian LGBT rights defenders through all possible and available means, including contacts with your authorities, dissemination of information to your media, letters of protest to the Russian embassies around the world. We received information about the upcoming bill just yesterday and will keep you updated about the developments, our demands, and in which ways you can support us.
Please, don't hesitate to write to us with your ideas of support and inform of your actions, so that we ensure that our efforts remain coordinated to achieve the best impact.
In this time of real need, we hope for your help.
Filed under activism, feminism, gay rights, open letters, manifestos, appeals, political repression, Russian society
Tagged as Coming Out (Vykhod), homophobia, repression of LGBT activists in Russia, Side by Side LGBT Film Festival, United Russia
by hecksinductionhour | September 18, 2010 · 6:18 am
State-Sponsored Queer Bashing in Saint Petersburg
Issue #1610 (71), Friday, September 17, 2010
QUEERFEST CLAIMS PRESSURE FROM CITY HALL
By Sergey Chernov, Staff Writer
The St. Petersburg authorities kicked a gay art exhibition out of the high-status Union of Artists Exhibition Center, where it was scheduled to open Thursday, organizers said Wednesday. City hall's culture committee denies any involvement.
The Union of Artists Exhibition Center was one of the venues where Queerfest, organized by LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bi-Sexual and Transgender) rights organization Vykhod (Coming Out), was due to be held.
Vykhod director Igor Kochetkov said the culture committee put pressure on the venue to cancel the exhibition.
"We had two phone conversations with the Exhibition Center's director, who said he got a call from the culture committee stating categorically that the exhibition shouldn't be opened," said Vykhod director Igor Kochetkov.
Kochetkov said that in the official cancellation letter the Exhibition Center listed "complaints from certain public organizations and potential visitors" as the grounds for the decision.
"It's not only a breach of the agreement, because the agreement can be broken only by force majeure, but it's also not clear how there could be complaints if nobody has yet seen the exhibition and we haven't yet placed the works there," Kochetkov said.
Culture committee press officer Irina Nacharova denied her committee had anything to do with the cancelation.
"The culture committee is absolutely loyal to LGBT festivals and events," she said.
"The Union of Artists is an independent public organization, and it's absolutely their decision what kind of exhibitions to hold, when and what to cancel. "
"The only thing is that the plan was to hold a children's exhibition and this kind of exhibition at the same time, which is perhaps not quite appropriate. But there weren't and couldn't be any bans, because it's a public organization and it takes its decisions independently."
Union of Artists Exhibition Hall director Alexander Saikov denied getting a call from the culture committee when he spoke by phone on Thursday.
"The thing is that we have an exhibition of children's works in the next room, almost 800 participants, and because the organizers published their information on Internet, people found out about this and started to write complaints to state bodies and us as well demanding not to open this exhibition," he said.
"Later, it turned out that, when we had talks on Aug. 8, we were shown one sort of exhibition materials, but in reality it turned out to be entirely different. If I had known that the content of the exhibition would be like this, we wouldn't have even planned to hold it, for sure."
However, an employee, speaking on the condition of anonymity, confirmed Thursday that the ban came from the culture committee.
The exhibition and the opening were hastily moved to a new location – the Vegan Club on 50 Ligovsky Prospekt, and journalists were asked not to disclose the site until 6 p.m. Thursday, in case the authorities attempted to shut it down there as well.
Queerfest, which is being held for the second year in a row, has not had any problems before.
"It went quietly last year because we consciously played down the fact that it was promoted by an LGBT organization," organizer Kochetkov said.
"This year, the concept of the festival is devoted to equal rights of self-expression for all the people regardless of sexual orientation and gender identity. As far as I understand, that's what caused this pressure."
Queerfest has been supported by a number of international figures, including Berlin mayor Klaus Wowereit, Belgian-Italian singer Lara Fabian, British author Sarah Waters and U.S. film director John Cameron Mitchell.
"I cannot tell you how proud I am to have so many Russian followers, readers and friends. That many of them are gay, lesbian or transgender gives me especial pleasure," wrote British actor and writer Stephen Fry.
"It has not been easy to be out and proud in Russia of late and it takes a very special kind of courage to stand up for yourself in such an atmosphere of enmity and ignorance. I think it is a very Russian quality to be so brave, to have such integrity and such a proper sense of pride and self."
In 2008, the Side by Side gay film festival was thwarted by the St. Petersburg authorities when two film theaters broke their agreements and canceled the events.
Queerfest runs through Sept. 25. Check www.queerfest.ru for updates.
Here is a translation of the official statement made by Queerfest organizers:
The opening of the International Queer Culture Festival in Saint Petersburg has been threatened with cancellation. The directors of the exhibition center of the Saint Petersburg Union of Artists, where the opening and several other festival events were to have taken place, unexpectedly informed festival organizers that they were canceling their rental agreement with us. We were told by telephone that the reason for this was an insistent recommendation made by the Saint Petersburg administration's culture committee that the exhibition center not permit the event, which the committee regards as "propaganda of homosexualism."
If the culture committee really did make such a recommendation, then we regard this an act of censorship, which is forbidden by the Russian Federation Constitution. There are no legal grounds for government officials to interfere with the holding of the festival.
We have underscored on several occasions that the International Queer Culture Festival poses no threat to national security and public order, to the health and morals of the population. The fact that certain people, by virtue of their personal convictions, are unhappy with any social and cultural activity on the part of open gays and lesbians, cannot be grounds for arbitrary bans. In fact, it is the government's duty to ensure that all citizens enjoy an equal right to voice their opinions and express themselves culturally in any manner not proscribed by law.
We call on the Saint Petersburg authorities to refrain from actions and statements that encourage the violation of human rights and Russian law.
You can find more detailed information about the festival program on our official web site: http://www.queerfest.ru
Press materials: http://queerfest.ru/index.php/mass-media-2/for-the-press/?lang=en
queerfest.spb@gmail.com
Igor Kochetkov, director, Vykhod (Coming Out): +7 911-902-1193
Polina Andrianova: +7 904-609-9706
For our own part, we think it would be more than appropriate for you to let the "loyal" folks at the culture committee know what you think about all this. Here are their contacts:
Telephone/fax: +7 (812) 571-0589
press@kkult.gov.spb.ru
Filed under art exhibitions, censorship, feminism, gay rights, open letters, manifestos, appeals, Russian society
Tagged as discrimination against gays and lesbians Russia, homophobia Russia, International Queer Culture Festival, Queerfest, repression GLBT Russia, Saint Petersburg Culture Committee, Sergey Chernov, Side by Side LGBT Film Festival, Stephen Fry, Vykhod (Coming Out)
by hecksinductionhour | October 30, 2009 · 12:13 am
Side by Side Film Festival: Was NTV Planning a Provocation with Fascist Thugs?
Last year around this time, we posted Sergey Chernov's interview with filmmaker John Cameron Mitchell when he was a guest at the Side by Side International LGBT Film Festival in Saint Petersburg. The focus of their conversation was the vigorous attempt on the part of the local authorities to close the festival down. Yesterday we received from festival organizers a quite curious press release, in which they describe what seems to have been attempt by a local NTV news crew to cause a provocation involving fascist thugs at a festival event. One of the thugs has been tentatively identified as a member of a group calling itself Soprotivlenie ("Resistance"). If you check out this groupuscule's program, you will find that point no. 13 of that breathless document reads: "We demand a ban on all propaganda that undermines the foundations of the family: pornography, 'free' and same-sex love." And here you can see the family-values-loving lads and lassies of Soprotivlenie at what is identified as a "martial arts seminar for white Europeans," in Belgium in May of this year.
So why was the NTV news crew hanging out with these fascists? Or are the fascists just big fans of Igor Kon?
Side by Side International Film Festival 2009
October 23–31, 2009
Side by Side Organizing Committee Expresses Its Regret to NTV
Igor Kon
The organizing committee of the Side by Side LGBT international film festival expresses its regret that NTV and its news correspondent Viktor Chernoguz were unable to objectively cover the events of the festival. On October 28, Professor Igor Kon, well known for his defense of the civil rights of the LGBT community, was scheduled to present his new book "The Boy Is Father to the Man" at the Bukvoyed chain bookstore on Vosstaniia Square in Saint Petersburg. However, the interest shown by the NTV news crew in a group of shaven-headed men who showed up for the presentation of this popular science book forced the organizers to cancel Professor Kon's presentation.
Members of "Resistance"?
On October 28, an NTV news crew led by correspondent Viktor Chernoguz came to Professor Igor Kon's presentation at the Bukvoyed bookstore on Vosstaniia Square. A group of well-built young men with cropped hair arrived simultaneously with the news crew. These young men took up positions in the back rows of the room where Igor Kon's presentation was to take place. To an impartial observer, it seemed as if the news crew was in charge of these young men: they chatted with them familiarly and made no attempt to hide the fact that they were getting ready to interview them. The festival organizers asked Igor Kon to hide, providing him with security guards, and announced that the presentation was cancelled. A squad of four police officers was summoned to the bookstore. The organizers of the event then waited until the public had left before transporting Igor Kon to his hotel.
NTV's Viktor Chernoguz Reads a Book Entitled "Vodka"
An outside observer might think that the Side by Side organizing committee felt unwanted: NTV correspondent Viktor Chernoguz showed no interest either in them or a world-renowned scholar. We are forced to admit that there is an element of truth in this observation. Neither NTV nor any other television channel has previously shown interest in the festival, whose civic stance is summed up by its desire to serve as an open forum for discussions about civil rights and liberties, the lives of people with different gender identities, and a society that is intolerant of nonconformity.
In connection with the cancellation of Igor Kon's presentation, the organizing committee of the Side by Side LGBT Film Festival expresses its regret that NTV and its employees are forced to resort to provocations in order to cover the events of the festival. We would also like to declare our openness to all the mass media. Esteemed
The "Resistance" Will Be Televised
journalists! Homophobia is a mixture of fear and ignorance. Homophobia is a symptom of an unfree society. You shouldn't exploit clichés that are so worn out that they're nauseating. If you have nothing meaningful to say about homosexuals, then come closer and have a look. Don't be afraid: homosexuality isn't contagious. If any of you have forgotten, then we'll remind you: we're not in a prison camp. We are free people. Are you?
Side by Side Festival Organizing Committee
Festival website: www.bok-o-bok.ru
Telephone: +7 (812) 313-93-41, +7 964 390 85 43. E-mail: info@bok-o-bok.ru, pr@bok-o-bok.ru
Don't Let This Man into Your LGBT Film Festival
Tagged as homophobia, Igor Kon, NTV (Russia), Side by Side LGBT Film Festival, Soprotivlenie (Russian fascist group)
by hecksinductionhour | October 6, 2008 · 8:20 pm
John Cameron Mitchell: OMON Backwards Spells 'HOMO'
Last week, in continuation of what threatens to become a proud Petersburg tradition, city fire inspectors closed down The Place and Sochi, two nightclubs that had been scheduled to host the Side by Side International LGBT Film Festival. In the wake of these events and as the festival went underground (another proud Petersburg tradition) at secret screening locations throughout the city, John Cameron Mitchell, the award-winning director of Shortbus and Hedwig and the Angry Inch and festival guest of honor, sat down with Sergey Chernov to talk about the scandal around the festival, official homophobia, Peter the Great, the advantages of a strict Catholic upbringing, Samuel Beckett, Plato, and the beauty of old Russian songs.
Q: It seems as if you go from festival to festival collecting awards. Then you come to St. Petersburg, and it's a totally different situation. When did you learn about the problem?
A: It was just last week that they found out that Pik [cinema centre] dropped out, breaking the contract. So they had been struggling for the last week to find alternative spaces. Then, the day of the opening, they heard from the space that the fire department was harassing them and closing them. Because they couldn't communicate to all the audiences and the press so quickly, they were all going to meet outside The Place and talk about what was happening. Suddenly lots of police and rapid response units [showed up], as if it was a riot or something.
We were going to meet outside The Place, where all the audiences and the press were going. We also wanted to tell them what was happening, so there wouldn't be problems, and also to let them know we had alternate plans for screenings. They have been already doing screenings today: we have a system where we've had to keep it private. It's like the Soviet era, people calling each other on the phone. Avoiding the Internet. Continue reading →
Tagged as fire inspectors, homophobia, John Cameron Mitchell, Saint Petersburg, Side by Side LGBT Film Festival


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WTOL 11 reports the male teacher resigned after being placed on administrative leave. A female student at Bowsher High School reported the alleged inappropriate conduct.


I just watched Three Billboards and liked it. Why do people hate it so much?
How was it? I love korean movies but kinda skeptical with this one. Though Yoo Ah In was my college crush.
I'm going on a trip to Prague -Vienna - Bratislava next month alone so I watched Hostel.
It's a slow burner but quite intriguing, left me trying to wrap my head around it for some time after watching. I would recommend.
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Hayabusa attempted its first soft-landing on Itokawa for the purpose of touch down and sample collection on November 20-21, 2005. Below is the data information with the related advance report on its status.
Hayabusa started descending at 9:00pm on Nov. 19th, 2005 (JST) from 1km in altitude. The guidance and navigation during the process of approach was operated normally, and at 4:33am on Nov. 20th, the last approach of vertical descent was commanded from ground, of which soft-landing was successfully achieved almost on the designated landing site of the surface. Deviation from the target point is now under investigation but presumed within a margin of 30cm.
The velocity at the time of starting descent was 12cm/sec. At the altitude 54m at 5:28am, wire-cutting of target marker was commanded, after which, at 5:30am at altitude 40m, the spacecraft autonomously reduced its own speed by 9cm/sec to have substantially separated the target marker. It means that Hayabusa's speed became 3 cm/sec. Separation and freefall of the marker was confirmed from the image as well as from descending velocity of the spacecraft at the time of reducing the speed. The marker is presumed to have landed on southwest of MUSES Sea.
Hayabusa then switched its range measurement from Laser Altimeter (LIDAR) to Laser Range Finder (LRF) at the altitude 35m and moved to hovering by reducing descending speed to zero at 25m above the surface, below where Hayabusa, at 5:40am at altitude 17m, let itself to freefall, functioning itself to the attitude control mode adjustable to the shapes of the asteroid surface. At this point, the spacecraft autonomously stopped telemetry transmission to the earth (as scheduled) to have changed to transmission with beacon mode more efficient for Doppler measurement by switching to low gain antenna (LGA) coverable larger area.
Since then, checking of the onboard instruments was not possible on a real time basis (as scheduled), but as a result of analyzing the data recorded onboard and sent back to the earth in the past two days, Hayabusa seemed to have autonomously judged to abort descending and attempted emergency ascent because its Fan Beam sensors for obstacle checking detected some kind of catch-light. Allowable margin is set for Hayabusa for its attitude control, in the case the spacecraft takes off the ground by accelerating the velocity on its own. Under such circumstances, the then spacecraft's attitude was out of the margin, because of which continuing of safe descent was consequently chosen. As a result, Hayabusa did not activate its Touch Down Sensor function.
At the timepoint of Nov. 21, Hayabusa was judged not to have landed on the surface. According to the replayed data, however, it was confirmed that Hayabusa stayed on Itokawa by keeping contact with the surface for about 30 minutes after having softly bounced twice before settling. This can be verified by the data history of LRF and also by attitude control record.
This phenomenon took place during switching interval from Deep Space Network (DSN) of NASA to Usuda Deep Space Center, because of which the incident was not detected by ground Doppler measurement. The descending speed at the time of bouncing twice was 10cm/sec. respectively. Serious damage to the spacecraft has not been found yet except heating sensor that may need checking in some part of its instrument.
Hayabusa kept steady contacting with the surface until signaled from ground to make emergency takeoff at 6:58am (JST). The Touch Down Sensor supposed to function for sampling did not work because of the reason above stated, for which reason firing of projector was not implemented in spite of the fact that the spacecraft actually made landing. The attitude at landing is so presumed that the both bottom ends of +X axis of sampler horn and either the spacecraft or tip end of the solar panels was in contact with the surface. Hayabusa became the world-first spacecraft that took off from the asteroid. Really speaking, it is the world-first departure from an celestial body except the moon.
After departure from the asteroid by ground command, Hayabusa moved into safe mode due to the unsteady communication line and the conflict with onboard controlling and computing priority. The comeback from safety mode to normal 3-axis control mode needed full two days of Nov. 21 and 22. Owing to this reason, replaying of the data recorded on 20th is still midway, which means the possibility to reveal much more new information through further analysis of the data. As of now, the detailed image of the landing site to know its exact location has not been processed yet. Hayabusa is now on the way to fly over to the position to enable landing and sampling sequence again. It's not certain yet if or not descent operation will be able to carry out from the night of Nov. 25 (JST). We will announce our schedule in the evening of Nov. 24.
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Nadra Launches Doorstep Car Registration And Transfer Service In Islamabad
Nadra has launched a home-based automobile registration service at your doorstep. The action has been done to make life easier for citizens and remove the requirement for them to attend the excise office. A representative of Nadra named Khurram Javed told the reporters that the team would register the car and issue the license plate.
Khurrum claims that as of right present, about 2,500 applicants had registered their vehicles using this new facility. "The citizens will have to call the numbers of our call center, our agent books your appointment with details, and within two to three days, we visit them. We have 10 to 15 minutes to complete the registration".
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He added that regardless of whether the car is new or used, the Nadra call center representative gathers all relevant data. The applicant is then told to gather specific documents and make regular payments.
Khurrum asserts that in addition to taxes and tokens, the service costs an additional Rs 995. Khurrum claims that the service is currently limited to Islamabad. The fact that Nadra is in charge of issuing computerized National Identity cards must also be mentioned. With more than 11,000 employees spread throughout more than 800 domestic and five international offices, it is one of the biggest government organizations.
Nadra is continually working to upgrade its products and system. Nadra previously began developing artificial intelligence-based information-based solutions for senior citizen fingerprint verification.
In addition, Nadra released the Rahbar mobile app to help its residents. Nadra also launched its digital payment system to take the place of ATMs. The goal was to convert more than 17,000 e-sahulat sites into fully functional ATMs.
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Hate crimes in Davis get a big ho-hum
Jane Ellen Stevens
Feb. 15, 2004 Updated: Jan. 28, 2012 7:32 p.m.
Davis is a multicultural, multiethnic university town, a community whose unofficial motto is "the city of all things right and relevant." It attracts people who want to raise their children in a tolerant and safe small town.
So when a series of hate crimes and other hateful acts began last year, residents were shocked.
In January, during a basketball game, Davis High School students yelled racist insults at an African American player from Dixon.
In February, Davis High School students spray-painted the n-word word in large red letters on a sidewalk near the home of an African American couple, two professionals who had moved to Davis three months before to raise their children.
In March, vandals smashed the windows of a car owned by a family of Middle Eastern descent.
In June, three incidents occurred: A man assaulted a participant in a gay- pride parade, culprits scratched epithets into a gay man's car, and teenagers painted sexual epithets on the driveway of a Native American/Latino family.
In July, an Asian man eating lunch in a restaurant was accosted by a stranger yelling epithets. In August, vandals painted racial graffiti on a city park bathroom wall.
"It's never been this bad before," says Patty Fong, chair of Davis Asians for Racial Equality, and an assistant district attorney in the nearby town of Woodland.
What also shocked residents was the lack of response by the city's leaders. The Davis Police Department took reports and, in some instances, made arrests, but downplayed the crimes. The Davis Enterprise printed a letter to the editor from the Dixon basketball player, ran stories about a couple of citizen meetings, but never wrote an editorial or pursued an investigation of its own. Mayor Susie Boyd and the members of the Davis City Council never issued a public statement about the incidents.
The lack of community response and support caused the African American couple to pack up and move away, said their attorney Paul Boylan. "To an African American, this kind of incident has the same force and power as a cross-burning," he says. (The couple did not want to be interviewed for this story.)
Events came to a head in October, when four teenagers screaming racial, sexual and homophobic epithets pelted the car of a gay man with more than 100 eggs, causing $4,000 damage, and egged a nearby home of an African American schoolteacher.
Neil Henry, an assistant professor at the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism, also had his home egged that night. He called the police department to report it. When the dispatcher asked him if he thought it was a hate crime, he was dumbfounded. "I associated hate crimes with the South and Nazi Germany," he says. "But I'm African American. I told her it was worth considering."
A former Washington Post reporter, Henry expected to see a report of the hate crimes in the Davis Enterprise. When only a small paragraph appeared, he went knocking on doors.
He listened to the gay man, who told him of the sheer terror that he felt as he listened to the teens shouting outside his home in the middle of the night. "I'm a journalist," says Henry. "My contribution is to shed light on these things."
In December, he spoke out at a public meeting organized by the Davis Human Relations Commission, which took testimony from other residents who'd been victimized, including UC Davis professors Clarence Major and Clarence Walker, African Americans who told of their homes being egged, bottles thrown, and feces left on their doorsteps.
That night, "the invisible became visible," says Yolo County supervisor Mariko Yamada, who attended the five-hour meeting.
With city leaders sitting on their hands, Davis citizens took matters into their own. Davis Asians for Racial Equality raised $500 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for the vandalism in March and October. Blacks for Effective Community Action, chaired by African American pediatrician Jann Murray-Garcia, began community meetings to raise awareness.
Henry started a Web log called Davis Hatewatch (http://journalism. berkeley.edu/projects/davishatewatch), which provides education and information about local hate crimes and hateful acts.
The citizen outcry has inspired some of the Davis establishment to make changes. Debbie Davis, editor of the Davis Enterprise, met with Davis Police Chief Jim Hyde to make sure her reporters receive updates on hate crime investigations and that they clearly understand the definition of hate crimes. She's instituted sensitivity training in the newsroom.
"We're doing our best now," she says, pointing out the very limited resources of a small-town newspaper. "I don't think we did our best then. I think we're going to learn from it and move on."
Hyde, who was dropped into the middle of the situation in September when he was hired as Davis' new police chief, designated a detective to investigate hate crimes, organized a hate-crime task force with community members, and is holding meetings in Davis neighborhoods. He's also meeting with the chiefs of other Central Valley cities that are also experiencing more hate crimes.
"But we're only one tool in the tool box," notes Hyde. "To think that the Police Department is going to solve everything is ridiculous. It has to be a community-based effort."
The Police Department has the ability to handle hate crimes, including three more that occurred in November and December, and another in January. But they can't do much about teens at a basketball game shouting racial slurs or store clerks following African Americans around a store because they suspect they're stealing.
Things of those sorts are up to the still-silent mayor of Davis, members of the Davis City Council, the superintendent of the Davis Unified School District and the principal of Davis High School, the only school in Yolo County that has refused to allow a community teaching-tolerance program through its doors.
Community leaders in Anderson, a small town near Redding in Shasta County, could teach Davis a lesson. When a cross was burned on an African American family's lawn, the city council passed a resolution denouncing the crime, and the police chief called in the FBI. The mayor, police chief and city council members led a community walk in the rain through the town's streets.
"I have a hard time understanding the mentality involved; I'll never understand it," Mayor Les Baugh told a reporter from the Sacramento Bee in a story published Jan. 8. "But we're not going to sit back and let it happen."


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Home AMAM Bulletin--OBE page 8
orchids . . . which are good enough for display in the monks' quarters,
but not for the pure enjoyment in the literati's studios."7 Perhaps because of this specific judgment or because of the reasons behind this
judgment, the name of P'u-ming seems to have gradually disappeared
from his homeland. At the present time, no trace of his work can be
found in his native country. In contrast, more than a dozen works now
in Japan are attributed to his name.8
In 1348, the date of the inscription on the Oberlin painting, he was
still living in Yun-yen Temple and was supposed to have written a
treatise called "Brush Technique of Orchid Painting," which, unfortunately, is not extant.9 Many Japanese Buddhist monks, especially
those of the Zen sect, visited China during this period.10 Since the Yun-
ven Temple where he resided between 1338 and 1344 and again between 1347 and 1348 was one of the Ten Most Sacred Temples of
Buddhism in China at that time, many Japanese monks visited it and
some even stayed there for some time. It was natural, then, that his
work came to be known to many Japanese monks. In this connection,
the Monk "Ling-feng" who was supposed to have written the inscription
for this painting, might have been a Japanese monk visiting China. The
location that he gave, Pei-shan in Middle Wu,u was the second of the
Five Most Sacred Mountains of Buddhism at that time, and lav bv the
beautiful West Lake just outside of the famous city of Hangchou, then
the most cultured citv in southern China since it had served as the capital of the Southern Sung dynasty (1127-1276). Here, according to the
inscription, the monk Ling-feng (or Reiho in Japanese pronunciation)
7 T'u-hui Pao-chien, Commercial Press, Taipei, 1956, p. 109.
8 Among the numerous catalogues of Chinese paintings in the last several centuries, the only entry of P'u-ming's works is found in the seventeenth century
collector Kao Shih-ch'i's Chiang-ts'un Shu-hua-mu, 1924, p. 15 (cf. George J.
Lee, p. 1). For a list of the important attributions to P'u-ming, see Osvald
Siren, Chinese Painting: Leading Masters and Principles, New York, 1958,
VII, p. 129. Some of the paintings listed there are now in American collections.
9 Cf. Shimada, p. 59. For some of the more detailed accounts of P'u-ming's
activities as a monk in this period, see Huang Chin, "The Building of Yun-
yen Ch'an Temple at Fu-chiu Hill" and "On Ch'eng-t'ien Neng-jen Temple
at Ping-chiang," in Huang Chin-hua Wen-chi (Ssupu Ts'ung-k'an edition),
XII, pp. 5b-9a.
10 For a general discussion of the activities of Japanese monks in China, see
Kimiya Yasuhiko, A History of Exchanges between Japan and China (Chinese
translation by Chen Chieh), Shanghai, 1932, II, chap. 6.
11 Ibid., p. 31. The term Wu, nowadays limited to Suchou, was applied to a
large region correspondent to the whole Chiang-nan area south of the Yangtze
River in various periods of Chinese history.
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Contents Foreword; The Oberlin Orchid: A Problem in Attribution; A Consular Medallion of Constantine VI and Irene; Notes; Loans to Museums and Institutions; Calendar; Friends of the Museum
Artists Tesshu Tokusai (Japanese, d. 1366)
Ogata Kenzan (Japanese, 1633-1743)
Monumura Sotatsu (Japanese, d. 1643)
List of Illustrations Japanese, 16th Century. Orchid (in the tyle of P'u-ming). Oberlin; P'u-ming, Lingering Fragrance from the Nine Fields; P'u-ming, Lingering Fragrance (detail); P'u-ming, Lingering Fragrance (detail); Japanese, 16th Century. Orchid (detail); Tesshu Tokusai (d. 1366), Orchids and Bamboo Grass; P'u-ming (attributed to), Orchids. Here attributed to Reiho Choun; Ogata Kenzan (1633-1743), Cake Tray for Tea Ceremony; Monumura Sotatsu (d. 1643), Deer Scroll (detail); Consular Medallion of Constantine VI and Irene. Gutman Loan Collection, Oberlin; Coins of Constantine VI and Irene Dumbarton Oaks Collection; Consular Medallion of Maurice Tiberius. Metropolitan Museum of Art
Transcript orchids . . . which are good enough for display in the monks' quarters, but not for the pure enjoyment in the literati's studios."7 Perhaps because of this specific judgment or because of the reasons behind this judgment, the name of P'u-ming seems to have gradually disappeared from his homeland. At the present time, no trace of his work can be found in his native country. In contrast, more than a dozen works now in Japan are attributed to his name.8 In 1348, the date of the inscription on the Oberlin painting, he was still living in Yun-yen Temple and was supposed to have written a treatise called "Brush Technique of Orchid Painting," which, unfortunately, is not extant.9 Many Japanese Buddhist monks, especially those of the Zen sect, visited China during this period.10 Since the Yun- ven Temple where he resided between 1338 and 1344 and again between 1347 and 1348 was one of the Ten Most Sacred Temples of Buddhism in China at that time, many Japanese monks visited it and some even stayed there for some time. It was natural, then, that his work came to be known to many Japanese monks. In this connection, the Monk "Ling-feng" who was supposed to have written the inscription for this painting, might have been a Japanese monk visiting China. The location that he gave, Pei-shan in Middle Wu,u was the second of the Five Most Sacred Mountains of Buddhism at that time, and lav bv the beautiful West Lake just outside of the famous city of Hangchou, then the most cultured citv in southern China since it had served as the capital of the Southern Sung dynasty (1127-1276). Here, according to the inscription, the monk Ling-feng (or Reiho in Japanese pronunciation) 7 T'u-hui Pao-chien, Commercial Press, Taipei, 1956, p. 109. 8 Among the numerous catalogues of Chinese paintings in the last several centuries, the only entry of P'u-ming's works is found in the seventeenth century collector Kao Shih-ch'i's Chiang-ts'un Shu-hua-mu, 1924, p. 15 (cf. George J. Lee, p. 1). For a list of the important attributions to P'u-ming, see Osvald Siren, Chinese Painting: Leading Masters and Principles, New York, 1958, VII, p. 129. Some of the paintings listed there are now in American collections. 9 Cf. Shimada, p. 59. For some of the more detailed accounts of P'u-ming's activities as a monk in this period, see Huang Chin, "The Building of Yun- yen Ch'an Temple at Fu-chiu Hill" and "On Ch'eng-t'ien Neng-jen Temple at Ping-chiang," in Huang Chin-hua Wen-chi (Ssupu Ts'ung-k'an edition), XII, pp. 5b-9a. 10 For a general discussion of the activities of Japanese monks in China, see Kimiya Yasuhiko, A History of Exchanges between Japan and China (Chinese translation by Chen Chieh), Shanghai, 1932, II, chap. 6. 11 Ibid., p. 31. The term Wu, nowadays limited to Suchou, was applied to a large region correspondent to the whole Chiang-nan area south of the Yangtze River in various periods of Chinese history.
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Home/News/Mac Miller's Drug Dealer Sentenced To Nearly 11 Years In Prison
Mac Miller's Drug Dealer Sentenced To Nearly 11 Years In Prison
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One of the three drug dealers that was charged in the deadly fentanyl overdose that took the life of music icon and rapper, Mac Miller, was on Monday sentenced to close to 11 years in prison.
Ryan Michael Reavis, 39, appeared in federal court in Los Angeles and confessed to being the middle-man with zero clues that the counterfeit oxycodone pills he delivered to yet another dealer before they offed the rapper in September 2018 were actually laced with fentanyl. He pleaded for only five years in custody.
The final sentence of 10 years and 11 months was a bit more than recommended by probation officials but less than the 12 and a half years sought by prosecutors. U.S. District Judge Otis D. Wright II passed the verdict after prosecutors read a heart-rending statement from Miller's mom, Karen Meyers.
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"My life went dark the moment Malcolm left his world. Malcolm was my person, more than a son. We had a bond and kinship that was deep and special and irreplaceable. We spoke nearly every day about everything – his life, plans, music, dreams," the statement said.
"He would never knowingly take a pill with fentanyl, ever. He wanted to live and was excited about the future. The hole in my heart will always be there," she said.


Most people will know what it's like to have your emotions take control of you in a scenario like this, but why is it often so much easier to vent frustration in a language that is not your native one? As most foreign language learners will appreciate, anything taboo is fairly easy to pick up in a second language and even entertaining to use. While I wouldn't profane in English in my grandma's presence, in Spanish I'm a wannabe Tony Montana.
Incidentally, there is a scientific explanation for why we often demonstrate greater emotional detachment in a foreign language. While this detachment can make it easier for us to say rather distasteful things, recent studies have also shown that it can affect our perception of morality.


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Ташфін ібн Ісхак ібн Мухаммад ібн Ганія (; д/н — 1187) — емір Майоркської тайфи у 1185—1187 роках.

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Походив з династії Альморавідів, гілки Ганія. Син Ісхака, еміра Майоркської тайфи. Після смерті останнього наприкінці 1183 або на початку 1184 року почалася боротьба за владу між його синами, чому також сприяло втручання Альмохадів.

1185 році повалив брата Мухаммада II. В боротьби з Мухаммадом та його союзниками Альмохадами вирішив спиратися на допомогу Альфонсо ІІ. короля Арагону і графа Барселони, визнавши його зверхність. 1187 року Ташфіна було повалено, але він залишився правити Ібіцою і Меноркою, але невдовзі повалений братою Абдаллахом.

Джерела
 Bel, Alfred (1903). Les Benou Ghanya: Derniers Représentants de l'Empire Almoravide et Leur Lutte Contre l'Empire Almohade. Paris: Ernest Leroux
 Abun-Nasr, Jamil M. (1987). A History of the Maghrib in the Islamic Period. Cambrígia: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-33184-5

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New Years Eve fireworks Australia 2023: Sydney display breathtaking as city capitals light up – Daily Mail
By Ben Talintyre For Daily Mail Australia
Published: 08:01 EST, 31 December 2022 | Updated: 12:28 EST, 31 December 2022
Australia has farewelled 2022 and thrown off the shackles of the Covid pandemic with massive celebrations to ring in the new year.
Millions of Aussies flocked to harbours, foreshores, riverbanks and beaches to savour the multi-million-dollar firework displays.
Sydney's world-famous harbour and bridge was lit up in a spectacular display, while the skies over Melbourne, Brisbane and Adelaide featured spellbinding firework shows.
But the night wasn't without controversy, with the ABC's coverage of the fireworks slammed as 'woke' and out-of-touch by some infuriated viewers, and over-zealous crowds causing a terrifying crush near Sydney's Circular Quay.
Revellers were out in force to make up for time lost in the last three years, as celebrations were dampened by the black summer bushfires in 2020 and the Covid pandemic the following two years.
Partygoers made their way into the nation's CBDs in droves to ring in 2023 in style – with local and state government organisers putting on celebrations bigger and better than ever before.
Crowds in the nation's focal point Sydney hit around the million mark, as thousands queued up well in advance earlier in the day to vie for a spot on the steps of the iconic Opera House.
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Australia welcomed 2023 in style with spectacular fireworks display on Sydney Harbour enjoyed by around one million Sydneysiders
Sydney's world-famous harbour and bridge was lit up in a spectacular display, while the skies over Melbourne, Brisbane and Adelaide featured spellbinding firework shows
On the Gold Coast police and patrons were in a celebratory mood, as masses flocked to celebratory locations to ring in the new year
Crowds in the nation's focal point Sydney, hit around the million mark as people got together to celebrate the end of 2022
Revellers arrived in droves all glammed up and ready to celebrate the end off 2022 and welcome the new year
Celebrations kicked off early and went long into the night as Australia said goodbye to 2022 and hello to 2023
In The Rocks crowds pushed through a gate with NSW Police and security almost powerless to do anything but let them through as people were being crushed
The swelling masses of people overran security as they steamed through the barricade
By Marta Jary for Daily Mail Australia
The ABC's live New Year's Eve coverage has been slammed by viewers who branded the show 'woke' and 'a disgrace'.
The show included singer Casey Donovan covering 2 Be Loved (Am I Ready) by Lizzo and a a segment on Indigenous artists Carmen Glynn-Braun and Dennis Golding, who created of this year's 9pm Calling Country fireworks display.
The pair centered the show around themes of land and sea, and also designed the projections on the Harbour Bridge pylons.
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Dami Im also took to the stage for a tribute to Olivia Newton-John who died this year, while duo Vika & Linda performed songs by The Seekers to honour the late Judith Durham, who passed away earlier in 2022.
Drag Queen Courtney Act performed songs by Olivia Newton-John and the Divinyls.
Not everyone watching was happy with the variety show on offer, with some sharing their anger on Twitter.
'What an absolutely boring 9pm display with absolutely boring, unknown 'music' and with what is supposed to be a celebration for all, being hijacked by a woke minority', complained one viewer.
'What an absolute disgrace, a display of the exclusion of the majority', they added.
Another person wrote: 'Looks like @ABCTV #SydneyNYE is trying to appeal to a younger audience this year but they don't seem to understand young people don't stay at home on #NYE watching the #ABC'.
'#SydneyNYE could they have missed the mark more with the kids fireworks music selection?' someone else remarked.
Drag Queen Courtney Act (pictured) performed songs by Olivia Newton-John and the Divinyls
The Harbour City saw an Indigenous smoking ceremony at 7.30pm kick things off before the family-friendly fireworks display dazzled the nation.
In New South Wales' capital, 13,000 fireworks totalling $7million lit up the sky from the Opera House, Harbour Bridge and rooftops around the city.
In a nod to the upcoming World Pride festival taking place in Sydney in February, the progress pride flag colours were projected onto the Sydney Harbour Bridge at 11pm.
While in Melbourne's CBD, crowds built up quickly with families and groups of friends flocking to parks for early fireworks, before an estimated 450,000 people continued on to see in the new year.
In what felt like Melbourne's out of Covid party, revellers took advantage of life without masks with fireworks set off from a record 30 rooftops in celebrations costing around $4million.
Perth put on a show from start to finish with it's first ever family-friendly show kicking off at 9pm before their traditional Swan River spectacular at midnight.
Brisbane, Adelaide and Hobart celebrated with two fireworks displays, however, severe weather forced Darwin's shows to be cancelled.
On the Gold Coast, around 30 tonnes of fireworks brought vivid colours and patterns to the skyline's at Coomera, Broadwater Parklands, Surfers Paradise, Broadbeach and Coolangatta.
Festivities in Western Australia's central Kimberley region and Menindee in far west NSW had their celebrations dampened as they were faced with rising floodwaters.
Crowds swelled throughout in front of the Bolte Bridge to take in the breathtaking lightshow in what felt like Melbourne's out of Covid party
Masses of people turned out to watch the Melbourne midnight fireworks, gathering along the Princes Bridge
In Sydney's The Rocks celebrations kicked off with many party-goers dancing throughout the night, with high hopes for the new year
The streets of The Rocks were jam packed with people clambering to get the best view of the fireworks
In Melbourne a large fireworks displays were set off at 9.30pm before the feature leaving crowds in awe at midnight, with around half a million people making their way into the CBD
Patrons dressed to the nines arrived early to secure the best vantage spot before the fireworks began in Melbourne
Life is too short not to have a good time: Stilt walkers join in on the celebrations at the Rocks in Sydney
At Cali Nightclub on the Gold Coast partygoers arrived in droves to ring in 2023 in style
The Gold Coast also lit up with about 30 tonnes of fireworks at Coomera, Broadwater Parklands, Surfers Paradise, Broadbeach and Coolangatta
Thousands queued up throughout the afternoon in an to attempt to get onto the Sydney Opera House steps in search of the best seat in the house. Hundreds of thousands of people pitched their tents and settled in
Confronting footage from Sydney shows hundreds of people on Argyle Street in the Rocks screaming out in distress as a large group makes their way through a barricade as helpless police and security watch on.
Parents were even forced to hold young children above their heads fearing they would be trampled in the chaos.
The near-disaster unfolded when swarms of revellers started pushing through guarded barriers into the ticketed section to get a better view of the fireworks just before midnight.
Daily Mail Australia understands City of Sydney organisers will now rethink holding ticketed and non-ticketed events in adjacent areas on New Year's Eve.
'It was really scary, very dangerous and I thought I was going to be badly injured,' one man caught up in the harrowing scenes who did not wished to be named told Daily Mail Australia.
'People were trampling me, as I was on the ground with about a dozen other people and some were running over the top of me.
'I lost my footing when I was pushed to the ground and landed on top of two others.'
Sydney's spectacular New Year's Eve celebrations have been marred by a terrifying crowd crush (pictured)
He added that the situation was particularly frightening given what happened two months earlier in Seoul, where 196 people where killed in a Halloween crowd crush.
Police and security guards can be seen in video shouting at the crowd in desperation to 'move back' but the hoards of people continue to pile in.
Eventually, NSW Police's Public Order and Riot Squad was called in to get control of the situation.
It is not yet known if there were any injuries.
Police said that while there were 'a few exceptions', most people were well-behaved and enjoyed their celebrations safely and responsibly.
'Several vantage points around the city were at capacity by late-afternoon, as over 200,000 revellers travelled into the city and foreshore areas ahead of the 9pm and midnight fireworks displays,' a statement said.
'Just before midnight, large crowds surged towards the Sydney Harbour Bridge resulting in significant police resources being deployed to the area for crowd management.
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Lady Gaga Proves She Knows How to Wear Camp Ahead of Met Gala
By Meg Storm
T-minus three days until the Super Bowl of fashion! With the 2019 Met Gala quickly approaching on Monday, May 6, we wanted to take a second to admire the risk-taking style icon who's set to co-host — Lady Gaga.
Alongside the fashionable Harry Styles, Gaga is the perfect pick to head up this year's theme, "Camp: Notes on Fashion."
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Coming off an active red carpet season, the A Star Is Born actress has proven time and time again that she likes to push boundaries when it comes to her appearance. She's had some beautiful, elegant and understated looks in the form of classic gowns, beautiful jewels and Old Hollywood hairstyles.
But it's her wild and crazy numbers that people still talk about years after the fact. After all, who could forget her meat dress at the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards? Or her Marie Antoinette impersonation at the Brit Awards that same year?
Her beauty choices have been almost as wacky as her fashion. In 2011, she covered her brows in green sparkles and lips in blue, looking otherworldy at the MTV European Music Awards. And for a while she rocked crayon-yellow hair that one wouldn't really classify as blonde.
From past experience, we know that she's not afraid to go bold at the Met Gala either. In 2015, she wore a giant kimono-style dress for the "China: Through the Looking Glass" theme. The following year for "Manus x Machina: Fashion in an Age of Technology," she looked like an intergalactic trendsetter in an eccentric leotard and jacket by Versace.
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The more commonly known cruciferous vegetables include broccoli, cauliflower, and kale, but there are many others in this family, such as collard greens, watercress, bok choy, kohlrabi, rutabaga, turnips, arugula, radishes (including horseradish), wasabi, and all types of cabbage.
Cruciferous vegetables can potentially prevent DNA damage and metastatic cancer spread, activate defenses against pathogens and pollutants, help to prevent lymphoma, boost your liver detox enzymes, target breast cancer stem cells, and reduce the risk of prostate cancer progression. The component responsible for these benefits is thought to be sulforaphane, which is formed almost exclusively in cruciferous vegetables.
For all these reasons, cruciferous vegetables get their own spot on my Daily Dozen, which recommends at least one serving of cruciferous vegetables and at least two additional servings of other vegetables a day, cruciferous or otherwise.
Indeed, if you were to add only one thing to your diet, consider cruciferous vegetables. Less than a single serving a day of broccoli, brussels sprouts, cabbage, cauliflower, or kale may cut the risk of cancer progression by more than half.
The sulforaphane found in five cents' worth of broccoli sprouts is found to benefit autism in a way no drug ever has in randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study.


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After decades of struggle, woman achieves weight loss & diabetes relief through gastric bypass surgery
Heather Linder
Lynn Yanow, 55, never struggled with her weight until she developed diabetes in her early 30s after having two children. In the 25 years since, the Chicagoan went to great lengths to keep her blood sugar under control by taking up to 80 units of insulin a day, receiving a weekly shot, and taking extreme measures to lose the pounds she put on as a result. Nothing worked long-term.
Frustrated and concerned about her insulin dependence, Yanow took the advice of an internist to seek a bariatric surgery consultation and eventually met with Mustafa Hussain, MD, director of the Center for the Surgical Treatment of Obesity at the University of Chicago Medicine.
Lynn Yanow's gastric bypass surgery story
At 230 pounds, 5 feet 9 inches and with a body mass index (BMI) of 35, Yanow was on the lower end of being a candidate for bariatric surgery. Typically, patients have a BMI of higher than 40 before seeking obesity surgery. However, because of her diabetes, Hussain suggested a laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass which would not only help her lose excess weight, but also effectively treat her Type 2 diabetes. Gastric bypass is one of the many surgical options offered at UChicago Medicine.
Opting to undergo surgery is a huge decision, and Yanow felt confident to make it because of the comprehensive team she had at UChicago Medicine.
"Obesity is a complex issue. It doesn't have just one solution," Hussain said. "Surgery happens to be the most effective way to help people lose weight, but we realize it doesn't function alone."
In the eight months since her surgery, she's lost nearly 80 pounds. She was able to go completely off insulin the day after her surgery, and her daily medication dosage has been cut in half.
Nurses, dietitians and counselors helped her with everything she needed to be physically and emotionally prepared. She had a million questions before and after surgery, Yanow said, and everyone responded thoroughly and promptly, putting her mind at ease that she had made the right choice.
"I came to this realization that as scary as it was for me to go into surgery, it was much worse to worry about losing a limb or having to go on dialysis or whatever could happen from diabetes," Yanow said. "I would've been headed in that direction eventually."
In August 2017, Hussain performed Yanow's gastric bypass surgery. During this procedure, the surgeon staples the upper portion of the stomach, reducing it to the size of a golf ball, and connects the upper intestine to the stomach. Food is then rerouted so it does not come in contact with the main stomach area. The entire procedure is done laparoscopically, which means through small incisions on the abdomen. Afterward, many patients feel fuller between meals, which helps lead to weight loss.
Yanow spent one night in the hospital and said she returned to her normal routine quickly after surgery. She has been motivated ever since to strictly follow her new dietary guidelines – which include taking vitamin and protein supplements to avoid deficiencies – to lose weight and keep her diabetes under control.
In the eight months since her surgery, she's lost nearly 80 pounds. She was able to go completely off insulin the day after her surgery, and her daily medication dosage has been cut in half. Yanow's physical health has undoubtedly improved but so has her emotional wellbeing.
"Since I did the surgery, I feel much better about myself. I am much more confident; I do a lot more things," she said. "I do double takes in the mirror every time I walk by. I absolutely do not believe that I look like this, and I feel very, very good about it."
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Mustafa Hussain, MD
Mustafa Hussain, MD, has advanced training in bariatric surgery, minimally invasive surgery and surgical oncology. Dr. Hussain has expertise in all standard primary weight loss surgeries, including the Lap-Band procedure, sleeve gastrectomy, Roux-en-Y gastric bypass and duodenal switch.
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Cybersecurity Predictions: What to Expect in 2022
With the roller coaster ride that was cybersecurity in 2021, we're all curious to see what 2022 has in store for our industry. To help shed some light on what to expect, we recently hosted a webinar featuring Lewie Dunsworth, Nuspire CEO, and J.R. Cunningham, Nuspire CSO, who offered their cybersecurity predictions.
Cybersecurity Prediction 1: Pandemic Fatigue Continues
Pandemic fatigue continues to affect performance across every company in every sector, and it's not going away anytime soon.
"This isn't all about security," said Lewie. "You have to focus on people."
Lewie discussed the importance of flexible work models, not only when it comes to work location, but also flexibility in schedules. He emphasized that now is not the time to do more.
"When teams are fatigued, it's important to focus them on the things that really matter," Lewie said.
J.R. added, "It's critical to focus on the human connection and helping teams navigate this time by supporting them in whatever way we can."
For example, J.R. said he started building in budget for controls that can be used at the personal level (i.e., password managers) to account for working from home. He took it a step further and extended security support to not only employees, but also their families.
"If my team member's kid is having issues on their personal iPad, we're here to help," said J.R. "It's all about creating an environment that's not just secure, but also reflects employees' needs beyond those that occur in the formerly typical office work environment."
Cybersecurity Prediction #2: Budget Reconciliation
"Many organizations over past couple of years have felt a lot of pressure to digitally transform quicker and at greater breadth than anyone expected prior to pandemic, and what that's doing is creating friction between digital transformation efforts, IT spend and security spend," said Lewie. "This is forcing security leaders to not only build compelling business cases to invest in new security services, but also validate the efficacy of those controls."
According to Lewie and J.R., it's all about starting small and controlling what you can control. Instead of taking on large purchases in three- to five-year buying cycles, focus the projects that you can embark upon that gives you the maximum amount of risk return at that moment.
"You have to tie results back to any asks you make to leadership," said J.R. "One of the common failures we have in the security profession is that we're not good at advertising our wins. Celebrate those wins by showing how your security project supported business objectives and reduced risk."
Cybersecurity Prediction #3: Anticipation of Regulatory Changes
It's important to anticipate regulatory changes, but sometimes the inclination of security teams is to start implementing controls before those changes are in place.
"Don't overreact – any regulation takes time," said Lewie. "Obviously you can't stick your head in the sand, but what you can do is assume it's going to come and begin adopt strategies to set you up for when it does come. Be pragmatic in your approach."
A helpful thing to remember is that regulatory changes often cover the basics versus introducing net-new rules.
"When GDPR came about in 2018, it spurred all sorts of privacy laws," said J.R. "We often see organizations have a knee-jerk reaction and really stress about it, but if you unpack the laws, they center around the basics, including data transparency, disclosing whom you're sharing data and allowing people to correct data about them or opt out entirely. There may be nuance to various regulations, but the core substance of them generally remains the same."
Cybersecurity Prediction #4: Great Resignation Exacerbates Talent Shortage
The past two years have galvanized a shift in employees' expectations around their careers and the environments they want to work in. Given that remote work has become the norm in businesses globally, employees can work anywhere in the world now, providing more options within the job market.
For the security industry, this has exacerbated its talent shortage challenges.
"It's gotten to point where at some point in time, we need to stop talking about it and just do something about it," said Lewie. "There are certain tactics you can leverage, and the first one is always automating fundamentals."
Most employees don't want to spend their days focused on rote tasks – they want to work on something that lights them up – something they can be proud of. Give high-value employees high-value projects. And stop doing the things that aren't working anymore. Embrace core capabilities and outsource the rest.
"I had someone tell me it wasn't the Great Resignation but rather the Great Renegotiation. It's about retooling what it means to be cybersecurity professional," said J.R. "What we do is considered a desirable, multifaceted industry to get into; however, employees want to have more freedom and flexibility that in the past wasn't germane to our situation, such as having access to social media."
Lewie reiterated that often, security organizations create their own talent shortage and resource constraints because they're trying to do too much. Focus on being really good at a few things instead of being mediocre at a lot of things.
Cybersecurity Prediction #5: R2 – Ransomware & Response
Ransomware and how organizations respond to it will continue to be a hot topic in the security industry, and speed is everything. For Lewie and J.R., having a solid incident response plan, rehearsing it and revising it as needed is critical to combatting ransomware. And your response shouldn't focus solely on the big incidents.
"You have to know your IR plan inside and out, and remember that it's important to focus on the little incidents, not just the larger ones where the lawyers have to get involved," said J.R. "We've seen many smaller threats snowball into massive incidents because early remediation didn't happen."
Cybersecurity Prediction #6: Security Leaders Aren't Only Ones Asking Questions
The days of the CSO or CISO being the sole owner of cybersecurity responsibilities are over. With the industry evolving so quickly, everyone has a stake in cybersecurity outcomes.
"Bottom line – everyone in an organization who is being held accountable to deliver on business goals, whether that be financial, risk or legal has to have an eye toward cybersecurity," said Lewie. "Learn to anticipate and be comfortable with questions from stakeholders across your business."
J.R. said that he often jokes that security professionals are some of the most arrogant people because there's this expectation that they have to know it all.
"I cannot hold the entire cybersecurity industry in the palm of my hand, and I don't have all the answers," said J.R. "The industry is moving so fast and it's so diverse – don't assume that you have to know it all."
Watch the full webinar, including results from a survey on the most important cybersecurity issues for 2022.


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University admission more unequal than ever
By Mat Johnstone, News Editor
Inequality in access to university may be harder than ever before, according to UCAS.
The Universities and Colleges Admission Service claimed the most common way of working out inequality is outdated.
School students from economically affluent areas may be three times more likely to go to university than those from deprived areas if new technique is used.
The Participation of Local Areas (POLAR) software has also been criticised for not considering race or gender in its calculations.
More accurate figures show that only 14% of the most deprived school leavers in England progressed to higher education.
These figures came from UCAS's end of cycle report into the state of higher education in Britain.
Iain Murray, Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland, said to The Student: "It serves to demonstrate why widening participation and tackling educational inequality should be a priority of both the UK and Scottish Governments, and all those who want to create a more just and egalitarian society."
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