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Turkey and Russia Are Teaming Up to Screw Over the Kurds
Russian troops are already ordering the Kurds to give up territory, or face a renewed onslaught from Turkey.
by Tim Hume
October 23, 2019, 3:16pm
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Russian military police arrived in the Syrian city of Kobani Wednesday to deliver a message to Kurdish forces: pull back 19 miles from the border, or face a renewed onslaught from Turkey.
Those are the terms of a new agreement reached between Turkey and Russia Tuesday which, if enacted, will force Kurdish fighters from the Syria-Turkey border, expanding on their territorial losses since President Trump suddenly cut U.S. support for its ally earlier this month.
Following a marathon six hours of talks in the Russian Black Sea resort of Sochi, Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan unveiled a 10-point memorandum of understanding that would carve up territory previously held by Kurdish forces, against whom Turkey launched a cross-border offensive earlier this month.
The deal, which analysts say would be devastating for the Kurds' ambitions of political autonomy in northeast Syria, was hailed as a historic success by both Moscow and Ankara. It would entrench and expand Turkey's long-sought buffer zone, cleared of Kurdish forces, on the Syrian side of the border, while cementing Moscow's new status as the conflict's leading powerbroker, at Washington's expense.
Turkey said the agreement meant it did not need to resume its assault on the Kurds, temporarily halted by a U.S.-brokered ceasefire which expired Tuesday night.
"According to this agreement, Turkey and Russia will not allow any separatist agenda on Syrian territory," Erdogan said.
What does the deal say?
Turkey launched its offensive against Kurdish forces on Oct. 9, claiming the need to create a "safe zone" in Syrian territory along its border that was cleared of Kurdish forces. Ankara considers the Syrian Kurds as terrorists who are intrinsically linked to Kurdish militants waging an insurgency on Turkish soil.
Turkey has already seized a 75 mile-long strip of land between the towns of Ras al-Ain and Tal Abyad in the fighting, which, under the agreement, it can keep as its safe zone, with a depth extending 20 miles into Syria. The deal states that Kurdish militias will be given 150 hours from midday on Wednesday to withdraw from a larger stretch of territory either side of that area to a depth of 19 miles from the border.
Once that deadline passes, Ankara and Moscow will run joint patrols east and west of the Turkish-controlled area, to a depth of 6 miles from the border, with the exception of the de facto Kurdish capital of Qamishli.
The Kurds, for one, have not given any indication whether they consent to the punishing terms of the agreement. The deal would represent the further capitulation of Kurdish territory following an earlier ceasefire brokered between the U.S. and Turkey — and would effectively put an end to the prospect of Kurdish post-war political autonomy in northeast Syria, Ege Seckin, principal analyst at IHS Markit Country Risk, told VICE News.
But fighting the Turkish offensive has come at a heavy price for the Kurds. Since the U.S. suddenly withdrew the military support, the Kurds have lost about 260 fighters, while about 120 civilians have been killed.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Wednesday that if Kurdish forces did not retreat, Russian and Syrian forces would withdraw and leave them to face a Turkish offensive.
Nevertheless Jim Jeffrey, the senior U.S. diplomat on Syria, questioned Tuesday whether Kurdish forces would voluntarily withdraw from the area laid out in the deal.
"It's full of holes," he said at a congressional hearing. "All I know it will stop the Turks from moving forward. Whether the Russians will ever live up to their commitment, which is very vague, to … get the [Kurdish forces] out of their areas, I don't know."
Who wins and who loses?
Analysts say the agreement is further bad news for the Kurds, and a win for Turkey, Russia and Syria.
"The deal in northeast Syria hurts Kurdish ambitions of achieving a degree of autonomy, and benefits Russia and Assad, particularly as it grants Assad de facto recognition by Turkey," Lina Khatib, head of the Middle East and North Africa programme at the Chatham House think tank told VICE News.
Meanwhile, "Turkey got the safe zone it wanted all this time." Soner Cagaptay, director of the Turkish program at the Washington Institute said in a tweet. "The outcome of the Putin-Erdogan meeting in Sochi today indicates that Erdogan has become a master of leveraging the U.S. and Russia against each other to maximize Ankara's gains."
For Russia, the result is also a win, allowing Putin to present the deal as a foreign policy victory that protects sovereignty and territorial integrity of its ally Syria, while cementing its new status as the leading powerbroker in the conflict following the sudden U.S. pullout.
"Russia sees the deal as paving the way for reintegrating the Assad regime into the international community," said Khatib.
For Trump though, who has maintained the U.S. has no business in the conflict, the ceding of influence in Syria appeared to be no great loss. "Big success on the Turkey/Syria Border. Safe Zone created! Ceasefire has held and combat missions have ended. Kurds are safe and have worked very nicely with us," he tweeted Wednesday.
Cover: In this photo taken Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2019, Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan shake hands after a joint news conference, hours before a five-day cease-fire between Turkish troops and Kurdish fighters in northeastern Syria was set to expire, in Sochi, Russia. (Presidential Press Service via AP, Pool )
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Demography for Planning and Policy: Australian Case Studies
Thomas Wilson, Elin Charles-Edwards, Martin Bell
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This edited collection shows how demographic analysis plays a pivotal role in planning, policy and funding decisions in Australia. Drawing on the latest demographic data and methods, these case studies in applied demography demonstrate that population dynamics underpin the full spectrum of contemporary social, economic and political issues. The contributors harness a range of demographic statistics and develop innovative techniques demonstrating how population dynamics influence issues such as electoral representation, the distribution of government funding, metropolitan and local planning, the provision of aged housing, rural depopulation, coastal growth, ethnic diversity and the well-being of Australia's Indigenous community. Moving beyond simple statistics, the case studies show that demographic methods and models offer crucial insights into contemporary problems and provide essential perspectives to aid efficiency, equity in public policy and private sector planning. Together the volume represents essential reading for students across the social sciences as for policy makers in government and private industry.
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If you're looking for affordable Houston business space in a district on the upswing, consider leasing office space in Sharpstown. You'll be among a diverse population that has discovered what developer Frank Sharp saw back in the 1950s: This is a gem of an area. With established neighborhoods, easy freeway access, proximity to the heart of Houston and reasonably priced homes, businesses both small and large to thrive in Sharpstown.
Sharpstown is bound by the Westpark Tollway to the north, Southwest Freeway (Highway 59) and Bissonnet to the south, Beltway 8 to the west and Hillcroft to the east. The zones of the district are the Sharpstown subdivision, University, South Asia, Chinatown, Harwin and Westwood.
When you rent office space in Sharpstown, you'll be just a short drive from Downtown, the Galleria, Greenway Plaza and other central Houston locations. The main transit arteries are Highway 59, the Westpark Tollway and Beltway 8.
Sharpstown, often referred to as the Ellis Island of Houston, has an international flavor that you won't find anywhere else in the city. You'll see diversity in the Asian, African-American, Hispanic and Caucasian communities that live and work in the district. Sharpstown businesses serve the cultural and shared needs of each group. This wholesale and import/export area features bargain shopping, alternative medicine practitioners, financial institutions, a virtually endless array of restaurants and cafés, and more. Bellaire Boulevard and Southwest Freeway, the two major commercial corridors that run through the district, contain nearly 20,000 small businesses.
Some well-known companies that have established themselves in Sharpstown office space include National Oilwell Varco, MetroCorp Bancshares, Southwest National Bank and the China Airlines Houston Mini Office. A stretch of Chinese and Vietnamese banks (informally called "Asian Wall Street") have put down roots in the district, and communication entities such as KPRC-TV and La Subasta Inc. also call Sharpstown home. KIPP, the nationally celebrated charter school network, had its beginnings in Sharpstown in 1994 and has since spread to 141 schools in 20 states.


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In Synergy Lighting Ltd v HSBC Ltd,(1) the High Court recently dismissed the plaintiff company's application to continue an ex parte injunction to restrain the defendant bank from presenting a winding-up petition against the company. The company claimed that it had already secured the bank's debt and that, therefore, the bank could not demonstrate that it was unable to pay its debts for the purposes of Section 178(1)(a) of the Companies (Winding Up and Miscellaneous Provisions) Ordinance (Cap 32). The court considered the company's argument to be misconceived and noted that a petitioner need not rely on a statutory demand, under Section 178(1)(a), to commence winding-up proceedings – for example, there are other ways in which a petitioner could prove that a company is unable to pay its debts. The court also noted that the way in which the company had obtained the original ex parte injunction left much to be desired.
The company was indebted to the bank by way of banking facilities and sought to secure repayment by executing an assignment of certain accounts receivable in favour of the bank in September 2016. The accounts receivable appear to have been future fees to be earned by the company under certain energy management contracts with its customer in Indonesia.
On 19 August 2020 the bank served a statutory demand on the company for the amount of approximately HK$48 million. It appears to have been accepted that, after some recent repayments, approximately HK$35 million remained outstanding to the bank, which was an undisputed creditor.
On Friday, 11 September 2020 (which was after the three-week period specified in the bank's statutory demand), the company obtained an ex parte injunction to restrain the bank from presenting a winding-up petition against it. It appears that on that day (at 11:27am), the company's legal representatives informed the bank that they had instructions to apply for an injunction, but no further notice was given to the bank until about 20 minutes before a court hearing at 5:30pm on the same day. The bank had been served with the company's supporting affidavit but, apparently, with no other supporting materials (eg, exhibits, legal submissions or authorities). The judge who granted the ex parte injunction does not appear to have been made aware of the short notice or the lack of materials given to the bank.
It also appears that the bank was not informed of the outcome of the court hearing until Monday, 14 September 2020 or provided with a full set of the papers in support of the application until Tuesday, 15 September 2020.
The company applied for an order to continue the ex parte injunction at an inter partes hearing on 18 September 2020 (one week after the ex parte hearing). The company argued that the presentation of a winding-up petition would amount to an abuse of process because it had already adequately secured the debt by executing the assignment of accounts receivable in September 2016. Therefore, the company claimed that the bank should have been reasonably satisfied that the debt had been secured and that the company was able to pay its debts for the purposes of Section 178(1)(a) of the Companies (Winding Up and Miscellaneous Provisions) Ordinance.
The court dismissed the company's application and discharged the ex parte injunction.
The court noted that Section 178(1) of the ordinance is a 'deeming provision' by which a company may be said to be unable to pay its debts (by reference to an unsatisfied statutory demand) which, in turn, is a ground for winding up.(2) However, the court also noted that this is not the only way in which a petitioner may prove that a company is unable to pay its debts and, therefore, should be wound up. As the court stated, "[a] demand under section 178(1)(a) is not a sine qua non for winding-up".(3)
The court held that even if Section 178(1)(a) was not satisfied, and the deeming provision was inoperative, this was not (of itself) a ground for restraining the presentation of a winding-up petition. Further, the court noted that a secured creditor may, in any event, petition to wind up a debtor company.(4)
As a fallback position (described by the court as an "afterthought"),(5) the company appears to have argued that the injunction only restrained the bank from presenting a petition based on Section 178(1)(a) and nothing more. This argument received short shrift from the court given that the wording of the injunction appears to have restrained the presentation of any winding-up petition "based on the statutory demand dated 19 August 2020".(6)
As regards the company's argument that it had adequately secured the debt and the bank should have been reasonably satisfied with this, the court observed:
However, as already explained, the receivables are not like an annuity or pension rights, and whilst the Company may eventually be able to find a buyer, there is in my view no basis to say that the Bank is acting unreasonably if it does not have confidence that the receivables would be readily marketable by it at a price near the range of values asserted.(7)
The outcome in the case is no surprise. The court's judgment is a useful review of some of the basic principles that underpin a creditor's right to present a winding-up petition based on a debtor company's inability to pay its debts.
Of particular interest is the court's review of the evidence before it regarding the nature of the accounts receivable (the subject of the assignment by the company to the bank). It appears that a large amount of the receivables had been overdue by July 2020 and that, between June and August 2020, the company's Indonesian customer had apparently not made any payments to it under the energy management contracts. By this time, the bank's patience may have run out. If the company had been unable to sell the receivables, in order to generate revenue, it is (on the face of it) difficult to see how the bank had been allegedly unreasonable in not being satisfied with the security.
Finally, the court was critical of the way in which the company had applied for the ex parte injunction. First, the application does not appear to have been taken out as expeditiously as it should have been. Second, the judge who granted the original ex parte injunction does not appear to have been aware of the short notice or the lack of supporting documents given by the company's legal representatives to the bank. The case is another example of the challenges presented when making an ex parte application (for further details please see "Ex parte injunctions with or without you") and the possible costs orders that can follow (for further details please see "Top court confirms basis for indemnity costs").
(1) [2020] HKCFI 2490, 18 September 2020.
(2) Section 177(1)(d) of the Companies (Winding Up and Miscellaneous Provisions) Ordinance.
(3) Supra note 1, at para 8.
(4) Ibid.
(7) Supra note 1, at para 13.
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Right-wing racism on the rise
Even as a few GOP leaders try to dial back the crazy, Limbaugh and Beck spew hate, claiming Obama is a "racist"
Check out this article! https://www.salon.com/2009/07/29/beck_8/
July 29, 2009 8:30PM (UTC)
First, credit where it's due: A few lonely Republican leaders are belatedly trying to clean up the party's mess of crazy, from the racially tinged character attacks on Sonia Sotomayor to the unhinged rhetoric of the Birthers to the overall vicious and fact-free spew of Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck. It's not working yet -- Beck's claiming Obama "has a deep-seated hatred for white people" on Tuesday might be a new low -- but at least someone's trying.
Sen. Lindsey Graham tried to kick off a new GOP flirtation with decency when he announced his vote to confirm Sotomayor last week. (Yet Graham wound up the only Republican on the Judiciary Committee to support her, with even supposed judicial moderates like Chuck Grassley and Orrin Hatch voting against her.) Then, after Birther madness reached a new high, a few mid-level GOP names -- Mike Huckabee, Michael Steele and even fact-averse propagandists Ann Coulter and Bill O'Reilly -- began distancing themselves from their party's anti-Obama fringe. "Chairman Steele believes that this is an unnecessary distraction and believes that the president is a U.S. citizen," a spokeswoman for Steele told the Plum Line's Greg Sargent. Better late than never.
Still, Limbaugh and Beck continue to ratchet up their alarming and increasingly racist hatred for the president. Both of them have taken to insisting that the first president with a black father and white mother, mostly raised by his white grandparents, is a racist who hates white people. And look for this kind of crazy to escalate with the party base.
Limbaugh's been on this beat for a long time, but the complicated Gates case inspired him to a whole new level of fiction. "Here you have a black president trying to destroy a white policeman," the radio bully told his audience last Friday, the day Obama expressed regret over his quick judgment in the matter and invited Skip Gates and Officer James Crowley to the White House for a beer. On Monday he insisted, "I do believe [Obama is] an angry black guy!"
Weepy Glenn Beck has been even more hysterical, flatly declaring Obama a "racist" on Fox News and elaborating: "This president, I think, has exposed himself as a guy, over and over and over again, who has a deep-seated hatred for white people, or the white culture." Watch Beck blather below; listen to his response to the ensuing criticism here.
There's a psychological term for this kind of unhinged behavior, and it's called "projection." These two racists are projecting their own racial feelings onto Obama. Increasingly, the ranks of the racially blinkered (and I include MSNBC's Pat Buchanan here) are playing victim, insisting Obama's modest moves -- appointing a Latina justice, using the Gates case to speak out against racial profiling -- are reversing the racial order wholesale, and putting white men on the bottom of the pile.
One look at Congress, the Supreme Court, Fortune 500 CEOs -- or conversely, at prison cells across America -- tells you how delusional the Beck-Limbaugh-Buchanan view is, but that doesn't make it irrelevant. It's likely to get worse, as persistent economic hardship plus a spike in right-wing racist rhetoric increases the appeal of scapegoat strategies.
It's time for more decent Republicans to take a stand against the vicious anti-Obama racism of the party fringe and their broadcast fuhrers. On Monday Ohio Sen. George Voinovich blasted the dominance of his party's Southern fringe, and its outdated Southern Strategy with its emphasis on racial division. Like Voinovich, I think GOP racism and race-baiting will consign the party to a long time in the political minority. But it could claim a lot of other victims along the way.
If you can stand to watch more right-wing crazy, this Media Matters video sums it all up:
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The partnership between the church districts of Wesel, Tecklenburg and Otjiwarongo has existed for over 40 years. It is characterized by mutual communication, intensive encounters and multi-layered projects. The Corona pandemic has brought many plans to a standstill. Especially in such times it is important to express one's feelings, to communicate and to feel and give joy. Out of this motivation, an exciting trilateral project was born.
Together with the pantomime courage project "Mime Art for Life" under the direction of Magret Phiri from South Africa and the coordination as well as the ideas of the initiator and internationally successful mime artist Nemo (Wolfgang Neuhausen), the idea of a courage-giving video project for participation was born.
Pantomime overcomes borders
We want to remind people in Africa, Germany and Asia to remember their own strengths and humor in these difficult times and to give each other support. We expect this initiative to strengthen the Christian and ecumenical communion across borders, language barriers and differences in cultures.
With the support of the partnership committee of the church district Wesel and the UEM, pantomime encouragement videos have been produced in South Africa and Namibia, which encourage the active people and other people in similar situations to discover their own talent, bring joy to others and spread confidence as well as open up new perspectives. The videos are suitable for all interested people with and without disabilities: children, teenagers, adults, seniors. The videos are based on the globally understandable Do-What-I-do method developed by W. Neuhausen, which does not require the use of words and can be used by anyone.
Pantomime invites to participate
The produced sequences can be implemented easily in church services, once as a performance, but also as a motif-related or free action with the participation of the congregation or youth work. During the production of the individual videos, we received very positive feedback, especially from the new members from Namibia, who participated with a lot of energy and commitment. Thus, a community was built across the borders of South Africa and Namibia.
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Category: Mexico
Dia de la Raza
October 12.
On this day in 1492 two worlds collided.
Mexican philosopher Jose Vasconcelos coined the term La Raza Cósmica, the Cosmic Race (for lack of a better word), to describe the people of Latin America, and what he considered the future of the human race. Vasconcelos theorized that:
"the different races of the world tend to mix ever more, until forming a new human type, composed of the selection of each of the existent peoples…"
…and that the Americans were a mixture of all races: the Asiatic tribes who crossed over the Bering Strait, and the Iberian colonizers and African slaves who crossed via the Atlantic. Vasconcelos's theories were not without bias: "A religion like Christianity advanced the American indians, in a few centuries, from cannibalism to a relative civilization." But you will hear echoes of Vasconcelos's optimism on Dia de la Raza.
Raza means "race", but not entirely in the English sense of the word. In the context of the holiday, raza refers to the birth of a new breed of humanity, the synthesis of cultures, races, religions, and ideologies that make up Hispanic America today.
Thus, Dia de la Raza, takes this day of tragedy and turns it into a celebration of life across Latin America.
Dia de la Raza & Columbus Day – Contradicting Cultures
Saint Anthony's Day
Cities and countries around the world celebrate St. Anthony's Day, from Lisbon, Portugal to Wilmington, Delaware, not to mention cities in Brazil, Mexico, Italy, and even India!
The Brazilians get the jump on the celebrations by commemorating June 12, the day before his feast, as Día dos Namorados, or Day of the Lovers, a Brazilian Valentine's Day, in honor of the matchmaker saint.
St. Anthony was born in Lisbon, Portugal in 1195, so understandably the Lisboans claim him as their own. Like the Brazilians, the celebration begins the night before…
"When the sun sets, the whole town goes out to honor the saint with alfresco dining, grilled sardines with salad of peppers, irrigated course, with much red wine, and dancing to the beat of popular music…" (Lisbon at its Best)
In the morning, special services are held in the church built over the spot where he was born, and vintage convertible cars carry throngs of "St. Anthony's brides" down the Avenue Liberdade.
Women write prayers and wishes on paper and tuck them into specially baked "St. Anthony's bread", a tradition that dates back to 1263 when…
…a child drowned in the Brenta River near the Basilica of St. Anthony in Padua. The mother went to St. Anthony and promised that if her child were restored to life, she would give to the poor an amount of wheat equal to the weight of her child. Of course her son was saved, and her promise was kept." (Sardine Heaven: Lisbon's Feast of St. Anthony)
The award for the most unusual St. Anthony's Festival goes to San Miguel de Allenda, Mexico. There laborers originally celebrated May 17 as San Pascual Bailon (St. Pascal Baylon) Day, in honor of the patron saint of field and kitchen workers.
"To keep the paraders and observers separated, some paraders were dressed as scarecrows and their characteristic movements were described as "loco," i.e., crazy. Somewhere along the way, paraders dressed as clowns replaced the field and kitchen workers, though the music and the dances stayed the same." (El Dia de los Locos)
The popularity of the San Pascual Bailon parade overshadowed that of the more established San Antonio (St. Anthony), and the two festivities merged. Now the festival is held the Sunday after June 13 and is known as El Día de los Locos, or Day of the Crazies.
photo by Ronald Felton, licensed under Creative Commons
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March 21, the birth of spring, is also the birth of Mexico's greatest leader, Benito Juarez.
On this day in 1806 Benito was born to poor Amerindian peasants in the mountains of Oaxaca. His parents died when he was three and Benito spent his youth working the corn fields and shepherding local flocks.
At age 12 he left the mountain village for the city of Oaxaca to live with a sister and work as a servant. There he learned Spanish (he spoke only Zapotec, and was illiterate) and thanks to the help of a Franciscan monk he befriended, gained entrance to a seminary school. He chose to go to law school rather than become a priest.
He worked as a lawyer from 1834 to 1842, as a judge for the next five years, and by 1847 he was Governor of Oaxaxa. However, in 1853 he spoke up against the corrupt government of dictator Santa Anna, and was forced to go into exile in the United States. There the former lawyer, judge and governor worked at a cigar factory in New Orleans.
When General Santa Anna finally resigned in 1855, Juarez was welcomed back to Mexico. The new government sought to abolish the military government and create a new federalist constitution. Juarez, who had helped to draft a plan for a liberal Mexican democracy during his exile, was selected as the country's Chief Justice under the new liberal President Comonfort.
The honeymoon was short. Conservatives angered by the country's new democratic direction launched a coup with the support of the military and the clergy. The Mexican War of the Reform was a time of schismatic rule. At first Comonfort tried to negotiate with conservatives, led by General Zuloaga. He agreed to dissolve the Congress and place Juarez and other liberal leaders in jail. However, when it became clear the conservatives were not going to stop short of anything but complete militaristic control of the country, Comonfort reinstated Congress, freed Juarez and other political prisoners, and resigned. Juarez became, by default, the interim president of Mexico. Since Zuloaga's forces controlled Mexico City, Juarez moved his government to the state of Guanajuato (meaning "place of frogs").
Juarez's legitimacy was aided by the power struggle between Zuloaga and two other generals, each of whom took turns arresting and deposing one another and assuming military control. When the dust cleared, liberal forces marched back into Mexico City and regained the capital. Juarez became undisputed President in 1861.
Faced with a bankrupt economy, Juarez declared a moratorium on European debts. Spain, England and France responded by seizing the port of Veracruz. Juarez struck an agreement with Spain and England to repay Mexico's loans, but France had other plans. They intended to establish a puppet dictatorship under Maximilian I.
Again Juarez took his government into exile, this time to the state of Chihuahua. Juarez could not get support from the United States, which was in the middle of its own Civil War.
Juarez sought, and got, support from Mexican-Americans in California (recently Mexico) and after the U.S. Civil War, Lincoln and other generals unofficially supported the Juarez government with weapons and men.
Maximilian was overthrown and executed in 1867, at which time Juarez became undisputed president for his fifth and last term. He would die while in office at the age of 66.
"It is given to men, sometimes, to attack the rights of others, to seize their goods, to threaten the lives of those who defend their nation, to make the highest virtues seem crimes, and to give their own vices the luster of true virtue. But there is one thing that cannot be influenced either by falsification or betrayal, namely the tremendous verdict of history. It is she who will judge us."
Benito Juarez to Emperor Maximilian
Mexican Flag Day
Flag of Mexico!
Legacy of our heroes,
Symbol of the unity of our parents and of our siblings,
We promise you to be always faithful
To the principles of liberty and justice
That make our Homeland
The independent, humane and generous nation
To which we dedicate our existence.
Flag Day is held on the anniversary of the creation of the Plan de Iguala in 1821, named for the city Iguala in which it was signed. The Plan did not end the War of Independence but paved the way for victory. It set forth three 'Guarantees' or agreements of the future Constitutional Mexican government:
Establishment of Roman Catholicism as the national religion<
Creation of an independent, sovereign nation of Mexico
Equality for social and ethnic groups
The call "Religión, Independencia y Unión" became the motto of the Mexican people, and the Plan led to the creation of national army, (the Army of the Three Guarantees) made up of the forces of Augustin de Iturbide and Vicente Guerrero.
Iturbide was one of the most colorful and important figures in Mexican history.
(Augustin de Iturbide)
Born in Mexico, the son of a Spanish father and Mexican mother, he joined the Spanish army at age 15. By 27, when the war broke out, he was a lieutenant. By 33 he was the commander of Spanish forces of Northern Mexico. Then, in 1820 Iturbide did a remarkable thing: he did a complete about face and joined the cause of the Mexicans, taking most of his army with him.
Upon signing of the Plan de Iguala, Iturbide's forces joined with those of Vicente Guerrero, future President of Mexico. The Treaty of Cordoba, signed by the Spanish Viceroy confirmed the establishment of an independent Mexico in late 1821.
In 1822 Iturbide was crowned Augustin I, Emperor of Mexico. Opposition to his military style government steadily grew. Forces under General Santa Anna forced Iturbide to abdicate and leave the country, with the understanding he would be executed upon setting foot in Mexico again. Mexico was declared a republic in 1823.
Iturbide traveled to Italy and London, but returned to Mexico in 1824, despite the threat of execution. Authorities made good on their promise. Iturbide was arrested in Tamaulipas and shot by law enforcement authorities in the nearby town of Padilla. He was 42.
The first Mexican national flag was adopted by the Decree of November 2, 1821 and confirmed two months later on January 7, 1822.
Its colors stand for:
Green: hope and victory
White: purity of ideals
Red: blood of national heroes
The symbol of the eagle sitting atop a cactus devouring a serpent dates back to a timeless legend. The ancestors of the Aztecs wandered about Mexico for 200 years in search of a homeland. They had been told by the god Quetalcoatl that the site of their future home would be marked by an eagle perched on a cactus with a snake in its mouth. When they encountered such a scene they claimed the location as their homeland.
The site marks what is now Mexico City, one of the largest cities in the world.
St. Anthony: Blessing of the Animals
And God maketh the beast of the earth after its kind, and the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing of the ground after its kind, and God seeth that it was good.
Before there was Doctor Dolittle, there was St. Anthony Abad, patron saint of the animal kingdom.
St. Anthony the Hermit, or St. Anthony the Great, was born in Egypt in 251 AD and lived to be 105. At age 34, he relinquished all his wealth and headed into the desert to be alone with God and meditate on Christ. He spent twenty years in isolation living in an abandoned Roman fort on a mountain by the Nile. The devil tormented him with images of animals attacking him, but Anthony never gave in.
Later in life, according to legend, various animals helped guide Anthony on his travels, including a wolf and a raven. Once a dog attacked his enemy. Once he cured a pig from illness. He's often pictured wandering the wilderness with a pig by his side.
Anthony's other claim to fame was his fight against the followers of Arian Christianity in the late 3rd and early 4th centuries. Arias was an Egyptian Christian who taught that, while Jesus was divine, he was not the same as God. The Council of Nicea declared Arian Christianity heretical in 325 AD.
Blessings of pets and livestock are common, but not limited to Latin and Hispanic cultures. The biggest ceremonies occur on the Sundays nearest the feast days of St. Francis of Assisi (October 4) and St. Anthony the Hermit (January 17).
St. Anthony died on January 17, celebrated as his spiritual birth in Heaven.
Even now I remember being caught up in the moment, feeling inexplicably happy when my doggie received her very own blessing from the priest. When all is said and done, it was a remarkable experience, a chance to share our love for our beloved pets, and to renew our commitment to protecting and respecting all of God's creatures.
Rose Lee Hayden, Goin' to the Chapel, The Blessing of the Animals a la Romana
Night of the Radish
Forget everything you know about radishes.
Night of the Radishes is one of the most unique holidays in the Western hemisphere. It has been celebrated in Oaxaca for hundreds of years, but only became an official holiday in 1897.
Radishes are actually native to China, and were brought to the New World by Spanish explorers in the 1500's. Two friars encouraged the the townspeople of Oaxaca to cultivate the radishes, and it is believed one of the friars suggested they carve and display the radishes to encourage the locals to buy their produce.
Night of the Radishes
Feast of the Virgin of Guadalupe
"…one may no longer consider himself a Christian, but you cannot truly be considered a Mexican unless you believe in the Virgin of Guadalupe."
— Carlos Fuentes
It's been said that Mexico came into being not in 1821–the year Spain recognized its independence–but nearly 300 years earlier, in 1531, when a recently widowed peasant-farmer named Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin, beheld the most spectacular vision in Mexican history.
On December 9, he was out walking near the ruins of Tepeyac Hill, where Aztecs once worshipped the mother goddess Tonatzin, when a young incarnation of the Virgin Mary appeared before him encompassed in a halo of light. She spoke to Juan Diego in his native tongue of Nahuatl, and asked him to deliver a message to the Mexican bishop: to build a church on the ground where she stood.
Upon hearing Juan Diego's story, the bishop had his doubts. So the next time Juan Diego saw the Virgin, he confessed to her his failure to convince the bishop. She told him to pick some flowers at the top of the hill–even though it was December and no flowers should have been blooming. There he found Castilian roses, native to the bishop's hometown in Spain. The Virgin arranged them in his tilma (apron), but when Juan Diego opened his tilma to the bishop, it held not flowers but the lifelike image of the Virgin of Guadalupe upon it.
Word spread of the miraculous vision and the image on the cloth. What the event suggested to the descendants of the Aztecs, many of whom had been made to feel unworthy by the strange pushers of this new faith due to the color of their skin, was that the Virgin revealed herself not to a Spanish bishop, but to a common, dark-skinned peasant. And Guadalupe herself was not the pale icon that had been forced upon the people by Europeans, but a mestizo, a mixture of races that would come to represent Mexico.
Old Basilica of the Virgin of Guadalupe, Mexico City
During the Mexican War of Independence in the 1810's, the Lady of Guadalupe became the symbol of the new-born nation and the country's patron saint.
In 2002, Pope John Paul II canonized Juan Diego as well. His feast day is December 9, the anniversary of the day he first saw Our Lady of Guadalupe. The Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe is December 12, the last day she appeared to him.
Today Mexico is still overwhelmingly Catholic, but as Gustavo Arellano points out:
You don't have to be Mexican or even Catholic to celebrate Guadalupe. Heck, you don't even have to believe in God. All you need is a belief in the equality of people that's in the core of Guadalupe's message and you will surely feel her redeeming love.
On December 12, Mexicans and Mexican-Americans gather in churches and communities throughout North America and celebrate the symbol of the people of Mexico and patron saint of the Americas.
Mexican Independence – Grito de Dolores
Before dawn, on the morning of September 16, 1810, townspeople of Dolores, Mexico, heard the church bells ring violently. They approached to find the parish priest, 57 year-old Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla. But the speech the criollo Father shouted was far from the sermon they had in mind.
Father Hidalgo had just learned that a plan to overthrow the Spanish rulers had been betrayed. Soon the Spanish would arrest all those involved and quash the independence movement. The exact words of the priest's plea to the townspeople to bring an end to hundreds of years of European rule over the mestizo inhabitants, were not written down. It is said he raised the image of the dark-skinned Virgin of Guadalupe and concluded with a shout: Mexicanos, viva Mexico!
Mexico was still called "New Spain" at that point. Just addressing the crowd as Mexicanos, and willing into existence a land of "Mexico" was revolutionary. Father Hidalgo's plea is called the Grito de Dolores, the "Cry of Dolores", after the village in which it was made. But, as Dolores also means 'sorrows', it can also be interpreted as the Cry of Sorrows.
Just after dawn, the infant rebel army marched to San Miguel. By the time the rag-tag force reached Guanajuanto at the end of the month, it had swelled to 20,000 men. Though the men were poorly armed and insufficiently trained, their sheer numbers overpowered the small force of Spanish soldiers holed up at the Alhóndiga (public granary). Rebels stormed the Alhóndiga and most of the Spanish, as well as wealthy criollos, were massacred.
Alhóndiga de Guanajunato
Hidalgo and three other Mexican leaders were captured the following year on March 21, near the U.S.-Mexican border. They were convicted of treason, executed, and decapitated. Their heads were placed atop the four corners of the Alhóndiga in Guanajuanto as a message to the Mexican insurgents. There the heads remained for ten years.
On February 24, 1821, Mexican leaders signed the Plan de Iguala, which put forth the principles on which the country would be based, if the independence movement succeeded. Partly inspired by the Plan, conflicting Mexican forces joined together and defeated the Spanish army. The Treaty of Corboda assured the country's long sought independence.
Father Hidalgo's body was reburied in the country's capital.
Today Mexicans celebrate their independence on the day of Father Hidalgo's fateful shout for the autonomy, freedom, and equality for the Mexican people.


Expert Michael Lowenstein offers advice on building a road map for implementing a customer loyalty program.
I am implementing a loyalty program for a telecommunications provider in Indonesia. Do you suggest making a road map or business map when implementing a customer loyalty program? What are some common pitfalls during the implementation process?
I don't know exactly what this vertical industry -- telecommunications customers -- in Indonesia would identify as strategically differentiated value, i.e., either tangible or intangible benefits, that they'd want from a customer loyalty program.
Following up with further research once implemented to make certain that the loyalty program's benefits are working.


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Q: NODE_PATH matches the npm root I get this error when I try scaffolding a project using yeoman with this command.
npm install generator-gulp-webapp --global

The error:
Yeoman Doctor
Running sanity checks on your system

✖ NODE_PATH matches the npm root
npm global root value is not in your NODE_PATH

I am using Ubuntu 15.04 and have not installed npm and node with the sudo command.

A: It seems installing with
sudo npm install generator-gulp-webapp --global

solved the problem.

A: try with "Run as Administrator" option. It will work.

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Matt, I love that answer!
The Bible is full of loud and noisy worship - we've all read the passages in Psalms that talk about praising God with loud crashing cymbals. So volumne levels is a non-issue, except where we get into topics of health and safety - I don't think the Lord looks on going deaf as taking care of our bodies, which are the temple of the Holy Spirit!
I tend to look at music as amoral, which means it doesn't within itself have a sense of being good or bad - it's what you do with it that counts. Write rock songs that celebrate anarchy or immoral behavior, then it's being used in an immoral sense. Write a rock song that expresses your love and obediance to God, the creator of all things including music, then it's being used for good.
By the way, not all rock songs are loud or noisy. There are some great rock ballads out there. Rock music is much more than that, but that's for another discussion.
Remember what the apostle Paul said: All things are lawful, but not all things are expediant. Nothing wrong with rock music per se; just use it appropriately (meaning, match your music to your audience when you're playing in public).
I believe that Rock music is great. Especially with bands like, Van Halen, Jethro Tull, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, are some of my favorites. But, I think there needs to be a separation between church and Rock. I think "Christian" rock is okay, but I don't like the concept of Rock Worship. I have a hard time with Worship and getting into it when I see someone go up there and try to play for the people, or like a performance. Whereas your playing to God, and he will take care of the rest.
I have struggled with this problem. Especially because once a year in our city all the churches put together a show at the local music hall. It is a sense of community, and worship. There are two Worship Teams, that provide music, ours and another church, that is I feel "Wannabe Rock Stars." And I felt my self criticizing them, but taking it to far, which is also not in the proper means of Worship. I found myself at the end when our two Worship Teams joined together, even having two drummers, thinking of it as a drum battle, which I think is wrong.
But, all together, I think if there is a difference between the worship, and the rock music, I have no problem with it. Especially cutting out the Guitar kicks, head bangs, solos, and other such things.
I love rock and metal music and grew up learning to play that style on guitar in my teens. If I'm honest, I prefer listening to the secular rock bands rather than the Christian ones, just because they make a better sound, and there's more of them that make any inroads in the music industry for me to be aware of and there are some brilliant songs out there. Obviously you have to discern lyrical content. Some is not great for the Christian spirit within us.
But saying that, listening to that style of music has greatly influenced how I play, and I bring that rock style guitar into our worship band. It's not about performance, it's about using the musical gift God has given me to utilize leading others in worship to Him. It doesn't sound dark, in fact it can be atmospheric, loud, soft and gentle, powerful, funky, etc. My worship leaders are greatful for the dynamic range I can bring to the band playing the way I do.
I don't think there's anything wrong in musicians being virtuous with their instruments either - I believe God wants us to give our best using the abilities he has given us. So long as you go with the flow of the Spirit, there's nothing wrong with that. If you're looking to please the people in the congregation with technical riffs and guitar solos, you're in the wrong band - go and join a pub band or something for that stuff!
To me there's no distinction what ever style we worship in. Worship is worship whatever the musical style and that's all that matters. Obviously it's a matter of taste as to what style people like, and whether or not it is a help or hindrance to that person's own worship, but ultimately it would be great if we could all encounter God in worship whatever, where ever, whenever (24/7).
Sure we are, it's ok to call ourselves worship leaders. There's nothing unbiblical about that.
Yep - looks like a good article, I've browsed through it. It's a pretty good display of the principles that are being explored today regarding worship in general. Where does it say that Jesus is the worship leader? I was looking for this concept and couldn't quite nail it down.
Got it. I don't have that one.
Interesting point you make about solos - I think the difference is in soloists who are concerned about "the song" and those who are trying to demonstrate their abilities. David Gilmour comes to mind as one who never solos just to solo. It's always meant to be a part of the song and reinforce it. I would think that kind of solo is usually appropriate in a worship setting.
If what your saying is "there's worship" and "there's entertainment", I agree. No need for hot dog guitar solos and head banging on Sunday morning.
By the way, I love upbeat Worship Music. I just mean like using MxPx as worship.
Yeah, I'm right in there with you guys. I grew-up as a Speed-Metal kid, and I know every Metallica song there was. Although I do use some of the tricks I learned from James Hetfield (palm-muting anyone?) I don't go up on Sunday morning and play 'Battery' with Christian lyrics. I have grown to LOVE contemporary praise and worship music!!


tornano a milano i bootblacks, la graffiante band di new york che ha esaltato la critica di tutto il mondo.
since the group's founding in 2010, brooklyn-based bootblacks have been enthralling audiences with their frenetic live shows from the u.s. to europe. their sound has been described as a balance of contradictions: both pensive and buoyant, referential and modern. fitting, as the bootblacks name is derived from novelist william burroughs' description of the dark underbelly of glitzy new york city.
bootblacks released their first ep, narrowed, in the fall of 2012, recorded with brian scott herman, after previously collaborating with jim sclavunos (nick cave & the bad seeds). macdonald, guitarist alli gorman, and drummer roger humanbeing recount the collaboration with sclavunos as a "life-changing" one that informs bootblacks music to this day.
panther describes veins, bootblacks album released in 2016, as a step in the band's evolution from punk to post-punk. with their influences always expanding, the band is never complacent in what makes up their sound.
with the addition of barrett hiatt (the harrow / automelodi) in early 2017, fans can expect an even more synth heavy, atmospheric and "bigger-sounding" bootblacks than before, with the followup to veins set for release in early fall 2017 on manic depression records."
lubjanka è una band di ispirazione dark, new wave, post punk formatasi nel novembre del 2009 nella provincia di como.
la band inizia da subito a lavorare su pezzi inediti alla ricerca del proprio sound nato dalla condivisione delle esperienze di tutti i componenti.
con diversi brani nel proprio repertorio i lubjanka si esibiscono dal vivo in molti locali tra le province di como e milano e partecipano ad emergenza festival nel 2011 arrivando in finale sul palco dell'alcatraz di milano.
nel dicembre 2012 il primo cantante, e fondatore del gruppo, abbandona la band.


I got a Spectrum 375 Plasma Cutter and am trying to learn how to use it. The manual is pretty useless: I know warnings are important, but there is maybe 2 pages on using the darn thing and they really don't tell you much.
Anyhow I set up at 240 volts and tried to cut a piece of 3/16" Aluminium Rather than a nice clean slot like cut, I end up with a dirty, splattery cut that doesn't reall separate the pieces. It looks like the material sort of freezes back in place and the underside is real messy.
tip life for non-shielded applications.
place the drag shield directly on the workpiece."
But they don't explain what the heck a "shielded application" is.
Also, there is a current knob, but they don't explain how to adjust it, they just provide a table that shows cutting speed with various thicknesses of mild steel at two settings of the knob.
By the way, I am using the non drag cup because a drag shield did not come with the unit.
Did you try cutting at different speeds?
i'm just guessing here but it sounds like you need more air, or slower cut speeds. if you have proper current for the cut, speed can make a huge difference. try a changing speed. some times a little slower will get you a better cut, at the same time too slow will allow the slag to reseal the cut. your air flow should also be sufficient to clear the slag as you go.
what psi is your air set at and what kind of air supply do you have? clean air is important, if you have an auto oiler in the system or in the hoses you need to start over with new hoses and no oiler.
can you give us a pic of the cut's ??
I set my air to about 120 psi but the hoses are old and maybe too long. I have a little sort of water absorber thing which may be limiting flow (I don't know for sure).
I tried to use different speeds but I wasn't moving all that fast. What changes is I go from dirty cut to not cutting through.
I also tried at various current settings.
I have a 4 day weekend , so I'll try and post pix of the set up, and the result cuts.
almost sounds like the air is too high. i would try dropping it a bit. try around 80-90 psi and bump up the amps, then just try some different speeds. i know speed plays a big part in my cut quality.
I'd turn the amps up all the way and see what happens when you cut. You can't hurt anything.
I have the same machine. Check your ground, if it is not good it will cut like you describe. Also the air has to be really dry and clean. Look at underside as you cut the sparks should be coming out just slightly behind the cut if your travel speed is good. I set the heat control at the lowest setting when following a pattern on thin material and higher on thicker material. You will just have to play with it to get the speed and heat you like. The little green air light will go out if you do not have enough air flow to the machine. My compressor is set at about 100psi. I just set the regulator on the cutter to the middle of the green on the gauge and have at it. If you turn the heat all the way down you can pull the trigger and just get air to make the adjustment. I have not had to change the air setting much. I have around 3 hours on the machine and am really just now getting consistently good clean cuts. The learning curve was steeper than I thought it would be. That said I wish I had purchased this cutter a long time ago I would have saved hundreds of hours of work. Miller makes a great product.
It sounds like you are not getting solid ground and the air pressure might be too high at 120.
I think the Miller is made by Hypertherm for Miller and it is the same unit as the Hyper Powermax 30.
The cutter will cut without a ground but you will lose the arc after about 15 secs or so (ask me how I know ).
- 120 psi into the machine is fine as long as the regulator on the machine is set at 60 psi WITH THE AIR FLOWING. If the air pressure is set without air flowing it will be less when the air starts moving.
- Aluminum does not leave a smooth finish when cut. Because of aluminum's physical properties, it disipates heat much faster that steel which causes the heat from the arc to be drawn away from the cut. That is why the edges of the cut are rough instead of smooth. That is also why aluminum has less of a rating when it comes to cutting capacity.
- The amperage knob can be adjusted for different thickenesses or cutting speeds. Most times it is left at 27 amps and the speed is adjusted to the thickness of the material.
- HT DOES NOT MAKE ANY MILLER PLASMA CUTTERS!!! It was the other way around for two of their machines.
- "Shielded" applications use drag consumables, "non-shielded" applications use regular consumables.
- Do not over tighten the retaining cup. The number one complaint that I get is that the machine does not cut very well and the arc goes out in a few seconds. If the retaining cup is too tight it will cause that. For that machine, if you can wiggle the tip as it sticks through the retaining cup, it is just right. It should not be sloppy, but if you can't wiggle it a bit, the cup is over tight and may cause problems.
- Make sure your air is clean and dry. Any moisture in the air will derate the ability to cut. It will also reduce consumable life. Verify also that the air lines are of proper size to allow good air volume. Volume of air is another characteristic that is easily overlooked.
Da boss gave me 5 days work to do over my 4 day weekend.
I didn't even get out to the shop. It sounds like a root problem may be with the air. It maybe the little 'air dryer' gizmo I bought restricts airflow.


If you don't know what the "Summer of George" is then you best watch this Seinfeld episode. And if you're too lazy, it basically means the best summer ever. That's how this summer has been. Tom had a ton of time off, and since I work from home that meant lots of quality time. Sadly, it's back to work today and I hate that our Summer of George is over.
It was a good weekend though. We had a cookout with family and Carter ate plenty of blueboppies. There was also some swimming and park playing involved.
As you can see, it was a success.
THIS IS SUCH A GOOD IDEA!!!! I am for sure trying this!
This is genius!! One of those "why didn't I think of that" kind of things! Go you!! I'll have to remember this in a few months when Baby O decides he's too good to eat his veggies.
Smart idea with the smoothies! I don't have kids yet, but I will keep this in mind once I do!


The Belgian composer Wim Mertens is an international recording and performing artist who has given several concerts, as a soloist and with his ensemble all over Europe, in North and Central America, Japan and in Russia. Wim Mertens plays the piano and the classical guitar.
The new album is performed by the extended Wim Mertens Ensemble. 16 musicians are involved. Post and Postures was written for and dedicated to the 40th edition of Film Festival Gent and first performed on October 2013. The compositions Earmarked and �berhandnehmend were first performed at the concert of Wim Mertens and Kirmen Uribe during the production 'Mussche, lo que mueve el mundo', at Teatros del Canal in Madrid December 2013.


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Ilocos Norte prov'l gov't kicks off Manang Imee's Capitol Express
by Tawid News TeamPosted on July 29, 2013 July 29, 2013
By Grazielle Mae A. Sales, PGIN-CMO)
LAOAG CITY – An initiative to make the services of the provincial government more accessible to the people of Ilocos Norte was launched on July 25.
'ManangImee's Capitol Express', a program where existing and future frontline projects and programs of provincial government of Ilocos Norte (PGIN) are strengthened and delivered up to the grassroots level, is Gov. Imee's commitment to "bring PGIN and its basic services closer to the people for inclusive and sustainable growth of the province," Edwin Cariño, head of Millennium Development Goals Office, and Eric Pascua, Provincial Public Employment Service Officer, said.
"If they can't come to the Capitol, the Capitol will reach out to them," Pascua added, positing that there are still many Ilocanos who are not aware and cannot avail of the services offered by the PGIN due to inaccessibility.
Cariño said that ManangImee's Capitol Express is composed of personnel and representatives of involved Capitol departments or offices and is tasked to either render the corresponding frontline services that can be done on-site such as conduct blood pressure testing or conduct application and assessment in cases where the service requires validation or referral.
He added that services covered by the 'express; are subdivided into: 'Jobs and Livelihood'; 'Tulong', which caters to education, health, death and burial, barangay requests, legal consultation, social counseling, services for senior citizens and the handicapped; and 'Documentation' which includes the assistance on land titling, and other kinds of application for certification.
The program was launched in three pilot sites which included Banna ((July 25), Batac City (July 28) and in Pasuquin on August 2.
"Aside from service delivery, the Capitol Express was also established to raise the awareness of the people about the several services offered by the provincial government," Pascua added.
The succeeding schedule and activities by the 'express' will be determined after the evaluation of the pilot caravans.
"In turn, (PGIN) can also use this program to ask people directly on how to improve our services more which is of course, a way of involving them in decision-making," Cariño said.#