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Tag Archives: PlayStation 2
Posted on March 29, 2021 by Mike "The Legend"
Official Pokémon Sunscreen Coming To Parts Of Asia
(see all the different Pokémon bottles here)
Halo & Pringles Team Up For Unique Chip Flavor
Over 700 PS2 Game Prototypes Dumped Online By Game Preservation Group
(learn more at their official site here)
Pokémon Go Developer Niantic Is Making A Pikmin Game
Minecraft Dungeons Is Getting A Full-Fledged Arcade Cabinet
Super Nintendo World In Orlando Delayed Until 2025
Date Set For Trial In Apple vs. Epic Games
E3 2021 Live Event Cancelled
The man who curses the existence of spring allergies
Nintendo 3DS (Handheld / March 27, 2011)
(read through the list of launch games here)
Hobo with a Shotgun (Movie / March 25, 2011)
(relive the trailer here)
Posted in Shows | Tagged Apple, E3, E3 2021, Epic Games, Game Preservation, Halo, Hobo with a Shotgun, Minecraft, Minecraft Dungeons, Minecraft Dungeons Arcade, Niantic, Nintendo 3DS, Orlando, Pikmin, PlayStation 2, Pokemon, Pokémon Go, Pringles, PS2, Rutger Hauer, Super Nintendo World, The Hidden Palace, Universal Studios | Leave a reply
Posted on November 24, 2017 by Mike "The Legend"
Amon Amarth Release Mobile Game
(watch the announcement trailer for the game here)
Axiom Verge Publisher Donating Majority Of Its Share To Developer's Son's Healthcare
State Of Hawaii To Investigate EA For Predatory Practices
(watch highlights of the press conference here, if that's your thing)
Belgian Gaming Commission Declares Lootboxes To Be Gambling
(read the source Belgian report here)
Battlefront II Microtransactions Controversy Draws Response From Disney
EA Stock Price Drops After Battlefront II Microtransactions Removal
Niantic Launches New Worldwide Event To Catch Previously Region-Locked Pokémon
(watch the announcement trailer for the event here)
Gwent Single Player Campaign Delayed Until 2018
Minecraft's Super Duper Graphics, Switch Cross-Play Delayed
Final Fantasy XV's Noctis Coming To Tekken 7
(watch Noctis in action in Tekken 7 here)
The man who wishes that more yule logs are like the Old Spice yule log
(see the exploding yule of madness for yourself!)
Rock Band (PS3, Xbox 360 / Nov. 20, 2007)
Beavis and Butt-Head (TV Series / March 8, 1993 – Nov. 28, 1997)
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June 16, 2017 – E3 Wrap-up (Part 1)
Posted on June 16, 2017 by Mike "The Legend"
Ludicrous Leadoff:
Garfield Game Now Available For Mobile Devices
E3 News of the Week:
Microsoft Recap:
Project Scorpio Renamed Xbox One X, Coming Nov. 7 For $500 US
(watch the reveal trailer here)
Industry Analysts Say $500 Too Much For Xbox One X
Microsoft Doesn't Profit On Xbox One X Sales
Microsoft Releasing Free 4K Upgrade Patches For Five Games
Microsoft Bringing Original Xbox Backwards Compatibility To Xbox One
Cross-Generation Connectivity Possible Between Xbox Generations
Hyperkin Remaking Original, Huge Xbox Controller
(watch the teaser trailer here)
Minecraft Getting Cross-Platform Play Between Switch, Xbox One
(official blog post here)
Minecraft Cross-Platform Play Requires Xbox Live Log-In
Cuphead Finally Has A Release Date, Coming Sept. 29
Microsoft Announces Crackdown 3 With Terry Crews
Nintendo Recap:
Super Mario Odyssey Releasing Oct. 27
Super Mario Odyssey Multiplayer, Online Functionality Teased
Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle Officially Revealed By Ubisoft
Metroid Prime 4 Announced As Being In Development For Switch
Metroid 2: Samus Returns Remake Coming To 3DS
Rocket League Coming To Switch, Includes Cross-Platform Play w/ PC, Xbox One
Mainline Pokemon RPG Announced For Switch
Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild DLC Packs Dated
Xenoblade Chronicles Shown Off, Coming Holiday 2017
Fire Emblem Warriors Releasing This Fall For Switch
New Yoshi Game Coming To Switch In 2018
New 4-Player Co-op Kirby Game Announced For Switch, Coming 2018
Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga Remake Announced For 3DS
Sony Recap:
Sony Remaking Shadow Of The Colossus For PS4
Sony Reveals Gameplay Footage Of Spider-Man To Close Out Show
Undertale Coming To PS4 & PS Vita
Sony Introduces PlayLink Line Of Socially-Focused Games
New Sony Game Involves Talking Selfies
Final Fantasy XV Fishing Game Coming To PSVR
The man who thinks this year's E3 Was More Of An "Ehh-3"
Predator (Movie / June 12, 1987)
Batman Returns (Movie / June 19, 1992)
Batman & Robin (Movie / June 20, 1997)
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Scientists Have Created An Artificial Embryo Without Using Egg, Sperm
(watch the video description here and read the research article here)
Switch Sets New 48-hour Sales Record For Nintendo Hardware In North America
Nintendo Switch Sells Over 330,000 Units In First 48-Hours In Japan
Nintendo Switch Sells Twice As Well As Wii U During Launch In UK
Nintendo Switch's HD Rumble Enables Wife and Blind Husband To Game Together
(read the wife's original Reddit post here)
Nintendo Switch Joy-Cons Work On PCs And Android
(watch a video walkthrough here)
Nintendo Switch Controllers Now Compatible With NES Classic Edition
Nintendo Confirms Switch Save Data Cannot Be Transferred Off System
No Man's Sky Gets New Update, Adds Vehicles and Base Sharing
(watch the announcement video here)
The man who wants to know why all soap opera actors look like soap opera actors
God of War II (PS2 / March 13, 2007)
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV Series / March 10, 1997 – May 20, 2003)
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Kickstarter Campaign Launched For Ultimate Gaming Deodorant
Nintendo Bringing Back Power Line For Launch Of NES Classic Edition
Blizzard Opening StarCraft 2 Up To AI Challengers
Blizzard Announces Its Own Overwatch League
Indiegogo Campaign Launched To Fund Cuba's First Ever Indie Game
(check out the Indiegogo page here)
Four Long Lost Kirby Games Found At Auction
Blaster Master Returning With New 3DS Game
The proud survivor of Extra Life 2016
PlayStation 3 (Console / Nov. 11, 2006)
Microsoft Xbox (Console / Nov. 15, 2001)
Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty (PlayStation 2 / Nov. 14, 2001)
Posted in Shows | Tagged 3DS, A.I., AlphaGo, Artificial Intelligence, Backwards Compatibility, Banjo-Kazooie, Big Boss, Blizzard, Blizzard Entertainment, Blu-Ray, Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker, Conker: Live & Reloaded, DeepMind, Deodorant, Dungeons & Dragons, Emulation, eSports, Extra Life, Fable, Go, God of War, Google, Gran Turismo, Halo, Halo 2, Halo: Combat Evolved, Hideo Kojima, Indie Games, Indiegogo, Ken Kutaragi, Kickstarter, Kirby, Kirby's Adventure, Machine Learning, Metal Gear Solid, Microsoft, Microsoft Xbox, Mini NES, Modding, NES, NES Classic Edition, Nintendo, Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo Entertainment System, Nintendo Power Line, Nintendo Wii, Online Multiplayer, Overwatch, Overwatch League, Pachinko, Perfect Dark, Perfect Dark: Zero, Pile of Human Skulls, PlayStation, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Home, PlayStation Network, PlayStation Store, PlayStation VR, Plus Five, PS2, PS3, PSVR, Raiden, Rare, Real-Time Strategy, Robot Apocalypse, RTS, Shadow Moses, Skyrim, SNES, Socks the Cat, Solid Snake, Sony, Super Famicom, Super Nintendo, The Terminator, The Wizard, Uncharted, Xbox, Xbox Live | Leave a reply
Posted on February 5, 2016 by Mike "The Legend"
Researchers Able To Discern Perception At Speed Of Thought
(read the research paper here)
Deep Silver Releases Unreleased Saints Row PSP Game For Free Download
(watch videos of the game here, and download it here)
EA Predicts Super Bowl 50
(watch the prediction video here)
ESPN To Broadcast Heroes Of The Dorm Semis, Finals In April
TBS Releases Schedule For E-League eSports Show
(check out the official schedule here)
GameStop Publishing Next Game From Insomniac Studios
(watch the first trailer here)
Resident Evil 4 Being Ported Wii U
(check out the announcement video here)
The man who thinks Frinkiac is exactly what humanity needs right now.
Paper Mario (Nintendo 64 / Feb. 5, 2001)
Street Fighter II: The World Warrior (Arcade / Feb. 6, 1991)
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Desert Bus for Hope Raises Over $675,000 For Child's Play Charity
(learn more about Desert Bus for Hope here)
Scientists Coax Worms To Grow New, Completely Different Heads
Sony Announces PS2 Emulation For PS4
Futurama To Live On As A Mobile Game
3D Realms Delays Bombshell Again, Now Due Out Jan. 29, 2016
Nintendo Now Selling Items On Their Own eBay Store
Nintendo To Begin Selling Wii U Gamepad By Itself In Japan
(visit the official site for Nintendo Japan here)
The man who is super excited to see King Diamond, but doesn't want to jinx it.
Rocky IV (Movie / Nov. 27, 1985)
Aladdin (TV Series / Sept. 5, 1994 – Nov. 25, 1995)
DuckTales (TV Series / Sept. 18, 1987 – Nov. 28, 1990)
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Posted on July 10, 2015 by Mike "The Legend"
YouTube Star PewDiePie Earned $7.5 Million USD In 2014
E3 2015 Critics Choice Award Winners Announced
LEGO Dimensions To Include Every Dr. Who Incarnation
Disney Infinity 3.0 Coming Out August 30th
Mortal Kombat X Adds Predator To Roster This Week
The Peanuts Movie Tie-In Game Releasing November 3rd
Mighty No. 9 Slated To Become Live-Action Movie
Sony Releasing Standalone 20th Anniversary PS4 Controller In September
The man who continues to be impressed by Google's DeepDream
Blasts From The Past:
Final Fantasy (NES / July 12, 1990)
Killer7 (Gamecube & PlayStation 2 / July 7, 2005)
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Japanese Scientists Able To Beam Solar Energy Down To Earth
Nintendo Announces Deal To Develop Mobile Games
Nintendo Offers First Details Of Its Next System, Codenamed NX
Sony Offers Price, Bundle Details For Vue TV Offering
Mortal Kombat X Adds Jason Voorhees, Shinnok & Kenshi As Characters, Delayed On PS3, Xbox 360
(watch the Jason Voorhees teaser trailer here)
Goat Simulator Coming To Xbox 360 and Xbox One
(watch the announcement trailer here)
Minecon Tickets Available Starting March 27th
The man who endorses "The Book Of Mormon" …the musical, not the book.
God of War (PlayStation 2 / March 22, 2005)
The Osbournes (TV Series / March 5, 2001 – March 21, 2005)
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Hardworking Britain
So when a high-profile civil servant is disabled, the press finds its sympathy
Frances Ryan
Andrew McDonald's case deserves attention of course, but most disabled people get a different reception when the benefits system casts them aside
@drfrancesryan
Tue 9 Oct 2018 07.55 EDT Last modified on Wed 10 Oct 2018 07.18 EDT
'Report after report backs up disabled people's accounts of ill treatment by social security.' Photograph: Alamy Stock Photo
I want to tell you about two very different disabled people, both going through Britain's benefit system.
"Disabled person 1" has Parkinson's disease and terminal cancer. The effects of the Parkinson's are so severe, he's about to undergo brain surgery in attempts to mitigate them. Still, he had his benefits stopped after assessors decided he was no longer ill enough for personal independence payments.
"Disabled person 2" has fibromyalgia – "Like the Incredible Hulk grabbed me, lifted me off the floor and flung me against a brick wall" – as well as a host of other conditions. For years she has bounced round the benefit system: tested, rejected, overturned at appeal, then tested again. Now she's about to be re-tested twice in the space of three weeks: once for PIP and then for her out-of-work sickness benefit, employment and support allowance. It means she could potentially lose all her income at once. "So what will I live on?" she says. "More to the point, where will I live? Once they cut ESA, that means rent will stop too. That means eviction and homelessness."
Former watchdog chief labels disabled benefits process a 'hostile environment'
One of the two disabled people had their story picked up by sympathetic national newspapers this week, with broadcast journalists also respectfully discussing their plight. The other sent their story to me in the early hours of Saturday morning. She had already contacted her MP but with little hope of reply, she wrote to me too.
The difference? The first was a high-profile former civil servant, Andrew McDonald, who spoke out at the weekend over what he described as the "hostile environment" created by the system. The second was an ex-IT worker with no connections, struggling to get by on benefits.
It is not surprising that the experience of a former high-ranking civil servant would gain media interest and McDonald's case deserves attention. But the double standards can't have escaped many disabled people's notice: if McDonald fitted the mould of a typical "benefit claimant", he would likely have found himself experiencing a very different reception by the media. What thousands of disabled people in poverty have been saying for years about the "Kafkaesque" benefit system is apparently credible and important now a middle-class senior official is saying it.
It reminds me of the Grenfell victims, who warned before the fire about the safety risk of the cladding but were ignored as poor, migrant, and black people; or the women who talk relentlessly about sexism but it's only when a man says it that it's seemingly worth listening to. It is not enough to speak out about the harm being done to you. You have to be the sort of person those in power want to listen to.
Andrew McDonald. Photograph: Andy Hall/The Observer
Britain's benefit system runs on a sort of institutional gaslighting, in which disabled and poor people are simultaneously pushed into starvation, homelessness and mental health crisis, while their hardship is either repeatedly ignored or openly vilified. Think of the rightwing headlines distorting stats to bemoan "sick note scroungers", or the way some privileged commentators mocked the realism behind Ken Loach's I, Daniel Blake. It is not for lack of evidence; be it the rates of successful appeals (at last count 70%) or the behaviour of assessors, report after report backs up disabled people's accounts of ill treatment by a social security system that is meant to help them.
For an insight into the toxic culture of disbelief "welfare" claimants face, research this week found that almost half of disabled people fear being stripped of their benefits for being "too active". (If this fear sounds far-fetched, disabled people are routinely falsely reported for benefit fraud to the authorities for even going to the shops.)
A report by the Equality and Human Rights Commission to the UN this week warned that one in five disabled people are suffering "erosion of their rights" because they are disabled, and this can't be seen as separate to the downplaying of disabled people's suffering in the benefit system.
The hostile environment? Britain's disabled people live there too | Frances Ryan
Given our place in the economy and society – as more likely to be in poverty, unrepresented and excluded – most disabled people have few means to influence debate or change policies. I'm writing this as one of the few disabled columnists working for a national newspaper. It's not a coincidence that a media – or parliament – that is widely made up of white upper-middle-class non-disabled men don't naturally listen to the voices of poor and disabled people. It's surely an in-built bias as much as wilful exclusion: people are largely socialised to put less value on a person's life and voice if they are black, disabled, female or poor.
The fact McDonald had been a senior civil servant but only became aware of the reality of benefit policy once he was affected, and the media's reaction to it, are both clear arguments for better representation of marginalised groups in power. Get more people in positions of influence who actually experience the brunt of the policies being brought in, and these issues would be more likely to be addressed.
It's hard not to think that if officials were on the social housing list or applying for universal credit, council homes would be plentiful and assessments would be humane and competent. As it stands, the McDonald furore shows not only how broken our benefit system is, but something altogether more disturbing: some disabled people are just worth more than others.
• Frances Ryan writes the Guardian's Hardworking Britain series

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Introducing EDC Istanbul!
We are delighted to announce that we have opened our 5th office in Istanbul, Turkey! expanding its presence in the MENAT region to accommodate client demand and leverage opportunities within these regions.
As EDC prepares to celebrate 20 years in business in 2023, this expansion is another exciting step forward for us, and sets the foundation for future growth in Turkey and beyond.
The expansion into Istanbul aligns with the EDC's growth strategy which has also included the opening of an office to service the Mid-West of Ireland, the appointment of two Executive Directors in the company's Cork and Dublin Offices, in addition to the ever-increasing expansion of our London Office in the UK market.
The last 18 months has seen an increase in headcount to over 85 employees across our 5 offices in the UK, Ireland and Turkey.
"EDC is looking to further grow our engineering and consultancy services, and the strategic decision to expand to Istanbul strengthens our delivery capabilities and increases our ability to service our current and future clients and sectors." "EDC's values are built on Collaboration, Progressiveness, Proactiveness and People; and as such, client relationships and communication are key to how we do business. We are proud to be working with a number of top-tier clients and aim to ensure we continue to deliver the most innovative and sustainable designs to ensure all projects achieve their net zero carbon and ESG objectives."
Richard O'Farrell, Managing Director
"Our presence in Turkey shows EDC's commitment to strengthening our engineering delivery to clients. Our team continues to grow allowing us to provide best-in-class MEP Design and BIM services."
Vahap Unlu, Istanbul Operations Director
EDC offers services within a range of construction sectors from residential, commercial, industrial, and pharmaceutical, to retail, hospitality and leisure. You can view our project portfolio here
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Motion City Soundtrack is an American pop-punk band from Minneapolis, MN. They have released six full-length albums: I Am The Movie (2003), Commit This To Memory (2005), Even If It Kills Me (2007), My Dinosaur Life (2010), Go (2012), and Panic Stations (2015). Their 2005 single "Everything Is Alright" was certified Gold by the RIAA in 2017. They broke up in 2016 but announced a reunion in 2019. Read more on Last.fm
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There is a reason that the name "Mother Teresa" is synonymous with compassion, unconditional love and support. During her long life, she helped thousands of poor, sick and otherwise forgotten individuals to feel loved. While teaching in India, she felt called to tend to the needs of the destitute, and walked the streets of Calcutta, spreading her doctrine of love and compassion.
Born into a humble family in Albania, Mother Teresa devoted her life to the poorest of the poor in India, including victims of famine and violence. Facing incredible hardships, she was able to overcome impossible obstacles. Putting her own individual needs aside, she focused on whatever comfort, hope, and joy she could provide to others. Mother Teresa was a beacon of strength amid the suffering masses.
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What is UK Lawyers for Israel's relationship to the Israeli government?
Hilary Aked on March 12, 2019 10 Comments
UK Lawyers for Israel's logo
The group UK Lawyers for Israel is one of the quietest yet most influential Israel lobby actors currently operating in Britain.
Since 2011, it has closely monitored the Palestine solidarity movement and worked to repress it, often with significant impact.
The 'lawfare' organisation has especially targeted organisations promoting the Palestinian-initiated Boycott Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement – from academics to students unions, architects to local councils – by lodging complaints with regulatory bodies and sending letters threatening legal action.
It has even obstructed the work of charities such as Medical Aid for Palestinians and War on Want, working in close collaboration with the US-based Lawfare Project to do so.
But where did UK Lawyers for Israel (UKLFI) come from and who is behind it?
The UKLFI website describes the organisation as 'a voluntary organisation of lawyers who support Israel using their legal skills'.
Companies House records that UKLFI was first registered in in October 2010, originally under the name 'Action 4 Peace Limited'. In September 2016, UKLFI also registered as a charity which has a separate website but most of the same patrons.
These 'eminent patrons' include a host of pro-Israel British peers such as Lord Carlile, Baroness Deech, Lord Howard, Lord Pannick, Lady Cosgrove, Lord Trimble and Lord Young of Graffham.
The organisation's registered address is that of Three Stone Chambers, where Jonathan Turner – UKLFI chief executive and one of its listed directors – works as a commercial barrister. Turner was previously head of the UK Zionist Federation's legal division.
Other trustees include Harvey Rose and Alan Melkman, respectively a former chair and volunteer with the Zionist Federation; Adam Levin, also a registered trustee of the neoconservative Henry Jackson Society; and Helene Pines Richman, a Conservative Party councillor in Barnet.
Cementing these right wing credentials, Mark Lewis – a UKLFI director until he moved to Israel late last year – was also involved in the relaunch of Herut UK which espouses revisionist Zionist ideas like those of Vladimir Jabotinsky.
Most interestingly, UKLFI appears to have – at the very least – an informal working relationship with the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA).
For example, in January 2017 the group hosted a talk by the former director general of the MFA. But this relationship has been apparent since its very early days. In January 2013, it gave a platform to Arthur Lenk of the MFA's legal division. As far back as June 2012, UKLFI co-hosted a two-day seminar with the MFA and the Israeli Embassy in London.
In fact, UKLFI's connection to the MFA may go back right to the start. Curiously, there is a page on the official MFA website dated May 2011 dedicated solely to announcing the creation of UKLFI.
The MFA page states that UKLFI was formed 'following the Maale HaChamisha conference'. Besides clearly having taken place in Israel, the precise nature of this conference is not clear. Neither English nor Hebrew google searches reveal further information.
However, in 2012, Hebrew-language daily Israel Hayom reported that Israeli government officials were 'training legal experts around the world to deal with the demands of delegitimization against Israel'. Might UKLFI have emerged from such an MFA-convened event, making it, effectively a civil society organisation established at the behest of a government?
The evidence suggests it is possible. The Israeli government's involvement in so-called 'lawfare' is well established. In particular, there are numerous reports and examples of its role in anti-BDS efforts around the world.
In 2011, the MFA held a co-ordinating meeting with StandWithUs, an Israel lobby group funding a law suit filed against a Washington food co-operative boycotting Israeli goods.
Then in 2013, the Israeli Embassy in London acknowledged its involvement in an attempt by Israeli negotiator Moti Cristal to sue a British trade union and healthcare trust which withdrew a speaking invitation from him.
In 2017, Haaretz reported that the Israeli government had for some time been outsourcing counter-BDS work in Europe and North America to private law firms. The newspaper stated that 'secrecy surround[s] the contracts' and related this to the fact that 'Israel does not want to be revealed as supporting such actions, to avoid the perception that it is interfering in the internal affairs of other countries.'
Israeli government representatives also have a track-record of astroturfing pro-Israel bodies in civil society, including in the UK. Filmed as part of Al Jazeera's 2017 undercover documentary The Lobby, Israeli diplomat Shai Masot – who worked for the anti-BDS Israeli Ministry of Strategic Affairs in London – was recorded saying of such groups 'it's good to leave those organisations independent. But we help them, actually'.
Indeed, Minister of Strategic Affairs Gilad Erdan hinted at this policy of instrumentalising ostensibly independent third party groups in 2016 when he said: 'It's not necessarily good that the government is at the front of this battle… it's better that the response comes from civil society…They need to see where we can help them in the government.'
He was even more explicit in 2017, when he explained to the Knesset that much of the ministry's anti-BDS work was 'not of the ministry, but through bodies around the world who do not want to expose their connection with the state'.
Likely due in part to fear of these state-civil society connections being exposed, the Ministry of Strategic Affairs is highly secretive. Its director general Sima Vakini-Gil has declared: 'A major part of what we do stays under the radar'.
Noticeably, Caroline Kendal, who joined UKLFI in August 2015 as its first and only employee (on a salary of between £40-50k, approximately $52-65k), describes her organisation's modus operandi in remarkably similar terms: 'As an organisation we won't seek out publicity…We only want to be effective, and often it's operating below the radar, and actually not publicly.'
Moreover, co-founder Jonathan Turner claims that UKFLI played a critical role in scuppering the 2011 flotilla of ships seeking to reach Gaza. The organisation, he asserts, advised Greek coastal police through 'a top Greek lawyer…grounds on which the ships could be arrested'.
Also working to obstruct the flotilla was Shurat HaDin, an Israeli law firm whose extremely close ties to the Israeli state were revealed in a leaked US embassy cable which said it 'took direction' from Mossad and Israel's National Security Council on which cases to pursue.
The 2011 flotilla incident is one in which Shurat HaDin is known to have collaborated closely with the Israeli government, as scholar Orde Kittrie has documented. It therefore seems very likely that during its work on the flotilla case, UKLFI co-ordinated with both Shurat HaDin and the Israeli government.
UKLFI also held a joint event in May 2016 with NGO Monitor which attacks human rights organisations in Israel just as UKFLI does in the UK.
Like Shurat HaDin, NGO Monitor is a body with close ties to the Israeli government. For example, as this investigative article by Israeli journalist Yossi Gurvitz points out, NGO Monitor's director Gerald Steinberg previously worked as a 'consultant to the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs'.
Given all this, it seems reasonable to ask: is UKLFI merely a front?
Four of UKLFI's leading figures – Caroline Kendal, Jonathan Turner, Julian Hunt and Adam Levin – were each contacted twice and asked a series of specific questions about the organisation.
These included a request to clarify what role, if any, the Israeli government had in the creation of UKLFI or the Maale HaChamisha conference through which it was founded; how closely UKLFI has worked with Israeli government since then, for instance on the 2011 flotilla case and hosting joint events in the UK; what UKLFI's relationship is to Shurat HaDin; and who funds the organisation.
None responded.
Hilary Aked
Hilary Aked (@hilary_aked) is a London-based writer, researcher and activist whose first book, on the UK Israel lobby - based on their PhD thesis - will be published by Verso.
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mikeo on March 12, 2019, 11:15 am
You don't hear about them much…
I think they prefer to operate in "nightflower" mode ;-)
This only got in the local paper because Jonathan Hoffmann (look him up, he's quite a colorful character) has a big mouth
https://www.hackneycitizen.co.uk/2012/11/29/hackney-mayor-backs-conservative-bid-to-block-anti-veolia-deputation/
https://hoffmanchronicled.wordpress.com
Maximus Decimus Meridius on March 12, 2019, 11:48 am
Asking about the funding of any group of which Jews might be members of is an 'anti-semitic trope' these days.
mikeo on March 12, 2019, 3:05 pm
https://www.hackneygazette.co.uk/news/veolia-revelations-pro-israel-group-steps-in-claiming-victory-for-blocking-campaigner-s-five-minute-speech-1-1752104
annie on March 12, 2019, 4:14 pm
we covered this event at the time mikeo: Veolia withdraws bid for North London waste contract under boycott pressure
http://mondoweiss.net/2012/12/withdraws-contract-pressure/
for Israel's Ministry of Foreign Affairs? or Ministry of Strategic Affairs?
if the UK is anything like the US i don't see that it would matter much. the US doesn't even do anything about mossad crawling all over our campuses and streets spying on our citizens. israel connives in w/congress via intermediaries, heck they even arranged for netanyahu to address congress against a sitting president. they can do whatever they want here. the invasiveness knows no bounds. you just get called anti semitic if you point it out. they don't have to resister as foreign agents or anything.
Keith on March 12, 2019, 6:02 pm
ANNIE- "the invasiveness knows no bounds."
How long before the background check for a US security clearance is outsourced to Mossad? Even back when Tom Hayden was running for California State office he needed Jewish Zionist approval.
In other words, in this article Hayden was describing, in an unusually concrete way, how the state of Israel, through its state officials and their compliant American partners, was effectively managing—exercising veto power over Democratic Party candidates, at the very least—American elections down to the level of State Assembly. In any constituency "attuned to the question of Israel, even in local and state elections," Hayden knew he "had to be certified 'kosher,' not once but over and over again." (Jim Kavanagh) https://www.counterpunch.org/2016/10/27/tom-haydens-haunting/
mikeo on March 13, 2019, 7:38 am
And the witch-hunt continues…
https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/ali-abunimah/labour-party-investigates-electronic-intifada-journalist
Misterioso on March 13, 2019, 10:18 am
https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/britain-needs-full-inquiry-poison-islamophobia-inside-conservative-party
"Britain needs a full inquiry into the poison of Islamophobia inside the Conservative Party"
By Peter Oborne, Middle East Eye, 5 March 2019
"Something has gone hideously wrong with the modern Conservative Party and Theresa May is incapable of dealing with it."
"On Tuesday, the Tory party suspended 14 party members for allegedly making anti-Muslim comments on social media. This should come as no surprise.
"It's further shocking evidence that the Tory party has a very deep problem with Islamophobia. The party has been in denial about the problem for years.
"But let's try a mental experiment."
"Let's imagine that a Conservative leader had abused parliamentary privilege and falsely accused an innocent rabbi of supporting terrorism from the floor of the Commons.
"Let's imagine that Tory MPs were in the habit of tweeting out virulent anti-Semitic propaganda – and with impunity. Let's imagine that the leading Conservative strategist had reportedly advised not to focus attention on the votes of 'fucking Jews.'
"Let's imagine that the Tory party fought the London mayor campaign on the basis of stirring up hostility to Jews. Let's imagine that many Tory voters were virulently anti-semitic, and that one of the most famous Tory politicians – Boris Johnson – had publicly mocked certain Jews on the way that they dressed.
"And then been cleared of wrongdoing after an internal party investigation. And that all but a small minority of Jewish voters had turned their back on the Tories.
"And finally, let's imagine that the Conservative party was in flat denial that anything was wrong.
"And that senior party figures insisted that anti-semitism was not an issue inside the Conservative Party, with some going to the lengths of insisting that it could not exist because Jews did indeed present a threat to mainstream British society.
"Decent people would say that the Conservative Party was barbaric, sick and that there was a deep, dark problem not just in the Conservative Party but also in British politics as a whole.
"Mercifully that is not the case as far as anti-semitism is concerned.
"Hostility to Islam"
"But substitute the word Muslim for the word Jew, and it has become clear that something has indeed gone hideously wrong with the modern Conservative party.
"Last week, a poll conducted by the anti-fascist organisation Hope Not Hate found 49 percent of Tory voters felt that Islam was incompatible with the British way of life.
"Zac Goldsmith, MP for Richmond Park, has never apologised for his mayoral campaign, which I am proud to have exposed in Middle East Eye almost three years ago.
"Bob Blackman, Tory MP for Harrow East, received no punishment after sharing anti-Muslim social media posts by the former leader of the English Defence League Tommy Robinson. Nadine Dorries is another Tory MP who has endorsed Robinson with no comebacks from the Tory Party.
"And only today we learn that Peter Lamb, a Tory councillor who was suspended from the Tory Party after issuing a series of foul Islamophobic tweets, is standing as a council candidate for the Conservatives in the local elections in May.
"To his credit Lamb now says he deeply regrets his words and has resigned from the party. But the fact that the Tory Party allowed him back speaks eloquently of the depth of institutional Islamophobia.
"Meanwhile just 11 percent of Muslims voted for the Tories at the last election.
"The media's role"
"No wonder that Sayeeda Warsi, the party's most high-ranking Muslim politician, demanded a full independent inquiry into Islamophobia in the Conservative Party.
"On Tuesday, in an interview with the BBC, Warsi said Islamophobia has become 'institutional' in the Conservative Party.
"And how deeply depressing that she's been ignored and shunned. Under pressure from critics, Tory MPs point to the presence of Sajid Javid, a Muslim, as home secretary.
"This excuse is lame. Anti-semites down the ages have notoriously protested that 'some of my best friends are Jewish.' The fact that Ed Milliband was leader of the Labour Party from 2010 to 2015 is certainly not evidence that there is not an anti-Semitism problem in Labour.
"How does the Conservative Party continue to behave like this? I have to point a finger at my own trade and state that the British media has a role here.
"Our newspapers have been running a campaign against anti-semitism, and rightly so. Anti-semitism is noxious and should be confronted wherever it occurs. But with the exception of the Guardian, there has been very little in the mainstream media about Tory Islamophobia.
"Chillingly, some argue that it does not exist at all. Others even want more. Here's Rod Liddle in the Conservative-supporting Spectator magazine: 'My own view is that there is not nearly enough Islamophobia within the Tory party.' He continued: 'Phobia implies these misgivings are irrational, when they are anything but.'
"A full inquiry"
"Imagine the reaction if Liddle had written that 'there is not nearly enough anti-semitism within the Tory Party.' There would have been national outrage – after peddling that kind of filth, Liddle would never have worked again in mainstream media. And rightly so.
"There's a very ugly double standard at work here. It's a double standard that the Conservative Party refuses to address.
"Tory leader Theresa May is clearly incapable of dealing with this problem. That is why Britain now needs a full independent inquiry into the poison of Islamophobia inside the Conservative Party."
Ossinev on March 13, 2019, 3:03 pm
@Misterioso
"That is why Britain now needs a full independent inquiry into the poison of Islamophobia inside the Conservative Party."
The question of institutionalised Islamaphobia in the Tory Party appears to have been strangled at birth.
Perhaps as a result of specific instructions from ZioCentral to the MSM and their bought and bent gophers on both sides of the Parliamentary chamber(pot).Can`t have anything distracting from the JC and "institutionalised Anti – Semitism" in the Labour Party Master Plan.
And perhaps because UK MP`s are currently in agonised torment over the issue of Brexit as in:
Is it Anti – Semitic to be Pro – Brexit ?
Is it Anti – Semitic to be Anti – Brexit ?
Is it Anti – Semitic to be undecided over Brexit ?


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1. I'll Take Bumgarner. I live in Boston and as I drove around yesterday, listening to sports talk radio, desperately hoping they would mention the WORLD SERIES, I finally got my wish during the last 5 minutes of an afternoon show. The guys discussed the "goodness" of the Royals' story, shared their amazement at the Giants 3rd trip to the Series in 5 years, and wondered aloud about the lack of star power between these two teams.
Which is all fine. There are no Derek Jeter's, Mike Trout's, or Bryce Harper's in this series. There are no Clayton Kershaw's, or Felix Hernandez's, or Justin Verlander's.
One of the guys suggested that Posey is a "rising" star, and that this Madison Bomgardner (how they pronounced his name) was an ok pitcher, not really an Ace, but probably/maybe the best starter between the two teams.
I know that baseball is a regional sport at this point in time, and that guys in Boston may not know much about the Giants, but it is embarrassing that one could talk about sports as a profession and not know a THING about Madison Bumgarner, who is one of the five best pitchers in baseball right now. It's unthinkable. I hope he gets to start again just so more people can see him pitch.
Of all the things that are amazing about Bumgarner (the scoreless streaks, the postseason wins, etc) this one takes the cake for me: He is STILL younger than Tim Lincecum was when the Giants won it all in 2010. Unreal.
Bumgarner did what he needed to do and more in this game. For the Giants to win this series they need(ed) to win Bumgarner's starts, get out in front, and take the wind out of the Royals sails. This series could not have started any better for them.
2. Pence and the Law of Averages. One of the reasons I favored the Giants coming into this series is because the Royals have gotten above average play from almost everyone in their lineup. With the exception of Salvador Perez (who promptly homered last night) and Billy Butler, most of the Royals are hitting better than normal (especially in terms of power).
Now, the postseason is short and guys can get on weird power surges (hello Cody Ross), but one could reasonably expect the Royals to come back to earth a bit in this series.
On the other side, the Giants went 8-2 through the first three rounds with exactly zero home runs from the middle of their order. Posey, Panda, and Pence have all had nice enough postseasons, but no extra base hits for Posey and no home runs for any of them. Even though none of those guys is a true power hitter, it is difficult to imagine the Giants playing 14-17 postseason games and not getting a home run from any of those three.
Cue Hunter Pence. While I still fully expect to see some power from both Panda and Posey, Hunter Pence is the kind of player who when he gets hot, he gets ridiculously hot. Pence could carry the offense in a series like this. We've yet to see that in two postseasons with Pence, but it is entirely possible.
I'm not saying that is going to happen, but it easily could. And even if it doesn't I do expect to continue to see these three guys get some big hits in this World Series.
3. Wherefore art Thou, Timmy Lincecum. I texted my dad after Bumgarner came out that we would see Timmy in this game.
Which means that we now know, without a shadow of a doubt, why he is on the postseason roster. Lincecum is here because the Giants staff does not trust the 2-4 starters. He's not here to be a 6th inning bridge. He's not here to be a late inning strikeout weapon. He is simply an insurance policy.
Some people have criticized the Giants for using him in this way. Why waste a roster spot on a luxury insurance item when it could be used more practically? Why handcuff yourself to a 24-man roster, when you don't need to?
Here's a scenario for you, though. Let's say, win or lose, Peavy pitches well enough to get through 6 innings, and Bochy doesn't have to use Petit in Game 2. And let's say that in the second inning of Hudson's Game 3 start something goes terribly wrong: his hip flares up and he has to come out, or he doesn't have it and he's getting hit around the yard. Petit comes in and does his hero act, saving the day (and the bullpen) by pitching 4 strong innings.
That's all wonderful, but he's not going to be available the next day when Game 4 rolls around and Ryan Vogelsong's got nothing left in the tank. Now where do you go? Jean Machi? Hunter Strickland in the 4th? Javy Lopez for a couple of innings? Nope. It's Tim Lincecum time.
Again, the Giants don't have enough confidence in their starting pitchers to keep Lincecum off the roster. They obviously hope they never have to use him, but they need him around just in case.
We know this because last night was the perfect time to give a guy a chance (in low pressure World Series situation) to show the team that he can be trusted in a bigger spot later on down the line.
Bochy gave that chance to Hunter Strickland (who handled it extremely well and demonstrated that against this lineup he is a great 6th or 7th inning option).
If you were wondering why Tim Lincecum is still here, now you know.
Looking Ahead: As good as we all feel coming out of Game 1, and we should feel good because that was the best possible outcome, the series changes dramatically today. From here until Game 5, the starting pitching matchups are very even and, especially for the Giants, very difficult to predict.
Will Peavy pitch like he did in Game 1 against the Nationals, or Game 2 against Cardinals? Can these old dogs make it more than two times through the Royals lineup?
The Giants starters are more likely to pitch like Bunmgarner did in Game 1 than any of the Royals' guys, but they also are more likely to implode. We are dealing with volatile stocks here!
Hoping for good Peavy tonight, and more dingers!
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U.S. stocks opened sharply lower Friday, as concerns over European sovereign debt and tensions between North and South Korea persisted, overshadowing the kick-off of the holiday shopping season. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 110 points to 11,077, with all but one of its 30 components trading lower. The S&P 500 index dropped 9 points to 1,189, weighed down the most by the materials sector. The Nasdaq Composite lost 12 points to 2,531. Typically this is an up week, but not recently and not this year. The mergers and acquisition departments didn't take the holiday off. Del Monte Foods is higher after agreeing to be acquired for $4 billion. A small firm CPI International is jumping 33% after agreeing to be acquired. Other than that, not much news today. The tension overseas has the US dollar trading higher and commodities lower. The fertilizers are lower on cautious comments from one analyst. Freeport McMoran is down 2%. The retail sector is quiet even though the whole country is out shopping like crazy. Chipotle Mexican Grill and the holding company for IHOP and Applebees are trading higher at new 52 week highs. Toymaker, Mattel is up a percent. Ford opened lower, but is now up a percent after announcing a new dealership in China. Apple is one of the few tech stocks trading higher. I'm sure their stores are jammed packed. After the first hour the averages remain solidly in the red, but off the lows. The Dow is down 60 points as only two Dow components are higher, Cisco Systems and 3M. The Nasdaq is down just 3 points. Through the morning the averages sold back off. No buyers are showing up for this abbreviated session. The Dow Jones Industrial Average finished down 95 points at 11092. The S&P 500 index dropped 9 points to 1,189. The Nasdaq Composite lost 8 points to close at 2,534. All three averages fell less than 1% for the week.
U.S. stocks opened higher on Wednesday after economic reports cast a more optimistic light on the jobs front and consumer spending. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 94 points to 11,131. The S&P 500 Index climbed 10 points to 1,191. The Nasdaq Composite added 30 points to 2,525. Finally an up day following a miserable days. Very little news the day before Thanksgiving. Guess is jumping 7% following earnings last night. Tiffanys is jumping 4% after beating estimates. Deere is modestly higher following earnings. The commodities are bouncing back. Noble Corp is higher on an upgrade. Jacobs Engineering is higher on an upgrade. The techs are bouncing back. IBM, Research in Motion, Apple, and Google look good. Oracle is higher after winning a lawsuit against SAP. SAP is modestly lower. I wonder if they'll pay. After the first half an hour the Dow rose 100 points with the Nasdaq up 33 points. Most stocks are in the green. The financials are higher, but not by much. Through the morning the averages improved rising 130 points. Through the afternoon the averages remained strong closing near the highs of the day. The Dow Jones Industrial Average finished up 150 points to end at 11,187, led by gains in Boeing up 2.9%. The S&P 500 index gained 17 points, or 1.5%, to 1,198, led by a 2% gain in industrials and consumer discretionary shares. The Nasdaq Composite rose 48 points, or 1.9%, to end at 2,543.
U.S. stocks fell sharply at the open Tuesday, as an exchange of fire between North and South Korea combined with ongoing worries about European debt rattled investors. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 117 points to 11,060. The S&P 500 index dropped 14 points to 1,184. The Nasdaq Composite fell 26 points to 2,505. Once again the financials are the worst performing sector. Eaton Vance beat estimates however the stock is lower by 3%. The commodities are sharply lower as the US dollar rallies. The techs are struggling as well. Red Hat and Broadcom were upgraded, but both are lower. HP is one of the bright spots in the tech sector following better than expected earnings. The one bright spot for the last several weeks is retail. Brown Shoes is jumping 18% after beating estimates. Hormel Foods is up 3% on earnings. J Crew is jumping 16% on rumors of a takeover. NY Times is up 6% on similar takeover rumors. Not all retailers are higher. Campbell Soup, Zale, DSW, and Cracker Barrel are all lower following earnings. Target and Walmart were upgraded, but both are modestly lower. Through the morning the averages moved lower. Not a good day. Typically this is an up week, but no one looks to be in a buying mood. In the afternoon nothing changed. No buyers are stepping in. HP remains the only Dow component trading higher. The financials look awful. In the last hour, no bounce. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 142 points to 11,036. The S&P 500 index dropped 17 points to 1,180, weighed down by its energy and materials sectors. The Nasdaq Composite fell 37 points, or 1.5%, to 2,494.
U.S. stocks fell early on Monday, as Ireland's application for a bailout failed to remove broader concerns about sovereign debt in the euro zone. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 54 points to 11,150. The S&P 500 index fell 4 points to 1,194. The Nasdaq Composite lost 3 points to 2,514. A weak opening, but many of the techs look good. High flying, Netflix keeps shooting higher after announcing new pricing and distribution opportunities. Research in Motion, HP, Apple, and Sandisk are all higher on upgrades. HP reports earnings tonight. Novell is up 6% after agreeing to be bought out for $2.2 billion. The commodity space opened mixed with the fertilizers stocks trading higher. Potash looks good following two upgrades. The retail sector has been on fire of late, but is quiet this morning ahead of its' biggest weekend of the year. Tyson Foods and Valspar are higher following earnings this morning. Cracker Barrel is higher ahead of earnings tomorrow. The averages held up in the first half an hour only to sell off once again with the Dow dropping 80 points. The financials look awful thanks to mortgage put back concerns and a new insider investigation that may implicate bankers in a number of the large cap financials. The Nasdaq is trying to hold up declining only 3 points. The averages remained quiet through the morning, reaccelerating to the downside in the afternoon led by the financials after the FBI raided two hedge fund offices. All the big banks tumbled 2% to 3% on this news. If it's not one thing with these banks, it's another. The Dow fell 130 points by the middle of the afternoon only to slowly improve heading into the last hour. In the last hour the Nasdaq moved into the green with Apple jumping 2%. The Nasdaq slowly moved back toward the unchanged level with the financials remaining the greatest drag. The Dow Jones Industrial Average finished down 24 points at 11,178. Shares of Hewlett-Packard rose 1.8% ahead of earnings after the close. The S&P 500 index fell a point to 1,197. The Nasdaq Composite rose 13 points to 2,532.


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Making a Joyful Noise
(by Johanna Neyt for "The Vienna Review", June 15, 2011)
The ceiling of the Jesuit Church in Vienna contains masterpieces of trompe l'oeil fresco painting by Andrea Pozzo, c.1703, as well as faux marble typical of high Baroque
Verdi's Requiem echoes through the magnificent spaces of the Jesuitenkirche as the St. Augustine Choral Society works miracles.
It was a warm Saturday evening in May when I met my friends on the terrace of Inigo on Ignaz Seipel-Platz, already 2/3 full at just 18:00.
"Doing well by doing good," one of my friends whispered impishly. This is a place where unemployed people can train to be chefs and wait staff, and within two years, be launched into a working life. Over its 19 years of operation, the food has only gotten better, and especially in the nice weather, tables are in hot demand.
We ordered some wine, gazing out languidly over the square at the soaring lines of the Jesuit church – also called the "University Church" for its one-time neighbour – whose twin onion towers rise high above neo-classical inset columns, niches of opulent statuary and tall leaded, the façade an unconventional configuration of early baroque.
It's an odd mixture of elements really, yet somehow convincing, in sync with centuries of architecture on all sides.
While we were waiting for our dinner, the long outdoor tables began to fill with choir members and musicians who were taking a last break between rehearsal and performance. Someone passed just behind me; it was Andreas Pixner, the director of the Choral Society of St. Augustine who leaned down to greet us. Everyone looked excited, but no one was drinking; this was a big event – the 65 singers and 55 musicians – that had taken months and months of rehearsals. A choir member, who is also a violinist from the Symphony joined us at the table.
"It's going to be very loud," she warned us. "The church may be too small for all this sound…" She didn't look all that worried. So neither were we.
While more and more nicely dressed people entered the church, some other friends joined us at the table. After we had a cup of coffee we decided to go and find our places in the church.
Inside the massive wooden doors, we waited as our eyes adjusted from the bright sunshine to the subdued lighting of the interior. Gradually, the details took shape: the twisting spiral columns of blue marble against panels of pink, sculpted scenes and statuary exploding in extravagant gold leaf from the layers of the polished wood pulpit.
The Jesuitenkirche is like a stage set: Most of the marble is "ersatz" painted on simpler stone; allegorical ceiling frescoes are trompe l'oeil, painted to fool the eye. Still, the effect is astonishing and overwhelming, a masterpiece of 18th century high baroque, whose opulent interior seemed to be the perfect setting for this large 'Catholic Theater.'
We had just found our seats when the small army of musicians entered, took their places, and the music began. This Requiem, the traditional sequence of the Latin funeral rite, is written by one of Italy's greatest opera composers of the nineteenth century, Giuseppe Verdi. As in his opera's, the melodies are sublime, the rhythms are vigorous and the contrasts are dramatic, bombastic, powerful, or intimate and touching.
The terrifying "Dies Irae" that introduced the rite, explored the feelings of loss and sorrow as well as the human longing for forgiveness and mercy. From the galleries of two facing chapels, the four remote trumpets resounded over the room, the heralds of the Last Judgment. The piece reached its climax when the choir began to compete with the powerful orchestra, each trying to top the other. These are extraordinary musicians, the Choral Society of St.Augustine, one of Vienna's oldest church choirs, and a hand-picked orchestra to match. Such a sound… I thought, God's music at its best.
It was the last Sunday in January 1993. The choir gathered on the first floor of the Augustinian Cloister adjoining the Hofburg to rehearse for the 11 o-clock Mass, as they had done every Sunday and holiday for decades. The St. Augustine Choir was an institution in Vienna, that seemed to have always existed and always would.
On that particular day, an Augustine father entered the room and informed the singers and the director that their celebration of the Holy Mass wouldn't be necessary, as a different ensemble had been signed on for 'now and the following' Sunday.
The musicians stood there, stunned. Then, some weeks later, the choir was told it would be welcome to sing again, but under new management and without Professor Friedrich Wolf, the St. Augustine father who made the outstanding chorus what it was. The choir saw only one way: they left the Augustinian Church and went into exile with him at their head.
Now a group of more than seventy choir singers was suddenly on the street. Most had been members for years, in many cases for decades, and were suddenly without a church home, without a 'venue,' or any financial means. But most of all they were without their music. The scores for choir and orchestra had always been stored by Wolf in the St.Augustine Cloister behind lock and key and now they were inaccessible.
Finding a new church home was not so easy; they received many invitations, from the St. Rochus Church in the 3rd district, St. Georg in Kagran and soon the Votive Church, the Maltese Church and the Minoritenkirche. But audiences had to be won over. 1993 saw a Pontifical Mass at the Klosterneuburg abbey church, two performances of Dvorák's Mass D major, and the European premier of Richard Bing's Missa,that they recorded on CD. But it perhaps the broadcast of their performance for the 1993 "Licht ins Dunkel" Christmas Show, that convinced the public. By the end of 1994, they were alternating Sundays between the Minoritenkirche and the Jesuitenkirche, which then, in 1995, became their permanent home. …having survived by its own power, motivation and enthusiasm.
I returned from my thoughts as tenor, Oliver Kook began his solo aria, "Ingemisco" and his luminous voice radiated hope for the sinner who asked for the Lord's mercy. The color of the score and the opera-like treatment is unusual for a requiem. Since the first performance in 1874, written by Verdi in honor of the deceased Italian poet Manzoni, the piece has caused a stir, only gradually establishing itself as one of the most important settings of the Christian funeral service. The operatic range of the music is also reverential, a prayer as the confirmation of faith.
The joyful "Sanctus" (a complicated eight-part fugue scored for double chorus) began with a brassy fanfare to announce him "who comes in the name of the Lord" and lead into an angelic "Agnus Dei" sung by the female soloists, Cornelia Horak (sopran) and Gabriele Sima (Mezzosopran), together with the chorus. Finally the "Libera me," the oldest music by Verdi in the Requiem, interrupted. Here the soprano cried out, begging, "Deliver me, Lord, from eternal death … when you will come to judge the world by fire."
And suddenly, all was still. No one moved; the audience sitting still, as though stunned, moved beyond words. It was several moments before anyone clapped, a few hands here, then there, then suddenly in a flood. Waves of recognition washed over the crowd, and awe at the astonishing privilege of being present at such a moment, to have heard such a sound. The church responded as one.
As we left the church, we looked at each other and realised that we had just experienced something beyond anything we had known, something transcendental, created by man. Is this, I wondered, what people meant by an encounter with the divine?


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Otto Pünter, né le  à Berne et mort dans la même ville le , est un journaliste suisse. Engagé dans la lutte antifasciste dès la fin des années 1920, il a contribué à alimenter en informations, sous le nom de code de « Pakbo », le réseau d'espionnage soviétique mené par Alexandre Radó durant la Seconde Guerre mondiale.

Biographie
Jeune journaliste, Otto Pünter fonde en 1927 à Berne l'agence de presse socialiste INSA.

Lors de la guerre civile espagnole, à la demande du gouvernement républicain, sous le nom de code de « Pakbo », il utilise son réseau pour obtenir des renseignements sur l'aide italienne et allemande aux troupes franquistes. Devenu correspondant parlementaire de divers journaux du Parti socialiste suisse en 1939, il poursuit durant la Seconde Guerre mondiale les activités de renseignement de son réseau antifasciste au profit des différents mouvements de résistance dans les pays occupés et surtout avec les services de renseignement soviétiques, en collaboration avec Alexandre Radó et Rudolf Roessler.

En 1955, Otto Pünter quitte son poste au Parlement pour devenir le premier chef du service de presse et d'information de la SSR jusqu'en 1965.

En 1975, il a reçu à Berlin-Ouest la médaille Hans Bredow pour services rendus à la radiodiffusion.

Publications
 Guerre secrète en pays neutre, Les révélations d'un agent secret sur l'espionnage en Suisse contre le fascisme et Hitler 1930-1945, Éditions Payot, Lausanne, 1967
 Société suisse de radiodiffusion et télévision, 1931-1970, SSR, 1971
 Wie es war, Cosmos-Verlag, 1977

Liens externes

 Portrait en 1969, archives RTS

Espion de la Seconde Guerre mondiale
Journaliste suisse
Naissance en avril 1900
Naissance à Berne
Décès en août 1988
Décès à Berne
Antifasciste suisse
Décès à 88 ans

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Home » Opinion » What is the Bright Page of Imam Hussein's Revolution?
What is the Bright Page of Imam Hussein's Revolution?
August 25,2020 | Mohammad Zahir Akbari
These days, our people are increasingly engaged in mourning of a historic event which had happened more than 1300 years ago in a distant geography called Karbala. The hero of this historic event was Imam Hussein and his 72 loyal followers. Unlike other historic events, every year it gets greater, wider and fresher. During Arbaen (the 40th of Ashura), nearly 30 million people, from all parts of the world, get together in Karbala to refresh their allegiance and make the largest historic peaceful demonstration in the world. Therefore, it is worth to raises some questions such as what is the secret behind the revolution which made it endless in heart of millions of people worldwide. What was the goal and factors behind the endless event? What lessons and messages it conveys to his followers and humanity in 20 first centuries?
Unfortunately, very few people may critically think and raise such questions about goal and philosophy of this unique revolution. Although the Imam Hussein's revolution became a prominent tradition in our minds, the lessons and philosophy behind it is often neglected. Most people, even most traditional clergies, concentrate only on the dark page of Ashura; they narrate only the sad story of Karbala and highlight the calamity whereas its sacred objective is ignored .Often the sanctity of this revolution is combined with fiction and superstition all over the Muslim world. The personality and objectives of Imam Husain thereby are forgotten or modified. Thus, people rarely talk about its goals and lessons to humanity and today's social and political life. Now, this is the greatest responsibility of Muslim Ummah to analyze the revolution of Imam Husain truly and follow his path namely protesting against crime and corruption as this is the urgent need of Muslim societies.
According to Islamic experts, the revolution of Imam Husain has two pages: dark and bright. The dark page of Ashura contains tragedy and the catastrophic incidents which took place at Karbala. These portray the brutality of murdering sacred personalities, igniting tents, capturing women and children, lashing captives, running horses over the corpse of martyrs, refusing water even to children, etc. if one studies this page, one will have to mourn and shed tears all the time. This page makes us ashamed of the wrongs of Karbala. On the other hand, there is a bright page which teaches us a lot of lessons and contains all the sacred acts such as selflessness, sacrifice, fighting against cruelties, martyrdom for reviving moral standards, devoting life for revitalizing social values and human dignity. Experts say that studying this page, makes human beings proud of the ideals of humanity. The heroes of this page are those whose blood was shed for upholding religious values of that society. this page which replete with great lessons to be learnt and practiced in social and individual life.
In order to know more about the while bright page of Imam Hussein's revolution, we need to know the factors behind it. Initially, it seems there were three factors to mobilize Imam Hussein for revolution such Invitation of people of Kufa, pressure of Yazid to take oath of allegiance or die and lastly revival of religious values and reformation of corrupt political system under leadership of Yazid. In regard to first factor, it was automatically negated several days before Ashura with disloyalty of Kufa people and martyrdom of his representative, Muslim, in Kufa. When he got the news that Muslim was killed because he was not supported by people of Kufa this factor was automatically negated. The second factor was also weak and negotiable, and even Imam Hussein could escape to another geography so as to avoid illegitimate allegiance with Yazid and also rescue his life.
But the third factor which was revival of Islamic values and the reformation corrupt political system was the most important factor as he repeatedly articulated this in different occasions. Imam Hussein saw how injustice was imposed upon the society of his time and realized how the rulers and so-called caliph was far from the true teachings of Islam. Oppression, tyranny, unjust use of public property, etc were fully rampant and made life miserable for people. Therefore, he stood up against what was wrong but he never gave up his human virtues for the sake of furthering his purpose. He was courageous for the right cause. Neither was he after usurping the throne, nor manipulating people for his own sake. In that case, he would have been selfish rather than courageous.
The bright page of Ashura has also some important lessons for today's political disorders in our society. The first lesson is to have an instrumental view towards political power. Power or governing in Imam's view was nothing but a duty to serve people, protect their rights and bring justice among them. He did not seek a leadership role unless for the sake of eliminating injustice and corruption from the community. And that's why Imam Hussain did not take the oath of allegiance to Yazid, the ruthless caliph of that time.
The next lesson of the bright page of Imam Hussein's revolution is to say that it is duty of every individual to fight against oppression and injustice in society. In other words, standing against tyranny is a moral and virtuous act in itself that is not entirely dependent on the companionship of others. Although Imam was aware of the number of Yazid's army but he did not retreat from his sacred goal and movement. He said it is better to die with dignity than to live in humiliation and our rights can be defended even in the face of death if no other ways left .In this regard, Mahatma Gandhi says about Imam Husain, "I learnt from Husain how to achieve victory while being oppressed. Lastly, he also proved that the numerical superiority of enemies is not important when we are fighting for a sacred goal.
Mohammad Zahir Akbari is the permanent writer of the Daily Outlook Afghanistan. He can be reached at mohammadzahirakbari@gmail.com


Use your mobile in the rain or drop it in a puddle and it will probably still work. You may take this for granted but millions of mobile devices and other products are protected by super-repellent coatings invented at Durham University.
The extremely thin polymer film, known as a nanocoating, has been applied to the surfaces of eight million mobile phones, three million pairs of footwear, 60 per cent of the world's hearing aids and 100 million pipette tips.
The invention has been commercialised by the British company, P2i, which is the world leader in liquid repellent nanocoating technology and was named 'most innovative company in Europe' in the 2012 International Business Awards. Customers include household names such as Nokia, Motorola and Alcatel (mobile phones), Timberland and Hi-Tec (footwear) and HLT (hearing aids).
P2i retains strong links with Durham University. Its Chief Technical Officer Steve Coulson co-founded the company in 2004 after working on the technology for his PhD at Durham, supervised by Professor Jas Pal Badyal in the Department of Chemistry. The PhD project was to make soldiers' uniforms resistant to chemical weapons for the Ministry of Defence but it soon became clear that there were wider applications.
The secret of the Durham technology is plasmachemical deposition – a process of breaking up molecules into electrically charged particles to coat surfaces. The reliability of electronic devices such as smartphones and tablets are dramatically increased because their outer and inner surfaces are protected from the effects of corrosion and water damage.
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^ Nobody uses much PCI any more?
I like the new GD70, would be a good partner to a thuban.
i think there getting slowly taken out like IDE and PS/2 ports.
That's exactly our opinion as well. Why lose a feature from the previous generation when the best CPUs are ones that can have cores unlocked?
Free stuff is always good. If only i7 920's could unlock to i7 980X's.....I saw gigabytes 890FX board already on newegg. You guys get your hands on it yet?
Very nice looking board indeed. Although I still use a PCI slot for my sound card, I would very much like to see PCI gone completely. This board reminds me of the now very old boards that had a bunch of PCI slots and 1 ISA slot. As prices drop on AMD quads the core unlocking features will become a non issue IMO.
How about a breakdown on the pricing of the motherboards: asus, msi, xfx + the rest. Intel chipsets v amd chips and labour costs.
Boards haven't even come off the production line yet.


On the occasion of International Women's Day, 'Homestays of India' (HOI) feels proud to share inspiring stories of some of its Successful Women Hosts. Through their work, they have not only made a difference in their lifestyle but also have changed the meaning of hospitality with their caring nature, eye to detail and cooking skills. These women followed their dreams in spite of all the odds and have made a mark in the society.
A soldier's proud wife and a shy lady who lives with her mother-in-law in a small Ladakhi village Spangmik near Pangong Lake at an altitude of 14000 ft. 11 year back there used to be only 6 houses in Spangmik. People used to camp in harsh condition and she provided food to them. With inspiration of an avid trekker, she opened her doors to travelers.
The biggest challenge was to arrange daily usage items from the nearest town Leh which at 160 km. But she was determined to get good education to her children and Homestay could be a great source of income. Vinod Verma, co-founder 'Homestays of India' met her about the same time and advised her to take local taxi driver's help who used to bring tourist from Leh and offer him free stay in bargain to bring grocery, and it worked. Till date she is working on the same policy. It was a brave move as she lived with her small kids and mother-in-law only. She worked hard for years and now her dream is fulfilled. Her children study in Leh in good schools and she has a pucca home with a capacity of 12-15 people to get then higher education.
She strongly believes in and supports sustainable tourism and educates travelers coming to her Homestay near Pangong, to keep the lake and surroundings clean. She also organizes cleaning drives from time to time in coordination with her guests.
Beena, a simple mountain lady from Kumaon region of Uttarakhand got married in a farmer's family of village Sunkiya, Mukteshwar. She perfectly played the roles of a good wife, mother and daughter-in-law. But something was missing in her life. Her days were just going by without a purpose. That's when she met HOI founders and was suggested to start the homestay. It's been 2 years now, she is running her homestay successfully. Beena starts her day at 5 in the morning, tending to cattle, working in farms and ends it with serving an wholesome meal to the family and guests. Guests from all around the world relish the food she cooks.
Starting her Homestay in Sunkiya Village near Mukteshwar has exposed her to people from different parts of the world. It has also instilled in her the confidence and satisfaction of helping people make pleasant memories. In the process she has learnt a lot and is now Pradhan of her village as well. Coming from a humble background, she is now living life of her dreams.
Today she is a happy independent lady who makes all her decisions herself. And she is also supporting the NGO.
Mayborn aunty, as she is lovingly addressed, is a well-traveled multi-talented lady. She lives in the heart of Shillong city with her retired husband and daughter. In the same compound is her ancestral home – a beautifully built old colonial house. She has a special attachment to this house that is built by British tea planters in 1942 and was bought by her family in 1961. She rented it so that it stays under care of someone but the tenets did not take good care of it. So she decided to convert it into a homestay. This way she will be able to take care of the property herself and also will get some extra income for its maintenance.
She is hosting guests since 2014 and is thoroughly enjoying being a host. "They need a home away from home and I am here to provide that" she says. She does extra efforts to make experience of every guest a special one. Things like calling the guest in advance to know their food preferences and fixing the menu accordingly, spending time with guests and helping them plan their trip. Her caring nature and eye to detail makes her one the best HOI hosts.
Born and brought up in Ramnagar, Roopsi worked with a travel firm and always had an inclination to set up her own venture in the travel industry. She started Pawalgarh homestay in 2016 with an idea of community living while promoting healthy lifestyle choices and helping people connect with nature. The major challenge was to convince her family about this decision of leaving a secure 6 digit salary job and venture into the unknown. Also post setting up the homestay, the challenge was to stay true to the core idea without compromising on the financial viability. But her determination helped her reach where she is today.
Being a host has been an enriching experience. The sheer level of satisfaction she gets from the fact that she is contributing in creating an awareness about sustaining the surroundings we have.
Shalini is a yoga mentor and lives in a joint family in Jaipur. Meeting people and making new friends would always make her happy so she thought of starting a homestay in 2016. The idea of opening the home to outsiders was not welcomed by her Father-in-law. But she was able to convince him, somehow.
Today she is running her homestay successfully and all her family members help her run the show. It's not just her hospitality but also her knowledge in Yoga that makes a difference. Hers is the one of most popular homestays and is favorite amongst people visiting Jaipur.
Indira Bharti lives with her family in traditional Himachali house made of wood and stone in Tirthan valley. After 'The Great Himalayan Park' was declared as World Heritage Site, tourism in the area increased. Looking at the demand of the hour, she along with her family decided to develop the house as a homestay. Being a traditional Himachali family she felt it as a great opportunity to showcase the Himachali culture to travelers from around the world. Also it will give a good exposure to her and the family. The main challenge was to get the funds for upgrading their home (like attached toilets) to cater to the needs of travelers and promoting it online.
In just 2 yrs not only has she been able to get her homestay recognized as one of the best homestays in maintaining tradition and culture but she has also generated good employment for the local youth. Engaging with new set of people every time they have guests, getting to know about their work, culture, lifestyle etc. have taught her a lot. She is happy that she has grown and developed a lot in the process.
Mechanical Engineer by qualification and Interior Designer by profession, Farida started her homestay in 2016. She likes to interact with people and that is one reason why she decided to open up her home to tourists and adventure travelers from all over the world. She is passionate about Khasi culture and hence want people to experience a stay in Khasi home, learn about their food and culture.
The biggest challenge in running a homestay, she feels, is that most Indian travelers are not familiar with the Homestay concept and expect facilities like intercom, room service and a restaurant with food available anytime. But now it's changing. People are understanding the concept of homestays. Just in 2 years hers is one of the most sought after homestays in Shillong.
Vlatka, a Pharmacist from Croatia came and fell in love with India and its people, got married to Pankaj and decided to live here forever. Her dream was to create a small heaven in mountains where she can stay in harmony with nature and share, learn and spread her knowledge with others.
So she, along with Pankaj, started an organic farm in a small village Raila in Uttarakhand in 2011. It was a totally abandoned land tucked away in cheer forest. They worked day and night to develop this wild land into an organic farm. They planted fruit trees, harvested crops, created a garden and made it a dreamland for nature lovers.The place is now full of flowers, seasonal fruits and vegetables.
She has now opened up her space – a 100 year old traditional mud and stone house, to people as well. All the meals are prepared from produce that comes from the organic farm.
She is now living a life of her dreams!.
A Textile Designer and an artist, Viju Naidu likes meeting people. Her homestay in Indore is a combination of art & nature and she was confident people would like to come and relax at her place so she started the homestay in 2016. Training by MP tourism helped her set up the homestay and sites like Homestays of India and Airbnb are helping her get regular inflow of guests. The income that she earns from homestay goes back into upgrading the quality of her home.
Meeting people from varied backgrounds and knowing about their life has changed her outlook towards life. She is happy that today she is never alone. She has guests coming from all over the world and some of them are now friends for life.
A fashion designer by profession, Deepika chose to stay at home and take care of the family after marriage. She has a beautiful home in Rangri near Manali, so she along with her mother-in-law Reshma, decided to start a homestay. Her mother in law has very good knowledge of local cuisine, spices, and pickles. And she herself is a very good cook. So with an idea of hosting people at their place came as a welcome decision. The homestay near Manali has increased the earning as well as has given employment to the neighboring people.


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I'm looking for a fellow female to commute with me from Berkeley to Palo Alto for my internship over the summer. May 20th to August 28th.
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I may need to start a new job in Mountain View but I do not drive so looking for possibilities.
Future fellow at Stanford looking to carpool :) Thanks!


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Elixir of Life (1992; 2005)
On 30th January 2016 30th January 2016 Filed under Music / CDs
The songs in Elixir of Life are based on the recorded experiences of people on the edge of David Cameron's "classless" society. David and Goliath is a celebration of the continuation of struggle across different terrains: Palestinian Davids take on Israeli Goliaths; Black people in Soweto defy the South African state; Republican hunger strikers lay down their lives for Irish freedom.
Writing and Research
All songs by Dave Rogers, apart from Blood on the Coal, written by Maria Tolly for a Banner play.
The tape recordings were made by Dave Rogers and Frances Rifkin.
Banner Musicians: Dave Rogers (Vocals, acoustic guitar); Dave Dale (Vocals, acoustic, electric and bass guitars)
Guest Musicians: Pam Bishop (Concertina); Ron Collins (Drums and percussion); Chris Jones (Electric guitar, bass, keyboard and midi percussion); Katherine Rogers (Alto saxophone and clarinet).
Recording and Production
Originally recorded in 1992 and produced by Chris Jones (Production and programming), Dave Rogers and Dave Dale, at the former Jubilee Arts (now The Public), Sandwell.
Re-mastering 2005: Aidan Jolly, Well Red Productions and Charlie Davis
Kevin Hayes, Nigel Dickenson, John Sturrock/Network, Republican News.
Sleeve Design by Kevin Hayes
Banner would like to thank all the Jubilee workers who helped us make this tape: Gary Stewart, Tony Stanley and Keith Poison, and in particular Chris Jones, who not only took the major role in musical direction and sound engineering, but played on some of the tracks as well.
Banner would also like to thank the following people whose voices we use on the tape: Pet Coleman, Peggy Gilbert, Harold Hancock, Brian Keith, lan Morrison, Ray Patton, Brenda Proctor, Bob Whiskens, and last, and definitely least, George Bush Senior for his incisive and thought-provoking contribution.
Finally, we would like to thank Dave Butler, Joyce Canaan, Jacqueline Contré, John Pymm and Maureen Russell for their support.
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